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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1915)
Weston EADER Till VV.Vi V t ' i NEWS OF THE WEEK General Resume of Important Events Ttirouohout tbc World. Turks ar routed by th British when they mad a second charg on th Hues canal. A sharp campaign for members by tha I'orlland t'hsmber of Commarra raaultad In adding 10(7 In on day. Italy la fortifying tha Islsnds of tha White Ha wltij beavy.guna and It la aald aUamari ara taking munltlona of war there. Flfty-alx bodlaa havebeen recovered from tha avalanrha at tba Hrltannia mlno In llritlah Columbia. No bopa of recovering many othara la . enter tained. Many passenger and a craw of 68 war rescued from tha sinking steamer Denver In mid-ocean, through tha aid of tha wireless. It la reported that tha Washington government win ..... steamer Odenwaid which Is at New- nT niwi i or rvpaua. ina i niMian uiei nu given yvriuiw slon to English subjects residing In Germany to appear as plaintiffs In Sir Thomas Lli'ton doclaraa that tha only hope of eliminating tha plague In Serbia is by Are, such as was don In tondon many years ago. Bombardment ?of the forts of tba Dardanelles la again begun by the allies, and Constentlnopl fears they will eventually be beaten. Kiota In Constantinople are reported untre and the city la calm. The allied fleet la proceeding slowly up the Dar danelles to the Turkish seat of gov ernment. An American warship will carry I026.O0O In currency to Yucatan to aid In harvesting the sisal crop, which Is used In making moat of tba United .Slates' binding twin. Later reports concerning the cap ture of IVtemysl by the Russians In clude 119,600 men, 2400 guns, 1000 of which were heavy cannon. Many are reported to have gone Insane from want. Seventeen Belgians, moat of whom were young peasants, were shot at daybreak Wednesday In tba Ghent barracks. Tbey were found guilty by German court-martial of espionage In the Interest of the allies," says dispatch. The German emperor baa ordered the removal to Berlin of valuable paint ings and tapestries from his mountain castle known as the Uatkoenlgsberg, on the Alsatian side of the Voeges mounUins. French aviators recently flew over tha Imperial summer resi dence, which fmormerly belonged to a king of France. Governor Spry of UUh has vetoed the Shields InltiaWe and referendum bill. He gives as his reasons that the Initiative la unnecessary at this time, as the people of the state may petition the legislature If they wish; that the expense of Its operation will be die proportionate to the benefits to be de rived and that the constitutionality of the measure is questionable. Jitney busses In San Francisco now give transfers to the munlslpal street cars. Germany Is reported to be building two railways to the frontier of Alsace Lorraine. It Is reported that the Russians have pillaged and destroyed 80,000 homes In East Prussia On of Washington's largest shingle mills, located at Contrails, has re opened sine shutting down the first of , the year. Numeroua plagues and diseases prev alent In Serbia are reported to be dev astating a large percentage of the population. It ia estimated by Alice Clement and Mary Riley, policewomen of Chicago, that one woman In each twenty in that city smoke elgarettea. Governor Spry, of Utah, vetoes pro hlbltlon bill passed by the legislature, declaring that the saloon is simply transferred to the drug store.' Another British steamer, the Glen artney, from Bangkok for London loaded with rice, has been torpedoed by a German submarine off Beachy Head in the English Channel. Only on of ths crew was drowned. Mine-laying drills by the troops at Fort Stevens, Oregon, wer com menced this week under tbe direction of the officers on board the steamer Major Ringgold. The drills are boing held In the night, short distance be low the government wharf. Tbe prae tic will be continued until tbe open ing of tbe fishing season on May 1. City of Portland has just completed municipal barn of the moat modern type. The horses will have sanitary stalls, washroom and hospital. Protesting against the action of the board of regents of the University of Utah, In dismissing four teachers, 14 other professors have resigned. Testifying before the "American lend" Investigation, an owner of 12, 000 acres in Texas, admitted that ten ants with large families wer desira ble becaus the children could be pressed Into work, especially daring the rush season. i : " " WIMTON. ()ltKJON. FKIPAY, MAKCII 2, 1015. ; NO. ,40.. Allici Lose Three Ship by lurks floating Mlne$ London Th British battleships Ir resistible and Ocean and th French battleship lion vet wer blown up by (lusting mines while engsged with tbe remainder of th allied