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FINAL BRAFl OF
AGREEMENT IN
LUSITANIA CASE
Bcrnstorff Presents Kaiser's Aflrec-
ment, But Lansing Says That Ger
many's New Policy of Sinking
Armed Merchantmen Without
Warning Reopens Entire Question.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 1(1. Count
Von Hcnistorff, tho Gentian nmbns
sudur, toilny presented to Sccrotnry
lousing llio Intent draft of tho Lust
tnniu ngreenient, embodying tint
changes suggested by tlu American
government nnil nlrfo one change
suggested liy Heilin.
Secretary Ionising said tndny tlmt
the Herman government's announced
intention of sinking tmni'il iiierehunt
iticii without warning after February
lit) has rt'oponeil tin' entire iuHt iott
of submnrino warfare Tho Lnsi
tnnin ngiccmunl presented toilny enn
tml ho finiilly accepted until tin1
I'liilcd State determine wlicthiT
anything in it conflict with tin now
policy of sinking nnncd merchant
ships.
I. nlcr Secrolury Innsiiiir Hind tin1
flcimnn eominiinicMtion wns being
Htmlii'tl closely to determine if nny
thing contained in flennuny's recent
notice of intention to sink armed
ships without wnniniR nfter Fob. !20
eoniiicieit wuii ino assurance given
in the LuMtmiiu nogotiutions.
Musi cinilfy .Situation.
It wns pointed out tlmt American
officials realized Hint the I.tHitunin
agreement refers to "linen." anil thul
the nouiy iiimniiiicvd flornmu sub
murine policy refers to till nnneil
ship. Iteforo the I.iisilttniu ngiee
x incut finnlly js neceptod it will he.
iiceessury to dlnrify the Hit mi t ion.
In hii conference with Secretary
Lansing today the Herman nmbnssa
dor discussed the advisability of it
postponement of tho effective (Into
of (lie new submarine order to give
opportunity for negotiation. See re
tnrv lousing did not commit himself
nnil ninde no comment.
Count von Ilernstorff told Seere
tnry Lansing it win Iijm eronnl
opinion tlmt in carrying out thu new
Milium rine campaign it wns not the
intention of the Herman government
to sink "liners." Mr. Ionising is un
derstood to have informed him that
such fi statement from tho flenunii
govemmenj would he desirable.
New Agreement Offured.
It develoM'I thnt when the Germitn
ambassador preiiented the draft of
the Lusitunia agreement more than a
Meek ago he at that time informed
the state department of hik govern
ment's new submnrino policy, whieh
later was announced from Vienna and
Merlin.
Ah now drawn and fonunlly sinned
In the Herman ambassador, the
ngiccmcui is in reply to the lust
Amerieun nolo.
It begins with reference o the for
mal nsurancos given by Germany
last September that sitlimniiiics
Mould not aink unresisting liner
v.ithout warning and icguid foi the
safety of live aboard, uud that the
instructions to auhmnrine coininand-ci-s
were so definite a to allow no
ini-iinderslnuiling. It then slates
that the submarine warfare arouud
the Itnii-h isles wn a reprisal for
wh.it is characterised aa "the inhu
mane" Idoeknde of Great Pritain to
starve the central jwweif, and then
juoini-es indemnity for Americans
lost on the Luaiinnia nnd oxpres-.es
'pniUniudriwH" (or thir deaths.
It oe pj 0 wy that tha Genuau
ua enimeiv - PrwPltP'vuug liabilit "
lor their loss, makex the proposals-
(ontnnud in the drutt suhmitted t
il.i, and then denU with the question
M reprisals at'amst ulliers than eu-
l-U) silhjeets.
FIRST DEFENSE BH.L
"WASUINC.TON, rb 16 -President
ilou today siu'ifd the Hrnt
of the national defense bill. One
increase! the, eQrance class at the
naval academy by 300 cadets and the
other make immediately available
j.'.oo.imiu for fstlltties for building
tt.ti niifi at the Mar. Island naw
r.i ,in 1 Cm, nun for ik. tin ioe
j' rit .. 1 1 - . oih. nu. ,ii J
ERZERUM FALLS $3,000,000 LOSS
BEFORE INVADING WHEN STEAMERS
RUSSIAN ARMY ANDDOCKSBURN
Strong Turkish Citadel, Objective of
Caucasian Campaign, Captured
Germans Repel British Attempts to
Recover Trenches Southeast of
Yprcs, Lost Yesterday.
