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GERWANYTa I
STAND PAT
FORSINKING
MED SHIPS
No Intention of Postponinn or Alter
ing New Instructions to Submarine
Commanders to Treat as Warships
Enemy Merchantmen Armed De
fensivelyObserves Pledges Given
in Lusitanla Case Austria Takes
a Similar. Stand.
WASHINGTON, Fib. -S.--Iu
note presented to Secretary ijinslng
ttMltiy by Count Ilernstorff, the Ger
man mnbiissudor, Germany asurc
tlu Cuited Stole that it linn no in
tention of revoking tlit pledges given
in the Lusitniiiu ohm.
Thu note siiyh Germany run con
ceive of no reasifn for changing of
postponing tliu new instructions to
her submarine commanders to tnHt
iif. warships enemy merchant shiw
f Hnni'il "defensively," ami tlint special
precautions have been taken to pre
vent ships tlint aro not armed fiom
being attacked.
Tliu note nt the nut-et reiterated
tliu previous pledges which wore
given September 1 iiml October .' of
last your, fdr the safety of unresist
ing line, antl then goes on to say
thai the (icnuun government dots not
believe thoo assurance have been
mollified by the new memorandum,
''criuuiiy Stands Put.
During the negotiations over the
Ltisitnuia, it H.vf no mention was
made of nnri(kl merchantmen and
that the United Stales in none of its
nolea on the Lusitaniu mentioned
unarmed merchantmen. Attention
then is culled to the assurances pri
ately given in which it is statin I that
the litieu Mill not he sunk without
warning, provided thev do not offer
resistance. Attention also is called
to the statement of the American
government in it notice to jMirt au
thorities that the presence of arma
ment on brrard u merchant vessel
create the presumption that thu ves
sel in aimed for offense.
It is Mated thut a submarine eom
iniindcr cannot be ceclc.d to warn
an eheuiv merchantman which ban a
right to fire on the submarine whicli
warns it. and the German government
sets np the contention that equip
ment and intention t re-ist a wnrn-
(Coutlnucd on page, two.)
FIX COMPENSATION
WASHINGTON. l.b. JH. lH-b.it e
on the (nobis bill to proiide for via
terjiowcr grants oh navigable streams
to private interest was resumed in
the senate tday with opponents
the measure pjejmrinf to renew with
mote vigor than over their light
against it.
Senator SliieaU in debate an the
waterpower Mil eritieised Gifford
Pinchot, whom he described as a
"discharged subordinate official of
the agricultural detriment seeking
to eoHtinue himself in the limelight."
Senator Morris defended 3Ir. I'm
ehot nntl hail read to the senate Sir.
I'inehol'k reot letter to 1'reeidiwt
tlkuo, .vinfr pnae of the Shield
bill would be a "Hibli misfortune."
Iipute over mean of detenoininf
eoenHnation to the gut eminent for
pwbtie land occupied by the esjwtruc
tion of ilawa aervaa navigable
tream waa ended v.nn the aenaU
adopted an amendment bv Senator
I'linunine, providing that the value of
public land occupied by pover plants
be fixed by the aeereturv of aar.
Kcuiittf WaUh, hu introduced aa
araendmant providing timtenatioa
on a bui oi mici diliMd and
WAR
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AGAJNST VERDUN
Teutons Rw 1m Than FWfl Hihn
From Center of Verdun In Plain
of Woevre,. Gtrmani Are Steadily
Pushing French Back to Base
Capture of Navarin Farm Report.
HKUM.V, Feb. 28. Attempts by
the Fruneh to retake the fortress of
Uomumiont hnve not entirely fnilrd,
but the nenunii ndvnnec on Verdun
continue, nt-voiding to the reports
from the front. In rapid succession,
l.ouvemont, Chninpnenlle, Cole do
Tnlou and Itnrdnumont have been
itonned, nnd the Oemuins, with 13,
000 French prisoners in their hnnds,
now stand less thnn five miles from
the center of Verdun.
