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WEATHER
Muviiniiiii Yesterday -47;
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cloudy, tlireatenini;.
Fortv-ixth Ter.
HEAVY F
IE
. Russians Capture Field Posts in Bar
anovichi Region Germans Bom
bard Ocna Swiss Mobilize Entire
4rmy, Fearing German Drive to
Recapture Lost Territory in Alsace.
PF.TROORAD, Jan. 10 The cap
ture of two Gorman fietil posts in the
Haranovu'hi roeion, on tliu Russian
front, and .the failure of an attack liy
the Oormnns enar Zhoiow, east of
l.einhei-fr, in Cinlicin, are reported to
day hv the war office.
The town of Ona, on the railroad
line whieh virtually parallels n con
siderable section of the front alone;
the Moldavian southwest frontier,
has been under bombardment by the
Teutonic heavy artillery, the war of
IRHTING
N PROGRESS ON SURVIVORS FROM
RUMAN FRONTi RAIDER VICTIMS
fice announced today. Aside from
other bombardments mid, patrol op
erations, there have been few activ
ities nlonfr the Rumanian front.
1 Heavy FlfrlitiiiR.
Heavy 1'inlitiiij; is slill in progress
on the Rumanian front, with the Rus
sians and Ituimininus apparently
more Ihnn linlilini: their own, for the
time at least, airainst Field Marshal
Aon Mackensen's armies. Elsewhere
in the field of military operations
fjhhere have been few activities of iin-
portnnec.
This holds true of the l'mneo-lScl-Binn
front, wbero the quiet has been
broken' recently only by the British
activities north of the Somme, which
have resulted in advances for them
recently near Renuoourt-Sur-Anero.
Indications are not lnrkini.', however,
that, the present comparatively pa
cific conditions are not likelv to en
' dure Ions', and in this connection the
extreme southern sector of the line
, . is bcinjf-elosi'ly watched.
Swiss Alarmed.
The French here occupy n consid
erable section of Alsace, the fiuhtin-j
line touching; the Swiss border be
tween Ilclfort and ltasel. Concentra
tion of masses of German troops
across the line from Hnsel has re
cently been reported in Swiss news
papers anil a belief is -.aiil to eit
in Switzerland that the Germans con
template an offensive with the object
.of freeing Alsace of the invaders.
The Swiss federal council early this
week, while expressing confidence
that none of the powers contemplated
n violation of Swiss neutrality, the
council ordered the mobilization of
additional troops as a measure id'
precaution. Until Germany and
France assured Switzerland recently
that they would continue to respect
her neutrality.
428,000 IN 1916
LONDON', Jan. IS. More than
428,000 officers and'men were taken
prisoner hy the Russians during tho
last jear and "23 guns captured, ac
cording to the Itussian set-vice ornan,
as quoted In a Central News dispatch
tyom PetroKrarl today. The journal
closes Its review of the war opera
tions during the year with the fol
lowing approximate figures of met.
and hooty taken.
Officers S.770; men, 420,000;
guns, 52."; machine guns. 1,001;
trench mortars and mine throwers,
421.
(More than SO per cent of the fore
going was yielded by the operations
of General Ilrussiloff.
YnKNTON, X. J., Jan. 1!). The
court of errors and appeals today by
a vote of seven to seven affirmed the
supreme court decision that a re
count in the third congressional dis
trict was legal. This makes final the
re-election of Congressman Thomas
.1. Scully, democrat, front that dis
trict On the first count Itohert Carson,
republican, had an apparent majority
over Scully of eleven votes. A re
count gave the district to Scully hy
702 majority.
NINE AMERICAN
Americans Among Crew of British
Steamer St. Theodore Landed at
Pernambuco Nothing Heard of
Moewe, Although Eleven British
Warships Are Scouring Seas.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Nine
Americans were among the crew of
the ISrltish steamer St. Theodore,
taken by the German raider and
landed wllh other survivors at Per
nainbuco on tho Japanese ship, Hud
son .Mam. Consul Stewart today re
ported they were all Ha to and that
so far ns reported, no Americans
were on the other ships.
