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UKDTORD, OlMXiON. TIH'K'SDAV. KKlUtlTAUV 1. U)17
N1TED 3113 13 REPOR
SSUED WARNING 10 GERMANY
0
SEVERANC
E
OF RELATIONS
-T
HREATENED
Official Infcrmation Withheld, But
Reports Current That Note Sent
Germany Warning Agafast Unre
stricted Submarine Warfare With
Dismissal of Ambassador in Order
as Next Step If Germany Persists
TIME RIPE FOR
DEFIANCE OF THE WORLD ON LAND AND SEA IS KAISER'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO HUMANITY
FINAL STRUGGLE
SAYS HOLLWEG
German Chancellor Says Number of
Submarines Greatly Increased
Bad Harvests and Coal Situation
Make Conditions Critical in Enemy
Nations firm Basis fcr Success.
.WASHINGTON, Feb. .1. While nil
official information wns withheld late
thiH afternoon there were indications
in official quarters that a communi
cation actually had been sent or was
about to be sent to fiermany.
There was no official indication of
its nature, but a view persistently
held was that it is in the nature of n
warning against unrestricted subma
rine warfare and placed a severance
of diplomatic relations in order as the
nest step if Germany persists in
breaking; hor pledges to the I'nitcd
States.
Jjuislns is Silent,
When Secretary Lunsinjr received
the newspaper correspondents this
afternoon he said :
"Gentlemen, I have nothinjr to tell
you, neither will I answer any ques
tions." He added that this statement stood
Hood for the remainder of the day and
thai there was no prospects of his
making any announcement tonight.
Mr. Lansing did say, however,
that he had had no communication
during the day with the German am
bassador, Count Von llornstotff.
The fact that Secretary Lansing
spent, the morning working on "some
thing for the president," us it was de
scribed, led to reports that the secre
tary of stntc had prepared a note to
warn Germany that diplomatic rela
tions would be broken if she persisted
in violating her pledges.
.Situation is Grave.
After the conference between
hjpesident Wilson and Secretary Lan
sing it became known todav that the
German situation is viewed with ex
treme gravity and that the American
government had already begun to
formulate definite steps.
It was regarded as not impossible
that action of some. kind had already
been taken, hut there was no indiou-
tion of its nature.
BKItLIN, Feb. 1. C'hanccJJor Von
Uethinann-llollweg ami other minis
ters attended an important meeting
of the ways and means committee!
of the reiehstag today at which the
entlro war situutlon was gone over
and new steps planned by the central ,
powers were considered. The chan- j
ccllor opened tho sitting with a '
speech of which the key note words '
were: "Wo have been challenged to
fight to the end. We accept the dial-'
lenge; we stake" everything and we ,
shall bo victorious."
("huiirollor's Address.
Ill his address Chancellor Von
Uethinann-llollweg explained why In
March and Jlay of last year lie had
opposed unrestricted submarine wav
and why again In September, "ac
cording to tho unanimous Judgment
of the political and military author
ities the onestion was not considered
ripe for decision."
In this connection the chancellor
repealed his previous utterance that
as soon as he, In agreement with
the supreme army command, reach
ed the conviction that ruthless sub
marine war would bring Germany
nearer a victorious peace, then the
U-boat war would be started.
"This moment has now arrived."
he continued, "last autumn tho time.
.was not yet ripe but today the mo
ment lias come when, with the great-1
est prospect of success we can ur.-'
dertake tho enterprise. We must I
therefore not wait any longer.
Submarines Increased.
"Where has there been any change j
in the situation?" the chancellor asl:- .
ed. "!n the first, place, the most
imporia'it fact of all is that the nam-
her of our submarines has been very
considei-aidy increase. as compared;
with last spring and l icreby
. ( , I
MAW A Wlin RUSH TO
- XTfl V . & , HILU IIUUII tJ
$mp, SELLSTOGKS ON
STARVATION OF , M? n y mm
I CMPIAWn A M C 'W.itr ""11
i Tk'wyr
f many
I ui ummiiii i
i ' '
GERMAN NOTE
PROBABLY ENDS
U. S. RELATIONS
Break in Diplomatic Relations Prob
ably Caused by German Manifesto
Refusing to Recognize American
Rights Upon the Sea Situation
Back to Two Years Ago.
Campaign of Ruthlessness to Be Wag
edVon Tirpitz Deposed Because
He Did Not Carry Out Plan of Uni
versal Destruction From 300 to
500 Submarines 1o Be Used.
THE?
KA1STJ2
TODAY
VHOWV&. PAvvSor
Kmnnrnr William celebrated his birthday anniversary January
finishing note to neutrals warning them that ticrmaiiy would hereafter
disregard all restriction conducting naval warfare, sinking ships of all
nations without waruiii!?.
