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HUN SKIP a ^ JMtlftSH FLEET WINS NAVAL FIQHT IN THE NORTH U. S. FLAG IS* LOWERED CRUISER BLUECHER IS LOST REFUSES TO MOVE WHEN BRIT- ISH EMBLEM IS RAISED. Asked to Explain Action* ef Warship In Detaining American Vessel of Commerce. Admiral Beatty Halts Second Raid on the English Coast--760 Teutons Drowned--Two Other War Craft Damaged. London, Jan. 26.--The German arm­ ored cruiser Bluecher, 15,500 tons' dis­ placement, was sunk and two other German cruisers were badly damaged la a naval battle in the North sea, ac­ cording to an official announcement made by the British admiralty through the press bureau. Only 125 of the Bluecher's crew of 885 were rescued. The official an­ nouncement' follows: Early Sunday morning the British patrolling squadron of battle cruisers and light cruisers under Admiral Da­ vid Beatty and a destroyer flotilla un- ; der Commadore Tyrwhit sighted four German battle cruisers, several light cruisers and a number of destroyers steering westward and apparently maving for the English coast. Immediately upon sighting the Brit­ ish fleet the enemy made for home at high speed. They were at once pur­ sued, and about 9:30 a. m. were brought within range and an action followed between the British battle cruisers Lion, Tiger, Princess Royal, New Zealand and Indomitable on the one side and the German armored cruisers Bluecher and the battle cruisers Derffiinger, Seydlitz and Molt- ke on the other. A well-contested running fight en­ sued and shortly after one o'clcck the Bluecher, which previously had fallen out f line, was capsized and sank. Admiral Beatty reports that two other German battle cruisers were seriously damaged, but were able to continue their flight until they reached an area where the danger from Ger­ man submarines and mines prevented further pursuit by the British. No other ships were lost and our casualties among the personnel pres- , ent are reported as: The battle cruiser Lionel, which led them, had only 11 wounded. There was none killed. But 125 survivors of the Bluecher were rescued out of a crew of 885. The battle In the Ngrth sea, from the standpoint of the ronnage of the # tfiips engaged, is the greatest in the history of the world. The tonnage of the principal Brit­ ish ships engaged totals 115,700 tons, that of the German fleet 91,500. The weight of armament correspondingly excels any ever engaged in a battle on the seas% The Germin ship Derffllnger Is the largest ever engaged. Her tonnage Is 18,000. The Tiger was the strongest of the ships in Beatty's squadron. The Bluecher was laid down in Oc­ tober, 1906, and was launched in April, 1908. It cost $6,745,000. Its big guns were replaced in 1912 by 12 8.2-inch and eight 8.6-lnch guns. Its length was 489 feet and was 80 feet wide on its beam. The battle cruiser was built at Kiel. Washington, Jan. 22.--The state de­ partment has requested of the British embassy information as to why the American steamer Greenbrier, fVom New Orleans and Norfolk to Eremen, with cettcn under certificate of the British consul at New York, was stopped by a British cruiser, sent un­ der British flag to a British port and detained two days before being al­ lowed to complete her voyage to Bremen. The detention of the Greenbrier was brought to the attention of the state department by telegrams from Cap­ tain Farley, her commander, now at- Breinen. Farley stated that the Greenbrier was overhauled on Decem­ ber 30 by a British cruiser. The board­ ing officer required him to continue on his course convoyed by the cruiser for a day or two while the cargo was being searched for arms. Then the cruiser placed aboard the Greenbrier some additional British of­ ficers, hoisted the British flag, and a prize crew, who navigated the ship so that, according to Captain Farley, it was damaged before it was brought into Kirkwall. There the Greenbrier remained for three days, Captain Far­ ley refusing to sail it further except under the American flag. The British authorities finally consented to the raising of the American flag and Cap­ tain Parley took his ship to Leith. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE THAW IS BACK IN THE TOMBS Slayer of Stanford White Arrives In New York to Face Conspiracy Charge--Cheered by Many. New York, Jan. 26.