The stute department today made
public tho following cable from the
consul, dated January IS, and re
ceived this morning:
"Hudson Mam brought: 2117 St.
Theodore crew. List shows Ameri
cans, lien Stevens, Royal Gregory,
Frank iiattee. David Johnson, V..
Judy, all colored, and Fred Smith,
Harry Plcot, Gay Van Dorcn. -Mln-ieh
shows Charlie Jones. No Ameri
cans on other vessels named. All
nine safe here.
Crews Still Missing.
"Survivors state that Yarrowdale,
Georgie, Mount Temple, Voltaire,
Snowden Range, King George, ono
Kngllsh schooner and one Norwegian
were captured December 12, when
price crew and t 10 were placed on
Yarrowdale and not heard from
since."
Another dispatch from Mr. Stew
art, dated January 1. and received
here Jaauyry 17, say1:
"Crews of St. Theodore, Dramatist,
Radnorshire, -Minleb, Netherhy Hall,
Nantes and Asntoros arrived today.
Several Americans. Reported no
lives lost."
Consul Stewart's first dispatch,
dated January Hi, was received at
the state department January 17 at
S::;i a. m Officials of the depart
ment lui.'e ;. tilled hot It that day and
the day following that th"- had ahso
lutely no information from the rcpre
.vrntatlv s mi South America on the
raider.
Klilppfs lneay.
XICW YOKK, .Ian. 10. Notwith
stanldnR; Mie known activity of lirlt
ish warslups, 11 of which arc hurry
ing from many directions into south
Atlantic waters in health of the Ger
man commerce des rjyu, which sank
the VoHaie. (leric and other en
tente vf:s.s.l. Increased apprehension
war. fc.lt marine cfi-cleH today, ow
inpr to ur.'U'nied crefl?nce which the
shipphi?, "orid in str-ic-iai has plaeeil
on overnight rep .i t;: that the black
raidor. I.i 'ieved te ,j the famous
.ioewe, 1 ; not operating unassisted.
According to the.se reports this
fugitive raider carried several sets of
awuament "end has furnished puns to
at least two of her captive ships, th
St. Theodore and the Yarwnvdalo
(Itritish), which in turn became prey
intf rovers. The Yarrowdale is re- (
ported to have arrived at the t'ave
Verde Island with the crew.-; of eip!:t j
of the shi;is which were sunk, iier i
early departure' on a raiding mission
would cause no surprise among ship-,
pers.
U'hei-enbouts I'nknouii.
Ileports as yet unconfirmed place
the present w hereabouts of the
Moewe n eonsideralde distance north
of the I reland-to-Brazil sea lanes,
where her havoc, was accomplished.
-Meanwhile the entente war yespels,
aside from hunting down an active
raiding squadron are keeping close
watch on several merchant vessels
suspected of supplying the .Moewe
and her allies with food and of assist
ing them in other ways.
A a precaution auaiust an Illegal
use of Ilnuillan territory ns a base
for operations of the Gt-rnran ships,
a portion of the ttrazilian na,vy Is
maneuvering off that country.
EN ROUTE TO ANTWERP
LO.WiON". Jan. I. A Itcuter IU
patcb from riusblnir, llollttnd. today
reports the CiTiiiiiii Mcanier t'rsula
Fischer pasviliL' there fiom Zcebt .igge
on her way to Antwerp.
"This Is the firM Cerman ship that
ha passed in this direction slnre the
fall of Antwerp," the dispatch adds.
KB
MEDFOUD.
REFUGEES FROM BELGIUM ARRIVING IN
oi J- x -w-
MothiM-s tuul orphtius uf Mai'-Iiru Ilrlliini, osrjininjj; (Icpoi-tallon into (Jernumy hy coining to w I nil
t il Slnt4K, jtiv lu'ic 'I town at !IMk Island. Tlu - Itrlf.tns wvv? al( 10 Irnw tin ir drvastalnl fotinlry
thioimh the ciloits of rather John It. Drvillo of hiuuo.
