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THE BOSTON GLOBE-THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1915 6 CHANCE FOR 0 BH AND FED" DEAL SPOILED Weeghman Won't Pay Cubs For Loss on McConnell. NOTK OUR TRMS V1 $24.00 OUTFIT Injunction May Be Sought Against Konetchy and Others Next Week. The Popular 'Model IX.

CHICAGO. April 8-Chance for the first deal between Hip Federal League and organized b.i: ball was spoiled tori when 1rts Weeghman of the Chi rago Federals refused to accede to the demand of les Thomas of the Chicago that he the latU ciuli for the loan it claims 11 tirteo through piti her Mi toiviell a Joining the Chicago He. krais. ijfpite hla release to 1 tie Kane is Cite A kwh ta ion tmtn. In a lettei made public last flight Mr Thomas suggeMiri that -or Wieghmun might ipgatd the tiikt wliic the Imago Nationals cx tided ill he pure base and tiamtng expanses of McConnell as a lit ot honor Mad Ites I'hotnas asked him without no king i 1 1 the letter, which tnclud-ed ref.

rentes to Capt Kidd" and "Atts of plrifv, Mr Weeghmem would have retuttiid lie said today, lie tlrt lured he feared no legal proceedings. More court battles wire threatened to da lit It became known that organized ball clubs were pi tuning to ask Miat Hei itha mint Allen ami Korietrny b- enjolne 1 fiom plating with the Pittsburg Frd i ils when they open their S' i it a hoe iext Tuesd ty. $3.00 Down I A Week Including Victrola No. IV $1G fto and Your Choice of $8 00 Worth of Records It enables you to hear the greatest singers and musicians whenever and as often as you wish There are Victors andi Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $250 alt all Victor dealers Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, N.

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They said Turkey had decided to take part in the war the day German cruiser Goeben was permitted to enter the Dardanelles. FALABA SUNK BY THE GERMANS NOT ARMED Passengers and Crew Given Five Minutes. i MAN KILLED IN WELL HAD GERMAN PLANS Body Recovered oday in New York. two Russian machines, causing them both to whirl down to earth. The Overseas News Agency quotes the Neue Zuricher Zeitung as sav ing that French aviators during amocturnal flight over Strassburg dropped bombs W'huh fell in a prison camp in which wete confined 500 French soldiers, wounding five, of them severely.

Other news items given out bv the Overseas Agency todav are as follows: A Petrograd Jewdsh Society estimates that about SO.eOO Jews have been driven from1 their homes Warsaw and are now homeless "Railroad traffic between Bukowina and the interior of Austria has been restored. AUSTRIAN ARMY CUT IN TWO PLACES BY THE RUSSIANS Conilnned From tlie First Page. jagne fighting yet had been given cut in Paris. The fighting at Hartmanns-Wei-Jcrkopf continues. "There have been do developments in the eastern arena of the war.

The weather is bad add the road on the Russian frontier are for the time being impassable. A LONG, long way from EtlARIAfJAQ TO THE ALLEGASH Yet All, From Boss to Cookee, Knew Willard Whipped Johnson the Same Day He Did It, Thanks to Cable, Telegraph, Telephone, Mike Haley, Ole Anderson, Sopiel Sebat and Shorey, College Athlete. WILLARD CONGRATULATED BY SAM LANGFORD EW YORK, Apt 11 One negro at hast Is well pleased with the result of a Yillard-Jhnson light. He is Sam ngford, the "Boston Tar Baby. Ever sinee Langford has been chasing Johnson lor a bout.

A match was arranged once, hut Johnson failed to agree to the elms and kept out of Langforirs wa Following the news of Wiliam's vhIoiv Sam sent the white champion th following ft legratn "Itss ilia 1, Havana Glad toil got even if 1 loiiidnt Congratulations. Sam Langfotd. CLINTON EAGLES WILL OFFER WILLARD $500 CLINT 'N, Apnl S-Wacbusett Aerie of Eagles of tills town, which is to have tharge of the annual Slate convention ol the Eagl on July 1. a and 6 yes-1 lerd.tv stilted a mm ernetit to seiute Jrss Udlaid as a feature attraction of the field iv The committee voted to oiler him to lomp hue and give an exhibition. EARllY CLOSING EVENTS AT CHARTER OAK PARK HAITI FORM.

