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First to Last?the Truth: New? - Editorials - Advertisements

I? ..p,rl?lil. IBIS,

By The Tribune \..... I??l?>n 1

MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1915.

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PRICE ONE CENT

In City el Sere T*rk. Newark. Seeeey flty sad HoMke?.

El-KKWIIERE TWO CENT*.

WHITMAN READY

10 CLEAR P. S. C.

BOARD IS Rff ORT

Now Inclined to Change

His Mind and Regard

Charges as Baseless.

INQUIRY CAUSED

COMMITTEE SPLIT

Oovcrnor Hesitates Over De?

cision- McCall Is Considered

Certain to Hold His Job.

?pelt ? ?'* rotmpejmletit of The Tribun?!

j?bsny, March 28. -Governor Whit

-u li Ilk? ly to dismiss the charges

H^tift the four members of the Pub?

lic Service Commission of the lat Dia

t:i:. These charcos, including in

fft!npftfr?r, neglect of ?'.uty and in?

efficiency, wat? Lied with the Governor

bv the Thompson committee.

I ' ?.'u'vrrnor read the srswon

cf the accused official? Kdward K. Mc

Csll. C'.cprge V. 8, Williams, J. Ser

fftr.t tram and Robert Colgate Wood

?he 1? inclined to hold that the charges

?rere baseless, it is reported hero to

tight

Orly a week ago It was practically

decided to ?.ame in tho places of the

accused four the following: Colonel

William Hay ward, counsel to the Gov

errcr; Travis H. Whitney, secretary to

the Fubl'.c Service Commission of the

lit Distr.ct; Henry Hodge, a civil en

rineer, at*.?l Kingslry Martin, Bridge

Corr.Tf ' "der Mayor Gaynor.

Everything "I'p in Air."

To-night, as one eoni-ersant with the

situ?t.on put it, everything is up in

the air.

The accused commissioners appeared

before the Governor on Tuesday, and

a ?'or-imissioner Wood made a

fj-inted reply to the charges. Wood

contented himself with l.hng a written

anrwer.

The sensation of the hearing ^as

treated by the answer of Commissioner

ma, who in addressing the Gov?

ernor as "You and your piratical crew

of po!:*icians" provoked a stormy scene

r. the Governor and Mr. Will

laau.

Commissioner Williams declared that

?nators, members of the Thomp

commission, were credited with

having said that the Governor told

them at the outset that he wanted them

to obtain evidence on which he could

I the four commissioners.

Democrats here have said that the

two Senators were Og-ien L. Milla and

George F. Thompson, the latter tho

chairman of the committee.

a that time an anonymous letter

has been circulated reviving the charge.

When the matter was brought to the

attention of the Governor he charac?

terized the report as silly, absurd and

false.

No matter what may occur, it is said

I.ovr.-r.or Whitman will not re?

move Chairman McCall. But just what

the Governor will ilo with respect to

the Public Service Commission of the

1st District no on can say for a cer?

tainty.

See? Trouble for Whitman.

A member of the leu'.-lative commit?

tee ?hi.-h investigated the Public Ser?

vice! en mi ision, \?ho was in New York

yesterday, Baid that he and other mem

l'*r? ol 'tee expected an ex- j

- nor Whitman went '

throuph the procramme, let out Me- !

.'? ood and Cram, and

.- ?es of their suecos- j

tort 1 approval.

"I have heard gosaip that the Gov- {

?mor ? .? nerve and that

ae would not the eommii

wa, but I think thai is merely g<

there will be trouble, however, >

*'hen the new tamos are presented."

It is expected that Senator Bobert

" Was.-!,:, minority leader, will be

fesiiv when the nominations arel

troucht m to brinir about an investi

cation of reporta that the Governor

tr:*"i to influence members of the In?

vestiga: ? . - ttoe to make finding

*hich would justify him in removing

??Call

Wagner it expected to try to prove

?hat the G oven or said ta Senator

Thomp?nri. chairman, and Senati^r <>c- :

ten I.. }.]?"..t n member of the commit

j*e. that ho had not sent the commit- :

*-** to live at tho Biltmore, but to Ret

?vidence for tle removal of tho com

niasioners. and also thai Whitman sen1

; Thompson and

upon them to make definite I

t the commissioners.

I a ever had any such conversation

rn? r." Senator Mills sail

lay. "Vou can denv for me thai

j ?ai bT??e<l to make a report calling

or tin discharge of the commission

tr?.

