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Bar Machine» NEWS NOTES OF Modern find fancy in Senate CURRENT WEEK CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS OF PERSIA FIGHT TURKS U. S. SHIP SUNK IN NORTH SEA Washington, D. C.—Appropriations for national defense occupied the at- l tention of both houses of congress Monday in the general rush to r ear up the supply bills for the government before the adjournment. The ienate discussed until late into the night the army appropriation bill, carrying ap- 'proximately 1103,000,000, while the Captain and^Crew Saved; < otlon Another Los Angeles Times dyna Cargo Goes Down Investiga mite suspect has been taken in Seattle. house continued debate on the fortifi cations bill. tion* Starts Immediately. Hotels and restaurants in New York While progress was being made on give daily lunches to thousands of un both*these measures, the senate com employed. Washington, D. C. — Tho United The French government has suc mittee practically completed consider States government was advised official ceeded in restoring train service which ation of the naval appropriations ly Monday night of the first instance measure, and the senate paused for was materially impaired by the war. of the destruction of an American ves Government records show that 129 four minutes to pass without debate sel on tho high seas since the outbreak ships have been transferred to the the pension bill, carrying (164,000,000. of the European war. American Con American flag under the new registry increases for submarines and avia sul Fee, at Bremen, cabled that the law. tion over provisions of the house bill steamer Evelyn and her cargo of cot ton, bound for Bremen, bail been Solons of West Virginia have been are proposed by the senate naval com "blown up al Borkum." just off the vaccinated for prevention of smallpox. mittee. its amendments, inctading coast of Germany, but that the crew The governor, who is a physician, $1,000,000 for aviation instead of $300,000. as authorised in the house had been saved. helped do the job. bill; provision for five seagoing sub Tho cause submarine or mine was Germany loses two war balloons in marines instead of one, and 16 instead not given In the dispatch. North Sea; one by an explosion and of 11 of the smaller type submarines. After a conference with President the other was sunk by weight of snow Senator Smoot sought unsuccessfully Wilson, Secretary Bryan cabled Am on the envelope. to provide 60 seagoing and 26 of the bassador Page, at Ixrndon, and Ambas The people of Havana, a town on the Turco-Persian frontier. 15 tnllea from Ourmlah City, the only Christian sador Gerard, at Berlin, to make an A hundred and fifty prosperous Chi smaller coast defense submarines. inhabitants of Persia with the privilege of carrying arms, valiantly defended their homes when the Turks Invaded this At the night session the senate cagoans. who were once newsboys, sold exhaustive inquiry aa to the facts, and, papers one day to raise funds for the naval committee submitted its report neutral territory In order to turn the flank of the Russian army In the Caucasus. These brave soldiers, considered if the crow was landed In either of on the appropriation bill carrying a by many as the best lighters tn the Turco-Persian region, have joined the regular armed force of the Persian their respective jurisdictions, to fur aid of the destitute. total of $162,961,981.88, an increase government nish every care and convenience to The funds of Sarah Bernhardt are over the house bill of $8,313,080. Captain Smith and his men, so that said to be low, and on the eve of an Provision also is made for the appro toms returns, in order to see whether England Justifies Using they might return home safely. operation upon an injured knee, her priation of $400,000 for the marine the belligerent action of Great Britain American Emblem While tho extent of sea zones of friends are flocking to her assistance. barracks at Norfolk and Mare Island. has been in any way the cause of trade war proclaimed by Germany was never depression, which your excellency Iaindon- The British foreign office defined exactly, Borkum Island is con The naval building program of the The “bank" of Monte Carlo is said (Ambassador Page) describes aa exit issued a note in reply to the repre sidered far distant from the danger to be in “full bloom” again after four senate bill would provide in addition ing in the United States and also sentations of the United States gov i areas of submarines, although the and a half months' inactivity. Ivory to the five seagoing submarines and 16 whether the seizures of vessels or ernment concerning the use