WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
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Things Worth Knowing.
A report from tho American army
in France says twenty enemy airplanes
which endeavored to cross the Ameri
can lines were violently shelled by the
anti-aircraft batteries and driven on"
Wednesday.
An agreement has been concluded
between th French nnd American
governments by which the canned
fruit and vegetables required by the
American expeditionary forces will be
supplied by France.
More than n half million acres of
land in western Chauves county, New
Mexico, and including n portion of the
Roswell land district, have been desig
nated for entry March 11, under the
stock raising homestead act.
"Make a bridge of ships to France"
was the message from General Per
shing and every man of his command,
delivered to the American people by
Major Frederick Palmer, chief censor
on General Pershing's staff, in an ad
dress at the National Press Club
Thursday.
So the students may receive special
instruction in essential army "paper
work," the War department has de
cided to postpone for two week the
graduation of the 17,000 men now at
tending the third scries of oflicers'
training camps. The camps were to
have closed April 5.
Venustiano Carranza, President of
Mexico, sent a fulsome birthday mes
sage to Emperor William, of Germany,
"recently, according to Reuter's Lim
ited. President Carranza in this mes
sage used the phrase: "Your Maj
esty, who celebrates his anniversary
today with just cause for rejoicing."
A. Howard Winters, aged 37, a Mon
tesano, Wash., volunteer fireman dies
from injuries received Wednesday
night when an automobile in which
firemen were hurrying to respond to an
alarm crashed into the Montesano State
Bank building, wrecking the automo
bile and injuring five of its occupants.
Potato day, for the encouragement
of potato consumption, is the latest
addition to the special days suggested
by the Nebraska food administration.
Thursday of each week, beginning
February 7, is so designated. Dealers
are authorized to sell potatoes with
wheat flour that day as a "substitute
for flour."
The Earl of Derby, secretary for
war, has notified Field Marshal Vis
count French, commaner of the home
forces, of his decision to reduce the ra
tions of meat, sugar and tea for ail the
home forces except youths under 19
years training for abroad. He ex
plained that the reduced ration com
pares favorably with the field ration
of most other armies.
Horse meat is to be put on the mar
ket in Omaha. Kansas City, St. Louis,
Mo., and Sioux City within a few
weeks, according to announcement of
the Equine Meat & Packing company,
recently incorporated in Nebraska
with $50,000 capital. The company
has been selling horse meat at Grand
Island, Neb., several weeks. Only
wild, unbroken "mustang" ponies are
to be slaughtered.
Wyles B. Bradley, of Mount Vernon,
N. Y., flying cadet at Ellington Field,
was burned to death when his plane
fell 30 feet Wednesday, the gasoline
tank exploding.
Fire late Tuesday night practically
destroyed the plant and buildings of
the Anaconda, Mont., Standard, en
tailing a loss which it was estimated
probably will exceed $100,000. Tho
blaze is thought to have started in the
elevator shaft leading from the press
room to tho upper floor, which con
tained the editorial and composing
rooms nnd stereotyping department.
Belgium was granted another loan
of $3,500,000 by the treasury Wednes
day, making her total loans from tho
United States $98,900,000.
Whale meat will be the principal ar
ticle of food at a luncheon to be ten
dered 30 members of the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York Friday, planned as a demonstra
tion of the possibilities of whale meat
consumption as an offset for scarcity
of other meats that might bo caused
by tho war.
HURL BOMB AT KAISER
Climax Is Violent in German Striken
Ijibor Troubles Cause Dlssatls
faction in Unnks at Front.
IlAXuIon A bomb was thrown nt tho
imperial pnlnco in Herlin by striken!
Saturday evening, accenting to Herlin
advices received by tho Times by way
of Heme.
Twenty-five persons were arrested.