, - ... . " ' .
WHIPPLE CHOSEN CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT SEEKS
AS COUNSEL BY ! U. S. MINISTER 10 ENACTMENT Of
LEAK PROBERS1. SERBIA WITHDRAWN WHOLE PROGRAM
i I
WASmXIiTOX, Jan. l!.--Uom-1mt
of the hour rules eunmiittrr in
voliLratiiiLr l!n' a!liU''(l ''leak" on
IVoidwit ViUon peai-t' nott' atuir-t-nllv
wen- conliili'iil loday Dud SIkt
nian 1,. Vliiik', a lio-ttm lawyer,
would aj,M'i'i tin roaunittci's invita
tion to ad as its counsel in the in-
1 1 11 1 1 ' . lie
tomorrow I
lee. lie W;
after hitter
tf Vahinton
ctini cr u il h t he eniiunit - I
aLirecd Uou lat niuld
oniel
er the f-elcutioji
of rnunel. 11 is probably that Minister Yop-
Tlu nmillee will ln.lt! h, fi,rt her ia ''f' IUm-IIii. will ho ki anted
jMiblic hearin-s until .Monday. lJ"VO of absence, which he request ed
A lelegrani fiuin rnlerm'yer, ,, !Hii. y months auo in order to avoid
lestin aiiinsl the use of his name Oitiiian-assnu'iit in the sending
as Ihoii-h lie "had heen M-ekin- a M'" to Ills ust at t!ie Itumanian eapi
.I'fd).'1 read to the house hv Ucpicscn- j al lit .lassy. just after gaining enn
tative rilz-crnhl, precipitated a new sid-rable military information in his
discu-sion nf the leak ini(uirv. The!tri;i 1 j rough the central empires,
tele-ram tlerhiPMl I'nlermyer dil not The removal of Minister Vopicka
want the place and could onl have. ' f ' Bucharest was explained by
aecepled it at n jrreat saeiiliee. !(ierniimy to liave had nothing to do
Representative Miller of .Minne-ida
olijecteil tt the lone of the messjigc,
whirii, he aidt n-fleeted on the
house.
"I think he is not .iuslitied' said;ln!ats be withdrawn.
Mr. Miller, ''in .-ending a me--age : ,
that is nn insult to eongrc.-.-. I do j
not think his message is either pa ilia-!
men tary or decent.' 1
Mr. Kitzgeraid said he objected to'
"the throwing of brieks" at privat
citizens, whoi have rendeieil public ;
scrviee. f
POST OFFICE FLAGS
WASIIINOTO.N. .Jan. 111. Orders
for the placing at half-mast or flags
on all postofl'k-es throughout the na-
lion In honor of the late Admi'-iil
l)eweyj were issued today by I'ost-
master (ienenil iirics(ill, who di-
reeled flags, to remain at half-mast
until nfVr the funeral Saturday and
that the posloffice department
closed all that day.
PORTUGUESE SOLDIERS BEGIN
S-ibliers of I'oilUKal liave .iilst
Kcsti-rii fiiint in I'rance the first
liar in Kurope. Tin- piclini- sIiowh
0RK(!O. F1MDAV, .lAXTAWV 1!). 1911
WARlllXdTOX, . Jan. lit. Ger
many lias withdrawn Iht charRos of
minculral coiuhtft aaliu t M in is t it
Vo)diUo. aorrodited to Kuniaula, Ser
lia and llularia. it was annnuncfil
today ai the stato departmont. An
explanation of tlio full I'attH In the
; eharjj
unneutral conduet was j
made to Cerntany which proved sali.s-
factory.
