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120,000 TAKEN
PRZEMYSL FELL
Many Troops Chosen lo Break tilnn
ol Dcsicycrs In Final Sortie, Re
fused to Go to Glcry as Ordered hy
Commander In Flowery, Patriotic
Address.
PKTItOIIKAl), Mm I'll 2.'.
4 Tlit Hlnli'iiii'iit from tin' war do-
pnrlincut iHin'il today I'-guid-
4 ing Hit number nf pii-oiifiH 4
tnl.i'11 follow s
"A Hug In fltsuioi given
li General Kiimiiiiimi'U, Into nun- 4
iiiuiidcr lit Pryiiiyl, tln limn- 4
bcr nf piixnilerw who Hiirrfii-
4 ilcicit to I lie- lllMini miih iiiiin 4
4 genorttU mill iiliii'ty-tliti'i' offi 4
4 .'ITS III III!' m-IHTIll hllllT, 2.VI0 4
4 officer mill official mnl 117.- 4
4 000 mrii.
"Tint number nf mint Mini 4
4 other Wnr iniitt'rilll cllpllllcd i 4
4 being calculated," 4
PKTIIOOKAI). la London, Mnreh
j;i. Kvi'iiU which preceded tin1 fintil
deporuto nurtic nf tin bclcnguoreil
gummm in the Austiuin ftirirrwH of
Prxemytd, designed to brenk tliruiili
tin' imciroliugjring of Hiumiiii trtip,
nif (Icxi'rihi'illnii-mi official enuununi
I'lilnm ikMiii'il heio liiht night. Tin'
Mutciucnt mij:
'I luring tin IiinI dnys before tin'
fimil Hintli, tin1 gnrrinn received in
crcurd Milium. Kncli mildier wnh
t:itu li'iM'tiitu lo InM livi' days, warm
new i'IoIiIii mwl ilew boot. Offi
cer with liitrueli'il to explain to tin'
Iiimiw tluit if they lelurned to llii'
foiii mi inglnrinii Into nwnitod
them, mnl consequent ly llii'v iiihnI
piotco tlio KiiH-Inn front nt nnv cost.
Slot') of Imi Soitlo
"An ciixlerlv dinctli'li Wilt ohncii
for tin' aortic, iik tin' lino of IcnM n
hinlniiiii', iih well uk Ih'cuiim it led to
tlio district whore the ItucMnu- Inol
Iiiiko hIoiok of urius mnl muiniiiiitioii.
Mmo limn 'JO,000 nun were oiileiod
to iiutii'iintc in tlio sortie, Iml nov
el nl iinitH refused to iiiovo, dcpite
tlio urging "f enmmnnilor. Onlv tin
li.'lil lloiiM'il ilivision uiuI'muiio parts
of tlio K.ltli I. nml woli r mnl Fouith
IIiioniiix tool; mi uclivn pint. They
weio piuiuptly mnl decisively de
feated. "An offii'liil AiiHtiimi communion
lion Mules tlml tlio gnnisnii relumed
lo Piveinysl heonuso it encountered
nvoi whelming roHiMnnre. In thin eon
tii'iitinn it Mimdd bo noted tbnt the
IfiiHsimi forces neiir Pi7.oiii.vnI novor
moio Inrpi mnl tlio nront Niutio wnt
roiuNi'il pilnuipnlly by territorial
troops mnl roHinvos.
The lolnl nninln'r of (he enptiiroil
jiirriion oxeeoiloil IfiiHsimi o.peiiii
tiniiK. Onloi of Coiniiuuuler
''Fnllowin in Ibu toxt of mi order
, iKiioil by (loiieml Kiisinnnck to tho
(iiitihoii f tlm fmliosH .Miirt'li lb,
the ilnv boloro tlio Hoiiie:
"'Sohliern: For luilf u your w
ehililron of nlimwl nil nutloiuililios of
thn bolovoil fnthoilniul hnvo boon in
ccriMiiilly oppnMiij; tlio eneiny. Willi
tlm help of (Iml nml yonr bravery mo
hno MiioeesMfnlly (loieniliil tho Ion
iohk (ifsnliiHt (ho onoiiiy ilospilo nt
tnelH, privnlionn ami ooht.
"'Von ith'duly moiit tho IukIii'".!
(Conlinucil on Pnuo 2.)
