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VOL. XIII. NO. 293.
PORTLAND, OREGON, . SATURDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY- 13, 1915 TWO SECTIONS 14 PAGES
PRICE TWO : CENTS ,&&ilK Vek
PRESIDENT OF
E NATIONS
GERMAN ARMORED CRUISER ON FIRE AND SINKING IN NORTH SEA AFTER BRITISH BATTLE
SEND WARNINGS
TO THE KAISER
Norway, Sweden and Den
mark Protest to Germany
Aganst Danger to Neutral
Shipping in New War Zone!
LANGUAGE LESS STRONG
THAN THAT IN AMERICAN
Berlin Says Protest Has Em
harassed Her Greatly;
Copy Sent Emperor.
tPnlteit Pri Inspfl Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 13. It was learnwl
today that Norway, Sweden and len
inark have nil protested to -Germany
Against the latest decree extending the
German war zone.
The Scandinavian protest was
couched irf language less vigorous than
that which marked the American pro
test, but it is said to stand squarely
behind the principle announced in the
Amer.can note.
It Is understood that Holland arid
probably Italy will send similar pro
tests HOOIl.
Copies of the notes were furnished
the Scandinavian diplomats before the
texts were given out to the American
press, for the Kuidance of these coun
tries in whatever action they desired
to take.
Neither the Herman nor British em
bassy would discuss today the Ameri
can note's. Herman Ambassador von
Pernstorff said In; had received no
word from Merlin regarding; the mat
ter, although Herman press dispatches
declared Ambassador Gerard had pre
sented the protest to the foreign office
there.
- It was said that England and Ger
many both would make replies satis
factory to the United States.
CABINET COUNCIL IS
CALLED IN BERLIN TO
CONSIDER PROTESTS
Berlin, by wireless to London. Feb.
12.- The German foreign office con
siders that the American note regard
ing the extension of the German war
zone has complicated the international
situation.
This was admitted by officials today.
The imperial chancellor today consid
ered with the foreign secretaiy the uot
lihes of the note. tie has assumed
the position that the American de
mand has preatly embarrassed Ger
many and will have to be the subject
of a cablnetcouncil. No reply will be I
made Represent.
it is understod that the entire text
o.f the messase was forwarded to the
kaiser, who 1s at the eastern battle
f ron t.
Chancellor von Bethmann-1 foil weg
will leave immediately to confer with
t'ce emperor.
Although the possibilities presented
ai the result of the note are fully rec
ognized, it is insisted in official circles
that Germany cannc change her posi
tion. -It Is absolutely vital, the kaiser
iu"ii his advisers have agreed, that KnfT
land's commerce must be checked.
F
BRYAN HE'D BETTER
SECURE SHIP S CARGO
American Trade Will Suffer
if Wilhelmina Is Not Per
mitted to Go to Germany.
fl'nitcfl Pre Leased Wire.)
Washington, feb. 13. The govern
ment was advised today that an un
lavorable outcome of the test case to
be made in a British prize court by
the American steamer Wilhelmiha will
bring retaliatory measures against
- Kngland by Germany vn which Ameri
cans may suffer commercially.
Count von Bernstorff. the German
ambassador, presented this warning to
Secretary, of State Bryan and Coun
sellor Lansing. He suggested that it
would be to the interest of the Fnited
States to seek -favorable action by the
rrise court in 'the case.
He declared the kaiser would not
tolerate England's plan to starve Ger
man , civilians and the Vnited States
was warned that it might expect the
strongest measure of retaliation
against England by Germany. It was
1 lilnted that American commerce might
be shut off as part of Germany's pro-lose-d
course.
Von Bernstorff suggested that the
t'nited States ought not to acquiesce
ir. the seizure of the Wilhelmina,
which was declared to be arbitrary in
iew of the German assurances that
American food shipments would be
vised only to supply the needs of
civilians.
