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VOL. XV. NO. 290.
INTERSTATE BRIDGE SPANNING COLUMBIA RIVER AND CONNECTING OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROWN OPEN AND DEDICATED TODAY The great structure built by the people of Clarke county, Washington, and Multnomah
county, Oregon, to facilitate traffic between the two states and "form a connecting link in the Pacific highway, is opened with elaborate ceremonies. General view (above) of the bridge over the main channel of the Columbia. This section contains 14 spans
and is 3530 feet long. Structure is really, three bridges, with total length of 17,300 feet. Consists of main bridge over Columbia, bridge over Columbia slough and bridge over Oregori slough. Cost $1,750,000, of which Clarke county paid $500,000 and Mult
nomah county $1,250,000. Total weight of steel in structure, 16.696,000 pounds. Looking length of bridge (below) and little girls who drew the ribbons to part the dividing rope between Oregon and Washington. Eleanor Holman (left) and Helen Kiggins (right). '?
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BRUSSELS
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Special Attache of Berlin Em:
bassy Brings Report to
Switzerland After Series of
Trying Experiences.
By Carl W. Ackerman.
Aecompnyin ArabMdor Urrd.
Berne. Feb. 14. (U. P.) German
authorities in Belgium ordered Brand
Whitlock, American minister to Bel
glum, to lower the American flag over
the legation at. Brussels, .having
stopped ali of Whitlock s attempts to
communicate with Washington and are
holding all American relief workers as
prisoners.
Gustav Herter, son of the New York
artist and a special attache of the
fJerlin embassy, arriving here today,
brought this word to American Am
bassador Gerard. He declared that
Germany hopes by her actions to
frighten, America and force her to re
main neutral. '
Herter himself f-aid he was arrested
at the border en route from Berlin. At
tirst be was refused a passport. Ttaon
be was ordered out within 12 hours.
' Subsequently Herter said he waa ar
rented and put in- Jail at Metas. later
betnsr released. He reached Berne ex-,
hausted by his experiences.
Jlerter has been aiding Brand Whit
lock in relief work in Belgium.
Americans in Turkey Safe.
Washington. Feb. 14. (U. P.) Con
cern over Americans in Turkey was
somewhat relieved this afternoon when
the state department received mes
sags from Constantinople dated Febru
ary 7 via Copenhagen.
The department had made Inquiries
yesterday regarding the unusual delay
in reports. Inasmuch as no word had
come from there since the German
break. This afternoon a messages
showed no unusual dauger to Ameri
cans, the department said.
TO SEND DIVERS 10
AMERICAN SHORES
Possibility of United States
Entering War Said to Have
Been Considered,
By Carl W. Acke:irian.
Berne, via Paris. Feb. 14. (U. P.)
Germany Is prepared to send subma
rines into American waters, especially
to the region of the Panama canal.
The oossibility of America entering
the vrar has been carefully considered
' by German officials but, nevertheless.
thev expect to have the entente at
' their mercy within six months regard
less of American developments.
' They are confident the' submarines
will paralyse 'the war industries of the
allies. ' I
v Meanwhile the Germans are pre'
pared t.0 launch gigantic offensives on:
land, In the air, and with torpedo boat
fleets, In addition to the sub-sea cam
paign. ,
Germany is stronger today in a mili
tary sense than at any time since the
war began. k
Because of the Isolation of America,
Germany does not believe that Ameri
can participation in the war would
have any real effect.
Appeal Is Made to '
Congress by Labor
.Washington. Feb. 14. (U. P.) An
.appeal to members of congress to or
ganize informal referendum in their
district to obtain an expression of the
', popular will on the question of war
waa today sent to each member in the
- form of a proclamation from "the
workingmen of America."
The- three-foot proclamation bears
. th a'; r portraits of Lincoln and Samuel
Uompera.., ' , .
v Gompers. t stated, has communl-
rated with Carl Tgien. - head of the
iermai labor movement, to prevail
upon the German government, to avoid.
. a break with the United States,"
" The president la requested. In resolu
. tlons from. S00.000 trade unionists, to
-keep u out of irar." T m
HE CAPTIVE
GERMANY
PREPARED
Japan Stands
Ready to Aid
United States
Head of Mitsui & Co. Says Naval
and Military Power Would
lie Available.
Dallas, Texas. Feb. 14. (U. P.) "In
case tha- United States and Germany
should go to war, Japan would use all
her naval a.nd military power to beip
the United States."