1'urther than this he refused to dis- :

,7s* ''? ? It is known, however, i

nat there were some hot sessions of

?ae committee after it had cot through ,

lth its public session-, and that in '

???ae Colonel Hayward, Whitman's

?ojnse!, who conducted the hearings, :

?".'"?'?tent that ? verdict be returned

the commissioners inefficient.

?n,me members of the committee!

looci out arainst anv such action, on !

n* ground that it would prejudice the i

??? before it came to the Governor. I

?nev heid that their only purpose was '

????Main the facts and !.iv them before ;

aiton? * to BCt on h,s own raaoon- ,

anai ?- ..rhl''' ,ed t0 heated are-umentr |

"ta 1?nally t? a split m the commit- |

Important Mailers Pending.

There are a number of important

.Serv rf,w pending before the Public

r-inrfj ' "r,"":"-"n which will be;

'?naed ,iown tf) a row comn,:!,siori

*n*n appointed by Governor Whitman.

??nlinii?.(i ?n paae 4. column ?

"? ?age Every Sunday

D'toted to Shops* Bargains.

?*>* of thaf Many Reasons Why

J?* Sunday Tribune Should Be in

Every Home.

GIRL BY PARCEL POST

She Is Travelling as Mail for

15 Cents.

tPT Trifftirit? to Ti? TrU-un? 1

Savannah, March !.'8. Wearing s

placar.f. on which was her name, des

I tinatU?n and tiftrrn cents in parcel pott

stamps, six-year-old Fdna N'ptT passed

; through the terminal station here last

nlicht on her way from Pcnsacola, Fla.,

i to Christiansburg, Va., where her

father is awaiting her. Slio weighs

1 just under the fifty-pound limit.

Fdna lived in Pensacola with her

. mother, who ha? been separated frotn

I her husband, the child's father, for

some time. The probation officer in

Pensacola offered to send Edna back t..

Virginia, atul the mother made no ob?

jection. The officer ha?! no fund? to

pay the fare of ,i jrrown up travelling

companion for the child, so he tlid th<?

next best thing, which was to intru.-t

her to the parcel poat,

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'PHONE WHISPER

SAVES FAMILY

"Central" Hears Faint Call

Rushes Aid to Three Over?

come by Gas.

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Three persons owe their lives to the

quick wit ami efficiency of Mis.? Mari?

M. Gildea, supetvisor of the Flatbush

| telephone exchange. At the single

; word "hurry," uttered in a woman's

voice mid scarcely above a whisper,

Miss (',ildea had four physicians, an :

ambulance and the Brooklyn Police

Department busy yesterday afternoon

t-aving s whole household from extinc?

tion by ns.

Mis? (liltlea ye = terday was ai-tinc; as

chief operator. Sue made a connection

from the home of Asad Khouli, at 5071

East Twenty-sixth Street, to that of

l?r. Edwin A. Keyes, at 219 Hutland

Koad, and vas about to cl<?co the key

when ?he heard a woman whisper

"Hurry." Then the receiver fell with a

slam.

Ur. Keyes, whose ear is not as keen;

r.*-. that of a 'phone operator, hear.!

i nothing. He waited a moment and then

. hung up his receiver. AV-.thout a mo?

ment's hesitation Miss Gildea looked

up the Khouli address, called l?r. Keyes

i back and told him to rush to the hou?e. ,

Then she called Police Headquarters;

and gave the alarm. Patrolman John

the operator there, informed the

Kings County Hospital and thi' Snyt'.er

; Avenue station, near the Khouli home.

Within a few minutes several police?

men and s hospital ambulanc-? with

i- ?gley, Steadman snd Sage ar?

rived at the Rogers Avenue house. The

policemen tan around to the back door,

broke it in end went through to the

front rooms, opening windows n- they

followed by the ambulance sur?

geons. Stretched on the floor ander

the telephone from which the receiver

hung, they found Mrs. Khouli.

\ the Surgeons carried her to a

window t'ie policemen discovered Miss

; Augusta Horle, an aunt of Mrs. J-Thouli, j

'unconscious on a bed in an adjoining i

room. Again the surgeons took charge,

and the pol ent on with their

The upper part of the house

?cant, but at the foot of the cel

lirs, near a heater from which

uns, was pouring, they stumble.? over

Mr. Ki ?

The victims were placed in the am

ce and rushed to the hospital,

where for two and a half hour.? sur?

worked with pulmotors before

they pro! ounced them out of danger.