The Wilhelmina, which sailed from
New York some weeks ago loaded
with food for Germany, put into Fal
mouth harbor early this week after
being buffeted by a terrible storm
for several days. She Intended merely
to repair her damage, but the British
admiralty seized her cargo and threw
the case into a prize court. The W1I-
helmlna herslf will be released as
" soon as she has been unloaded.
v In spite of Count von Bernstorff s
.warning, the state department indi
cated J this, afternoon that St wonld
. await the outcome of the prise court
proceedings before making any format
objection.
EN
ORF
WAR
This reniarkable photograph, taken rroin a British battleship, shows ilie dmnan bmtle crniser Bluec;her .sinking, battered and tura-ly shct and liell, witli a great fire midhiMt. What. left of the crew
after her engagement with the Lion and the Princess lioyal can be seen lined up at "attention" in the stern, of the doomed vessel. In announcing the Iiritish naval victory in the North sea, January
'24, the admiralty, said: ."Shortly after 1 o'clock the Kluecher, which had previously fallen out of the line, capsized and sank. One hundred and twenty-three survivors have been rescued from
the Bluecher's crew of &xr, and it is is possible that others have been saved by some of our destroyers." The Uluecher was an armored cruiser of 15,300 tons and 49f feet in length, carrying twelve
H.2-inch guns with armaments. .-
GERMAN CHIEF
TOO HUGH FOR
THE RUSSIANS
Von Hindenburg Again Drives
Invaders Out of East Prus
sia, Berlin Announces, Af
ter Taking 30,000 Men.
Orders Sash on Wanw.
Amsterdam, Feb. 1H. Ad
vices received here today from
Berlin say Kaiser Wilheim has
appealed to General von Kin
denhurp to order a desperate
dash on Warsaw' n-xt week and
to sacrifice everything, if nec
essary, to efffit its capture.
The reason va deelared to be
a desire to have the reichstag
vote a new war loan of $l,:!ro.
000. 000. and It was believed
Warsaw's capture would sweep
away all opposition.
i
By Karl II. von Wiegand, United
I'ress Staff Correspondent.
Berlin, by wireless to London. Feb.
13. Onee more Germany reioices over
the victories of Field Marshal von Hin
denburg and "the old man of the lakes"
has aroused the national spirit to the
highest pitch.
It is becoming more apparent daily
that1 the Russian offensive in Hast
Prussia has been completely crushed.
The Slav forces which essayed a drive
against Konlgsberg and Thorn nave
been epeHed from German territory
and some dispatches describe the en
emy's retreat as so precipitate as to be
"dangerously near a rout."
Only a small measure of tle details
of the German victory bus been made
public but estimates today placed the
number of Russians captured at 30.000.
I Concluded on Page FlTe. Column Two.)
SHELLS MADE IN THE
UNITED STATES USED
BY ALLIES, IS
Berlin Statement Mentions
Use of Artillery Shells Man
ufactured in This Country,
(t'nited Press Leased WlreA
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. L. 1.,
Feb. 13. Reports that German mili
tary positions bad suffered heavily as
a -result of yesterday's British aerial
raid were denied in an official state
ment issued from the war office to
day. "Near the coast." the tatement said,
"the enemy's aviators dropped bombs
on the civilian population and prop
erty. The German military losses
irrelevant.
"On the west front artillery shells
were found which doubtless were
manufactured in the United Slates. All
attacks of the enemy1 have been re
pulsed. "Yesterday, east of Souain, German
troops captured 14 officers and 4SS
men. Two hundred dead were found
in front of the German positions. The
German losses were only 90 in dead
and wounded.
;, "North of Masaiges and northwest
of St. Memehould our forces have oc
cupied 120 meters of the enemy's po
sitrons. Near Sudelkopf in the Vosges,
the enemy was repulsed.
? "Operations on the Prussian frontier
every Wheire are successful. Along the
Vistula the Germans were advancing
In the direction of llacionz. Klsewhere
in Poland nothing of Importance was
reported.' . . , , .