fleet la attack Ins- th forts In The Narrows of th Dardanelles Thursday. The crews of th two British ships wer virtually all saved, having been transferred to other ships under a hot fir, but an internal exploalon took place on board th Bouvet after she had fouled the mine and most of ber crew wss lost Th Bouvet sank within three min utes of the time that she hit the mine. Tha watara In which the shlD wer tost bad been awept of mines, but the British admiralty asserts mat me Turks and Gamians set floating con tainers of explosives adrift and thee wer carried down by th current on to th allied ahlpa gathered Inside ins nlranr of ths straits. All tha ships that war sunk were old ones, th Bouvet hsvlng been com pleted nearly 20 years ago and tbe Ocean and Irresistible In 18KH. The were useful, however, for the work In wheb they wer engsged in tbe far danellee. Tha daatroved British ship are being replaced by th battleships Queen end Implacable, vessels or similar tvoe. The are said to have started some time ago for near West ern waters In anticipation of just sues losses aa hav now occurred. Two other ahlrjs ens-aired in the fighting. the British battle cruiser Inflexible end the French batlteshlp Osulois, were hit by shells and damaged. The British casualties, according to the British official report, "wer not heavv. coaslderinir th seal of th nriaraf fnna. ' ' The damase don to in Turaiso forts by the heavy bombardment bas not yet been ascertained. It Is said that the operatlona against them are continuing. The dsmsge don to th Turkish forts by the heavy bombard ment bss not yet been ascertained. It la aald that th operations againat them are continuing. The forts at tacked wer those on either aid of Kenhcs be and on Kephe point out side Th Narrows and those on Kitid Bshr and Chanak in The Narrows. Tha Kenhe forts renlied Strongly when the battleshlpa advanced, firing, up the Dardanelles, and all th ships war hit. It is asserted Inst ineee forts final! were silenced and a bom bardment of those in Th Narrows was under way when th three battleships struck mines. Th blowing up of th Una did not niut a cessation of th fighting, which continued until dark ness Intervened. It is understood usi th bombardment was resumed. flee Russian Line fall Before Atutrlan Attack . Vienna, via Indon Herr Lennboff. correspondent of th Zeltung Am M it tag, sends th following dispatch from Austrian headquarter under date of March 18: "The Russian offensive against the Camathlan line has broken down more quickly than waa first expected, con sidering th vigor with wbtcb tn ai tak ni twimin. The Ruasisns' hone was to break the Austrian and German line east of Lupkow pass. Tbey sent forward hug forces ther. but all at tack war repulsed with enormous Russlsn losses, and th Auatrlans and Germans are steadily, if slowly, gain ing ground. Tha Russian tactics consisted In charging In ftv successive lines. As soon aa on tin waa cut down another iniiMi. until all five had been shot down. Tha Russiana sent forward all available troops, even adjuncts, im th older men who previously wer nad nnlv as oniarda for the military workshops. Even military tailors and cooks wer forced into the attacking line. "This caused an apparent relaxation In the vigilance of th Russian vedette service. German troops making a flank lnn movement over difficult ter rain found all the pickets, even th .. ... i i machine gun divisions, sleeping, in battle, however, the Russiana fought raoklaaalv. firtno- while standing with their bodies entirely exposed to the hottest nan ox nuueis. Tha attacking forces, chleflv Si berians, held their ground stubbornly. Although many nunareos were, inon prisoners, none of them surrendered mariitv. hut had to b overpowered in th trenches. It finally became evi dent that the Russians lacked reserves of equal quality." . . Park Statesman Killed. Paris The death of Henri Colling- non, counsellor of stste, on th field of battl in Eastern Franc was announc ed Saturday. M. Collingnon, although 68 years old, volunteered as a private soldier and used his great influence In public affairs to secure an assignment In active service. He had been fight ing for months In the trenches, accord ing to his officers, snowing remarxaDie coolness and bravery. He waa recom- muilail several times for Dromotlon to th rank of second lieutenant, but pre ferred to serve aa private. KarUruhe Rumor Grow. Tendon Tha eacratarv of th Brit- l.h admlraltv announces that ther is avarv reason tn believe thst th Ger man cruiser Karlsruhe was sunk In the neighborhood of the West Indies at th beginning of November. Those of her craw who were rescued, he says. reached Germany early in December on the ateamer Rio Grande, which bad been acting