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?07 Seennri Strwst
Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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rorly-fotirth Yr.
Ilnllv- Nliilli Vinr
MINE-CAM
BORDER BRIDGE
IS DYNAMITED
nnllrnml Bilil(o Spannliin St. Croix
Rlvrr Blown Up by German, Who
Hives as Reason Thai Britain ami
Gcrinmiy Arc at War Arrested on
Amrrlran Side.
VANCICIIOHO. Mo., Fob. . at
tempt Ki destroy Iho rnlliond bridge
niuiniiliiK tlm Ht Croix river which
fin iiik I In- Inlet national bnundnry lino
between I'lixliTii Maine unit Now
llrunnwlel,, huh inailo curly toiluy.
Oiin of I lie Ihrco spumi of the striio
Inro wn blown up liy dynamite, imil
Winner Vim Horn, (icrmnii, Ih tin
der nrrorl unit admits IiIh guilt.
Tint ni i nek mi the bridge mimed
K I out nocmollt on thii New llrutlit
wick tide, whore minor of u (Jerninn
plot uprond rapidly mill rctaillcd In
mi liniiii'illutii Iiivi'nIIkiiIIom It) tln
llllll'llll IHllllOlltloH,
Iminli) mum iiImu lni;iin on this side
nml Hi In led to Hi" arri'Hl at u Inenl
hiiii'l of ii niiin who r.n It Ih name hh
Wot nor Van I tin ft. According to tho
ImiIIio, tlm prlmimr said ho mum mi
offlrcr In I hi' non-Ire of Herman),
Imt lofuinsl lit divulge It Ih rank. Tho
police uy hi- admitted thnt ho ex
ploded I hit d nautili; under n ncrtlnn
of llic hrlilKo mill thnt u dynamite nii
mnl n plmi of thv bridge were fonnil
In III piM-kftw. Van Hum a ho Ik
37 year olil.
('crntao .iii-lri
The nrrot wan inmlo liy l)ipul
Sheriff (ienrge V. noun, who wan nc
cniupnulcd hy n .Ma I no Ci'iilrnl de
tective nml two Cnundliiu officers,
from Now Attn Junction, N. II. H
was removed to tho I'nited Hinted Im
migration rooniM, where ho wnn
ulini'ly guarded. Deputy .Sheriff llmm
iiotlflctl tho Fulled States marshal
mot tho Fulled Htntoti district attor
ney nt I'ortlnntl, nuking for Inatruc-
tlolld.
When taken Into rimlnil) Van Horn
inaile no loMilmu'c He deemed mi
libit) In speak er kooiI KiikIIhIi No
paHiiM worn futiml to lilenllfy hint
In ll pocket n en tried u (lelliiatl flag
Kneuij's Country
Adked why ho hint dynamited tho
In blue, Hie prUnncr, tho pollre way,
innde tho Hlinplo explanation that IiIh
ronntry watt at war with (treat llrll
itln anil that Canaila wiih u part of
iho enemy's country. Ho said thnt he
ciniiii fioin Now York, IiiivIiik Irfl
that city on Friday night nml ar
rived hero. Immediately after did
cluirKliiK tlto e.sploflvo ho returned to
tho hotel. Ah evidence of IiIh exper
ience, ho dUplayod a front til t ton
tlinmli Din I'tothliiK tool lieen un
ci UHtcd with li'o anil wiih winked
thr'ough
Tho bridge Ih tho connecting Unit
between iho Malno Contra! ami tho
Canadian Pacific there, iih tho Chiiii
dliin Pacific IiiivIiik traffic rlghU
over tho forincr toad fioin .Mallawam.
hong l tho boundary. TIiIh Ih tho
through routo from upper anil west
ern Camilla lo tho nmrltlnio provinces
illrortly connecting .Mnntiont with tho
porlH of St John ami Halifax',
Is Principal I 'on
In tho wlutor koiihoii Ht, John. N.