CLAIM
i
Story of Battle
The North seat battle on January
24.. between a British and a German
fleet, provided the most thrilling sea
batle of the present war. Karly in
the morning the German fleet was
sighted, presumably steaming' for an
attack on Newcastle and the Hartley
pools, to repeat the raids of mld-De--cember.
At the time the British
sighted the German vessels they were
approximately 120 miles from their
base and the haven of safety in the
mine field around Helieodand.
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty. on
board the battle cruiser Lion, ordered
his fleet to give chase to the Her
mans. The Lion led the British line,
followed by the Tiger, the Princess
Royal, the Indomitable -and then the
New Zealand, in the order named.
Torpedo boats1 arid destroyers com
pleted the British -bat tie 'line;.
The Lion soon . overhaul ad the
Bluecher, the German iitp which -was
JUVENILE COORWRK
SHOULD GO TO COUNTY
IT. SAYS
Judge Gate-ns Busy, While
Judge Cleeton Has Much
Idle Time, Says Werctworth
(Sal ii: Bureau or Tli Jjnraal.)
Salem. Or., Feb. IS. In response to
the demand of a majority of the Mult
nomah county delegation, the house
this morning p: ,ssed II. B. 401. intro
duced by 1,. J. Wentworth. transfer
ring the juvenile court work from the
circuit to the county court.
The situation, a.i admitted by both
the majority and minority factions, af
fects Multnomah county only, ond a
bitter argument developed on the
house floor, in which those who were
striving to depose Judge W. N. Gdtens
from the juvenile work handed him
bouquets of praise and those who fa
vored his retention paid hitrh compli
ments to the circuit judges who are
back of the movement to oust him.
Almost every upstate member took
occasion to explain his vote when roll
call time came, each declaring that the
ficht seemed to center in the Mult
nomah delegation alone, and, accord
ingly those who did vote for the bill
said they were doing so-teeanse a ma
jority of the delegation favored it.
Cleeton Has Jlnty of Time.
Mr. Wentworth, in speaking for the
bill, declared that Judge Gdtens Is
overloaded with circuit court duties
and is obliged to give up his evenings
and Saturdays to the juvenile work. On
the other hand. Judge T. L. Cleeton.
with only-half his time occupied with
probate and insane matters, has ample
opportunity to handle the work and
this without the extra salary of $600
per year now being paid Judge Gatehs.
Oscar XV. Home, who opened the
fight for the opposition, declared it
wrong to take, the work away from
Judge Gatens at this time. Later, he
said, he favored the election of an in
dependent branch of the bnch to de
vote itself exclusively to juvenile work,
b tuthat time has not come. He de
clared Gatens not behind in his circuit
work- because of the burdens of the
juvenile court.
Could Have Played Politic.
"If he bad followed out the full al
lowance of the law, he could have em
ployed two additional deputies and
built up a strong political organiza
tion." he said. "When the court was
first established, all the judges de
clared, 'I don't want this work.' but
now that Gatens has made it a success,
all are jealous of his influence."
C. M. Hurlburt declared the question
not altogether such a local issue as
seemed apparent. He saw hints of -a
violation of thSynciple of the non
partisan judiciary in the effort to un
seat. Gatens. He urged the legislature
not to lend its hand to furthering such
a political movement, of this kind.
Sending Out Applications.
Application blanks are being sent'
out' by the water bureatt to all wateV'
consumers who wish to sprinkling
service. J! 1 The erd'Snarice a adopted , by
the council allows tM bnreaurto. levy
a fine of $2. if sprinkling on unmetered
services is done without f irat having
filed an apolication. r
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in North Sea
sunk, and gave her a broadside. Then
she swept on after the Dorff linger.
Seydlitz and the Molkte, the German
ships which had apparently abandoned
the slower Bluecher to her fate. Dur
ing this time both fleets were steam
ing at top speed toward Heligoland.
The Tiger and the Princess Royal
finisher! the work of destrovinir the
Bluecher, begun by the Uon. Again f
and again the British gTins raked the
now swaying and plunging German
vessel. According to some reports a
torpedo finished her and she sank
beneath the waves.
