NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
Lord Kitchener, of England, has
prohibited the use of liquor in his
household during the war.
Secretary Bryan has ordered a case
of Oregon loganberry juice for table
use instead of grape Juice,
Vilila and Zapata have agreed lo
the neutrality of Mexico City, but the
consent of Carranza is lacking.
A rate expert declares some of the
railroads asking for rate increases are
already accumulating a surplus.
The United States begins an Investi
gation into the death of an American
on a torpedoed British liner.
Ten thousand men returned to work
in the steel mills and factories of Chi
cago Heights, a suburb of Chicago.
An anarchist on ' trial for placing
bombs in a New York church declared
that a detective forced him to do the
work and directed it.
A man arrested for vagrancy in San
Francisco bad 15000 in bills in his
pocket and proved himself to be the
owner of buildings worth $200,000.
Coast artillery companies at Fort
Winfield Scott, San Francisco, made
from 90 to 100 per cent at ranges of
7000 yards, approximately four miles.
A writer in the London Daily Mail
declares that dogs of the German dasc
hund variety are being treated shame
fully in England, out of pure prejudice.
Tho British steamship Seven Seas
and the French Bteamship Emma were
torpedoed by German submarines off
Beachy Head, in the English Channel,
Thursday.
A commander of a German subma
rine says the service is improving rap
idly with experience and practice, and
the ring around England is becoming
tighter every day.
Warships of the allies keep up an
incessant bombardment of the Dar
danelles, to prevent the Turks from
repairing their damaged forts and to
protect minesweepers.
The Russky Slovoe, of Petrograd,
prints a note intimating that the Rus
sian government has been approached
through neutral channels with over
tures from Austria for a separate
peace without Germany's knowledge.
An Austrian steamer loaded with
arms and ammunition, on its way from
Semlin to Panosova, both ports on the
Danube river, struck a mine In the
river and was blown up. Serbian ar
tillery completed the destruction of the
ship and cargo,
German prisoners of war in French
camps receive the Bame rations as
their French guards, with the excep
tion of a little lesB meat, and are in
good Bpirits and well satisfied with
their treatment. They all believe
Germany is bound to win.
The French government 1b still buy
ing horses in Eastern Oregon.
All efforts to raise the submarine
F-4, in the Honolulu harbor have
failed.
Salem, Ore., has a $40,000 fire
which destroys a large fruit plant and
its contents.
Four persons drown at Seattle when
an automobile skids and runs Into the
Duwamish river.
It is rumored that the Germans en
trenched near Brussels will abandon
their lines on account of the fall of
Przemysl.
Part of the U. S. fleet that will pass
through the Panama canal at its form
al dedication, will visit Portland as
well as other Pacific Coast harbors.
Governor Hunt, of Arizona, has de
cided that he was becoming too stout
and forthwith decided on outdoor exer
cise mowing the lawns of the capitol
grounds every day. The chosen hour
is noon, indicating that luncheon has
been taken off the governor's schedule
of meals.
A. L. Flynn, of Cottage Grove. Ore.,
is a puzzle to medical science. He has
lived for months with a pulse beat of
30 a minute, that would mean certain
death to normal persons. During Mr.
Flynn's illnesB his pulse beat was as
low as IS a minute, remaining that
way for several days and missing
often.
At a British cabinet meeting re
cently there was every reason to be
lieve that it considered the liquor ques
tion, and the stampnig out of the evil,
which is now one of the greatest prob
lems of the nation. There still is
much talk of prohibition, but It is not
generally believed that this course will
be adopted, although it is conceded
that some step of drastic and uni
versal character will soon be taken.
According to an opinion of Oregon's
attorney general any married woman
may hold property in her maiden name.
Streetcar operators In Seattle have
gone on strike and the city traffic is
much impaired as the result The
striken declare the jitneys will care
for the public until their terms are
met by the car company.
Unusually cold weather for this sea
son of the year prevails throughout
Pennsylvania. There was snow in some
sections and In the mountain regions
the thermometer registered as low as
6 degrees above zero.
Right of Embargo Not
Admitted by United States
Washington, D. C The United
States government has made public its
note to Great Britain announcing that
it could not "admit" either the right
of the allies or their assertion for
justification in placing an embargo on
all commercial intercourse between
Germany and neutral countries.