Conn, April 8-Early losing slakes fm the Giarid Circuit isces at Chat tf Oak at It Sept 6-11 were announud las! night There ate 10 tents, three mote than last jear for total stakes of $'U100. The purse of the Charter Oak Tint was reduced front Mo, out) to laOtK). This rate will be for 2 08 tiotteis Instead of the 2 II class, as in the past. Entries ilose on May 8. NINE FANCY DIVERS TO COMPETE FOR TITLES NEW oItk.

Apttl 8 Nine fancy divers. 'eight of them present or former nohlets of inteu olleglate, distliet, national or fotpign championship honors, entered for the American indoor diving hiimt lonsldp, lindei the direction ol the Amateur Middle I'nirui, the pool of the New ot Athletic Club tonight. Included in the number is Joseph A. Kennedy of the Brookline Swimming Club. The ptogr 11,11 will include a Pju-ard swim for nmiics, a 100-yard han-uuup and a one-mile telav triif, in whu It of the iNew Yotk Athletic Clubs spilntds will attemid to break the world reeoi d.

GEN PAU BELIEVES ALLIES WILL FORCE DARDANELLES NAPLES, April 7, via Paris, April 8 Gen Pau of the French Army, who has been on a mission to Petrograd and the Balkan capitals, has arrived here on his way to Rome and Pans. Refeiring to the Dardanelles operations, Gen Pau expressed to a newspaper interviewed the 'belief that the Anglo-French fleet ould force a passage as soon as preparations are completed for a combined attacK by land and by sea. Torpedo Then Shot Into Liner, Says London Bureau. Esser, Police Say, Was Convicted of Larceny "Six Years Ago, GERMANS ROUTED BY THE BELGIANS VON SCHROEDER NOT SHOT. Boston Pass'enger Agent of Hamburg-Ameriean Line Writes Tfiat He Is Well.

The report that Baron Albrecht von passenger agent of the Hamburg-American Line, who is a lieutenant in a German regiment at the front, had been shot, is untrue. Henry LONDON. April 8 The Offici.il Tr-formation Bureau issued a Matennnt todaji sajdng that the British steaniei1 Falaba sunk at sea March 28 by a German submarine with a lo.is of mort than ICO lives, was not armed. It is not true, the statement goes on that sufficient time was given the piie sengers and the crew of tills vcsvel to escape. The German submarine losed in on Falaba.

ascertained per name, signalel NEW YORK, April Police looking through the effects of William Esser, whose body was recovered today from the bottom of a well 30 feet deep, which caved in on him yesterday, said thV foun.d plans of the city and foi liflcu-tions in and about Cologne, Ger. Esser, the police also asserted, was convicted six yeais ago of the larceny of tools and parts of Whitehead torpedoes from the plant of the E. W. Bliss Company in Brookljn. Moosehead Lake, the niaiooned army of lumberjacks up the Allegash would ha.ve turned in news-hungry.

Greenville telephoned up the lake to Kineo. and Kineo passed it along to Seboomook and Carry on the north shore ofi Taggart, a State Street broker, has just in iniana pcji. 5 Totems who should have been on their I received a letter from tbe lieutenant, which he stated that he is well. Mrs von Schroeder. who was with her husband in Germany when the war broke out, is a nurse in a German military hospital at Berlin.

way houis before stopped Ion: enough to vna ke sure that "the white man licked Johnson. and then bit the long road to the camps in all directions. they get over talking about the He was said to have spent six months her to stop and gave those on board fi ve i z. i 1, I. i It null boats.

It would LONDON, April 8, 12:50 The Belgian Legation here has received a telegram from the Belgian Minister of War, dated yesterday, which reads as follows: The western side of the Vser Canal, in the direction of Drei Gra-clien, has been completely freed of the enemy by Belgian troops. The Germans fled in disorder, leaving behind them machine gun and ammunition. Today passed off quietly. The hostile artillery showed very little activity." BERLIN PRESS COMMENTS ON SINKING OF THE U-29 BERLIN, via Londan, April The press of the capital is virtually unanimous in declaring the fact that the British Admiralty has not made public the details of the sinking of the submarine U-29 looks highly suspicious." The Tages Zeitung says that although the British made their first report regarding tne submarine on March 26, nothing has been given out as to the time, place or manner of its sinking. The paper believes this probably is because the methods employed by the British were "reprehensible, and adds: "We can imagine no other reason for this delav than that British vessels surprised the U-29 while it was rescuing the crew of a steamer.