of the waters of that vicinity arc filled with checks, however, have taken the place , smaller submarines six more destroy cargoes which have been made by the American flag by British vessels. ers, one oil fuel ship, one gunboat, one of shining gold and silver mines for defensive purposes, through The note says that the Cunard line which Germany always has piloted in British navy have inflicted any loss on hospital ship at $500,000 and two first- The U. S. War department asks con class battleships. American owners for which our exist steamer Lusitania on her recent voy Among the in coming ships. gress for bigger coast defense guns, creases recommended are $500.000 for ing machinery provides no means of age from New York to Liverpool Early proas dispatches from Berlin claiming the present artillery is out raised the American flag “to save the announcing the loaa of the vessel by a redress.” a projectile plant; $130,000 for naval ranged. Sixteen-inch calibre is ad reserve; $400,000 for a high-power mine caused somewhat of a sensation vised and the expense is estimated at radio station and $1,000,000 to be ap in this capital, where tho tension has Ships Still to Re Detained In Ac $40,000,000. plied on construction of an armor plate been moro or leas pronounced over the cord With Policy Injury to Germany decides to run the British factory costing not to exceed $8,000,- situation in the war zones since the Neutrals Not Intended. gauntlet in the established "warzone” 000 if the secretary of the navy cannot dispatch of warning notes by the and will insist on a blockade of all purchase armor in the market at a ITiit.-d States to loth Great Britain neutral ships. Hunger, it is said, will reasonable price. and Germany. be made an ally by both countries as Debate on the army bill resumed Washington, D. C.—Great Britain’s far as possible. after the naval bill was reported. second and complete reply to the Allies' Artillery forces Asserting that polygamy still exists | Items of the army bill were American note of protest, which on over quickly with little debate, passed Said Gaining Ascendancy in some parts of the United States, a I December 28 last asked for an early joint resolution memorializing the na and when the senate recessed the only Paris -— An official eyewitness ac tional congress to enact laws to pre section remaining for consideration improvement in the treatment of count of the recent fighting in France vent polygamy was adopted by the In was that providing for the establish American commerce by the British ami Belgium was given out by tho ment of a system of scientific manage diana legislature. French War department. Tho writer ment in government navy yards and fleet, was made public by mutual says: agreement between the State depart Seven million dollars for the devel- shops. "During the past ten days detest opment of the two salt lakes in South- The Indian appropriation bill was ment and the British foreign office. able weather, continuous rains In some The note, addressed to Ambassador eastern Oregon, is ready. The state reported by the senate committee, parts and violent snow squalls In leased the lakes to an Eastern firm, carrying $11,255,865, an increase of Page by Sir Edward Grey under date others and thick fog have hindered the of February 10, denies that the de who will immediately employ 5000 $3,535,741 over the house bill. operations nearly everywhere on the pression in American industries is due men and lay a $2,000,000 pipe line to ■ western battle front. In spite of the to the activity of the British fleet, and the Columbia river. conditions thia period has been favor suggests among other causes the short Russians Admit Com The Swiss authorities are studying able to us. age of shipping facilities, the conse the organization of the male citizens plete Rout by Germang quent "Our artillery obtained brilliant re- diminution of cotton trade and over 48 years old for military pur aulta and the enemy evidently wax un the destruction by submarine mines Berlin — What appears to have been poses. The army counts 300,000 men able to equal our fire,. Tho French of the landwehr and landsturm, but the bitterest defeat yYt administered “laid by the enemy indiscriminately” Servian sentinel dolnx guard duty over a commissary train In the midst superiority in ammunition and sup of many neutral vessels. there are V. numerous vsva old wsaasw«v soldiers w*aaa still aa fit w to vzzv; IU J III luooiu the Russian tai army in uao East V * Prussia After giving a lengthy detailed an of one of the tierce snow storms that have born sweeping over that country. | plies ia being more and more con for territorial and convoy