The Lion and the torpedo boat de
stroyer Meteor were damaged andjhad
to be towed to port. The KolUerg,
Dorfflinger. Seydllt2 and Molkte of
thcGermans were also baly damaged
but managed to escape in the mine
fields, where the British; -.Oa-red not
follow; them. Altogether the batle
lastetf. a, little over.;-tw hours.
BOLD ROBBERS MARE
THEIR ESCAPE WITH
FUNDS OF POSTOFFICE
Superintendent Forced, at the
Point of Guns, to Open Up
Safe of East Side Station.
The postoffioe inspectors force and
tm city detectives today are engage.)
in the hunt of two highwaymen who
Inst night shortly before 7 o'clock held
up A. G. Ott. superintendent of post
office substation "A" at Union and
Fast Alder street, as he was leaving
the place, and compelled him to reenter
and unlock the safe from which they
secured $46'. SO in stamps and cash.
l ne ioioei s escapeu aiier iiauucu i i mg j
Ott to a mail ra k in the. rear of the
office. They also took a book of blank
money orders, numbered from 81&81 to
81999, but tailed to secure the neces
sary dating stamp. It is believed the
robbers made their get-away in a taxi
cab which was painted 'dark blue.
The machine was seen' to stop at
Fast Alder and Grand avenue, a. block
away by a girl employed in- a nearby
candy store. She saw two men an
swering the description of the high
waymen enter it and "drive south on
Grand avenue.
Neither robber - was masked, and in
, 1 .
(Concluded on Pace Kire. Column Tbree)
j Australian Opals and
a Shoe Salesman
The name of the classification
in which it appears today precede
each of these Journal Want Ads:
Housekeeping Booms
West Side Private Pamlly 73
' $3 WKKK or Jll month, 2 newly
furnished outside rooms for
housekeeping .including linoleum,
Navajo iug. gas range, clothes
closet and bath. 5 minutes from
postoffice."
Swap Column 25
NO MONK V Clear me 15 acres.
I deed you 20 acres, good level
land in Multnomah county. See
owner."
Business Opportunities Wanted 68
-SHOE salesman with good east
ern firm wants equity in shoe
store of good live western town,
capable of taking full charge; best
of references."
X.ost and Pound 31
LOST- toady's umbrella; black
silk with red knobbed detach
able handle. Left Monday eve
ning in Sunnyside jitney. Re
ward." Poultry and Pig-eons 37
"FOR QUICK SALE Two Black
Minorca cockerels., famous
Northrup strain, $5 each."
Por Sale IXlscsllaneons 19
'AUSTRALIAN black opals, $1.50
to K.50 per K. -
Atttemobila.AoofOllM ' 44.
i"i$t4 i. - pass. Ford, practically,'"
:i i n w. v Rtm 1 ess , tna ri J. fnil es,
4av uwner.
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EUROPE HURRY
Lusitania and St. Paul Sail
Today With Persons Eager
to Return Home Before the
Blockade Is Started.
iCnlted Pres T-eised Wire."
London- Feb 13. Great interest was
piarjif et jr ifcdas;f ltr."ttetWiwi
or Hie liners liucitama ana i. t-au
from Liverpool, for New Tork. Thei
was no reason to believe the vessels
would he Interfered with, but it was
realized there was a possibility of a
submarine -attack.
The cabins of both liners were
crowded". Many Americans, who re
mained here out of curiosity, were re
turning aboard the liners, fearing
sailings might be entirely suspended
if Germany started real submarine
operations. While trouble was not
anticipated on the present voyage, it
was believed the Germans would en
deavor to sink the -Lusitania if she at
tempts to make the return trip on
schedule time".
The British admiralty was silent,
but it was generally believed the
Lusitania and St. Paul would be es
corted by destroyers.
- Lusitania Flies Union Jack.