BLUE CROSS 10
E FOR ITALI
KOMK, via Paris, March 'JII, (I a.
in. Tho Italian Kovoriiiiioont Iiiih
iinKiI Piexiilont Unvvkxloy of tho Kn
lihh Society for tlio Promotion of An
imnlri whether lie would lie willlnj; to
oi'unnio u Hlun CrosH Hoeioly in this
eoiinlry in ciiko of wur. Mr. llawkH
ley OhtiiiiutPil Hint tho wist of a oom
pl'otn hopitul, iueludiiiK lioiho unihii
lnncoH, food for nninialH, kui-kiimiI in
hlnnnoutrt and htablon, would bo 7ft,'
(101) frmicH. It is iiudei'Htood that if
Duly eiiloi'H tho conflict thn llritihh
lllitu CuisH Htmulti ready to provldo a
ooniplololy eipiippcil hoHpilal if mm
tiilmlioiib uru Hturtod hoio,
PRMERS1EN
GALE HINDERS
Iff
AMT
DARDANELLES
Forts In Narrows Reported Still In
tact and Capable of Offcrlnu Dc
ttrmlncd Reslstence Russians Are
Driven Out of Memel On Offcns
Ivc In Northern Poland.
IN'tinS, Wnrcb 2.1 - A kIo blow
thiomth tlio DnnliincllcH HlrnllH !
tonlny nml thn nllloil wnmlilpn llil
lit leave their niichornRew nnH n
illNimtrh from AtlioiiH.
It neeiiui rorlaln tbnt rirt C'lin-
nnk KiiIohiiI, llmiieilleh nml Kllld
llnlir ullll nrn cnpnblo o offerltiK n
nltibborii roHlnlnnco A number 'f
1'urklHli field butlerlen hnvo been
pouted nloiiK the KtrnlU nml (leruinn
hoMltzorH hnvo I u mounted on nil In
ho thoy can b inovoil quickly to
threatened pnlnln. TIiIh In Mipponed
lo expluln the rirlm; from rorlaln
forln nurli iih Kuni Knla, which worA
Niipponoil to have boon ilentrojeil.
HUH it Haul Dulit
Thn Intent nullientlr Information
from tlio Diinlnin'lloii M'Ih forth ponl
tlvoly Hint only llio Heeomlnry do
fennoii of tho HtrnltH hnvo nufforud
'from thn bouitinrdment nf thn nlllod
flet'tn, tho other fort In tho narrow
nrn Intact. Thin roport find con-
flriuatlou In tho proncnt tntiin of tho
dlplomntlc nltuntlnn In tho near Kant,
which Indicate that tho allien have
mill a hard flKht In front of them.
The lalmt itunnlan Invnnlon of (lor
mnny U nald at llorlln to hnvo mot
with tlm nnino fnto on It prrdecoKor
Today' official (lorninn coimminlca.
Hon contain tho iiniintincoiiiunt that
tlm lluimlan force which cnpturml
.Mcniel, nt tho northern end of Kant
I'runila linvn bwn driven back and
Hint Oermnn troop, purmilnn them
Hero tho border, hnvo rapturod tho
ltuMlan town nf Krottlnpon.
No conflrinntlon bn been received
from Kiimlan rntirco.
Ituoklmw on Offoiilo
Tho UiiKxInu nin nt 111 on thn of
feiiHlvo In northern Poland but no
far n thn dny'B dlnpntcho whow their
utlnck hnvo boon nttomled by no lin
pnrtnnt ronult. Tho (lerman war
office aert that tho ltulan hnvo
lioeii driven hack In overy liutnnco.
Apart from a few kiiiuII inoveiuentH
Kiich n hnvo been tn proRrens for
novoral nioniliH. thn Inltlutlvn In
Krnnrc and llelRlum yoHterdny wa
left to tho nlrmen. Aviator of tho
nllloH uttacked Ontond and flennnn
aoroplanoH dropiH'd bomlm on Hholiun,
Tho norinnu Htateniont nyn that a
French nvlator wa Miot down nenr
Vordiin mid that another French ina-
Milnn wn forced to descend near
FrluburK.
Italy RettliiK IUnuI)'
Italy Ih proparliiB rapidly for what
ever may renult from tho negotiation
with Austria, now represented n hav
Iiil' reached nu Important Btngo. A
roynl decree I noon to bo pIriioiI ob-
tuhllMhluK rule delKimd to nuppreR
hPIoh. Women nro to bo put to work
In tli place of tlm men In en bo of
toh moblllr.ntlon of tho army.
CUM FLEEI LOST
FIVE WARSHIPS
HKIIM.V, Miuch 211 (by wireless).
