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GERMANY
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Germany Serves Notice Upon All
Neutrals That All Restrictions on
Naval Warfare Have Been Remov
ed in Its Struggle for Existence
, Ships to Be Sunk Regardless of
Nationality or Cargoes, in Barred
Zones.
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BEIU.IX, Jan. 31. The of-
ficlal statement issued today
by the German government an-
nounces that neutral ships ply-
ing within the new barred
zones will do so at their own
risk. Precautions will be taken
! to protect neutral ships, which
S- sailed for those zones prior to
February 1.
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WAR ZONES
11KUL1X, Jan. ,'U. (icrimmv lias I ton, denied that information came
transmitted a new note to the I'nituH I through R. W. Boiling, the presi
States government. The note refers j dent's brother-in-law and a member
lo the president's recent speech be-i of his firm. He said it was gathered
lore the sennle. merely from general talk about
The note, which was handed to ; Washington.
James Y. Clcrard, the American am- Kills Subpoened,
buKsudor, reads: j Hutton today said thai althougli
"Your excellency had the kindness j in possession of the information as
to eoniniuniWilo on the 'J2d ul' this: to the president's note at least two
month the message which the presi-; hours before the market closed on
dent of the United States on Hie same' December -'0, neither he nor any of
day addressed to llie American sen-! his eight partners had takou advan
nle. Tile imperial government lookttage of it. Ills customers had an
knowledge of the contents of the nics
sngo with that earnest attention
wliich is becoming (o the explanations
of the president, inspired by his sense
of responsibility.
Freedom of Seas Sought.
''H affords her great satisfaction
to slate that the general lines of this
remarkable manifestation in the wid
est sense agree "with the principles
and wishes of Germany and her al
lies. To those belong, in the first
place, the right of sclf-govennient
and the cipinl rights of all nations.
Keeognizing this principle, Germany
would gladly welcome il if nations
like Ireland and India, which do not i
enjoy the blessings of an independent ,
slate, should now obtain liberty.
"Alliances which drive nations into j
competition for hegemony and incline
them towards any stdfish intrigues
are likewise refused by the German
people. On the oilier hand, it is en
thusiastic for co-operation -in all en
deavors which aim at the prevention
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free and peaceful intercourse between
nations, as well as the open door for
trade, always have been guiding prin
ciples of German policy.
Precautionary Measures.
"Germany, in the, peace to be eon
eluded willi Belgium, merely minted lo
lke precautionary meusiires so that
that country with which the imperial j
government wishes to live in good
neighborly relations, could not be ex
ploited hy adversaries for the pro-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
141 PERISH ON
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PARIS, Jan. JJO. Olii.-ial an
nouncement was made here tonight
that the transport Admiral Miiann,
which was taking HfiO soldiers to Sal
oniki, escorted by the destroyer Arc,
was torpedoed by u submarine on
January 'J."). (If those on board SOU
were saved.
A statement from the German ad
miralty on Monday said that on Jan
uary 2'i a German submarine at a
point about '.'50 miles east of Malta,
sank an armed hostile transport
sleamer which was proceeding east
ward, convoyed by a French torpedo
boat. The steamship, which was filled
with troops, was said to have gone
down in leu minutes.
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Huttcn Ignorant o,f Origin Treated
It as Mere Rumor Neither Cus
tomers Nor Firm Profited by Ad
vance Knowledge, to Which Little
Importance Was Attached.
XEW YOUK, Jan. 1 Finding fur
ther examination today of H, F. Hut
ton barren of result as far as show
ing the origin of the information on
which the slock brokerage firm of !
ft. F. llufton and company warned
Its customers that President Wilson's
peace I10t0 wag i0 foe lulled, the eon-!
irrossiomi "Itmli" investiuaLinir pom-
mittec today decided to summon
George A. Kills, Jr., the member of,
tlio firm, who wrote the warning!
telegram. Ellis, according to Hut-1
ton, is ill in Ueorgln, but the com-j
mittec nevertheless decided that he j
i must appear.