Liverpool, Feb. 13. The steamship
Lusitania, flying ;the British flag,
sailed from this port at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. A rnajoilty of the passen
gers were Americans It could not lie
learned whether Captain Dow had been
instructed to hoist "the American flag
after the Lusitania enters the Irish
sea.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
CANNOT -OPERATE IN
THE PANAMA CANAL
Sixty Days Given to Dispose
of Holdings in Pacific Mail
Steamship Copipany,
AMERICANS N
ll'nlted Pre Lense.1 Wire.S
Washington, Feb. 13. The Southern
Pacific railroa'd must dispose of Its
holdings In the Pacific, Mail Steamship
company, unless operation of the ves
sels of the steamship company through
the Panama canal Js stopped w-ithln
60 days. This was vthe decision handed
down by the Interstate Commerce com
mission today. ; The commission held
that operation of vessels through the
canal made the Southern Pacific's
holdings in the line illegal "under the
law.
1'nder the Panma canal act a steam
carrier cannot lawfully hold stock in
a steamship line operating thro'ugh the
canal which may be a possible compet
itor of the steam carrier. The com
mission ruled that there are potential
possibilities of competition between
the Pacific Mail company and the
Southern Pacific, particularly from
San Francisco.
The net result of, the decision is
that the Pacific Mail's service oper
ated via the canal, as proposed, would
make both carriers liable to -the Pana
ma canal act and that divotc would
be necessry. .
- It is set forth that the Southern
Pacific owns Jt 1.000.000 of the Pa
cific Mall's. 120,000,000 capital stock.
The commission held that unless the
Pacific Mail's service via the-canal to
Colon on the Atlantic .aide was changed
and unless the steaitj era were ruo from
San Francisco to . Balboa, an ' the 'Pa
cific; aide of vthec-isthmus, it wocId.j-o-fua
- to allow the steamship., company
to operate through .the canal underilta
present -status s a - Southern Pacific
subsidiary.'')- t- i- '
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4
.' I. '.W".. jib .:v9PaWflHBBWMW-
until .t-
Cyclist Knocks
Woman Distance
of Thirty Feet
Firemen Say Rider Was Coasting
Down Vista Avenue at 40-.llle
Clip; Mrs. Allen Hurt.
While coasting down Vista avenue
from the heights just before 6 o'clock
last night, the motorcycle ridden by
Rudolph George, 18 years old, of 595
Lovejoy street, struck Airs. Mary P.
Allen, a California woman who is sla
ter and guest of Mrs. C. H. Greene, of
434 Carter Lane.
"Mrs. Allen, who had just stepped
from a street car, was hurled 30 feet
bile tho motorcycle akidded 10Q feet.
turned over and slid a Jit tie further
with 'the rider .underneath. Firemen
of engine IS, -who saw George pass the
tiout ,bjkm lng , i . mile
an hour.
"Mrs. ' He was rendered uncon
scious. , . Policeman' Stuart arrested
George, and Mrs. Allen was carried. to
the home of Iter sister. Dr. McKenvsie,
who attended her,, found that he suf
fered from severe bruises and con
tusions. She will be confined to her
bed for several days.
The case against George will not be
tried until Mrs. Allen Is able to appear
in court. George is said to have ad
mitted that he was going 35 miles an
hour .
Airs. Allen was to have gone to a
hospital today lo undergo an opera
tion. MORS DECLARED INSANE
New York, Feb. 13'. Frederick Mors,
who has confessed that he killed eight
Inmates of the Odd Fellows' Home at
Yonkers. will be declared insane and
de(fbrted.
This, at least, was the declaration
here, today of an official of the home,
who said be knew positively there
would he no grand jury investigation
of his confession. The authorities
here are beginning to accept his stories
of conditions at the home as insane
ravings.
Dayton Store Itobbel.
Dayton. Or.. Feb. 13. The hardware
store of George A. Allen of this citv
was burglarized last night. Cutlery,
anjmunitjon and firearms, value
amounting close to J 100, were stolen.
Business' men have been employing a
night watchman for some weeks to
check the activities of- burglars.
