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HUNDRED DEAD IN SINKING OF BRimH BOAT
Turkish Torpedo Sends Transport to Bottom and Is Then Destroyed by Cruiser
London, .\pril 17.—^The following ennouncem>-nt was made to-night by the admiralty: "The transport Manitou, carryinR Rritish troops waP attacked by a Turkish torpedo hoai in the Aegean .'Jea this morning. The TurkLsh l>oat fired three torpedoes, all of whieh missed thcir mark.
'The to>-pedo boat then made off and w;i.-- chased by the British enii.ser Minerv;! und destroyers. The Turkish boat was tinally run ashore and de¬ stroyed on ^!ie coast of Chio«. at | Kalainiinitl bay. The crew have been [ ma-le   piisoners. |
"It     is     repotted   above   aho'^t   I'-'O ¦   i.^ r -d     •
rren on the transnor .=; v.ere drcwncl ! tO-Hlgfllt from fans Full jiarticulars ."re n<-'. jet a: hanil.
FIERCE STRUGGLE FOR MOUNTAIN PUK IS WON^BY^FRmCH
Spectacular Battle in the Clouds in Which Alpine Warriors Kstinguish Themselves—Field Guns and Rapid Firers Are Dragged to a Heighth of Four Thousand Feet — Aviators Are Again Becoming Active in Both Armies -Russians Claim More Victories
An a.ssault that probably will re¬ sult in H murder was added to the already lengthy list of crimes attri¬ buted to foreigners in the Dupont section last night at 9:30 when Sal- vadore Harda, aged 28. of 123 Smith street, iKipont, was struck over the hoad with a lead pipe while .stand- A spectacular battle in the clouds in which   ing at smith and  Grand streets, that
town,   hy an  assailant   whose  identity
MURDER UKEY END TO FRACAS OF DUPONT MEN
Victim of Lead Pipe Lying at Point of Death in Pittston City Hospital
London, April 17 the Alpine Chaussiers the hardy mountainers who already have covered themselves with glory by their operations in the Vosges, arrived by assault at the summit of a peak 4,000 feet high, is reported
STOCK MARKET SHOWS RETURN OF PROSPERnY
Railroads Place Large Orders for Equipment and All Signs Are for Good Times
Was the Victim of a BuHet-Through the Breast From a Ma-111 c cj£££ pQij^jj \y^Y
chine Gun Operated by His Own Soldiers—Was on a | *  * •
Scouting Expedition When Fired Upon—Body May Be Buried on American Soil
OENtRAL tIERRfRA,
CARRANZA LEADER, HAS TRAGIC DEATH
this
tills
Field guns and rapid firers were dragged up the steep slope to
MR^   I OMfWHRTH TFTS       i ^^*''^^^ *°*° submission the strongly entrenched German forces on the
miVJ. *'""""rL     "^ of the peak.   A fierce bombardment continued all night.   The
SLICE OF TRuST FUND Chausslers attacked in the morning, and braved the leaden hail that
New York, April 17.—The 1 ransfer j bclched from their outer treuches.    Their attack was irresistible.
tax   apprai.-'a]   of   the C   Jjee,   who   died   in
estate of Geo. j Rushing the German pits they engaged the Germans in their own |
had   not   been   di.«icovereJ   early morning.    Barda    at     2  o'clock morning' wa^ in an dition   In   litiston   Hospital   with fractured  skull   fhat   may  result  fat¬ ally.     Littio   hope   was   h&ld   for   his recovery.
Xo on<' wUne.s.se.1 the assault and but one ery from the victim gave warning th.at a fight liad taken place. A fc^v feet from hus body neighbors found the letid pipe with which tho blow   had   been  struck.
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Xevi Vork, A'pril 17.—^Today's .stock market ro.^c majestically under the leadership of steel common. On a voiume of trading whKh included bl.cks ot from one to fiVp thousand sbures, the price rose :i points to 60. There   -wa.s   a   large     short      interest
Laredo, Tex., April 17.—General Madovio Herrera, the Carranza military commander of Nuevo Laredo, is dead, asj which had figured on being protected unconsoio.Ks co„J j^ ^j^^ j^j^ orderly, while several wounded soldiers are in the ^'^   '''^"" ^'^^'^'^^ '" ^-"^'" ^*°^'^
Xewton,   Ma.«i..
