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TTTF MOnVTXff OT? FCOXT ATT. FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1915. AMERICA IS WAR PRISONERS Britain, Germany and Austria Accept Good Offices of United States. OTHER NATIONS MAY AGREE Detained Civilians of Military Age Also Aro to Be Exchanged, Man. lor Man , on S ngge&tion of - ' Washington Government. WASHINGTON". March 8. An ar rangement between Great Britain and Germany and Austria by which rep resentatives of the United States will inspect and report on alien prison camps in those countries and distribute to prisoners supplies from their own government or other sources, was an nounced tonight by the State Depart ment. At the same time it was said that through the good offices of the American Government similar arrange ments were under contemplation be tween Russia and France and Germany and Austria-Hungary. These agreements are based on recommendations contained in a report by Chandler P. Anderson, formerly counsellor of the State Department, who conferred with the foreign offices of Great Britain, Germany and Austria Hungary last November and viBited some of the detention camps in those countries. Civilians Be Exchanged. Mr. Anderson also reported on the exercise of good offices of the United States to bring -about a better under- standing amonir the European bellig erents regarding the repatriation of civilian prisoners. In this connection it Is announced that Great Britain and Germany and Austria-Hungary have expressed a willingness to exchange man for man detained enemy civilians of military age, while an arrangement lor the release of civilians or non military age has been held tip so far by Great Britain's refusal to agree to the asre limits proposed. The basis of this arrangement is briefly as follows: "Kach of the belligerent governments undertakes to furnish for the informa tion of the others full details, showing supplies furnished and the conditions of their life and copies of orders and instructions issued to the commandants of the prisoners camps. "The belligerent governments will permit the representatives of the United States in each country to have access to the prisoners and will allow the prisoners to furnish statements about their treatment and requirements to be communicated to their own gov ernment. No Repnailbllltr Auaned. 'The United States in undertaking this work assumes no responsibility of. any kind. "The good offices of the United States were exercised at the same time to bring about a better under standing among the belligerents in re gard to the repatriation of civilian prisoners detained in these countries. ".Mr. Anderson's report shows that these governments had then agreed not to detain any women or children or males under 17 or over 55, be tween Great Britain and Germany, or under 18 or over 50 between Great Britain and Austria-Hungary, or phy sicians or clergymen unless some spe cial reason Justified, detention in in dividual cases. "Both sides agreed to arrange for the reciprocal release of all civilians physically disqualified for military service. Further Arrangementa Psalble. "In addition to the arrangements thus adopted these governments have under consideration further arrange ments for the exchange and release of detained enemy aliens, as follows: "The German and Austro-Hungarian governments are prepared to agree to the reciprocal release of civilians over the age for compulsory military serv ice under their respective laws, which In Germany la 45 years and in Austria Hungary 42 years of age. The British Government has refused as yet to re duce the age below 55 in the case of Germany, and 50 in the case of Austria-Hungary, but this question has been under consideration and may be reconsidered. "Both sides have expressed a willing ness to agree to an exchange, man for man, of civilians of military age on lists to be proposed on each side for the approval of the other. "The British and German govern ments are disposed to observe the pro visions of articles 6 and 7 of the 11th The Hague convention, of 1907, regard ing the crews of enemy merchant ships i-aptured by a belligerent, but there has been a difference between the two governments as to the means of these provisions. "The German government interprets these articles as meaning that the crews of captured ships are not only to be released from imprisonment, but permitted to return to their own coun try without hindrance if they so de wire, under parole against employment in any service connected with the op erations of the war. "The British government, on the other hand, interprets these provisions as merely requiring the liberation on parole in Great Britain of the crews of captured merchant ships under the res ervation that subsequently they will be treated no more favorably than other Germans residing in Great Britain. Information ( Captive Given "With regard to the treatment of prisoners, it appears from Mr. Ander son s report that each of the belliger ent governments has established for itself standards and -rules governing" its treatment of military prisoners of war and civilians in detention camps. They all hae announced their willing ness, on condition of reciprocity, to scive effect to articles XIV and XVI of the annex to The Hague convention No. IV of 1907, which provide for the establishment of a prisoners of wai , inquiry office for furnishing informa tion about prisoners in each country and the deliver? of mail, money and1 parcels to prisoners of war. j "It is unquestionably true that each government desires to deal with this ; iiricult situation in a manner which -rrill bo satisfactory to all concerned, : insofar as circumstances permit. j "Perhaps the most important and i Veeful service which the United States j Government, as the custodian of their interests, has rendered to these bellig erent nations has been to bring about, through the exercise of its good offices, the present arrangement, which will lead to a better understanding among them as to the existing facts and the beat method of dealing with this situa tion in the future." GERMAN BRAVERY, LAUDED , KrtehMas Speakers Convinced of Xa t Ion's ritiinate Victory. LONTON. March 18. In the course ft the debate In the Relctistag In con nection with the second reeding- of the German budget. Major Ernst Basser- I mann, national riberal. praised the! German army and navy for tneir orav erv and exorMsnl narticular admira tion