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f HMft HUt MkttuiJ AtrliM 1. 21 seu-n - ji Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER l-'alr tonight nml tomor row". Mux. lilt Mln. if. SECOND EDITION "'I ii NO. 257 Forty-fourth Ytnr. iMIIv Nlnlli Yiinr MEDFORD, OltlttlOtf, TCKKDAY, .JAN TAW Y H), 115 S fy Vow Friends for Sugar Beet Acreage and Secure Factory t $ J. I J BUSINESS MH OF CITY SIGNING BEET ACREAGE Mnijiilflccnl Display of Public Spirit Shown In Mdfoid Stores Close While Merchants "Canvass Antonn Farmers to Secure Arreane De mantled for Beet Sunar Factory. rrnctirnll)' tho entire city l ut today posting for tliu establishment of u rtno,ouo beet nugnr factory In Hie Iluguo ir valley. Ashland, Hold Hill, Central I'olnt ami JjkUhoh IIIk aio aluo kMiik '"lit. nml when tin- ilii) In iloim It Is confidently ox-Wti-it tlml tho required acreage will ! xlmioil up, iitnl tho seuind stop I" I lif toitirliiK of tli Iniltmlrlnl propo sition pill miiliir way. , Willi tho exception of ono or two cwiy Ntoro In Hut oily elood, or has MiriHiiiliillwM In tlio fluid, llllug fuimem mil landowner. Anton to tin- number of twenty-five or thirty nn nimnniiil In (ho work, rnrryliii; banner rending "Hugar lllii MoaiiH fiend Monny." .Miitli Interest Shown, Am showing tho Intercut, In tho On. trnl I'olnt district, two farmers own Ink the aeio Uiicls, signed up for I In co acre this morning mid reports fiont tho firing lluo Imlhnto Hint tliii riiiiipiilKiiorH nro meeting with Mir (.on. (Jiants I'm nn Iiiih n roiniiilttoia out mid expects to M'Ctito 1500 or Soon acres, Mnny of tho farmers of the vnlloy rurvUwyJiuuroIiiu tliut tho su gar la-of and irrigation project worn ono nml tho same. This was orron coiin. Ktfiti'iiiotitK refuting tlii'Ko ru iiioim were iMtii'd this morning by tho xiitfiir hoot coniiulttco nud tho Jack mm Coniity Kindness .Mon'n Awoola t Inn, ho Hi organliutlons making thorough Investigation. Tho work lodny coiidlHtu largely of dlsnbiislng tho fanner's mind of thin, tlio report untiling wide olrculiitlon Mondiiy aft ernoon, Itoportn roeclvod nt noon slated Hint W II. (lore's car lind signed 214 acre and nthur roportH show Hint ouch of SO odd cam hud signed up mi iivcrngo of R0 norox. Tho sugar boot committee have Is sued tho follow lug: IIiiiiioi' Cm reeled, To ronort a rumor current and cir culated upon tho streets aud'thiough out tho vnlloy. to tho effort Hint tho ontubllshnioiil of a sugar hoot factor; In tho Itnguo i Ivor vnlloy wns n m-Iioiiio to furtlior IrrlKotlon, tlio coiniiillteo Inn Iiik In chnrgo tho secur. lug of acreiiKo for tho ludiiHtrlat pro poMtlon dohlro to omplintlcally Htatu that thoro Ik no connection In nnj (Continued on page two) OF MISSOURI PACIFIC ST. I.ni'lS, Jim. 10. The (loul.K nin no longer ill coutud ol' tlio Mis souri Pacific, it was louined from uu iiullioiitittivo miiiico licro today, and Willi tllO lM'l'llil)l (if blllUl'n lielil li Mi. Helen (lonld Slicptilil) tlio lioM iKH o' tlio Cloiilil i'liinily don'l o. eeeil iiiroxiiiiillely '' 10 hIiiuch. A linl of tlm hlinroluildois oL' tho com puny lias hcuii filed will) tlio MWhOiiri pulilio Hoi'ii!o eonniiihHion, and it wilt. lliiH lint (lull hIiowciI tlio (lould I'liin ily no oilor eonlrolH tlio nioneily. ItepoilH Hint a icniptiiixntioii nl' the eoiiipiiuy mih imminent mo de nied. ALL STOCKS RISE IN WALL STREET GOULDS NKW VOIIIv, Jon. ill. -All recoidh for MmiikIIi nntl notivilv jinco Hi" lOHIIinplloll Of llUHilHWS WOIO HIIIUKH. ed y toiluy'H stock inuil.el, Tin en tuo list moved I'nnvunl, umli'i' loud of foiniur ftiMii'iivb, SOUTHERN ITALY BADLY SHAKEN