II., Ih tho principal eastern port of
Canada ami thither hnvo come from
Montreal and farthor worn grent
iiMitt ll Ii-h of pruvltdoiiH nml other
miinllloiiH of war for tdilpnu'iit to
IJiiBlanil mnl Franco. Tho Hhlp
iuoiiIh hnvo pitHsed over tho hrldKO
which It wnH hoiikIU to ilotUroy.
TIiIh Ih tho inoRt illroct routo from
tho vl (is ciittlnK act;oftH tho Hlato
of Maine, It Ih Hovoral hundred iiiIIch
nhoiior than thu iiortltorn ioiiIo opor
nted hy tho Cmiiullmi Kovonimont,
(()ontli)iioi on innt piiKu)
Tr- xF-
IN STRICKEN ITALY
H0.MH, l'i'li. t.-Kniili ilUlmli.
nnccH of a minor imtit'o coiitiiino til
Aveiiiio, (lie iiinsl importmit feat life
liciiiK llto lower level of l.iiho I'ltlei''
no hy Hixleen I'cel, nfler n vortex lutit
uiipcnreil in iln eenler. This is in
teiireleil iih iiiilit'itliior n ruIiIcitiun
can oruption wltieh in sulisiiliu dievv
into Hie earth nn iuiiiii'ii--e volume of
water from Iho lake,
ITALY SENDS 20,000
10
:i
I'AIMS, IVh. 'J. A iliNpiileh Iroin
AiIiciih o the Italkiiii Akciii'.v nnM mi
tliilian e.peililloiini,v ioip. i iiiitiii"'-
oil of 'JIlJIIiil men, itcitincil to 1 1
the Alliiiiiimi m'lipoit of Diiriiritu nml
IIh Meiuily H liemtr concent i.ilnl at
I la ii, mi llalmn city on lite Adtiilie
neuy lliiinlii.
10
TALK FOOD CRISIS
LONDON, IVh : Pnrllninent to-.iHM-mhleit
today after a rerenn for tho
Houko or CoiiimoiiH hlnrn Noveinher
7 mnl for limine or l.ordn iilnro
Jniiiiary S. Tho nioinhem dlnpenictl
with corcninnloM mnl plnmted nt onco
Into htiHlneiot, ronnlntlitK of varloim
matterH, rltlefly flliaiulal, which linve
ailneii an a lenull of tho war.
The lloime of Commomi had nn eiti
ptv iiieparnnre. Soino 200 of tfio
r,70 ineiuherH mo now at tho front.
ItepbliiK to a iticMtlnn put liy
(!como Nlrotl llnrueH, Inhor memlier
for (Slnnow. whether tho r.ovoni
ment wm coniiltlerliiK tlm mailer of
flxlim food pilren, Premier AmiiuIHi
Ha Id: j
'All these mntteiH are holm; rnre-!
full) levloweil." I
Tho coniinllteo now hnvlni; the'
mntler In IihiiiIn. Iho premier con
tinued, wan rccclvliiK full Informn.
Hon from Iho vnrloiiH ilepartmontH of
the Koeimnent. but he could not nay
when the luuulry would ho con-
rtmleil.
Tho Rovorntnent, however, he,
nddoil, wiih fully nllve to tho uwncy
of tlm mthjept nml li told the holme
that ll certainly would hnvo nn oppor
ttinliy or iIIhciiuhIiik tin whole qiien
Hon.
I
IN MEXICO CITY
WASHINGTON, IVh. J. All news.
uiier olTices in Mexico t'itv have
heen eloe.l h the older ol lite pV
erniuenl, the 'tate ileniiliuent was
nilieil today, .noiita lorec, who
control the eilyV uiaiii water supply
ami continue to oeenpy outlvini;
hiititlicni hiihuih-, aie lepoiteil to
have committed muiio ilepieilatiou1..