--Harry K. Thaw, •layer of Stanford White, arrived in the Grand Central Terminal from Bos­ ton on Sunday. A small crowd was massed around the gate eager to get a glimpse of the man whose journey from Manchester, N. H., on Saturday was a continual ovation. He was spoken to cordially by a score of men. Sheriff Hornbeck took Thaw to a hotel for breakfast and from there the prisoner was hurried to the Tombs. Cheering thousands met Thaw at the north terminal station in Boston when he arrived from Con­ cord, N. H„ where he had been sur­ rendered to the New York authorities as a fugitive from justice. William Travers Jerome, special deputy attor­ ney general of New York, had charge of the arrangements. Washington, Jan. 23.--An "alarm­ ing" shortage of officers and men need­ ed to man the warships of the United States for battle is reported by Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. The admiral an­ nounces that an inquiry just com­ pleted by special boards has revealed that the navy lacks by 10,000 the men to fully man all the ships which ought to be commissioned upon the out­ break of war. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 22.--An antlallen land ownership bill was passed by the house of representatives of the Idaho legislature on Wednesday. Chicago, Jan. 22.--The woman who owned the historic cow which kicked over a lamp and started the great Chi­ cago fire of 1871, is dead. Mrs. Cath­ erine O'Leary left Chicago a few years after the fire, never to return, and has since been known as Maggie O'Leary. She died alone in a little farmhouse not far from Masonville, Mich. Mrs. O'Leary and her husband, Patrick, al­ ways denied that they were milking when the fire started. New York, Jan. 25.--Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to the court of St. James, celebrated his eighty-third bfrthday, receiving con­ gratulations from many friends, who called at his home, 8 East Sixty-third street. Mr. Choate said he was in ex­ cellent health and felt younger than he did a year ago. VENGEANCE OF BLACK HAND Police Get Clue That Two Victims Were Killed by Friends of Men They 8lew. ILLINOIS CATTLE ARE SAVED Dr. S. E. Bennett Will Obey Injunction In Kane County--Announced In Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 26.--Orders were re­ ceived on Saturday by Dr. S. E. Ben­ nett, in charge of the bureau of animal Industry of the department jf agricul­ ture, to stop killing cattle afflicted with food-and-mouth disease and obey the injunction granted in Kane county againBt the state and federal veteri­ narians. This order was announced at a meeting of cattle owners, live stock commission dealers and traders held at the stockyards here. Three Trainmen Killed. Port Jervis, N. Y., Jan. 26.--Engi­ neer Benjamin Samson, Fireman John E. Milner and Brakeman W. Freder­ icks of Dunmore, Pa., were killed when a locom jtive on the Erie railroad plunged into the Lackawanna river. Laporte, Ind., Jan. 25.--The theory that the Black Hand society was re­ sponsible for the murder of Joseph Mirisenna and Salvadore Cuine in Fox park in this city January 13 was con­ firmed. Acting Chief of Police Borg received an affidavit from a woman boarding house keeper in Cleveland declaring that members of an Italian society and friends of Paul Contine, who was murdered September 13, 1914, in Cleveland, and Mariana Picci, who was killed about the same time in Sandusky, secured revenge on Cuine and Mirisenna, who were alleged to have killed Contine and Picci. The Laporte police are holding two sus­ pects. The g -nd jury will investigate the woman's story. MIKE GIBBONS WINS BOUT Jimmy Clabby, Champion Middle­ weight, Outfought in Battle at Milwaukee. Ringside, Milwaukee, Jan. 23.--Mike Gibbons' phantom tactics and stiff, clean punching with both hands, brought him home a winner over Jim­ my Clabby, the champion middle­ weight belt holder, in ten rounds of merry milling, according to a majority of sporting writers at the ringside. The Hammond man still has the belt, but Gibbons has the credit of taking him to a licking in impressivi fashion. UBTEAMSHIP DACIA, TEST-CASE VESSEl^Wf ssss v':; wmm.% v..-. ri-ifr.Mi I MM .' x t ; The steamship Dacia, formerly of the Hamburg-America line, was purchased by E. N. Breitung, but Great Britain refuses to consider the transfer of registry an act In good faith and the vessel becomes the subject of a test" case. WOUNDED IN NEW JERSEY STRIKE RIOT ftWQOS UN OCR Woo Some of the striking (employees of the American Agricultural Chemical company who were wounded la a pitched battle with deputy sheriffs at Roosevelt N. J. One of the men was killed and several were fatally shot. HIT BY BOMBS FROM THE ZEPPELINS View of the waterfront and pier oi Yarmouth, oii© oi the English towns which suffered from the recent of German Zeppelins. THE TRUCE AT THE WELL GENERAL F0CH Will Enter War In February. Petrograd, Jan. 25.