PROTEST IS SENT EITEL INTERN MI GENERAL VILLA TILL END OF WAR MEAL TIME IN A GERMAN CAMP IN POLAND UNHAPPINESS IN THE HOME OP ELDER BERRY. Threat to Confiscate Idle Mines German Raider Fails to Receive Disturbs Washington. Relief in Time. According to His Story He “Ondurod* Much Before He Got Hie Mind Made Up to *‘Glt On- married." Carranza Authoritlei Still Antri Captain and Crew Ihirncail At Obrtfon Wan Routed in South Program Change* Daeh to Rattle Reeult I Reputed. Sea Wan Planned. Newport News, Va. — Commander Max Thierichen», of the German auxil­ iary cruiser Prins Eitel Friedrich, asked the United States government, through port authorities here Thurs­ day night, to Intern hie ship and crew. Up to the last moment the German skipper kept up the appearance of be­ ing ready for a dash to the sea, ami when the time for decision finally came explained that failure of "ex­ pected relief" to arrive had made it necessary to intern rather than "de­ liver crew and ship to the fruitless and certain destruction by French and Bri­ tish warships waiting off the Virginia capes.” The commerce raider made her last cruise of the war. She waa taken to the Norfolk navy yard, across Hamp­ ton Roads from the shipyard here, where she haa been laid since limping into port on March 10, after the re­ markable commerce-destroying voyage from the Orient, during which she sent the American ship William P. Frye to the bottom. Collector of Customs Hamilton boarded the Eitel shortly after 7 o'clock with an imperative notice from the Washington government that the time for hie stay in this port would expire at midnight, and that he must leave American waters by 4 o'clock on the morning of April 8. Before the customs collector could deliver the message, Commander Thierichens handed to him the written announce- ment of his decision. Washington, D. C.— The State de­ partment Saturday sent a formai pro­ tect to the Villa government at Chi­ huahua, Mexico, against ita threat to conficcate foreign-owned mine». Fol­ lowing are excerpta of the statement Issued summarising the cituation: "The department ia adviced that the Villa adminictration at Chihuahua on March 11* iaaued a decree with refer* enee to mining operaliona, providing that If operationa at the minea are au*|>ene Imposed upon companiea in eompel- ling them to operate their minea when either the condition of the work or the (»liticai cituation would make such operation highly inadvlaable and un- profi table.** Definite Information aa to the prog­ ress of the campaign In the region of Irapuato, in which Cenerai Villa ia leading hie troope In (oraon againat the ('arranca fore« a under General Obregon, etill were larking, although a report to the State department, says Obregon‘a men had retreated toward Querelerà after a abort akirmiah and probably would make a «tend there. Messages to Villa representatives here tendici to confirm thia, but diapatchea from Carranza headquarters at Vera Crux continued to assert that Obregon had won a great victory. A report from Consul Canada at Vera Crux «aid new» received on April X by Carranza officiala from Obregon wan interpreted there as indicating that a decisive victory had linen won. "It waa intimated on the 8th,” aaid the meaaage, "that fighting was etili in progress, notwithstanding that the enemy had been driven northward 30 kilometers. ” War or New llegime In Threat of Italian People Rome Political parties favorable to Italy's immediate intervention in the war, comprising Democrats, Radicals, Reformists, Socialists and National­ ists, have arranged great meetings to be held throughout Italy in an en­ deavor to bring about the participation of the country in the conflict. The Journal d'ltalia, commenting on the event, says that it has assumed the character of a warning to the mon- archy, since the National league, which arranged the meeting, adopted a resolution containing this sentence: "If, after long waiting, there are dis­ illusions, no matter of what nature, a profound political upheaval is inevit­ able." Professor Mussolini, a Socialist leader, explains thia section of the resolution thus: "In other words, if the monarchy ia unable to make national war, the mon­ archy will cease to exist in Italy, ax a profound (»litical upheaval means a change of regime." Revival at Stock Buying On Enormotu Scale Noted New York — With transactions ag­ gregating almost 1,300,000 shares and gains extending from 3 to 7J points in leading issues, Saturday's stock mar­ ket was the most exciting and note­ worthy of any day since July 30 last. On that date, which marked the issu­ ance of Germany's ultimatum to Rus­ sia, the market was stirred to a state of feverish activitity at the ex[>ense of prices. The operations were all the other way, only s few of the unimpor­ tant stocks failing to share in the broad and steady advance. On the surface, the market had the signs of a general awakening of public interest, due to a variety of favorable factors, including the statement of the Treasury department, which bore out unofficial advices of general domestic