on .March-Ll.  1910, shov.-a that hi." j earthv/orks and routed them.   The peak Schnepfenredchskopf, is the
LZ'i:T::-e^mJ'::\:^^^^^^^^ -;ure   that   he   was   hurried   to   the
a   trust   fnnd   of  $79,238.     Mr.     Lee j the Fecht river near its headwaters, ho.^pltal.       county     Detr-ctivo     Priee
< reated    the    fund    in    1S9S    for   the I ts u , ^"*^   '^^^'^   State  troopers   were   on   the
^benefit of his wife, who died    re-1       Far to the north of Metzeral, the Chaussiers also captured the cently.   ____^^^^^____ f Western spur of the Sillakerwasen and advanced down the slopes into
"^^ I a small valley leading to the Fecht.
hospital in the Mexican city. Gen Herrera was the victim of a bullet through the breast and another in the neck, fired by his own men. He wjis mistaken for a Villa officer by Car¬ ranza soldiers who were on a reconnoitering tour as a result of the advance of the Villa army toward Nuevo L,aredo. Ac¬ cording to an official note giving the details of the killing of c. o-Afaiiey of pittaton. was!Gcn. Herrera sent to Brig. Gen Evans, of Fort Mcintosh, by Tnillrien^whu^h^we^^ "7 su"h ^seri'oiis | General Alfredo Raucot, this afternoon Herrera met his death
in a most tragic manner.
FRENCH AIRMEN \       a feature of the fighting that led to the capture of Schnepfen-
WORK HAVOC reichskopf ia described by an officer of the Alpine Chaussiers.
  "During the night, ' he says, "a Lieutenant crept towards the
4pri, 17 _ ^"'"^n trenches in order to discover the location of iheir telephone. He wa5 seen and shot dead.
scene within a half hour after tho af«auU. and had not solved the mys¬ tery early thil.s morning.
Porrenfury, Switzerland Po untiring is the activity of the French airmen in Alsace that the Germans are at their wits end to dis¬ cover the means of grappling with them. .Scarcely a day passes wifhout ani'-< liody ahov^ the trenches. The en aerial honibardment of barracks spectacle maddened our company, or  railway   .'tations   and   it   has   been   who without  a  word leaped from the
"Tlie  next  day,  in  order to enrage up.  the Germans hoisted  the lleuten-
found impossible to conceal the move¬ ment of troop.u. Kistissingen. Frei¬ burg, Iiiibri.sgau aud .Saltingen_ near Eal.«e. are the latest places \-isited &nd a great fire was observed to fol¬ low the visit to the last mentioned place. The aerial reconnaisanee drew fire from the for'tre^s of Istein.
SWALLOWED A KNIFE AND BROUGHT IT BACK
Xcw VorK-. .\pril 17.—Ijukc Mr- Carl hy a longshoreman w.a.s ju.st con¬ veying the last of a plate of h<tni an' lo his inoiifh.. via the broadside of his knife when Boiblby Peach, the clam   man, oame  iu and   was .<o  glnd
trenches, the c!i.i)tain leading, and a furious charge ."urprlsed the enemy and killed all of them. We then bur¬ ied the lieutenant's body. We counted I'iO  Oerman  bodies."
Weakening of the German attack at l.orette is indlcaied by Paris. Three i'tta?k» of diminishing strength aro reported.    All were repulsed.
Subterranean   warfare     of    Intense
, (haracter  is   waged   along  the  Ai^ne.
i The caves of the Talsy being used by the   Germans   were   broken   down   by
I heavy  artillery.
j     Xorth ot Perthes    in    Champagne.
I two  German   mines near the French
j trer.ches were Idown up.   Great holes
: were  torn  in  the  earth  and  the Ger-
¦ man troops swarmed into ihem. They ! were unable to hold one, but the ] French  drove them  out of the other.
¦ .Wiators  Hgaii'   are    active.     Frei-
to *iee T.iike tr-it he .slapped him on i iTurg. where the German.-? have avia- the back, Jvuke gave a gulii. andi don h.angers was bombarded and an thOn greeted Peach a.s though noth-; j-;nglisli aviator brought down a Ger- Ing li;iiipf>ned. Tho incident might I nan machine near Dossinghiuge in liave piu^.sed off nJictly, nad not the | F:!,nderK. The niachine fell within proprietor missed the knifo. I.uke : the allied line. The pilot was killed said he swallowed it. Tlie propriotor ! ;iiid the observer made prisoner. called   iu   thf,    police,   two   of    whom 1 Kus,s|ans  Mako  Claims.
