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MBDTOUD, OltKCiON, TIIUHHIMV, J'KUIUTAItY 18. Ifllfl
NO. 283
THREATENED BLOCKADE OF UNITED KINGDOM BY GERMAN SUBMARINES NOW IN FULL FORCE
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LITTLE MI
IN BRITAIN OVER
SHIP BLOCKADE
No Clinnuu In Rcjjtilnr Sailing, Al
tltoiinli Traffic. With Hollnntl Inter
rupted No increase In Insurance
rtntes German Drive at Moscow
Stirs Allies to Offensive.
LONDON, Fob. 18. Tito icply of
Sir rMwnnl (liev to lliu Amcricai
mile on the subject nf tin M'Uiiii) iiml
diti'iitinu of American cargoes de
stined fur neutral Euinpcaii ports;
Gcimaiiy h lliriMit of u siihiuuiine
blockade of (lioat Itritnin, ami Eng
land' ictnliatnry ineastne against
it nro obtaining most of the attention
of the Itrilinli public.
A loii); ami considered rrply onn
cluing American complaints of do
la.VN to which her cargo ships liuvi
been subjected by the MritlHh imvy
vvim inni'h iUnimihki1, Imt tint urtillv tlm
German threat of a submarine block-inli-
ami Oionl lltitaiu's preparations
tif counteract its effect were upper-hiii-t
in the minds of ship owner ami
traders, Am (leitnaiiv Iiiih fur some
time hi'i'ii nttcmpiii; to sink all
Hi it i-li ships which her HiihmuriiioH
einihl iipiroiicli, her blockade ulti
iiiatiini Iiiih caused little alarm. All
important shipping companies have
aiimmiiei'il that them ' will bo no
chance in the regular Milling while
llritixli, Ficneh ami llclginu owned
cross-channel steamer are maintain
ing their schedule. Tim IluiHi com
puny, which maintain a iniul Service
between 'hihiif ami Folkes'tnne. has
suspended nailing nml there Iiua hern
some talk of mail being earried hv
Duteh destroyer.
No liiMirttiirn liicrvnso
There Iiiim heen mi mereaxe in in
Mirauce rules nml in fuel the govern
mi'iit has netually reilneeil rate fur
flfliliit; vessels, at the same lime lutv
iti): urruiigcd to pay compensation to
sailor wliii mav he inpirod an the io
suit of hostilities. There hn boon an
increase in (lie print of eoal ami in
eual freight, hut thin in due cntiiely
to the increased ileinaml, paiticularl.v
from Italy, together with a hhoitage
of ship.
Notwithstanding its Intense inter
est in the important question which
now involves shipping interests, -'ri-laml
Iiiih nut lust sight of the military
operation now in progress on hoth
fronts. The f iltt Itijr in Ent Prus
sia ami llukowliin, where the two ex
treme wind's of Urn Russian nmiv lire
heavily engaged hv AustneOoriiiiiu
4l'oiees, Is considered the most iinpor
laiit uelivity now going on either in
the east or went. Pctrogrnd ills
putfhfK Insist that the Mussina, ear
ned out in perfect order their retiio
incut in East Prussia.
Rattle In Raging
An Imtioilnut hatlhi is raiting in the
trinity of Augnslowi), where In the
fall the Russians Niieeeeileil in stop,
ping a previous. Oeriuan attempt to
invade Russia. Now, however, the
Muscovites have a much mote serious
threat to deal with which foihhls
Heading uu ainiy into I'ast Prussia,
Hie Oorniiins are in strong force in
tho district between East Prussia nml
the lower Vistula. Their continued
advance (hero would jonpaulir.o the
KtiHsiaus, who are holding the
1 1 cliches to the south of the Vistulu,
nnd. who Hiieecedud In frustrating
Field Marsh n I eon Ilindcnburg's at
tempts to reach Wjtr&uw from tho
west.
The (lenanii plans arc. not (uilu
(Continued on page two.)
DUIIMN, Feb. 18. Huron Win
borne was sworn in today an lord
lieutenant of Ireland at n meeting
of the privy council held in Dublin
Castle. Tho ceremonial which Is cus
tomary on this oueiislou was fully
observed.