Other papets make similar suggestions. including the surmise that the submaiine was sunk by a merchantman flying a neutral flag. in the penitentiary for that crime. The police were unable to determine what disposition, if any, Esser planned to make of the plans of Cologne. Essers death resulted from an attempt to dig down to water in an abandoned well.

Sand at the bottom of the well suddenly fell away from the walls and butted tlie man up to his W'aist. Firemen were called, and while they worked the fail of sand increased amL Esser was slowly buried Later the entire well caved In. Squads of men from the Building Department worked all night, and today succeeded in recovering the body. Esser came to tins country from Germany 10 years ago. His former wife and several children are believed to be in Chicago.

$100,000 FOR LANDER. TODAY IS KING ALBERTS BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY LONDON, April 8 The Allies are celebrating today the anniversary of King Albert's birth. This day also marks the seventh anniversary of Mr Asquiths premiership. Within a few weeks Mr Asquiths term of office will have exceeded that of Lord Salisbury, giving him the record for continuous incumbency since the Reform Act w'as adopted. King Albert was born April 8, 1875, and acceded to the throne Dec 23, 1909.

minutes to take to their have been nothing 'ess tTmn a miracle i( all the passengers anc tlie new of a good-sized liner had been abje lo tako to her boats within the time allowed While some of the boats weie still on their divits. the statement declares, "the 'submarine fired a torpedo at ihe Falaba at short range This action made it absolutely certain that theie must bei great loss of life, and it must have been' committed knowingly, with the intention of producing that result. "The conduct of all on board the Falaba appeals to liave been excellent There was no avoidable delav in getting out the boats. It is possibly true, hut ouite irrelevant, that a (rained man-of-war's crew o( equal numbers might have managed to escape in similar rr- umstances wuth less loss of life. To accuse the Falaba' a crew of neohKcnce, under the circumstances could not ersily be paralleled.

NEW YORK PROHIBITION BILL REGARDED AS DEAD ALBANY, April 8-The Statewide prohibition bill today is regarded as dead in both Houses. A week ago the Assembly recommitted it. and todas the Henate refused to discharge tim committee ftotn further consideration of it. CHES UNCOOIv, Me, April 7 Its a leng way from the verdant hills and waving palms of Marianao to the icebound, snow-driDed fastnesses of the spruce and pins, by the frozen AUegash, miles and miles beyond civilization in the great North wilderness of Maine, and 300 miles from the nearest newspaper, bulletin board. But ingenuity born of the lust for the-news of the great heavyweight battle in Cuba overame all obstacles and before It was "lights out" in the most remote chain ot logging camps of the Great Northern last night one, from the boss to the cookee, knew that there was a new champion and that' he was a white man.

Not only' the native-born Americans, Dut even the Poles, Finns, Slavs and unclassified "squareheads," who could not say whether they were working in Maine or Michigan, knew all about the big tight, and lor weeks the merits of the champion and the challenger had been discussed in a dozen different languages in the camps, on the yards, the landings and the roads. The consigning hunger for' information, and that qufcklv, was a necessity which worked qfit invention. Plans for passing -on the news from tho ringside almost shaped themselves through the magnetic fellowship of the men with red blood, and the gaps in the line of communication were gladly tilled by eager volunteers. Hardly had the man with the megaphone shouted to the crowd in front of a Bangor newspaper office: "Johnson takes the count in the 26th, when some one cut tn on a Baiwcor Aroostook railroad wire and snapped, "F-i-t-e, Johnson knocked out in the 26th." The news was spread from the lonely lTle boxes of stations in niches in the woods tc the near-cities of Houlton, Piesque Isie, Fort Fairfield and Caribou, and on to the boundary towns, Fort Kent and Van Buren. Gieenville was listening and an ac- comnicdating Canadian Pacific man passed it along over his lines, crossways i i the Sm But had the news Stopped at Greenville, at the foot of the great frozen fight, they will figure out how long Mike Haley was in covering the 35 miles between the Carry and Cauquangomac; and they know now why he shifted his teams around so that on this trip he had the best-going pair around the lake.