Rrabbcd I>uUe, and after shaldng' I'etrograd April 17.—Gen'>ral heart- him violently took MoCarihy and rj'! a iters i.-wued the following state- stood him on hi.s head. Tn calling* ment. ••Fighting in the Carpafhiani for   help   the   knife   clatte-red   out  uf
sians capturing some fortified heights and 1,140 prisoners Including 24 of¬ ficers, and three machine guns. The enemy suffered great los.<?es in their futile counter attacks.
¦•Jn the StryJ region the Ru.ssians repulsed the cnmy's attacks. At oth¬ er ^points the .situation is unchanged. . ••There is marked increasing activ- Jry on the part of the enemy'.«p ,-id- vanee guards in the Muriampol and K.ilawaria   districts.
••The   Kmperor   has   left     for     the front." 04-
Important .Xdriatic Movomont. Pans. April 17.—Following author¬ itative information from Venic^e I am !n a position to state that events of an extreme character are likely to oc¬ cur in the Adriatic by the end of next 'week.
Still   IVmiharding-  Dardanclln.s. !     .\msterdRin,     April   17.—A     Ueuter ¦'dispatch    from    Constantinople    that ;Bays that the  Briti.oh  battleships  Ma- jitstic   and   Swiftsure.     on     Thursday bombarded   the   forts  on   the gulf  of .Saros on the L)ardanelle narrows. The (Turkish   forts  reidied   and   compelled jthe  Majestic to  retire. I     f^n   Friday   the   Majestic  again  at¬ tacked   '^miie  of the  advanced  batter- It r".     The   fort."!  returned  the   fire   00 taining   three   hits,   two   o   fthem   be¬ hind the bridge and one between the funnels.
The   battleship     retired     and     tho
DODGES AUMONY AS
HIS OWN BROTHER
He had left .Vuevo I/ar'-do early in Gen. Herrera was rushed lo Xuevo fhe morning at the head of about fiOO T^aredo in an auloinobile accom- men. When about five miles out,; panied bv General Davilo and a num- Herrera divided his force, sendiujf | b^r of lils staff. For a time abso- one column southward .-ilong the rail-i ],,tp secrecy was maintained as to road track to reconnoiter while an-i^vhoso body was wrapped In the other force was sent northwest up 'he j blanket.
Milwaukee.   April  1:
river. When about eight miles away. Gen. Herrera and his staff. all on horseback, mounted a hill to survey the surrounding country'- A. Car¬ ranza millitary train was approach¬ ing froni Xuevo I.,are(io. When the was  within   a   hundred  ya
When at. official report was Lssued announcing the death of Herrera much excitement prevailed in Nuevo which was already much excited .is a result of the entire Carranza garrison rds'of  havins: lef*  the city for a point west
•""the"   machit;';;''' meet advancing ViUistas. an  armed  stee!  car  be-!     Application  w.as  made   to
General
¦\fter posing  tr;^'n  *^»-'' «itH"i  -i ^ , where   Hern r.a   stood
as his own  brother for 27 years, Or-jgun   men   on  _..     -      ._- .
ville E. Collins, .supposed to have been i gan     shooting,     three      guns      being  Kvans tcmleht foi; permission to bring
brought into action. Herrera and Genpral Herreras body to I^r^do for his orderly were instantiv killed while interment and the matter has been soldiers   neaibv  were  injured. taken   up  with  Washington.
dead for that length of time, today 1 was ordered to aPPear before Judge! Eschweller and show cause why hel should not pay back alimony to Mrs.i Bertha Collins, who divorced him Jnst I prior to his supposed death. I
Mrs. Collins    secured a divorce    in' 18S8 and was granted alimony at the rate   of   ?:'0   a   month,   which   for  the period  e/t Collins' absence amounts to $34fiO.