Carrana fotee who control the
Mexican imlway, ltave piomiied to
relieve the Mtuution eauil hy a
shoitako of food in Mexico City.
SEIZED FROM PUBLIC
UOTTCIIDAM, reh. 2 Tho Cour
nut lenriiH that tho (tcrtnan wnr main
company, nn organization tho purpoHo
of which l to acquire all tho avnll
nhlo j!rnlu In (lermnny and storo It
until next May, Iiiih noUed moro thnn
II.OOO.ODO Ioiih of Kialn. Tho paper
Hityii uoiio of t IiIh fond ntuff would
ho at tho iIIhpohiiI of tho puhllc he
foro next mimmer.
PARLIAMENT
SHOR
AGE0FF000
SUGAR ET WORKERS
Somelhing definite jognrdiug; (he
esluhlishniont of a heet sugar factory
is expeeled lo materialie within tho
ne.xl two days. Tho result of lite
work al (hunts Pass, which will eloso
this evening, will have much to do
with il, as that district is expected
to piesiml between l.'iOO ami 2000
acres of Itoguo river bottom land. In
the Josephine county metropolis the
stores are all closed today and boost
ers are out seeking; ucreage,
In this e'tlv Iho committee, is busy
cheeking up on tho tiereago signed
ami Hoourhtf more. An optimistic
view is taken of tho situation. The
Infill coinmilteo muy aimouuco its po.
silion tomorrow after a conference to
ho hehl. Messrs, Kihley and Iham
well of the sugar intoreslR are in
I'urtliiml ami will return tho middle
M13DF0RD,
GERMANS IAKE
Pctrourad Admits Small German Suc
cesses, But Claims Losses Sustain
ed Were Enormous Artillery Duel
Alonu Western Front Battle for
Stratr.c Passes Baijlng.
LONDON, I'd., -J. The (leiini.n
lino alter a lou period of piepiiia
lion appear today, jiidyiny It mil ie
polls rcacliin London, to he pnltinc
into cxecutiuu their plans IW tin ml
vauee on Warsaw. At lite smae time
the AiistrimiH .ceni lo have tenewed
their I'm a id movrmcul in the Car
pathian mountains.
The liylilitin in the Caiiiathiaiis is
expected to decide for tho pciiod of
the war the masicry of the three most
impoitaut pases thiouch the moun
tains t'sok, Dnkln ami '.w.kow.
The slrale'ie value of these past-es is
imlicateil ly Hie tact that Wys.kuw i
nhnost due south ol' Leiiilier', while
l'.sok is in the same lehttive position
from I'r.i'invsl mid Ditkla is situated
siinihuly with lejsnnl to Cracow. The
llulttiitK appaieutlv has not yel ah
sinned full proportions, Imt the An-.
tro-(lcnumi concenlrntioti is pin
piessin;;, notwithsimiiliii!.' Iftisiau
harassiaciitK.
AloiiK Wi'strni t'lont
Sniiilcd contests nUo an in prog
ress in the wesiein war one, the
Unmans haviiiK inade attacks in
force at La Itas-ee and alom; the
coast. The French nsscit that tlte
I. attic nt La HassOe has hot resulted
in a chaii'.'e of positions, while alon
the coast tho Herman attack N di
reVleil ai the iccovcry of Hie Orvnt
niiiii', an artillery Mi-ition near Loin
liaertydii, which, however, remains in
the possession "f the allies.
London's Zeppelin scare of last
nutlit now npjicars to have heen in the
nature of a ichearsal. No renhon is
ihscoverahle for the minors that
(leniian mr craft were traveling over
Dover. The firing hy tho Dover forts
is Miid lo have heen a waruiuv to
ships whicli omitted to comply with
pint regulations.
Ii t mi South Africa comes news
that arrangements are umler way for
the surrender of the rehel leaders
Maritr. and Kemp, ll is stated thai
they have disagreed with their Her
man adviscjs.