.Miles of rnilrond lino had to Ihi
repaired in order to mnko possible
the transportation of henvy cannon
to within range. The trench tele
phone lines of communication had to
be destroyed in order to prevent the
French artillery from interferinjj
with the setting up of the heavy
piece.
In the plain of the Woevre the
Ciuiinnns steadily are piishiuK the
Fiencli back toward their bane of
Cote Lorraine.
C'aptmrl it Champagne.
The capture of Knvnrin farm, in
thu Champagne, wai announced by
the war office today.
French positions on both sides of
N'avarin farm over n front of about
1000 ynrds were taken. It is said
inorc than 1000 men and nine machine,
etuis were captured.
I In the Vordun region fresh French
norves were exhausted in I'riiitluHS
efforts against Fori Doutunont. Thu
UeiiHHUs advanced their lines further
town 'il lints and Vtiuhernuville and
made fresh gains in the Woevre.
It is said, that nil French troops
have been driven from the Jletise
jmniiiHulH.
Violent Artillery !uel.
The le.t of thu Ounnan olfieial
ataleuient reads;
"There have Ijis'ii exceedingly vio
lent artillery engagements at several
places.
"t)n the front north of Arras there
has been intermittent mining activity.
The fiurnmn blew up about forty
meters of an enemy position.
"In the Champagne thu German,
after efficient artillery preparation,
boguti an attack on both sides of the
road from Sommc-1'y to Souain.
Thov o!turwl the Xavanu farm nnd
positions on both sddea about ItlOO
meters long and took prisoner -0 ot
tleers ami 1000 men and captured
nine machine guu ami one mine
thrower. "In the Verdun district new mussca
concentrated by the enemy were ex
hausted in unsuccessful attempts to
attack the Gunnan position in and
near the fortress of Dounniout and
Hardaumont.
"The Getinaua have oleaied the
Meiise peninsula of ufirmy forces.
"The Germans advanced their lieas
t aither in the direction of Vacherau
ille and Ilras.
"In the Woevre the fot of Cote
Lorraine was reached from the cnt
in -evcr.il place-,"
SEEKS FLEETS
WASHINGTON', Feb. J The
liay geueiul boards conception ot
the needs ol the Lulled states hi a
naval power were outlined to the
house naal committee Uslay li.) Hear
Admiral Austin M. Knight, pri.nltut
of the uaty war uoUege.
In formulating the policy (but thr
naty should equal thr strong it
afloat by 1910, he mi id tbr Harj bad
in mind the estabibwtnt of tin
fleets, one ui the 1'aeifie, Nwrt'ul
enough to overoome any awm there
and the other in the .tlaatie, wlieret
it would b,exehded m t-ngtb only
by the Dntiah fleet. '
A total force slightly in excesuf
the strength ot the Hrilith fleet, he
aid, would aceofiplisb this purpose
and insureuhe countr against 99 out
H0 '--ibilitics of iiiterU'tiMUul
siiLioraus
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Official fleport Show. 3ituatln Un
changed, With Heavy Flgntinfl in
Progress About Douaumont Fur
ious Onslaughts Withstood With
Tremendous Losses.
PAULS, Feb. 38. Impetuous
countcr-altaek). by French troop
north of Verdun in which the Oer
mnns ere thrown back from many
lwsitions uoiKiirrcd bv them during
Uio first four days of the battle, ac
cording to rcK)rts from the front,
aro considered as inaugurating u
second phase of the great nutiou un
der conditions most favorable to the
defenders.
Premier llriand told representa
tives of thu press toduy how the tide
wum turned.
"Caught betucvu two barring
fires," said M. llriand, "eowird with
shrapnel from all sides, attacked bj
our frc-h divisions surging ujion the
field of battle at an unexpected mo
ment, the Germans saw their efforts
stopped short. The struggle was it
titanic one. Onr heroic troops went
into the melee frantically. f)u light
and heavy artillery dug sanguinary
furrow in the compact ranks of the
Germans.