Miss G?ld. prenuinely modern

about her feat that she had her per?

sonal telephone disconnected last nigh?

to escape congral

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CHURCHES OBEY SUNDAY

Call Off Easter Services at

Revivalist's Wish.

n T? rural It I I - 1 " a ? '

\. J., March 28. Following

tiit- receipt of a telegram from Billy

Sunday, in which he said he would call

off hia Peterson engagement if three

Protestant churches held their at!?...

tisetl services on Faster at the Mme

time as the tabernacle service, the Rev.

Huj/h B. MacCauley, of the Second

Presbyterian Church, announced to-day

that his church would be closed

IS und? v.

Pa-tors, of the First Presbyterian

and the Church of the Redeemer also

paid to-night that, respecting Mr. Sun

wishes, they would not hoi?! ser?

vices Easter. Several other churches

will hold Faster services at 7:30 in

the morning.

JAIL FOR RABBIT SHOOTER

Man Unable to Pay Fine, as in

Case of Phillips Boy.

Somerville, N.J., March 28. Thecase

;ir Phillips, a North Plaintield ?

hoy, who was sentenced to ninety da)

in jail last fall for shooting rah!': .

was recalled here to-day, when Jasper

Svarka. of Short Hills, was lined 122.35

for a similar offence. As he couldn't

pay he went to jail for thirty days.

Young Phillips was released after he

had been in a cell about a month.,

Powerful influence wai brought t.. bear

a.td the seventy of the sentence ws

bitterly condemned. Governor Fielder

finally took a hand. The boy killed h

r bbit which was destroying his

mother's garden tiuck.

a

ERRATIC AUTO

GUIDED BY DYING

Collision on Bridge Reveals

Chauffeur of Car Victim

of Apoplexy.

Colliding with a live-pa.-sengor tour-!

ing car at the Manhattan end of the

Queensboro Bridge last night, the

driver of a wagon turned t.< remon?

strate with the chauffeur, He saw that

the driver's head sagged forward,while

his clenched hands followed the erratic

twitching ?f the steering gear.

A motorcycle patrolman ?topped the

automobile and unclenched it? driver's

hands. He v.:.* unconscious, und ten

minutes later ?li???l in Flower Hospital.

:..: the cur h..d threaded the

on the bridge with .'it. 1 hands

at the tiller was ?i natter of |

w< rk, but an ambulance surgeon

thought the driver must have been

?i soon after gaining the bridge

From his automobile license and

cards in his poche! the driver is be?

lieved to have Lw ?a Charles I,eon

Tenny, of Flanders, Long Island. His

death was due to apoplexy. 11?- was

?'.m mm feet tall and heavy. The

\\h> held l y the police.

Imported La Carolina Cherutos, 10c. I In

.st Havana tobacco, mild, sweet. ir.i??r.u.t.

- ?\U.t.

Gun-Ranners Chase $6,000,000 Rainbow;

Old U. S. Rifles Often Sold, Never Delivered

?i . *? * ! '-.*?"? -??? ? - . , , . ,...._,? ???""?"T" T?r .'"?&wsf?

KRAG RIFLE. OLD U. S. ARMY MODEL. IN SALE OF WHICH TO ALLIES SPECULATORS SAW MILLIONS

PROFIT?LOWER PICTURE SHOWS BREECH MECHANISM EXPOSED.

PART OF LOST

F-4 IS BROUGHT

TO THE SURFACE

Tugs Criss-Cross Lines in

Effort to Lift the Sub?

marine.

FIRST GOT ANCHOR,

INSTEAD OF CRAFT

Little Hope That Crew Sur?

vives Four and a Half

Day Submersion.

Honolulu, March 28. After discover- :

ing that w lat they at first thought i

was the lost submarine F-4, and which

they have been trying to raise for two

days, was an anchor, the undersea

boat in which twenty-one American

sailors perished was definitely located

to-day, and parts of her superstructure

were brought to the surface.

The submerged submarine was locat?

ed outside the harbor. The dredge

California will shift moorings, tugs will

criss-cross in all directions and an at?

tempt will be made to lift the subma?

rine.

Three days' search for the F-4 had

previously resulted only in unfulfilled

hopes. Hivers Agra/. : rid Evans had

gone down the two tables thought to

have been attached to the submarine

and foun?! that the ?eavy bodj was

only an old anchor.

Agra::, on his descent to the anchor,

wore only a helmet. He reached a

depth of 21?") feet, which is said by

nava authorities to be a world's

record, spent twrr.ty-two minutes on '

the downward journey and nine and a

half minutes in the ascent. The ex?

perience apparently caused him no dis

tress,

Diver Evans, v.-ho went down the

second cable, reported that he found

nothing at the bottom.