LONDON, Feb. 1(1. IlouterV Pel
rogrnd eoriepondent tcloprnphs that
Kivoruin linn been enjitured by the
Itiis-ftinu.
The enplure of Krienmi hns been
the objective of the recent ennipnimi
of the RiUHiaiiK in tlic CuuenHiis. Its
possesion is of coimidembln xlrat
etie iniHtrlMiice. ns it is tho chief
city of TSurkish Anuenin uud the
center of n system of roada.'
Von iter (loltz Coininanil.s.
l'rcsa difputehca from I'etrojtrad
recently suid German Field Mnmhnl
Huron von der Golly, wns in eou'iuiiiud
at Kixcrmu with 80.001 men; tlmt
their oacape bad been cut off nnd
tlmt they hud provision for only n
fortnight. A relief expedition wim
sent by tho Turks, but it was tcport
ed these forces hnd been defeated by
tho Russians with heavy losses.
Krerum is tibout si.ty miles west
of the itusNinn border. Its cnptiue,
if accomplished, ns reported, repre
sents one of tho few definite neeoin
plisliments of the Caucasian nrmy.
The attacks- wore designed to le
lieve pivssure on the Itritish in .Mes
opolamiii and this icult ix still hoped
for.
ltiltlsli Kcimll.
HKUI.1N, Feb. 1(i. Three nttaeks
by tho llritisli in efforts to recover
the trenches southeast of Ypre, in
Belgium, which they lost to the Ger
mans, ure announced today by army
headquarters. All the attacks ure de
clared to hnve been fruitless, as were
those of the French in attempts to
regain ground lot northwest of 'fa
ilure, in the Chatnnagne.
The official statement follews:
"Ves4ern theater: The Knglish
made three vain attacks yesterday on
the isisilioii southeAnt of Yprcs,
which we had captured. Tho lost 100
prisoners.
"In the Chiunivagno tho French ro-
poatcd their endeavors to regain their
positions northwest of Taliuro, with
the same fniluie as ou previous days.
''Generally speaking, stormy
weather i hinderiug fighting activ
ities. "Kastern theater: There has been
a driving snow along the whole
iront, .Noiiiinir t imixiriance nns
occurred."
ENGLAND 10 SEIZE
ALL DISTILLERIES
LONDON, l'elt. 1i. The Ctnir..J
'ch says it is able to confirm the
report that the government is about
to commandeer all distillenes in the
.United Kingdom with as little delay
pa possible. This step Is necessary,
it is said, ouing to the constantly
(trowing demand for alcohol m con
lection with the iii.iiiul a-( hi c ot hih
eplo-i(-s.
SEARCH FOR POISON
GIVING CHEF PROCEEDS
CHICAGO. Feb 1. Police Cap
tain Morgan Collluj said today lie
had rocelvod iuforiaatlon that the
mineral poison bttove.d to have
eauted the llla&efi tf guests at tbo
banquet to Arahklshpn Mundeleln
last week vaj only it seconds ry poi
son, but Uwi SODvi other drug was
put in Die omp 'Wth Intent to kill.
He refitfad to isclose what drug he
belle vejl. wAf euploed as the prl
niHrjr sjriMB,
Saftwk' for Jean Crones, wbo, the
tMlh believe, poisoned tho soup.
tr4 taday to Include six nearby
cliles. One report was that after
f l ii'-; Oiuao he left the train at
.r .1 ii i il III v. I,i r th. r i .i
Steamships Bolton Castle and Pacific
Destroyed, Steamer Pallozlc Dam
aged, Twenty-Five Scows Burned
With 900-Foot Pier of New York
Dock Company.
