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NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Washington Get» Hopeful Report» fro m Europe ot Russian Modern War Machine* SHIPS BOMBARD Remain» Army Thought Power less fin d fa n cy in Senate GREAT BRITAIN CONSULTS ALLIES TURKISH FORTS Suw alkl, Poland — Tho remain* of W ashington, D. C. — Encouraging th e Russian ten th arm y, torn to rem reports from both A mbassadors Page nants in th e M asurian Lakes country and G erard a t ten d o n and Berlin, by Field M arshal von llin d en b e rg 's respectively, were received by P re si E ast Prussian force, com prise but a dent Wilson and his cabinet concerning negligible q u an tity in th e operation* th a t are now under way. tho attitu d e of G reat B ritain and G er The recent overw helm ing victory of many tow ard the la test A m erican pro th e Germ ans was accomplished by the posals for the safeguarding of n eutral moat terrific fighting a fte r strik in g commerce from the dangers of sub marches. The allied fleet* have »ilenoed the Minesiceepers Clear Ship Channel forced This lighting haa been described a* m arines and mines, and the u n restrict- T urkish fort* a t th e entrance to the and Heaviest l*art ot Great th e F ebruary cam paign in E ast P rus I ed shipm ent of foodstuffs to th e civil D ardanelles. sia and N orthern Poland, and it is re War Is Mow Begun. ian population o f belligerent countries. W ar expert* say th e loss of the D ar garded here as a second Tannenberg. Complete replies are not expected danelles will mean th e com plete sub The Russians composing th e ten th arm y were under command o f G eneral for some tim e, because th e subject is ju g atio n of Turkey. London T w enty-eight w arships of An extensive gang of Chinese sm ug still under consideration by England the allied fleet entered the Dardanelles Sievers. It is tru e th a t th is com glers ha* been unearthed along the and her allies. Saturday amt bombarded th e inner m ander, by a skillful use of th e ra il northern border o f W ashington. G erm any’s w illingness to m ake con forts, according to a dispatch from the road a t hi* disposal and by th e sacri cessions and negotiate for an under A thens correspondent of the Exchange fices a t tim es of e n tire b attalions in Rockefeller scien tists have sent to order to bring off a few guns, succeed The m essage standing on the vexatious questions T elegraph company. the w ar xone a new method of reduc ed in saving a g re a te r p art of his a r adds th a t a b attlesh ip bombarded a already has been made known infor ing m ortality from tetanus. tillery , b ut no few er than 60,000 of mally to the U nited S tate s and a Turkish cam p on th e G ulf of Saroa. his 150,000 men are already counted The Commerce com mission reports form al acquiescence is expected in a A fter having com pleted the d estru c th a t th e l.ouisville & N ashville rail day or two. All eyes now are turned tion of the forts at th e entrance of the among the G erm an prisoners, while road spent m illions in politics, to raise on London, w here th e opinion is un Dardanelles, the allied fleet o f B ritish his killed and wounded in the four days' b attle w ith which these op era which “ w atered-' stock was issued. derstood as yet to be divided on th e and French w arships, the g rea test tion* were inaugurated and th e subse which has ever been in action, is now m erits of the suggestions. F igures compiled by th e Holland quent running fights are estim ated at attack in g th e chief forts, which here Some of the leading men in the postal au th o rities show th a t since the 30,000 men. beginning o f th e w ar 864 G erm an B ritish cabinet are said to favor in tofore have stood betw een Turkey and On the stre e ts of Suwalki th ere new spapers have suspended publica principle the American proposals as a invasion by the sea. could be heard th e sound of artillery means of solving th e problem w ith as A pparently th e outer fort* could not tion. from a swampy region to the south little inconvenience to neutral coun w ithstand a g rea t bom bardm ent, and east, where an isolated Russian divis The London D aily M ail’s Copen trie s as possible. when they had been leveled and d esert A nother elem ent, hagen correspondent says it is reported however, is said to be impressed by ed by th e ir defenders, men w ere land ion, perhaps 