Naval Constructor Julius Furer to?

day made the positive statement here

that the four submarines of the lia

division were examined an to

their stability only a month ago, and

nl! were found in good condition.

SWARTHMORE GIRL

SAVES CHILD'S LIFE

Plunges Twice Into Icy Creek

Before Bringing Her to

Surface.

[B] Telairaat, la I!.? Tnltint? ]

rhiladelphia, March 28. Mary Rob

Inson, leven years old, was saved from

drowning in the icy waters of ("rum

Creek to-day by Helen Culin, a senior

at Swarthmore College, who braved the

dangers of the swift current above the

dam, near Baltimore Pike.

The little girl, the daughter of Mrs.

Nita Robinson, of ?Swarthmore, was

playing along the creek, with her

mother watching lier, when she fell in

the stream. The torrent was sweep?

ing her rapidly toward the twenty-foot

dam when Miss Culin, canoeing with a

classmate, heard the screams of the

mother, who stood on the bank point

ing to the spot where Mary had dis

appeared.

A tiny flash of white just below the

surface of the water, was visible for

an instant. Fulling off her sweater,

Culin leaped in and swam to the

spot. She dived beneath the surface,

but was unabi? to find the body. She

HP for breath and then dived

again. When she came up this time

she held the little girl by the shoulders. :

She battled desperately with the cur-i

rout an.i a* ?Ik? reached th? shore with

the unconscious girl she sank to the

ground exhausted

.

Stork Visits Mme. Homer.

Mm?. I.ou: e Homer, the Metropoli

tan Op? ?nie th.- mother

of a habv rirl >' itorday at her home

ii Rye, N. Y. Ht>;!? ?it- doing well, The

baby is to he named Helen Joy. Mme.

Homer, who is Mr*, bidney Homar in

private life, now has *i\ children, live

girls ami a boy. Two of the girls are

twins.

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I

L.ovely Woman, Big Business Man and .Little Fixers

All Fail to Loosen Government's Grasp on

320,000 Krags Fighting Nations Covet.

Six million dollars!

This is the profit for which scores of money-mad, graft-hungry

American citizens, both in and outside of New York City, have stood

ready to turn over to the .-Mlies the discarded Krag rifles stored in the

arsenals of the United States.

How they expected to engineer such a deal is a long story, but the

fact remain* that during the last ninety days the most elaborate efforts

have been made to bring it about. That the delivery of the arms in

question to a foreign power might be looked upon as a flagrant breach

of neutrality did not enter into the calculations of the busy schemers.

What diil it matter if the United States should become embroiled with

Germany? so long as that little six-million-dollar melon could be judi?

ciously dissected?

Merchants, bankers, manufacturers, brokers and professional pro?

moters have followed the trail. With mouths watering for the expected

"gravy" and with eyes fairly popping out at the sight of the paper divi?

sion of the swag, they have gathered in offices, hotel lobbies and res?

taurants, seeking to circumvent the difficulties that stood between them

and fortune.

"Grab while the grabbing is ?ood" was the accepted slogan of the

plotters. It would be so easy to contrioute a fat check to the relief funds

being raised for the sufferers abroad if those Krag rifles could be turned

over. Until that time, however, generosity must give way to greed.

At the outbreak of the war there were stored in the arsenals of the

country approximately 320,000 Krag rifles and :,00,000,000 rounds of am?

munition. The rifles had been disi-arded by the government and a new

type had been in use in the army for a number of years.

ROCK ISLAND THEIR MECCA.

Virtually the arms were for sale, as all condemned military equip?

ment may be disposed of at the discretion of the authorities. Covetous

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i . nt ni'.-.l on p?ae I, column 1

MOUNTED POLICE ASQUITH ATTACKED

MUST GO SOON FOR LACK OF VIGOR

Motors and Bicycles to

Replace Many Horses in

Guarding City.

The (l.iv.i of the mounted police are

numbered. New York's most pictu?

resque branch of the uniformed force

ia gradually making way to the de?

mands of modern conditions, and the

bicycle, motorcycle and automobile are '

supplanting the horse.

When Police Commissioner Waldo

was in charge he increased the

ftrength of the mounted force in the

Hath Heach and Fort Hamilton sec?

tions. At that time a (treat deal of agi

tntion was caused by numerous hold?

ups and robberies at night in these

sections of Brooklyn. Since then, how?

ever, under Police Commissioner

Woods, a number of experiments have

been made in new methods of pa?

trolling the suburban parts of greater

New York. The experiments have de?

monstrated the superiority of the i

"bike" c?-p.