"Finally exhausted, their rank
decimated, the German armies re
treated tinder our counter-attacks.
We have regained the advantage. In
stalled upon formidable positions, juf
heroic soldier lemaincd masters of
the field of battle."
French Lines Holding.
So far as the French official re
poit of this atteruoon xhows, tlic
French, linvs in the, immediate, yinin
ity of Veiilun are holding firm. The
Uennaii itttnuk is developing along
llio trout ent and MMtthunst.
At Fort Douamont, when' the fight
ing has been heaviest, the situation
is unchanged. The foitresu itself ap
IMiruntly is still held by the German.
In the village of Douamont, a few
hundred yards from the fort, them
was furious struggle )n-t night.
The war oftiee announces that (Jer
man litleinpls to capture the village
resulted in failure.
Southeast of Verdun, over the line
bending south to St. Mthel, the Ger
mans ate pressing the attack. The
French statement reports a futile
German attack against .Manheullei,
ten miles southwest of Verdun,
which may indicate an advance in
that quarter, although the precise lo-
cation ef the front tn this sector has
not been made known.
Nurprlw Attaik Surrml.
German troops bv a surprise at
tack, have been successful in enter
ing certain advanced French trenches
near the Navarin farm, In the Chain
IMiigu district.
In the region to the notth of Ver
dun the bombardment has continued
with intensity, p.utienlailv in thu cen
tral sector and on our right.
"German forces yesterday eicniu
made several attempt", to isiptuie the
ullage of Douamont. Their efforts
weiu broken by the lesutanco of
French tronjHS, ho withstood the
most furious assault-.
''The situation at the foit of Don-
atnont is without chunge. This tort
is closely encircled.
"In the Woevre district the Ger
mans yesterday evening and lat
night assumed an attitude of stealer
activity. The ruilioud sUtmn at
Ki, after haiing changed hands tv-
(Continued on Page fi.)
WASHINGTON r'eb .'X h'eiute
HfiutnM debste on HUkldi water
pfr bill.
Senator Uiutlmta Ictrodured sub
tltutt proposd t ronirvtloDUt.
Indtiu cottailttr Y)utiiiijnl work
no appoprletlcn Mil.
IIUIr3 itumttre continued ork
on details of army rtor;nistlon
.!a.
Hou-ae: "3
Ways and means commltlea farorl
ably reportfy) bill to repeal free
itO:ar prevision of the tariff law.
v, Naval and military roramlttae
continued at work on nn defense
Iioraoi
UN
DAY IN CONGRESS
phimls i mmim
Mr m '?s s; 9AV
af 'k l 1a - w9 )
Above, Mrs. Page Waller Katon,
below, Mrs Louise O -borne Itowe,
In "graft" charges.
ZEPPELIN I RAID
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1IKKLIN. Fob. :s. On the octa
sloii of the luat eii(iulln raid over
Kngland two governtnont factories
ami two umniuiiltlon factorlos at Ilir
mliiKhani ami one ammunition fac
tory at llradford Here lUwIroyml by
bombs, the Overseas '.Vows Agency
Hjt.-H.
Thc news agency statement, which
HupiilcmuiitM the m count given out
yesterday of the damage done by thu
airship attack on the night of Jan
uary 31-Kubruary I follews:
"At lllrmlngliam two government
factories and two ammunition fac
tories wero (lestroil. One brew
ery wils damaged at tiecloe 1 11 II. Near
llradford one ninmunltloii factory
and three spinning mills nre
wrecked. At I'artlngtou our bomb
dottroyed twunt-two houses.
"On tbo number a batter)' wai si
lenced, the cannon and nuaichllKhts
being (loetro)ed. At Crlmsby, and
lu the vicinity of Hull considerable
damage, was donu as was also the
case at Sheffield.
"Thu emitter Caroline and the de
stroyers ISdun and N'lth eru sunk.