BY All Calalirla In Terror Mo Lives Lost as Known, People Reftisinu to Return to Homes ricllcf nntl Res cue Work In Ruined Rcn'ons Pro Uicssli:; Heavy Mortality. IIO.Mi:, Jan. ID. An eiiilliipialie of K roil I foi'ec lili hlmUi'll nil Cntnli tin, in 1 1 i,o hinilliHiwIetu pint of 1 1 nly. hut no far n I known hn oiiuoed no Iok oT life. Tlio ftlmcl, j i p on i lo have Ihtii IimioI sovenl in tho iieicliliiiiliiMnl of CiieiiJi, oiipilnl of the pioviueo. Il fimlitened llioiiiind of peiotm mid iImivo tlieiu inlii the np n, where they MlH.vinir. They prefor ! I Hit eold mid il eimxeipieiiec mlher I tut ii mil the rik of lioini Imried in (he ruin- f their lionnm, Tlitoiieliniit tlio euilliipinke lel in cenltnl Italy, ohii,iii town" ulicie ninny TiT Hie liuildinss are htill lnnd ine iippaientlv iuliiet, the wurvivor of tlio enlu4ioplio refiiKO to ieek "holler in their liouxcs nml nro wot' foiinjt tenililv fioiu i'poiire. rntalllloi llemy. Ah telief nml iimoiio worlc poo. forwaiil, it appear Hint oine !! tiietK jiikI mouIIi of Avenno weie iim Imillv aniietcd an (lint town, wi h tlio porocnliifo of dead to the total population iilnio"! ok larxo. Tho wit -tuition in the citno of iiinnv Idwiih and .itliij0H U more diperale lio cutioo n et aileipiato lelief incnu iiron have not lieen tiiken. Oitueeliio, nouth of Axcxzaun, repoited it" liaunif at le"l 000 ic tiniH, fulh hajf of whom have lieeu found Imried in tlio iuiu of tlio eiitlicililil lliore. The town lias lieen irluall nixed, and now, more than i da nflcr tlio fiivt lioek. sani tnrv eonditioii uinoiiK lite lixitij; aio hecomuiK ahuo-t unlionnihle. The wHine .tor eonio fioin oilier town in tlio Meinity from San Itcnoilotto, with inot) of in l.'flO pop ulation di'iid; t'elano, ''.MH) feet up in Hie inoiiutaiuM, with 11X11) dead; I'ateino, with onlv t00 of its 'JOOII poioiiH htill alie; I'eeina, with inOO and tiioio Imiied, and many IllllOr tllWIIH, ItoaiU UloikiiiliMl. TIihiikIi many of tiioio laee arc near AM'Mano, the mippo-ed center of tlio ditiirlanee and tlio coui-e-(picnl relief work, tlicv liao lieen al most iuneoonMhlo liconu-i' of hloek aded irtiiilo. Tin' food supplies nro reported as er.v intil'fieieiit ami the sheltoiH inadeipmte. Tlio nrpiiiircd Icm'uo woil; U liciiiK pushed with all haslo to leach the inhaliitauts of thcxti towns in limo to pi event grout loss of liTo nmoiu; Iho Hiinivors. King Victor Knmianucl is louriiiK Iho stricken diliiol liv aiitoiuoliile couhIiiiiIIv, distiihiitmir supplies, I'ICTHOtlUAl), via London, Jnn. 19 -Tho (lormnn forces In Centrnl Po land uro coutliuliiR tholr offorta to advance west of WnrHnw, lietwoon Hocliaczow and llollmow and nouth wt'Kt of WaiHiiw, hetweon 8klernlo wlco and Orodllk, nltbotiKli tholr loft flank Ih cndaiiKorod by tho ndvnuco of UuhhIiiu troops along tho rluht bank of tho VlHtuln woHt of IMock, and Iho poHltlon ot tliotr rl?ht flank, acconlliiK to IIuhhIiui roporta la no loiiKor tennhlo, TIiIh forward movomont of tlio con tor or tlio (lormnn Iiiib boon unsuo coKHful Hiiih fur, linvhiK boon noted by UuhhIiiu uoioplnuctt nud' chocked by artillery. All tlio tronclios which tho (Jormnna micccodcd In taking lvo been iccupturcd by tlio ItiiBtdniiH, It U now tho cniiBonsua ot mllltnry opinion horn Hint tho (lormnn nrmy niuat olthor forco Its wny through tho ItUHslau lluo In tho contor, whoro Ita prcHont cffoita nro directed, or oIbo rotiont to tho AVnrtn rlvor, which would menu falling bnclc to within alit.' l."onty-flo inlioa of tho Gor man frontlor, Tho IluBalim movo- NEW QUAKE USSIANS HOLD FIRM INlOLAND EU BEGIN FRESU ADVANCE AT ST. MIHIEL