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NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
Peace rumori are causing lower
wheat prices in Chicago markets.
Secretary Bryan has called on Zapata
for reparation for an insult to the
American flag.
The Belgian Relief commission Is
preparing to extend aid to 2,500,000
destitute French people.
An American submarine with a crew
of 26 men is missing in Honolulu har
bor, and It is feared all are lost.
A prominent Russian statesman says
the world must, in the future, seek
new methods of preserving peace.
Sir John French says the French
troops, regaining confidence, are bet
ter man for man than the Germans.
Many American Red Cross nurses
have made their wills and volunteered
for service in the typhus-infected zone
of Serbia.
German and Austrian families are
leaving Italy, and one "inspired"
newspaper declares the time is ripe
for a decisive blow.
An inheritance tax of $313,615 must
be paid by Mrs. Annie L. Sears,
widow of Richard W. Sears, according
to a court order entered in Lake
county, Illinois. Mrs. Sears was the
sole legatee of the 15,000,000 estate
left by her husband, who died last Sep
tember. Three hundred striking 'longshore
men, strikebreakers and sympathizers
engaged in a riot on the principal
streets of Tacoma, Wash., about mid
night Thursday. Several shots were
fired, but no one was hit. Two men
were cut with razors. Many were
badly beaten. The police used their
night sticks freely and arrested a score
of men.
The Belgian towns of Malines, Tor
monde, Louvain and Liege never will
be rebuilt on their present sites, if the
undercurrent of discussion among
prominent Belgians results in action
when peace is made. These Belgians
propose that new cities be built on
sites adjoining the ruins, which are to
be left as monuments to the suffer
ings of Belgium."
Raymond Biege and Mabel Pullen,
of Medford, Ore., the 17-year-old
children who eloped more than a week
. ago, after a strenuous search were
found at the home of the boy's grand
mother In Central Point. The children
had overlooked the formality of a mar
riage license, however, so, after con
sulting with County Judge Touville,
they were married and left for Cali
fornia.
Nearly 80 per cent of the personal
property of the late Field Marshal Earl
Roberts, who died In France last No
vember, was in Minnesota, according
to a copy of the famous soldier's will
received by Attorney Goneral Smith,
of that state. The total personality is
given at $375,697. The Minnesota
property, railroad shares and iron hold
ings, valued at more than $104,000
will net the state $653 inheritance
tax.
Turks are routed by the British
when they made a second charge on
the Suez canal.
A sharp campaign for members by
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
resulted in adding 1647 in one day.
Italy is fortifying the Islands of the
White Sea with heavy guns and it is
Baid steamers are taking munitions of
war there.
Fifty-six bodies have been recovered
from the avalanche at the Britannia
mine in British Columbia. No hope
of recovering many others is enter
tained.
Many passengers and a crew of 65
were rescued from the sinking steamer
Denver in mid-ocean, through the aid
of the wireless.
Riots in Constantinople are reported
untre and the city is calm. The allied
fleet is proceeding slowly up the Dar
danelles to the Turkish seat of gov
ernment.
The German emperor has ordered the
removal to Berlin of valuable paint
ings and tapestries from his mountain
castle known as the Leatkoenigsberg,
on the Alsatian side of the Vosges
mountains. French aviators recently
flew over the imperial Bummer resi
dence, which fmormerly belonged to
king of France.
Governor Spry of Utah has vetoed
the Shields initialve and referendum
bill. He gives as his reasons that the
Initiative is unnecessary at this time,
as the people of the state may petition
the legislature if they wish; that the
expense of its operation will be dis
proportionate to the benefits to be de
rived and that the constitutionality of
the measure it questionable.
The Prussian diet has given permis
sion to English subjects residing in
Germany to appear aa plaintiffs in
cases before the court.
Sir Thomas Llpton declares that the
only hope of eliminating the plague in
Serbia is by fire, such as was done In
London many years ago.
"Seventeen Belgians, most of whom
were young peasants, were shot at
daybreak Wednesday in the Ghent
barracks. They were found guilty by
a German court-martial of espionage
In the interest of the allies," says
dispatch.
Two Ships Torpedoed;
ISO Lives Are Lost
London About 150 lives were lost
In the sinking by German submarines
of the African liner Falaba and the
British steamer Aguila, bound from
Liverpool for Lisbon.