F. A. Connolly of F. A. Connolly
and company, the Washington bro
kers, who furnished the Hut ton firm
witli the information, was expected
to take the stand later today. Con-
nolly, on his arrival from Washing-
hour's leeway to sell before the mar
ket closed. They were long in the
aggregate about 3 10,000 shares. He
was of the opinion that few heeded
the warning, but promised the com
mittee to furnish the exact amount
of selling orders that came in,
Hutton said that Information he
had on the peace note made little
impression on him. "What killed
the market was Secretary Lansing's
'verge of war' statement, " he said,
the day the president's note was for
warded. Customers of the Connolly firm
diiring the "peace period'' In the
I niprkct lost $10,000, It was brought
cut.
I.cak Is Traced.
The telegram was dispatched from
the Wall street brokerage house of
10. V. Hutton and company to its
scores of correspondents throegL-vit
the country more than ten hours be
fore the note W'as released for publi
cation. IJoHing's firm, F. A. Con
nolly an 1 u'vipany, 's one of these
correspondents. The information on
which ilij iii-sage was based, K. F.
Hutton. head at the Hutton linn,
testified yest'.'rday, originated with
!'. A. Connolly and came to Xciv
York over a private wire betwxer.
he two houses.
Hutton finally fixed the time of
I lie receipt of the Connolly tnessaso
las . ctween li'jl ana i:u o cock
n0 jri this must be the time, as
the "H. G." message of 12:57 was
based on rumor in New York, while
the message sent at 1:15 referred to
advices being received from Wash
ington. (Iianges in Wording.
Whipple developed that the word
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BRITAIN TO KEEP
I.ONitdN', Jan. ;.-. The colonics
captured from Germany iluriiiir. the
war will never be returned, said Wal
ter Hume Long. ecreliirv of state for
the colonic.-, speaking as a represen
tative of llie Over-eas dominions in
an inlilre-s today.
"We acquired pne .inn of differ
ent (ionium colonies in vitiimt pail
o' the world a- a ooli-oouetioe of thi.
wur," lie said. "Let no man think
thee terntorie- will ever ret-iru to
lierman role."
WAMNI w
row
il KDFOUD.
ARES
CONSPIRACY
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! Three Suffragettes and Ohjcctor to i
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Compulsory Military Service Given j
Hearing at Derby Mother, Twoj
Daughters and Sou-in-Law Are Ac- j
cused. !
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IlKliliY, Jan. ,'U. l''our persons I
were arraigned quietly in the police!
court at the Derby Guild hall this I
morning, charged with plotting the j
murder of Premier Lloyd George and i
Arthur Henderson, the premier's right
hand man in the war council. The j
aeeu-cd persons indignantly denied ;
the charges, declin ing thev had been j
trumped up as punishment for their
conscientious objections lo eompnls-
ory military service j
Pi-occeiling's Formal.
Proceedings at the Guild hall, overt
which the mayor presided, were mere -!
ly of a formal nature. Xo details of
ihc charges ur evidence were divulg
ed, although gossip has been busy
with rumors of various details since
the news of the arrest was received
lale yesterday. The accused per
sons, who are well known here, are
Mrs. Alice WhechUm, her two daugh
ters, Miss Aim Wlioeldon and Mrs.
Alfred George Mason, and the hitler's
husband. Two of the women are
school teachers. The prisoners made
no formal defense move at today's
hearing, merely 'pleading ' not 'guilty.
Xo l'ail l!'quested.
They did not demand, release on
bail, apparently realizing that the
charges were too serious for consid
eration by the court of such a re
quest. They were returned to their
cells lo aiail resumption id' the ease
next Saturday. For the man in the
street Ihe case was a great sensation,
particularly as the accused persons
belonged lo two classes against which
there is much feeling suffragettes
and conscientious objectors.
l'.oth Mr. I.loyd George and Mr.
Henderson are known as very demo
cratic and accessible. Kecelltlv there
has been some agitation for betler
protection of the nation's leaders.
IlKltliY, Eng., Jan. 31. Mrs.
Alice Wlioeldon, her two daughters
and the husband of one of them, Al
fred George .Mason, were charged at
the Guild Hall hero today with con
spiring to murder Premier I.loyd
George and Arthur Henderson, mem
ber of the house committee and the
war council.
Information laid by an inspector
of Scotland Yard charged that the
defendants on diverse days between
December 25 and the date of laying
this Information "(lid amongst them
selves unlawfully and wickedly con
spire, confederate and agree together
against the Right Honorable David
I.loyd George and the Hight Honor
able Arthur Henderson, with malice
aforethought to kill and murder,
against tho peace of our lord, the
king, his crown and dignity."