Another German Field Works In For est of La Pclre Captured Press Inn Forward Upon Fortress Ber lin Asserts Repulse of Russian At tack North of Vistula. LONDON, .Inn. 1(1. A furthoi ad vaueo in the el foil lo picieo the On man line ahoe St. Milnel, near th eastetll cud of the liilltle line III I'nnn'0, i "iinnoiuieoil in the olliciol coinmmiiealiou today from Palis, Il 'ih said Hint another (leruiaii field wnik in Ijic foitl of l.ii 1'iette w.h eaptuieil and Ihal nill) ,oiiU of the Ooiiiinn tieiieliCH 11 have now lieeu oeeupied. At Iho siiiiio lime Hie nllios me at leinplin to pio-s forwaid to the iioiHiwoM of St. .Milnel. Tlu.c two inoVenieiitK, if sueecs-lul. wmild either cut llnouli the fierman line or I'oiupcl the cwtcuution of St. Mi llie), Tenure of this town liv Iho (leiiuaus ro"idU in n -hart hend in f i .li.- ,.. . '. "' , ''. " ' menace wind, thev haw Ihiii en - ileiiMiiiup for weeks to n move Itetako Captiueil Tii'iiclie. The rYeiicli lino ictakcii the po"i-1 lions at I .a Itoissellc captured by tho. Micrmnus, nnin s Miiieinoni irom I'aiis asseits. Tho Oerman official t announcement hjiys that no action of importance occurred iiIoiiji Hie entire wcstcni-l'roiil.'" Russian attacks north of the Vis. tula river weic repulsed with heay losses, the lloilin slalement nsserl. Military men in Pelioj-i.ul aio of thoi opinion t Iim t the Kusjmi cneircliuu movement in both the north and south will eompel the Hermans to at tempt to break Ihioueli the Warsnwf front, or, if unsuccessful, to retreat ucaily to Hie Oerman boi'dcr. ItusslaiiH In Hucary. So far as can be suimiscd liv Rus sian mililarv critics, tlio ficnuans 'have no intention of inaugurating in the iinmeiliate future a wliolcsale nv saiilt which would precipitate Hie de cisiso contest. Xevertliclcss, they continue their nm:rossiw movements liv means of scnlteiinjj attacks nlenj: tho whole front. Ilcccnllv these at tacks hnvc been diminishing in num ber and in intensity. Tlio Hussinn aimv reported to oc-J ciipicd Ibc rarpalhian paws, now said to have cnierKod in'o Iho plains of Uttiik'nrv. Iliiitv miles- from the honlcr of Ilukowiua. Portland Livestock Market PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 10. Cattle -Receipts 1 1 ; seadv and iincliaimcd lions Receipts llli Ill to l.'ie lower. Pi imp lijshl, ehoiee, if(l..'iOof(1.70. Sliccp Steadv. f H.70(ii tl.80; v mont dcBlKiied to cnclrclo tho Oor miiu flnnkH will mako It linpoaslblo, miliary men miy, for tho (lurmnnR to maintain t)ielr presont positions In tho contor. Tho ovpocted co-operation ot Aus trian forces fiom tho Boutheast haa falloil to nintorlnlUo. Tho nttomptoil ndvnnco of tho AustrlniiB enst of I'lot rkow," an voll na In tho Tnrnow j-o-glon, on tho Dunnjec, hna boon crooked successfully by effective, work ot tho Husalim artillery. Along .tho Inimedlnto AVnrsnw front tliofo lins boon no mntorlal chnugo In positions recently. In tho oNtroino north tho HiiBBlnna roport n Htcaily ndvnnco toward east Prussia, and In the oxtromo soutlulhoy atato thoy nro moving forward successful')' In tho Carpnthlnna. Tholr northorn movomont Iuib boon retarded near Lootxon by tho CJormnn fortlflcntlona and tho gouernl Impenetrability ot tlio country In tho Mnzurlnn I.nko region. In tho Routli, howovor, tho Russlnna (ippnrently bnvo ocouplod nil tho Cnr pathlnn pnaaos nnd hnvo crossod tho bortlora ot Trnnalviuilii. SOCIKTV (.JUL TO 11 fa , ... do of tlio Annoiiin cineiit tint Im-oii mai! of IMillailu la. to .Mr A.foiiHO 1' Ilia, I.lpplncott li a dnusli or of tlio Into Franklin II. Mppinrott, of Phlladelphta. , . jianlmon. . tho wife of Colonel II M. Jfiiplcon, of the I ItritUh Army. MIm I.lpplncott ling many frlemU la society. Mr. Villa U a gruduutu of Uio Unlvirslty of Turin and a Chevalier of the Crown of Italy. 