The Falaba was torpedoed In St.
George's Channel Sunday afternoon.
The vessel carried a crew of 90 and
about 160 passengers, and of this total
only 140 were rescued. Of those res
cued eight died later from exposure.
The Aguila had a crew of 42 and
three passengers, and of these 23 of
the crew and all the passengers were
lost.
In both cases, on sighting the sub
marine, the captain tried to escape by
putting on all speed possible, but the
under-water craft overtook the steam
ers, showing that Germany now has
some of her most modern submarines
engaged in the blockade operations
against England.
The captain of ths Falaba, who was
one of those lost, was given five min
utes to get his passengers and crew in
to the boats, but, according to the sur
vivors, before this was possible a tor
pedo was fired, striking the engine
room and causing a terrible explosion.
Many personB were killed anrt the
steamer sank in ten minutes.
Trawlers which happened to be in
the vicinity rescued most of those who
were saved; others got away in the
boats, which were ready for launching
and which were quickly lowered when
the order was given to abandon the
ship.
Those who were still on board the
steamer when the explosion occurred
were thrown into the sea and it took
the fishermen an hour or more to pick
up the persons in the water who man
aged to keep themselves afloat. ,
The Aguila as attacked off the Pem
brokeshire coast. The sumbarine,
which in this case was the U-28,
opened fire with her guns, shells from
which killed a woman passenger, the
chief engineer and two of the crew.
Even after the crew had commenced to
lower the boats, according to the story
of the survivors, the Germans kept up
their fire, and some of the boats were
riddled with bullets.
The captain of the trawler Otillie,
whom the commander of the submarine
told of the sinking of the Aguila, went
to the rescue and picked up the three
boats containing 19 of the crew. The
fourth boat, which contained the other
members of the crew, could not be
found, and it is believed that it had
foundered. On their arrival at Fish
guard, several of the crew wore band
ages, having been wounded by the fire
from the submarine.
Another Dutch steamer, the Amstel,
of 495 tons, has been blown up by a
mine off Flamborough Head, but her
crew was rescued.
Special Irain Carries
U. S. Iroops to Border
San Antonio, Texas Three batteries
of the Third Field Artillery, including
450 men and 12 guns, in command of
Colonel George W. Vandeusen, at Fort
Sam Houston, were entrained Tuesday
for Brownsville and were ordered
rushed to the border by a special train.
Major General Frederick FunBton
departed also upon receipt of advices
from Brownsville after ordering out
the artillery. He said that the in
fantry at Texas City would not be sent
to the border for the present, but
would be held in readiness.
General Funston, commanding the
department of the South, will take
charge of the situation at Brownsville
and he has discretionary powers to act
in the event firing into Brownsville by
either Mexican force continues. He
served formal notice on the command
era of the two forces that they would
be held personally responsible for shots
fired into the Texas town, and that
American troops would be prepared to
enforce the order.
An attempt is being made to sur
round and attack the Villa forces un
der General Jose Rodriguez, in camp
at Las Ruias, by Carranza troops ap
proaching in two columns from differ
ent directions, according to a message
from Matamoros, Mexico.
One body of about 800 troops with
15 cannon was said to be moving from
the south and another column under
General Ildefonso Castro, with 1700
men, was reported approaching from
Nuevo Laredo and expecting to reach
Las Rnsias before daybreak Wednes
day. Germans Active in Baltic.
London German naval activity has
been resumed in the Baltic Sea and
the Gulf of Bothnia, with the Inten
tion of carrying out a blockade cam
paign against the trade of Finland
and Sweden, according to a Copen
hagen dispatch to the Daily News.
A German fleet has been observed
north of the Aland islands. Several
Danish and Swedish vessels are re
ported to have been halted by German
submarines, but, so far as known, only
one was fired on and she escaped un
harmed. Shot "Stray," Says Britain.
Washington, D. C American Con
sul Green at Hamilton, Bermuda,
cabled the State department that the
British authorities had informed him,
"it was a stray shot," that hit George
B. Montgomery, of Baffalo, N. Y.,
who recently was shot in the foot and
seriously woulded while sailing near a
camp of German prisoners of war in
the Bermudas. The consul said a full
report was being forwarded by mail.
Italy and Germany Trade.
London A dispatch to the Morning
Post from Berne says Germany has
agreed to send coal to Italy. Food
stuffs and certain other products are
to be received in return, aayi the dispatch.