Recently Mrs. Collins met a man whu claimed to he her late husband'.^ brother. An investigation proved him to tie her husband. Collins has adtnit- ted it.
cufiiTrwo
UNDER GARS OF FREIGHT
BILLY SUNDAY INVITED TO CAMPAIGN ENGLAND
London, .\pril 17.—Henry Randall, chairman of the committee of busi¬ nessmen for prohibition in Kngland. will .^ail lor the United .States to see iHlly Sunday and persuade him to head the camp.i/ign for prohibition iu Kngland. Hf wiil leave in about ten day.<. He sent an appeal tonight to the evangelist reading: "Wc want yon mainly f'lr a strong appeal for prohibition hy booze sermons in T>on- don and then to lear a general re¬ vival in all the big manufacturing cities in l-:ngland. We want you to .st:ir' this work here at the earliest possible date. ^ am writing explain¬ ing   everything   fnlly."
••T'liou  art the man
".\re   you   game backing for you."
We  havc  stron.g
Luke's mouth.
0:1  the  loth  was confined  to the re-; Swift.su re replaced her continuing the glon of Telepoch and Zuella, the Rus-  bombardment without result.
ATHLETES OF MANY SCHOOLS CONTEST FOR PIHSTON CUPS
Ruddy of Centralia Wins Big Marathon in 18 Minutes 2 Seconds Against Crack Runners of Philadelphia and
Outside Cities—Seventy-Seven Participate in Event
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.\11 Pittston turned out yesterday W. L. Krisc, H. Mullin, R. Speecc and Mftc-rnoon to witness the three mile L. Soliel The course was laid from marathon race under auspices of.Xo. 11- i-c-lliery through tho heart of Pittston High .scliool by seventy-seven i Pittston and PL>rt (Jriffifh and flnish- aihletes lepresenting  high  .school.s_of j ing ai I'ittston  Y. M. C. A.
The ciip.s wero donated hy Hon.
FATAL WOUND INRICTED BY SCREWDRIVER
Xew   York,   .Vpril 'Mt*Farland,   dean   of
A.
racers
eaiiterti and middle Pennsylvania. The event wa.-- one of the most import,int and .satisfying ever omducted by au athletic association in this part i>f the State and the awarding of the ten silver cups brought a vast throng to the Judges' siiind at the I^itlston Y. M.   C.   --\.   building.
Thoma.'; Kuddy of CentnUla High School (-apturetl the first prize. He completed the cour.se in eighteen minutes and two seconds. The other nine jirize winners are Karl Kahley of West nerwlck High .-School, sec¬ ond; William Golightly of Kdwards- ville High .'School, third; J. Coyne of Sl. John's High School, fourth; Koy Kemper ..f Wilkes-Harre High School, fifth; Jcdin Loftus of St. John's High School. -sixth; Kills t;rccne of Wilkes-Harre High School, seventh; Karl Hoosier of Blooms¬ burg High School, eighth; A. Graham of Pittston High School, ninth; and John Hughts of Bellefonte High School,   tenth.
The seventy-seven runners were sent to I'ittston from high school athletic a^sspciationn of Allentown, Lehigh, Philadelphia, Bellefonte, ¦West T-ittston, Pittston, Wilkes- r.arrc, Wllkes-Barre Business Col¬ lege, Dunmore, St. Patrick's and Central of Scranton, St. John's, Jes- sup. West Berwick, Centralia, King-s¬ ton. l-»wardsville, Dorranceton. Jenkins To'.vnship, Ashley, St. Clalr and   Hloomsbiirg.
Professor Foley of Pittston High School had charge of the arranu'e- nients and William Dendle managed the race. O. Wlntennute was starter, \V, Devaney was announcer and *he following acted as inspec-tors:: It. Cosgrove, J. Clifford. C. Donnelly. M. JFrey, K. Ijel-rehn, J. A. Fttzpairick,
C.
C Bowman, Dime Ban I-:, Mayor M. N'. Donnelly, the Elks, nr?t Xational Bunk, Knights of Colunnbus, People'."? I'nion Saving Pnnk. John H. Mullin and the Merchats Association all of Pittston.
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.Xii^triji Ixioks f<»r liong War.
Vienna, April 17.—The Au.strian War office i.ssued tho following to- nght: •'<Jwing io tho possibility that the war may last a long time and in order to secure tbe necxjssary re¬ serves, untrained landstrum men be¬ tween the ages of 18 and -lO here¬ after will be liable for military ser¬ vices."
THREATENED ASTOR AND IS NOW IN JAIL
New York, .\pril 17.—John Mur- iolla, 19, was arraigned today before ^laglstrate Murphy in Yorkville court on a charge of writing two threaten¬ ing letter.-? to A'incent Aitor, de¬ manding $7)00 on pain of death. Muriella was arrested in Grand Cen¬ tral statick^i yesterday afternoon.