10,000 men strong, haa from B erlin th a t the G erm an casual th e m ilitary value of fu rth e r re stric ed from th e ships to com plete the work been com pletely surrounded, but is tie s in E ast P russia and Poland during tion of supplies to Germany and more of dem olition, w hile mine-sweepers still offering resistance. Several thousand Russians prob the last three weeks are estim ated at rep risals and th ere is some indication cleared a passage for ships in the ably rem ain in sm all scattered bands, about 200,000. j th a t when th e final resolution on the I straits. or are w andering as strag g lers w ithin More serious work is now ahead, for The m unicipality of B erlin has de 1 A m erican proposals is to be made the the rin g which th e G erman troop* m ilitary faction will present strong the all-im portant fortifications at Kilid cided to acquire the Berlin electrical have now closed around the woods and j Bahr and Chanak, which guard the works, which a t present has the mon opposition to them. swam ps betw een Suw alki, Auguatovo The exact nature of th e proposals is narrow est p a rt of th e stra its, which opoly of supplying curren t for tra c and th e German frontier, but th e cap There tion, light and power purposes. The ; still unknown because of th e rigid the fleet is now approaching. tu re of the w anderers is expected here reticence of the officials both here and 1 is no doubt, how ever, th a t th e allied price will be about 131,000,000. and is regarded as merely an incident abroad, but each day adds inform ation i com manders have th e ir instructions to G overnor Ferguson, of Texas, has on the subject. Briefly, th is much of m ake th e ir way to Constantinople in in a cam paign to which th is g rea t suc addressed to P resident W ilson a com th e contents of the A m erican sugges i sp ite of obstacles and have been sup- cess is called only the prelude. I t is not believed am ong German m unication saying continual raidin g is tions now has been confirmed. The ! plied w ith the best means of carrying m ilitary men at Suwalki th a t G eneral going on along the Rio G rande border U nited S tates has asked th a t th e pre out these orders. Sievers will be able to bring one-fifth for 76 m iles inland as a resu lt of th e vious rules of international law w ith of his troop* safely behind the fo rtress starv in g condition of the Mexican respect to th e shipm ent by neutrals of a t Grodno —a safety which may nut people. conditional contraband destined to American Liner Captured of long duration. In the house of commons S ir Edward civilian populations and not th e bel bg french Warships be The foregoing sta te m en t may seem Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, ligerent forces of an enem y, rem ain P a ris —A French cruiser has a rre s t to be exag g erated , but a correspond- made the im portant announcem ent, unaltered. ent, m otoring along th e line of the A system is suggested whereby ed the A m erican steam er D acia in the w hich was received w ith cheers, th a t Russian re tre a t over roads deep w ith | Channel and taken her to B rest. This G reat B ritain sym pathized w ith Rus proof can be furnished th a t th e sup snow and through a desolate and s ia 's aspirations to gain access to the plies will be used by th e civilian pop 1 announcem ent is officially made. sw am py country, gained an im pression ulation. open sea through Turkey. The steam ship Dacia left Galveston of com plete d efeat and dem oralization The removal of all floating mines by The A m erican subm arines C-3 and Germany as well as G reat B ritain is for R otterdam Jan u ary 31 w ith 11,000 which scarcely can be conveyed in C-5 have been ordered from C ristobal proposed, th is not to apply, however, j bales of cotton to be trans-shipped to words. to Balboa to work out certain defense It was fully expected at to mines used for protection of coast Bremen. problems in connection w ith th e coast defenses and harbors, pilots to be fu r th a t tim e th a t th e ship wouldvbe seized Carranza Loses 1500 a rtillery rela tin g to m ine laying and nished to guide n eutral ships through on her way to Rotterdam . Men, 6 M ilitary Trains ta rg e t practice. The subm arines will G reat B ritain questioned th e valid- such fields as rem ain. be the first A m erican fighting c ra ft to W ashington, D. C.