Flax-Growing
Be Aided by State Board
Salem Definite action was taken by
the State board of control in starting
the flax Industry in Oregon in compli
ance with an act passed at the recent
session of the legislature by a decision
to offer growers in this county $15 a
ton for straw delivered at the State
penitentiary.
This Ib from $3 to $4 a ton more
than the market price in other states,
and was offered as an Inducement to
farmers to grow flax.
Governor Withy combe said he was
confident that three tons could be
grown to the acre and he believed the
price offered would make it one of the
state's most profitable crops. The
board will furnish the seed to the
farmers for $3 a bushel, the money to
be paid to the state when the straw is
delivered.
It was virtually decided to employ
an expert in the manufacture of flax to
install the retting machinery at the
prison and superintend the construc
tion of the buildings necessary. Gov
ernor Withycombe said he believed
John C. Cady, of Albany, would be a
good man for the place. Mr. Cady
recently came to Oregon from Minne
sota, where he was engaged in the flax
business. It was decided to defer the
appointment until all the members of
the board could confer with him. It
was decided virtually to employ Emil
Bureau of Fisheries Finds
New Field on
Washington, D. C. During the
summer of 1914 the department of
Commerce, through the bureau of fish
eries, conducted(an exploration of cer
tain fishery grounds off the coast of
Oregon to determine if halibut were
present in sufficient quantities to sup
port a fishery.
A halibut ground of some value was
found off Newport, Ore., covering an
area of approximately 250 square
miles. The run of fish on this bank
reaches its maximum in August and
September, but apparently is of com
mercial importance as early as June,
and probably some halibut could be
taken in the latter part of April. As
an immediate result of the findings,
Advertising and Selling
of Farm Products
Oregon Agriculturae College, Cor
vallis Marketing farm products is
perhaps the biggest question before
the American farmers today, accord
ing to Dean J. A. Bexell of the school
of commerce at the Oregon Agricul
tural college. As long as the middle
man can market the products better
than the farmer, he will be paid, and
paid well, for his services, but with a
better organization among farmers,
which is now growing rapidly, a large
part of the proceeds will go into the
farmers' pocket.
Dean Bexell showed that the farmer
is the largest salesman in the world,
selling about $10,000,000,000 of goods
a year. They are very inefficient in
marketing their crops, although they
are the most expert traders in the
world.
He suggested that the farmers co
operate to secure good, uniform prod
ucts in their districts, and then adver
tise them persistently on the commun
ity plan and thus create a demand for
that particular kind of produce. The
ad muBt be "news," the name and
label must always mean high class
goods, a reputation for quality and
service, the goods must be packed and
graded so that they will arrive on the
market in the best possible condition
and have good appearance.
Selling Oregon Made
Clay Wares Advised
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis There are thirty manufacturers
of brick and other clay wares in Ore
gon at the present time, according to
Dean J. A. Bexell, of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College School of Commerce,
who advocates an organization of the
manufacturers for the purpose of get
ing' their Oregon-made wares more
prominently before the public and into
the markets by means of advertising
and co-operative effort. The combined
output of the industries is about $730,
000 annually, and the expenditures
average about $1500 for each $50,000
of output. A part of this sum will be
expended in promoting a demand for
the clay goods, especially drainage
tiles.
In the clay industries as in most oth
ers the attention given to production
is disproportionate to that given to
creating and enlarging the demand.
Right quality of prodcut that will
maintain a permanent demand together
with due advertising and publicity,
will, thinks Mr. Bexell, bring success
in this business.
Marshfield Cuts Exyense.
Marshfleld Several Coos county cit
ies find themselvea-'obliged to adopt a
retrenchment policy immediately,
largely because there will be no saloon
revenue in 1916. Marshfleld led off
and curtailed fixed expenses about
$2500 yearly by withdrawing a monthly
support of $150 for the Coos Bay Con
cert Band and doing away with one
man on the street-cleaning force.
Mayor Topping, of Bandon, has issued
notice of a meeting of the Bandon
counicl to decide where the city can
most easily bring about a saving.
Industry to
HanBett, who has had experience In
flaxgrowlng In Ireland, to give the
farmers certain instructions. He will
be paid only when actually at work or
during the flax season and his salary
probably will be $150 a month.
