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TTTTC MORNING OREGONTAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 191j. WMWITH GERMANY DEEMED POSSIBILITY Montag Zeitung of Berlin Ridi cules America's Threat and Her Fighting Efficiency. VARIANCE IN VIEWS WIDE Commenting on Difference in Tone of "otcs Scut Countries, Mor gen Post Declares Britain's Is "Soft and Flute Like." lOXDOX. Feb. 13. The Politiken of Copenhagen, commenting on the situa tion between, the United States and Germany. Is quoted in a dispatch from the Danish capital to the Kxchange Telegraph Company as saying that "America is acting with all the energy which might be expected and her note contains a grave warning, so grave that wax between Germany and the United States can no longer be regarded as an impossibility." Further dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph Company say that the Ger man warning to neutral shipping has caused a feeling of anxiety and sus pense in Scandinavia, as there are 150 ktcamers coming from over the seas. BERL.IX. Feb. 13, via London. The newspapers of Berlin continue com menting today upon the recent diplo matic exchanges by the United States and Great Britain and Germany con cerning the protection of American shipping on the coast of the British Isles. Generally. they characterize the American note to Great Britain as too mild when compared with the note to Germany, but they make uso of this note to support their contention that Great Britain is to blame for the situa tion. The Kreuz Zeitung says: The American note properly takes the British government to task for the contemptuous misuse of the American flag, a course which menaces the safety of neutral shipping. There fore it is mou difficult to understand what the American Government wants of us. The German people will not be able to forget either the questions addressed to us or the form of their acktng. Our position has not changed in the slightest degree since Feb ruary 4. The United states has two wa-s to protect herself from harm. The first is to stop Great Britain's misuse of the American flag, and the second is to Keep her nhips and people and con traband of war out of the war zone. If she adopts this method she will not only avoid harm, but bring a quick end to the war." The Lokal Anzeiger says: -It is evident that the United States is pressing the -matter with the same forcibleness in London as in Berlin. The British have now Jieen told fairly and squarely that therentlre responsi bility is upon them if American lives or property are sacrificed through misuse of the flag. There is. no difference in the tone of the two notes." The Morgen Post has a different opinion and calls the American note to Great Britain notably different from the German "in its soft an"d flute-like notes." The Tages Zeitung says that the United States in its note to Great Britain; with helpful care." leaves Kngland a "convenient door of escape." This paper says it docs not under stand why neutral powers will not see they are cawing off the branch upon which they sit when they Uo not protest with all the means at their disposal at this disgrace of neutrality, which foreshadows their destruction. "Why do not the neutrals, with the United States at their head, de mand of all the warring parties that they follow the London declaration in its particulars. In that event, the British North Sea blockade would be come inoperative: tho contraband ques tion would be controlled internationally and the course of action Germany in tends to pursue after February 18 would no longer be necessary." "The United States should take this step." the Tagps Zeitung says in con clusion. for the reason that the ex pressed purpose of the Declaration of I-ondon is the protection of the rights of neutrals." AMSTERDAM. Feb. 13.- via London. The Montag Zeitung. of Berlin, ac cording to a dispatch reaching here from the German capital. In an article referring to the stand of the United States, asks what harm America can do to Germany. "She has no army," this paper says, "and her fleet would not darn to approach nearer our shores than does the English. The expulsion of Germans from America would mean her ruin. America's threats are simply ridiculous, and it is more than ridi culous for us to take them in earnest." This paper says it is the intention of Emperor "William to be at Cnxhavcn on the North Sea on February JS. RAILROADING' IS CHARGED Dirct Testimony Given Against Judge Dayton in Strike Case. TVIIEELIXG. TV. Ta, Feb. 13. A di rect testimony that A. G. Dayton, Fed eral Judge of the Xorthern District of West Virginia, had spoken deroga tory of the United Mine "Workers of America, was presented to the sub committee of the House of Representa tives, investigating the charges against Judge Dayton, when the hearing opened today. James Oates. of Charlerol, Pa., an organizer of the United Mine "Workers of America, testified he had heard Judge Dayton make the statement that the United Mine "Workers as an asso ciation, was a criminal conspiracy and the officers were criminal conspirators and ought to be in jail. Oates said that .W Hoblott a foreign miner, who was unafcle to speak Eng lish, had been arrested at Colliers and "railroaded to jail." Continuing his testimony. Oates de clared that while the