This was the declaration today of Y.
Nagashima, head of Mitsui & Co
known as the "House of Morgan of
Japan." and the biggest financial in
stitution in the orient.
"We may be a foolish people, as
some nations believe," continued Naga
shima, "but we are not so foolish as
to think the friendship of Germany
more valuable to us as a nation than
the friendship of the United States.
"I believe the United States would
be wise to go to war with Germany
we have found it most prof itablo."
Nagashima is here with his wife on
a tour of the United. States, investigat
ing financial conditions. He was re
cently in New York and Washington
and heard the congressional debate
over the immigration bill.
Japanese to Fight Divers.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14. (U. P.
Japanese warships "will be sent to aid
In the blockade of central countries,
officers of Rear Admiral T. Takashi
ta's squadron admitted here . today.
They ara m Seattle on shore leave front
the three Japanese cruisers which are
now coaling at Esquimau, near Vic-
BHa.
fVXag .lieutenant Tamamoto toid
Uewspaper men that they would he
sent, probably, to the Mediterranean
The three cruisers, Idzurha, Iwate and
Nishin, now at Equimalt, will return
to Japan, whence they have orders to
proceed, they declare.
TO TAX GRANT LANDS
AFTER TITLE PASSES
House Passes Bean Bill Pro
viding That Lands Them
selves Should Bear Burden
Salem. Or., . Feb. 14. Oreron's sov
ereign right to retain taxable jurisdic
tion over the Oregon and California
grant lands regardless of the dispo
sition made of them by congress, was
affirmed this morning in the house of
representatives in the passage of H. B.
302, introduced by Representative
Bean of I,ane county.
The bill was passed by unanimous
vote of the house after Mr. Bean had
expUinet the objects intluding a re
cital of the history of the land grant,
and its declared reversion to the fed
eral government under forfeiture.
"This state should not yield up its
sovereign right of taxation simply be.
caue congress has revested the title
in the federal government," explained
Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean held that the
lands themselves should bear the tax
burden, regardless of ultimate owner
ship, and in this he held that the bill
is in no way counter to any federal de
cisions or congressional acts.
The bill provides that such lands b
listed on the 1916 assessment roll's of
the land-grant counties, and relieves
the counties from the payment of state
taxes until it has been collected by the
Gordon. Gore, Griggs, Hodgen, Jones,
Action Conflicts With Decisions.
Well-informed attorneys of Portland
declare that the action of the legisla
ture in attempting to tax Oregon-Ca.l.
fornla grant lands is' in direct clash
with the decisions of the courts, which
have upheld the federal governments
claims of title. The government is
now preparing to adjust the land-grant
counties' claims for taxes to the dai
when title was revested in the United
States and Is preparing to throw open
all of the lands of agricultural charac
ter" to private entry as soon as they
can be classified, thus restoring th-m
to the tax rolls at an early date.
'Representative Bean's' bill asserts
the state's right to tax the land dur
in the short period the title to the
same is In the federal government and
while it Is preparing the. lands for
settlement.
The claim, to do this will doubtless
be resisted by the United States as be
lng beyond the power of the state and
in violation or tne enabling act where
in Oregon was admitted to the union.
Furthermore, it - is an exhibition of
bad faith by the state that wilt? no
doubt arouse the antagonism of the
federal authorities and: make it dif
flcult tor the Oregon congressional
delegation' to get favorable action
from the1 Interior department for open
ing and settlement of the grant Jands.
OREGON -KEEPS
RIGHT
PORTLAND, OREGON,
HOUSE
REJUrr FOR THE
Resolution Intended to Fix
Method of Procedure Dur-
. ing Last Days Adopted!
This Morning; No Debate.
Salem, Or., Feb. 14. Awakened to
the impending avalanche of bills
which will flood the members between
now and the time for adjournment, the
house this morning adopted a resolu
tion without debute, attempting to pro
vide for Rii.'h limited procedure as
would aid ia riding out the storm that
Is fcure lo come.
liaton, dean of the nouse, introduce,
the resolution which' recited that titer
are yet more than 100 house bills- and
lo0 senate hills, many of them of
great importance, not to speak of
bulk, which have not 'yet come beore
the heuse for consideration. .