in concert with th Karlsruhe. Hood River Fruit ,A0ency Will Not Quit Distributors Hood River Whit th growers of other Northwestern fruit district are prone to regret that Hood Klver bas seen fit to announc a probable with drawal from the Norht Pacific Fruit Distributors, II. F. Davidson, a mem ber of th board of director of th Applegrowera' association, the local afll 1 1 st Ion of th central agency, and president of the Fruit Distributors, who returned from a meeting of the board of trustee of th IstUr organis ation, aaya th central marketing con cern will continue to exist. This Is welcome news to local mar ketmen, who declar that an Ideal sit uation will exist, sine orgsnitstion will be preserved In other districts. "So fsr as I can observe," said Mr. Davidson, "there I no complaint among the Hood River growers against New State Laws Will Reduce Cost of Elections Salem Important changea In the election law simplifying th registra tion and election machinery and mak ing material reductions In tbe expens wer enscted at th recent session of the legislsture. The new law provid ing for the election of delegate to party national conventions and Presi- dential elector will ssv th state about $10,000 year, for, under it, each person so honored must pay bis own expenses. House Dill nil, wnieo provides for two judges of election In atead of thras. it is estimated, will sav th stste 120,000 each election year. Just wbat saving tbe permanent Mrlat ration law will effect ia difficult to estimste, but it should be a material one. This law, while not considered a narfact one. Is regarded aa a "atop in th right direction." It provide that in registering the electors me county clerks shall us th card index system. Tha rlarks shall res-Ister any unquali fied elector who may request to be registered at any lime alter me nrsi Mnndav In January. 1916. to within 80 daya preceding any general or primary election. Aa a result electors deairing to vote In tha nrlmar Ma. 1916. will have only about three arid one-half months to register. Electors absent from tbeir county may register before any .notary public or county clerk in th county where they may be. In such cases the notary nihil or count clerk shall mail tbe affidavit of the elector to th county clerk of th elector a county ana may collect a fee not to exceed 26 cents fnm tha alertir. it la Hnriaratl thst In cities and other growing communities precinct bound aries ar changing constantly and aa a result thousands of elector to vote will hav to register at least every two Big Cannery To Go Up. Tha rtallna After several months devoted to inspecting the various fruit growing sections of tbe Pacific North west, Libby, McNeil ft Llbby have de cided to erect their new plant in The Dalles. This wss announced officially by rep resentatives of th company. Con struction will b started within a few days and will be rushed so that the plant will be ready to handle the cherry crop In this section In June. A large force will be employed on tha nlant and 300 persona will be re quired in the factory. A steady mar ket at horn is assured tor m iruu raisers of this section. An entire block bounded by Second, Court and Washington streets and the Columbia river has been selected as the ait for the plant, which will coat $50,000. Hundreds of tons of nears. cherries and apricots will be purchased every year, and it is probable that large quantltieaof berriea and vegetables will be taken also. , ' Brother Gets Iruurance. I a Grinds Like a letter from the grsve came word to Edward Bussey, a cabdriver of this city, from hia brother, the late Major General Cyrus Bussey, who died in Washington and was burled in Arlington Cemetery re Mnt.lv. Tha La Grande man knew nothing of his brother's death until a letter cam that bad been written in 1918. to be held until death visited the id mnaul. With tha letter came notice that considerable life insurance had been left in the La. Grande man s name. The epistle was a brotherly farewell. Hood River Growers Meet. Hood River Kenneth McKay, man ager of the Fruit Growers' Exchange, the local affiliation of the Northwest am Fruit Exchange, distributed $2000 among its growers Thursday. To date the exchange baa returned to the grow ers $12,000, between 50 and 60 cents a box, owing to different varieties. With prominent officials of the Northwest ern raut fcxenange, J. r. sugrua, ui Cashmere, and Dr. C A. Macrum, of Muster, here for addresses, th ex change 1 holding a series of meetings with growers mis ween. City's Threats Cut Rates. TtakarThat tha nrorjosed municipal electric light plant would put hia com pany out of business and that tn com- nans hail haan forced bv threats of th municipal plant to lower its ratea was th testimony