— F ifteen hundred A tten tio n is called to G erm any’s | ity of the recent tra n sfe r of the Dacia use the canal. prom ise th a t if foodstuffs are not de from G erm an to A m erican reg istry . C arranza soldiers w ere killed and many The B ritish steamer" Dep*. ford, 1208 tain ed when destined to her civilian The D acia touched a t N orfolk Febru- rap tu red by V illa troops at the b attle tons, was sunk in th e N orth Sea, off population th e subm arine w arfare on ■ ary 11 and proceeded. of Zayula, according to General V illa's The D acia was form erly a Hamburg- version of the fighting, forw arded Scarborough, and th e B ritish steam er m erchant ships will be abandoned. Am erican fre ig h t steam ship which ha<J from Chihuahua to the S ta te d e p a rt W estern Coast was sunk in the E ng been used before th e w ar in trad e w ith ment. A fter th e b attle, which took lish Channel off Beachy Head Friday. Bremen and New O rleans and other place l ^ t Friday, V illa reported th a t One sailor on the D eptford lost his farm ers Not Heard in ports. A t th e outbreak of the he personally headed th e colunms, pur fix in g Price of Wheat ! h G o ulf life. It is not known w hether the stilities she was interned at P ort suing the C arranza troops tow ard Man losses w ere due to m ines or to sub New York — Joseph L eiter, long a A rth u r, Tex. zanillo. V illa said his own losses were m arines. fam ous w heat operator, testified at the The D acia w as bought on December The friendly relations betw een Jap an sta te inquiry into th e cost of bread 24 by an„American and on Ja n u ary 4 100 killed and 250 wounded. Six m ilitary train s and th e head and the U nited S tates w ere dw elt upon th a t th e farm er had nothing to say A m erican reg istry was obtained. It by both Japan ese and A m ericans at about th e price a t which his wheat was then announced th a t she was to be q u arte rs of G eneral Dieguez, governor th e annual banquet of th e Ja p an so should be sold. That, he added, was used to relieve th e cotton congestion of Jalisco, w ere among th e equipm ent which V illa said he had capturod. ciety in New York. A m bassador and determ ined a t th e term inal m arkets. and loading was begun w ith a cargo of D efeat of General Carrasco, a C ar Vice Countess Chinda and A dm iral “ The Liverpool exchange, which is cotton to be taken to R otterdam and Baron Dewa, represen tin g the Ja p an th e leading exchange of th e w orld,” thence shipped to Bremen, w here it ranza commander, and the capture of Rosario, on th e w est coast o f th e re ese governm ent a t th e Panam a-Pacific he said, “ usually fixes the p ric e .” was already sold. public. also w ere reported by Villa. exposition, w ere guests of honor. Mr. L eiter said 76 per cent of the R epresentations w ere made imm edi Carrasco was said to have lost 600 Two aeroplanes of th e allies were elevators are owned e ith e r by th e big ately by th e B ritish embassy at W ash men m issing and to have retreated . seen from Constance flying southw ard. w heat operators or th e railroads, w hile ington, questioning th e validity of the As a result th e re was g re a t excite 25 per cent were owned by independ tra n sfe r of th e interned vessel and it m ent in Friedrichshaven. The Zeppe en t or sm all operators and farm e rs’ was generally understood th a t if she A llied fle e t Would The U nited sailed she would be seized by B ritish Lower Wheat Coat lins stationed there, it is said, were co-operative societies. S tate s has controlled the w heat prices or French w arships and taken before a covered w ith m etal n ettin g , all lights New York — I f th e Dardanelles in th e town w ere extinguished and the of the world since S eptem ber 1, 1914, prize court. should be opened by the allie s’ fleet, people took to the cellars. T he aero and w ill continue to do so until an releasing grain from Russia and the planes flew over M eersburg and la ter other crop is raised, Mr. L eiter’as- War Budget Yet Grows. Danubian countries, th ere would be a serted. reached B elfort safely. B erlin—The Federal council adopted radical change in th e situ atio n th a t ia Mr. L eiter gave it as his opinion A $100,000,000 issue of treasu ry th a t the "in v isib le supply” of w heat, th e prelim inary budget estim ates, in keeping up w heat prices in th e U nited bills offered in London was over-sub or th a t which is in th e hands of farm