--The newspaper Retch announced that it has rwthorl- tative information that Roumanla will enter the war on the side of the allies in February. Roumanian troops will Immediately invade Transylvania. ilp- >. • v-****™' • nrarl * r;^*y®¥w v • t } if' $f. •' Mr, Courthouse Blown Up. Irvine, Ky., Jan. 26.--The court­ house here was blown up with dyna1 mite during a heavy snowstorm. The records were demolished and frag­ ments scattered over the town. No reason Is 'known for the outrage. Ettor Released on Bond. St Clairsville, O., Jan. 23.--J. J. Ettor, the I. W. W. leader, was ar­ raigned in the Belmont county crim­ inal court on a charge of treason. He was released under $5,000 bond on condition that he leave casters Ohio Rush Rural Credits Bill. Washington, Jan. 23.--Republican as '.veil as Democratic senators predict ;that rural credits legislation will be >put in front and passed uefore jiid- eummer. It is practically conceded [that there wUl be an extra seteloa. "Dry" Bill Wins Over Veto. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 25.--The house repassed the prohibition bill over the governor's veto by a vote of 73 to 29. It now needs only the ap­ proval of the senate to become a law. It goes into effect.June 30. Has Many Wounds. Paris, Jan. 23.--Major Derckle of the French army medical corps has been wounded 97 times. The majority of his injuries were slight. He is anx­ ious to return to the front BOOB. Be was given the Legion of Honor. Katsei*Promotes Zeppelin. Berlin, Jan. 23.--Count Zeppelin, builder of the dirigible airships in use by the German government, has been commissioned "commodore of the Ger­ man air fleet" by Emperor William fallowing the raid on England. GALLS UNIONS 0. I 4- \ • - JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, J*., DBp FENDS ATTITUDE IN COLO­ RADO MINE STRIKE. APPEARS BEFORE U. S. BOOY Oil Magnate Say. It l« Jurt at Propaf for Labor to Organize for Its Own Protection as for Cap­ ital to Do 8o. New York, Jan. 27--John D. Rocke­ feller, Jr., in testifying before the federal commission on industrial rela­ tions on Monday strongly defended his attitude in the Colorado mine strike, but at the same time he advanced the opinion that it is just as proper for labor to organize for its own protec­ tion as for capital to do so. In addition to being an active direc­ tor of the Colorado Fuel & Iron com­ pany, Mr. Rockefellpr is also one of the chief directors of the Rockefeller foundation, one of the philanthropic aggregations of capital which ai'e be­ ing investigated by the commission. Mr. Rockefeller was first asked as to his occupation. He said: "That is a hard question to answer. I spend pdrt of my time directing the Rockefeller foundation, and part di­ recting the industries established by my father. At other times I devote myself to'matters of investment." Then the witness began reading a statement, which had been prepared in advance, part of which follows: "Anyone who has followed the con­ troversy which has arisen out of the Colorado situation will have observed that no effort has been spared to make it appear that I have attempted to ex­ ercise a kind of absolutism over the coal industry of Colorado and particu­ larly that I have tried to dictate a policy of nonrecognition of unions. An attitude toward industry and toward labor such as is here implied is so ab­ horrent to me personally and so con­ trary to the spirit of my whole pur­ pose and training that I cannot allow these allegations to pass unnoticed. I believe it to be just as proper and ad­ vantageous for labor to associate it­ self into organized groups for the ad­ vancement of its legitimate interests, as for capital to combine for the same object. Combinations of capital are sometimes conducted in an unworthy manner, contrary to law and in disre­ gard to the interests both of labor and the public. Such combinations cannot be too strongly condemned nor too vigorously dealt with. "As respects the question of the recognition or nonrecognition of labor unions in Colorado my attitude has been in conformity with the views I have expressed relative to the respon­ sibility of stockholders, directors and managers. The hiring and discharging of men and the framing of agreements as respects the same are functions which I have regarded as rightfully be­ longing to the management and not to be the stockholders' or directors'. "Doubtless mistakes have been made and conditions are still