over the1 achievements of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. A Keuter dispatch from Amsterdam quotes Major Basserroann. as saying: "We are all convinced of the de cisive success of our army, and that our enemies will suffer an annihilat ing defeat." Philipp Scheidemann. Socialist, also eulogized the German, troops for their bravery. He ridiculed the suggestion that Germany could be starved. Herr Scheidemann said that a people which did not have its freedom to de fend had nothing to defend. The So cialists, he declared, desired that, sub ject to military interests, the free dom of the press and of public meeting should be restored. The foreign estimates were adopted and" the war estimates passed without debate. PASSPORT PLOT PROVED XEX IXVOLTED BV GERMAN RE SERVIST FOUND GUIXjfY. Principal In Conspiracy Case la to Ad mit Fraud and Throw Self on Mercy of Court. NEW YORK, March 18. Richard Madden and Gustav Cook, of Hoboken, N. J.. were found guilty today of con- : ; .. . l, TTnitaH StatAM in aiding. Richard P. Stegler, a German naval reservist, to procure a false American passport. The jurors who considered the case nd who were selected for their neutral opinions on the .European war aeimeraieu oi.a hours before they reached a verdict. Thev added to it "a strong recommen dation for mercy." The men will be sentenced tomorrow and immediately afterward Stegler, who became a state's witness and tes tified against the two men, will be called for trial, tils counsel annouauuu today that Stegler would plead guuty and throw himself on the mercy of the court. Itfis expected that in asking a light sentence for Stegler his counsel will refer to international aspects, of the case not "brought out in the trial, to which publicity was given at the time Stegler was arrested. The penalty for the offense Is a maximum of two years in prison, $10,000 fine or both. Cook was accused of in troducing Stegler to Madden, and Mad den of furnishing Stegler with his birth certificate to enable him to procure the passport in Madden's name. ADVANCE ADVICE TABOO FEDERAL TRADES COMMISSION ANNOUNCES POLICY, Consideration af Contract Forms or Selling Agreements Before Agreed Held Physiclal Impossibility. WASHINGTON. March 18. The Fed eral Trade Commission will make no attempt to advise corporations as to the legality, under the Trade Commis sion act, of any transactions they con template. A large -number of Inquiries from business concerns have been received by the Department of Justice and will be referred to the Commission. Mem bers of the Commission, however, let it be known today that they feel that not only does the act not place any such duty on them, but that they would be physicially unable to con sider forms of contracts or selling agreements which any or all of hun dreds of companies might submit for approval. The Commission is required by law to aid the Department of Justice in disentangling the affairs of a corpora tion where violation of law has been disclosed by Investigation. All of its responsibility in that regard, however. Is limited to advice after the fact. WGJuf GRANTS PASS MI,? ARRESTED IX SAN FRANCISCO. Officers Say Packages Were Mailed to Relatives af Mea Recently Dead, With Reanest to Pay. SAN frRANClSCO, March 18. Postal agents arrested J. A. Dale, a real estate agent, and H. P. Tracy, a watcnmaKer. both of Grants Pass. Or., here today on charges of using the mails to de fraud. The postal authorities allege that the men In custody had just entered on a "dead man swindle game" when they were arrested. According to the arrest ing officers, the men had mailed 1! packages to persons who have died, under the pretense that they were ordered by the dead person, and were depending upon the relatives to pay the charges. The packages are said to have contained spectacles valued at 35 cenUr. GRANTS PASS, Or.. March 18. J. A. Dale and H. P. Tracy are residents of this place. They left together for ban Francisco last week. Neither has been in trouble here, and nothing is known by local officers concerning the frauds of which they are accused. SUBMARINE CONTRACT LET Construction vof XJnitcci States Sea going Diving Craft Begins Soon. WASHINGTON, March 18. Secretary Daniels signed today contract plans for the Navy s first sea-going sub marine and announced that it would be known as the Schley, in honor of the late Rear-Admiral Schley. The con tract, as well as contracts for tnrec harbor defense submarines. was awarded to the Electric Boat Company, of Groton, Conn.. Navy officials believe the new sea going submarine upon which con struction now will be commenced, is the first of that type in the world. Her displacement will -be in the neighbor hood of 1000 tons, with a surface speed of 20 knots and an underwater speed of between 10 and 12 knots. RANCHER KILLS HIS FAMILY Neighbor Also Murdered by Montana Man Whom Posse Seeks. B I LUNGS. Mont. March IS. Leon Willman. a rancher living near Forsyth, shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and a neighbor. John Carney, today. Willman escaped to the hills, pursued by .the Sheriff's posse. It is reported that Willman also killed his young child. - Willman had served jail sentences for abusing his wife, and each time the was protected by Carney. Willman went to Carney's home and killed him. Then he went to his own home and killed his family. 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There was not. he said, a single authenticated record of ptomaine poisoning from canned foods in 2000 supposed cases reported to the asso ciation and investigated. Interned Women to Be Freed. NISH, Serbia, via London, March 18. After prolonged negotiations through the medium of the Spanish legation at Bucharest, the governments or hernia and Austria' have agreed to exchange interned women irrespective of their age, and men under 18 years and over 50. RUMANIA SEIZES SHELLS Munitions From Germany for Turkey Falsely Marked, It Is Said. PARIS, March 18. A message to the Balkan Agency from Bucharest says the Rumanian government has seized a large quantity of shells in transit from Germany for Turkey. The contents of the cases containing these shells are said to have been dis guised by false marks. Firm Fined for Paying Bill. BRCSSEI..S, via Berlin and London. March 18. The firm of Henri Leten has been fined 20.100 marks ($5000). for vio- CASTOR I A - j . for Infanta and Children. 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