Mr. Woods said yesterday that "if

yon mean that the tendency is to dis

place mounted men and use bicycle

Copa and motorcycles instead, then of

course if that continue.' the lavs of

the mounted men are numbered, but"

and then he smiled "I'm not saying

that, however, at this time."

It is true, nevertheless, that more

than forty mounted men ko on patrol ?

?iiitv ufoot very soon. It is also true

that a general comprehensive plan is

being worked out which will neces?

sarily tlo uwav with the gTeater num

lx r ?if mounted men.

There are more than four hundred

mounted policemen In New York. Most

of these ah.*? maile records as horse?

men, and in almost evew celebration

thev have taken a leading part. Squad

A anil Squad C are famous throughout

the Unite?! States for their aaring rid?

ing. Whether these two squads will be

tai>placed has not been determined.

Since the news leaked out that their

days are numbered mounted policemen

who never attempted to ride a bicycle

have been seen struggling through ,

their first 1? ??-cms. Those Aho rode in

tyi whan the bicvele was popular

i.re brushing up. The bicycle is com- ,

ing into its own again, it seems, and '

Father Knickerbocker may be held

partly responsible.

Wilson Leaves Capital.

[Krniu Tilt Tribun? llu?f?u 1

Washington. March 28.-Pr?s.dent

Wilson left . ere at 10 o'clock to-night

on the Mayflower, accompanied by Dr.

Cary Gra on, his naval aid, for An

. where he will be the guest of

th Argentine Ambassador at luncheon

O the new A . ? .1 reailnought M?,

ren >, which wa.s built at Philadelphia. |

The Pre>ident will also visit the

Naval Aead'-my. Be will be at his desk |

here again on Tuesday mt.ning.

Unionist Journals Con?

demn British Premier's

Conduct of War.

[By ?*ah!? to Th? Trihune ]

London, March 29. The Unionist

journals are attacking Premier As

quith for an alleged lack of vigor in

his direction of the war. The attack

was begun by "The Times" and by J.

L Garv?n in "The Observer," and is

now taken up by "The Morning Post,"

which says in to-day's issue:

"In these days when the nation is

troubled in mind, body and estate, and

when all patriotic spirits are engrossed

with the care and safety of the realm,

we are entitled to address a stern call

to the head of the government. Lord

Kitchener at the War Office has driven

the old-fashioned machine until it

t rcaks and groans. He has done won?

ders in creating new armies and in

maintaining them in the field. While

the immediate demands of the situa?

tion must have engaged every hour of

the tield marshal's day, we should have

thought that the lirst minister of the

crown would have surveyed ami meas?

ured the necessities of the future seven

months ago. We were told that tin

war would strain all the resources of

the community seven months airo. Wt

w.-re advised that the war would be a

lone one.

"Cntil ?he last fortnight has any

minister looked into the organization

of those industries upon which the

successful pros-jcution of the war ab?

solutely depends, or inquired into,the

potential expansion of their output?

During the long winter months has it

never occurred to th? Prime Minister

to ascertain the ability of our arma?

ment establishments to supply muni?

tions of war adequate to the increased '??

and increasing necessities of our forces

bv land and sea? Apparently it has

not.

"The powers whi.'h as Prime Mini.i

ter he should haw .-?ought have at

length been taken over by the Chan?

cellor of the Fxche.'ii- r. and a minister

burdened with the fares of an im?

portant department h** stepped into

the place o' . who has none.

"We would make an earnest appeal

to Mr. AaVSjUith. A "hough precious

time has bt-en lost, h? can vet repair

some of the consequences of his neg?

lect. Let him be kindled by the oc?

casion and rise to the full dignity of

his position in the Mate. Let him

press on the mobilization of British in?

dustries and the rapid manufacture of

munition of war. After all, though

personal defects are likely enough to

rom Ion* posses-'on of a [

too little threatened ami too easily en?

joyed, the better sort ol in in a

great cnsi? will be stimulated to coun- ,

toract caUSOS which tend to languor,

luxury and effacement. He will lay |

Coatiaufd on pas? >'. columa S I

EITEL, STEAM UP

AND GUNS CLEAR,

AWAITED BY FOE

U.S. Battleships and Allies'

Cruisers Watch at

3-Mile Limit.

REPORT GERMANY

HAS GIVEN NOTICE

Rover's Captain Declares He

Won't Leave by ?Moonlight?

May Come to New York.