The bill authorizing the state to en
courage the growing of flax, carrying
an appropriation of $50,000 and speci
fies that the money may be used only
for giving employment to the convicts.
Governor Withycombe said be was
anxious that farms near the prison be
planted to flax, so the convicts could
work them and be returned to the in
stitution at night. It is planned that
they do all the work, even to the har
vesting of the crop, but the growers
must deliver the straw at the prison.
Because of the fact that it was a
new industry Governor Withycombe
thought expert men should be employed
to assist in planting, cultivating and
retting and and he believed the board
should obtain such help as soon as pos
sible. He said he had been informed
the machinery and buildings necessary
would not be expensive. It has nev
er been the intention of the board to
use all the appropriation in the flax in
dustry and if it does not furniBh em
ployment for all convicts other means
for doing so will be devised. The
board plans growing flax on Beveral of
the state farms.
Oregon Coast
fishermen made 21 trips to the ground,
taking about 850,000 pounds of hali
but, valued at about $24,000. Trips
yielding 40,000 pounds were made in
four days or less. Irrespective of the
abundance of fish, weather conditions,
and the lack of habors will inhibit fish
ing expecting from April to October.
Coos Bay is expected to produce hal
ibut in limited numbers; and the en
tire coast of Oregon was found to
abound in flounders, soles, rock cod
and black cod a valuable food supply
when market conditions warrant its
exploitation. The report of the in
vestigation, with charts, will soon be
issued and may be obtained on applica
tion to the bureau of fisheries, Wash
ington, D. C.
Wages Are 7o Be Cut.
Hood River Local apple growers
will endeavor to cut the cost in pro
duction of apples this year by making
substantial decreases in the labor
scale. The orchardistB of the Pine
Grove district, one of the heaviest
bearing districts in the valley, have
made plans for the organization of all
growers in the district, in order that
the wage scale may be maintained.
It is proposed that hereafter not
more than $1.75 or $1 and board will
be paid for the ordinary day's work in
the orchard. Heretofore this has usu
ally cost $2.60 a day.
"While the matter of packing will
be left with the shipping organiza
tions, who should name the price, the
packer should receive and his respon
sibilities, we suggested that not more
than 3 cents a box be paid, where the
packer follows a grading machine,"
says C. A. Reed, who attended the
Pine Grove meeting. "Where women
do the work of men they are to receive
equal pay."
Mr. Reed declares that local orchard-
ists have made poor arrangements for
handling their labor.
"We have few bunkhouses," he
said, "and yet those growers who have
erected structures to house their pick
ers and fruit thinners say that the
work has certainly been well worth
while. It gives the laborers a place
to dry their wet clothing after a rain,
a place to get warm, and to engage in
a sort of social intercourse."
While individual growers will be ex
pected to make arrangements with
permanent laborers as they see fit, all
are asked not to pay more than $45 a
month for new, inexperienced men, to
whom houses are furnished.
Bandon Debaters Win.
Eugene The Bandon High School
debating team, taking the affirmative
on the government ownership of rail
roads, defeated Medford High School
in Eugene, two to one. The Bandon
team now must debate Salem High
School. The winner then will meet
the Eastern Oregon champions for the
state title. The affirmative contended
that government ownership is neces
sary for economic development. The
negative declared it financially impos
sible, since the valuation of American
railroads is $16,000,000,000.
Rail Board lakes Stand.
Salem The State Railroad commis
sion has issued an order which will
have the effect of enforcing a law
passed at the 1913 session of the legis
lature providing for physical connec
tions of railroads for the convenience
of shippers. The commission has made
two attempts to put the law into oper
ation, but the applicants did not show
sufficient reason for physical connec
tions. Hereafter the commission will
refuse to approve crossing contracts
which do not contain a clause provid
ing for physical connections if desired.
Clackamas Deed Records Broken.
Oregon City The deed to the Ore
gon City locks, filed recently, is the
largest instrument of its kind recorded
in Clackamas county since the so
called war tax became effective. An
internal revenue stamp is not necessary
on deeds conveying property to the
government, or R. A. Leiter would
have been forced to cover the docu
ment with $375 in stamps.