-Tho OvorsciiH News At;cnoy today
mivo out llm following t
"According to u iletailed dcHorip
tion of tho Krnnco-Hritihli Iosmw at
tho Dardanelh'H, as Riven mil hy nn
Athens nowf-papcr, 2000 men were
killed ami five warships mink. Four
other wnrchipH wcro illumined hmlly.
Tho eoinmamler of thn llritihh baltlo
oiuhor Inflo.Niblo wns killed mid tho
inuiuhoirt of tho eiow were drowned
by tho inriiMi of wnler. Tho Ficneli
bnllleship Hufferii wnt. daiunged hor
iounly." The Ihitihh ndinirnlty's account of
tho J'iRhtiii,' nt' H19 Diirdniiollos on
March 18 Hiiid thut Iho lufloxihlo wns
hit by a heavy shell on tlio forwaul
eonl vol position nml required repairs.
Uflioial t ononis have Riven oiuy
tin 00 Avarships- of tho allied fleet n
IiaviiiR been destroyed,
DARDANELLES
MF.DFORD,
NEWS PICTURE SHOWING
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The powerful Poiiiilnibi, the ino.f terrible battleship ever built, photo'rn plied slippinjr down (he wn.v
nt Newport Now, Vii., iin Mi" Klirnbelli Ifolb lionii in inert of fioruimitown, pronounced by (lovernor
llruiubmiRli "the siwetit Rirl 111 PeuusyUuiiiii," smilied n buttle of elinni)iiiie on the how mid rhriteiied
tho hhip. Tho new waixhip i- of .'11,100 tons iliphieeineiit, -1000 Rrenter than her uenre-t rinl, the (jiieeu
Khrabeth of the ltri!ih fleet. It enrrioH VI 1 l-iuch riiii", hitrliiiR n much heavier broad-ido tliuii the ciht
lri-iueh riiiis of the Klir.nhcth. The Penuhamu will muke 21 knot mi hour. She i- (S0 ieet Ioiir, !"
feet beam, ami when complete will hnvo cost $i:t,000,000.
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ADMITS
OF INQUIRY
SEN! 10 JAPAN
WASHINGTON, Mureh 'j:i.-PreM.
dent WiUoii said today that tho only
ilefinito thiiiR that could bo Miid on
tho .Inpnneno-ChinoKO noRotintions
wns that the United States had ad
ilivohi'd nu inqiiiiy to .Inpnii eoneern
iiiR her demnnds on t'hinn. When
linked whether Tokio iHpntnlies were
correct in MiyiiiR tho Ainoiiemi ro
erumcut hud iuquireil uboiit "minor
polnti," tlm pnident mmlo it clear
that ha did not consider the points
of n minor chnrnoler.
Another dispatch from Tokio stal
Iiir that tlio United Slates had un
proved of ilapnn's esplunation for the
ileinands wns broiiRht to tho piuM;
dent's attention and ho referred to it
us "unfounded," pointiiiR out thut the
United Stutcs hud neither npproum
nor disnpproved, haiiiR, in fad, not
leoeived .Japan's reply.
CZARslsiY
PKTIlOailAI), March 2.1.- aeneinl
Kmuoroff, nctiiiR us 11 special emis
sary from Kinperor Nicholas, isited
tho Aiuorieu'n jiospital in PetroRrad
today, aeoompanied by two meiuliorh
of tho iinporial'staff. lie was receiv
ed hy tho American ainbnssador, (leo.
T. Mnrye, Jr., tho wjiolo enibnssy
staff and tlm president of tho hos
pitul. On behalf of tho emperor, Oenornl
Kumoroff thanked tho Anieiieuns for
their ussistnneo in eaiiiiR for tho
Itussiau wounded. Twenty of these
patientH stood nt attention, duiiiiR the
ceremony, Threo of them were deca
ni ted by Urn Ruueral for bravery in
notion,
NOTE
THANKSAMERICANS
0KKC10N, TtTODAV, .AlAW'ir 2fJ, ID 13
U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA
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AT BRITANIA MINE;
VAXCOrVKII, II. T., March 2.'t.
Fifty-six dead and 22 injured i the
latest official estimnte of the casu
alties in the nvnlnnche disaster which
oeoiirred Siimlny midnight nt the
mincrV camp at the ltritunniu mine.