But there were three more camps deeper in the wilderness, and no toter could make any speed over the ridges and through the gullies: but the Alle-gash wireless" was working well. Ole Anderson was waiting for Mike, and Ole is the best man on skis in Maine. In less than an hour Ole slid in to the second camp with this information: "Yack Yonson fcc bane knock out. Yess Willard -one heem 26 tames." A smokv, wiry Indian, Sopiel Sebat. arose from tlie deacons sent, tightened tits belt and hit a dog trot along the trail, six miles to the next camp, which never vslickened until he duiked through the low door, drew a long breath and grunted "Ugh! white man lick urn, sure ting, 26 rounds.

Sure. Wow-wow! Heres where I make the cross-country record look sick -wow! And I w'in $10." This vvaslShoiey, forester, who sported a blue jersev with a big on it, the last relav between Havana and Camp 6, Allegash operation. On your mark! Set Go! whooped the college athlete, and he was off, flying. Shorey says that he knows that he broke the record for- the distance. The cooks alarm clock pointed to almost midnight, but every man was awake when he burst into the camp.

It's a long way from larianao to the Allegash, but news some news travels fast. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE ATTACKS IN MONTENEGRO PARIS, April 8 Twelve women and children were killed and 48 BELIEVES DRAMATIC others Injured by bombs dropped by SURPRISE IS POSSIBLE Austrian aviators In the market place TURIN, via Pans, April 8 The Ga-at Podgoritza, Montenegro, yesterday afternoon, according to a Cettinje dispatch to the Havas Agency. Many buildings were destroyed by the missiles, seven of which were dropped from the aeroplane. zetta Del Popolo declares reports that Austria contemplates concluding peace with Russia in order better to defend herself against Italy are not so visionary as official communications issued at Vienna would indicate. The correspondent of the paper at the Austrian capital professes to have obtained reliable information to the Suit Brought by Wrestler Against Manager and Promoter.

Alexander A berg, who ilaitns to be the wold's champion Greco-Roman wrestler, brought suit in the Nupetior Court, today, against Georg V. Touhej, tho well-known wiestllng manager and promoter, lor IltM.uoO damages for alleged slander. He alleges th it Tuohev made false assertions in regard to hla physical condition. Ne'vburyport High Baseball. NEWBURYlORT, April The schedule of the Ncwbui port High School baseball team has been practically completed, although It la hoped to fill in a few dates that come between the opening, April 21, and June is.

The schedule Is Apnl 21. Ihmimor Aeadpmv at South Bytleld; Apnl 21, Garbers High at Pan-Xers' Apt II 2 L.iwtenco High at Law-len. May I. Grot eland High at Groteland; Mat 5. Salem High at Salem, May 22.

Lawrence High at Newbury port. Mat 9, Hummer Academy at Nett lout port May 31, Haterhtll High at llaveihlll; June Nashua High at Nashua. Juno 11, liavei hill High at Nett hut pot June 12. Boston High School of Commerce at Newbury port; June 17. Danteis Htsh at Panters; June It.

Salem High at Newbury port. effect that tne Austrian Government already has opened semi-official pour par-lers with two powers of the Triide Entente, and pe believes a dramatic surprise is possible. SERVICE TCfHOLLAND WILL BE RESUMED LONDON, April 8 Railway has announced that a bi-weekly passenger service between London and The Great Eastern BRITISH CABINET FAILS TO SETTLE DRINK QUESTION LONDON, April 8, 12:10 m-The Cabinet having failed to, come to a decision on the drink question, no settlement is expected until Parliament meets next week. The impression is growing that the Government will content itself with bringing in a measure prohibiting the sale or spirits. Even this step will not be exclusively a Government policy, since nothing can be done without consultation with other parties.

The Conservative leaders, A. J. Balfour and Andrew Bonar Law, are believed already to have given privately their assent to whatever action may be taken, provided no measure for total prohibition ue considered at this time. Tn. proposing the prohibition of the sale of spirits and possibly wine and lessening the strength of beer.

Great Britain would be following the footsteps of Russia, which before the adoption of total prohibition forbade the manufacture or use of spirits. Even the prohibition of traffic in spirits is not hkely to be adopted without considerable opposition from the vested interests The influence of the party favoring voluntaiy abstinence Is growing. Its latest recruits include th heads of various churches, who have signed a pledge to abstain from intoxicating liquois during the war. be resumed the Hook of Holland wil1 next week. Not one of i down by our machine guns, them escaped." ITALY WANTS LAND WITHOUT FIGHTING Gaining, Every Day in Power to MakeWar.