U. S. Warship to Carry
Cash to Aid Sisal Crop
Washington, D. C. An American
warship will take to Yucatan money to
finance the movement of Mexico's sisal
hemp crop, needed to make twine for
binding the enormous wheat crop made
by farmers of the United States this
year. The money $625,000 In cur
rency, which manufacturers propose to
advance to the hemp growers is in
bank vaults at Galveston, Tex., but
until recently no safe means of getting
it to Mexico had been found.
Secretary Daniels agreed to permit
the use of a warship for the purpose,
after hearing a statement by Edward
C. Heidrich, Jr., of Peoria, 111., rep
resenting the sisal purchasers, who
outlined the difficulties that bad been
encountered. It is probable that a
gunboat or destroyer now in Southern
waters will be sent to Galveston to
transport the money.
There are said to be some 250,000
bales of sisal ready for shipment at
Progresso, the port, and Merida, the
railway center, of Yucatan. Since
the United States government pre
vented Carranza from blockading Pro
gresso the chief obstacles in the way
of moving this supply have been scar
city of labor and shipping facilities.
Several ships are now awaiting car
goes, however, and the labor situation
is improving, according to reports to
the State department. Arrival of the
American money is expected to result
in immediate further improvement.
Discussing the Mexican situation
generally, Secretary Bryan comment
ed on conditions with a reiteration of
the declaration that recognition of any
faction had not been considered by this
government. He spoke hopefully of
the plans to insure transportation of
sisal and announced receipt of an offi
cial expression of regret by the Zapata
government for the murder of an
American citizen, John B. McManus,
in Mexico City.
Concerning conditions in the Mexi
can capital, the secretary said no ser
ious complaint had been received by
the department recently. Asked if
matters had progressed far enough in
the revolution-torn republic to effect
any change in the policy of the United,
States, Mr. Bryan said that there was
no change of policy.
Ex-Secretary Root Warns
of Coming National Crisis
Philadelphia Elihu Root, ex-United
States senator from New York and ex
Secretary of war, was the guest of
honor at a reception given here by the
members of the Union League. The
league s historic gold medal of honor,
the first recipient of which was Presi
dent Lincoln and which had been given
on 16 occasions, was presented to
Senator Root.
Senator Root, in outlining what he
termed the mission of the Republican
party at this crisis of the nation b
history," said:
"The party 's'duty is to restore con
fidence in business, wipe out the mis
understanding which has arisen be
tween the farmers of the West and
South and the captialists of the East
and North, fight to the last ditch
against increased governmental regu
lation of business and prevent the
power of the Federal bureaucracy
from becoming stronger."
In the present lack of confidence, he
declared, the nation is facing a crisis
as great as that of the Civil war and
"will inevitably go to ruin unless the
business men of the country assert
themselves, as they did when they
elected McKinley in 1896 and in
1900."
lurks Are Routed by
British Near Suez City
London A statement was given out
by the official press bureau here telling
of a defeat inflicted on a Turkish force
operating against the Egyptian town
of Suez. The statement says :
"On the 22d at dawn one of our
patrols discovered a party of the en
emy near El Kubri Post, opposite
Suez. Shots were exchanged.
"Aeroplanes estimated the number
at about 1000, composed of infantry,
artillery and a few cavalry.
"The guns at El Kubri opened fire
and inflicted casualties, whereupon the
enemy retired and formed a camp
eight miles east of the Suez canal.
"Early on the morning of the 23d, a
force under General Sir G. Younghus-
band attacked and routed the enemy,
who is now in full retreat.
"A prisoner says this this force
came direct from Bir el Saba, having
taken 12 days en route, and that Gen
eral von Traumer and three other Ger
man officers were with it."
Airman Attacks Steamer.
Southampton The British steamer
Pandion, which arrived here recently
from Rotterdam, reports that in the
vicinity of the North Hinder lightship,
she was twice attacked by a German
aeroplane. Seven bombs were dropped
by the aircraft, some of which fell
close to the Pandion, but the steamer
escaped damage.
Owing to this incident the Zeeland
company, owners of the steamer, here
after will not transport British, Bel
gium, French or Russian men of mili
tary age.
Texas Fruit Hard Hit
Marshall, Tex. With the thermom
eter as low as 22 degrees this week,
fruitgrowers say the Harrison county
fruit crop is ruined and the yield in the
main Texas belt this year will be way
below normal. A leading orchard com
pany estimates the loss in this county
alone will toUl more than $1,000,000.
Repeated failures have disheartened
growers.