(ieiiiiaus Take Tionclies
The new Oermmi attaek on the
Warsaw front has led to some of the
heaviest fighting of the war in the
east thus far. An official .statement
from Petrogrml today admits thai
the (lennaiis succeeded in eanying
IJussian tienches in lite region of
Soehaezew and itolimow, near the
Vistula, and ahout thiitv miles west
of Warsaw, Imt slate that the dec
man successes were of small in'ipor
tauee compared with the losses they
sustained, .which are desciihed as
enormous. On one front less than a
mile long more than (1000 Oermans
are said in have heen killed in a week.
Tho llussians chart'ed the captured
trenches with havonets and Pctrourad
reports that the- succeeded in winning-
hack n large part of them.
The haltle. for possession of the
Carpathian passes continues without
definite success for either the Kus
sinus or Austiians.
of tho week, when they will hold an
other im'Oling with the committee.
Soil K.xpert Slorev is busy going
over the laud signed. Itotlom land or
irrigated land is wanted. Hillside
land, unle'ss irrignled, is of little
value. Tho dropping of the irrigation
district plan has nlso nut new life
into the sugar beet project. Many,
despite the statements of all interest
ed, oould not separate from their
minds Iho idea that the development
projects wore linked, and that oae
meant tho other.
It is probablu that the final effort
of the campaign will bo miido Thurs
day to clean up on tho laud and brinr;
thu entire mailer lo a close by the
end of tho week.
Tho Churchill's, in the Shasta val
ley, hnvo offered 1000 acres under
irrigation for sugar beets,
TRENCHESALONG
WARSAW FRONT
HOPEFUL
OKEUOX, Tt'ICSDAY, li'JSWU'AHV 2, 1015
S FOODSTUFF FORi
SOUTHERN OREGON GERMANS HELD
ii i mi HI' llllftl 1 IIH I I II Mil 1
Ncnr Htoriu ioikIIHoiih prevail
throughout southern Oregon todny,
with northbound Houtliern Pacific
tinliiH delayed by reiiKon of heavy
weather and Know In thu HlkldyoiiH,
nml the water of the utrcaniH In the
Itoguo river wntrrnlnd rlnltiK. hy rea
son of heavy rnltm and melting Know
Nothing approaching floods hnvo heen
reported, though the lllg and Little
AtipIegateH, floRiie river nnd Hear
crook am running hank full.
The ruin that fell .Monday wiih gen
erul from Cow creek canyon fur Into
northern CnlHornln. According to
the local weather hiirenu 1:5." Inchon
of rain fell In thin valley. A brisk
wind from the notith In blowing to
dny. mid more ruin Ik In older.
T!n precipitation Monday wnn
worth ihotmandH of dollarn to tho far
im.TH nnd fruitgrower, put the.
ground In excellent nhnpo for need
ing and nprlng plowing, hut moro in
needed.
Northbound Hhanta Limited nnd No.
H were delayed owing to hIIiIch near
Hlmn and Cnntnra In the Sliaxta reg
ion. The former reached thin city nt
I l.'i o'clock this afternoon.
TRAFFIC CRIPPLED
BY SLEET STORM
nm:i:.v hay. wk. i-vi.. .. a
Chicago & Noithwcsteni tram filled
with pa-sengerfi was held in a huge
bank of snow near Mflrihel, from 10
o'clock last night rililil thiaftcruoon.
No t mins reached hero over the
Northwestern line for fourteen hours.
Tlii (liven Mux A: Western Was un
able to oxrnte out of this citv todnv
because of miow filling a cat a mile
long. Chiengo, .Milwaukee & St. Paul
trains nre operating hours behhii
schedule. No freight trains aie be
ing run and wire service is badly im
paired.
DKTIIOIT, Mich., Kelt. 2.-There
was no improvement today in Mich
igan communication, interrupted yes
terday by rain mid sleet, ltailroad
traffic, however, was improved.