ROME, April 7, via Paris, A mil 8 Italys failure to enter the; war up to the present time is explained in official circles as due to the fait that the countrys statesmen do not wish to plunge the Nation into the enormous risks of war wilhout first exhaust ingevery possible means of obtaining what the people desire without recourse to arms. It Is pointed out that in the meantime Italy is gaining every day in military strength and in economic resources. Official reports received here from European capitas are said to agree in the statement that the supreme clash between the Allies on the one side and the Austro-German Armies on tho other, which originally seemed certain to take place in May, w'lll be postponed until or even later. The answers made to those who are urging immediate hostilities is that in the circumstances there is no teason why Italy should hasten her action, since the longer she delays the greater would be her chances of success and the greater the aid she would be able to give those countries on whose side she would align herself. No attempt is made to deny that a war against Austria would be popular.

In this connection it is pointed out that the Italian Army has been successfully mobilized without a protest from Austria, the country most obviously threatened. This Is taken In some quarters to indicate that the leaders of the dual monarchy are desirous of averting hostilities, and that thev may vet consent to make the territorial concessions which Ita'y desires. GERMANS SAY FRENCH ATTACKS WERE FAILURES BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville, Apt il 8 Tbe German Army headquarters today gave out a report on the pi ogress of hostilities which reads 'as follows: "The fighting between the Meuse and tiie Moselle continued yesterday, Flench attacks resulted in failure in the tVoevre district, on the Inghtsof I Sombres, near the forest of Welt use north of Ft Miluel. in the Ailly Foiest, near the Forest of Apremont. to the north of Fllrey and in the Forest ot Le Pietre.

I "The total French losses along the en- tlie front again were enormous, without' obtaining the slightest success. trench aviator tiom Paris, compelled to land, said nothing was known in the French capital about the Fiemhl losses in the Champagne lighting. On the eastern fiont theie have been' COL BARON DE BODE AMONG RUSSIAN DEAD WASHINGTON, April 8 News w'as received at the Russian Embassy today of the death of Col Baron de Bode, for-metly military attache here. He was commanding a regiment on the southwestern front and died of wounds. BRITISH STEAMER ISMAILA REACHES RIO JANEIRO RIO JANEIRO, April 8 The British steamer Ismaila came into Rio Janeiro today, and no sooner had she dropped anchor than speculation was rife as to her real character.

She had on board 146 passengers, and the captain declares his destination is the Falkland Islands. Lack of coal compelled him to come here. He de- BUENOS AIRES CELEBRATES KING ALBERTS BIRTHDAY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina. April 8-Members of the Belgium, Firm and British colonies in Buenos Aires, together with a number of Argentinians, united today In observing the aniiher-sary of the birth of Albert, King of na Belgians. A telegram of homage carrj lug 8ral thousand signatures and wishing tlie prompt treeing of Belgian tcr-itoi) was dispatched to the King.

OVER 1000 HORSES TO BE SHIPPED ON. THE CANADIAN The Ley land Line steamship Capt Bullock, is loading tlie lubt of A great cargo for Liverpool and she leave port tomorrow, probablv at noon She will cany another shipment of horses for the British Army. About I' animals are on the way from Montrw and will reach the terminal earlv tomm-row morning. They will be trunsterre to the vessel as soon as they airive at after the aie safely on board steamer will be in readiness to sail The Canadian will carry I.kO tons provisions, 7W tons of flour, 1W lumber, 5O0o barrels of apples, itnf) hai -of cotton, four refrigerators of tw goods and a large amount of unseen neous freight. BILL TO OUST OCCUPANTS OF HOTEL DE JOBLESS A bill brought Hits Boaid of Health of Boston to prevent the Hotel De Jobless" from ot copying properly on Essex St.

alleging it is a nuisance, earue up before Judge Morton In the Equity Ses-I'on of the Superior Gourt today, and the heating went over until Tuesdav. The Court was informed that the lessees of the propet who had leased the defendant had oideied the latter fait, so lien the matter conns up Tuesday it is expected the defendant Will have left the premises, in which event the bill probablv will be disbursed Asst Coppoi ation Counsel Mc-Gettrlek appears for the Board of Health and William P. Dyer for the Hotel Dc Jobless" charge of the U-9 when she sank the Lntsh cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and lessv in the North Sea last September. This brilliant exploit brought him much "dtf was transferred to the U--9, described as the last word in German submarine construction. TURKEY CALLS OUT MEN NOT LIABLE FOR SERVICE LONDON, April 8 An irade promulgated today by the Sultan of Turkey an-thoilzes the Ministry of War to call out 11 men capable of bearing arms, but who heretofore were not liable for the ages of 19 and 20, tor the defense of the Turkish coasts order rntlera and tJle maintenance of also is given power to or military service all Oration of mobilization, information was contained in a dispatch received today by Reuters T.