"To admit it," says the communica
tion, "would be to assume an attitude
of unneutrality toward the present
enemies of Great Britain, which would
be obviously inconsistent with the
solemn obligations of this government
in the present circumstances, and for
Great Britain to make such a claim
would be for her to abandon and set at
naught the principles for- which she
has consistently and earnestly con
tended in Other times and circum
stances." The note reviews at length the legal
phases of a blockade of belligerent ter
ritory and virtual blockade of neutral
coasts.
In conclusion the United States as
serts its expectation that Great Brit
ain "after having considered" the pos
sibilities of "serious interruption of
American trade under the Order-in-Council,
"will take steps to avoid
them and in the event that they should
unhappily occur, which under the rules
of international law constitutes a vio
lation of neutral rights.
The American communication inter
prets the circumstances under which
Great Britain pretends to be justified
in adopting' retaliatory measures to
ward her enemies as "merely a reason
for certain extraordinary activities"
by her naval force "and not an excuse
for or a prelude to any unlawful ac
tion."
WILLARD WINS WORLD'S
CHAMPIONSHIP FROM BLACK
Havana Jack Johnson, exiled from
his own country, Monday lost his claim
to fistic fame as the heavyweight
champion of the world, the title being
wrested from him by Jess Willard, the
Kansas cowboy, the biggest man who
ever entered the prize ring.
Monday s fight probably has no par
allel in the history of ring battles.
For 20 rounds Johnson punched and
pounded Willard at will, but his blows
grew perceptibly less powerful as the
fight progressed, until at last he
seemed unable or unwilling to go on.
Johnson stopped leading, and for
three or four rounds the battle be
tween the two huge men was little
more than a series of plastic poses of
white and black gladiator.
So it was until the 25th round, when
Willard got one of his widely swinging
windmill right-hand smashes to John
son'! .heart. This was the beginning
of the end.
When the round closed Johnson sent
word to his wife that he was all in,
and told her to start for home. She
was on the way out and was passing
the ring in the 26th round when a
Btinging left to the body and a cy
clonic right to the jaw caused Johnson
to crumple on the floor of the ring,
where he lay partly outside the ropes
until the referee counted 10 and held
up Willard's hand in token of his newly-won
laurels.
Pullman Car Porters'
Pay Only $27.50 Month
Chicago The first government in
quiry into wages and conditions and
employment of Bleeping car porters
and conductors was made here Tuesday
by the United States commission on
industrial relations. L. S. Hunger
ford, general manager of the Pullman
company, was on the stand most of the
day and was questioned by Frank P.
Walsh, chairman of the commission.
In the first 15 years of the sleeping
porter's service, Hungerford Baid, he
is paid $27.60 a month. At the end of
15 years he, like other service em
ployes, automatically received an ad
vance of 5 per cent, which makes his
pay $28.87 a month. In the first 10
years of service be buys his own uni
froms, but thereafter the company
takes on this burden. A bonus system
gives men with good records an extra
month's pay for the year.
Mr. Walsh then brought up the sub
ject of tips.
"Do you expect the public to pay
the difference between these wages
and a living wage?" he asked the wit
ness. "No sir, I don't think that was con
sidered," the latter replied.
"You thought them satisfied with
these salaries?"
"No, I wouldn't say that; we re
ceived no expressions of dissatisfaction
regrading them," replied Mr. Hunger
ford. Germans Sink Italian Ship.
Genoa, Italy A German submarine
has sunk the Italian steamer Luigi
Parodl, which left Baltimore January
22 with a cargo of coal for Genoa, ac
cording to word received here Tuesday.
The report haa caused a profound im
pression here, and there are many ex
pressions of resentment. Great excite
ment prevails and the authorities have
taken strong measures to protect the
German colony and German ships from
reprisals. Nothing is known as to the
fate of the crew of the Luigi Parodi,
which was entirely of Genoese.
Suit Against 7.R. Is Set.
Syracuse, N. Y. By agreement of
counsel for both sides, the trial of the
$50,000 libel suit brought by William
Barnes, of Albany, against ex-President
Roosevelt, has been set down for
April 19. The action will have pref
erence over all other case on the cal
endar.
New Line From Grants
Pass to Ocean Assurea
Completion of the California & Ore
gon Coast railroad from Grants Pass to
Crescent City, Cat., at a cost approxi
mating $5,000,000, was assured this
week when Twohy Bros., railroad con
tractors of Portland, arranged with
the city officials ! of Grants Pass to
finance the project and perform the
work.
