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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915- m : : " i 1 ' GERMANS SUGGEST WARSHIP CONVOYS Vessels Under Protection De- dared "On Honor" of Sponsors for Them. t l i X POLICY IS NOT ABATED Abs-olutc Necessity for Obtaining Food. Says Admiral Behncke, or t . Marines, Permits No Mercy f la Sea War Zone. 3 ' r ! BERLIN'. Feb. IS. (By wireless to " Sayville. If. T.) Admiral Behncke. of th. Marine Department, has made a S .statement to Lieutenant-Commander J AValtor Gherardi. naval attache of the : American embassy at Berlin, which is J civen out officially as the best exposl- ; tion of the situation with respect to S Uermanv's declaration of the waters S around th British Isles as a war zone. Admiral Behncke's statement follows: t "Up to tho present time Germany, in v.. fiiinu-Ad the Lon- t no w ai i. o ...... : , . . . V, simulations Of don aeciftinuuu v. - - -, the Paris treaty, on which the conduct fore the London declaration. . nuila Food Asserted. .fa - ... : .vi. nnmmprr-isl warfare EnRland had in view the subjugation ..f :rmnv D V siarvaiiui.. l" ' had in every way sought to bring . . . .- r . nAiiiral nowars ana others to the necessity she was und - r A tr r-lvillnn DODUl tion. which was her right under the laws of war. AO resuua " tained from her efforts. "Since the shutting off of food su plies had now come to a point whe . t i inn. nffii"int foi (ieriHHll7 nan " . r. - - . . i i . hmnme neces to iera net ; . sary for her to bring England to terms by the exercise of force. Germany knows that by the use of the subma rine England can be placed in a posi- win hft lacking. She Tion .r. . , has the suhmarine lorce wim ... the all ob- up- ere ood to do it: her life as a nation and the lives i of do it: ner ms ---- . . 1 ,1 nH nn nutting th campaign into action, and she must i no ro. wav 1116 aillicmuco w.e - this campaign have been largely con n:ted witn ine care kui" ? fired to give to neutral ships and to the lives of those on board all com S mercial ships, whether neutral or be t longing to the enemy. "First In arming her merchant ships ? with guns for self-defense England J adopted a policy against which Ger r mans strongly protest. The Lnited i States took the British point of view. S It is not possible for submarines to : approach British merchant ships and : make examinations without exposing ; themselves to gunfire or bomb attack. : against which a submarine boat will Z be helpless. . . . . I "Second England has advised her : merchant fleet to fly neutral flags, to S cover up names and change stacks, to 1 escape the consequences of their na S tionality. This plan was designed to Z bring Germany into conflict with other 2 nations. Hfc Depends on Effertivenew. 5 "Germany does not wish in theslight C est degree to harm American or other ? neutral ships or their cargoes, unless carrying contraband of war. She is. however, in a position where her life ; depends on her putting into effect the only means she has of saving herself. S She must and will use this means. I "Commanding officers of submarine : boats have been given orders to make : every effort to safeguard neutrals. In r spite of the precautions which subma ; rines could take without the danger J of being destroyed themselves the - possibility was noted that neutral ships i might, through error or accident, be destroyed. For this reason a strong 'warning was issued - -In addition, the English coast has been mined by the British themselves for protective reasons, and would oe ' mined by the Germans as an act of of fensive warfare. Ships were therefore in danger from mines. -In spite of the great effect the Ad- ' miralty staff feels the use of the sub marines will have in bringing the war to a rapid close, the Admiralty does not wish to put it into effect, to the detri ment of neutral commerce and the rights of nations on the high seas. They have therefore declared that if Great Britain will abide by the declaration of Irfindon without modifications, or by the treaty of Paris, whereby food sup plies necessary for the civil popula tion can be freely brought into Ger many, the whole matter of submarine Mm-kade will be dropped by Germany. "This proposal has been transmitted throuch diplomatic channels. If ac cepted the matter