NKW YOItK. Feb. in. Tho slenm
hliiis Iloltou Cnstle and I'noific nnd
n nOO-fout iier helonging to the New
York Dock 'eoiupuny at the foot of
Pioneer street. Brooklyn, wete de
stroyed enrly today by the moil dia
nstrous lire on the Itrooklyn wntor
front in yeuis. Ano'llier slimmer, the
'I'ulliixiii, was dniunged, about tweut
five scows and lighters were puil:
or wholly burned nnd two jiersons
nre missing. The loss is estimnlod rt
more than 1,000,000.
The origin of the fite is unknown,
but sustiicions tlmt it wns incendiary
were nrniiscd becuuse of the fnct that
some of the steamers weio louding
with war munitions, some of which
were intended for shipment to the
mission government lo be delivered at
Vladivostok.
Siirrounilcil by liaises.
'The three slenmers lyinjf nt the
iicr were surrounded by n fleet of
about fifty lighters nnd bnrges, on
cncli of which was ono man or more.
On some of the barges we to tho
wives and fnmilies of the ciiptnins.
Some of them were compelled to
jump overboil rd lo escape the names.
Firemen nnd policemen drugged ninny
of them out of the witter to adjoin
ing piers nnd others were rescued by
tugboats or firebouts.
The llolton Cnstlo was loading with
gnsoline for Russia and this fed the
flames. The boilers of both the llol
ton Castle and the Pacific blew up
when the fire wns nl its height, com
pleting tho work of destruction. Sev
eral barges loaded with gasolino ly
ing near tho steamers were destroyed.
Ioailliig Win- Munitions'.
The liolton Castle, a Itritish vossel,
arrived here February (I, from Siug-
a I kiic, Port Natal and St. Lucia. Tho
Pacific arrived from Hull, Huglund,
yesterday. Hath belong to the Cnstlo
line. Tho burned pier was leased to
Harbor & Co., steamship agents, nnd
is believed to hnve been filled with
merchandise, including war muni
tions. Itte reports placed the estimated
property loss at moro than $:i,000,
000. A statement issued on behalf
of tho agentk for the ou'ners of tho
steamship llolton Castle and Pacifio
said their in estimation "thus far has
failed to develop any evidence which
would lend to the conclusion that the
tire was of inccndmrv onain."
S!'!MNGFJI:M), 111, Fell 1fi
Women of Illinois wero denied the
right to vote for delegates and alter
nates to national nominating con
ventions, state central and precinct
eonimltttos in the supreme court to
day. The deelslon held that while the
legislature had tho right to give wom
en this suffrage. It had not yet done
ho and It was not within the prov
ince ot tho court to write the priv
ilege Into the law.
The decision was made In deny
ing a petition for a urlt of mandam
us filed by J. T. Oarretsou, of Spring
field, against County Clerk Ityeri, to
force him to put the names of candi
dates for those offices on the worn-
(en's ballots.
The primary at which national
conventional delegates ar eto he
chosen will be held on April 11.
TURKEY HEAVY BORROWER
FROM, CENTRAL POWERS
AMtiTKRDAir, Feb. 1, mo Lon-
don. A reMrt of the budget eom-
uiitlee for the Turkish puiliument as
rorted here fim Constantinople
shows that since the beginning of the
war the central powers have advanc
ed to Turkey 21,HI,OOfl nnd tcrl-
inv. Tiilkc i- -in 0 d, ImiroW an
o,ii 'ii. il '! .'on lion
il- h ill
BAR W IN FROM
LLIN
RMARS
n li.,
1 J-
DIMES TO-BID DREADNAUGHT LITTLE MISS' PLAN
I.ITTI.K MAIMO
l.lttlo Marjorlo Storrct wants to
build u droailiiauKhl u Itli dimes.
A fighting ship that will "sail
right Into a scrap and lick all crea
tion, same ns Paul .tones did," Is tho
kind this HI-) ear-old Itrooklyn pa
triot wants to glvo to luclo Sam If
a fight Is necessary. This I It t lo Jean
of Arc sent a dime to n newspaper
FAJJi IMVF.lt, Ma-., Feb. It!.