The people of Grants Pass already
have bonded themselves for $200,000
to pay for the first 10 miles of the
work. This portion of the road, from
Grants Pass to Wilderville, has been
built. The remaining portion, from
Wilderville to Crescent City, is ap
proximately 81 miles long. It is esti
mated that the work can be completed
this summer. Twohy Bros, are pre
pared to put a large force of men to
work there within the next few weeks.
The road is bonded for $5,000,000,
and it is understood that Twohy Bros,
have made adequate arrangement for
disposing of the bonds, as a means of
financing the project. It is reported
that Canadian and European capital
ists have agreed to take some of the
securities, which, on account of the
glowing reports regarding the terri
tory to be served by the new road, are
expected to sell at a high figure.
Test Cooking Qualities of
Various Kinds of Apples
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis Knowledge of the cooking val
ue of standard varieties of apples on
the part of housewives and other per
sons that prepare this fruit for table
use has long been considered by Pro
fessor C. I. Lewis, chief of the divis
ion of horticulture at the college, as
one of the steps to a more satisfactory
market system. "Buyers of apples for
home use should learn the qualities of
the leading Oregon varieties and then
call by name for the variety they
want. Professor Lewis said several
years ago. And he has kept on saying
it until the truth of the proposition
has been generally recognized and is
now beginning to be acted upon in a
systematic attempt to cultivate a more
intelligent and stable demand for good
apples.
In carrying out this policy of learn
ing the fruit and its qualities, a series
of experiments to determine the cook
ing qualities of 71 varieties of apples
grown in Oregon the Home economics
department of the college has made
and reported an exhaustive test. The
test includes the cooking qualities of
these varieties used as sauce, pies,
dumplings, marmalade and jelly. - The
fruit was judged on the basis of color,
flavor and texture of sauce, flavor,
way cooked, and tenderness of pies and
dumplings, and flavor, texture, color,
clearness and Burf ace of jells. In sauce
and marmalade 60 points were allowed
Hard-surfacing of County
Highway Is Planned
Forest Grove The Forest Grove
commercial club held another luncheon
Thursday, at which there were present
100 business men of the community
and farmers living in the vicinity. The
subject for discussion was "Better
Roads for Washington County." D.
B. Reasoner, judge of the county
court, and Rodell Matteson, county
commissioner, were guests.
The project which is being pushed
by the Commercial club of Forest
Grove and the farmers of Gales Creek
and Thatcher vicinity is hard-surfacing
of the main thoroughfare leading from
Gales Creek and Thatcher neighbor
hoods Into Forest Grove, and the
county court is co-operating to obtain
some state aid. A committee of five
was appointed to co-operate with the
Commercial club and the county court
in an effort to procure assistance from
the State highway commission, and
subscriptions to the funds available
for the improvement.
Incidentally the membership of the
Commercial club was increased 100.
Coirs Supplant Babies.
Eugene, Or. Babies must give way
to cows at the 1915 Lane County Fair.
The fair board has abolished the eu
genics department of the county fair
and substituted additional prizes for
the dairy department.
"Lane county is a dairy county, and
will become more so within the next
few years," said a member of the fair
board. "The board aims to do all pos
sible to encourage the production of
better cattle. We thought it better
to put the money into stock than into
babies."
Cleanup Day for Dogs.
Baker Baker will have a cleanup
day for dogs, April 12, following the
civic beauty cleanup two days earlier.
Mayor Palmer Bays that there are at
least 200 worthless canines on the
streets and that the danger of rabies
is great because of them. The plan is
to have the official dog catcher capture
every animal that has not a license
tag or muzzle.
Grain fields In Good Condition.
Union Heavy rains in the valley
and snow in the nearby mountains
have brought the moisture to about the
usual condition for this season of the
year. Cloudy skies and south winds
promise more rain. The ground has
been too wet for cultivating and seed
ing is delayed. Most of the spring
seeding is in and grain is in good condition.
"We hope to complete arrangements
and carry the work to a successful con
clusion within a very short time,"
said James F. Twohy, a member of
the firm.
The new road will be an important
factor in the future development of
Grants Pass and all the territory in
the southwestern corner of the state.
It will open up a rich section hereto
fore undeveloped and will give Grants
Pass and the southern part of the state
an easy outlet to the sea.