German Nate Precipitates Crash
Steel Drops Below Par Mercantile
Marine Issues Heavies Losers
Prices Fluctuate Rapidly Grave
Appi'ehsnslon Aroused.
STATE
i
I WASHINGTON. Feb. I. -Ger
man v's sudden declaration of her in
tention, without warning, io destroy
all shipping over a wide area comes
as the climax to a l"iig series of ag
gravated ca.-es in which the 1'nitcd
State- has yalhcrrd evidence that her
pledges to respect international law
at sea have been broken. A score of
Ameiicun lives have been lost since
the slate was wiped by Germany s
Irai I promises in the Sussex case. .Alter
...... .... i,0 I....... nui.-ihllsh- each new sinking came luiormui as-
ii.lsis lui o,i.t-rt .-..
i siiranccs that (iennany was ready to
"The second ro-cecisivc rcaso-i is 'make amends if her submarine .-online
bad c-eal harvest of the world, i mandcrs had violated orders. - In
This fact alreaov confronts Km:-'fact, the German embassy here was
Muly with serious me nngniesi spoj in a snu.i.i....
which by means of tnj which American otticiais mccu as
I'-boat var. will bo iirii r cousi.iml ,.,, u
KILLED IN OFFICE
land, i-r'n'o and
difficiiltbs.
uiir-jsl' icic
There were also indications that no j to a point of uni.earao encss. nae
coal 'i'.iefiion, loo, i- hlhi mi-.v.v..
ill the- war. Already it is criticii.
announcement of the course ol the
government would be'madc until cer
tain steps had been taken through the
navy department and the treasury Jor
safeguarding American ports
other interests. I
Probable Program.
Passports for Count Yon'Tb'ins
nTtorff, orders for recall of Ambassa
dor Gerard, solemn warnings to l!cr
lin that breach of her pledges means
severance of diplomatic relations, or
tense waiting for an overt act which
would sweep aside diplomacy and
bring the American government. to the
P'ut of action, are among the con
tingencies which fill the situation to
day. President Wilson conferred with
Colonel K. M, House, his friend and
adviser, who was hurriedly summoned
from New York.
Karly today he bad not called any
meeting of the cabinet nor any con
ference with the foreign affairs com
mittees of congress, who have been
assured of being taken into the pres
ident's confidence before diplomatic
relations are broken off.
(Continued on tage Six.)
Ill OF U-BOAT
PENSACOI.A, Kla.. Feb. 1. The
American nchooner William Jones,
while en route recently from Ali
en nte. Spain, for Pensarola, was tor
pedoed by a German mibmarine wlth
ount warning and badly damaged,
according to a letter received here
today from Captain Charles Schrader
of the .lonej", written from Spain.
(Continued on Page Six.)
language Softened.
An evidence of the efforts of the
embassy here to keep relations tran
quil is found in a comparison of the
note handed yesterday lo Secretary
Lansing by Count Yon IScrnstorff
with the one handed by the Ucrlin
foreign office to Ambassador Girard.
The note published in Ucrlin an
nounces in bold terms the determina
tion of Germany to wield every wea
pon at her command without quarter,
while the note presented to the Amer
ican slate department says the same
thing in softened language.
To Starve Kngland.
The. German embassy for l libs
has been Iniililing up an atmosphere
of hopefulness anil at one time it was
I saiil that You Tirpil.. who orini.'iiitcd
the campaign of ruthlessness. actu
ally bad been forced from his high
position by influences brought to
bear bv die German ambassador here
in an effort lo preserve good relations
will) the I'llileil Slates. Now it is
frankly disclosed that Von Tirpitz
was deposed because he did not carry
(In. it. i ..iu ii of ruthles-ncss far
enough: that lie wu"s unprepared with
an insufficient number of under-sea
ships to make this force effective and
was punished for his short-sightedness.
Now the oliieials who speak
for Germany in thi- country nnlic-i-
. Italinvly announce the plan to starve
out Kngland with a licet of subniar
PASO. Tex., Feb. 1. The.j,KS whj,., thev c-tiinute at between
Twenty-fourth Culled States Infan-1 ;tl,(l m ;,(hi, ;,nd they think I bey can
try, colored, arrived at Palomas and j ,.1It lh(, ,,(i supply of the liriti-h
is expected to cross the border and j(,s coniplclcly within sixtv days,
march Into Columbus. .V. M.. tonight j
as the vanguard of (he expeditionary
forces from Mexico, a soldier of the
Sixteenth l ulled States infantry, who
arrived here late today from the
front said. The remainder of the
expeditionary force, he said, would
cros the border Monday.
Ol. Y.MIMA, Wn., Feb. 1. K. W.
Olson, chairman of the state indus
trial insuraneo commission, was shot
anil fatallv Injured In his ofice in
tho state house by John Van Dell
of llordeaux, Wash., at 1:33 o'clock
this afternoon. Olson died In a few
minutes. Yan Dell was arrested.