••You've got me. I needed the money. I've notltrng more to tell," was al! he would say. when arr.aign- cd. He was held in $;,000 for a htarlng Monday.
17.—Floyd
bicycle
and Ih© biggest figure in that branch of sports, was fatally stabbed in the Velodrome, a bicycle race course at Xewark, X. J., by a "peanut butcher," David J^anlenberg. The weapon used was a screw driver. MacFarland, a.s general manager of the Cycle Racing .\ssociation, was in charge "f ihc Velodrome. Lantenberg had the con¬ fectionery and i)»'anut privilege. ^I.antenberg was tacking up his signs on the bleachers when McFar¬ land arrived at the track.
"What aro you doign there? Get down ouf of that," yelled MaoFar- land,  a  giant   iti  .stature.
I-«ntenberg  kept  3n wiih Lis wnrk.
•'Stop it or you'll be stopped," Mc- F:',rl.ind repeated and then grall>i}ed the 'butcher."
Lantenberg. a much smaller man, had been using a big screw driver nt his task. This he thrust at MacFar- land'g head, point first. The point of the screwdriver, penetrated tho skull near M,acl''arland's oar and went into the brain. He fell unconscious, mortally wounded. Racers, trainers and track hangers-on ran up nnd grabbed  Lantenber.?,  di.sarming him.
MoFarland was r'ished to the cit.v hospital where he died at 3:03 to¬ night.     I^antenberg was locked  up.
MacFarland in 17 years has raced in every state and most foreisrn coun¬ tries. He has won nearly 1,000 races at all distances and triumphed also in many six day races.
Cut   in   two   by  a   fast   freight   on the   Wilkes-tBarre   Connecting   Rail¬ road,  Sylvester Wagner_  1 !t  years aid. of   24'/   Xorth   River  street,   thfs  city. I'et  instant death  shortly after four < 'cloc-k  ye.-jterday afternoon.    The ac¬ cident  happened  near the viaduct at Lawrence   street.   F'irwood.     Wagner, with   John    .Mulligan,    of    74   Chapel street.   iC:ist  End, attempted to board one of the cars.    Mulligan succeeded 1 ut Wagner missed his step and was 'thrown     beneath     the wheels.    Sixty ] cars of the train pa.ssed over his body, j itiangling   it    terribly.      The   remains ' v.-ere   removed   to the  morgue  of un¬ dertaker   H.   F.   Mooney^   where   they I were   released   for   Inirial   by   Coronr Marle.v.
I      Besides  his   parents,   Mr.   and   Mrs.
i Matthias   Wagner,   the  victim   of  the accident  is survived by the following! I rothers and sisters:  Martin. William, I Jchn   of   Prldgeport,   Peter   of   Cleve-| Irnd,   Xicholas.   Joseph   and   JInrgaret ^ ajjhome.    During life the young man' wa.T prominently known as a member cf the  Knights of .St.  Oeorge and of, sfveral  leading  church   societies con- j nfcted   with   St.     Xicholas'     German! Catholic   cognregation.      Tbe   funeral , \v?l be held  tomorrow at nine o'clock' fiom the family home.    A high mass | of  requiem  will  be   celebrated  in  St. Xicholas' churcj, at  9:.';o o'clock and interment    will     be made in Darling sireet cemetery.
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BROOKLYN GIRL WINS FORTUNE WITH JUST $100
X'ew York. April 17.—AVith a lit¬ tle capital, seme luck and more nerve. Miss Gertrude McCaffery, of Brooklyn, took a flier in Bethlehem Steel stock fwo months ago and is today worth $100,000. Her invest¬ ment netted her a thousand  per cent
"All I had to start," she said tC'- day, "was a good tip, and a littl" money. T bark'^d them, both with nerve and had the luck to win out. I'm very, very hat^py to say ifs true that T am a winner.
"When 1 .started I had no Inten¬ tion of going as far as I did.^' she c-ntinued smiling at the rf^coHection of her ex-perience. "But I received from a friend wh.Tt I considered a ver>- good tip, so I played it. Then when the ptock went up I pyramided. When I thought I had enough T g-ot out."