More significant than these facts,
however, is the possibility that the
new road will become a future link in
through traffic between Portland and
San Francisco. For this reason, it is
believed that the road eventually will
pass into the hands of the Southern
Pacific company. Twohy Bros., it is
understood, are acting for the South
ern Pacific. They have done much
work for the Southern Pacific in the
past and are not apt to engage in rail
road operation themselves.
When the road is completed to
Grants Pass a link of only 75 miles be
tween Crescent City and Trinidad,
Cal., will remain to be built to give
the Southern Pacific a new through
line between Grants Pass and San
Francisco.
for flavor and 25 each for texture and
color. For pies and dumplings, 65
points were given for perfect flavor,
20 for way cooked and 16 for tender
ness. In jells texture and flavor were
given 36 points each for perfect score
with 15 for color, 10 for clearness and
5 for surface.
Judging was done by a number of
college experts who were unaware of
the varieties as they judged them, so
that no prejudice entered into their
verdict.
By this means satisfactory knowl
edge of the qualities of all varieties
tested was reached, and thiB informa
tion is now offered the people of Ore
gon who are interested in this subject
in a bulletin just prepared. The bul
letin should not only prove to be a reli
able guide in the purchase of apples
for home cooking, but it will also have
considerable value for the dealers and
growers. Copies may be had on appli
cation to the college.
In addition to the score awarded to
each variety in the uses heretofore
mentioned, the bulletin furnishes in
formation on the seasonal value of the
varieties, on the relative value of
some of the varieties for each of the
purposes named, and the correlation of
valueB for sauce and for jelly pur
poses. Much other useful information
is also contained in the bulletin, such
as giving recipes for crusts, cooking
directions, amount of sweetening and
suitable utensils.
$1 Wheat by Fall Is Hope.
Baker With two large contracts
for wheat in Umatilla county at a dol
lar a buBhel reported, farmers in this
vicinity are holding their grain at this
price and expect to get it at harvest
time. Some think it will go as high
as last winter, while some are even
more optimistic. Reports from all
parts of Baker and Grant counties
show that there is a larger acreage
than ever and with the rains of the
last week the yield an acre promises
to be greater than any yet known.
Many of the farmers are plowing up
hay fields and planting grain, the prin
cipal crop of which is wheat. There
were only a few cases of damage by
frost during the winter, because of
light snows. .The early rains cause
belief that despite the small amount of
snow in the hills there will be enough
rain to make grain and hay raisers in
dependent of irrigation. The outlook
for rye and barley, at war priceB, is
bright. Hay raisers also expect big
crops with prices better than last year.
Columbia Fish Prices Set.
Astoria The Columbia River sal
mon packers, both canners and cold
storage men, have set the prices to be
paid for raw fish during the season
which opens on May 1 at the following
rates: Small or cannery Chinooks, 6
cents a pound; large or cold storage
Chinooks, weighing 28 pounds or
more, 7 cents a pound; marketable
steelheads, 8 cents a pound; blue-
backs, 4 cents a pound; shad, 1 cent a
pound; sturgeon, 5 cents a pound.
The principal changes from last sea
son's figures are a reduction of one
half cent in the price of large Chi
nooks and an advance in the dividing
point between what are known as
small and large Chinooks from 25 to 28
pounds. The reason assigned for
these changes is that on account of the
war the shipment of cold storage or
pickled fish to Germany has been cur
tailed, and the market for that variety
of the cured product is not encourag
ing. A similar reason is assigned for
cutting the price for steelheads 2 cents
a pound.
Applegrowers 7o Build.
Eood River Having been unable to
conclude arrangements with the Apple
Growers' association for the lease of a
portion of its warehouse space, the
Fruit Growers' exchange, which has
contracted with the Northwestern
Fruit exchange to handle its fruit for
another year, will erect a storage house
in this city and will build a warehouse
in the Odell community on the Mount
Hood railway line. While members of
the board of directors have considered
the matter, plans as yet have not been
acted on by the growers.
Seattle Car Men Strike;
Riots and Disorder Ensue
Seattle, Wash. A strike of street
railway employes working on the Se
attle lines of the Puget Sound Trac
tion, Light and Power company was
called by a mass meeting of all labor
unions held by the Central labor coun
cil Wednesday. The vote to call out
the carmen was taken at 9 o'clock,
and within a few minutes committees
were out appealing to the motormen
and conductors to leave their posts and
join the union. The strike was called
to compel recognition of the union.
Service on lines operated by the
company was seriously interrupted,
and during the first two hours was
completely disorganized. On several
downtown streets deserted cars block
ed traffic until inspectors and shop em
ployes appeared to remove them to the
barns.