Amsterdam Tho Telegrnnf 's fron
tier correspondent says that tho meas
ures taken by tho German oilkinls
against the strike lenders in Germany
evoked great discontent among the
German soldiers in Flanders. Tho cor
respondent adds that in many cases tho
soldiers have incited Belgian laborers,
who havo been forced by tho Germans
to work, togo on strike.
A semi-official telegram dated Mon
day, received hero Wednesday from
Berlin, says:
"Tho number of strikers in Greater
, Berlin has declined. A largo number
of works again are operating.
I In other big armament works tho
I number of those nt work varies from
I 75 to SO per cent of their full comple
' ment. A further abatement is ox
1 pocted nt once, so that the strike now
may bo regarded at an end.
London According to n Wireless
Press dispatch from Berne a series of
conferences took place at Berlin Mon
day. Tho German eniieror and Crown
prince received separately Vaseil Rnd
oslavofT, the Bulgarian premier; Count
Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, nnd Tnlaat Pasha, tho Turk
ish grand vizier, nfter which tho em
peror presided at' a crown council.
Various conferences continued through
out the day. The Austrinn food con
troller, Herr Hoofer, has arrived at
Berlin to mnko urgent representations
to Germany regarding the necessity of
helping Austria in her food difficulties.
PLIGHT OF ARMENIA AWFUL
Relief Workers Urged to' Hasten Funds
to Stricken People.
By R. A. Harris.
Relief workers in behnlf of the
starving Armenians and Syrians are
reminded that their greatest possible
efforts are needed now more urgently
than ever.
In humanity's name, do not cense
your work nor forget your individual
pledges. Forward your contributions
and collections as rapidly as possible to
your nearest local treasurer or direct to
the Armenian Relief committee, 013
Stock Exchange building, Portlnnd,
Oregon. Oo not pay money to solici
tors unless you know them well nnd
they have authentic written creden
tials. The most urgent and heartrending
(of appeals has just reached state
I headquarters fircet from Secretary of
' State Lansing and is backed by tele
! grams from thoroughly accredited
1 American relief workers in the field,
j He quotes United States Consul Smith
j of Tiflis, as follows:
"Condition refugees critical; re
sponsibility resting almost entirely on
American committee. Problem more
difficult from unsettled internal condi
tions. Committee besieged by appeals
from all districts. Delegations of
hungry people, often numbering hun
dreds, come long distance begging for
bread; refuse to leavo without food or
promises."
Mr. Lansing adds: "In addition the
American committee has to assume
the work hitherto borne by Russian
government and Armenian organiza
tions. Unless this is done promptly
numerous orphanages caring for about
10,000 children and many asylums for
old people will have to close; inmates
homeless and destitute."
Sousa Auctions Baton.
Chicago Lieutenant John Philip
Sousa, director of music nt the Great
Lakes naval training station, offered
his baton at auction for the benefit of
tho fund that is being raised to obtain
baseball equipment for the jnckies at
the station, and it was sold for $120.
The prized wand has been in the pos
session of the bandmaster for 48 years,
having been presented to him in 1879
by members of a band of which he was
leader.
Tartars Advance on Sebastopol.
Petrograd, Saturday Tartar forces
havo occupied Yalta, in tho govern
ment of Taurida and aro advancing on
Sebastopol, Russia's chief fortress and
naval base on tho Black sea, according
to a dispatch received by tho Petro
grad Post from Sebastopol. Tho dis
patch adds that tho Tartars are dealing
mercilessly with the Red Guards, sail
ors and soldiers.
Von Kuchlman to Wed.
London A dispatch to tho Exchange
Telegraph from Amsterdam says Dr.
Von Kuehlmann, tho German secretary
of foreign afTairB, is betrothed to Frau
von Friedlaendorfuld, who, after Frau
Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach,
is reported to bo tho richest woman In
Germany.
TRANSPORT DEATH
LIST DOWN T0 113
Unofficial Reports Say Number
Is Even Smaller.
SURVIVORS CARED FOR
Partly Trained Men In Face of Great
Danger Display Heal Courage
Army la Proud of Troops.