Kstiinates b owners ( piowrly and
iroprietoi of stores in tho business
district swept by fire early today in
dicated that the tonl loss would he
approximately $'2,000,000. A score
of buildings, including an apartment
hotel and several of tho largest re
tail stores in the city, were destroyed
nnd many others were damaged.
Police and foremen were unable lo
put forward any theory as to the
probable origin of the fite. It start
ed in the basement of u four-story
hiiek building at the corner of South
Main and Spring si reds, oucupied
by tho department store of tho Stei
ger comwny. Help was called fiom
New Itedford, Taunton and Xewort,
H. I.
Ilefore the out-of-town engines ar
rived the flames had made such a
start that it was imioesillo to slop
their progiess southward along South
Mum sticct until Ihev had reached
Columbia street, 't'lu-ie (he Kdward
building, with a double fin wall, sen -d
as an effective check, aud b
flooding the buildiiiir ami adjoining
property the firemen got ooutnd nt'
the i-ouflagiation.
At the north end of the limning
uismci u water ciinain on me de
partment stole of It. A. McYVhirr &
Co. prevented a further spread. The
granite walls of St. Marys cathedral
protected a residential district tlieie
Tho I,eno, hotel, diagonally across
the street from the Stcujer store, Mas
ono of lliu find buildings to suffer.
Throughout the prog rata of the fire
drug stores, restaurants and
churches weie thrown ojieu for the
relief of firemen, silieo and people
driven from their homes. The guest
at the Lenox hotel went gien shelter
in private residences.
The fire was the most disastrous
in the history of the it).
ASTOR TAKES SEAT
E OF L
LONDON, Fell 1u -Haron Astor,
ot Never cnstle (William Waldorf
Astor), took his scut for the first
time tod&Vjjg IheJyjw- of lords.
The bouse'Hjit'for only twenty min
utes. There saSfiu debate.
"William Waldorf stor, foimcrh
of New York, a- mated ii.uou in
hin-i i.t i!f( on Nt Vur
$2,000,000
LOS
N BLAZE SWEEP N
ALL m
m
IUKSTi:itltlT
with those Instructiens: "ITio thin
dime to help Undo Sam liulbl a big
righting ship. I'll send a dime ovory
week; mnyho others will send (Union,
too."
.Marjorlo wants the warship called
"The America." From the way the
dimes aie coming In the ship may
yet sail the fobs.
FIRE
DESTROYS
AMERICAN
C B
TORONTO
CANADA
TOItOVro, One, Feb. Ill -Ono
man was killed and two others in
jured In a fire which early today
wrecked the six-story home of tho
American club. Several explosions
were heard while tho fire was hum
Ing. but arcoidlug to tlo pollco thuro
were no detonations before tho flames
were discovered. Karly report, as
yet unconfirmed, were that tho blaze,
was the result of an alien military
plot, tho Ameilcan club having re
cently been the scene of demonstra
tions In favor of the entente allies.
A man believed to have boon I. I.
Ilurston, of Dallas, Texas, was found
suffocated Just Inside a window ou
thu third floor. Kdward Johnston,
night Katchmnu of tho Mechanic
bank, next door to the American club,
waa dangerously Injured when ho as
struck by .1 falling ehlninoy. Cap
lain Asa Mluard, of tho Nlnoty-sov-
enth battalion of tho American legion,
was xlghtl burned while making his
escape
The interior of the building was
d'Mtroci ami the loof fell In. Tho
whH-i ,in intact Tbe property loss
Is pt'in , nl I'lO.iiiio
(lilt AfJtl. Feb. Hi M.nch 2i
was set tndny as the date lor the
ten -round bout between Champion
Je Villa rl and Frank Moran of
Pittsburg after Tex Itiekaid, oer the
teleihone from New York, agreed to
a MNtpoiienieiit declared necessary
by Wllluid aud his manager, Tom
Jones.
The bout will he held in Madison
Stpiure Qarden, Xew Yurie.