I It wns not only n snow-slide, hut n
1 Inmlflide. A slice of a moiintnin nt
tho side of the lit lo minim; vilhtRC
enmo nwny, and it was this that env
oi ed tho wreokiiRo of ImildiiiRs many
feet deep in rooks nml snow. Monday
afternoon n second but sinnller slide
oeoiirred, and tho miners nro now
workiiiR with one eye 011 the inoun
tninsido hnnginR uhoo them, expoet
iiiR nny timo to henr nnother crash.
MARY PICKFORD
POPULAR
Tho Ladies' "World
which hns taken a world
wide vote during tho
past several months on
who is tho moat famous
actress, announces in its
April number that lary
Pick ford won by a very
largo majority. Out of a
total voto of 2,082,900,
divided among six con
testants, sho received
1,147,500, or nearly 40,
000 moro than her near
est competitor.
- See Mary Pickford's
own wonderful story,
which begins in serial
form in the Mail Trib
une Wednesday,
FFTY-SIX
DAD
HUM
ALAN
SLIDING INTO IHE WATER
LINER
SEIZED
OF
NEUTRALITY LAW
WASHINGTON, March 23. Pro
eeedliiRh under the neutrnlitv rebolu
lion, passed durim; the eloinR days
of the last congress, will be broiiRht
URuinst the enptnin or owners of the
llamhurR-Amerienn liner Odenwald,
halted by shots nonws her bows when
shettempied to leavo San Juan,
Porto Hieo, without clenrnnco jiapcrs
last Sundny. This was niudo known
today at the white house. Attorney
fleneral OrcRory snul (U-finito steps
will bo tnken within tlie next few
dnys.
Forfeit nn of tho veel to the
United Stntes is nnioiiR the penalties
which may bo imposed, if it is proven
tbnt the ship tried to leavo without
clearance papers in ouler to carry
contraband of wnr.
VOTED THE MOST
ACTRESS
)iwtsook
Yteay
ickford,
VIOLATION
Vi- G.
MURDERER OF
BRIDES IN BATH
PLACED ONTRIAL
George Joseph Smith Cliarned With
Maklnn Away With Three Wives
Greed for Wealth Cause of Crimes
Induced Women He Courted to
Deed Property to Him.
LONDON', March 2.-rhnn:cd
with the murder of tbrco women, Oco.
Joseph Smith, in the How street
court toilnv heard Public Prosecutor
Hodlun charge him with mukin nwny
with three of bis wios. Kneb woinuii,
it wns churned, had been inurdered
shortly after Smith had miirned her.
Kneh womnn wan found dead in her
bath. The i-nHO has come to be known
an tho "bride in bath" ense.
.Smith dexcrihorf himself an a man
of indeenilent menn. According to
eiilence of Seotlnnd Yard, he' made
iif-fj of vnriniH fictitious nninet in his
mntrimoniul venture-'. The women
he married were found dend 11 few
dnvs nfter the ceremony. Verdicts of
uecidentnl death were nt lirnt re
turned, but Inter certain of the bod
ies were e.xbumed and elinrges of
murder preferred.
N'nnies mid Dates of Crime
The names of the throe women nnd
the date- of the alleged murders were
given by the public proeutor ns fol fel fol
eows: Hentriec Mundy, July, 1912;
Alice Hiiniham, December, 1013, nnd
Mnrgnret Lofty, December, 1014. Ac
cording to the evidence given nt n
preliminary hearing, Smith won mar
ried under the name of John Lloyd to
Margaret Klirnbelli Lofty nt n regis
try office nt Hath in December, 1014.
The couple enmc to London the name
day and the next morning the bride
win found dend in her bath. Her
htixhnnd called n doctor, who report
ed the mutter. An impiest was held.
The jury brought in 11 crdict of ac
cidental denth.
Under Another Xante
In February information reached
the police that Lloyd was not the
hu'.lmnd'- name. lie wns arrested
nml identified, the police say, as Geo.
Jo-eph Smith, who in November,
1913, had married nt Portsmouth,
Miss Alice Hurnhnm, who n month
later al-11 had been found dead in her
bath. In thin cae, too, n eoronerV
jury brought iu n verdict of accident
al death. The police also have hail
the body ofanother woman exhumed.
This woman, who nlso died in her
bath, shortly after her murringe nt
Heme, wns married to a man who
gave the name of Henry Williams, nnd
who is believed by tho jwlico to be
Gcorgo Joseph Smith.
Married Five Times
Prosecutor Rodkin said the accus
ed had been married five times in nil.