1 it h the previous charges of unneu-
tral conduct, hut to have been occa-
foiled by the insistence of the mill-
1 tary authorities that all neutral dip-
SYRIA INT OUT
WASHINGTON, Jon. 111. M.nc
than Hum Amcrii n n- have i-1 i ! i. i n- I
Amlllt-sMlIni' 1111,11- at ( 'ull-t illlt ilutple
to nd I li. -in out nf Syria anil I'uli -- ,
line. The ;i tl 1 1 i:i m I . . - e.-ilile.l till-:
' t ;i I ilciiarlmcnt Imhiy thut tin- "iiv-
; inul elnnule of :ilul 1 1 m .- nmn- limn
In Me, I iiu-e the T'ii-ki-li mililurv nil- j
tin. lilies m-eeili'il I" strong rcpresen-;
tnliuiis liy the -.l.ilc ili-pin tmclit llnit;
j Auieneiiu eiti.cn- bi' nltowi',1 In ieine. .
Krom .lat l a anil .lerii-aleni alniie nil :
ineiea-e ..I over .'iim Anierieaii rein-.
e,.,. ha- Icen i
d, while the re-
belale - , titty mlii
itie-.
-HMtli of 'hilocilina
ACTIVE PART IN
lii-roiiie mtiic, aidin the allies on Ihe
pal licipal ion of I'ni limal in Hie world
I'ortnuuese soidlerH in aitlun.
r ;'. 4- ?Jnt&& mutts. tttdWmuAt-1 wi meMvui Jl
THE UNITED v STATES)
i
WASlllXliTHX. .lair. I!).- In an
el'foit to clear the UgUlntive calendar
of ndmiuisi i ntit'ii mc.-i.-iirc.- in-fore the
nexl h"U-e with o,uelionnhle polit
ical status come- in, I're-iilent Wil
son conferred today with the senate
steering commit I ee, Kor Iwo liour
he went over the proL-ram he outlined
in his opi'iiing add if--- to congress
la-t I 'ereinlier, laying parlieulai
stress upon the riiilroatl measures,
lie said dial he -till de-iretl enaet
menl of the whole program before
March I. il' pos-ihle. lit adtlilion to
revenue legislation, the pieideiil nUti
urged action on a corrupt practice,
hill, the Wehb hill tt pcruiil dome-tic
corpora tiou to maintain collective
foreign selling agencies; water power
and niini'ral laud lea,-ing nna-ures
and lite I'mlo U'ican citi.etihip hilt.
Altlioiigh there wa- no -ugge-tion
of an extra session in cii-e the presi-
dent's pr
ram caiiiud In1
omplctcd
j ,y .March I, Senator Kern di
that I he thought in .the minds
was thai il would he much h'-
hired
of nil
dil'fi-
i cult to enact the mea-uies to which
the dcnioeratie party li;is been com-
ntitted at this ses-jou than in the
I next congrei-s.
- ViLLA AT SAN ANDRES
KI. IAS(I, Tex.. .1
It).-- I'ran-
ei-i-o Villa wa- at Sun Andre-. wc.-1
o ( hiiiiudiiia City, yc-tcnlay await
ing reinfoi r-eiiicnt according to re-poitr-
received 1 miii the south today
by go ei liliielil agents here.
A column of Villa troop- wa.- ex
pected to join him today from Ihe
-late of Ihtrango and another column
wa- he'ving Inward San Andre- from
the vi.-inity o Santa Cruz de ! -
ah. Ilit nubs -oiitli n bilMiaiiua
( it v.
THE WORLD WAR
T
PRUSSIA ASKS
11
Diet Takes Upon Itself Role of Critic
Ruthless Submarine Warfare
Advocated Every Weapon to Se
cure Victory Should Be Made Use
Of, Says Conservative Lea'ler.
I'.KIM.IX. Jan. lit. The I'm ian
lie) took upon il-eif today the role
of r nl i.- of liie government, which the
reieh-tag at its latest se-sion refrain
ed lroii.1 doing. Xeverthele-s. the pre
dietinn whieh was heard yesterday
that the -e-Moii wottlil he marked by
the mo-l igorou- attack-, on Chan
cellor Von liethiuaiin-1 lollweg lurned
out to be incorrect. 1 li -peeeli ol
I Jr. Von I leydehranil, eoiisci vative
leader, who is associated with the
centrist and tialiotmi-liheral parties,'
in fav or of a nnre unre-t I ii-led use
of (lie suliiuaiine-, a far more
moderate than on ea rlier oceaMons,
and wih not c!iaractcii.ed hy attacks
on lie I'nited Stales.