F4 IS LOCATED
IN NEW PLACE
Lost Anchor of Battleship Has
Deceived Rescuers.
Fragments of Superstructure Com
ing to Surface Verify Latest
Discovery Hope Gone.
Honolulu After making the heart
rending discovery Sunday that rescuers
had been working in the wrong spot,
the United States submarine F-4 was
definitely located outside the harbor.
Pieces of the superstructure of the
vessel have been brought to the sur
face. W. C. Parks, civil engineer, has
started construction of an immense
diving bell, a large cast iron pipe
seven feet in height, fitted with heavy
plate glass ports.
A hydro-aeroplane has been made
ready for instant flight if required.
The dredge California will shift its
moorings, and tugs will criss-cross in
all directions. Should their drags
catch on the F-4, a chain net will be
woven around the submerged boat and
the floating crane from Pearl Harbor
will attempt a direct lift.
DeBpair supplanted hope earlier in
the day when two divers discovered
that chains from the dredger Califor
nia, which had been fould with some
thing on the floor of the ocean outside
Honolulu harbor since Friday, were
not attached to the lost craft but to
an old anchor.
All the resourses at the command of
naval officers here had been employed
for two days and nights in an effort to
raise this anchor which was supposed
to be the F-4.
It is believed to have been lost by
the battleship Oregon.
Streams of bubbles seen rising to
the surface of the water and floating
patches of oil had given encouragement
to the belief that the dredge's chains
had become lodged on the submarine,
which disappeared Thursday when at
target practice.
Efforts to raise the object that held
the dredge's chains falied and crews of
men worked untiringly to bring what
was confidently believed to be the un
dersea craft into more shallow water.
Naval officers, expressing the hope
that life might remain in the bodies of
some, at least, of the 21 men impris
oned in the F-4, sought to expedite
operations in every way possible.
Electrified Wire fence
and Puddle Kill Three
Los Angeles When Cornelius Valk
hoff went out to his rabbit hutch Sun
day to procure a hare for a birthday
dinner he stepped into a water puddle
as he touched the latch of the hutch
gate and fell dead. An electric cable
leading to a nearby crematory had
broken during the night and turned
its 2200 volt current into the wire
fence surrounding the hutch. Mrs.
Valkhoff saw her husband writhe and
fall in a contorted heap, and rushed
out to aid him. She stepped into the
puddle as she touched his hand, and
fell across his body dead.
Harris Skinner, who occupied half
of the Valkhoff dwelling, was the next
to invade the fatal short-circuit, bent
on giving aid, and he too, died.
The shrieks of the Valkhoff 's child
ren, who were uncomprehending wit
nesses of the tragedy, attracted A. T.
Slaten, a policeman. Slaten entered
the back yard juBt as the girls Bped
toward the deadly water puddle, and
snatching their hair braids he jerked
them back to safety. In doing so,
however, he came into contact with
the charged fence wire, and was
thrown 20 feet.
Italy Awaiting More
favorable Opportunity
Rome Italian intervention has been
postponed again. Despite the failure
of Prince von Buelow's negotiations to
conclude a permanent agreement be
tween Austria and Italy, there is posi
tive evidence that this country will
not enter the war until toward the end
of April, and possibly not so early as
that.
It must not be understood that there
has been any change in Italy's atti
tude, except in putting off interven
tion until a date when it is expected
the Dardanelles will have been forced
and Constantinople occupied, possibly
with the co-operation of Bulgaria, and
when the Russians will have passed
the Carpathians and invaded Hungary.
Big Coast Liner Delayed.
San Francisco Due to the seriouB
trouble with theturbinea of, the liner
Great Northern, she will not steam
from this port for Flavel, Or., as
scheduled, next Wednesday, and it is
possible that she will not resume her
schedule until April 8, although there
is hope of getting her away April 4.
The Great Northern, making remark
able time, had to turn back to port at
noon Saturday when she was off Point
Reyes, and a thorough examination
developed that it will take some time
to put the machinery in shape.
Ihree Cargoes Iron Ore Sunk.
Stockholm The loss in the Baltic of
three German cruisers, the Bavaria,
the Germania, and the Koenigsberg,
all laden with iron ore, is announced in
the Social Demokraten. The Bavaria
went down March 15 with her entire
crew. The cause of her sinking is not
revealed. No details of the destruc
tion of the other vessels are given.