service and became known Tuesday with details of swer to the charge that American firmed. patrolling, who in case of an invasion "Our infantry showed an aggreaaive New Mineral. chemical analysis of one of these the fighting which has been going on ships and cargoes were being unduly would be ready to defend their mother In the course of recent mlcroscopl I showi-A It to be a hydrous borosilicate spirit in the Arters, Champagne, Ar detained, the communication contains in the vicinity of the Mazurian lakes land. in its concluding paragraph the an cal study of a number of samples from of sodium, and the name Searlesite la gonne and Alsace regions, and their Rheims continues to be bombarded ! district. nouncement that Great Britain intends the old Searles' ceep well at Searles proposed tor the new mineral, after operations were crowned with success. Even Petrograd admits utter rout. to take retaliatory measures against lake, San Bernardino county, Califor John W. Searles, the pioneer, who put We thua obtained appreciable results. daily by the Germans and hundreds of persons have taken refuge in the im- declaring that retreat was the only the German submarine campaign nia. several minerals were found which down the deep well from which the That the German official communica tions after having flatly denied, have mense cellars of the large champagne thing left to do. Grand Duke Nicho Nicho- against enemy ships, but does not re could not be determined optically. A , specimen came. now partially admitted that prisoners companies. The cellars also are being |„ ¡n hjB report confesses frankly that veal their nature. used as schools for the children. Night there was large loss in lives, and goes Conceding that foodstuffs intended Revised Ship Purchase lives of non-combatants, crew and pas and materials have fallen into our hands, moreover, are the beat proofs and i j day classes are being held, The further and tells why. ” -i He gives to for the civil population of the country Bill Passed by House sengers. authorities have notified parents that the German army great credit for its are not contraband, the British gov It adds that in spite of the fact that I of our success.” they cannot be responsible for acci- superiority in numbers as well as in ernment points out that "in any coun Washington, D. C. — The govern American passengers embarking on dents to their children. Wounded Die on field. planned attacks, which, coming's» sep try in which there exists such tre ment ship purchase bill, as an amend the Lusitania on her outward voyage Geneva- The German counter-attack Nebraska legislature passes an anti- arate blows, wrought havoc to his mendous organization for war aa now ment to the Weeks naval auxiliary for New York asked that the Ameri can flag be hoisted, “the British gov on the village of Aspach-le-Bas devel- men, making retreat absolutely neces obtains in Germany, there is no clear tipping law. division between those whom the gov bill, was passed by the house at 1:20 ernment did not give any advice to the o|»ed a formidable clash of the two sary. Forty airmen raid four towns in The German official report an ernment is responsible for feeding and o'clock a. m. Wednesday, by a vote of company as to how to meet this re forces at the point of the bayonet. It Belgium held by the Germans. quest and it is understood the Lusi was im|>oeaible to pick up the dead or nounces that the captures have been those whom it is not.” 216 to 121. “It will still be our endeavor,” says Germany notifies United States that increased to seven generals and more When Minority leader Mann saw tania left Liverjiool under the British succor the wounded, aa tho artillery continued to sweep the position. relations with that country are than 100,000 men. . The pieces of can the final paragraphs, “to avoid injury that the Democratic leaders were de flag.” non taken numbered 150. The report and loss to neutrals, but the announce Among the dead lying about 400 yards “strained.” ment by the German government of termined to stop the filibuster, several in part says: from the French trenches were 27 After six weeks deadlock the Illinois "In the Eastern theater, the pursuit their intention to sink merchant ves conferences were held and it was Two Norwegians, One wounded French soldiers who wore legislature has elected an avowed after the wintel. battle the Maxurian sels and their cargoes without verifica agreed not to keep up the dilatory I Frenchman, Sunk unable to get back and whom it wan wet speaker. j ¿¡g trict has come to an end. During tion of their nationality or character fight and a few minutes after 1 o'clock impossible to reach. During the con Ixindon — The Norwegian steamer flict seven of these men were seen to The embargo put on potash by Ger- 1 the clearing-up operations northwest and without making any provision for a vote began on the final passage of Nordkyn has been sunk through strik huddle together to keep from freezing many is seriously effecting American of Grodno and in the battles reported the safety of non-combatant crews or the bill. The passage of the bill followed a ing a mine near Bornholm Island, in and share their last rations. fertilizer manufacturers. during the last few days in the Bobr giving them a chance of saving their A heavy D _ . _ .. . , . . i and Navew districts, one commanding lives has made it necessary for His 14-hour parliamentary struggle, which, the Baltic sea, according to a dispatch. fall of snow came on and covered not Pawn shops and loan sharks are to be , , , .. . 3 Majesty's government to Consider until long after midnight, threatened All of the crew were drowned. .... , . .. „ genera) and four other generals and regulated if a bill passed by the Ore- * imateI 40(000 m*n have j^n what measures they should adopt to to extend interminably, because of a | An official statement issued by the only the dead but the wounded. gon legislature, becomes a law. prigon'r8 the pre8ent protect their interests. determined filibuster by Minority admiralty says the Norwegian tank Man Saved With Lingerie. “It is impossible for one belligerent Leader Mann, who yielded only after steamship Belridge was struck by a German government increases prices , Seventy-five cannon and some machine of potatoes in order to conserve the guns, the actual number of which has to depart from rules and precedents administration leaders decided to apply torpedo fired by a German submarine ' Caldwell, N. J.—-Nine young women Pieces of the tor rescued Harry Reiter, of New York, food supply, which is admittedly grow- not yet been ascertained, and much and for the other to remain bound by a second special rule to bring the fight near Folkestone. pedo, it is asserted, have been found ’ from a perilous [»oaition on the side of to an end. ing short. ' other war material, have been cap- them.” on the ship. The bill now goes to the senate. . . I tured. Since the presentation of the pre the Hook Mountain Monday by tearing British steamer js blown up and ..The total booty taken in the win- liminary note, Sir Edward says that he A dispatch from Dieppe says that a ' up their petticoats and making a rope Nineteen Democrats Voted against sunk off the coast of Cape Antifer, by ter battle in the Mazurian district as has had "further opportunity of exam the bill. They were: Bathrick, German submarine sank the French ' by which he was hauled back to safety. two internal explosions. Large num- a reguR of thege conditions has been ining into the trade statistics of the Borchers, Callaway, Dies, Donohoe. steamship Dinorah, bound from Havre Reiter had fallen some 30 feet down ber of the crew lost their lives. increased to date to seven generals, United States as embodied in the cus- Fitzgerald, Gerry, Gordon, Jones, , to Dunkirk, off Dieppe. the side of the mountain and wax cling Kindel, Kitchin, Morrison, Moss of ing there. Below him the cliff fell “The relations between Greece and ,more than 100,000 men, upwards of Indiana, Page of North Carolina, Saun Happy Spouses to Rule. away nearly 300 feet. Without hesi Kaiser Directs Blockade. Turkey apparently are becoming more | 150 cannon and quantities of other war strained. Although Turkey has offered material of all descn ptions, Ixindon—Telegraphing from Copen ders, Slayden, Whitacre, White and San Francisco—The Hindu temple, tating, tho women removed their |iet- Witherspoon. ticoats and tore them Into strips, tying reparation for the insult to the Greek hagen, the Daily Mail’s correspondent All of the Republicans present voted ; where Swami Triguatita was assassin- and twisting ¿hem together until they Raw Rubber Confiscated. military attache at Constantinople, it ated by a bomb-thrower last Decem formed a rope. says he learns from Hamburg that against the bill. is reported that the Greek minister has Venice, via London Advices re- the belief prevails there that Emperor ber, will be conducted henceforth by left_the legation in charge of a secre- reived here from Vienna say the mili William is going to Heligoland person married jiersons who are happy, if the Rlacks Torture Germans. Illinois Deadlock Ends. tary, being dissatisfied with Turkey's provisions of the Swami’s will, which tary authorities there have confiscated ally to direct Germany’s submarine attitude. The Turkish minister has Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville, N. Springfield — David E. Shanahan, for was recently filed for probate here, are the entire supply or raw rubber, pneu blockade. “The food shortage in Ger also left Athens. This is believed in matic tubes and rubber hose. Con many,” the correspondent adds, "was many years a member of the Illinois ! carried out. The will stipulates: Y.) Tho Overseas Nows Agency given some quarters to be the first step in tracting teamsters say that unless this concealed until the last moment for legislature, was elected speaker in the “The temple shall be under the super out the following: "Herr Schwarz the rupture of diplomatic relations be action is revoked it will be impossible fear of discouraging the people. and Herr Gehr, missionaries of the It is lower house, after a deadlock of aix vision of married people who are al tween Greece and Turkey, which are to supply Vienna with food and that much greater than has hitherto been weeks. Shanahan, in accepting the ways on good terms with their spouses, Basle mission, on the Sanga river, in said also to have been affected by the factories will suspend operations. A believed, Germany will escape famine honor, said he did so partly because who will give up the practice of shak Kamerun, West Africn, report that Albanian invasion of Serbia. boycott instituted by Viennese house- before the next harvest by only a nar he was told on al) sides that the dead ing hands, and, on meeting friends, British troops arc promising rewards to the natives to deliver Germans an Fearing death at sea from German , wives against the use iff pork is row margin.” lock would liecome a scandal if it last bow instead.” prisoners or to kill them. For the ed any longer. As to the conflict be submarines, the officers and crew of an I spreading. Retail prices of pork have reason several Germans have been tween “wet” and "dry” forces, to oil tank steamer, leaving San Fran- I dropped about 4 cents a pound, but the Kaiser May Exile Rich. "Watchful Waiting” Is Aim. drowned or cut to pieces by the na which the deadlock was in part attrib cisco for England, have made their boycott will be continued. continued, Copenhagen—The report is in circu Portland, Or.—“What does the vice tives. Others have been trotured and wills. lation here that, owing to the neces uteri, he expressed a desire to see the president of the United States do?” delivered to the British.” America Is ’“War Risk.” sity to restrict food consumption, the issue fought out on the floor of the as asked Circuit Judge Morrow during Oregon senate passes ultra "dry’’ London — The Times declares that German government intends ordering sembly. Shanahan is an avdwed “wet.” the examination of a citizenship appli Date of Amputation Set. bill in half hour, one member dissent during the last few days a large 6,000,000 Germane who [<ossess inde cant. The applicant stared blankly. Bordeaux, via Paris It wan decided ing. This is said to be the moat dras Italy Is Shaken Again. amount of insurance has been placed pendent incomes and are ineligible for This question was not given In the definitely Sunday by the surgeons at tic Prohibition measure of any state in the London market on property in military service to leave Germany for Rome — Another earthquake in the book. the hospital of St. Auguntin of Arca- in the Union. the United States against risks of neutral countries and remain there un province of Aquila damaged many "What are his duties?” continued hon to amputate the right leg of Sarah A prize crew of three officers and 16 damage by war. Many factories and til the war is over. It is planned, ac houses, rendering a number of them the judge. “How does the vice presi Bernhardt. Mme. Bernhardt main men was placed on board the American business premises, according to the cording to the report, that 3,000,000 of dangerous for habitation. The popu dent occupy his time?” tains her courage, being described an steamer Wilhelmina at Falmouth. The Times, have been insured for six these persona shall go to the Scandina lation, greatly alarmed, has even The applicant beamed suddenly. apparently cheerful. She is receiving Wilhelmina is loaded with foodstuffs months at a rat« of one-half of 1 per vian countries, 1,000,000 to Holland abandoned the undamaged houses, fear “Oh, I know,” he said. "He waits a large number of telegrams express and 1,000,000 to Switzerland. bound for Germany. cent. ing another catastrophe. for the President to die.” ing sympathy. Mine Encountered Off German Coast Thought Cause. Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. GREAT BRITAIN ANSWERS NOTE Nation Will Continue to Protect Her Own Interests. STORMY WEATHER IN SERVIA