Except for these delays no line was
completely tied up, although blockades
occurred frequently when crowds which
filled the streets at the principal junc
tion points cut trolley ropes, broke
windows and endeavored to take off
crews who refused to strike. In a few
intsances trolley wires were broken
and fell sputtering to the street but no
one was injured, and the company
quickly repaired the damage.
Sam Atkinson, international organ
izer of the Amalgamated association
of Street & Electric Railway Em
ployes of America, and W. B. Fitz
gerald, chairman of the executive
board of that organization, directed
the movement. They said that 100
carmen had left their poBts in response
to the call and that they had 800 mem
bers who have applications on file as
a result of their campaign. They said
this demonstration was only the be
ginning of the strike and that within
a few days the tie-up would be com
plete. They said the only question at
issue was the right to organize.
A. L. Kempster, general manager
of the company, disputed the union
officials concerning the result of the
strike call.
During the night the police were
kept busy preventing attacks on the
cars, which soon were without passen
gers. Many arrests were made on
charges of disorderly conduct. None
were streetcar men. Although several
men were bruised or slightly cut dur
ing fights around the cars, no one was
reported seriously injured.
Supporters of the strike movement
advanced the argument that with jit
neys available to handle traffic the
public would not be inconvenienced.
four Prominent Pioneers
of Seattle Die in River
Seattle, Wash. Four persons, mem
bers of prominent Seattle familes,
were drowned in the Duwamish river
late Tuesday when an automobile be
longing to Mrs. Morgan J. Carkeek
ran off the bridge at Allentown, on
the Tacoma road, 10 miles south of
Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Prosch,
Miss Margaret Lenora Denny and Mrs.
Harriet Foster Beecher, an artist,
were killed. All were members of
prominent pioneer families.
The party, a delegation from the
Seattle Historical society, was going
to Tacoma to inspect the exhibit of the
State Historical society there.
The chauffeur jumped clear as the
automobile fell and swam safely to
shore. Mrs. Carkeek also succeeded
in getting clear of the wreckage and
took refuge on top of the car, where
she stood waist deep in the water until
rescued.
Thomas W. Prosch was 65 years old,
son of Charles Prosch, who founded
the Puget Sound Herald at Steilacoom
in 1858. He bought the Seattle In
telligencer in 1879, the paper being
merged two years later with the Se
attle Post. Mr. Prosch was editor of
the Post-Intelligencer for some years
and was the principal authority on
Washington pioneer. He was post
master of Seattle under President
Grant.
Mrs. Virginia McCarver Prosch was
a daughter of General Morton M. Mc
Carver, founder of the city of Tacoma.
She was 64 years old.
Margaret Leriora Denny was the
daughter of Arthur A. Denny, who
founded Seattle in 1851. Miss Denny
was one of the last survivors of the
schoonerload of people that landed at
Seattle in November of that year. She
inherited a great fortune from her
father. She was 70 years old.
Mrs. Harriet Foster Beecher was
the wife of Captain Herbert R.
Beecher, son of the late Henry Ward
Beecher, the famous Brooklyn clergy
man. Mrs. Beecher was well known
as a portriat painter and musician. She
was 66 years old.
$1500 Educator Tutors One.
Madison, Wis. There is an average
of one professor or instructor to each
seven students in the University of
Wisconsin, according to the report of
the state university survey, compiled
by Dr. William H. Allen, of New
York. The report charges extrava
gance and criticises the regents as un
able to learn from the faculty the
needs of the institution. In many
cases, the report asserts, there are
classes of less than 10 students. A
case is alleged of a class of one having
as its instructor a $1500 educator.
Irench Bug Union Horses.
Union, Or. A buyer for the French
army has been here for several days
contracting for all available heavy
horses. The prices ranged from $125
to $175 a head. Some farmers are
selling their older work teams and
breaking in colts to finish seeding and
do their summer's work. The suply
of available animals is diminishing
notably.
ALLOTS BIG SUM
FOR NORTHWEST
$2,926,175 for Improvement of
Oregon and Washington.
Other Projects Are Designated,
but Finishing Touches on
Celilo Canal Deferred,
Washington, D. C One million five
hundred thousand dollars has been al
lotted by the secretary of war to con
tinue work on the north jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia river during
the 15jnonths ending June 80, 1916.