The Caroline sank In six minutes,
Ink SI muiuburs of thu crew being
killed, 5S nouudeil and 17 were
drowned.''
A llarlln dlapatih of Kubruary to
said that thu time warships men
tioned had been sunk during the Zep
pelin raid. This was denied by thu
llrltlsh government which stutuil
that neither the aniline nor au
other llrltlsh warships nor any mer
chant ship was Mrm It by a bomb.
SENATE RATIFIES
. HAITIEN TREAIY
WASHINGTON Kb ': -. The
mbU today uiiuiiiniiiitsly ratified
the treaty with 1UU under which
tbe I'riltfrt States assumeaa protecto
rate oyer the turbulmit island repub
lic, taking over tbe control of Its fi
nances and police, guaranteeing 111
DESTROY
DBRITISH
MNTON
AN
territorial integrity p4 uadertsklng
to dtvaloa fta reaouraaa. The treaty
already baa begu appfevad by tlia
lUIUea coajraas and Its uAia vir -
tnallr ara la operation uadar the eve
of a strong Anierli an marine expeti-
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center ot "woman political ecautlal;"
commlsBloner of public welfare, named
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CHICAGO, Feb. 28. -A now angle
to the uitv hull split salary ease was
foltwasttnl toduy by Seymour1 Sted
man, nttoiney for Mi.. Page Waller
'Kalnu, who declared his client .won
not the onlv one uho had bcuit foiued
to -plit her salary with the "higher
I "I" ne sain ue uoui.i juace on inc
.. ,ii I.. .I
-taiiil at Hit' civil sen ice coiuinis-
'"' investigation another woman
wlici would testily lo having been
fiiiccd to dmdc her sulary with her
superiors, lie said -lie would (til
of tlion-uiuls of dolluis being Hissod
to higher-ups and lav bare n story
of graft that Mould make, thu Ktitou-
ltowe eontroversv seetn insignificant.
Invesligotiou of Mrs. ISutou's
churge that -he was foieed'iiy her
.ulterior, .Mrs. Iiuise Osbonui Howe,
head of the public Wei fa in depart
ment, to gie a third of her salary
for the siipjMrt of a relative of
M.i.Mir Thoiuik-oii was continued by
the civil -ei-iii-c coinuiis-ion today,
wiili Mr- l(owc on the stand.
It w.- peetcd Manr TbompMiti
vmiii l li'lmiv Mi-. Itowe.
F
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LOS XM.LI.LS, (a , , tb JS
lohn M K htlman, IKutciiant gover-
iiior ot ('ullforiilu. died or , beinor
irluge ihih moiuliig at Iinlio (al He
wax taken from a train then- e.ulv
todii) and died soon afterward Mr
Mslilemsu was istiirnlng fiom a trip
to Washington, where he had ap-le-aied
before rongreuloital loiumit
tees In.ltiH.lnteriMU or California In
terests Hif-was also (jwsrd by the
senate sua committee lp Ue lr,in
dels hearlHf. - '
SA KUAATISCO, Hi. I Jean
Morton Kabelman was eteted lieu-teiutit-aovornor
of Cillfornla at the
last general elfctlmi, November 3,
1 1 1 He bad come piointueNllr be.
fore tbe public of the state aa presi
dent of tbe California railroad com
mlsalou dilrlng It first acllvltlea uu-
der inilargail powers wblca resulted
0 broad control of public utilities
OTHERS FORCED
DDE
SALARIES
WIN
HGHER-UPS
IN
DEAD
ROM HEMORRHAG
Mr. Kshleto.ii was bora at CViHa
Ridge. Ill . Juaa 1 1, l7i aa4 came
u, California when be was twanty
k ears old. He was not robust and for
teral ears he has beea obliged
10 Kink reat lu Imperial Vallej for
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ISO UVS LOST
Pwintoia ft OrWvrtnl Iteam-ihin 8iwl
Twa mn Off Dom 2Q0 ef 4i
Aboard 5avI Bwltv. Was4
Asltoro Hospital Ship SItika Off
Albania 4.incr Dido Sunk.