4000 ENTOMBED IMA ihH li ONLY FEW RESCUED TAtSI.IACOX.ZO MnUomo. Jan. 10. -Not les8 nemo than tho mlsory and PES UiltO Miiiioniii; oi mo pcopio oi Avozinno . ... , I, that or tho Inhabitants of tlio on. 'eprenlatiw. ot tho hous boaid tiro district 6( tlio south, In Iocliu. M '" l--ltt.r uddit.s that liod Snn Ilenodctto, Olojl do Marnl and.todny when Mis- Marion II. Tow-no. other towns. Tho loss ot ;ifo and damaRo to porporty In tltoso place Is equally na great but tho needs of tho sufferers hnvo received fnr low at- tentlon. J'nterno. blRlt up on tho mountain- Ride, has suffered probably inoro than any other town In tho wholo earth quako region. Loss than 200 porrons hnvo been saved out of n population of 2000 nnd not a single houso re mains standing. All nro shapeless ruins. Along tho mnln rond from Patorno to Pcsclna trafflco lias consod oxcopt for a fow motor cars carrying supplies nnd Home country carta which, whon encountered, woro generally ladun iunos,o of tho bill. 1 nnticiputo no with two or more coffins. opposition to it, unless it conuv from Moro than 1000 of tho peoplo of 'cither RopuwnUtivo Smith or Itcp Posclnn nro burled imdor tho fnlleti rosontnlho I'oih.." buildings. Some of tho corpses which j Rcprcscntntivo Smith prompt'v hnvo boon recovered Ho on tho ground i arose and oliiin pioncd Hie Ifll'. at street comers, whllo others nro hastily enclosed In coffins mnilo o : tho fit st wood obtainable. Although living persons nro still being dug out of tho ruins thero nro only ISO soldiers nt Posclnn to assist Iho survivors In rescue work. Tho fow RiirvlNlug town officials complain Mitel ly of tho government's neglect. Thoy say no biead haa been obtalna blo slnco Saturday, and that tho poo plo nnd soldiers lino had nothing to eat but egotables brought fiom tho neighboring villages. Pcsclna lost its most famous Inud tnnrk, tho sixteenth century cnstlo of tho Plccolomlnl family nnd tho houso Micro tho famous Cnrdlnal Mnznrln f.-as born. SNOW FALLS ON T AVKZXANO, Italy, Jnn. 10 Tho condttton of tho enrtbqunko survivors In tho central districts ot Italy was rendoied worijo today by tin abundant fall of snow, which In elevated vil lages has assumed tho character of a anowHtonu, and Ih copiplotlng tho devastation caimcd by (ho onrthqualio, K ITALIAN'S 1UDE. ( . . ,, ,, . , , ., , I enpiKcmeat of .Mi- Ilelcn Mpplncott, of Turin, Itnly, and New York. MIm CRATER LAKE BILL BY MISS TDWNE 1 SAI.KM. Or.. Jen. 1!). -For Hi- lft, Vmv m ,m. ,l)ov f representative from Jiickon eomitv ke in ll(.hu,f ,lf ,,, int r.i.lu.-is.I , ., , , , , h' ,,u 'Uvl'"" l',mu,y tl,'1nt'""' i which would edo to tho United Slates om-Iimuvo jiiriMlietiou tifor tho Cm- ter Lake National park. Tho bill wji pnsed imnndiiiMv'nftT hor ar iiiuiont in it fax or. ''A few noople hnvo tlio idea that this bill creates n park' said MW Towne, "but it doos not. It is a mere founality. The aovenimcnt desires to polico tlio -ark, nnd to hno its courts PM'rcUo poni'iloto jurisdiction over it, and to noeonHish this is the PASSES CHAMPIONED - UP TRANSFER OF SHIP WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Tlio Drilish gou'tninont will not consent to allow the steamer Daeia, recently transfericd from Oerman to Ameri can teyistry, lo proceed to Rotter dam under safe conduct with hor cargo of cotton, the stuto depailmenl wns notified today fiom London. Tho lliitish icply to mtftgoMions for a snfo eouduet recently mndo