Huron Wiiuhoriio succeeds Lord
Aherdeen, who has held the post of
lord liculoimul. for (he pas nine
months,
KAISER'S REPLY
TO
German Note Expresses Friendship,
Out Requests Vessels to Avoid War
Zone, as They Are Likely to Do De
stroyed Suuuests Convoys for
Vessels to Prevent Destruction.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. IH. -
M'l.j.i . n.titLw.ii lint j'r;.iiii iivi
HIT III l llll'l'll III" WISH Kit
of the (termini leply had not
reached Washington, hill an
other mesiane was received
from Anilinsciidor (iernid giving
uu outline of It.
Seeretarv llryau went early
to the White House ami dis
cussed with the piesidcut the
situation generally. The offic
ial view was that no clement in
the situation was critical.
.
li:iM,lN, IVh. 18. -The reply or
(Icrmniiy to the piutest of the United
Stales ugalust a blockade of Itritish
wiiton In couched in the nuct friend
Iv terms, hut firuilv maintaiim tho
position of Oeruiniiy as nlieady nn
nouueed. The answer, which is n
lengthy document, wan converted into
code ut the United States embassy
under the direction of Ambassador
(lerard ami has heen transmitted in
full to Washington.
Aitlon Xcvry
The nolo explains that OcnnunyV
proposed notion H tendered necessary
by (Ireal llritain's jwdloy of attempt
ing to out ofr the food supply for the
(lenuaii civil population hv a method
never rcooguurd in international law.
England's ennrse in tillering mer
chantmen to Hv neulral flags, eipiip
ped them with nilillery with ardors
to destroy Huhmarines, the (lenaaii
icply eoutcnils, renders mmatorv the
rijjht of search, thus uixing (Icnaany
the light to attack Kuglish shipping.
(leniiauy holds that she cannot ulian
don Ihe rifjht under the stress which
Knyland has furred upon her. Sjaee
nenaany must ounipel Ihe imtioiiH
with which she is ut war to return to
the rt'oognlred principles of inlema
tloual law ami rest urn fieednin of the
seas, she sugiies thai the stand she
had taken is uceossiiry.
Suggi'sts Coinoys
The note recommends that the
United Stilton eovernnienl send war
ships to KukIiiiiiI to convoy iiietchaut
vessels through Ihe ilnm'or r.ones u
seeurity against altael;, with Ihe uu
deiMlunilinir that vessels thus gunrd-
ed slmll carry no war supplies. Hone
is oxpn'sscd that the American gov
ernment will understand the position
in which (lermnny has been placed.
Tim reply closes with mi expression
of Ihe hope that tlm United StuU'
illicit prevail upon nrent'llritaiii "to
ictiirn to the principles of interna
tional law recognixed prior to the
outbreak of tho war," and in partie
ular obtain the observance of tho
London declaration hy helligerents
opposed to Oennany. '
WARNNG
AMR
AN SHIPS
TURKS FAKE VICTORY OVER EGYPT
ALKXANimiA, KgPt. Fob. 18.
Passengers by tho American crulsor
TennoHHeo which lias boon bringing
refugees from tho connt of Syria to
Kgypt nro authority for tho stnto
itiout that wltllo no actual ntrocltles
Iinvo boon commlttod by tho TurkH in
Syria, a number of pontons ravo boon
mnltroufod. Tho population of Sy
ria, although fanatical, Is retnnlulng
calm,
Tho Tonnosaeo arrived hojo yestor
day from tho Syrian coast. Refu
gees on board say that KnsHnn Hoy,
tho commander at Jaffa, lins a rath
er over-bearing manner and that ho
troatH nntlonnlH ot tho entente pow
ers with gront rlRor.
Reports of a Turkish victory In
Kgypt, printed la lottors ot gold,
have been posted In Jaffa. The poo-
t BRITISH CRUISERS PHANTOMS OF THE SEA IN
TYPB Of- BWTI3H CROIStB. SHOWING HEW WAR.BMMT
In the nlxivo llluntrntlon Is ntiown tho new color aclicme that ban been ndopted by Hrltlnh cruldorn. So cffectlvo
nnd uituminl In the new Men In illnguUIng n vcsnel that It mnlce her what aiicar to bo an ciitlrcljr different crj.'t
a phantnm ulilp. Imtead of tho all gray which has marked the war color of war hl of nmrly all natloni, the Itrltlnh
arc having recourse to Mack find Kruy, no dlxtrlbtited an to break tho color line, or, In other words, disturb tho con
tinuity which otherwlio woulll prevail. Marino men who have noticed the new color (ichhmo declare that th7 effect
In to mak'o a vowel almost liifbitblo at nlsliL Tho breaking of the gray and black Interims Is regarded as the result
of experiments which have deinonMrated to the llrltlnli that a vrascl so painted Is leas distinguishable under varying
conditions of weatlier and ntmosphcro than when rccourso Is bad to a solid color scheme.