Appeals tti rattiotlsm.
I 'ii m I I'ireiteiihaeii, minister of puh
lic works and the chancellor's second
in the 1'rus-iau cabinet. aid in a
carefully worded declaration in he
half of the government :
'This grave and difficult epoch re
quires ever- renewed di.-ciissioii of
what ways and means are lo be
adopted."
lie added, however, that he consid
ered anti-c.pre--iou id' the govern
ment's vh ws hi present to hi
nude-'
irahle. Iie-punsihilil v I or decis
ion-, he .nid, re-led on the chancel
lor and he appealed to tile patriotism
cf ihe house to support this difficult
task hy refraining from erilicism of
his -policy -an appeal which (he
proceedings sliowccl to he unneces
sary, .
I'se All Weapons,
Il wa- commented thai even I r.
Yon I leydehranil, in ndvoeniiirj uure
slrielcd suhmariue warfare, demand
ed it only at such lime as Ihe emperor
and Ki'dd .Mar-hal Von Itinilenhurg
found il lo he advisable, lie said:
"If we are lo win a victory it i- im
perative I o u -o the weapons winch
giv e u- Ihe po.s-ihilil y of winning a
victory ngniiist the toughest and
strongest adversarv, Kiigland , . .
If onr military nut horil ics, the higher
command and the emperor, find il
suitable and limely lit make the uec-e-sary
u-e id' unlimited submarine
warfare the tlerman and I'ru-siuu
pi'ople will he prepared to bear the
eoriscipn Mees."
HE"LEAKED"SPEECH
WASlllXtiTdX. Jan. 1!).
Xewland- acknowledged hi
Senator
the -en-;
i furui-h-(oteini--
. ye he!.
sc-iou
aitiM-king
j ale loday lhal it wa- he v In
! ed to liitcr-tate ( 'oinmerce
I -inner Daniel-, v bile il wa
eotll idclit ial, I he e.veeitt i c
j -peeeh of Seiialor ('ummin-
Ihe commi-sioiicr-
( Ippoiicllts ol (
! jel- outdid tlli't
eoiifirinatioii.
iiimi--ioiier I :in
y ha ving po--e--
- j jt(M ,,r ((.
1C W as
lhle.1 lo
Senat or i
' eveeu-
rcsolu- I
,r,.)Jir,. ;l r, plv.
Alter the -latenienl of
NewliMid.- Ihe -enale iut
I ive -e--ion to eou-idei t lie
liitu ol Senator Xorri- lo inv
t In- di-elo-ure ol Ihe -n-ecli.
i-ligale
510,000 SYRIANS;
UNRESTRICTED
USE OF U-BUATS
1,'llMK. .Ian. 111. Five II Ii.ii; ,
ami leu t'liin-aiiil iit-hii itaw ilieiij
..r-.tin-w.la.il in Syria. aeei.nliiiL; to ltini.MO.NI. Va.. .Ian. 10. -Iloli-inr.,riiiali.m
iieciw.l liv I lie (-..mere l','t ',,,' nieini.ry h honoreil to
.I'llalia. I.eliaiiii..n i. -mil t,. liaM','lav Uiroiiuliout Hie hoiiiIi. The one
-nllereil pailieiilinU nlnleol I'.cv ri- j l inli-i! an.l tenth niiiiiveisiiry of
.lit. intialiilaiil - arc aiil t
liaM- lieeii
pi.-ki ti up 'Hi I'te --(reel- l.i-arl ilinu
t.l' 1 1 : 1 1 rji I'. Till- IMlll.ller .tf suieiile-,
i inetea1-!!!!: In a..allin .lujior-li.ui-.