or r. A. Harmon, gen eral manager of th Eastern Oregon Light ft Power company, before the State Railroad commission in its final hearing of the company's rate her. th Distributor. No objection bas been raised against tbe methods em ployed in marketing the fruit. Bo far aa I ran gainer, ti reel ia ma now lll mean faal thst With about 70 per cent of their tonnage consisting of a specialty, namely, newtown ana Spittenbergs, tbey will not need the benefits of a Isrg and extensive sell ing mschine to th axtent that ia nec essary in other districts producing a large number of verities and requiring distribution over a much wider area." "Th local organisation will be strengthened," aaya Mr. Davidson, "since a few growers who hav bee shipping independently have xprased themeelvee as anxious to affiliate with thai local agency, provided IU entire efforts ar expended in advancing the interests of Hood River." years. It also is pointed out that many voters may be dlsfrsnchlsed aa a result of this provision through ig norance of changea In precinct bound aries. Election experts ssy to law should hav been provided for tbe county clerks to make tbe changes necessay for recording the electors In the proper precinct when boundaries ar changed without th necessity for re-registrations. Wben an elector moves from one county to another the county clerk is authorised to send hia registration blank to th clerk of tbe county where tbe elector locates. House bill 228 is designed to facil itate voting. It dispenses with the poll book and substitute precinct reg ister lists. It will not be necessary for the clerk to writ th name of the elector as they vote, but Instead be will check the name off on his lists. On of tbe most important laws passed by tbe legislature is thst pro viding for the election of delegates to party conventions and Presidential electors. Under tbe Isw which it re peals, the voter could vote for only on delegate and on elector. Under th new law, with tbe present appor tionment, each party will be entitled to two delegate from each congTes alortal district and four from th state UrM Under it avarv elector of a political party will have) the right to vote for two delegates xrom nis con greaaional district and four from the state at large. Nomination of Presi dential elector is from tbe state at large, and each voter will be entitled to cast bis bsllot for the number of electors allotted his party. The pro visions under the present law which authorises th state to pay the ex penses of the delegate ia repealed and henceforth they will have to pay their own expenses, as they do in other states, State Mau Drop Suit Against Livestock Co. Salem While the members of the State Land board have decided that the suit filed by the state against the Pacific Livestock company to recover about 26,000 acres of land in Harney county should be dismissed, announce ment was made that formal action ni,t.l nnt ha taken until Attorney General Brown had made an investiga tion or tbe liugauon. inesun waa started by ex-Attorney General Craw ford, upon Instruction of ex-Governor West. Circuit Judge Biggs recently overruled a demurrer to the complaint, and unless dismissed the suit will be tried soon upon its merits. f .htdum fnr tha Mmninv several days ago asked that the suit be dis missed upon me ground mat it was t tha atatiita of limitation. Tbey also contended that the company . . i was an tnnoceni purensser, mo ibiiu having been held by several concerns prior to the present ownership. It was charged that the land orig inally was obtained through the use of C B. McConnell. of Burns, has filed on the water rights . . . i i ,i . . . in the tract, and bas aiaea me nw in its legal fight Asked by Mr. West, then governor, at one of the meetings, If he would relinquish his water claims if thai star a vmt tha suit. Mr. McCon nell said he would not, but that he would sell them for a low price. Sitting Ben Bat Journey. Hood River Mr. A. T. Boynton, who recently removed from near Tilla mook to the community lying between this city and M osier, baa an oid itnoae Island Red hen which arrived at her new home, sitting on a nestful of eggs after having stayed on them while on a train, in a room st Portland and on a hnat. Tha hen had been set on 18 eggs two weeks before the family moved. The hen and eggs were placed in a nest in a basket and Mrs. coynwn carried them. Fourteen of the eggs hatched a few days ago. New Plant To Be Built. Roseburg Work on the Roseburg Sand ft Gravel company' plant near Shady Point will begin Monday, ac cording to O. T. Larson, of Portland, who arrived here to supervise the con stiuction work. Th pliuit . will cost approximately $25,000. Th gravel bars to b developed have, acco.ding