L0NIH)N. Feb. W.-Of the total
complement of ill pas-mgei and
crew on the Peninsular k Oriental
line steamship Malojn, which struck
a mine and sank within half an hour
two miles off Dover yesterday, only
J(!0 are known to have been saved.
Ot these, 01 were passengers. There
were 11!) pnHengcrn aboard, 111 be
ing children. .
Till- bodies of thtee iiiuru Lascars
of the crew of the Mnloju have been
washed ashore, milking the iotiil of
bodies leooverrd 17. Many iclutives
uru arriving at Doxer for the pur
pose of endwivoring to identify thu
bodies.
Among those- rescued yestetdtiy
wn a buby, wannly clad, found
floating on Its back. The child was
found by n pattol boat and wan taken
into the. engine room. Alter being
warmed it Mailed at its resimers nnd
scemcit none the worst for the ex
perience. Mine Krrlil- Nown.
The lliitisu jrch is almost ttnnni
mouh in assuming that thu Muloja
and the other vcs-oIh sunk bv mines
dining tlic week end were victims of
n fresh sowing of German mines.
I here is much speculation us to bow
these mine could have been laid.
The theory most frequently ad
vanced is (hat a certain rla-s of
nrutlsl shipping was umpUiyfd.
The Pall Mall Gayelle supgr.M
that such niernlion max dri e I'ug
Iniiil to slill more stringest siiMrvis-
ioii oi neutral shipping than bus yet
been exercised by the admiralty.
Of the 11(1 passenger on thu Ma
loju fifty-five have not been deflii
itely accounted for.
HoHpltal Ship Sinks.
LONDON, Feb. W. The sinking of
me Hospital ship - .Murcciiuiro near
San Giovanni di Medua. Albania, is
ieMiited in a ili-paleh from Itonie to
the Kxchaiigc Telogrnpb eoinpany.
The esscl is said to have stiuck an
Austrian mine. It is reported Iheie
were numeioiis ictims.
The Italian steamship Matcchiaro,
112 tons gross and 175 feet long, was
built at Ancona in 1HPJ and wits
owned at Naples.
I.lnrr Dido Sinks.
LONDON, Fell. 28. The bodies f
eight sailors and the captain of thu
WiUon liner Dido, which was sunk
February 2(1, ware washed ashnie to
day at Dnnnn Hook, Lincolnshire.
The Dido, a Wscl of 1700 tuns
gross, curried a eiew of tweiitj-niuu
men. The first ieMiits ot her sink
ing said thut the captain and two ot
the crew bad been lauded by a ilel-
gin ii steuuier.
II11--U11 Steamer .Sink".
LONDON. Feb. as. The Itu-siau
-teaniship PcUhcnga lta been sunk.
I'ittccu of those uboatil were siml.
The Pet-hcnga was I'onucrly the
(Icimau -team-hip Lnk Lar-en, cap
tured bv the I(u--ian- earlv in the
war. She w.i- i. liil" aio-- ton-.
NF.W VOMK. Ki-o. '.. Itiis.it, ot
freh couiplication- 111 the uiU'tna-
tirti.i kituuttou a ink the ntrthur uc
ecss of the Teutonic forces in France
i'iiumi! eiv declines in the stock
hiurlrt todav, losses m ttandsnJ
tssurs i-ngui 1 1 on a to A points, war
issues lost I to .11 ami soine of ()
more olaxturu stocks aereelowur bv
10 to 13 point.