This, in addition to the Incidental
business alw-u.y.-i-riimm.-would-, him
the house witn Dustnesfe, and reSurftrTiUCrTrf and expect within a short time
muoli legislation being illy considered
or lost in the shuffle, so that the reso
lution set up the following procedure:
- How It Will WorJt.
lia-h member -will be allowed to se
lect one bill in which he . particu
larly interested, and these will be con
sidered ahead of all other legislation.
In the i.rder In vhich they are now
on the calendar.
Appropriation Mils are to be except
ed from this rule and all those not
considered by 8 o'clock tonight are to
be put at the head of the calendar as
fast .a they appear in thehouse.
Discussion of all bills is to be lim
ited to 10 minutes for the affirmative
and 10 minutes for the negative, the
speaking time to be apportioned oy
floor leaders to be selected. The re
quest is made that all committees re
port bills-back at the eanlest moment.
hoej ht.vlng tn unanimous affirma
(Coiiclnded on Page Kle. Column Three)
Bean Bonding Bill
Passes the Senate
Senator Olson Explains Bill as Emer
gency Measure to Meet Federal
Boad Funds; Btrayer Opposed.
Salem, Or., Feb., 14. The Bean
bonding bill passed the senate this
afternoon by a vote of 23 to 4.
Senator Olson explained the bill as
an emergency measure to raise funds
to match the federal funds allowed
under the Shackleford act In case the
bill, passed this morning, doubling
automobile license fees, should be de
clared unconstitutional.
Senator Strayer was the only
senator to speak against the bill. He
declared he believes the people when
they passed the 6 per cent tax. limi
tation meant just what they said.
The vote on the bill, which is II n.
21, was as follows:
Ayes Baldwin, Barrett, Bishop. Cu-
sick, Eddy, Farrell, Garland, Gill, Haw
ley, Handley, Hurley, Huston, Uelnen-
webeiV .Lewis,. JJps.er, Olson, Orton,
Shanks, Smith of Josephine, Steiwcr,
Vinton, Von der Hellen, Wilbur 23.
Noes Dimick. La Follett. Pierce,
Strayer 4.
Absent-Blngham, Wood 2..
Traveler Must Pay
For Accommodations
Washington. Feb. 14. (I. N. S.)
The right of railroads to charge a sin
gle passenger occupying a Pullman
drawing-room two fares was upheld to
day by the Interstate Commerce com
mission. The tariff was fought by
Henry H. Carter of Boston, who con
tended that he should be . permitted
such accommodation for one fare !n
addition to the Pullman charge.
Wolf Von Igel Free
To Return to Berlin
New York. Feb. 14. U. P.) Wolf
von lael. secretary to Captain von
Papen. recalled military attache of the
Rerm&n embassy, win depart ror eer
lin this afternoon with his bond can
celled and free to avoid 'Tor, all time
trial on the charge of conspiracy
against him In connection ' with the
Welland canal bomb plot.' The indict
ment stili stands.. - - -
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Portland Gets
Direct Steamer
Line to Alaska
Oregon-Alaska S. S. Co. Incor
po rated at Salem Today; Kusko
kwlm Is First of Fleet.
Establishment of a direct steamstilp
line from Portland to southeastern
Alaska is being completed by Port
land capitalists.
The Oregon-Alaska Steamship com
pany was incorporated at Salem today
y i.. A. Bi'rtkhaidt. V. . Burckhardt
and I... A. Mi-Narv for $?". 000. I
The steamer Knskokwim River h.-ifi I
Deen purchased and will be ready for I
service March 1. She is being iuipped
with the engines of the torpedo boat
Fox and is expected to make aout 12
knots when completed.
The Burckhardts are owners and op
erators of the Alaska-Pacific Fisheries,
and as such have large shipments,
both northbound and southbound.
They are In touch with the cannery
situation, and are of the belief that
they caif msks a success of the line.
"We are starting properly," declared
C. A. Burckhardt this morning. "One
steamer, capable of handling about
1000 tons of frelsfht, has been secured,
and, as the business grows, we will
put on more vessels.
"We are not holding out false hope
to the merchants of Portland. We will
not be able to handle perishable
freight during this first season, but
we wilt b enabline them to comneie
Lfar-tifc big f"'H.-yr lnrriW"
to be able to give them a really good
service."
The same capitalists have the motor
ship Oregon on the ways at cattle
teady to be launched . Saturday. She
is in tsuch demand and at su.-h high
rates, however, that she will be sent
offshore. When steamer rates drop
again she will be put in the Alaska
tiade.