colliers' contempt cases were being tried he heard Judge Dayton say: "If I had John P. "White here I would give him 12 months in Jail." Oates said Deputy United States Mar shals had torn down the tents occupied by the striking miners on order of Judge Dayton's court. SENATE. PROBE DEMANDED rpnllmid Vrom First fagQ bill proposed through a resolution of fered by Senator Burton, a strict probe of which concerns Intimations that per sona or corporations in the United States sought options on belligerent ships with a view to selling them to tk Onvernment. and asserted that these persons or corporations In some way were allied witn- omciajs oi tne Government. This resolution, together with another, not included in that adopted requesting the Secretary of the Treasury for information on the sub ject, aroused debate. Senators Will lams and Reed charged that they were purposely intended to reflect upon Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo and Paul M. Warburg, of the Federal Re serve Board. Senator Reed spoke at length in de fense of the Secretary of the Treasury, rresldeat Vet Determined. Conferences between President Wil son and Democrats of the House and Senate revealed wide diversity of views about calling an" extra session, but de veloped that the President still is de termined to have the bill passea. even though it requires one. senator Lewis frankly aavocateo an extra session for passage of rural credits and conservation legislation, as well as the ship bill. After the investigation resolution had been passed, Senator Reed hurled nirllKmentarr Dombshell into tne Republican ranks with a motion to ta ble Senator Galllnger's pending motion to refer to the rules committee tne Reed special cloture rule for the ship ping bill. For a moment the Kepuo iicans were thrown into disorder be fore they realized that the cloture fight was on again. On an objection, nce-rreiiuciu sh:Ul sustained Mr. Reed's motion. Sen- WAGES RISE FASTER THAN COST, IS VIEW Statistics Dealing With En ginemen's Pay Are Laic? Be fore Arbitration Board. FIGURES WRONG, SAY MEN Earnings- of Workers in West Are Declared Greater, While Diving Expenses Are Dess "Than In Eastern Part of Country. raic inn t?&Yi is. A' statistical ex hibit to show that the wages of rail road men have advanced faster than TWO PROMINENT FIGURES 4N AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH &: V 1 ' S"'l COIXT VOX BKRXSTORFF. GERMAV AMBASSADOR TO "ED STATES. AM) JAMES W. GERARD, AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO GERM AX Y, .. . T nmolaH O M f? nil A Y O t P tO table the appeal, the Administration Democrats were defeated by the seven insurgents voting with the Republicans. . . i i . . senator loage men piutcoucu iu -dress the Senate. Then in quick succession the Admin- I ... . : namAA.ata nnllo,! Ha V 0 1 1 1HIJ ailUII wciuti(vo t w . . . which Vice-President Marshall broke. sustaining tne cnair, ana men on on other tie. with the aid - of the Vice President, they tabled the Gallinger motion and won a victory in their fight Tt- wau short lived, how ever, for Senator Lodge settled down to a long speech, ana it was auyaiam . i. . i ;i:t.crta,. x,'hi)i hnri worked so lllUt. IUC IIUWUDIV, . . . successfully on the ship bill was being used Jn tne cloture iisni. BRITAIN TO DIVERT FOOD WII.IIKI.MIXA OT ALLOWED TO PROCEED . TO GEItMAXV. Permission "Would Be Given to Sell Cargo to Belgian Relief Body, Foreign Office Announces. invnnx uvb. 15. Tho Foreign Of fice announced definitely today that if th rarira of the American steamship Wilhclmlna should be diverted for the relief of the distressed in Belgium, tne HoMoinn o sAnd her cargo to a Hrmsn prizo court would be reconsidered. Otherwise her cargo must oo ouounnou to tho decision or the court. The Wilhclmlna, which sailed fron V.. ..- -Vnrir with enrf II of food prod- iicts for Germany, is at present at Falmoutn. a. v. najs, an .f.r..Acaiilini. t ll f." GrCCIl POnlDalll'. ttlC consignors of the cargo of the WU hclmina. called at the American Em bassy today and went to r annum" . ! 1 1 1 11a aaiil ltn ll A 1 llOt Yet TC ccived his instructions concerning the case, but in the meantime was en deavoring to learn all lie coma auoui the status of the vessel and lier cargo. n-siiir.TnN" ivh. 13. Evidence e.,i.mii..i liv tlir. nvnprii of the steam ship Wiihelmina to prove that the ship Is loaded with foodstuffs for non combatants and not subject to seizure was forwarded by the State Depart ment to Ambassador Page for presenta. tion to the London Foreign Office, with tho suggestion that unless Great Brit ain has sufficient grounds not yet advanced for doing otherwise the ship t niira he nermltted to proceed with her cargo to her destination. Tons of Kood Sent to Belgians. NEW TOKK, Feb. 13. More than 110,000 tons of food has been sent to Belgium up to' January 20 by the com mission for relief in Belgium, accord ing to its 12th weekly report, issued today. The commission announces that need for food in Belgium is increasing. Germans Promise Aid in Bclgiam. BERL1X, Feb. 15, via wireless to Say ville. N. Y. The German authorities in tj ..i ; . . .;il .innlrA everv effort to pcigiulu . - - . restore the economic life of the country, says the Overseas news agency. An effort will be made to develop the agricultural resources of Belgium, so as to render it independent 6f im ports. Grain, potatoes and vegetables ...111 roiQAsl In the ccuTiipd terri tory instead of sugar beets. Seed will be furnished by German chambers of agriculture. Stanford "University Head Quits. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Feb. is PrMi,nf Jnfan C Branner. of Stanford "University, has submitted his resignation to the University trustees, effective July SI. President Branner ...nnin nnon his acceDtance as head of the University that he would resign in two year. The trustees accepted the resignation and are now canvassing the educational xi&ia lor a successor. the cost of living and faster than wages in other skilled occupations was presented to the Western wage arbi tration board today by Ray Vance, at one time associated with the bureau -of railroad economics. The averages of pay for engineers and firemen were questioned by "W. S. Carter, for the firemen, who, during the cross questions, emphasized the point that Mr. Vance had based his tables on figures presented to the Interstate Com. merce Commission by the Western railroads, which Mr. Carter said were inaccurate. The exhibit indicated that since 1910 when the men received a I'D per cent increase in wages, their salaries have advanced more rapidly than has their outlay lor the support of their families. Unemployment Comparatively Little. 'In the Western territory," said Mr. Vanrc "the average dallv nay of engineers increased 11.3 per cent and of hremen 11. irom iiu to uv age weekly rates for the bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters and plumbers and machinists and moulders increased less than 5 per cent and the painters in creased less than 7 percent. "Against the increase of 11.3 and 11.4 per cent in wages, the average expendi ture for food and rent in this Western territory increased only 9.3 per cent." Unemployment in the railway serv ice 13 far below that in the building trades, according to Mr. Vance's tables. "In the building trades," he said, ''un employment in tho Western territory is 10.1 while for the four classes of rail way trainmen It is only 4.3 per cent. In both K.-ist and West unemployment In the building trades is from 2 to 3 times as high as in the several classes of railway work. Living Coxt Lower in "West. "Although- wages in the West gen erally are higher than in tho East, the cost of food, rent, fuel and light, which absorbs two-thirds of the annual ex penditure of tho workingman, is slight ly less in the West than in the East." Cross examination of Mr. Vance was by Jlr. Carter. "The railways have acknowledged malting incorrect re ports." said Carter in response to a question by M. E. Byram, one of the railroad arbitrators. "There was a general go-as-you-please method and the' railroads submitted statistics on the number of their employes at the end of June each year and average daily wage of each employe.. "We held that this method was faulty because tho working force of the rail roads change from time to time and if it happened to be extremely large or comparatively small at the time the reports were sent in and the daily wage figures incorrect, the whole fabric would be affected and therefore worth less for computation purposes. Carter also attacked the exhibit on the ground that Investigators had not obtained affidavits in collecting figures as to costs of living and household ex penses. ' Mrs. Story to Run Again. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Formal an nouncement of the candidacy of Mrs. Wlllianx Cumming Story, of New York, president-general of the Daughter of , the American Revolution, for a second term is made. The election will occur April 4, during the annual congress. Her only opponent is Mrs. George Guernsey, state regent of Kansas. Copper for German Firm Seized. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15, via London. A large shipment of copper, packed in casks which were labeled "sugar" and put abroad the steamship Carmen was seized here today. The copper was consigned to a German firm. The ship per and the captain of the vessel were arrested. r Germans Ordered FTom Japan. YOKOHAMA. Japan. Feb. 15. The Japanese authorities have ordered the expulsion from Japan of four Germans and one Englishman, who have been found guilty of actions disturbing peace and order.- The authorities have de cided upon a stricter surveillance- of Germans and Austrians In the country. Lonisant Georgette Rib bons for Trimming, Etc. Quite the newest novelty Ribbons, of heavy silk, highly lustered, in a rare weave. In widths from 1 to 7 inches, in the latest Spring shades geranium, sand and Belgian blue. 25 to 1.75 the yd. First Floor. MAIL ORDERS FILLED BY EXPERT SHOPPERS e) "Merchandise of cMei Only' Phone Marshall 5000 A 6691 For the Baby New Filet Yarn Crochet The models we have se cured from Paris, and more fascinating baby things were never made. Materials for their making may be had in tho Art Needlework Section, and free instructions given. Firth Fler Ready Tuesday With the Great February Sale of Boys' Wash Suits Offering Hundreds of Fresh Spring Suits in Manly Styles Suitable for the Young boys from to o xears . . , , i . . i , ... ..