Trial on Satiiidny.
The information Is signed by A.
H. Modkin, prosecuting on behalf of
tiie crown.
After formal evidence concerning
the arrest had been given the ease
was adjourned until Saturday.
Mrs. Wheeldon, who Is 50 vears
of age, resides In Derby with her
(Continued on Page Six.)
PEACE PREVAILS
IN COSTA RICA
SAX .JHKK, rnstn Hicii, .l;in.
I V:ico reniiiins niMli.-tnrbetl through
out the country, notwithstanding tin
(U io-.it if hi lii--t Sjitnulitv of President
(ionzjile-. AM the hJtnk imve t Tererl
their J'ull 'ieiit jind support to the
pre-nlencv ol' l-'eilerieo Tinoeo, who
i mini-ter of wur in the ijnii.up
eiihilli't.
'l'lie I'i 'tv i-inii;l lioverninent todii v
iued :i decree lrr eleefjnn4 oil vp-
ri! 1 I'or i conres whi.-h will meet
mi S-T 1 to lira v u a new eon-titu-tion.
FOUR
UNDER ARREST
OKM-XiOX. WKDXKSDA V,
1 UNRESTRICTED SUBMARIi
TO
URDER LLOVO GEORGE
Tho ItiiKtiiitu offensfvo on tho
nortlioru cud of tho Ritmitntun front
has boon resumed with some measure
of success. New ground lias been
gained along the Kimjolung-Jaco-beni
railroad where tlio Russians are
pushing south westward.
Ilerlin today concedes tho capture
from the AuKtro-Oermau forces of a
point of support in the vicinity ol
Vale Putna. The previous advance
here was affected by the HiiHslans in
a buttle fought last Saturday when
Teutonic positions on a front of two
miles were pleri-H, according 'to
Pctrograd and Kome 1 , 1 "() men and
12 machine guns wore captured.
On the northern cn.l of the Rus
sian front, the Germans again tooit
the offensive and stormed a Russian
position on tho east bank of the
River Aa, southwest of Riga, taking
more than 900 prisoners and captur
ing 1 ij machine guns.
There has been sharp fighting on
the Lorraine frontier on the French
front. The French jnetrn!ed t""
lines of German trenches here, Paris
reports.
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BLUFFS U-BOAT
roPKXILWiKN". dan. :S1. --Accord,
iii'j to (he Kk-h hl.nl.-l. the ruplmu of
the 1 ); ni-h steamer I'i--. which arriv
ed at rupenhuui'ii "it Tue-day. delicd
a fieiuian -sidiMuti ine w Ith li t lircat eiicd
to sink n -hip .mil eouipelJed the
ulimariue comtnii rider to permit him
to pa---.. The 1 1 i eneoiinl civ-n! t he
suhnuuine while it was enacd in
sinking itiiother boat. The lnni-h
era ft wa onlcied to .( and was
hoarded by the Mihmn ritic eaplain,
wlir) in-peeed it- paper and ordered
tite crew to take to Hi" small boat-.
The llani-b rapt a in lel'it-ed, say in t:
that the Iris wa bound ip-m one
eeiitrnl (''runtiv to another, and had
no contraband "it hoard. lie added:
"You may 'ink u, but 1 and my men
" ill remain on h"ard."
Atter tlireat-, and argument- had
railed to jiller the determination of
the eaplnin of the his the -ubmariuc
commander returned to bin ov ti -hip
and allowed iln slcarner to proceed.
.I.WTAI'V
1917
E
RIVER FISH BILL
MEETS DEFEAT
SALKU, .Ian. . Mouse hill 2 -IS,
submitted by tlio majority of the
house fish committee as a substiluto.
for tho Thomas hill, barring somes
and set nets from tlio Rogue i Irel
and its tributaries was defeated in
the house today. Representative
Thomas, of Jackson, who is leading
tho fight in the bill's behalf, will
move for a reconsideration, hut pros
pects are that It will not, secure pan-
sagn of the
rueasnre. The vole Mood
2! to L'7.
A lobby, consisting oT . F.
Isaacs and Chris (iottleib of Med
ford, C. 1). Ilriggs of Ashland, and
C. 11. lini'iVigton of Cold Reach Irive
been acting in beh;ilf of the meas
ure. .Senator .f. C. SiuIMi of (iranta Pass
is leading a f lit to extend the Jose
ph Ine c .urit y tiei i ing season from
(II) days as at present, to four
months.