cluding 10,042,000,000 m arks ($2,510,- S tates, said C. H. Canby, president of scribed. ers and not recorded in the governm ent 500.000) for extrao rd in ary expendi the Chicago board of trade, te stify in g tures. This am ount is for carry in g on before th e s ta te ’s investigation into The Idaho senate votes 24 to 6 to report, has been a large facto r in th e war. food prices. keeping down the price. m ake th e s ta te dry a f te r Ja n u a ry 1, The estim ates of ordinary expendi “ I t was E urope's trem endous d e "T h e farm ers have become th e larg 1916. est speculators in th e country; they tu res is 3,323,000,000 m arks ($83,- mand, not speculation, th a t put up The condition of S arah B ernhardt, will hold crop a fte r crop, som etim es 075.000) . Almost all of th e am ount p ric e s,” said Mr. Canby. a fte r th e am putation of her rig h t leg, fo r so long as four years, ” he said. to be devoted to th e w ar will be raised He knew on th e best of authority, is considered excellent by her physi “ In a year such as we are having we by loans. he said, th a t one European belligerent The Cologne Savings bank has sub would gladly pay $2 a bushel for 60,- cians. find th a t th e re is an enormous lot of scribed 20,000,000 m arks and th e V ic 000,000 bushels of w heat, if it could w heat th a t isn ’t covered by th e gov E ffective Sunday, th e G reat N o rth I f it w asn’t for to ria Insurance company to $30,000,- m ake th e purchase. ern will restore its nig h t tra in be ern m en t records. 000 of th e new w ar loan. He added th a t th e situ atio n is clear tw een S eattle and P ortland, which was th is fac t th e prices today would be ing up, w heat has reached its lim it, ta k en off several w eeks ago because of much h ig h e r.” Cent Per tetter Urged. and by th e spring, when th e shipm ents “ T here isn ’t anybody le ft in the lig h t trav el. Increasing traffic as a W ashington, D. C.— Senator Weeks, from A rgentina begin, it will be well re su lt o f th e opening of th e San F ra n speculative m arket now ,” Mr. L eiter cisco exposition is given as the reason said. “ The speculators got out a fte r of M assachusetts, has launched a cam in hand. The recent increase in th e cost ’of th e price passed th e $1.40 m ark —the paign fo r 1-cent le tte r postage. In a fo r resto rin g th e train . sm all tra d e r was forced out and the sta te m en t Senator W eeks declared: w heat bread and flour will not cause A H avas dispatch from Toulon says b ig one was frig h ten ed out. The rise suffering among th e poor, he added. th e com m issioners sent out by the would have come much sooner had it “ The A m ercan people have a rig h t to The rise in th e price of w heat, he said, expect congress to consider enactm ent- A m erican em bassy in P aris to inquire not been fo r speculation.” ing general 1-cent le tte r postage. The will be balanced by a decrease in the into conditions a t French concentration price of potatoes and other edibles. governm ent is m aking a large profit camps have concluded th e ir in v estig a German Success Costly. from first-class mail, ju st how much it tio n s in the d epartm ent of Bassee Alps Belgian Subsidy Refused. P etro g rad — “ Many German prison is hard to say, but it m ust be nearly 1 and V ar and rep o rt having found in London— The London foreign office cent on every 2 paid, and the profit de e r s ,” says th e Russian official news te rn atio n al regulations stric tly ob served. agency, “ have been captured on the rived on drop le tte rs, or le tte rs for de has'declined in a le tte r to H erb ert C. roads tow ard Grodno. They are unan livery in th e sam e city in which they Hoover, chairm an, to g iv e a d irect S ecretary B ryan appeared a t the imous in affirming th a t th e ir corps sus are mailed, m ust be even g r e a te r.” subsidy to the commission for relief in cabinet m eeting W ednesday w earing Belgium , because it is said G ermany tained grav e losses, in sp ite of the suc on his coat lapel an enam el w hite dove Russians Dislodge Turks. refused to stop cash requisitions in cess of th e Germ ans in th e Augustowo o f peace w ith an olive branch in its Petrograd — Russian successes are Belgium . The le tte r is signed by S ir forest, th e ir ranks having been greatly m outh. The secretary Said it was a dem oralized. According to th e cap reported in an official com munication