An IrlshPort TheJTuscnnln carried
a total of 2397. Tho saved number
229C, as follow:
Troops, 2106; crow, 190. Total
lost, 101.
Among tho American survivorH nro
7C olllcers. There arc 81 American
soldiers in hospital.
An Irish Tort - - A mnss of swirling
wreckage on tho calm nock of tho sea
along tho Irish coast marks tho grave
of tho Tuscania, the llrst American
troop ship sunk by a German subma
rine. A few bodies of tho 100 men
who perished have been washed ashore
and some of the injured now in hos
pitals are expected to succumb. Tho
survivors, numbering 229fi, nro quar
tered in hotels, homes and hospitals
along tho North Irish const.
Two groups loft, clad in misfit cloth
ing, for Belfast, by rail and thence by
boat to England. Tho survivors are
agreed that no otio saw tho wake of
foam a3 the torcdo came toward tho
vessel.
It was n black night and no alarm
came from any one of the l!i lookouts.
Tho torpedo struck tho Tuscnnia a
vital blow amidships, in tho boiler
room, and there was n mufllcd crash,
which told everyone what had hap
pened. The possibility of being tor
pedoed was discussed almost dnily
since the vessel left American shores.
Several hundred young lumbcrjucks
from the Southwest and Pacific Coast
states were cnting their evening meal
at tho time the disaster occurred.
Hundreds of other American troops
wero wniting for theirs when tho gen
eral alarm sounded.
False alarms had been sounded for
boat drill every day of the trip, but all
knew that this one wns genuine. Olll
cers shouted instructions to the men.
Many of them wero husky youths, and
desipte their brief military training,
they displayed wonderful coolness as
they marched to their boat stations.
There was no running about; nothing
resembling a panic.
In u few isolated cases there were
signs of nervousness on tho part of
some of tho youngsters ns tho ship
took a heavy tilt to starbonrd and they
slid to the railing, to which they clung
for dear life. But that was all. Vet
eran British officers in the crew, who
had been torpedoed several times, mar
veled nt their coolness.
Most of the crow who lost their. lives
were killed in tho explosion in tho boil
er room. One of the survivors of tho
engine room forco said tho second en
gineer checked tho speed of tho vessel
after the impact by throwing tho en
gine levers over to "full."
This probably saved many lives, as
otherwise tho vessel would havo
plowed on, smashing tho lifeboats'
davits, as happened in tho casso of the
Lusitnnia. One of tho remarkable es
capes was that of a fireman who had
walked to the upper deck to get a
drink of water. Ho never saw his fel
low firemen again.
The firht trawler load of survivors
arrived in port four hours after tho
disaster, and the last eight hours af
terward. One trawler rescued the rec
ord number of 310, and all were Amer
icans. Tho feat earned the warm
praise of the British commodore here.
Many American officers and privates
were rescued while swimming about in
search of wreckage to which to cling.
A few of these could not swim, but
they had on their life belts, which
they hud kept close at hand throughout
the voyage.
Most of the Americans wero lost
through tho Tuscania's heavy Budden
list after being torpedoed, which
caused faulty launching of tho life
boats. All Victims' Lives Insured..
Washington, D. C. Every American
soldier lost on tho Tuscunia having de
pendents was protected by government
insurance. Many had applied for vol
untary inHtiranco, which is Issued In
amounts up to $10,000, and nil nro cov
ered by government compensation pay
able to a widow, child or widowed
mother. This automatic insurance ag
gregates about $4300, and is paid at
tho rate of about $25 a month for 20
years.
STARVE 30,000 SERBS
Stories of Barbarous Cruelty Itearh
Italy From Austrian Concentra
tion Camps -Many Dying.