!Rj Teli-imih to Th? Tribuna]

Norfolk, Va.. .March 28. -The battle?

ships Alabama, Connecticut and I'tah

arrived off the Virginia Capes a little

before ?lark and anchored just outside

the three-mile neutrality line. It is]

? toed that they have orders to

sac that there is no violation of neu?

trality by a battle within this line

should the German raider Prinz Kitel

Friedrich leave the roads.

Although the Prinz Kitel has steam

up to-night and great volumes of

smoke are pouring from both of her

funnels, with everything seemingly in

readineai to sail, it is declared there

is little likelihood she will try to mak??

a daah out of the Virginia Capes dur

ing th? Qty-four hours. Aj a

Britiah steamer, the Corfe Castle,

passed oui at 7 o'clock tins morning,

and an unknown -teamer, also believed

British, passed out jusi before dar!;,

the departure of the Prim Eitel would

he prevented by the neutrality laws,

which are being rigidly enforced.

"You can real assured that I am not

going out while the tnoon continues to

show itself," Captain Thiericheiis i

reported to have said to-day. This is

uiuter.stoo'i to mean that he is await?

ing stormy weather, as there will be

moonlight at night for some time to

come.

Another British Cruiser on Watch.

Announcement was made from the

Capa Henry observatory and by incom?

ing paaaenger steamers that another

Britiah cruiaer had joined the blockad?

ing .-?juadron outside th?? capes. This

makes four croisera on duty three

British and one French. The addition

to the >h i,i s is reported to be the Brit- |

ish light cruisrtr Corona. She arrived

early this morning.

The government lias ordered port and '

navy ofteiala to conduct a strict cen- j

sor-lip of all eomynercial wireless

plants in this sectiini r.nd to closely

watch the various steamers in the har?

bors equipped with wireleaa to ?-ee that

the.-e are not used for ?ending mes?

sages. Shipi have been notified that no

message can be flashed abroad until it '

has been submitted to fort officials and !

permission granted. In other words,

if the government can prevent it the

warships off the capea will not be in?

formed should the Prinz Kitel leave her

v hart.

According to well informed men. who

do not desire to be quoted, the Prinz

Eitel has until the morning of April 1 I

at 7 o'clock to clear the roaiN.

There is no question, however, that

the 1'rinz Kitel is ready to make a

break for sea, and is only awaiting a

favorable opportunity. Waterfront

veterans declare she is in condition to

bread away at full speed at a moment's

rotice.

Only persons speaking (?ermar were

allowed to-day on the wharf where the

Kitel is moored. Ofliceis and men

aboard declined to communicate with

any one. It was observed that i-anvaii

coverings ha?l been removed frtm 'he

shin's guns and steam was issuing from

the exhausts on her sides.

May Come to New York

Reports that the Prinz Eitel would

he towed to New York within the three

mile limit started to-night, following

the arrival of a big seagoing tug

equipped with wire!?-., which t.ed up

to a shipyard pier close to the (jerman :

t ru: ser.

Marine men said this would be pos?

sible, as the Kitel is now drawing I? -

than thirteen feet. The rumor

given credeM-e in view of the ret

rennest to Washington last night for

protection within the three-mile limit.

What would be the object of ?utS a

move was varioualy explained. As it

? "? change the status of

-he did no'

of the United States ?

???ou!,l have to b?' Interned In

?rk. just as she would be if re?

maining here.

It has been suggested that the ?,. -

man government would prefer to have

the fhip interned in .New York.

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KAISER URGES AUSTRIA

TO MAKE CONCESSIONS

IB? Talajriph to Tha Trltrona.]

Berne, March 28.?A Swls? Jo?t

returned from Vienna bring? new?

that the Kaiser has. In the strictest

incognito, been visiting Fmperor

I r.iii.H Joseph at the Srhcinbrunn

palace and has succeeded in induc?

ing the aged ruler to rede territory

to Italy In return for her continued

neutrality. Absolute ?Hence on the

subject Is enjoined on the Auatro

ilunrarian press.

FIGHT TO FORCE

TURKISH STRAIT

BEGINS AFRESH

Allied Battleships Bom?

bard Forts on Gallipoli

Peninsula.

STAMBOUL TOLD

TO EXPECT ALLIES

Government Posts Proclamation

Announcing That Squadron

May Arrive Shortly.

(By Tal'li to Th? Tribuna.]

Tenedos, March 28. Operations have

br.-n resumed in the Dardanelles by

the allied fleets, and heavy firing is

now proceeding in the strait. Judging

by the firing heard this morning, the

forts on the Gallipoli Peninsula are

being heavily bombarded.

The weather is perfect, and British

seaplanes have been making daily

reconnoissances when the ships have

not been actually engaged. Occasion?

ally German aeroplanes have been seen

also.