A severe eohl has so affected Wil
lurd's throat llurd he breathe with
difliciilty and with too much of an
effort to make effective traininii
)os.(ible, accouliiif (o Touj Junes,
his manager, lie has been nonfilled
to his bed moai of tne" time for sev
eral days, it was given out. '
JoiiDH suid be would remain in
Chicago until Willard was tsbout
ready tu begin work, aud the" take
him lo N'coYoo:, where be would do
all his 1 1 Mining. This, it is said, will
be in a few days.
Willard stands to lose $10,000 by
(lit ,i-ti,,iii-iiieitj, it was said, be
III' It ll'll 11,11- W ltl t llfllll ll-ll I
ll -' I' Nl ,
WILLIARD-MORAN
POSTPONED
IP.
OF
Barnes in Control Wnilsworth.
Whitman, Tanner and Brown "Bin
Four" to Represent State in la
tlonal Convention Preparedness
Lcadlnn Feature.
NKW YORK, Feb. 10. Tho re
publican state convention today unnn
Imounly adopted n platform Intended
ns tho keynote for tho republican no
tlonal campaign, endorsed llio Whit
man state admlnlHtratlon nnd named
Fulled States Senntor James W.
Wodsworth, Jr., (lovornor Charles
Whitman, Fredetlck Tanner, chair
man of tho state committee and Stato
Sonntor Klou It. Drown, republican
lender In tho senate, ns tho "big
four" to reprosont Now York state
In tho national convention.
The principal points of the plat
form adopted are:
Advocacy of "complcto piopnra
lions for tho common dofouso, eco
nomic, Industrial and financial, nn
well ns military," Including n recom
mendation for a naval general staff
aud substantial strengthening of tho
naval and military forces of the
United Stntes.
A demand that In International re
lations tho United Stntes liitdnt upon
universal observance of tho princi
ples and rules of International luw.
Wilson Policy Denounced,
Denunciation of the Wllvon policy
toward Mexico as one of "Inconsist
ent and Iriospomdhlo Interforonco,"
and a demand for the protection of
American rights In Mexico, either
by n responsible Mexican government
or through co-operation with other
American republics.
Denunciation or the bill to grant
Independence to the Philippines
which already hns passed the sonste
as "an abandonment of the duty of
this nation uud a broach of trunt
toward tho Philippines," loading ios
slhly to tho "seizure of the Islands by
a foreign power."
A demand for the "restoration of
tho republican policy of a tariff com
mission." And for adequate menu
urns for tho quick upbuilding ot an
American merchant marine.
Measures advocated by the plat
form Include development of farm
credits nnd amendment to tho fed
eral reserve act to avoid possibility
of Inflation In currenoy.
Complete lsjrii.lnrM,
In Its discussion of proparoduo.is
support Is pledged "for the full rights
and privileges of American citizen
ship against any attack from sny
rjuurlor whatsoever."
"We wish to continue on lerniR of
peace uud friendship with Hid wliolo
world," tho plullnrm declares, "and
wo support the movement designed
to miiko Increasingly difficult uud
Improbable a resort lo force In the
settlement of lutornstlonal dlrflrul
ties. Hut ho assert tho right of
America to oppose any violation of
International agreement to which It
Is u parly and Its duty to Insist iiimiii
the security sud guarantees of the
laws of nations. We advocate com
plete piepareduess for the common
defense economic, Industrial aud fi
nancial, as well as military."
Tbe nav Is to be tolled upon first
Tor defense from without, the plat
rorm declares. It Is set forth that
(he military establishment should be
made adequate to perform Its tra
ditional duty of serving the nation's
first line of defense and to be the
nucleus aud source ot Instruction
and administration of the army of
the citizen soldiers. Provisions
(Continued from page six)
TO
E
CHICAGO, Feb. 1(1. The eurouer's
inquest in the deatb of Marian
Fruuees luuhert, tbe Luke Purest
high school girl found dead iu tbe
woods on tbe Cyrus McCuruiick ta
ts le, will not be resumed, it is believ
ed, until u report has been received
from exjicrta testing miisuu urjstsl
fouiid iu the girl's hand, iu an effort
tu ilelinilelv establish the exact nn
luie nl tin pni,'ii whiih caused her
di.itli. i
NEWYQRKG
SOUND KEYNOTE
CAMPAIGN
E
KJDICEALMhNBOF
History of Income Tax Deiision
Shows QticHItles tlomlnoc Lacks for
Confirmation, which Include a
Harked Leaning Tornl rft Pro
tection of Privlleic.