SUBMARINE DIVER
HAS A CLOSE CALL
Honolulu. .April 17.^—While work¬ ing at a dc-pth of -00 feet outi^ide the harbor where attempts are being made to rai."=e the sulimarine F-4, Diver William F. Loughraan became entangled in the lines attached to the siibmarine this morning. He was released after heroic effoi^s lasting four hours. At last accounts Lough- man WHS being brought to the sur- f.xce and was resting at a dength of ;'0 feet to avoid a too sudden change of   air   pressure.
Xaval experts tonigf.t expressed the beliof that it would 'ake two or tnree weeks to tow- the hulk to shal- b>w water, before attempting to bring  it  to the  surf.ace.
The vossel will be lifted a few feet at n time.
on fop at .'>8. These- shorts were among fhe anxious buyers during the two hour se.ssion. '1-ho pubiio had little part in the rise of Bethlehem Steel and the- directors of .\merican I-ocomotiVp took full market advant¬ age of their inside knowledge before the public was aware of the order.s he'uig booked by United States Steel ¦.vould   cause   a  ri.se  iu  that stock.
The announcement of Pennsyl¬ vania, always a leader in suoh move¬ ments, would place large orders had helpful influence. It is believed other railroads will follow and a fiuick return of prosperity will no doubt be reflected by a rise in .Steel.
It is hard to believg that only a few weeks ago that thg stock ex¬ change directors solemnly investigat¬ ed a. perfe<,-tly natural advance iu Mexican Petroleum but the spectacu¬ lar rise in Betalehem Steel receiv 1 an official whi^vash immediately and no onp dartd to nuestion the speciaclar rise of .American Locomo¬ tive.
A specialist in Rock Island made a violent protest over the- rise in his own stock which is carried on with¬ out his knowledge. Ho at for hi.s trouble, was prominent with a 4 per cent rise. As previously stated the stock is noiw on a 3 per cent, ba.sis, earning between S and 9 per cent, and direc¬ tors are expected to icrease the aivi. dend  rate  to  4  per  cent.
Baldwin Locomotive advarkced nearly .i jier cent, on buj-ing. Th© renewal of equipment order.s from the railroads is said to be the basis of the advance.
Of the investment stooks Consoli¬ dated Gas is attractng attention. The' shares moved up ;! points today. This looks like a real move. General Electric a seasoned S per cent., rose over ?• Jioints on the purchase of ,tOO shares.
Americ,^n Locomotive went to 7)6. The advance from 1'.' to tiS had brought much profit that it would otherwise   have   to   earn.
-A- revival of speculative interests in the iiailroad stocks is looked for. St. I'aul has given an indication of an upward swing, but fhe real leader in this department of the mar¬ ket Is I'nion Pacific. The stock -was strong today and a further advance- would encourage speculation in other stocks.
ig  w-as laughed Ce.ntral   I^eather
STORY OF REVOLTING CRIME TOLD BYJJTTLEHANOVER GIRL
Humane Authorities Cause Father and Brother to Be Im¬ prisoned After Testimony Is Offered Concerning Life Endured in One-Room Shack Just Outside City Line
CO.MFOSWl
HhTRBERT-S
SOX   IS   MKOH-\XIC
ST. LOUIS SAILS WITH BIG LOAD
Whether    a    fourteen-year-old girlL-^aid he could not remember.    'If r-he
he said, "1 did not tako it seri- Myrflc's   st^itemcnt humane  officers  went   i>i: later     Intimate     ussociations     begun with her by her father  and  brother
has been made the victim of the de-jdld," generacy of her father and brother isl^^^'y-
to     thj a   question   the   court   will   be   cafled vpon to solve in the case brought by
Mrs.  Borfles    and     Humane    Officer |Md a man c.-lled "Woody." Roberts  against     John    Hopple_     .')0l     '^^^'* tesfi,.iony Hopple and his son J ears   old,   and   his  son.   Charles,   20!