to Mr. Larson, an almost inexhausti ble supply of material, and with their development and the consequent reduc tion of the price of gravel he believe the officials of Douglas and other near by counties will see the economy of more durable roads. BUSINESS RESUMES M Revival ia All lines Is Holeil Evcfyvta Bank Clearings Show Big Cains Protpetts of Large Crops Also Gives Impetus. Chicago Trade In general lines all over th country baa shown seasonable improvement. Encouraging report com from all sections of th country, embracing th canters of Isrg indus tries. Significance attache to th increase in last week's bank clearings at the agricultural centers, Kansas City show ing a gain of 25.5 per cent over figure of a year ago. Minneapolis gained 23.8 per cent . Omaha Increased 10.5 per cent. St. Paul and Duluth gained 4 per cent each. Enormous order for machinery ar a f nature of th trad situation, both for domestic and foreign account. Tbe ateel and Iron business naa neia Its own. Railroad financing progresses and steel and equipment order ar be ing placed with more freedom for the mora urgent requirement of trans portation lines. Steel mill operations averaged around 69 per cent in tbe past week, which shows thst specifications against contract ar holding up. Unmistakable evidence of strong un derlying confidence that great business activity will come to th United States la raflartai In nreoarations now being mad by banker to meet the condi tions. nnaral business has been creeping steadily back to a normal basis and, as it move ahead, each week garnering stronger momentum, tbe country is nearing another agricultural harvest Winter crops never before furnished such an encouraging outlook and, in view of high price received for the last yield, dealers believe it is safe to assume that spring plantings of all grains and cereals will be greatly en larged in acreage this season. Banker hav gone Into seasonable conditions like this before, probably not exactly th same in respect of cir cumstance which tbe foreign war has brought up, but they know what th harvest period means to them in re miitvmants of funds with which to finance th movement of farm prod ucts. They also realixe that the trade vol dim nramisea to attain Brest height if the coming crops ar large one and that they must prepare to meet iwo fnlH fnrca of financial reauirements. Tbe plethora of wealth created by the last agricultural production is expect ed naturally to double th effect of annthar vield of eaual Dro portions with high price and world-wide demand. San Juan Forts fire On German Ship San Juan Porto Rico The German merchant ateamer Odenwaid, which at tempted to leave port Monday without clearance papers, was stopped as she was passing out the entance to the harbor by two anois across ner dows trrthn a fiva-inch e-un and direct shots from a Maxim. She then returned and waa taken in charge by the col lector of customs. Permission to sail was refused the Odenwaid by the collector, pending in structions from Washington. The taamar haa haan at San Juan since August 6. She was bound for Euro pean ports rrom tbe west indies wun freight and nasaenirers and sought ref uge here. She began coaling andtak- ing on provisions three days ago. tfailincr to nhtain tha naeessarv clearance papers, her commander ap parently decided to risk me attempt t nnt tn ana. A heaw irun on Mono Castle sent two shots across her bows as a warning, but it was not until me machine gun opened a direct fire that the steamer stopped and headed back to port. - " Germane In Africa Taken. London A Capetown dispatch to Router's says that offical announce ment has been made that General Botha, commander-in-chief of the army of the Union of South Africa, has captured more than 200 German prisoners and two field guns at Swa- kopmund, German Soutbweat Africa. Announcement from London, Febru ary 26, was msde that serious invasion of Gorman Southwest Africa had been undertaken by forces under General Botha. Sarah To Act Until Death. Mas, Vnrb Tn a latter received here by Lou Tellegen, formerly her leading man, Sarah Bernhardt says: "I am continuing to improve rapidly. You ask If I will go on playing. How can you ask? Until the other leg is bur ied in my grave, I shall never cease to go on acting. I keep up my spirits and have a ravenous appetite for get ting back to work." Army Uses Neutral Food. T.nnHnn Tt waa the German sub- marlnal TT-2S which aaiaed tha Dutch steamers Batavier V and Zaanstroom, according to the Daily News' Rotter dam correspondent. U-28 has been for aoma dava ahelterinir under th lee of th Maas lightship, taking toll from all abipping, especially tsritiso. Southern Landlords Want Child Laborers Dallas, Tsiss J. Tom Pagltt, owns of 