liy C11I.SON OAHDNHU.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-. One ot
the (iliurgos brought ngnliiHt Lout
I). Ilrnitdeis by, those who oppofio hU
eonfiimalion ns n judge of t'm Unit
ed Stntes supreme court is that he
lucks the "judicial mmd,"
Just whnt this quality ! in a can
ilitlnte for the supremo court may b
inferred from n glnnoo at one or thu
conn's principal pcrformaiicert,
numely, its decision of Mny i0, lfiO.
on the income lax law. Ily that de
cision the law wns declared uneon.
stitutioniil uud void. It took twenty
yours to gel an income Inx luw hnck
on the statute books by inentu of n
co.istitutionul amendment nnd nn
n:her eongrcssiounl eniiolmen
Tin- subjerl of Inxing inco'mes vm
not a new one when the Inw of ISO I
was fnssed. The suptemo notttl luni
coiiH'dcrcd inciime tn.v nuts ou U
lircvious occasions uud iu all thoo
decisions li.t upheld tho vuliditv of
such legislation. The deuision or
May 0, 1SU5, thercfotc, rovnrst'il
fic of its own decisions. In doinp
this the court wns fortified by a brief
1 riscnled by Jos. Choutoj oitnig
liu'cedents to the effent that the
cnirt in not bound by its own prece-
It.ltN
Inciimo Tnv Decision.
This decision did moro lo bring tho
supremo court into drjujutp than
anything that hits liitmtcncri' in tho
history of the court. The verdict was
reached by u vuto of five judges to
four. One judge, generally believed
to lane been Shims. ehtuiL'od bis Iu.
dieial mind over night. The change.
was umile neecsniw by llio no ou of
Justice Jackson, who fnvored tho
validity of (he Inw. and who. Uioueh
mortally ill, left his bed and insisted
ou being brought iu n Hcilal onr from
his home iu (telle .Mead to lake part
iu the decision.
Juslico Fuller wrole tho mnjoritr
opinion. Justices Drown. .lacL-son.
M'hito and Harlan dissented. Of the
court s ruling, Justice Iliirlan iu his
dissenting opinion said t "Ily Us pres
ent const ruction of the constitution
the court for the first time iu all its
history net-lures that our government
hns licen so framed that in mutter
of taxation for its support nnd main
tenance those who hnvo inooMAg de
rived fiom the i enting of r?aj estate
or from the leasing or using; of tang
ible proKiity, bonds, stock and in
vestment of vhalever kind hne
privileges that cannot he geofirdod to
those Inning incomes derived from
the labor of their hands, or tho ex
ercise of Ibeir skill or tho uto ef their
brain."
Was laist Itcvmrt.
The supreme court waj tho Inst re
sort of those who sought to nullify
the law. The opMition In HQiwjsroea
hud been bitter and it hj ehnrgod by
a former Tinted Slates senator thai
briber wii- cen attempted in the ef
fort to prevent enforcement of tho
(Continued on page two.)
AS
Pl.TIlotlltAli, lVb. lu.--Geoige T,
Mar.ve, Ha. Americau amhaasndor,
has icsigued, giving ill IliHllUi Ug Mi
rea-oii. He bus not buflji mlvised of
the acceptance of his rtrnif nation by
the slate dejsirtmeiit.
Mr. Ma rye expressed desire to ho
relieved as eailv as imsMthlo.
The foregoing confirm tho report
from Washington yestonluy tlmt Mr.
Mar.ve hud resigned.
i
WAslllXaTON, Feb. 10. Ambits--inlr
Miuve's resignation will he no-
i pled whfu It roaches Washington.
It . s.ud t-alav that the state dO
IMrtiueni had no reason to detain
him luiitilr than wari neeossary in
lunate while hi health W03 ttf
l tied,
BAND
BLACKS
SUPREME GOURT
MA E
RESIN
AMBASSADOR