Following an air reconnaissance, a

big gun bombardment, both indirectly

over the Gallipoli penim.ula and from

a station a mile outside the entrance

to the straits, was con inued to-day

with short intervals, from 10 a. m. un?

til 3:30 p. m.

From Mount F.lias, the highest point

I* Tenedos, shells could be seen burst?

ing on the hills near <'h?nak and Kilid

HaTir. Clouds of smoke rose from the

land, and foam capped columns from

the surface of the sea, making a strik?

ing picture in the brilliant sunshine.

For half an hour the fire was at the

rate of two shells a minute. The

enemy did iijt reply.

?*>hips standing at the entrance to

tht Dardanelles directed the tire from

warships stationed in the Gulf of

Saros, and the shelling, as far as could

he seen from the heights here, ap

peared to be very effective.

Volumes of smoke were seen rising

from the heights of the Gallipoli pen?

insula at several noints. Tne tiring

appearetl also to be directed again?t the

new works erected by the Turks at Kum

Kale Point, lor dense smoke poured up?

ward from there for more than an

hour.

Paris. March 28. A Havas dispatch

from Athens dated ?Saturday says:

"Mine dragging in the Dardanelles

continued yesterday. In fact, it was

announced that the mine zone had been

eleared as far as the city of Darda?

nelles. The weather is now clear.

"A dispatch from Vourlah, Asia Mi?

nor, says that long range cannon,

manned by German officers, have been

sent from Constantinople to Smyrna."

Stamboul Resigned

to "Visit" of Fleet

Illy Call? lo Tha T-T-.i-e 1

Constatua, March M. A special

courier arrived here to-day, bringing

news from Constantinople up to

Wednesday afternoon. The city is

calm, expectant and resigned to the in?

evitable. The government is preparing

the inhabitants for the arrival of the

allied fleet, and with this end in view

proclamations have been posted in

parts of Pera and in the

mosques of Stamboul announcing that

the warships of France and Great

Britain may shortly arrive in the Bos

*. The proclamation continues:

"It is simply a question of 0] ening

up the Dardanelles and the Bosporus

to the free passage of foreign war?

ships, which the Sultan has hitherto

refused. It has no national political

significance."

The population is urged to remain

calm and not to resort to any acts of

vi?lenos, and are assured that after a

stay of three or four weeks the allied

fleet will sail away, being content with

r. simple naval demonstration The '

phrasing of the proclamation would ni- '

most make it anpear that the forth?

coming visit of the allied fleet is some

thing in tl.?> nature of a friendly cull,1

'.. which the Turkish irov?-rnment is

looking forward with the keenest de?

light Th.- riffraff of the capital has

been rounded up and dumped into con?

centration camps in Anatolia, to pre?

vent the undesirable elements from

running amuck and looting wh*n the

shallow of the sword creeps closer to

Stamboul.

Greeks Fear Massacre.

The large (?reek population in the

Phanar ds'rict. washed by th? ?rater.

of the Golden Horn, is in a statt bor?

dering o? terror. Some, by dint of

heavy bribe?, have succeeded in ?

ing. but the remainder ;.r.? practically

held pn?oners in their house? A- th.'v

live on the fringe of rtstless Stamboul,

with a multitude of fanatical Kurdish

Har?ais, a not unlikely con' : .-?

a (.?eneral massacre of Christian?

To give the r ivernment its due, it

realizes the danger *o foreign? rs and

Christians, and has delegated ? stroti??

y force to hold down Stamboul.'

H would gladly deport .? few thousand

riamali to A .a Minor, but dares not,

th? resistance offered nn anti

' sn ri-;n;r be j rccipita'e.l.

The Turkish fleet is practically im?

mobilized and in w-,nt of coal. The

Breslau, however, :s active, and re?

turned to the Bosporui on Saturday

riirht after a cruise in the Black Soa.

The captain declared he was unable to

continue the cruise owing to the poor

steaming quality of the coal m his

Lunkers.

I: Cal hl t" Th- T-T .

Petrograd, March :'*. According to

information from Sebastopol, the '.

lau has been irreparably damaged !>-. .

mine m the Black Sea at the entran. ?

to the Bosporus. H?-r wirolas? instal?

lation, it is said, ha? been transferrei

lo the Hamidieb.

ITALY SENDS

ALPINE GUARD

TO FRONTM

Mountain Troops of

First Category Are

Called to Colors.

ROME CROWDS

DEMAND WAR

Troops Keep Them from

Attack on Austrian Em?

bassy After Meeting.

