The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 25, 1916, Page 1

WHAT’S SKIVUS? “Skivus” may sound like Greek’ to you. It's a Russian game, but Little Jeff should worry. He beats the czar at it. today. There's a laugh for you erery day in Bud Fisher's comic. BY WILBUR 8S. FORREST ONDO: March 12. (By Mail.)-—-Phyllis Trenches. a bright, blue-eyed, flax- en-batred baby girl of 4, today at Bed Eng., is the princi- pal figure in perhaps the most Tomantte little story of the big war. Phyllis ts the adopted pride: and joy of ,the Bedfordshire ¢ Greif and the British merchant cruiser Alcantara | were both so badly damaged the admiralty an- 'y- ‘The Greif was an unprotected cruiser of 2,028 tons. The Alcantra was a crack four-| deck steamer of the Royal Mai! Hine, 15.300 tons. The Greif, according to the ad- miralty. few the Norwegian flag aud pienned to repeat exploits of the German commerce raider ‘ It is believed many of the Grief's q crew perished. Five officers and 116 men were made prisoners. The Alcantra lost five officers and 69 men. ised as Tramp +According to admiralty ac | counts, the Greif slipped out from ' Kiel canal disguised as a Nor- | wegian tramp. i The Alcantra, patrolling in the , North sea, met and hatled her. When asked to identify his vessel, the commander of the Greif replied with a fictitious name, arousing the suspicions of British officers. They laugched a boatload of armed sailors to board the raider and examine her papers. Suddenly, as the small boat ap- proached, guns were unmasked on the Greif and a Gerthan flag was run up. British and Teuton gun- ners fired. Rain Shells on Each Other Strick in several places, the raider continued fighting, and for 10 minutes the two vessels rained shelis on each other at close quar- ters. With several holes below the water line, the German boat began am sinking slowly. As the plunged to the bottom, a torpedo was launched from one of a number of the tubes visible on her deck. The torpedo ripped such a hole fn the British vessel that it sank in three minutes. The Greif carried 200 men, al- tho tn normal times her crew only 3 numbered 180. An iahinads letter con- taining Chinese lottery tickets and pointing out that Oriental gambling was going full swing at 210, 218 and 220 Washington st. and at 219 Oc cidental was received by | Mayor ait sturday. HI APPOINTS THREE Gil orn official ap- pointments Saturday of Frank E. Hammond, Albert Dwyer and Dr. R. M. Stith to represent Seattle at | the preparedness conference to be Mayor staged at the Spokane Chamber of Commerce March 27 and 3% DEFINE MEX POLICY WASHINGTON, March 25.— Plans to demand more troops on the Mexican border and the forma-| tlon of a republican Mexican policy| P were discussed today at a sec ret) conference of republican senators. | «+ Action was deferred until Monday. CAMPAIG ISHARDON It's On page 7 regiment. Her given name was derived Impey, from Private Phillip who picked her out of a ditch in an fsolated and unromantic part of Northern France while the Redfordshires were march ing by. \ “Trenches” ts the only ap- for ep maiden name yilis because Phyllis Hved M-M-M-M- A MAP OF Mexico *en? WELL, LETS SEE How SOLDIERS BY H. D. “JACOBS United Pre FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Mexico, March 25.—This period will go down In history as the American army's “hard winter of ‘16, After more than a week of blazing hot days and cold nights, a cyclonic wind swept down off the Sierra Madres, to the west, carrying sleet, snow and sand. Staff Correspondent The men suffered from cold, but more from sand. Loose silt sifted thru tente baggage and impregnated the Pood Sometimes it was impossible to owing to the sand yesterday see ten feet, The wind started at noon and still is blowing With dry weather prevailing tachments are south and southwest, idly. de operating to the moving ray There has been no communica tion with them for some time, ow ing to the inability of airships to| fly dn the wind Colonia Dublan and Mormon vi!-| furnishing the preserves They get lages near by are soldiers with chickens, candy, tortillas and chile. good prices for everything. OROVILLE, Cal March Jury argument in the trial of Madison Slaughter, charged attacking Gertrude starts Monday. with Lamson, 16,| : THE ONLY VOLUME 18 with her soldier forter parents in a cold and clammy trench on the firing line for eight long days Impey stepped out of line to gather the child up in bis arms. Impey was told by an officer a moment later that he would either have to leave the Mttle girl or © her slong. So Phyllis went to the SEATTLE, WASH., ORPEDOES KILL 6 AMERICANS British and German Ships Lock in Death Struggle The Seattle Star PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWs : } =f NEWS trenches, Within three days she had recovered from ex ire and was the pet of the company, both officers and men, Infant clothing had appear. ed, seemingly from nowhere. but there was suspicious evi dence that more than one kKhak! uniform had lost its shape in favor of the Daw, JOHN Wiki BED NOW COLUMBUS, N. : March 25,—Narrowly eng. ing death in a 165-mile flight from American headquarters in Mexico, Lieut. Dargue ar- rived today with dispatches from Brig, Gen. Pershing and newspaper correspond- ents at the front. He made the flight in two and a half hours, Over a mountain pass a ‘wind whirl dropped him 4,000 feet to within 50 feet of the ground before his ma- chine could be righted. 