Italian Army lloadqunrtors Ex
changed Italian prisoners, who havo
just arrived from Austrian eonroni ra
tion camps, tell of almost unbelluvnhlo
cruelties practiced against prisoners,
particularly Serbians, who are roHrtcd
confined In cages and fed through bar.
like animals. An authoritative sum
mary of the statements of these re
turned prisoners says:
"Tho treatment of the Serbians is
even worse than that of the Italians,
indicating that Austria Intends to de
stroy tho Serbians as a race.
"As a result of these conditions
there are up to now not less than 30,
000 to 40,000 dead from starvation.
"They are permitted to receive no
parcels and are unable to work because
of weakness. They are put like ani
mals in cages with wooden bars.
Through these bars tho keepers throw
them scraps of uneatable bread, car
rots and turnips as their sole suste
nance. Tho mortality, already great,
is increased, as they are given no care
and there are no doctors and no sanita
tion." Concerning the Italians, the state
ment says, they returned in rags after
sulTcring ill treatment and oxoMUro to
cold while compelled to work on enemy
trenches under the guard of Hungar
ians, who are declared to bo particu
larly hostile to the Italians.
They received a small loaf of bread
daily for division among them.
"Conditions are so terrible, the re
port says, that they will result in not
more than one-third of tho Italian
prisoners coming back alive."
JOHN L SULLIVAN PASSES
Celebrated Pugilist Succumbs to Heart
Failure in Eastern Home.
Abington, Mass. John I.. Sullivan,
ono of tho most interesting fighters of
prize ring renown, died suddenly of
heart disease at his farm in West Ab
ington Saturday. As was his wish ho
died with his shoes on. Although
stricken with heart trouble three
weeks ago, he had quickly improved
and was in no sense an invalid. He
wns abou'. to leave his house to pay a
visit to Hoston to see his old friend
Captain James P. Sullivan, of the Hos
ton police department, when he re
ceived his final knockout.
His friend and companion, George
M. Hush, rushed to his side as tho old
gladiator sank to the door unconscious
and revived him with cold water a
plications to tho head. "John I..",
responding quickly to this treatment,
us in his palmy days in the prize ring,
struggled to his feet and refused to
tnko the decision of "time." He re
luctantly consented to havo a physician
called, but after receiving medical
treatment, announced that ho would
have a bath and keep his nppointmont.
Even as he expressed his determina
tion he became unconscious arid died
apparently without further pain.
Hnrdly had the news of the passing
of ono of America's greatest fistic
champions been flashed broadcast than
messages of sympathy began pouring
into town from men in all walks of
life. Sullivan, in his prime, was a
popular idol and ho never entirely lost
Ids hold on tho public. This was duu
not only to tho success of his prize
fighting days, hut to his rugged battlu
later against his old easy-going habits.
Teutons' Neglect Worries Hulgnrla.
Amsterdam A dispatch from Sofia
to the Vossischo Zoitung, of Herlin,
says strong protests havo been made
in tho Bulgarian parliament against
tho silence regarding Bulgaria's war
aims which havo marked recent Ger
man and Austrian pronouncements.
Premier Rndoslavofl", speaking In the
Chamber of deputies, attributed tho
omission 'to "urgent business which
Germany and Austriay-Hungary had in
their own countries."
In the debate which followed it was
stated that the Bulgarian people were
astonished and disappointed at tho
omission and demanded unequivocal
enlightenment in regard to the atti
tude of Germany and Austria.
Amsterdam Premier Itadnslavofr,
of Bulgaria, has arrived at Brest-Lit-ovsk
for the continuation of the peace
conference, according to a dispacth
from Vienna.
Concrete Ships Ordered.
Washington, 1). C. Contracts for
ten 3500-ton concroto ships wero let
Monday by tho Shipping Board to tho
Forror Concrete Shipbuilding Corpora
tion of Rcdondo Beach, Cal, Tho firs)
vessel is to bo delivered within six
months nnd tho other nine within n
year. Tho building company will usu
a now plan of construction recently
patented by which It claims it can build
tho vessels more rapidly than under
tho old mothod of working concrete.