CRY "TAKE FRONTIER"

All Artillery and Engineer Re

serve Officers Summoned

for Service.

Rome i via Paris', March '?*. All the

Alpine troops of the first category,

born in 1883, have been called t<- tho

colors by the Italian War Department

for forty-five days.

The official military journal also

calls to the colors all art?leiy and

engineer reserve officers for alzty days

from April 16.

The Alpine troop?* ar? frontier forces

organized ?'specially to defend the

mountain parses leading into Italy.

This force consists of eight regiments

? twenty-eight battalions i of Alpir.? in?

fantry and two regiment? of thirty-atx

mountain artillery batteries. In addi?

tion to these there are two regiments

of heavy artillery of ten katteriee each,

one regiment of horse artillery of eight

batteries and ten regiments of fortress

artillery.

The engineers number about 12,000

officers ar./ men in time of peace.

The artillery arm of Italy's land

forces consists of 26H batterioa, 110

companies and 51 depots.

A large meeting wa? held here to?

day by Italians who favor the taking

of Trent, Trieste and Dalmatia. Portea

of troops were present to prevent dis

onlers.

A resolution was unanimou-ly passed

requesting the government to obtain

"by arms the frontiers of Italy." After

the meeting the crowd attempted to

reach the Austrian Embassy, but was

charged by the troops and dispersed.

\ir.ong those in attendance were Sen?

ators. Deputies and aldermen and the

representatives of more than 6.000

clubs and associations, some of the lat?

ter coming from other itatce.

Contrary to th? statements which

have appeared in the Kr.-nch and Brit?

ish press, Austria-Hungary has never

opened any direct negotiatons with

Italy concerning possible territorial

cessions. From the highes- sourcqs

here it is affirmed that everything done

in this line has been due to the initi?

ative of Germany.

The action of the German Ambassa?

dor to Italy, Prince von Bttlow, it is

said, was animated li> u >N-.ire to

eliminate the eaUMa of the a.-.tag

which has always eiiated between Aus?

tria and Italy, but even the work of

the former Imperial Chancellor of Ger?

many in this direction was most cau?

tious, so that the decided t-tatements

which have appeared in one sense r>\

the other were most premature.

This, prominent Italians point out,

i a why Italy vigorously con'inues her

extensiva military preparations, not

knowing what the future may bring

when, next May, according to the most

reliable opinions, the European war

will take a definite turn.

The Council of Ministers yesterday

did not discuss the international situ?

ation. The ministers took under con?

sideration proposed rules which would

prohibit the publication of news of a

military character, a plan for a par?

tial reopening of the Stock Exchange,

and measures for the bene.it of the

unemployed.

Pari 'via P.iris\ Murch 2?. A dis?

patch from Scutari, Albania, says that

the Austrian Con re ka band?

ing Albanian volunteers into so-called

"Kagle Battalions" for the parpa ?? af

attacking Serbia. It is stated tnst

most of the volunteers returned re?

cently from America.

GERMANS DROP MORE

BOMBS ON CALAIS

Nobody Hurt and Little Damage

Done by Aeroplane in Early

Homing Visit.

Calais, March 99. A German tauba

aeroplane fiew over Calais yesterday

morning, approxima'' ly at an altitude

af 2,004 metrea, gou.g from west to

i* had flown .?v. r the watara <>f

the English Channel from its Belgian

baae, to avoid the watchers stationed

between Calais and Boulogne.

The aeroplane began dropping bombs

as soo' outer fortifica?

tions. The bombs, falling at an early

hour in the morning In the deserted

streets, injured no one.

The only material damage done was

several broken wind l slight in?

juries to a few roofs. The aeroplane

was [?red upoi by the forts.

SUBMARINE CHASES

3 BRITISH VESSELS

German Craft Reported Off the

Irish Coast?One Crew

Takes to Boats.

I.or.?Ion. March 28. A German sub?

marine has be.-n active oit the south

of Ireland during -he ??ay. It is be?

lieved that the labaaarine sank one

steamer, tiie halaba, a British vessel

of ti.011 tons, as a distress signal was

received from her saying that the crew

was taking to the b<>.*

The Bnti-h iteamer Doaedin, of

1,061 tons, which -a 1?--.1 from N.wport

News ?m March II for Avonaaa*atlL

ar.i the steamer A?v?'!a alao ? at oat

to ' they

?era being ? ? II ? ne.

All the steam? sa?;ti?i

neighborhood. A suomarii ?

off ('ape Clear shortly after noon to

?ay.

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