improvement. ' I GETTING NEWS OF THE WAR IN THE WEST Paris — "The first days of spring, longer and clearer, have been marked by a recrudescence of activity on the part of the French aviators." says a press bureau note just issued. "The simple recital of a day’s aerial operatoins," the note continues, "will show the value of efforts of this branch of the service. The record of April 2 includes 43 reconnaissances and 20 instances where the aviators were able to direct with greater effi­ ciency the artillery fire. Numerous photographs of the enemy's positions were taken. "The bombardment operations were as follows on this day: The aviation sheds at Habsheim, a factory at Diet- wilier and the railroad station at Wal- heim; the barracks and railroad sta­ tion at Bensdorf, the barracks of the Germans, under construction at Vig- neulles; the aviation grounds at Coucy Les Chateau, north of Soissons, and the railroad station at Comines, Bel­ For the information of the German troops fighting in the eastern war gium; the railroad station at Somme- xone bulletins telling of the progress of the struggle In the western zone Py and Dontrien and bivouacs near are posted in Polish villages. L'Ecaile and St. Etienne Sur Suippe. "At other bivouacs near Baxancourt and Pont Faverger, French aviators dropped 1000 steel arrows.” The note then gives instances of daring combats between the French and enemy aeroplanes in the region of Soissons and Rheims anu in the valley of the Lys. ADMIRAL T. B. HOWARD Moeen' Time Wise an Oun. Philadelphia — Interesting features of the ancient Mosaic laws were de­ tailed by Professor Camden M. Cobern, of Allegheny college, in a lecture here Thursday on "Moses and His Times.” Recent discoveries by archaeologists, he declared, have confirmed the Bibli­ cal account of Moses. "Moses could have written his laws in any one of six languages," Dr. Cobern added. “The doctors of the day were as wise as ours. They wrote their prescriptions in an ancient tongue that nobody else could understand.” Bor Conte 5,950,000 Met. Rome—The nations now at war have lost 6,960,000 men and spent 88,400,- 000,000, according to figures prepared for the Avanti, a Socialist organ. The article declares the only result of the war will be a reciprocal wearing out of the forces engaged. It is calculat­ ed that nine or ten months more will exhaust the reserves of men and that View of the army museum In Belgrade, Serbia, after its destruction by the country which will suffer least will Austrian shells. be Russia. “Your wife alleges that you were cruel to her,” charged the judge; "that you first insulted her, then knocked her down and trod upon her. How about it?” "Dis about it,” responded Elder Ber­ ry, "dis much, an' den some. "Me an' dat woman been trabbelln* double 'bout ’leben days. I done tuk her to be de wife o’ mah buzzum, an* she done stung me in dat buzzum, an' fudehmo': "Day befo' ylstiday evenin’ I come moseyin’ 'long homewards 'bout sup- peh time. I has a quarteb’s worth o’ po’k chops under mah arm, an' peace an’ satisfaction in mah souL I stepped into de nouse. an* she riz up offen her cheer, picked up dat cheer an’ hung It roun’ mah neck same's a crate roun’ a tuhkey gobbler. "Den, youah honah, not satisfied wif so much, she slammed me smack In de stummick wif a chunk o’ stove wood an' knocked me slttin’ flat In de corner. Den she flung de dishes at me an’ dat cheer. Den she come busln’ me fust on one side, den on t’other, wif dat stove wood again. "De cheer an’ me dodged de bee' we wuz able, but we bofe got sawt o' in one anuddah's road, an' ebbery now an' again de chunk hit de cheer an' de cheer bit me. An* all de while dat female kep’ usin’ de mos’ insultin' langwldge herself. “ 'Po’k chops — smack! —niggeh— smack!—got po’k chops, aln’ you?— smack! Wha's dat two bits I sont you to collec’ Turn Miss Annabelle fo' dut white washln' I done labohed over? Po’k chops—smack! Dat two bits I wuz gwine to spend fo’ de deco­ ratin’ fo' de new hat I wuz gwine to wear to de Sistehs o' John de Baptls's sociable. Po’k chops—smack!—dat'a wha it am!’ "An’ ebbery time she say 'smack!' —laik dat—she lamm me annudeh one wif dat chunk. “Jedge, youah honah, dat jes' seemed to be mo' dan I could ondure, specially Turn a strange niggah I aln' knowed mo'n two weeks at the mos'es’. Me an' dat cheer got up in de corner, an’ I sez: ‘Is you all gwine to continue dis bizniz?’ An’ she sez: ‘Smack! — po’k chops, niggah — smack!’ "An’ den all I sez wuz: 'Stand outen mah way, woman, stand outen mah way. I'se gwine to git onmarried right now!’ "An* ef she done got sawt o’ spilled about some as I wuz passin’, dat aln’ no fault o’ mine.” Colonies of Two Nations. The loss of Brazil brought the Port­ uguese dominion down from the proud position it held at the beginning of the nineteenth century. But at the beginning of the twentieth century she remained the mistress of a colonial empire surpassed only by Great Brit­ ain, France and Germany. The cli­ mate of the Portuguese colonies is, however, unsuitable for European col­ onization, and the colonies have no commercial value commensurate with their great extent. The Portuguese colonies are: In Africa. Cape Verde islands, St. Thomas, Madeira and Prince's islands; Portuguese Guiana. Angola, Portuguese East Africa or Mo zam bique; in India, Goa, Damaun, Piu; in China, Macao; in the Malay archi­ pelago, part of Timor. The total area is 803.009 square miles, of which 794,- 000 square miles are tn Africa. The Dutch colonies in the Malay archipelago number 600,000 square miles. The West Indian dependencies of Holland are Dutch Guiana or Suri­ nam. the Dutch Antilles or Curacao and its dependencies, comprising, al­ together, a total area of 60,000 square miles. , SMASHED BY THE AUSTRIAN SHELLS Powder Plant Add» Men. 812,000 Allien Captive* Russian Red Cross workers gathering up the German dead after a battle in Poland. french Bombard German Factories and Station» Tacoma, Wash, — Forty-five men have been added to the payroll of the Dupont Powder works south of Ta­ coma, it was announced Saturday. In­ creased demand for explosives is the reason. The Japanese steamer Haku- shika Maru, in port loading, will take 1000 cases of dynamite to Vladivostok. The steamer Robert Dollar, which left this week for Vladivostok, took a sim­ ilar shipment, and 1000 cases of dyna­ mite will be sent to Montana next week. All employes recently were given a wage increase of 20 per cent. Amsterdam — A dispatch received here from Berlin says that on April 1 812,808 prisoners of war were being held in Germany—10,176 officers and 802,633 men. The dispatch gives the prisoners by nationality as follows: French, 3838 officers and 238,498 men; Russian, 6149 officers and 604,210 men; Belgians, 647 officers and 89,620 men; British, 620 officers and 20,307 men. RUSSIANS REMOVING THE GERMAN DEAD Italian fleet of Warnhipn Make» Sudden Departure Paris— The warships of the Italian fleet departed suddenly on Wednesday from the Mediterranean naval stations at Spexia, Gaeta and Maddalena Is­ lands. They concentrated at Augusta, Sicily, and at Taranto. They are thus within a few hours of the Adriatic. The departure of these warships caused a profound impression, partic­ ularly at Spexia, where until last Sun­ day the barhor was crowded with dreadnaughts, cruisers and torpedo- boat destroyers, while the town was filled with officers sad sailors. Italy haa now the finest fleet in her history. It is headed by several new dreadnaughta, of which the most for­ midable is the Conte de Cavour, which corresponds in the Italian navy to England’s Queen Elisabeth. The future movements of the fleet are veiled with absolute secrecy. It is asserted that only the king and one or two of the highest government offi­ cials are acquainted with the plana. SOME LIVELY MIX-UP Admiral T. B. Howard, recently ap­ pointed admiral of the Pacific fleet, is in the harbor of San Francisco and the four-star flag of an American admiral ia flying at the Golden Gate for the first time. One Good Reason for Being a Woman. By nature man belongs to the hunt In the open, and woman to the fire in doors, and Just here lies one of the best reasons for being a woman rather than a man, because a woman can get along without a man's out-of-doors much better than a man can get along without a woman's indoors, which proves woman of the two the better bachelor, as being more self-contained and self-contented. Every real man when abroad on the hunt Is always dreaming of a hearth and a hob and a wife, whereas no real woman, if she has the hearth and the hob, is longing for man's hunting spear or quarry If s^ie Is Indeed a real woman she is very likely longing to give a man the com­ fort of the fire, provided he will not stay too long at a stretch, but get out long enough to give her time to brush up his hearth and rinse bls teapoy satisfactorily to herself.—Atlantic. External Use. English men-of-war have no ice­ making machines on board, as do our ships, and everybody knows how the English fail to understand us on the subject of the use of ice, especially in our drinks. An English officer was aboard one of our ships of the Asiatic fleet and, on being served with an iced drink, commented on the delights of having cool water aboard. The American of­ ficer responded with an offer of a small cake r ' ice, which was sent the following morning. Meeting the Eng­ lishman ashore a week later, the American asked him if he had enjoyed the ice. "Enjoy it, old top. Why, do you know, that was the first cold bawth I’ve had since I left England!”—« Everybody’s Magazine. Ths Joy of Obliviousness. "How did you like my turning off the gas at ten while you and that young fool were in the parlor last night?” asked her father. “Did you?” she responded innocent­ ly; and father knew the true meaning of the word "failure.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Business Enterprise. "How long must I wait for my pre­ scription?” "Forty minutes," answered the drug­ gist; "but you can pass the time pleasantly. We give you your choice of admission to our picture show, tango parlor or open bridge tourna­ ment” _ _ ’ I ‘