, 1 1 l,,.,,.y
Problem of Unemployed Grows
State Farm Might Be Answer
' k . .. k r. ? k k; s ' " ! '
Take Jobless off City Streets
j .
BY OSWALD WEST
"All nature seems at work, slug- lavc their lair
The bees are stirring birds are on the wing
And -winter, slumberin"; in the opVi air.
Wears on his smiling-. face a dream of springi
And I. the while, the sole imbusy tiling,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing."
Salem. Or., Feb. 13. Representative Allen Eaton ha introduced in
the interest of labor a free employment bureau bill. Measure covering
the needs of the workingmen. however, are receiving but scant considera
tion at the hands of this legislature. A nuniber of -labor-measures have
already been sent to the land of the "long sleep." and others lare likely to
follow. A legislature makes a mistake when it passes , lightly ovef ; the
wants of those who toil. Courteous consideration given to measures in
their interest will go far towards instilling in their hearts a kindly feeling
towards the powers that be and promoting harmony as between capital
and labor. " , "
UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM IS GROWING ' f '
The workmen's compensation act has done much to bring capital and
labor together in this state, and the establishment of a free employment
bureau and the regulation of private employment agencies vv6uld, prove
another good move. The unemployed problem has become a serious otic
throughout the land and seems to be growing more, so each year. The
federal government, recognizing its
the situation, and its. endeav ors in
byearnest effort on the part of the
tvi.:t; .i - ' ....,i..v...ii..
f v imc iiKic c -uiiMuuiicuij-Hidiiy ciiiiicni anq noncstiy -conducted
employment agencies there are lso undoubtedly many with unscrupulous
management that prey upon the unemployed. It is the duty of the istatc,
thcfcforVto throw every protection; around the workingmen in hi dealings
(Concluded on Pax
1
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SLIGHT CHANGE
IS DISCOVERED
Dimick Sees Possibility of
Saloon Being Removed
From Street Corner Into
Homes of State. ;
(Salem Bnrean of "Tie Jnnrnt.
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. Thai-there;, -,1
djmnUUatl sProhiWUon bUi. which
is llkeiy to explode at any time if the
bill is not carefully , handled. v waa
shown; this morning when Senator
Pimtek objected to the action of the
committee on alcoholic traffic In elim
inating the warns "ov family," In the
section prescribing the maximum
amount of liquor that may he shipped
Into the state.
When passed by the house' the jbill
fixed tlve limit at two quarts of vinous
liquor,. or. 24 quarts of malt liquor that
may be shipped in by any "person or
family" In "four weeks. !
The senute-commlttea struck out the
words "or family."- v " j '
The bill was -on the calendar as a
special order for Tuesday ; afternoon.
Senator Dimick. who Is a member of
the committee on alcoholic traffic, said
he had Just discovered the change and
moved to have the bill re-referred to
the committee, as he said he wanted
to see that the words were restored.
Bill Was Approved.
"I don't question the .ictioris of
committee," he said, "but when
the
we
went over the bill anil approved .this
section, as it was when it passed! the
house 1 thought that action was final.
J j
(Concluded on Pace Five. Col'JUin Three)
KILLED IN GAS EXPLOSION
Toledo. Ohio. Feb. 13. Two are lead
and a woman was probably fatally in
jured ad tilt- result of a ga s explosion
and fire which demolished lwo story
building here early today. I
Charles De Meyer and Frank -Bro-song
were Instantly killed.- j
seriousness, has taken steps to relieve
this direction should be .supplemented
state armj its. municipalities, -i ;
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III LIQUOR BILL
Three. Column Two.)
ECUS
!
Three Minutes on Motions
. Under Discussian; Five
Minutes on Final Action Is
New Debate Schedule.
TAX BILL OCCASIONS
CHARGE OF THROTTLING
Monmouth Normal Training
School Favored to Ex- .
tent of $50,000.
f$a!m Riii-ff.ii nf The toorn.) 1
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. Charging that
the; senate committee on assessment
and taxation, of which. Senator T, L,
Perkins Is chairman, was . smothering
his tax bill In committee. Senator r.