CHICAGO, Feb. 'J. Telegraphic
communication between Chicago and
St. Paul and Minneapolis was ar
ranged via New York, Montreal and
Winnipeg. Though diiect communi
cation between this place and the
Twin Cities wits interrupted, St. Paul
rexrted that there was no stoim in
its immediate vicinity.
F
SUEZ CANAL ZONE
CAIHO, via London, Feb. '22.- Al
though there has been no further
fighting in the Suez canal district, a
considerable number of Turkish de
sellers have surrendered. They have
given graphic descriptions of the
march from .lerusalem by way of
Uershebu ami HI Arish (near the
boundary of Kgypt and Palestine).
They suy they were provided only
witli meagre supply of provisions mid
were compelled to buy food at high
prices from Hedouins.
E,E
LONDON, Feb. 2. Kavth shocks
occurred last night in districts of
Yorkshire. Oae miner was killed and
several narrow escapes owing to the
shaking down of coal in the pits. In
some cases the pits were rendered
unworkable by Iho full of coal.
Portland Live Stock Market.
POKTLAN1), Ore., Feb. '. -Cattle
receipts 100; steady.
Hogs, receipts (1'2 steady.
Sheep, strong:, higher. Hcst weth
ers .(i.RrCii.00; best ewes .W.T.W
jft.OO; prune lambs !r7.7.ri0i 8,00 ; mixed
sheep .f I. i.(o. .-..
AROUND
CIO
AvUUIMfWIU
ureal uniain noimes umteu aiaics;
That Food of All Kinds Now Under was cut down to .-)nn,nno nfier n
llengthv aigitment on an amendment
Ban Because of German Decree', ,y (,:m,i(.mi .,.d,.r Jllinil, Ml.ln.
Whereby That Government Takes !,'"r' "r """ ,1"vl ommittee protested
I in vain that aeroplane, were Hie only
Over All Grain for Common Use. known means or guarding the fleet
'against submarine-.
WASHINGTON, Feii. L'.- Grent
Itritntii uotilied the Fnited States to
day, though not officially, that food
staffs of any kind destined for Ger
many, Austria or Tut key, would be
regarded as contraband.
The action of the ISriti-h govern
ment is based on the recent German
deciec whereby that gov eminent will
take over all grain in Germany for
common ue.
I!ccaue the steamer Wilhelmina
sailed from New Yoik for Hrcincn
lielore the issuance of the decree, it
is understood her cnigo of food for
German civilians will be paid for nnd
appropriated by the Itriti-h govern
ment nnd the ship allowed to go free.
Hut hereafter food-laden ship
sailing from the I'nited States direct
ly for German pons or for neutral
points in F.uroM where it appears
that the cargo may ultimately vouch
Germany, will be ubjce to ei.nre
outright, ship nnd cargo, without
compensation.
The state depanment now is con
sidering this latest announcement of
the Hritih government, but so far
has not committed itself.
OREGON EDITOR
TO
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 William
H. Hornbrook of Albany. Ore., editor
of the Albany Democrat, hns been se
lected by President Wilson as mlnln
tur to Slam. Ills nomination will ho
sent lo the neiiate at the ftmt oppor
tunity. nOISK, Idaho. Feb. 2. Wllllnm II.
Hornlbrook chosen hy President Wil
son nn minister to Slam, formerly put-
llnher of tho Chronicle nt Twin halls,
Idaho, nnd was senator from Twin
Fnlls county In the llth Idnlio leg
islature. He located In Albany, Ore.,
four years ngo.
POKTLANH). Or.. Feb. 'J. Will-
iam Hornibrook, who wits iiumed by
President Wilson today to lie minis
ter to Siam, is editor of tho Albnny
Demoorato, secretary of the demo
cratic state central committee of Or
egon, nnd president of the Willam
ette Yalley Press association. Mr.