Further unset tlewiw suta eau-ed
by iiiiuors at lost attecting MeNieo
and heavy selling of Angio-lheucb
bonds, which established a new low
quotation at 03V
There acre some aialerial recover
ie- in the final hour, the improvement
iiiiinfidiaa with rumors that Gormanv
Ii.hI agreed t uiodify il siibmiA-ine
SEVERE
DECLNES
STOCK
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IVtiI hy OM Gaoril fr BciHj
Ikart INmIrift!'rm at Chretuja -Hec-r4
Shm Him OftfAsvtl te Prafl
ril Rupatatfett.
lly GILSON GAHDNKR.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Batmicl
W AtcCnll is thu dark hursn long
groomed by the stnndpat republican
leaders, headed by .Murray Crane and
seconded by lloics Penrose, for tho
republican nomination at Chicago in
June. The Ilurlon-FitirbaukH-lIuglics
and other miscellaneous delegate!!
were to be delivered for him.
MeCnll is governor of Mtisrfnulitts
etts. He wum for years ti member or
the house of representatives. Ho wns
chosen governor after being nomin
ated as a straight lepublicnu, be
cause the progressive leader, Uird, in
dorsed him. McCull received thous
ands of progressive party votes. Mas
sachusetts progressives took Ilml's,
word for it that McC'nll was in somo
measure u forward-looking person.
And beciiusc he was elected governor
by this happy combination of party
'factious he wan regarded by Cruno
and thu other leaders as un ideal
pru-idcntiiil candidate.
I'uhlMi MtCnll's Itccortt.
Because, the progressives arc un
willing to ncccpt McCull as u "for-
T ward-looking" person the hitter's roc
ord has Ih'cii dug tip and js now be
ing sent out to the country in order
that all progressive may take note
and opjsihe McCall, even before the
convention meets.
Among the high points in the rec
ord as diselnafd nrc these lie voted
against the Dullivur-Hcphurn rnilrond
rale regulation metlmite nitit in the
discussion of that measure was ono
of its ablest opponents. He voted
against the fortlfictltlou of. the Pan
ama canal .one. He unvaryingly op
Med the creation of a strong nnd
efficient navy, always voting for a
smaller rather than a larger number
of battleships. He wns opposed to
pure food and drug legislation, hav
ing voted against tile Itevertdge meat
iusHetioii bill ial tl,ft pure food and
drug acts, ns attbseqtieutly passed,
lie was a loyal and petHHtent sup
isuter of the Cannon rules in the
hoitsii of reptPseutatives and voted
for the ictoutinii of the Cannon leg
iiae against the propositi finally
adopted by more liberal republicans
to luko from thu sx.ikir the power
of appointing the contmlttuos of thu
house.
Voteil Agaluit Arlinnn.
.Met 'all voted ugaltiat the admission
of Arixona lo statehood, basing his
opposition on the fact that thu pro
Hted slate's eoiistituliuu was too lib
eral, containing such modern things
as the initiative, referendum and re
call. He na- one of the very few
men in the house who voted against
Jim constitutional amendment for
the diiect election of United States
senators, lie ipHtsl, by tho nega
tive procc ot dodging the roll oall,
all mcn-iii e to limit the use of injunction-
111 labor disputes. He vot
ed agnm-t the -emeu ciiiuu bill of
(Continued oa pago all)
LYMAN HELD ON
TAMPA. H..., Feb. 2S. J. Grunt
L.Miian as held tislav in $100,000
bail for arraignment tomorrow on tho
fodcrsl tiidietiuent returned in New
York ebaigiug him itk utiug- (ho
mails lo drfritwl- Iiuaa deulam4
hu vas not the huh sant And d
uinl thu'the had used tlw.unhes of
Joliu Putnam Co. us rbmnud in thu
uilie,tiueul. ,
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WASIIINGToy, Ib. as.-Attor-iuy
General Gregory deoldud to in
struct luitsxl State Attorney Phil
lips to Mmd Lyman to New York for
trial 111-tead of to California. Tito
depailiuent of justice divided jbat
iiiH-iiiu'b 11- the crime charged tWfttf
comuiitted while Jjiiian was unt on
bail, lie should be tried un tha lnltt
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