1S Time FoR. iE TOGO TO BANDITS DITCH U.S. TROOP TRAIN EL PASO, March 25.—Vil listas are believed to have been responsible for the wreck of an American troop train south of Casas Grandes. The engine and several cars turned over near Cumbr There were no fatalit a number of cavalry were so badly hurt they had to be killed. The column march ed overland the remainder of the journey. Francisco Villa have escaped the ranza trap laid for him near in believed to} Ameriean-Car ‘aml. quipa, With a great number of his followers, he is thought to have reached the San Miguel country Military men expressed this con vietion today when reports of a de cisive battle with | materialize The bandit was last reported at| The Amer reach Namiquipa a week ago jean expedition did not there until Thursday or Friday, him failed to \ Today’s news of the Chase After Villa : WY Sieh LEAR RID N [revs ron rot COL. DODD IS CLOSE TOBANDIT BY E. T. CONKLE United Press Staff Correspondent | EL PASO, March 25,—Fran cisco Villa's main force of 200 men is in Santa Clara canyon, 30 miles from ite western en- trance, with Col, George Dodd's cavalry close upon him. Gen. Gavari ted this in a statement to the United Press today. DOUGLAS, 25.— March of campaign ai dits were predicted by military leaders here, following uncon firmed reports that three Amer icans had been murdered a few miles west of Gibson's ranch by Mexicans. While United States army of- ficers refused to talk to corre- spondents, it was hinted that seyeral troops of the First cav- airy, stationed here, would be sent to the vicinity of Gibson's ranch, just inside the American territory, w the raid was reported. Owing to the strict military cen- sorship, practically nothing could Northern British port so far. It . fey pon: worship, practically note <mor| ‘The explosion occurred in the forward part of the ship, jg'believed the total number lion Francs,” which joan women and one man were| wounding many. It shattered the wireless house, so there, gaved is 60, More are report- starts in The Star Mon- h been killed s no chance of call or aid, The wounded re taken| ed possibly rescued, leaving a wane Mexicans were mounted and|)’ verte Pana a eae pit Bick meget ey boiitle he the ship's shortage of 18 * day and will be pub- numbered nearly a hundred, ac-| , “Four Americans were lished complete in six cording to the story brought here| Surgeon aboard, Their names are not daily i T by a party of five motorists who] Survivors Transferred to Rescue Ship included among the known res: 4 installments, to @ guarded by seven U. 5 . cued. ¢ Englishman trans: ind out. ere ere thiruout the night foliow When the Maria Theresa came alongside the wounde!| ported horses for the North were first transferred to it. Then the vessel sent boats over! western Trading company, ing the raid, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, “Timi ger were killed outright. LAST EDITION Our telephone operator has a new bonnet. “Won't you give us a nice surprise?” she asked George today. But Salisbury shock his head over the wire. “Rain tonight and Sunday,” he said. ON TRAINS ayn ARWS RTANIVS, Be 1916. ONE CENT ter of the Regiment The best and safest dugout nt and the softest trench bed were Phyliis’ and there wasn't ches helped to find her. she wan boldly toddling in “No Man's Land” toward the Ger man lines. The Germans were mer to find a home latter to convalesce, Phyllis Trenches has a real home today and a real foster After that Phyllis ventured over the parapet several times No German offered to harm ber and there was an under a soldier who Wouldn't have beckoning ber on. stood truce when the child ap- mother. ee - a leg to make her A hundred Hedfordshires peared. She is still, however, the Py. were ready in an instant to Later Impey was wounded child of the Bedfordshires, IP jaar pte trenches were risk their lives for Phyllis and sent back to a hospital in who have pledged themselves Eick 1 ae n ‘ Two, who were quicker than England, Phyllis went along. to see that she wants for noth- ‘ fe ’ ‘an mise the rest, ran forward and got and her foster father ing thruout the remainder of ng. Shouts from the enemy her and not a shot was fired t to Bedford, the for her eventful young life. English aaa, *. * * * an 25 least includ serious situation since the Lusitania incident throat i'view of British officials. Their bodies have been recovered. John H. Hearley, United Press staff