by Iho Mate dopuitmcut, camo Hirough tho Amoiicaii embassy at londou. Whilo the text of tho uu'ssajjo was withheld, it is known Iho llritish ob jection wiu luised broaiUv on a re luctance to create a precedent, which it is folt woufd be followed by many similar purchases of Oeiman ships in America, and of foils to operate them on tho former fleuunn trade mutes. Tho lliitish note does not under take to usscit tho right of Orcat Rrit aiu to interfere with ships purchased nnd tiansfencd to'tho American flag in a legitimate way. The object to tho transfer of tho Daeia, according to tlio Rritish view, is tlifit it was not genuine, it being intimated tlio Hut ish government believes tlio Ameronn o : u FAIL TO AGREE LEAVE CAPITAL Villa Said lo Be Unable to Further Co-operate Willi Zapata Obrc cjon's Forces Menacing Cily No Confirmation of Report That Villa Has Entered City of Mexico. WASHINGTON. Jan. III. Din-puti-liis filvil re-tonlnv lit Moxieo '( i said that while it was reported (linir.il Villa with a larsu furee wn i . ........ (-oriin to Hie cnpuni, rciiaiuc uuor ii'ut on iiidientrd 'he would not move farther -with from QuortnVo. I Agents of the Aiiiciiean ocrn- 'ment in the Moxicmi capital uid thoy , wire at a )o-- to iiudertnml the lien phnt-c ! the situntioii. One niinj:e sitc-tcil Xillu's top at Qucrctnro imlit mean that he finds himself tin- alilo to i i..i(s'fnte further with the (.npntii forces. t A l d.iv cs onlay oflieials of the di p.irti. cuts -et up liv t.he eonven tioii siovennncnt were paekinj; tlicir rcc'irds tirepnriitorv to soiny north. ' ." . ,)" ,,r " """" "" " "" m"u" '"" "' "" ",rK " "",- nWi-H f " f banuony inlcrview- in the Mexican uew-spnpers bv flen- oral Palafo, n Zapata leader, de nnunoiii'r Hie convention troovs for iioi-upviu'.' Oriaha, which, it is be lieed. prioulv was s-urrisoneil bv Ziifiata troops. The advance from Pnebla of the I firec of (ifiierul Olirvgon. a Cnr- it-miza ebief. olid Iho fiid.lrn opnrtnn ol General (lutierioz from rcxico ,('it with .1(11)0 mu. bus proen a menace o Hie iHitital. In ninny 'iitiarteis heie the belief prevails that Vi'la )laiis to oinpmitp Mexico City and stieiiBtbn hii- lines north of th" capital, milking an effort to obtain control of a'l he noitbeni "trite be fore to mine hi "attention to the cap ital and the south. State department officials up to noun today hod iPcntMl no confirm n'ion of rvuorts Hint Villa had al ready reached Mi" ico City, BETHLEHEM STEEL PAYS BIG DIVIDEND XBW YORK. Jan. 19.-The Ileth lohom Steol corporation today declar ed an annual dhldend of seven per cent on Its preferred stock, which is two per cent In excels of tho distri bution mndo n ear ago. Tho divi dend Is payable In quarterly Instal ments of 1 3-4 per cent each. Tho Hothlohom Steel corporation has received largo orders from for eign governments within tho last sev ernl months for munitions of wnr. 'purchaser was roall acting for Ger- man principles. The Jlaeia's cotton cyrgo admit tedly is not subject to seizure and tho riritisli note leavas it to bo in foired that if tlio owners of the cot ton do not mako other arrangements for its shipment to (leimau.v and the Oaeia puts to sea, tlio cotton cither will he unloaded in an I'.nglisli port and placed at tho disposal of the owner to forwaid to (leimauy by another and neutral ship or appro priated by tho lliitish gowiniuent upon payment to the owners of its invoice value. Tho state depaitnient already has informed Mr. ltrituiij; of. Marquette, Mich., tho owner of tho ship, ot tlio lefifriil of tho British government to promise not In seize the Oacia on