12,000 acr of Tsiss land, described soma tenant problam on bis state from th land owner' point of vlsw before th Federal committee oa Industrial relations at It A marl ran land question hearing 8sturdsy. Th Pagltt place In Coleman county, b said, haa 22 tenant famili on about 2000 acr, lb remainder being leased to cattlemen. He said bis agent prefers to get tenants with large famili of chil dren, because th country I so sparsely settled that th women and children form almost tb only available eoure of xtra labor supply In cotton picking Mason. Th women among bis ten ants, b said, , usually chop, ho, and help with picking cotton. Children be gin work in th fields at about 8 years of ag. A tenant, b said, would hav diffi culty hiring farm hands, because b could not, aa a rule, pay tbeir wage until after th crop waa sold. Describing conditioo. Mr. Pagitt aaid tb cheapest tenant bouse on bis pi see baa two rooms and cost $225, wbil th largest baa four rooms, cost ing $400. Non ar screened, h said. "Would you object to a tenant who believed In certain principle of gov ernment or reform, advocating them while living on your place?" asked Mr. Walsh. "No," replied Mr. Pagitt. "but I would not like a tenant who stirred up trouble by talking at th store and try big to rnak other men dislik bis land lord." "What hour should a tenant spend at work?" asked Commissioner Walsh. "Well." replied Mr. Pagitt, "in crop season soma of them go to work at 4 in th morning, some at 6, and they generally work until dark." U. & Considers Allies As Not Answering Note Washington, D. C Th United State government consider that Great Britain and France, in th Brit ish order-in-couneil and in th accom panying notes, hav not answered the questions propounded to them a to wbat warrant ther is under interna tional law for the establishment of an embargo on all commercial intercourse, directly or Indirectly, between Ger many and neutral countries. It was declared officially at the State department that this government still doe not know whether tb action ox tb allies ia interned a a legal block ade or whether th ordinary rule of contraband and non-contraband ar to be the legal basis for future deten tions. On a determination of this question probably will depend not only tbe nature or any steps wmcn may d taken by th United States st this time, but also th basis for th many claim for damages arising oat of In terruption to American commerce un der the new policy of the allies. Submarine Contract Let Washington, D. C Secretary Dan iels aimed contract plana for the navy's first sea-going submarine .and announced that it would be known as the Schley, in honor of th late Rear Admiral Schlev. The contract, as well as contract for three harbor defense submarines, was awarded to th Elec tric Boat company, of Groton, Conn. Nan officials believe th new sea going submarine, upon which construc tion will now be commenced, is me first of that t-vna in the world. Her displacement will be in the neighbor hood of 1000 tons, with surface speed of 20 knots and in underwater speed of between 10 and 12 knots. 80,000 Homes Destroyed. London The Star haa received a dispatch from its correspondent at Copenhagen who says that statistics furnished by the president of the pro vince of East Prussia show that 80,000 houses have been destroyed in East Prussia by Russian troop. Three thousand refugees ar said to hav been unable to return to East Prussia because they have no means of liveli hood. Out of 100,000 houses only 6,000 remain. A dispatch from Berlin said these houses were private apartments, and had been completely pillaged. One Woman In 20 Smokes. Chicago One woman in every 20 in this citv ia a citrarette smoker, accord ing to an estimate after an investiga- tioon by Alice Ulement and mary Riley, policewomen. In the Jewish, Pol ; h and Italian districts the per centage of smokers was smaller, they said, only z per cent oi me women nainr tnhacco. "W COVered all PaTtS of the city," said Miss Clement. "Few working girls or girls or tbe middle classes smoke. The habit does not seem to be growing." Officer Loss Is Growing. London A casualty list of officers MiM.lva't fmm tha haaitnusrtera in the field, under date of March 15, gives the names or 83 omcers, inciuaing Hindna hn wars killed or have died from wounds, and of 123 wounded or missing. This brings up th total cas ualties among officer sine March 10, as officially reported, to 195 killed or dead from wounds and 816 wounded or missing. Poker Legal in Nevada. rkwn r;tv. Nv. After rushing ikmrii a ninhllnir law tha Nevada legislsture adjourned early Saturday. Tbe gambling isw muxes au gam bling a felony except poker, whist, solo and five hundred. When no per centage is taken these