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SHIPS DECLARED
UKRI.IX, Jan. :: t. - The admiralty
today made the following announce
ment :
"The German government has con
vincing evidence in hand that hostile
hospital ships frequently are mis
used for the transportation of am
munition and troops. The govern
ment has communicated these proofs
to the lirltish and French govern
ments by Mfplomalfe means. At the
same lime it declared that hospital
ships passing on the military
route
of the hostile army engaged
in
France and licit-in in, within
the
lines of Flaniborough Head-'I
erseh-
elllng on the one hand and
the
Tliames-Liindsend on the other
, shall
be no jnore treated as such. Hostile j
powers are fire to use hospital ships'
for the transportation of wounded J
and fih-k members on ways outside
these dislrlcis, The iiarrimc of other
sea routes is reserved in nve of fur
thr misuse of hospital ships in vio
lation of international law.''
third Seattle r
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German-American Mercantile Bank
Fails to Open Runs in Progress
on Othor Banks Payments Are
Promptly Made Clearing House
and Federal Reserve Bank Aid.
SAN r'UAXt'lSCO, Jan. lit.--Sixty-eight
million dollars was offer
ed today by llie federal resone bank
of Sun Francisco lo six member mi -lioiial
banks in Scuttle, in case thev
should need it, in connection with
bunk failures there yesterday and to
day. The messiigc read :
"'fhe federal reserve bunk of San
Francisco slnmls ready to net in
stantly in supplviug money in ex
change for the coiiiiucrciiil, industrial
or agricultural paper of the member
banks of Seattle if (hey should de
sire it. Ilesides .t'JII,00(l,OU(l of gold,
we have 20, (1(111,11(1(1 of federal re
serve notes in Sun Krnnoiseo and
!fH,l)(l(l,ll()(l additional available for
immediate shipment from Washing
ton." ' 1
The telegram was sent by John Pcr
riu, chairman of Ihc hoard of the
hoard of the twelfth dislricl federal
reserve bank.
SKATTLF, dun. :tl. The (lennau
Auierienu Mercantile hank, situated
at Second avenue and. Marion direct,
did not open I'or business thin morn
ing. Ol l icers of the bank had staled
earlier in the day that the bank
would open. A line of odd persons
had yalhi'i'cd at I lit bank before 10
o'clock. At that time notices were
posird thai the hank was in the
hands of Ihe state bank examiner.
The (term a n- American bank is
capilalized at fllWMIOO. Xo recent
statement of ils affairs has been pub
lished. In the last published MM of
officers Horace Middauyh was chair
man of (he oai'fl of directors and I.
.1. Riley eahier.
,t ( 'b aring-l louse Hank.
The bank is not a member of the
clearing house, The clearing house
held a long session beginning at !2
o'clock this morning and decided to
iihv fullest aid to all of its members.
The condition of llie (ieituan-American
was considered at this meeting.
Half an hour before the People's
Savings bank, on Pike street, opened,
."iOO pcr-oiis were stretched in a long
do u 1)1 e line from tin ha nk's doors
east on Pike street, policemen keep
ing Ihe line -Irai-jht and llie side
walks clear. Mo.-t of tin line wn
composed of women, wearing furs,
the day bciiii; the coldest of the win
ter. The crowd was larger when the
bank opened, promptly at I". Kvery
efl'orl was made bv the bank, which
i- one id the strongest in llie Pa
cific nort hwc-l , to expedite payment--.
The run is regarded as cntirdv due h
the bank's location near the Northern
Hank, which failed yesterday.
Runs on Other Ranks.
The lobbies of the Senndimtv ian
Aiuciieaii bank and the Xorlhuesl
Trust it Sitfe lepo-Mt company were
tilled, but there wa-' )iu croud in the
-trcct. Rolh ihe.-c hanks paid depositor-
wil bout a - k iiii! qucM ion--. The
American Savings Hank it Trust
company, vilucli had more than (he
iiiial crowd in its lobby, demanded
sixty day-' police of withdrawals of
-a vim..'- dcpo-.il-.
There was no imu-uul crowd at the
I nii'ii Savings Trust bank, one of
the largest in the t hui n);i J di-ti'ict.