imperfect. I have no desire to defend any condi­ tions that are justly subject to criti­ cism. I only ask that the responsibil­ ity for them be apportioned fairly." Pressed by Walsh, Rockefeller final­ ly said: "The commission has doubtless got much information with reference to the subjects that you have been de­ veloping. Personally as a director of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company I should be very happy to have any mat­ ter of abuse or of wrongs you may have found brought to my attention. I can assure you that I should be only too happy to do anything in my power to see that such wrongs are righted." PROTEST SALE OF AIRSHIPS A French soldier and a German infantryman filling their buckets at a well between the battle lines in northern France. GIVES WARNING TO MINERS Signaling Apparatus, It Is Believed, Will Be Instrumental in 8avlng Thousands pf Livsa. A signaling apparatus, which may be destined, in the words of Emperor William, "to save thousands of lives in the coal mines of the world," was formally presented to his majesty some time ago, according «to a cable dis­ patch from Berlin. • f - > . tv," The $bntrivance, which Is the Inven­ tion of Privy Councilor Haber and Doctor Oeiser, is an acoustic indicator called a "firedamp whistle." Its pur­ pose is to warn miners of the approach or existence of noxious gas In a pit In ample time to enable them to re­ treat to safety. The underlying principle of the mechanism is that a whistle blown In pure air produces an even-toned, con­ tinuous sound wave, while a whistle blown in air charged with noxious gafpe sends forth tones varying from : ^ New and hitherto unpublished pho­ tograph of General Foch, commander of the Ninth army corps of France, a shrill tremolo to a perky staccato, depending onthe extent of the atmos­ pheric adulteration. The new firedamp whistle, as exhib­ ited to the kp.iper. is a simple metal cylinder, 10 inches long and 23/& inches In diameter, operated by means oi an air pump. Its sound tones are aud­ ible at a distance of over 800 feet. Experiments carried out with pure and poisonous gases for the heneflt of the kaiser revealed the differences of tone so clearly that they could oot be mistaken. Von Bernstorff Tells State Depart­ ment Shipment to Allies Is Breach of Neutrality. • Washington, Jan. 27.--Germany pro­ tested to the state department through her ambassador, Count von Bernstorff, against shipments of American hydro­ aeroplanes to the European belliger­ ents on the ground that such aircraft are wa^ vessels. The embassy says: "The selling of hydroaeroplanes by the CurtisB works constitutes a breach of neutrality." BILIOUS, HEADACHY, ' AUSTRIA WILL DEFY ITALY Minister Burian Declares He Will Re­ fuse Territorial Concessions to Two Countries. Vienna, Jan. 27.--The Wiener Tage- blatt, which is the'mouthpiece of the foreign office, credits to Foreign Min­ ister Burian a statement that he will refuse territorial concessions to Italy and Roumanla, even if such course makes inevitable the intervention of three states on side of the allies. Villa's Army Is Routed. Washington, Jan. 27.--Guadalajara, second largest city in Mexico, has been captured by the Carranza forces after several days • of severe fighting with the Villa troops, dispatches to the Carranza agency here stated. British Ship Is Interned. Washington, Jan. 27.--Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, notified the state department that the German government had decided to intern collier K D.-3 at San Juan, P. R„ until the end of the war. Prussia Calls Aged Citizens. Amsterdam, Holland, Jan. 27.--A telegram sets forth that in Branden­ burg there have been called up for medical examination the fifty-year-old untrained men of the landsturm of the 1886, 1887 and 1888 classes. 'Wllion Ousts Midshipman. A Washington, Jan. 2T.--President Wil­ son approved the recommendation that Midshipman L. Kirby, Jr., of the naval academy, be dismissed. Kirby Iwas charged with placing liquor In a classmate's locker. SICK "GASHETT Gently cleanse your liver and . sluggish bowels while $ you * Get a ljtaent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi­ ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath--always trace them to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food In the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the in­ testines, instead of being cast out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes con­ gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick­ ening headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and tarry ou,t all the constipated waste matter and poisons In the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will surely straighten you out by morning. They wo*k while yon sleep--a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Adv. Forgot His 8wetheart, Doctor Brandes, the Danish man of letters, who recently visited this country, tells a curious story of him­ self, says the Chicago News. At the very moment he had appointed to keep a tryst with his sweetheart he was deep in Hegel. "With a passionate desire to reach a comprehension of the truth, I grap­ pled with the 'system,' began with tho encyclopedia, read the three Volumes of 'Aesthetics,' the 'Phenomenology of the Mind,' then the 'Philosophy of Law' again, and flnall/ the logic, the natural philosophy and the philosophy of the mind In a veritable intoxication of comprehension and delight." The lamentable sequel was that he forgot all about the young girl to whom he had to say good-by. Poor Fellow. "They say Jones has a double." *'Yes, poor soul; misfortunes never come singly."--Philadelphia Ledger. TENDER SENSITIVE SKINS Quickly 8oothed by Cuticura. Noth­ ing Better. Trial Free. Especially when preceded by a hot bath with Cuticura Soap. Many com­ forting things these fragrant super- creamy emollients may do for the skin, scalp, hair and hands and do it quickly, effectively and economically. Also for the toilet, bath and nursery. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. Early American Industry. When English colonists settFed on the Atlantic coSst from New England to North Carolina, the abundance of wood suggested to them that there might be profit in the sale of ashes. In 1621, less than fifteen years after the founding of Jamestown, the Vir­ ginians were selling ashes at from $30 to $40 a ton for export to England. The burning of ashes was a favorite business undertaken by negroes who had run away from slavery in the South and had settled in Canada. No capital was required, as wood was •free; and, though the income was small, the work was easy and served to attract a good many people. As late as 1898 Canada exported annually 1,323 barrels of potash and pearlash, the equivalent of more than 20,080 barrels of ashes.--Hardwood Record. Force the Dominant Factor. In a speech delivered in 1896, Lord Dufferin said: "One conviction has been borne in upon me during my long contact with the outside world-- that in spite of Christianity, civiliza­ tion, of humanitarian philosophies, of the lessons of history and the bitter ex­ perience of the more recent past, force and not right is the dominant factor In human affairs. ... It would be madness on our part to be so misled and deluded by that kind of amiable optimism which always prevails among people who have had no per­ sonal experience of the real, hard, cruel conditions of national existence, as not to maintain in full vigor, by sea and land, the preparations neces­ sary for our own preservation." 1 No smart man ever tries to convince a fool that the fool is foolish. THREE REASONS Each With Two Lege and Ten Flngera. A Boston woman who is a fond moth­ er writes an amusing article about her experience feeding her boys. Among other things she eey* "Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys?- Bob, Jack, and Dick, respectively, are three of our reasons for using and recommending the food, Grape-Nuts, for these youngsters have been fed on Grape-Nuts since infancy, and often between meals when other children would have been given candy. "I gave a package of Grape-Nuts to a neighbor whose 3-year-old child was a weazened little thing, ill half the time. The little tot ate the Grape-Nuts and cream greedily and the mother continued the good work, and it was not long before a truly wonderful change manifested itself In the child's lace and body. The results were re­ markable, even for Grape-Nuts. "Both husband and I use Grape Nuts every day and keep strong and well and have three of the finest, healthiest boys you can find in a day's march." Many mothers Instead of destroying the children's stomachs with candy and cake give the youngsters a hand­ ful of Grape-Nuts when they are beg­ ging for something In the way of ST.'oot*" Tho result, la soon shown la greatly health, strength and mental activity. Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look In pkgs, for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Ever read the above letter* A MW we appMra from time to tlm*. Ttoy are gvaalMi U>«> aa4 tall «l haan latere* t,