This IB within $250,000 of the
amount that would have been appro
priated had the rivers and harbors bill
been passed as it was repuorted to the
senate and $250,000 greater than the
amount proposed to be appropriated by
the house. Furthermore, this allot
ment is the largest made out of the
$30,000,000 lump appropriation, ex
cept the allotments for the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers.
The total amount allotted by Secre
tary Garrison for Oregon and Wash
ington is $2,926,175, or within $645,
600 of the amount carried by the rivers
and harbors bill when it failed. Some
Oregon projects will receive the same
amount provided by the bill, and in all
instances the amount allotted to these
projects is higher proportionately than
the average for the entire country.
The only important project for which
no allotment was made and for which
an appropriation was proposed is the
Celilo canal, and this was left out be
cause the $80,000 first recommended
was for finsihing touches, which can
be put on later.
Other allotments for Northwest wa
terways-are as follows: Columbia and
Willamette, below Portland, $450,000;
Coquille river, $76,000; Coos bay,
$70,000; Coos river, $3000; Siuslaw
river, $117,500; Yaquina river, $3000;
Nehalem bay, $116,175; Snake river,
$20,000; Upper Columbia river, Celilo
Falls to mouth of Snake river, $37,
000; Willamette and Yamhill rivers,
above Portland, $25,000; Cowlitz and
Lewis rivers, $15,000; ClatBkanie
river, $1000; Gjay's harbor and bar,
$460,000; waterway connecting Port
Townsend Bay and Oak bay, $16,000;
waterway connecting Puget Sound and
Lakes Union and Washington, $17,
000. For other work on the Pacific Coast,
allotments were made as follows:
Los Angeles, $76,000; San Francisco,
$12,000; Oakland, Cal., $80,000; San
Pablo bay, $15,000; Humboldt bar and
bay, $300,000; Petaluma creek and
Napa river, $150,000.
The Mississippi river and its tribu
taries receive the largest allotment of
all. The Hudson receives $1,500,000,,
in all. General allotments for the
country at large include:
Hudson river, $877,780, in addition
to which there was appropriated by
separate acts $622,220, making the
total for the Hudson $1,600,000; Del
aware river from Philadelphia to the
sea, $1,000,000; Savannah, Ga., $233,
000; Jacksonville, Fla., to the ocean,
$350,000; Southwest Pass, Mississippi
river, $400,000; channel work at Gal
veston, Port Bolivar and Texas City,
$190,000; Houston ship channel,
$200,000; inland waterway on coast of
Texas, $626,000; Mississippi river be
tween mouths of Ohio and Missouri
rivers, $300,000; mouth of Missouri to'
Minneapolis, $1,065,000; Missouri
river, Kansas City to mouth, $1,000,-
000 ; Ohio river, open channel work,
$310,000; locks and dams, $3,000,000;
Chicago harbor and rivers, $560,000;
St. Mary's river, Mich., $1,006,000.
Threat Stirs British.
London In an editorial on Ger
many's threat of reprisal against Bri
tish officers held prisoners in Germany
if the prisoners of submarine boats
held in England receive treatment
different from other war prisoners, the
Daily Chronicle sayB: "It is time to
realize the pass to which things are
leading. At the end of the war, the
allies will have two alternatives:
They can allow the practice of sub
marines sinking merchantmen to be
come usage recognized by internation
al law, or they can, after trial, hang
the German officers responsible for in
itiating it, including, if his responsi
bility is shown, Admiral von Tirpitz
(the German minister of Marine).
We do not at present see any third al
ternative." Rout Attributed to Spy.
Petrograd Sensational disclosures
explaining the recent disastrous rout
of the Russian Tenth army corps in the
Mazurian lakes fighting were hinted at
in official circles, following the official
announcement that Colonel Miasoyedoff
had been proved to be a German spy
and was hanged after a trial by court
martial. Several of Miasoyedoff's al
leged accomplices are in custody. A
thorough investigation is being made
of their cases and it is believed possi
ble the world may soon know why an
entire Russian army corps was lost.
Vessel Dives 200 Feet.
Quincy, Mass. The new submarine
L-l, built here for the United States
navy, returned Monday after a success
ful trial trip to Cape Cod bay. The
boat, one of a group of four required
by contract to submerge to a depth of
200 feet, and remain under water at
rest for 48 hours, settled to the re
quired depth, and, according to those
aboard, showed no effects from the
strain of water pressure. The 48
hours' test will be made later.