HoinihiooV- is 110 vcars old and a na
tive of Iowa. He is a graduate of
Drake university ot the law itepart
nent of the National University of
Washington, I). C. While a nieinber
of the Idaho state senate tram iwin
Falls, where he published the Twin
Falls Chronicle, he led the tight for
the adoption of the initiative and ref
erendum in that state.
MINISTER
S1AM
TWO SIDES 10 THE ROCKEFELLERS
NKW YOKK, Feb. 2. .lulm D.
Rockefeller, Jr., and tho Itoekefeller
foundation were, urraigned today by
another representative of organised
labor, who testilied net ore tno leu
eral industrial relations commission.
Tho witness was F.dward P. Costigan,
of counsel for the United Mine
Workers of Ameiica, and his testi
mony consisting chiefly of a state
ment which he read, followed closely
the lines udheied to last week by
.Inliu It. Lawson. the niinewoikers'
executive board member for Colorado.
Costigan announced that be ap
peared at his own reipiest.
"The most generous estimate the
somewhat disillusioned public will
idneo on 'Mr. Rockefeller's uetivities,"
Costigan said, "is that lijf. foundation
i ... i! . ..:.l. nfl'.w.l.. tfliil.h lliimlill
is doming nun hii-hhi ..i....- n-
(Im Coloriulo Fuel & lion company
and oilier industrial agencies, he is
aelually and visibly feeding- the
flames ami causes of industrial un
rest. "Mr. Rockefeller, who appears to
CONGRESS CU1S DOWN
TO HALF A MILLION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 Ifeap
proprintion or 1,1)011.(10(1 o mi it ri -expended
balance now to the credit
of the navy department for aernnmit-
jics umler former nppropiiation hills
WHEAT SOARS TO
$1.65 AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Feb. ''. I.ien i tern
high-priced goal for wiu-nt was ert
behind today except three .1.S .1
bushel paid by Jo-cph Liter in IH!8;
$2 exacted dnring the It. F. Hutchin
son comer of 1888, ami ln-tly, the
American civil war n id. when gold
was nt a big premium and the value
of a bushel of wheat was not very '-ir
fiom y..
Mav wheat hen1 todav io-e Sni to
j.L(!" more than double the eot of
'wheat for spot cah In-t .Inly before
I the Kiiropean hosiilitics commeueed.
'It simply wit ii ipiestiou of getting
'the wheat. Huyers appealed to ic
jgard the subject as price merely n
I detail. Kxeited purchasing, which
'began at the o'leniii" bell, reached its
I wildest pitch in the lnt few minutes
'of the session. As a coucipienee the
final ipiotatioiis were the topmost
reached nnd the market in the end
was virtually bare of offerings.
Alarm nt Liverpool, where a start
ling upturn in orices of whent result
ed from Mihmiiriae attacks by Ger
mans on ltritih merchant vessels in
the lush sea, was what chiefly influ
enced tradiii'f hen.
SENAIE V01ES 10
REPEAL TEXT BOOKS
SAI.F..M. Feb. ''. Senator Dan
KellaherV motion in the senate today
lo po-tpoue imlcliuitflv consideration
of the house bill repealing tho free
text hook law was over-ridden nnd
the bill was passed hy a vote of 10
to 10. The bill already has pus cd
the house and it now goes to the gov
ernor. The law, which the i.ieasuw
seeks to repeal, provides for the far
nisbim? Iiv the state of text books lo
children in both public and private
schools.
PLUCKING BILL
ABOLISHED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Speclnl
provision In tho naval bill for an
nmendment nboltsuliiK the plucking
board nnd authorising re-lnstatement
of plucked officers, was made todny
by the house.
the world in the relief nf folded Hel
giiuu, a liberal benefactor, stands
convicted before the woikeiv of Col
orado as a nnrrowiv biased ami vis
ionless moneyinuker.