His first wifo wns Caroline Beatrice
Thornhill, whom he married in 1808,
nnd who now is on her way to Lon
don from Cnnnda.
''Tho case is remnrkablo for the
greed for wealth which was tho dom
inant motive iu tho taking of these
threo livos," the prosecutor said. "Wo
shall show that at tho death of two
of them, 2800 ($14,000) was ob
tained nnd that tlio prisoner when ar
rested was in n fnir way to obtain
700 more."
G recti for Wealth
Tho prosecutor related how Smith
had ardently courted each woman
(Continued on paga two.)
FOR WORK IN ITALY
ROME, via Paris, March 23. A
movement is under wuy in Italy to
.substitute women for men in tho work
of industry nnd commerco iu case of
complete mobilization. It is proposed
that tho women bo paid tho same
wages as now received by main work
ers, with tho provision that pnit of it
ho turned ovor to tho families of men
oalled to tho colors, Tho plan pro
vides that tho female workers shall
surrender their posts to the soldiers
whon they nro disbanded. An office
has been opened where women may
icgister nml express nu opinion ns to
what woik tliov nro be&t able, lo do iu
ease of need. 'I
NO. 3
MASSACRE OF
CHRISTIANS IN
NORTH PERSIA
Turks Murder and Plunder Villages
Destroyed and Many Killed, Wom
en Taken Captives Fifteen Thou
sand Refugees at American Mislfl
Europeans Attacked.
NEW YOItlC, 'March 23. Report
lof plundering and murdering of Chrlx
tlans In northern Persia were- con
tolned In n cablegram from TKIIh,
Trans-Caucasia, received today by Hie
ki'ernlan wnr relief committee with
headquarters in this city. The table
rgram uald:
"All vllllases burned except three.
Two Christian quarters of Urmlali
plundered and a great many ppoplo
killed. Women taken captives. Fit
teecn thousand refugees In the Amer
lean mission. Great danger.
"Tlio French mission hag been (!-
utroyed. There aro 10,000 refugees
in Russia."
Tho message was signed hy Asia
noff, a Russian contractor of TKlls.
Under American Flag
Urumiah is In northwest Persia.
Ten thousand persons were housed
In tho mission there three wecVa ago,
according to Information received
here. These refugees Included almost
the entire native Christian population
of tho city, between 4,000 and 5,000
tho two or three hundred American
missionaries anil teachers whose ac
tivities have been conducted under
tho board's supervision and a hetor
ogeneous aggregation of foreigners.
Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and
other Kuropcans pressed beside Mos
lcmB In the headlong (light for Ufa
from the mob to the missions, accord
Ing to tho reports. Tho doors were
opened to all. All who could be ac
commodated within the buildings, It
was raid, were accorded tho protec
tion of the American flag.
Abandoned by HiimIa
Tho missions themselves embraco
a number ot buildings, Including n
great school a mile and half from the
city proper. Several thousand per
sons, it was thought, could find pro
tection within Its wallls. Buildings
within the city include a modern hos
pital, twenty fivo churches and other
schools. Over the principal buildings
tho American flag has been placed.
Tho French mission referred to. It
wns said, was founded by tho Lazarls
tn order, and Incvluded the territory
bf tho provinces, embraced twenty
Six chapels and meeting places.
Tho Christian quarters which worn
Inaded, it was said, were occupied
by colonies of native Christians who
called themselves Kestorlans and
whose occupancy dated back moro
than 1500 years.
Urumtah was nbandoned by tho
Russians early In their Persian cam
paign. F
F
XAPLKS, via Paris, March 23.
Contraband ammunition wns found
aboard tho steamer Finland by cus
toms officials here, according to re
ports printed in Naples nowspnpors.
It is said thut six customs guards tire
neeonipnnying tho steamer to Genoa
for n thorough search thore, ns it in
heelived tho cargo contains moro con
truband than was found hero.
Tho Finland is a steamer of 7027
tons, which sailed from Now York for
Gibraltar February 27, where sho nr
rived Maieh'. 0'andi tlien elenred for
Xuplcs nnd flenon.
LAND FOR AUDITOMUM
SALF.M, Or., Mnrdl 23. The Ore
gon supreme court today deeidetplit
favor of the oily of Portland in h
suit instituted by Gordon Lang hh1
others to enjoin its officials from lut
ing block No. 132 for' the wn&jftM l
a pubUo Auditorium, Tint dmtwlow
was u'11 affirmance t w tim
court of MultHOMMk, WMMtty,
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