will be no longer one -provocative of trouble between the X'nited States and Germany." Admiral Behncke called Commander Gherardi's attention to the fact that Great Britain, when, by her proclama tion she closed the North Sea. did not Kive'free passage to American ships hound for the neutral country of Hol land, but compelled the ships to pass through certain channels, take an Eng lish pilot aboard and undergo search for contraband of war at the hands of officers of British warships. Sntr Cbanirl Suggested. Admiral Behncke then said that Ger man v was prepared to suggest to the "United States an even freer and safer method of passage for American ships bound either through the channel or to English ports namely, that several American warships would wait in some port on the southwest coast of Ireland, and when communicated with by wire less by an American merchantman, odb .f them should proceed to the place Indicated and convoy the merchant man through that portion of the sea which Germany, following the example of Great Britain, has declared to be ilnnerou. -' "Of course." said the Admiral, "ships under convoy, by the rules of inter national law. are not subject to search, but the country to which they belong is upon its honor, as it were, to see that they do not carry contraband of war. . "American warships have distinctive, masts and arc well known to the offi rra of the German navy, and either by night or day they and the vessels under their convoy would be respected, by German submarines. "This is a safe method to follow for American ships which desire to enter those portions of the seas proclaimed dangerous by Germany and differs only from the rule adopted by Great Britain, .with reference to American ships pass ing through the channel in that Ameri can ships, instead of being compelled to enter a British port, take a British pilot and be searched by officers of a .British warship, would be permitted to pass unmolested to their destination without being subjected to search, the Imperial German government being willing, of course, to accept the Implied vord of honor of the United States that "the ships carry no contraband of war." 'situation jjeeply stirs jtv-n in incidents relatively unimpor tant. For example, no reply whatever has been received to the complaint of Dr. van Dyke, the American Minister to Belgium and Luxemburg, that the Ger man military authorities have inter fered with his correspondence with the Luxemburg authorities and thereby pre vented him from discharging his duty. It is manifest that if the German government declines to permit an American diplomat to perform his dip lomatic offices and insists that "strained relations" exist, the United States cannot long remain in charge of German interests in the belligerent countries. To assume what is regarded here as impossible and accept the view of waf, what will happen? The United States and Germany can not get at each other. They are sep arated by the steel walls of England, the grand licet Trade Would Be luterraeted. There would be an Interruption of trade. American merchantmen would become belligerent and would be de stroyed when found. The United States then would withhold its claim for com pensation until the peace congress, in which it would be a participant, as sembled. ' No one supposes for a moment mat the United States would send an army to Europe: That it would be forced to develop an army is beyond question. It would be menaced in euch a way that it would find it necessary to pre pare for the future. In Germany there is a section of the people who believe that German-Amer-r i KtatM would, start leans in lu u v"' ---- - 'a revolution. These people fall to un derstand that among wn"-"'-Icans there is love for Germany, but also love for their adopted country. germaTpotatoes rise GOVERNMENT INCREASES PRICE TO CONSERVE Sl'PPLY. Bndea Bakers Liable io Fine for Fail ure to Observe Ruling Austrian Drrnrra Restrained. BERLIN, via London. Feb. 16. The BundesTath has increased the maximum - , A morlll (XII tO price or poiaioes 1 - 5 marks (fl.5) for 60 kilograms (110 pounds). It was reared ine wii , i : .i.m f the scarcity of fodder, would result in farmers feeding . . . 