eiegiJfcm Company from Constantinople. TURKISH FORCE IS RETIRED AT KANTARA CAIRO, Egypt, April 8 The following no developments. The weather continues cliried any further explanation, nor has bad and the roads are impassable it been possible to learn why such a large number of passengers are going to MOUNTAINS BEAT RUSSIANS British warships are still believed to AS THEY DID AUSTRIANS i transport VENICE, via London. April 8 The I taking 146 officers and men to reinforce Russians who are now fighting on un-jthelr cres-favorable ground in the Carpathians, according to Budapest newspapers, are The British steamer Ismaila sailed from Newcastle, Feb 8, and BRITISH REPORT MORE LOSSES AT NEUVE CHAPELLE liONDON, April 8-The big list, ot casualties of the rank and file of the British Army issued yesterdSy of the recent lighting at Neuve Chapelle "as increased today by the gixmg out of another list which contains the names of 1FS men. Of these 346 were killed and the remainder wounded.

The casualty list issed in London yesterday carried the names of 1843 noncommissioned officers, and men of 0 different regiments. Of these 649 were killed and 1107 wounded, while 87 were reported missing. I The list of today shows 762 wounded. The totals for the two days shows official statement was given out here 995 men killed. 1369 wounded and 87 miss- th re ing.

Altogether the lists show casualties toa ne military authorities: -951 in killed, wounded yesterday morning a small body of cover the losses 'rui'klSh was seen by Patrols amounting to and missing. The lists evidently experiencing the sann difficulty hi bringing munitions and supplies from the rear that previously beset the Deep snow, impassable roads and impenetrable forests are said to prevent military operations on a large scale, and permit onlv intermittent fighting in which, the Budapest reports say, the Russians are guttering enormous losses, wilile the difficulty experienced in keeping open communications to the rear m-ctease with every step advanced. ITALY'S WHEAT IMPORTS IN FEBRUARY HEAVY ROME, Apt il 7, via Pans. April 8-lialy imported quintals (about 13 900,000 bushels) of wheat in February ami the fitst three weeks in March. This grain sold for from $7.70 to $8.20 a quintal.

sustained in part of the angumary the railroad midway twteenPOTtSaId and ismailia). A few shots were exchanged and the enemy retired I There were no casualties on either side. All aeroplane reeonnoissances fchow there are no bodies of troops within reach. GERMANS MOURN DEATH 1 OF UAPT OTTO WEDDIGEN GERMAN MISSION WAS BLOCKED BY ITALIANS ROME, via Paris, April 8 The members of the German mission who made an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate to Addis Abeba to communicate with the German Minister to Abyssinia, have just arrived in Rome qn their way home. Italy did not permit them passage through Eritrea, but undertook to see that mail for the Minister' w'ent for- I ward hi due course.

The members of 1 mission had a series of remarkable1 experiences, which included 23 days on the Red Sea in a native boat; an encounter wrtth a French cruiser which almost, resulted in their capture, and persistent but futile efforts to obtain permission to travel through the Italian coast country. It has been rumored that the object of this mission was to instigate the Abyssinians to attack British forces in the Sudan. This the Germane denv, saying their purpose was only t6 carry mail to the minister. This denial has been met by Italian newspapers with a recital of the composition of the mission, and also by the fact tjiat it traveled through Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Asia Minor before landing on the Arabian coast near Akabah. The mission consisted of Herr Fro-bemus, a German explorer and described as an intimate friend of Em- peror William and two secretaries and a special attache of the foreign office, From Akabah the travelers crossed the Red Sea to Massowa, capital of the i Italian colony of Eritrea.

It was on this I trip that a French cruiser overhauled them. The native boat chartered by the mission was thoroughly searched bv the French officers, but the four Germans had so carefully hidden themselv that they remairved undiscovered When it was apparent that the Italian authorities would not permit them to go to Eritrea the mission gave up its objective and started on the journey home. EDWIN C. BEAN ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE CONCORD. A pi 11 The New Hampsliue Legislature today elected Edwin C.