Sittiilar Ii.. ri.. i- are i'eM.lleil
a- i.eeiti i -i r i in I'ale-line ami pai l.
.'I' tile illlelinr illlllliilleil I.V t llll-
tilltl.-..
:i;
TO VETO LAWS
Movement Started in Congress to
Check Supreme Court's Practice of
Upsetting Legislation Upon Ground
Tl.at It Is Unconstitutional Owen
Author of Resolution.
MY CII.SOX (? UUJNKU.
WASIIIXCTtlX, Jan. !. A move
meat has started in congress to cheek:
the I'nited States supreme court's
praetico of vetoing lebdntion ou tho
ground that it is "uneonstitntlonnl."
Senator Itohert. 1.. Owen of Oklahoma.
Is the author ol' a resolution J.
Kes. llt.'ii which makes "unconstltiw
tloual" such ''judicial usurpation'1
and vacates the office of any federal
Juil.ge who attempts it.
In an addresn before, the Popular
(Jovernment league's convention In.
tills city last week Senator Owen
culled attention to the Krowin pow
er of tho I'nited States supreme court
and the dwindling power of con
gress. The Civil war. said Henaloi'
Owen, was fought because, of nu un
constitutional decision of the Vnitft'l
States supreme court tho Dredit
Scott decision. In the present S-hour
day case, the senator Hald, tho coun
try Is faced with a situation wlierft
the court might again, by an attempt
to override congress and to nullify a,
perfectly good law, bring about jusc
as grave a situation.
Owen's Itcsolutlon.
Since the delivery ol' that yp'di
Senator Owen has Introduced his res
olution and prepared a rnecch on luo
subject which he will soon dfilh'ers
to the senate.
The resolution rends: t
"Whereas the const It. tUo'i of thi
(Willed StateH gives no unthortlyCto
any judicial officer to ileclnre nncon-
I slitutional an act whien has hoen de
clared constitutional Mv n majority
of the members of thn I'nited State
senate and house of representnt Ivor
and by the president or the Thlfeil
States, who, on their soverai oaths,
have declared the opinion In Ihe pas
sage of such net that It h conytitu-
; tfonal, and.
"W hereas In the constitutional con
vention. In which the constitution ot
the Culled Slates wu framed, tho
motion was three limes made to gtvt
lo Ihe supreme court In some mild
form the right to express an opin
ion upon tho constitutionality of uctH
of congress and was three tlme over
whelmingly rejected; und
Interferes With I'onplo.
"Whereas such assumption of iOW
er by the federal court h interfere
with the reasouahh? exercise of th
sovereignty of the people of the Cult-
ed States and diverts It from tliei
hands of the representatives of tho
people in congress assembled to u
tribunal appointed Tor life and sub-
j jeet to no review and to no control
hy (he people of the Culled States
and is therefore against a wine pub
lic policy ; and
"Whereas the declaration hy uny
federal court that the acts of cou
gress are unconstitutional const!
lutes nn usurpation of power: there-
tore be ft
uesoiveu, 'i hat Irom and niter
tlie passage of this act federal Judgen
are forbiden to declare any act of
congress unconstitutional.
"Xo appeal shall lie permitted in
any ease in which the constitutional
liy of an act of congress is challenged
(tie passage, by congress of any net
being deemed conclusive presumption
of the const It ii t Ion it 1 i t y of such act.
I'eniilty for Judges.
"Any federal pudge who declares
any act passed by the congress of the.
Called States to he unconstitutional
(Continued on Pago Five.)
RY IS
"irin ns ohserv.d iiji a lloliilnr
In all uMill.i rn states anil memorial
e. i. i.-.e-t were held In many i-IiIch
and towns.
Secietaiy of War Hiil.ir was the
principal speaker at the ccleliratlon
at Wa.-hlimlim and l.ee university at
l.txlimlun.
NO.
CURB FEDERAL
COURT'S POWER