EMPLOY ABOUT
Sellwood Plant of Multnomah
Mohair Mills to Be Taken
by Portland Knitting Mills,
Reopening of the Multnomah Mohair
Mills, located in Sellwood, was dis
cussed at a meeting tf people of that
community in their clubhouse last
night.
J. A. Zentbauer, one of the propri
etors of the Portland Knitting MI113,
who has been attempting the reorgan
ization of the plant, and G. G. Schmtt.
his attorney, presented the proposition.
The mill and grounds represent a
value of close to $225,000. it is sai 1. i
The plan is to float a stock company
capitalized at $350,000 to handle the
business. The common stock of $225.
000 is said to be already subscribed
and it is the preferred stock that the
company wishes to float.
The plant, if reopened, would emplov
about 300 people. The people of Sell
wood were asked to subscribe $25,000.
Tie cnalrman of the meeting. Attor
ney H. M. Huff, president of the Sell
wood Commercial club, on motion, ap
pointed H. W. Morgan. W, M. LaForue,
Greenwood Bentley, J. W. Campbell and
W: H. :Golding a committee to canvass
the community for subscriptions to the
stock of the corporation, and thojc
gentlemen will begin their labor at
once. They expect to have the full
amount subscribed within a week or
10 days.
Baseball Strike Is
Called Off by Fultz
New York. Feb. 14. (U. P.) The
baseball strike is all off.
Dave Fultz president of the Base
ball Players' fraternity, this afternoon
issued a statement saying ht had de
cided to release players from their
pledges to the fraternity providing the
league owners, would not discriminate
against the fraternity members.
as .tne 19 n contracts contain a
clause promising not to discriminate
against fraternity members,' the state
ment automatically called off the
threatened strike. '
France Puts PiSze
On Attacking Diver
Paris. Feb. 14. (I. N. 6.) A resoiu
tion has been offered in the , Chamber
of Deputies providing a prize of J 00.-
000- francs for the crewf any ses'
set ' that , dpjttrm s an attacking stab.
marine, - ' - r r ' ; F ' '
KNITTING MILLS WILL
OPEN MOHAIR WORKS
300
FEBRUARY 14, 1917. -EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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WAY FROM U. S:
1MERS1F1ARTY
Frederik VIII, With Ger
many's Representatives
Aboard, Departs,
New York, Feb. 14. (U. P.) The
iiner Frederik VTII, carrying Count
von Bernstorf f, dismissed Geiman am
bassador, and his party back to Ber
lin, sailed at :15 this afternoon.
'ouni and 'ouitess von Bernstorl'f
er" deeply affected when they eu
tered their ptate'oom and found it
banked with or-hids.
t'nder heavy guard of 1'nited States
secret service men. 160 deputies of the
custon house neutrality squad and Ho
boken police. Count von Bernstorff,
and his suite arrived In Hoboken early
today from Washington.
The party was immediately escorted
to the pier of the liner Frederik VIII
and went aboard the ship.
The German- envoy and the Ger
man consuls from various parts of
the country, together with other
Teutonic diplomatic representatives,
are en route to Berlin.
Von Bernstorff was accompanied
by 175 members of the German dip
lomatic corps in the United States.
Occupying the Pullman coach Man
hattan were the count, Mme. von
Bernstorff and Prtnc and Princess
von Hatzfeldt. Their train pulled
into the station . at Newark at i
o'clock.
Few Knew of Arrival.
Switched from the Pennsylvania
tracks to the Jersey Central, the train
of three cars and a baggage coach
was taken to vveenawxen. mere
the train was switched to a freight
track and taken down the shore of
the Hudson river to Hoboken, where
it stopped at 7:30 at Thirteenth and
Hudson streets, three blocks from the
pier.
(Concluded on r- Thirteen, Column One)
Concern Now Felt
For Sailing Ship
Schooner Brtrierer, 38 Bays From Hon
olulu for Grays Harbor and Sighted
Oft Columbia Blrer, Xs Kissing.
Aberdeen, Wash., Feb. 14. Much
concern is being felt in marine cir
cles for the schooner Retriever, now
38 days from Honolulu for Grays Har
bor. Most windjammers make the trip
from that port in less than 20 days
and more than 30 days seldom is
needed for the passage, even in the
worst weather.
A few days ago the Retriever was re
ported off the Columbia river and out
of provisions. She has been expected
here dally but no vessels entering har
bor have caught sight of her.