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MAN
CHINA
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WAHIIINnTON, Fob. IS- China
has delivered to Great llrltnln,
France, llusvla nnd tho United Htntes
n memoraiiduui of demands inado by
Jiipnu In tho latter part ot January.
They differ materially from tho 11
demnnds communicated to tho powors
by tho Jnpuncsc government on Febr
uary !t.
Kill Fu Hhah. tho Chinese minister
here, delivered tho memorandum to
the United States Riving the first of
ficial Information hero ns to tho do
mandn orglnally madu by Japan on
China.
With both tho Chinese version nnd
tho Japanese memorandum of the
demands now In hand, tho United
States today directed an Informal In
quiry through Its diplomatic repre
sentatives ut both Toklo nnd Peking
to clear up the discrepancies between
tho two versions and determino ac
curately what Is the present bnsla of
noROtlntlon.
WILL BE CALLED
WASHINGTON, IVh. 18. Presi
dent Wilson virtually hat decided not
lo oalhnu extra, session of yongresi.
on March 5 no matter what the fall'
of tho ship hill. No official an
nouncement of his intention win
made hut in congressional ipmrtens it
is well understood.
Work was begun today on map
ping out the dotnils of tho president's
trip to the San Francisco exposition.
Hint wuh tuken n muled evidence
that there would he no extra session.
plo havo boon told that Ismalln nnd
Suot havo boon occupied by tho
Turks, who aro now marching on
Cairo. Graphic descriptions of tho
nllogod Blnklng ot uovoral Ilrltlsh
cruisers In tho Suex canal caused tho
groatest jubtlatloa,
Tho Turkish cnaualtlos In thoso
ongagoment8 woro given us 10 men
killed nnd 25 wounded. Thoro was
groat rejoicing also at Jerusalem,
whoro a largo amount ot ammunition
wus oxpouded In tho firing ot guns to
colobrato tho ovont. Nationalists ot
tho ontonto powors, Groat llrltnln,
Franco and Russia, wero lusultod by
tho populnco and compelled to re
main Indoors, Six woundod German
otflcors havo boon brought to Joru
snlom whore, Uuch Pasha, thes Gor
man commander hns his hendipiart
ors.
ER
UNA
NO EXIRA SESSION
GERMAN CRITIC
SIS UP ENMITY
Ji
MKIIMX, Keh. 18.-Cuimt von lie
vent low, the (Icnnnti naval critic,
comment in todny's i-sae of the
Tuges Zeuung on the nnsvver of the
German L'ovcrriuicutHo the American
note uu thexuhjeol of tie marine wiy
zone around urcat Jlritnin. 7 he
writer deolnrcs. Hint the tone, of the
German iioto,-vrr spite of the time. of.
tho American communication, uhown
that Germany is prepared to fio to
the utmost limits compatible with the
situation. Xo fault can ho found
with the declaration in the Genntui
answer, Count von Iteveutlow de
clares, that tho German government,
like Ihe American, desire. to prevent
oceurronoo which could disturb ex
isting friendly relations.
"One can read only with plousurc
those parts of the Gorman answer
which refer to American supplies to
F.nghmtl and Franco," the writer
says. ""o add to this that these
shipments of wenxms (o our enemies
have filled public opinion in Germany
with deep indignation nml bitterness
against the United Slates. ' Statisties
of the amount of these shipments
show that the Oomiaiw ure nut now
justified in speaking of friendly rela
tions. TT T"f-flf
WASHINGTON, Feh.
Cnrranxa forces havo
1A.
again
evacuated Mexico City, official
dispatches today lo the state
department vepoit, and the Za
pata forces havo re-entered. It
was not stated to where tho Car
rnimi troopi withdrew.
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STAIE H
SALEM, Or., Feh. 18. Tho stato
aoeountnney department, operated
for tho last two years undor the su
pervision of tho stuto.in&urnuco com
missioner, will ho abolished if tho
senate hill passed by tho houso today
is signed hy tho governor. Tho meas
ure was introduced hy tho Marion
county delegation. Tho charges e.
nctod'hy tho department for auditing
eounty hooks were put forth as the
reason for abolishing it.