correspondent, who was aboard the Sussex, The American embassy arranged to obtain affidavits from American survivors at of its kind to befall one of the steam packets which carry hundreds of non-combatants BY JOHN H. HEARLEY [for the uninjured passengers missing and it is estimated 50 persons may be dead today|lors feared they might leak if launched. Three Americans aboard declare they saw a torpedo} The survivors hastened to breakfast, scattering before am = ing myself later be found saved. Most of the survivors left soon for™ By Chas. P. Stewart FONDON, March 25-2 The neat se Wor today -as-a-result-of-the alleged Dovey dispatches said nearly 100 survivors of the Sussex explosion, including several © One American is missing and is believcd to have drowned, Dover reported. three Americans were positive they had seen a torpedo speeding toward the vessel an |Dover and similar arrangements were made in Paris. across the English channel every day. United Preas Stat Correspondent The Sussex was apparently in no danger of sinking, bug as the result of an explosion which damaged the steamer The Maria Theresa hurried to Boulogne with its catgo™ coming toward the Sussex just before the explosion jaccurate list of those saved could be obtained. The missing United States citizens are Elizabeth Bald-! Paris or southern France, the authorities waiving usual rigid United Press Staff Correspondent ithe channel steamer Sussex and the sinking of the Dominion liner Americans, had landed there. The chief engineer of the Sussex and a Belgian passen- French dispatches asserted flatly that a torpedo was responsible for the explosion. _ instant before the crash. London newspapers were horrified at the Sussex tragedy. It was the first disaster * * * 8 &% * 3OULOGNE, Via Paris, March Two Americans are|as several lifeboats had been splintered by the explosion, sat- — Sussex as she was crossing the English channel of sufferers There were at 12 Americans on the vessel, j It is possible that persons reported missing now may | formalities in examining their effects. win and her father of Philadelphia Others endangered were W. G. Penfield, an American eo. 2S jstudent at Oxford university ; Edward Huxley, president of jthe United States Rubber Co.; Francis E. Drake, head of that company’s European branch, ‘and Miss Alice Ruz Officers Quiet Panic Among Women Altho the explosion damaged the Sussex so that passcn-| jgers had to abandon her, the vessel arrived at Boulogne today 4 Americans Dead in Another Attack ° | WASHINGTON, March 25— , New York. It w Four Americans are believed | ernment business. oe "har ahaa od Secretary Lansing anticipat: te have. Rarvened Wh the Serer ed further reports, but if it did doing of a Dominion liner, the not clear up the situation, he Englishman, according to a ca- expected to request the co-Op- blegram to the state depart eration of foreign legations. ment today from American Con- sul Armstrong, at Bristol, Eng- land. Thirty-three survivors were landed at a British port. Arm- strong did not mention the time or place of the attack, The Americans aboard the Englishman reported lost were: her own steam There were 380 aboard when we sailed from Folkestone lyesterday néon. Excellent weather was encountered Near the Frenchy port of Dieppe a terrific explosion oc- | curred I was conversing with several Americans about 4:30 |p. m. when the blast shook the Sussex from bow to stern | One empty life boat was splintered and a huge fountain water shot over the side Many passengers standing at the rail were this wave and hurled violently into the sea. It them that most of the casualties occurred | Boats were launched but I learned that several persons struggling near the rail were not picked up |380 Passengers Aboard Steamer under not on gov- engulfed inj was among | Who Stole Grace Ellicott’s Million Francs? _ Just after the explosion the Sussex listed sharply and) peter McDonald, horse fore- : lit was feared she would sink. Passengers were panic stricken man, Boston; P. Buckley and The detective knew Women and children rushed shrieking about the sloping decks.) M.A. Burke, horsemen, ad- ye did § say, who did it, but he didn’t |Officers finally quieted them, and the panic subsided when| dresses unknown, and George 4 lthe vessel righted herself McDonald, trimmer, of Law: arrest him, because, Te dedy e Bie ar rence, Kan Survivors remained aboard until 11 p. m., when most of The dispatch from Consul you see, he was them were taken off by the Marie Theresa and landed at) Armstrong at lige oni, But we can’t tell you wulogne carly today. — “The Dominion liner Eng ‘ Boulogne early today. lishman has been torpedoed, about it. You must read It is believed the estimate of 50 dead may be exagger rated, | las there is a chance of some passengers having been picked but the time and place are un: known, Thirty-three survivors have been brought into a Arnold Fredericks’ ereat story, “One Mil- up by other ships