1 , fit Iftr TdUU to ineir , . The Bundesrath set a maximum price of 10 marks ($3.50) for early potatoes ... . i -i ami Alienist harvestea Deiweou " 7 otw. t- Ar thin action was to Id. a lie 1 encourage gardeners to devote a lare acreage to eariy poiaioca. rj n,mjsrnih limited the cree ui ....... amount of malt which may be used by brewers after April l to v" the former quantity. n.-r.-T. o u,..i.iif1 via Paris Feb. IS Bakers in the Grand Duchy of Raden are liable to a maximum fine of . -n .v. imnriaonment lip to JVV tilt. 1 " ..... - .i,- rnr failure to observe the regulations of the government con cerning the maKingr oi urcu. . : u , nf nn nr pftnt rve. ou wvi III U L tuuaiai. - - cent wheat and 10 per cent potato i'our- They must oe Kepi iiumo n. baked, as a preventative against Indi gestion. Cakes ana tans nmi ie ...- - Sundays, of equal parts of wheat and 11 If V.O a a n n 1 1? Mil U3 u a- treme care, so that loaves weigh neither more nor less than one and one-half or three metric pounds. .I t "W a AmatnrHnm to London, Feb. 16. A Cabinet order forbids the use of barley after reoruary is . . ni. Th. HM.rM aims at se ucing limn. " . curing the available stocks of barley as a substitute for wneax. FRENCH CAPTURE 2 MILES OF TRENCHES Decided Gain in Champagne District Is Reported by Paris War Office. BRITISH REGAIN GROUND LUMBERMEN IN CONVENTION Twelve Hundred Western Yards Represented at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. Delegates .1 i inn lumKAv vnrrf in 10 representing iuw - Western states arrived in ban Fran cisco todav to attend the annual con vention of the Western Retail Lumber men s Association, wnreu early tomorrow and will continue through next Friday. The convention will be the first of 500 scheduled to convene in San Fran cisco during 1915 and will take place in the new auditorium In the civic cen ter Addresses of welcome will be . . ... I-T I W Inhnun given tomorrow uv juiajh ... , Goveernor of California; James Rolpli, . Can PranKiarn Ami ( ' ( V jr., . iiii j v ui we.,, ......... , . - Moore, director-general of the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Tajnbleton. of Great Falls, Mont., will preside. TRADE BALANCE CONTINUES Exports for AVeck Kxcecd Imports by $30,320,607, Showing Decrease. u-ioiiTvr.Tnv F-h. 16. Foreign trade fr the week ended February 13 netted the United mates a juviauic i n r tft 3n ft7. according to re turns from the 13 principal customs dis tricts announied today by the Depart ment of Commerce. Compared with the preceding week, this was a decrease in the balance of J6.S13.619. Exports last week were $34,186,430 and Imports $23,865,823. compared with $59,081,106 and $22,446,880 respectively for tne weeK oi reoruary u. .......... .vnnrtn amounted to 2S5.549 haloa mukinir the total for the past ten weeks 2,901,981 bales. . MORE PROBATION IS ASKED California Prison oBard Slakes Ttec- ommendatkm to Judges. SACRAMENTO. Feb. 16. Judges In California courts are being urged by members of the State Board or i-rison Directors to extend, probation to first offenders in every case where there appears to be a chance of reform. Crowded conditions in both state prisons which make It difficult to house the steady stream of incoming criminals and make It Impossible to handle the less hardened cases in such a way that there is a chance for them to retain their self-respect have made this action necessary, acocrding io Board, members. CANADA ASKS BORDER AID Maintenance of Guard by United States Is Requested. OTTAWA. Ont, Feb. 16. The United States has been asked by the Diminion government to place guards on the American side of the international boundary at highway and rail ap proaches to Canada, it was learned to night. The request was made through the British Ambassador at Washington. The recent attempt on the Canadian Pacific bridge at Vanceboro by Werner Horn and confidential reports of the alleged feeling of certain Germans and Austrians in the Untted States have led to the request. Spirited Combat Develops South of Vpres Infantry Actions Con tinue in Argonne Artillery Battle Goes On. PARIS, Feb. 16. The official com munication issued by the War Office tonight says that German trenches three kilometers in extent (nearly two miles) have been taken in Cham pagne, to the northwest of Perthes and north of Beausejouo. The text follows: "Along the whole front the day of February 16 has been favoraDie