OWARDS AMERICA
DMIMUED
MIXED WAR PAINT
BRITISH REPLY IS
DURING IHE WAR
LONDON, Feh. 18.Sir Kdward
Grey's reply to the American shipping
protest traces tho origin of the right
of interception nnd sjieaks of the new
devices encountered from time to
time for di-pntcliing contraband
goods to nn enemy. Here the doc
trine of continuous voyage ns enun
ciated during the civil war hy Secre
tary Sewanl is quoted ,at length nnd
the question of ultimate destination
argued in legal detail. To ju-tify the
detention of suspected cargoes whoa
pnsMtig between neutral countries
and tuking them into "orts for exam
ination, the eases of American prac
tice during the Spanish-American
war-also are cited.
To take a ship into port, the note
contend, is not to be looked upon "as
a new belligerent riuht, but as an
adaptation of the existing right to ihe
new modem conditions of commerce"
nnd like nil belligerent rights, it must
be exercised "with duo regnnl to neu
tral inlen'sts, and it would be unreas
onable to expect a neutral vessel to
mnke long deviations from her course
for this purpose." For this, reason,
it is assorted, nnitnil merchantmen
were encouraged to visit hnino'Hritish
port on their mute to avoid tho alter
native of keeping a vessel waiting
perhaps for days for better weitther
conditions on the high sens.
FE FROM MT
11KKI.1N, Feh. 18-The president
of tho province of East Prussia at
ICoenigsburg has received the follow
ing telegram from Emperor William,
who has heen on tho cnstoTu frent:
"The Russians nro completely
beaten. Our beloved East Prussia is
free from tho enemy."
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LONDON, Feb. IS. The reply of
Sir Edward Grey to tho American
shipping protest is given hearty ap
proval in nn editorial in tho Times,
which says:
"It is a powerful defenco of the
Itritish position founded upon those
arguments of faw and fact which
appeal with particular forco to
American minds as to our own. It
conies oppositely on a day when Ger
many boasts her intention to tram
plo nil laws and customs of tho sea
under her feet."
Sir Edward's reply, tho l'ost ar
gues in an editorial, already is anti
quated because of Winston Spencer
Churchill's announcement in parlia
ment Monday of reprisals proposed
against tho Gorman Invent of n block
DEFENSEOFACIN
UOE
REELING
I
Brother of Jesse and Member of No
torious Bandit Band of Bank Rob
bers, Dies Suddenly at Indepen
dence, Mo., From Stroke of Apop
lexyHunted From State to State
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo., Fob
18. Frank James, ono of tho last
survivors of tho notorious James
gang, died on his farm near here this
afternoon. James, who was 74
years old, had been in III health sev
eral months and was stricken with
apoplexy early today.
One of the last member of a. notor
ious robber band, whoso unparallcd
career of crime during the Civil war
and tho unsettled period that fol
lowed, kept tho people of a dozen
states In terror. Frank James had
been living tho life of a quiet far
mer for more than 30 years.
Tho son of a minister, respected
throughout tho community, Frank
James Joined QuantrelPs guerrillas
In the Civil war, together with his
brother, Jesse, and took part in the
sacking of Lawrence, Kansas.
Hunted ns (,'uertlLis
When tho war camo to an end they
wero hunted far and wide by rela
tives ot thoso who had met death at
their hands. Driven here and there.
they soon became outlaws. Many
notorious crimes ot tho decade fol
lowing tho war havo been laid at tho
door ot tho Jamcs-Youngcr gang, of
which the only' surviving nu'mbefj
wero Frank James and Colo Younger,
tho latter ot whom Is now living at
Lees, Mo. Among these raids wore:
Tho raid on tho Commercial Bank
at Liberty, Mo., in 1SCC. One bank
defender was killed, and S7000
stolen.
Looting of tho Russollvlllc, Ky.,
bank. In 1SC8, for S17.000.
Dank robbery at Gallatin, Mo., In
18C7, In which tho cashier. Captain
John W. Sheets, was murdered.
Robbery of a bank at Columbia,
Ky.. In which R. A. C. Martin, tho
cashier, was killed. This was in
1S72.
Raid on a bank at Corydon, Iowa,
In which $40,000 was stolen, in
1S73.
Wrecked nnd ltohlM.il Train.
Tho wrecking nnd robbery ot tho
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
trnln near Council Dluffs, Iowa, In
1S73. Tho engineer was killed and
sovcral passongors Injured.
Pox oftico in tho fair grounds at
Kansas City. Mo was robbed of
$1)000 In broad daylight in 1873.