E dw ard G rey. H e say s: “ We did g if t of a friend and pointed to it when tiv es, th e large number of prisoners from the general staff of the arm y in n ot see our way to accede to your-* re questioned concerning possible com pli taken by th e Russians a t th e Moghely the Caucasus. The statem en t s a y s ; quest. Indeed, for somo tim e we have cations for th e U nited S tates in th e farm was due to th e suddenness of the “ On F ebruary 28, on a line from regarded th e whole project o f th e d is foreign situation. Russian attack and th e lack of ex p eri Trans-Choruk, our troops progressed trib u tio n of food in Belgium w ith some w ith success, dislodging th e Turkish doubt, in view of the action of the I t is reported from London th a t a enced G erm an officers.” G erm an a u th o ritie s .” forces from th e ir positions. second A m erican vessel strik e s a m ine “ In th e passes south of A lacherkerte Traitor General Is Shot. off th e coast of G erm any and is sunk. Shetland Isles in Zone. Copenhagen — The new spapers here our troops in an engagem ent seized Panam a-Pacific exposlition is seen tw o Turkish a rtille ry p ieces.” * A m sterdam —A semi-official dispatch publish a Berlin dispatch rep o rtin g the by 442,967 persons on th e first th ree received here from B erlin says th a t days, w hich breaks all records of fo r killing of a prom inent T urkish general German Cruiser Gets Two. th e Orkney and Shetland islands, lying in Syria. H is death was ordered from m er expositions. C onstantinople, it is said, th e charge London— Lloyd’s correspondent at off th e n o rth eastern coast of Scotland Proposals have been made inform being made th a t he com m itted treason La Concepcion, Chile, sends th e fol a t th e head of th e N orth Sea, and also th e Orkney ally by th e U nited S tate s governm ent in endeavoring to carry out n egotia lowing d isp a tc h : "T h e steam er S ker K irkw all harbor, in to both G re at B rita in and Germany tions for peace. The basis of th e gen ries reports th a t the B ritish bark Kid- Islands, m ust be regarded as lying sug g estin g a basis for an understand e r a l’s negotiations, it is said, was the almon and th e French bark Je an were w ithin th e w ar zone. The pasages on ing on th e subjects of foodstuffs for proclaim ing of him self as sultan, th e sunk by th e G erman converted cruiser both sides of th e F rance islands, a l th e civilian population of th e b ellig er lim itin g of T urkey to A sia and th e P rin s E itel P rederich in December. m ost midway betw een Scotland and en ts and subm arine w arfa re again st abandoning of P alestin e and Mesopo The crews are a t E aster Island and Iceland, are not endangered, th e dis ta m ia to England. have refused to be tak en off.” m erchant ship«. patch says. Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. Constantinople to Be Taken Ry Allies at All Risk. W ashington, D. C. A ppropriations for national defense occupied th e a t tention of both houses of congress Monday in th e general rush to clear up the supply bills for the governm ent before the adjournm ent. The sen ate discussed u n til late into the night the army appropriation bill, carry in g ap proxim ately $103,000,000, w hile the /Atm of American Lives Might Re housu continued d eb ate on the fortifi sult in Abandoning friend cations bill. ship to f.'untpe. W hile progress was being made on both these m easures, th e sen ate com m ittee practically com pleted consider W ashington, D. C. G reat B ritain ation of the naval appropriations ha* subm itted to her allien, France m easure, and th e sen ate paused for and Russia, the por|M)«*ls made by th e four minute* to pas* w ithout debate U nited Slate* governm ent denignated the pension bill, carry in g $164,000,000. to end the m enace to neutral com m erce arisin g from the reta lia to ry Increase* fur subm arine* and a v ia m easures of the Euro|>ean belligerent* tion over provisions of the house bill tow ard each other. are proposed by th e sen ate nitval com Briefly th e A m erican proponala, m ittee, its am endm ents, including which have been subm itted to lioth $1,000,000 for av iatio n instead of England and Germ any, seek the elim $300,000, as authorized in the house ination by G erm any of the recently b ill; provision for five seagoing sub prescribed w ar zone around G reat m arines instead of one, and 