Election Fraud Is "
Charged by Jury
Indianapolis. IrkL. Feb. 14. (I. N.
S. The federal grand jury this aft
ernoon returned indictments a gal net
about ISO person c charged with viola
tion of the election laws. The Indict
ments follow a ' lengthy Investigation
conducted by Frank C Dailey, special
assistant attorney general, -ry: i. - ;
Ther names of those accused will not
be made public until arrests are made.
let
RN
IS ON HIS
2. ''239&S,,H
Troop A Battery
K x t X X
Breakfast, Kiss
Spend Happy Hour in Port land
Boys From Calexico Reach City Early Today, and Are Now
Encamped aj Vancouver Barracks, Awaiting
Mustering Out Orders.
They're back.
Welcomed by .hundreds of happy
fathers, sisters, brothers, sweethearts
and just pals, the members of Troop
A. and Battery A. Oregon National
Guard, reached the union depot from
Calexico shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning.
Hundreds of people who had
planned on greeting the boys, suffered
minor disappointments when the train
reached the depot 4 5 minutes ahead
of tho time announced yesterday.
The scene at the depot was one 4ong
to be remembered.
The bustling crowd, the busy .aux
iliary workers feeding the boys, the
police band, the radiant faced troop
ers, the watchful railroad officials
sending their trains away despite .the
big crowd which swayed about them,
the evr-present photographer, the
merry badinage will not be forgotten
by those who were there.
Officers aad Man on parity.
The fact that a man was an officer
counted for little this morning. The
youngest trooper and the camp cook
were kissed and hugged Just as many
times If not more than Captain White.
E
Election. Tomorrow Will Be
Fought Out With Up-State
Members Holding Power,
Salem. Or., Fob. 14. The election of
a commissioner for the-Port of Port
land will be fought out on the floor of
the legislature at noon tomorrow. The
choice will rest with the up-state mem
bers. At a meeting of the Multnomah dele
gation today, when but 10 of the 20
members of the delegation were pres
ent. Representative John Mann brought
up the question of Indorsing "a candi
date for the place and presented the
name of George Kelly.
Senator Robert Farrell counted
noses and pointed out that half the
delegation was .missing, whereupon
Mr. Mann pulled from his pocket a
list of 11 names of members he said
were signed up for Kelly.
Senator Farrell presented the name
of Alfred Tucker, a present member
of the commission by selection of the
other members of the commission, jio
vote was taken.
i Senator -Farrell suggested - that
meeting of the delegation be held to
night when all the members could toft
gotten- together. -.'.:,.
, (Concluded on Page Sine, Coioms Three)
DELEGATION MAKES NO
MM
NDATION
COMMISSIONER
PRICE TWO
1 v; .
(Photos of bridge by Gilford Prentbw.)
A Home Again
at t X t
for Everybody
Captain Helms. Lieutenant Hogan,
Liieutenant Johnson or the many other
officers.
It began early and it lasted until the
train pulled out for Vancouver bar
racks where the troop and battery
will make their home until they are
mustered out.
The Washington militiamen who
rere along even came in for some of
it. Mrs. D. E. Roberts, president of
the Women of Troop B, came down
from Tacoma accompanied by Mrs. D.
Fraser. the vice president, 1 to welcome
their boys here.
Washington Boys Kissed.
They were openly aided by a bustling
motherly woman who wasn't going to
see those Washington boys left out.
She saw several of them standing to
one aide, their faces rather long.
"Haven't you boys any friends here?"
efts asked.
"No ma'am, we're from Seattle," said
one of the boys.
"Well. I'm going to welcome you
myself," she declared, and forthwith
gathered those several lonesome boys
into her arms and kiseWthem. They
were futtsed. Out it Is hard to believe
(Concluded on Page fire. Column One)
PRESIDENT EXPECTED
TO RECOMMEND HELP
Active Assistance in Arming
of Merchantmen Believed
Near at Hand,
Washington. Feb. 14 (U. P.)
President Wlison Is formulating his
first step to protect Americans in
prosecution of their "peaceful and le
gitimate errands on the high seas."