Detectives surrounded that James
homo near Kearney, Mo., January SG,
1S7S, and threw a lighted bomb into
tho houso thinking to kill tho James
brothers. It exploded, tearing the
arm off their mother and killing their
brother, Archie.
Although tho Jamos boys partici
pated In hundreds ot robberies, it is
now generally believed that there
wero aiso nunurous ot rouocrics
charged up to them whoro they wero
Innocent.
In 1SS2. after Jcsso James had
(Continued ou Page 2.)
ade. Tho Post welcomes it, however,
as proving that Sir Edward has come
to a realization that war cannot be
prosecuted successfully by indulging
in ideals.
"Lot Gennnny do her worst," sny&
tho Post. "Hor threuts havo destroy
ed tho declarations of Loudon and
Paris and persuaded our government
to exoroiso tho full pressure of our
sea power as it wes used in tho duys
of Nelson."
Tho morning papers unite in ox-
pressing warm approval of tho reply
of tho foroigu Beoretary. Tho Daily
News seys:
"Europo is reeling into bnibansm.
Tho fault is not ours, but tho posi
tion of the Washington government is
none tho easier for (hot,"
RANK
IS
FAMED
OUTLAW
AHS
AWAY
NTO
BARBARSM
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PURCHASE
BILL TALKED TO
DEATH DY G.O.P.
Administration Democrats Practically
Agree to Let Measure Be KIHerf
No Extra Session Probe af Ship
Lobby Under Way-Only Nhw sf
Hambur-2-Amerlcan Line Offered.
WASHINGTON", Feb. 18. Admin
istration democrats practically
agreed to let the republicans talk the
ship bill to death when they agreed
today to put in conference until Feb
ruary 27 and pass appropriation billrt
meanwhile. Tho republicans intend
to continue their successful filibuster
thereafter.
The plan means thcro will bo no
extra session of congress and it wns
generally agreed it meant th end ot
President Wilson's ship bill iu this
congress.
As pnrt of tho agreement demo
crats havo agreed to prune the river
nnd harbor appropriation bill in ac
cordance with objection of some of
the republican senators.
Ship Iobby rrobed
WASHINGTON', Feb. 18. Only
nine of the Ilnmbiirg-Americnn line'
smallest and oldest vessels nro for
sale, William G. Sickcl, ono of tho
American vice-directors of the cor
poration, today told tho senate inves
tigating committee.
Advices from headquarters in
Hamburg, ho said, 6howcd tho corpo
ration was able to stand the losses
of the warv for five years, II said
he nnd his assistants hnd positivo in
structions to make no snerifico be
cause of financial conditions in Ger
many. Siokel testified ho hnd no reason to
believe any of a hundred or mora
persons, who had inquired if tho com
pany wanted to sell ships since tho
outbreak of tho war, represented tho
United States. At no time, he said,
had any Hamburg-American ships
been offered for sale.
Only Old Ships Offered
Prior to last October, ho added, tho
American directors hnd considered
selling twenty of tho forty ships laid
up, but instructions came from Herr
Rellin, managing director of tho com
pany m llnnibur" to wiinuruw an
but of date boats.
Under Senator Ilarton'ri questions,
Mr. Siekel testified he sought a loan
of !fV)00,000 through Kuhn, Loch &
Co. of New York and othor bankers
soon nfter tho outbreak of the war,
but wns refused.
Siekel said Secretary McAdoo and
Garrison hnd consulted his nssooi-
ates about ships to briii" Americans
home from tho wnr lone.
"Wo never solicited tho finle of out
ships at that tiaie. Tho government
sent for ns," he snld.
In November, Barnard N. Baker or
Baltimoro asked him to moot Secre
tary McAdoo.
Xo Offer Was Mudo
"I wired him," snld Siekel, "thut
if I was to sco Secretary McAdoo on
tho question of snlo of ships I did
not want to meet tho gcntlemnn. Our
financial independence was such as
to plaeo us m a position whero wo
had only a fow ships of smnll vnluo
for sale. Mr. Baker replied MoAdoo
wished to sco mo onlv on tho cnornl
oeeau freight rato situation, and I
did meet him."
"You mudo no efforts then to sell
any boats to the government nnd tho
government mndo no effort to buy
nny boats from von?" asked Senator
Reed.
"That is correct."
AIRSHIP DESTROYED,
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18. Ajicord.
ing to a message received here to
day from Jutland, another German,
airbhip was destroyed today. Th'w
air vessel was of the Parseval typ,
Tho dirigible, the. dtapater i
went down into the wutr pour the
coast, Tho crow wns sml, r
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