- ' menhnn . There are smart middv styles Suits in styles and comDinaiions aimosi too iiuuiciuo - - ., - - , nTplain white or white with navy or cadet collars, in stripes and checks with straight pants and bng or short sleeves. Popular Oliver styles in all white or fancy cotnb.nat.ons and m : stnpes w.th plain combinations; Russian suits in a variety of plain colors and stnpes. trimmed with braid, band- mgs or pipings. Oliver, Middy and Russian Suits Selling to $1.50. Sale. Oliver and Middy 'Suits Selling to $1.75. Sale Oliver and Middy Suits" Selling to $2.00. Sale 98c $1.19 $1.59 Oliver, Middy and . Russian Suits Selling to $4.50. Sale Oliver, Middy and Russian Suits Selling to $5.50. Sale Russian Suits Selling $6 to $10. 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Long and short-sleeve models, with fancy and French cuffs. In a great variety of colors. Third Floor Modart Corsets New Spring Models Regular price $3.50 Special $2.45 Made of coutil. with medium low bust and extra long over the hips and back, without bon ing over the hips, the new curve-in at the waist line produces the fashionable figure for this season. Neatly finished at the top in the regulation Modart style of trimming. K'enrlh Door I I 1 ' ' . ... - " I " - f t ROME FLOODS RISE Several Walls Collapse and St. Peter's Is Surrounded. MANY FLEE FROM HOMES Historic Monuments to Early-Age No tables Arc in Grave Danger or Damage and Possible De struction by Water. ROME, Feb. 15. The flood waters in the streets around St. Peter's have risen to a height of 4 feet and 11 inches. Several walls have collapsed, but with out serious consequences. The lower parts of Rome are flooded today by the high waters of the River Tiber, which has reached a maxi mum height of 57 feet. Consld- ..nhiA oi.i n en line tteen rlnne to homes in the rural districts and in the poorer section or tne city, ana many persons have fled to safety, leaving their belongings. Several historic struc tures are menaced. There has been much loss of livestock, but no human casualties are reported. Both the Pope and King Victor Emmanuel have taken an active interest li relief work for the sufferers. MUltary Collea-e Menaced. Tho embankment near the military college, which was still in course of construction, collapsed shortly after noon, and great anxiety was expressed for the safety of the embankment on the right side of the Tiber, near the Sant Angelo bridge, which is showing several cracks. This embankment is closed to the public and is guarded by troops. The great staircase of 300 steps In Rome leading from the Trastevere sta tion to the Monteverde section, a hilly quarter of the city, is threatening to collapse because of undermining by waters. i Information from the upper reaches of the Tiber Indicate a further rise in the flood waters of a few inches, after which, unless there should come more rain, the waters undoubtedly will be gin to go down. Italy, having Just passed through a period of grave anxiety, as a result of destructive earthquakes, is now facing this new, periol in the form of floods. Everywhere streams are out of their banks, due to heavy rata storms. People Drivea From Homo. In the low-lying quarters the peo ple have been driven from their homes or are prisoners in the upper stories of their houses. The military authorities have taken cognizance of the situation and troops have been sent to aid In rescue work and to provide food to sufferers cut off from supplies. The Leonide City, as the "Vati can quarter of Home is called, is in .the lower part' of the town and this section is generally flooded. The water, however, has not reached tho Apostolic Palace of St. Peter's. Pope Benedict is taking a sympathetic interest in the situation and has instructed all the parish priests to display tho greatest energy in aiding their distressed par ishioners. The Pope himself spent a good deal of his time Sunday in watch ing the rising waters in the quarter just below the Apostolic Palace. Two hundred patients in the hospital of Santo Spirito, near the Vatican, have been removed to upper floors of the building because of the flood. Some fear is expressed that the rising water may cause the building to collapse. Carbide Roads Explode. The authorities have closed the road from Rome to the sea, in which there are several deposits of carbide and lime. Some of these, through infiltra tion from the f.ooded Tiber, have al ready exploded and causad nearby buildings to collapse. Fortunately there were no victims, as the people, foreseeing danger, had left the place. Great anxiety is folt today for the famous St. Angelo bridge, originally erected bv Emperor Hadrian, and which connects "his tomb with the city. The water is already over the pillars of the bridge, and troops, engineers and fire men are at the scene doing what Is pos sible to check the peril. Miloe bridge, built more than 100 years before Christ, Is inundated and water also surrounds the Imposing Baallica of St. Paul. The Ibhilip.v?!: I- it PL AIN UZ . 1 OR f .-V Subliclus bridge, the structure supposed to have been defended Dy uoranun an" two companions, is also under water. This is the oldest bridge in Rome, hav ing been built In the year 639 B. C. Many houses In the Immediate neigh borhood of St retnr's have from three to four feet of water in the lower stories. 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