This probably will be. according to
belief of officials who know the pres
ident's mind, a recommendation that
the government actively assist Ameri
can shipowners In arming their mer
chantmen. -
it is Denevea tnia step win come
very shortly. While Secretary Lan
sing has advised the president that
the government has the legal right to
arm these merchant vessels at once.
the belief holds today that the presl
dent will watt until be addresses con
gress, as he said hawpuld do, to ob
tain necessary protection . for.. Araerl
cans and their property before he
sanctions arming of merchant ships
This, ft Is pointed out, would be In
line with his avowed Intention of tak
ing no premature step that might be
construed by Germany as a belligerent
one., and- thereby give' Germany - a
chance to put' responsibility on .the
United States. v'.-r ?
'(Coactaded oa Page four. Colons fov)
BEGINNERS
CENTS
oh TKAnrt An irrws
STAjrDa FIVE CZXTft
Mil
For First Time in History Pe
destrian, Vehicle and Tram
Traffic All Can Cross Great
Columbia River. ' .
Addressed to the people of Oregon
and Washington came a magnificent -valentine
today in shape of , a brldft
spanning the Columbia, , . - .
Today, Oregon's fifty-eighth, birth
day, is the day of the Interstate ;
bridge, Its formal opening to the' pub
lie and its dedication. Man has
mastered the mighty river and for'th . '
first time pedestrian, vehicle and tranv --':
traffic from shor to shore of the two ,
states is an actual fact. v '' ---l -;
Being the day of the Interstate
bridge it is also the day of a celebra
tion in honor of its opening. In which ;
the people of the two states divided'
by the Columbia are taking part. - -
With the parting of s 'ropa . drawn
across the bridge at the Oregon-Waah..
Uigton Una. the structure wss
opened. The veiMnr f this -Hn-- -:
let down thrwrTarrier.lo free' and
unobstructed traffic across the stream. , '
Uttle Glrla Opes Brtd
The little girls pulled little- hows.
attached to the rope, I0-yearold Elea
nor Holman, daughter Of Ruftis ti
Holman. and Mary Helen tCirgins; ,t
year-old daughter of John P. Kiggins, '
Clarke county commissioner. ,. v :s
This ceremony scheduled for ll:J'
o'clock, the celebration was preceded - -by
parades to the center of the brldga
from Portland and 'from Vancouver, v i :
Two auto parades left Portland-at '
11:30 o'clock, one from Sixth and Mor v
rl&on streets; the other from 3roadway
and Union avenue. The lines merged 0
on the east side and continued as one f :-1
to the bridge. Trolley passengers wtr V
accommodated ny special cars from
(Concluded an Page Two, Column Tares.)
PROTESTS TO BERLIN!
ON THE BARRED ZONE
Notes Declare Central . Pow
ers' Measures Contrary to
International Law, '.-V
Copenhagen, Feb. 14. (U. P.) Tb
Danish. Norwegian and Swedish gov v
ernments have forwardeJ the central
powers Identical note protesting
against the "barrage of certain se
sones, ' according to on.iciai iniorroa
tion today. - . -. "
The note recalls that, on previous
occasions, there have been formal com
plaints by the signatory government
stating serious injury to rights of
neutrals." .
The Scandinavian note. In conclu-
sion. declares the central power"..'
measures all the more contrary to
international law, if, a indicated, thev
are , to be arpuea maiscriminately.v
even against ships v royaging between
neutral ports." ; ,. .
The -Scandinavian note emphasises
that, on the present occasion, the slg- ,
natories are all the more compelled to
adhere to their previous position "Is--
imuch as the obstacles to neutral
navigation are now on a considerably .
larger scale of gravlty."
"Thia government's anxiety, f the
note continued, "has been increased -
because the danger sones are to b
guarded exclusively by submarines
whose activities endanger neutral sub".
Jects as already demonstrated." -"
Denial Is registered of the right r:
belligerents to obstruct peaceful navH
gatlon in zones situatej at such a die-.
tance from the enemy coast a Theses
coasts, it is held, are subject only to
a legitimate blockade. '
, "Relying on the consideration set
forth above." the note .closes: - Tho
governments formally protest against
arrangements adopted by the central
powers and the loss of life and ma
terial damage which will ensue.1 .
till lean Kxpects No Wan '
Seattle, Feb. 14. W. P.) Francisco
Rivers Vicuna. Chilean minister; to Ja
pan, stopping in Seattle en route to hi
post in the orient, says the United
States will not be drawn into, the war,'
- "1 am frank to admit, - ba said,
that we of tna aouth approve Presi
dent WHaon'a stand. We don't waat
warV!;""-"-1--: - .-
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