A. Barrett made an unsuccessf trt effort
to get his bill taken from the table
and considered this morning,
. Incidental to, the discussion that
Barrett started, President Thompson
announced that hereafti-V ' he would
limit debates to three minutes when
motions, are under discussion anil -five
minutes when the question is the firml
passage of a hill.
Senator Smith of foos," who also has
a tax: bill reposing on the table, sHid
alii the long-wtnded discussions were
not n his side of the senate chamber.
"There is Flu" tier. Diiigham. Iltnlck
and Garland for Instance," he said.
"I think, the senator is rating up a
lot of the taxpayers' money now," re
torted Butler. -'-."'
BatTett Makes Complaint.
. Senator Marrett, who introduced hi"
tax bill the first"' week'' of the aesslon,
declared, tb'at . the tax eomniitLe h.
been at all times "in "comnrunJcntion
with- the tax cntnmlsiJja slid .' otlu-r
'lrsidliMis , lobbyists Wi -wan to kill
my blH.7 1 . , . '
." He said the committee had never
rug nested a ciiango in' hi bill, but
Whs pimply putting the skids' umlfr it.
;Senalor Uingham. ald ' both "the
Pairett arid, :PinJth J hili wre too
voluminous.. 4nj' that at lof vulf 1 i
them con td be put mi Um ptifc, I!
laid the' Joint committees ht l pie-
I ( uuclmleit on l'age Kle. Column ''lire.
BILL INTRODUCED III
HOUSE BY PADGETT
Compromise "Measure Pro
vides No Neutrality Shall
Be Disturbed by Purchases
M'lfll J'r"". I." (! W1rc,
"fvshlniMon. Felt. l.t. The -coniijio.
miee- administration ship purchase
bill was launched In the bouse toilm.
It was fntriHtuced by hHiimin
Padgett of the h'ouse na vaT commit te
a.nd carried with It a rule, limiting
consideration of it to six hours .next
week.
Chairman Alexander .of the mer
chant . marine committee . will have
chsrge of the measure in the house.
It Is stated that the comproml--'.
1.111. which ha been ifmrnnW !me
proved y: President Wilson, will not
be accepted by the senate ltei.ui
llcans. It is understood that tiiev
will i continue; their fight to prevent
enactment of a - ship bill before in
present session -ends March 4. In
creasing; the prospects of an exlu
session. - ' . . 4 ' .
. Combiaat Two Bills.
The new bill combines the Gore shu.
purchase , bill, .which- carries a 4.
OOO.iiOO , appropriation,-and the Week
narat auxiliary ,11. It -oiilalns
provision airatnst the purchasr- of hiw
shlpa which wouhl dlatnrh tlie.pics-ent-American
neutrality. This clau-.
is a concession by the preshl.-nt wh. ii
Is not contained In the present senate
bill.' - . - .-;'. ,"' '
-The principal riew feature of ' the
compromise bill Is the provision fp
Indefinite ' operation of . the federal
merchant marine by the 'secretary of
the. navy.
Arrangements will ! mude for
caucus of. bouse Democrati! Alondxy.
The bill will be before the hoiie
Tuesday and Thui-sday.
- representative Stephens " of ("ull
fornia ; introduced .In .the house today,
a ship .purchase bill of his own, ' mm
propriatinK . tso.aou.ooa - rur the con
struction of - naval auxlllarfes," to
useel as mercliantmen in time o,f peace,
exclusively In Pan-American trade.
v; Burton Bttamii Tillboster.
" 'In the senate today the administration'-
I-inoerat endeavored t trap the
Republican during the c-onsidcrHtlon
of 'routine 'business. In th inidKt of
-the' introduction of "' petitions. Vice
President Marshall laid out a resolu-
j'tlon which had lain unt from yester.
da v. . Senator Gore f ke 1 for a vote
and roll call, '
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