(Continued on Pi
Two.)
ALL OVER OREGON
PnUTLAXH, Or.. Jan. :tl. -Cold
weaf her w.'t- reported from all -ce-lioris
of wc-tern Oregon today. In
Porlland at dawn the tbermomcter
l-e-iIel. 1 :'. ileejct- jl,oe, the loW-
e-t mail, of tin' winter. Seeiiotis of
the city were -till cowied wish '-now
lioro a recent fall. At The Dalle- ihc
temperature whs 1(1 above,
BftlmbLU5LUt)I Willi UULU WAVt
DEPOSITORS RUN IN CENTRALIST
XO. 2(fi
iiiiti i nni n umr
Worst Stcrm of Winter in Nebraska;
and Dakota Most Frigid Temper
aturcs of Year Over Rocky Moun-
tain Region Snow Blockade Againj
Broken Traffic Delayed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .'II. A severe)
and prolonged cold wave in nearly alC
districts east of the liocky mottntninM
was forecast today by the wenthcu
bureau.
Havre, Mont., reported 20 degrees!
below zero this morning v Helena, 2(i
below; Yellowstone Park, VJ below;
Sheridan, Wyn., "Jli below; Williston,
X. II. , ,Ui below; llnpid City, S. U.,
2(1 below; Valentine, Neb., 18 below,
and Moorhcad, Minn., l(i below.
ltli.iii(l Is Raging.
XoliFOLK, Xeb., Jan. III. One ofl
llie worst storms of the winter is rag
ing all over northern Xebraska and
southern Soulh Dakota, Trains nr-'
riving over the Chicago & Northwes
tern are about four hours late. X.
high northwest wind accompanied by
about two inches of snow and tem
peratures n round '11, degrees below,
zero is making conditions serious.
Winner, S. 1., reports 20 degrees Ihm ,
low zero, while at Chamberlin it iss
"24 below. At Deadwood and liup'ul
City there are indications Hint thu
storm is abating, but around Miimcr ib
rages so fiercely that it rs impossibly
to see across the street.
APKKDKKX, S. I)., Jan. Ml. Tint
wois storm of the season is slill!
raging in northern Soulh Dakota
early today. All traffic is deinoraU
iz(ul.
-j
lthckalo Itroken.
CIIKYKXXK, Yyo Jan. 111. All
trains were running on the I'nion Pa-.
cifm lines through Yyomiug again
following a-brief recurrence of lh
snow blockade. The blockade, which!
was small, was cleared away early to
day. ,
Trains now are less than four hours
lale. SPOKA X I-!, Jan. 'A 1 .Tempera -lures
below Zero were reported ill
eastern Washington, northern Idaho
and .Montana today by the .weather
bureau. The coldest reported from,
.Montana was 'Mi degrees below . at
Havre. Helena reported 2(i below
zero and Hillings 112 below.
The temperature in Spokane was fc'
below. loi-e, Idaho, hud a tempera
lure of Iti degrees above. The cold
est repotted lo the weather bureau
was at Kthnoiilon, Alberta, where tho
tjiermometer regi-t ered -!2 degrees
below zero.
Trains from the east are delayed
iiiiiiiv hours.
( 'old in .Montana.
Pd TTK, Mont.. Jan. :tl.- -With a
minimum temperature ol' 1(1 below
zero during the nihl, and with ( be
low at 111 o'clock this morning, tho
outlook is for colder tonight. Rail
road traflic i- seriously handicapped.
Train- are runuiiii; many hours be
hind schedule and a gang id! yardmen
arc -tatiotied at the Northern Pacific
station as each pa -sender I rain comes
in. Tbe-e men Use a slenin hose lo
(day upon the ears to keep the trains
from freezing to the tracks. One
train wa- delayed nearly an hour dm
in -r llie nijjhl beciiu--e the brakes bad
ligbleiicd to the wheeU am only thu
-team ho-e could loosen them.
BACK FROM FRONT
LOXHOX', Jan. :i. Chancellor
Yon Itctliuiann-llollwcg and Foreign
Seerdaiv initncruia u have returned
to Ilerlin front headquarters at the
front, where a complete agreement
on mea-nre- to be taken bv Germany
on land and water was reached, ae-i-orditm
to a Hcilin telegram trans
initted by Peuter's Amsterdam iMin'e-pondi-nt.