lor us. In Belgium there has been an ar tillery engagement. "A small French squadron has bom barded a German aviation park at Ghlstelles. A small British squadron has bombarded Ostend. "To the south of Ypres the British army are masters of a number of trenches where for two days a rather spirited combat has developed. Progress Made Near Rhelms. "Between the Oise and the Aisne near Bailly an efficient shelling has been carried out by our artillery against gatherings of troops, automo bile convoys and bomb throwers. "In the neighborhood of Rheims we have made progress near Loivre. "In Champagne on the front which stretches from the northwest of Per thes to the north of Beausejour we have captured about three kilometers of German trenches and have taken several hundred prisoners, among these five officers. "In the Argonne infantry actions have occurred from Le Four de Paris to the west of Boureuilles; the fighting continues under favorable conditions, Enemy's Blockhouses Taken, "To the northwest of Pont-a-Mous- son we have occupied several of the enemy's blockhouses In the forest ot Le Prete." The earlier statement said: "The British troops recaptured yes terday the two parts of the trench which they had lost the-night before between St. Eloy and the Ypres Canal. "On the front of the French armies the day of February 15 was, on the whole, calm. No infantry actions have been reported and particularly impor tant successes of our artillery are confirmed." PILLAGE IS NOT PROVED FRENCH COURT SETS GERMAN SUR GEONS AND NURSES FREE. Silk Carpets and Fine Linen Found In Baggage. Said to Have Been Gifts "ot Carmelite Nuns. PARIS, Feb. 16. The German sur geons and nurses who were sentenced by the permanent court-martial late in November to terms of imprisonment ranging from three years to one month for alleged pillage at Peronne, Septem ber 15. and who appealed from the de cision of the court, were retried today and acquitted. The decision of the court was that there was an absence of precise proof of the alleged theft. When the hospital at Peronne was captured by the French, the bulky na ture of the baggage of the German nurses and surgeons aroused the sus picions of the French army officials. A search was ordered and it was al leged that in the baggage of Surgeon Malor Collins, who, with Surgeon- Major Wohlfart. was in charge of tho hospital, there were found three Tanagra statuettes with labels of the Peronne museum attached to them, in the baggage of the nurses it was charged that there were pieces of silk carpets and fine linens. The nurses asserted, it was said, that these things had been given them by the Carmelite sisters in appreciation of their kidness to the French wounded. Surgeons Collins and Wohlfart each were sentenced to a year s imprison ment. Michigan Democrats for AVilson. LANSING, Mich., Feb. 16. Michigan Democrats pledged to President Wil son their support for renomination and MARLEY2HIN. DEVON 24 IN. ARROW COLLARS a FOR 25 CENTS CH7ETT FEABODY6- CO. I KC.TROY K.Y. Cures Grip Prevents Grip. LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE removes th cause. There is only one "BROMO QUININE." Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c "The Escape." Adv. Before you marry see Smokers ot Turkish Trophies Cigarettes fifteen rears ago are smokers of Turkish Trophies Cigarettes today! amd Egyptian QgmtteslniaVirii 1 n Near Washington Open Noon to It P. M. TODAY AND THURSDAY CHARLIE GHAPLIN "A Night Out" This is absolutely the funniest hit of all time. See it at once. At great expense the management has secured this feature comedy until and including Sat urday night. Thousands requested it. The Swindler 2 Act Kalem with Alice Joyce, play ing lead. Splendid. My Lady's Boudoir Romantic Comedy. Dancer's Ruse Intense Drama. Miss Babe Egan, Rag Time Violinist. TVIr. Carney and Mr. Ingram, Organists. Friday and Saturday Cissy Fitzgerald in "How Cissy Made Good"; Hearst-Selig Weekly; Charlie Chaplin, "A Night Out." ..-.uofiyiTi a t thf.tr state . convention here today. Republican opposition to the ship-purchase Diu was uenounceu in resolutions as un-American. Isridge Engineers' Fee Allowed. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) Eight thousand dollars was al lowed to Waddell & Harrington, engi neers for the Columbia River interstate bridge, for services Tendered so far In connection with getting out plans and specifications by the Clarke County Commissioners here. The Multnomah County Commissioners have allowed $20,000, this being the proportion agreed upon. In order to recoup some of her husband's loss?i. Mrs. D. J. Scully, wife of th former cotton king, has started a toa and caKo shop rn New York Clty THEATER A Double Show Today Today and Balance of This Week WILTON LACKAYE IN Israel Zangwill's Masterpiece fafiWiW V"'" of the Ghetto" TODAY - LAST DAY - TODAY Mary Ryan and Original Cast in Cohan & Harris Broadway Success "STOP THIEF" Coming Sunday A Sensation "THE ESCAPE" 1 Oc Admission lOc H 1 1 1 1 H III Great 4-Day Bill Starting Today Every Girl "Love." A two-act drama, fea turing Mary Fuller. Terrors of the Jungle Vicious and untamed lions and tigers lend realism to gTeat 3 act drama. The Awaited Hour Violet Mersereau in a prize sen sational drama. There could not be a picture with more punch. Imagine a man "put kg another man ii order that THIS OTHER COULD WIN f THE IM PRISONED MAN'S WliL. A vivid two-act drama. NEXT SUNDAY Great blended bill, headed ' by "Changed Lives:" r . r 10c 11 A. M. to 1 1 P. M. Lending; Fbote-PIay Home West Park and Alder GREAT CROWDS FOR Last 4 Days of DESLYS IN Her Triumph jj Mile. Deslya wears fortune in gmm and Jewels. NEXT SUNDAY Feb. 21 For One Week 11:30 A. M. to 11:30 P.M. lOc Blanche Sweet IN The Warrens of Virginia to -Si THE? WHY not go where the best people go a well-ventilated, roomy, comfort-inviting place ? The theatres where the best fea tures are shown always (not only once in a blue moon), are also tho theatresthat makes youfeelat home. Here is a welcome for you in the form not only of words but service. It will even be worth your while to go out of your way to come here. Booked Through atfae Exchange 392 Burnside St., Portland, Or. Stories were written by A. B. Reeve. Scenarios were written by Chas. Goddard. Three Legi timate Stars in the cast Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis, Pearl White. Produced under the direction of Leo Wharton in Pathe studios and photograped by Pathe Camera Men. PORTLAND Days National Theater Wed. and Thurs. Nob Hill Theater Mon. and Tues. . . Woodlawn Theater. . .Sun. and Mon. . . . Union-Ave. Theater. .Tuesday Alhambra Theater . . .Wed. and Thurs. Powell Valley Theat'r .Sunday Isis Sellwood Th'at'r . . Sunday Hawthorne Theater ..Wed. and Thurs.. Laurel Theater Fri. and Sat Isis (Lents) Theater. . Sunday Elite (Rose City Park).Mon. and Tues. . . Princess (Arleta) ... .Wednesday Scenic (Montavilla) . .Sunday Circle Theater .Wednesday Burnside Theater Thursday Victoria Theater Friday Home Theater Sunday Grant Sunday Derby (Kenton) Fri. and Sat Starting .Fob. 17. 18. .Ft b. 21. .Feb. 28. .Fob. 17-18. .Fob. 10-20 .Feb 21. .Fob. 22. 23. .Feb. 21. .Fob. 28. .Mar. 3. .Mar. 1. .Mar. r. .Mar. 7. .Fob. 21. .Mar 26, 27 Town Medford, Or Astoria, Or. . . . . Forest Grove, Or Roseburg, Or. . . Grants Pass, Or. Gresham. Or. . . . Camas. Wn Prineville, Or... McMinnville, Or. Oregon City, Or. Eugene, Or.... Klamth Falls, Or Chehalis, Wash.. Lebanon, Or Pendleton, Or.. . . Vancouver, Wn. . . Walla Walla, Wn. Baker, Or Ontario, Or Centralia, Wn Woodburn, Or. . . . Salem, Or Hillsboro, Or St. Helens, Or Theater Days Starting Star Every Mon. and Tues. . . Jewel Every Wed. and Thurs. Star Every FrL and Sat Majestic Every Friday Feb. 19 Bijou Every Tues. and Wed. . Feb. 2.1. 21. Opera House. . Every Saturday Feb. 27. Grand Every Sat. and Sun. . . . Mar. (5-7. Lyric Every Saturday Mar. 20. Rainbow Every Saturday ( Rainbow Every Mon. and Tues. . . Rex Every Wed. and Thurs. .Star .Every Monday Feb. 13. .Dream Every Fri. and Sat Feb. 2G. 27. Kuhn Every Tues Mar. 16. Orpheum Every Fri. and Sat Mar. 18-19. .Palace .Every Mon. and Tues. . . Arcade Every Fri. and Sat .Empire Every Wed. a nd Th urs . Dreamland. . . I! very Fri. and Sat Grand Every Tues. and Wed. . .Feb. 16, 17. Bungalow. . . . .Every Friday Feb. 19. Bligh .Every Mon. rd Tues. . .Feb. 22, 23. Grand Every Wed. and Thurs. Feb. 24, 23. Columbia Every Friday Feb. 26. Town Theater Marshfield, Or. Grand Bandon, Or Grand.". . . , Coquille, Or Grand North Bend, Or.... Joy Myrtle Point, Or. . . . Unique. . . , Starting f Week of March 3