16 instead B ritain and Ireland, w ith it* dangers of 11 of the sm aller type submarine*. to n eutral shipping through mine* amt Senator Smoot sought unsuccessfully subm arine torpedo«*, and the adoption to provide 60 seagoing and 26 of the by all the belligerent* of a definite sm aller coast defense subm arines. |x4¡ry w ith reference to food Muppliea A t th e night session th e senate for civilians. naval com m ittee subm itted It* report From such prtdim inary observation* on th e appropriation bill carry in g a n* A m erican diplom atic ofllcer* abroad to tal of $152,961,981.88, an Increase already have m ade th ere ia said to be over th e house bill of $8,313,080. some encouragem ent in the m anner of I’roviaion also is m ade for th e appro the reception of the pro|s>sal* at (<on- priation of $100,000 for the m arine don. Germany is inclined tow ard an barrack* at Norfolk and Mare Island. acceptance of th e suggestion*, it 1* The naval building program of the understood, but upon the attitu d e of senate bill would provide in addition G reat B ritain depend* the next move to the five seagoing subm arines and 16 in th e situ atio n . sm aller subm arines six more d estro y The strong opposition which the ers, one oil fuel ship, one guntxiaf, one Scandinavian countries, Italy, {Holland hospital ship a t $600,000 and tw o first- and o th er neutrals, have assumed class battleships. Among th e in tow ard th e reta lia to ry measure* adopt creases recommended are $600,000 for ed by th e Itclligerenl* i* playing a con a p rojectile p lan t; $130,000 for naval siderable p art in the situation. reserv e; $400,000 for a high-pow er Official*, while reticen t about w hat radio statio n and $1,000,000 to be ap ha* been said to G erm any and G reat plied on construction of an arm or plate B ritain in the la test com m unication, factory costing not to exceed $8,000,- do not deny th a t th e g rav ity of th e 000 if th e secretary of th e navy cannot whole situ atio n haa been made unm is purchase arm or in th e m ark et at a tak ab ly clear. In *ome quarter* the reasonable price. ■uggeNtion was made, but w ithout con D ebate on th e arm y bill resum ed firm ation from source* usually well in a fte r the naval bill was reported. formed, th a t an em bargo on export* of Item s of th e arm y bill were foodstuff* from th e U nited State* to passed over quickly w ith little debate, both th e allie* and G ermany was Iteing and when the senate recessed th e only j considered a* th e next step in the section rem aining for consideration 1 event of an absolute rejection of the was th a t providing fur the esta b lish A m erican plan for am eliorating th e m ent of a system of scientific m an ag e situ atio n . m ent in governm ent navy yards and It becam e known th a t tho latest shop*. com m uncaition, described as a confi The Indian appropriation bill was den tial memorandum, wa* sent Sunday reported by the sen ate com m ittee, to Am bassadors l‘age and G erard a fte r carry in g $11,255,866, an increase of ajconference lietw ren P resident Wil- $3,635,741 over the house bill. *on. S ecretary Bryan and Counsellor American Proposal to Belliger ents Nay Succeed. Russians A dm it Com plete Rout by Germans B erlin—W hat appear* to have been the b itte re st d efeat yet adm inistered to th e Russian arm y in E ast P russia becam e known Tuesday w ith d etails of the fighting which has been going on in th e vicin ity of th e M azurian lake* d istric t. Even P etrograd adm its u tte r rout, declaring th a t re tre a t was th e only th in g le ft to do. G rand Duke Nicho las in his rep o rt confesses frankly th a t th e re was large loss in lives, and goes fu rth e r and tells why. He gives to the German arm y g re a t credit for its superiority in num bers as well as in planned attack s, which, coming as sej>- a ra te blows, w rought havoc to his men, m aking r e tre a t absolutely neces sary. The G erm an official report an nounces th a t th e captures have been increased to seven general* and more than 100,000 men. The pieces of can non tak en num bered 160. The rep o rt in p art say s: " I n the E astern th e a te r, th e p u rsu it a fte r th e w inter b a ttle in th e M azurian d istric t haa come to an end. D uring th e clearing-up o|>eration* northw est of Grodno and in th e b attles reported during th e last few days in th e Robr and Navew d