ar lawful games. Otherwise they are felonies. Praria Mutual bettlns- on tracks of licensed associations is permitted. BLOCKADE IMED femHc Notes tt.PnLli&ISjf ' Wasiiinstoa tmul Radius of Activity Defined Which Includes Mediterranean Eng land and France Reply. Waahinrtan. D. C Six diDlomati notes war mad publi Thursday by lb state dapanmant, eonsuiuiing in entire correspondent of th last few araaka hetweafl th United StSt and Germany and between th United State and Great Britain and Franc relatlv to th abandonment of sub marin attack on merchant ships, th shipment of conditional contraband and foodstuffs to civilians is a belllg Mnt anntr. tha naa of neutral flssS by belligerent merchantman, th rs- moval of mines, and U proclamation of virtual blockade by th allies sgainst Germany. Tb communications revealed that th United State government, realis ing th difficulties of maintaining aa effective blockad by a clos guard of an enemy coast, on account of th newly developed activity or sub marines, asked that a "radius of ac tivity" b defined. Great Britain and Franc replied with th announcement that the operation of th blockad would not be conducted "outside of European waters, including tb Med iterranean." While Germany agreed, it is dis closed, to abandon her submarin at- taoka on "mercantile of an flu" ex cept when tbey resist viiit or search, provided foodstuffs wer permitted to reach her civilian population. Great Britain and her alliea rejected th proposal, originally mad by th Uni ted State government hi an effort to bring th belligerents into an arrange ment which would safeguard th inter ests of neutral. ' Furthermore, th documents show that in a messag of inqniry to Great Britain and Franc th United States asked whether th embargo on all com merce between Germany and neutral mnntrlai waa tn ha carried cut under th rule of a blockad or by interf r-, ence with ships and cargoes, -aa u no blockade existed." Tb two togemex ..i.ntrl In the view of tha Amerieaa government "a proposed course of no tion previously unknown to interna tional law." Tbe answer from both Great Britain and Franc reveal for th first tlm that the allies officially regarded their policy as a "blockade," but desire to refrain from exercising th righto of belligerents under a blockade to con fiscate ship and cargoes a a penlaty for nreach of blockade, substituting for tt procedure in prix court and compensation tnrougn saie ox in uw tained merchandise. German Consul at Seattle Is Arrested Rattle Wash. Dr. Wilhelm Muel ler, German consul at Seattle, and B. Mat Schula. secretarfy of th eonsu lata warn technicsllv nlaced under ar rest Thursday, charged with conspir acy with Van Tarnatasky to vioiat the atate law mtkinr it a Denal offena to bribe an employ to influenc his action in relation to nis masier business. : ..,,.-.,.:' , Tha ennanlsr officials Bra Charted in an Information sworn to by County Prosecuting Attorney i,undin wun o fering a bribe to John Murdock, assis tant shipping clerk of the Seattle Con struction & Dry Dock company, for evidence to substantiate German Atn- haaaadnr Remstorff 'a accusation. 014 at the department of State last month, '. that submarine were being maae oj the Seattle company and shipped to Canada, to be completed there for as against Germany. Murdock was arrested on a warrant sworn to by an official of the construc tion company, charging him with grand larceny in abstracting bills of lading from the company's office. Consul Mueller says that Tarnatxsky called at the consulate and told Secre tary Schula that he could obtain "val uable information" concerning ship ment of parte of submarine from Se attle to Vancouver. He had a "con nection," he said, that enabled him to get this information. Murdock next appeared at the con sulate and waa introduced by Tarnata sky as the source of the informstoin, hut did not sav that he was employed at the shipyard, the consul said. Karlsruhe Thought Sunk. London Renter's Copenhagen cor respondent sends a story of the sinking erniaer Karlsruhe, token fomrthe Stiftstidente, which assert that it obtained the story from an au thoritative source. According to the tnnr a eudden axnloaion broke the cruiser in two. One-half of the vessel sank immediately, carrying down part of the crew. Tbe other half floated for una time which enabled about 160 to 200 men to be rescued by a steamer. This steamer reached a German port with th survivor. Escapes Three Submarines. TnnVmTha Anchor line steamer Camerani, which arrived at Lievrpool fmm Naw York March 16. with a cargo valued at $5,000,000, success fully ran the German submarine oioci ada Tha vassal rerjorte thst she WSS . ehaaed by three German undr-water boats on her voyage through the Irish Sea.