this particular trip. As ho has stat ed to tho dopailmcut that the freight charges upon tho cotton with which tho Daeia is loaded would about equal the, purchase juice of tlio vessel, it is assumed that die will take the chance of milking tlio voyage, and if tho ship in seized, will go heroin n Hiitis.li prizo court, hJICV PAN PU LT STRIKERS SHOT DOWN IN RIOT IN NEW JERSEY One Dead, Nineteen Wounded, Four Mortally, in Battle With Deputy Sheriffs at Roosevelt None of tho Deputies Injured, hut Workmen Perforated With Buckshot. ROOSKVKLT, X. J., Jan. 10. Nineteen men were shot, four of them beiiii' moititllv wounded, one of the wounded, Michael I tacky, dyiug on the way to-!tho !iir.pitul, in n bntlht' between 'jot) Striking laborers and fit'U deputy sheriffs at tho plant of tho American AVricuHurat Chem ical eoiiipniiy hero today. Most of (ho wounded arc foreincro and thev are sufferim; both from hnck"hot wounds nnd bullets. The Ha hi stnrted when the lrikeri slopR'd a Central Railroad of New' Jersey train from Klimbelhjtort in see if the train brought strike-breakers to the jilant. There were no s i lki-b makers aboard, but n few ot fice employes who were jtassengcrs started nu outcry, apparently Iielicv-iti-r that tho strikers intended harm to them. ' General KiU-ounter Follow. Iii answer to tho call, fifty nrmed dejuity sheriffs ran to the scene from the company s plant, where they had been stationed for the past two weeks. A general encounter between the deputies nnd tho strikers follow ed. At first only. -stones, worn used. Then someone firedTtfiol?ttii4'wns the signal for n fusillade which camo apparent I v from both sides. Xono of the deputies was injured, but many of the strikers fell. Most of tho wounded were shot through tho legs, ns the deputies fired low. Tho strikers dierscd, soino enrrying the wounded men away. The four most seriously wounded were taken to a hospRnl at Elirnhetlw jiort, not fnr awav. It was said Hint these men probably would die. The offieo employes were escorted from tho train to tho plant bv tho dejuities without further incident. Strike In Two Weeks. District Suiu'riiitciuU-nt Clinmpion of tho coiiiany, who Is in charge of Hie plant here, said that the strikers had held up the train by juling ties across tho tracks. The strike at the jdant has been on for two weeks. According to tho ooiiiuns statement-, approximately half of their -100 cmloyes nro nf fected. Tho strikers uro unskilled laborers, it is said, who quit work when their demnnd for mi inerou"p of 10 cents a day was refused. The men receive niiroxiinotely $'J a dav each. Xo other class of workers, it was said, had been affected bv the strike. The plant is still in opera tion. BILL SOON LAW WASHINGTON', Jan, 19 Passugo of tho administration ship purchase bill during tho presont session of con. gross Is regnrdod aB extremoly prob able by Prcsldont Wilson. Uu told callers today ttiero might bo slight changes In tho bill, but that ho did not anticipate material alteration. Tlio president profora a shipping board comopsed ot inomborH of tho cabinet, as originally plannel, to thu substltuto suggested by some progrca-slve-ropubllcan senators for a non partisan board, made up ot men not connected with the government. Mr, Wilson said ho did not think tho apnprent reluctance of tho UrltUli government to allow tho Dnpla, a vp sot recently transferred, from Oerman to American ownership to sail un challenged would have any bearing on tho purchaso qf ahlpa under tb shipping bill, DACIAsHIP PURCHASE AY PRESIDENT 1 M l r -l 4 3 3 W m si Tii A 1 41 M i .' i Jk , jj'MJitH. i;