U. S. TRANSPORT IS
SUNK; MANY LOST
2197 Soldiers Aboard; 1912 Are
Reported Saved.
MANY UNITS ON SHIP
Torpedo Strikes Tusrnnln Near Irish
Coast First Troop Boat to Meet
Mishap In Barred one.
Washington, I). C. Tho Cumin!
liner Tuscania, carrying 2179 American
soldiers, has been torpedoed and sunk
olT tho Irish coast, but official reports
latu Wednesday night said 1912 of tho
officers and men had been saved nnd
Indicated that the list of rescued might
prove even larger.
Tho troops conqioscd chielly of de
tachments of Michigan and Wisconsin
National Guardsmen, wore traveling
on tho Tuscania, a British vessel, un
der convoy of British warships.
A brief dispatch from tho War de
partment from Iondon announced the
disaster and rcortcd the lauding of
only 1100 survivors.
Tills wns made public shortly after
10 o'clock and for more than two hours
it was feared that probably 1-100 men,
including members of the liner's crew,
had gone down.
When a message came to the State
department from the embassy at Lon
don saying, at 11 o'clock, that 1912 of
the American had been accounted for,
the joy of officials almost swept away
the distress occasioned by tho earlier
news.
The list of detachments aboard fol
lows: Headqunrters detachment and Com
panies I), E and F of the 20th Engi
neers; one hundred and seventieth en
gineer train; one hundred and seventh
engineer train; one hundred and sev
enth military kj1Icu; one hundred and
seventh supply train; one hundredth
aero squadron; one hundred and fifty
eighth aero squadron; Two hundred
and Thirteenth nero squadron; replace
ment dotnchmonla Nos. 1 and 2 of the
32d division; fifty-one casual officers.
The 32d division Is composed of Na
tional Guard troops from Michigan and
Wisconsin. The division trained at
Camp McArthur, Texas.
Tho 107th engineers was composed
of tho First Battalion of Michigan En
gineers, tho 107th military police was
made up from tho Fourth and Sixth
Wisconsin Infantry, and tho 107th
Supply train from the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin Infantry.
Thus, all the soldiers wero Wiscon
sin ami Michigan guardsmen except
those in the nern squadron, who prob
ably were recruited from all parts of
tho country.
Tho Tuscanin was the first ship car
rying American troops to Europe to bo
sunk by German submarines, but tho
American transport Antilles was tor
pedoed and sunk in the war zone while
returning to the United States from
France and 11 soldiers were lost, with
1 HO other persons, including several
members of the armed naval guard.
American warships convoying trans
ports to Franco lust Juno twice fought
ofT submarine attacks. Since then,
however, there has been no reports of
an attack on a ship carrying American
troops to Europe.
Recently tho Navy department has
feared that the Germans would make
a concentrated effort to intercept
transports, the recall of many subma
rines to their liases being interpreted
ns preliminary to such a campaign.
The position of tho Tuscania when
she was sunk is taken to indicate that
she was bound to England, iior sink
ing definitely discloses that British
ships are being used to carry American
transport tonnage. This fact has been
intimated before and probably arises
from the decision of the supremo war
council to make every eirort to aug
ment General Pershing'H army during
the present year.
Navy officials have Insisted that,
despite the most careful plans and ef
forts to safeguard transports, there
was always n chance that ir troop ship
would stumble upon a lurking sub
marine and tho general belief here is
that this is what happened in this ease.
G. O. I. Opportunity Here.
Washington, I), C. Senator Penrose
issued n statement Thursday, calling
for unity in tho Republican party and
urging every member of tho Republi
can National committee to attend tho
meeting in St. Iouis next Tuesday.
He said there had been ltiO days' delay
in "pushing preparedness" slnco tho
United States went to wnr, and that
tho best way to spocd up was to rnako
tho Republican party a party of con
structive criticism as well as of patri
otic cooperation.