istric ts, one com manding general and four o th e r generals and approx ¡mayfly 40, (¿00 men have been taken prisoners up * to tKe p ris d h t. Seventy-five cannon and some m achine guns, the actual num ber of which haa not y et been ascertained, and much other w ar m aterial, have been cap tured. “ The to tal booty tak en in th e w in te r b a ttle in th e M azurian d istric t as a resu lt of these conditions haa been increased to d ate to seven generals, more th an 100,000 men, upw ards of 150 cannon and q u an titie s of other w ar m aterial of all d escrip tio n s.” Raw Rubber Confiscated. Venice, via London —- A dvices re ceived here from V ienna say th e m ili ta ry au th o rities th e re have confiscated the en tire supply or raw rubber, pneu m atic tulies and ru b b er hose. Con tra c tin g te am sters say th a t unless th is action is revoked it will be im possible to supply V ienna w ith food and th a t factories will suspend operations. A boycott in stitu te d by V iennese house w ives ag a in st th e use of pork is spreading. R etail prices of pork have dropped about 4 cents a pound, but the boycott will be continued. Robert Lansing. T he A m erican gov- R obert Lansing. W hile th ere wa* no official com ment on th e sinking of the A m erican steam ers f a r i b and Evelyn because of th e absence of definite inform ation a* to th e causes o f th e ir destruction, it is understood th a t the la test com m unica tion from the U nited S tates urging an acceptance of its proposal* deal* w ith the grave dangers to neutral vessels th a t have arinen through the m ines a l ready laid and th re a ts to strew m ore o f th e explosives in the high Hess. It is taken for granted th a t th e re ports th a t the cap tains of the tw o v es sels followed instructions given them by B ritish naval officer* will be brought to th e atten tio n of the Ix>ndon foreign office so th a t the B ritish ad m iralty may in v estig ate th e tru th or falsity of th e report. Allied Armies Pressing Toward Relief ot Rheims I-ondon — News th a t [the allies have made fresh progress in the Ghnmpagne d istirc t in France is contained in the official re|>ort of th e French w ar office issued in P aris Thursday. This is re garded a* especially im jiortant because if th e m ovem ent is successful on a scale of any m agnitude, it will result in relieving the pressuro on Rheims, which ha* been under bom bardm ent al m ost incessantly since the beginning of th e w ar. The rep o rt sa id : “ T here have been a rtille ry engage m ents from the Lys to tho Aisne, a t ¿ ip c * ra th e r sp irited and all favorable “ In th e 'C h a m p a g n e region to the north to Mesnil we have made fre*h progress and repulsed several counter attack s. Our a rtille ry on the h eights of th e Meuse ha* silenced several G er man b atteries. “ S upplem entary reports em phasize the im portance of the success a t I-ea E parges and th e e x te n t of the enem y’s losses. On a sm all section of a line carried by us we have already found over 600 G erm an k illed .” rT* Britons [Suspect Source. London— W ith reg ard to the assum p tion th a t P resident W ilson has infor mally proposed th a t G reat B ritain should allow foodstuffs for civilians to e n te r G erm any under somo form of A m erican g u ara n tee and A m erican d is trib u tio n , th e Daily Mail in an editoral declares th a t such a proposal Is not likely to prove acceptable to the B rit ish governm ent. "W o m ust consider th e '.en em y o f th e proposal,” the Mail says, “ and not th e neutral and frie n d ly channel,through which it reaches us. We p refer G erm any to do her w o rst.” America Is " War Risk.“ /,0.75,000 Allies Captives. L ondon— The T im es declares th a t during th e la st few daya a large am ount of insurance has been placed in th e I»ndon m a rk e t on property in the U nited S tate s a g a in st risk s of dam age by w ar. Many facto ries and business prem ises, according to th e Tim es, have been insured for six m onths a t a ra te of one-half of 1 per cent. F ra n k fo rt On The Main, G erm any— The F ra n k fu re tr Z eitung estim ates th a t th e prisoners of w ar in Germany and A u stria now num ber 1,035,000. T his num ber, it says, is divided as fol low s: Russians, 698,000; French, 237,000; S erbians, 60,000, B elgians, 37,000; B ritish, 19,000. About 76 per cent of th e to tal is held by G er many.