Bean of Belmont, now speaker of the House of Representatives, to the office of Secretary of State, to succeed Edward N. Pearson ot Concord, resigned. Mr Bean, a Republican, had 25s votes to l'X for his Democratic opponent. State senator Nathaniel E. Mai tm ot Concord To slut ed Mr Bean ns speaker the House named Representative (JHn 11.

Chase of Newport, Republic an. ho had 180 otes to 116 for Rep-wvsentative Janies F. Brennan of Peter-hot Democrat. 7 he Senate gave Anal passage today to a bill lequirmg railroads to furnish stakes and wines lot lumber cais. Here-lotore the stakes and wires have been lurntslved by lumber shippers.

The House ret used to support the senate in passing over the Governor's the bill legislating Fish and Game Commissioner Frank J. Beal out of of-ln-e. The House sustained the Governor. 211 to 111. Another veto message ante in this morning on a bill intended to make changes in the admmisUauou pf the State Library.

had not been reported from that date until todav. The niaune records give her destination as Bombay. MANY GERMANS CAPTURED IN THE BRULE FOREST PARIS, via London, April 8 The French War Office tins afternom gave' mi a repot on the pi ogress of the lighting, winch reads as follows: in relgium the day vva. niaiked by artillery engagements. "In tlie valley of the Aisne and the district to the east of Rheims our ef-toits, spite of the abnormally bad weather, 'continued with great activity and we have maintained our gains hej tween the Meuse ami the Moselle in their entiiety, while at tlie same time we are pioeeeding to make further progress.

In the Brule forest we captured a German trench, at the same time tak-tng a large number of pusoners on this the front. This was reported of the last few days have through the ilay soil of the to a great depth, rendering movements of artillerv and the explosion of shells. Our consolidated the 'progress the previous dav. We maintained our advance in spite of counter of extraordinary violence Eparges. especially, the last counter attack was carried out and a half and was completely lepulsed.

The enemv sustained losses Corpses of their men War is interference. Peace is moderation. War breeds hatred. Peace produces love. War is destruction.

Peace is construction. Dont tear down. Build up by drinking BFRLIN, by Wireless to Sayville, April 8 One of tbe news items given out today by the Overseas News Agency Is as follows: German papers and the public express deep soriow at the death of Capt Otto Weddigen of the sunmarines U-9 end U-29 whose heroic career is now ended. AUSTRIAN AND RUSSIAN AEROPLANES IN BATTLE BERLIN, By Wireless to Sayville, April 8 An account of an extraordinary herial fight was given out today by the Overseas News Agency, which gays its information was received from It concerns an encounter Austrian and three Russian aeroplane, it is said mounting above its ad-veisanes dropped a bomb which Of the Russian aetfbplanes. machine plunged 1500 yards DECLARE DARDANELLES CANNOT BE FORCED ROME, via Tans, April 8-Carasso Kf- AVoe' fendi and Midhat Bey, the first a mem- bef of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies and the second ex-Seeretary of theTurk-tsh Commit tee Union and Procre.

are ut present "in Rome. They deny having any special mis sion, but it is recalled that thev an ptared here on tbe eve of the negotta tions leading to the peace between ItaiJ and Turkey. ltfUy Referring to the Dardanelles, these two Turks today expressed conviction section of last nlglu "The rams soaked Woevro difficult the preventing troops have made on all attacks At Les German bv a legiment enormous. covered who trom the le The foregoing would seem to be confirmation of the report, given out first in London. March 28, and for the second time in Berlin yesterday, that he German submarine U-29 had been lost.

An official statement from London said she hart been destroyed, but failed to give details. The Ber in report said the loss of the submarine U-29 had been accept- pto the earth, ed This uhdersea boat was commanded Budapest between one aeroplanes. Ihe Austrian succeeded and struck one The Russian The report mospheric In Luck. Caller How much for a mart id ge license? Town Clerk tine dollar. Caller Ive only got o0 cents.

Town Clerk boure lucky. hia Bulletin. the field. Three hundred men momentarily were able to advance German goes on to say that the at disturbance caused by the position were mowed by Capt Otto Weddigen, who had fall of the aeroplane upsel the other 1.