"In a great human crisis precipi
tated within tho verv household, in
dustrially speaking, of Mr. Rockefel
ler, his foundation has been heedless
or impotent. And the conclusion fore
ed on an unprejudiced public has
heen nnd is that Mr. Rockefeller, the
business man. has colil-heiutedly and
without hesitation brushed aside and
imposed sileneo on Mr. Rockefeller,
the philanthropist."
Frederick II. Golf, "resident of the
Cleveland. O.. Trust company, ami
head of tlte Cleveland foundation, was
tho first witness todav. Golt said he
was the originator of the foundation.
Speakiii" of the Rockefeller loan
dntion. Mi doff said he could not
heln hut feel that the handling of so
important a trust bv a self-perpetuat
ing board presented a possible ele
ment of danger,
NO. 200
K
1P
BILL TO PLBiSE1'
La Follette and Others In Conference
With Loyal Democrats Modifying
Purchase Act Buy No Ships Frem
Belligerents Involving Controvers
ies, Yet Surrender No Rights.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 'J. While the
administration senate democrats
en liaised today lo reorganir.o their
shattered lines mid renew h fight
for the ship bill, President Wilson
conferred with progressive republican
senators at the whit- hoiic, seeking
a basis to make the bill agreeable to
enough of that wing to fill the gap
caused by the sudden deflection of
nine democratic votes fn yesterday's
sensational coup, when the ntiti-ad-ministration
senators threw the meas
ure into the shadow of defeat.
llasl of Compromise
One of the strong possibilities of n
basis of compromise wus that u de
claration of principle must be incor
porated in the bill, saying the gov
ernment intended to buy no ships
which would involve controversies
with the F.lirojM'an belligerents, but
lint t it would be so framed as not to
surrender any of the rights of the
I'nited States,
Scarcely had the caucus begun
when Senator l.a Follette, progres.
sive republican, on whom the demo
crats are counting for support, ap
peared outside the conference room
aild discussed the situation with ad
ministration leaders. That tlto bill
would be amended most of tlte demo
crats seemed ready to concede,
shm Democrats Abwnt
Seven of the democrats who voted
with republicans yesterday did not
attend the caucus. They were Hank
head, Camden, Clarke, Hard wick,
Hitchcock, O'Horman and Vardainau.
Senators Hoke Smith and liryaii,
however, who voted to table Vice
President Marshall's ruling, declaring
out of order Senator ClarkeV motion
to recommit the bill, did not ignore
the caucus.
Amendments wltieh the caucus eon
sidered included those urged by Sen
ators Norris and Kenyon. One,by
Senator Norris, would provide that no
vessel should be purchased by tho
government which "sails under the
ting of any nation at 'ar with any
other nation, which is at peace wiih
the I'nited States, unless prior to
such purchase an understanding or
agreement shall have been reached
that will avoid any international dif
ficulty or dispute regarding such ship
purchase."
Senator Kenyon proposes that cab
inet officers should not serve on the
shipping board.
President Optimistic
The president told the correspond
ents at the white house he was con
fident the bill would pass. When
asked if there would be amendments,
be replied thnt the changes contem
plated would imt alter the spirit nf
the inoiisiiro. He hoped and was in
clined to think that stieh changes as
were nwulo would satisfy the progress
sive republicans, who were not asking
anything inconsistent with the prin
ciple of the bill, but wanted chiefly,
he said, to declare a policy and not
surrender a right.
The president pointed out that even
though it were intended to buy no
belligerent ships, legislation restrict
ing the right to buy them might be
construed ns an international prece
dent surrendering; certain rights of iv
neutral. N
Can Itulld Ships NevUsl
Discussing the suggestions that a
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FALLS IN BATTLE
HF.RLIN, via Amsterdam and Loii-
dou, Feb. 'J. Tlm eldest son of Gen
eral von Kluek, who was a naval
lieutenant, is reported t have fallen
in an artillery battle near l,ak MMr
delkerke on January 'JO.
AH former nou-commissioped of
ficers who are under tiny ,vors old
have been called to drill now if-emits.
PROGRESSIVES u
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