to   have   had   forbidden   a.saociations with little Myrtle Hopple, is the third
Xew York, April 17.—With a record i list  of  passengers  and   1,700   b;igs   of
Detroit, .April 17.—Clifford H. Her¬ bert, so of Victor Herbert, the fa¬ mous composer is now employed as a mechanic at the Io<»l factory of the Ford -Motor Co. He likes Detroit mail, the American liner St. Louis to- and says there is mor;-; '•pep" here j c'ay sailed for Liverpool. -Among tho than in Xew York. He intends re-j 095 cabin passengers were Marshal niaining at the Ford plant perman¬ ently. In addition to his regular cmploj-ment Hoi-bert at his own sug- ^'"'^ ^^^- ^^^<^'^ mother, Mrs. Maid gestoin, is teaching mathematics to win Drummond_ in England, and then a class of 24  men two nights a week,   y.sit   Mrs.   Field's     m-ithor    in  Pan.-,
laughingly denied.     Both  were shown „„_       ,,    1   .,      ^ ,, i •''   more  seriou.« aspect  of t'-.e case in
years old. both of Hanover township. | tne aldermau^s office and the devo'r George Casper, who reMdes nert doorjopments were .sufficient to require to the Hopples and is also alleged J>"l<^'iK them under heavy bail. Tho have   had   forbidden   a.saociations  IloPP'^s. father and son, were sent to
tho   county  prison   when   they  could I not offer I oncis in the sum  of $1.00'» c'efendani  in  the  unusual suit  and  it  and  Casper  was  released   upon   furn- i.s believed other residents of the sec-i'^hlng bail in 'he su-ii of t^lii^d.
Thcir trial in court promic"; to be cf a sens.-tianal  order thi-   does no' street near the city line, will  be in-i often  characterize    a    criminal  case volved  by later development.s. !:.Trs. Bertels has proceeded on'y after
The  story  told  by the  child  in  Al-' careful  investigation   ,and   she dcrman Brown's  office    Is    revolting,   to have obtaine;i
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Looking much younger than her pro-|<he actions chir..;td againsi -he thrc-3 fosscd age  of  14   years,  little   .Myrtle   n-en.
Field,   III,   and   his   bride,   who   will
Itv.-enty four Ited Cro.ss nurses and six
MR^    RHft^FVPIT ^HnWC        'surgeons.    The   hospital   workers  will IfmJ. I\Ul/>jCf£Ll   DnUWiJ       !be attached to the big war hospital at
MUCH IMPROVEMENT '"' '^'""''""'""''"'"'"""" "''""''"'''
gi{I;:l-:k ship torpedoed.
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-Amsterdam. -April 17.—The Dutch admlrality announces that the Greek steamship EUenspod, from Yulmen for Montevedlo, was torpedoed yes¬ terday off Xoord Hinter light.ship. Xne crew of 21 incu and the Djlch , pilot escaped.
I Xew York, April 17.—.Mrs. Theo¬ dore Roosevelt, who w,-?s oi)erated on at Roo.sevelt Hospital last week, is much better today, according to a bulletin Issued hy the doctors to¬ night.
Oscar Hamn<.erstein'.<? condition is about tha .same, members cf the family aaid tonight.
L'Hospital L'Ocean.
The surgeons of the part yare Drs* Albert R. Gcodman, of Xew York; Robert W. Hinds, of Buffalo; Wm. H. Morris, of Baltimore; John B. Spelman, of Cincinnati: Wm. T. Fitz- simiiions, of Kansa.-? City, Mo.; and L. ^\', Morrow, of Portland, Ore. United States a.-my field hospital outfits, val- u€ dat $10,000 are also going to La Panne.
described her mode of life In a onc- rcom house occupied by her father, brother, grandmother ,ind herself. Casper, she said, resides next door .ind own.H the place her father has taken as .1 residence. -Much that .\ryrtle Jold when questioned by th(: humane officials was altered Liter when she took the stand and was Kept under the eye of her father, c ut Mrs. Bertles believes she has suf¬ ficient evidence to prove the first FOR S-A.LE—$.100 Upright Piano for statements. \     iis:,.    Used  only five months   Call
C'liild's Storj-. ' e^unday or -Monday as I am m.^vlng J
The Hop-i'.:; <h.id was brought tn the Charities onco before, nbci;', sev¬ en years ago. and Mrs. Bertels' rec¬ ords -'ihow her under the age of five years then. She will be kept at tho Charities building.
SPECIAL MENTION
According t', this version of the story of fhe girl, her father and broth¬ er ap. well as Casper are alleged to have been guilty of a hcnious crime. Casper, as Myrtle related her meet¬ ings with him, first approached her and his action was reported hy Myrtle to  her father.    Hopple was asked in
.lames,   27 Wilkes-Barre.
West     Uitjon     street.
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.ho alderman s    office    If    hU little needed.    H. T. Ward & Company  'Irt daughter complained to him and he Irstitute, Chicago. '