Van Dell had a claim on the stale
accident insurance fund on account
of an injury on January S. and bad
received f "S, but insisted that ho was
permanently disabled and entitled to
a life pension. He had been in Ol
son's ortlec many limes seesiiiB m,, .,. .. ,,ifr,. ..,,..,
life pension. N. v,.i Omcors do not believe that
WASHINGTON', Fob. 1. Congress
generally recognizing the gravity of
tho international situation today
showed no inclination to arouse dis
cussion of the Issue while President
Wilson was -forming a course of ac
tion. Many members thought the presi
dent probably would address con
gress In the near future.
Majority Leader Kltchiu. In op
ening tho revenue bill debate in tho
house, appealed to democrats and re
publicans alike at a llmo llko the
present when "a grave situation con
fronts the republic," to forget there
as you know, in Italy and France.
Our submarines will make it still
-,m J more critical."
England's Kllfieultlcs.
"To this must be added, especially j
as regards Kngland. the supply of ore
for the production of munitions, in
the wide-! sense, and of limber for;
coal mines. The. enemy's difficulties
are rendered slill more aculc bv the
increasing lack of enemy cargo space.
In this respect time and l'-bout and
cruiser warfare have prepared the
group for the decisive blow.
The entente suffers owing to lack
of cargo space. The lack makes it
self felt in Italy and Fran lo less
than in Kngland. If we may now ven
ture lo estimate the positive advan
tages of unrest rioted l'-bout war at u
very much higher value than last
spring, the dangers which arise for
us from I'-boat war have concspond-iu.-lv
decreased since that time.''
Olso was shot three times, twice I ,,,, ,,.., i ,, dumaKO lo
through the head, and once through ii,U( ,.,;,.,.,. in , , expected,
the body. Olson was found still j Qf f Wpn t1nk u (10 ,,,,1,!,, t,at
seated In his chair when persons from
adjoining rooms rushed in. Yan Dell ,
was locked In the county jail.
Senator .lames Leonard of Lewis
county was in the omce wun uison
w hen the shooting occurred. He said
there was no time for anyone, to in
terfere because Van Dell pulled a
pistol suddenly and fired without
warning. One ol tho women em
ployes or the commission reported
this morning that when she went
Into, the lavatory a rough looking
man was crouched there under the
sink. She reported tho matter to
tho office, but the man had disap
peared when search was made for
him.
It Is supposed that Yan Dell was
the man. It Is thought he Is Irrational.
Great Ilvitrln may assemble fleets
of merchantmen and take them
through the danger zones under
heavy guard or light swift submarine
destro ers.
William Philips, the assistant sec
retary of stale, was summoned
telegraph lo return lo Washington
ii.imi'dlalelv. lie Is In Koslon and
was not iluo here until next Tuesday.
NF.W YOliK, Feb. 1. - -Germany s
avowal of her intentions lo renew un
restricted war lure on the. seas caus
ed a convulsion todav in the slock
innrkcl. I'riccs ul the opening fell
off from '1 to III poinls, and the liipii-
ilatidu continued Ihruughoul the day.
Final prices in most cases were
slightly ahovc lowc-jl levels.
Commission houses were an impor
tant factor in the day's business, the
selling from interior sources attain
ing enormous proportions.
The more extreme losses included
III! points lor llclhlchclll Steel, l.'l for
I'niteil Slates Sled, Hi for Republic
Iron, with T lo 1.1 for allied iiuln--Iries,
1(1 lo 1H for shippings, .1 lo 17
lor petroleums. .1 to LI f"1' equip
ments. S to 11 for inolors ami .1 to VJ.
lor coppers, the lullor. however,
showing greater re-istaucc lhau any
other group.
NF.W YOltK, Feb. I The wildest
rush to sell stocks that has been
seen on the New York stock exchange
i-iico the beginning of the war re
flected today the stock market view
nf llerinniiv's anuon ncelncii t of her
j intention to resume unrestricted sub
marine warfare.
I Prices fell off under huge llqulda-
j t ion from two to twenty points, tin
1 wave of selling affecting all clusse
of stocks. t'nltod States Steel,
which closed last night at 112, fell
below liar.
Shin Stocks Suffer.
1,5 Apparent, efforts
market soon after
opening proved
about ill
to support the
the demoralized
ineffective until
!0 o'clock when there were
NINE VESSELS SUNK
BY GERMAN U-BOATS
F.
sin
I.i IN IX IN,
nine vcs-cls, can
eight men and tin
announced tmlav by l.loul
The -inking of
the death id
injiirv of one, was
BY
TIIK IIAGI'K, Feb. L- The Column
minister to The Net hei lands, it was
oificialty aiiiioiMii cd l day. has noti
fied the Dutch goM-iiniiciit thai Gcr
nuiuv stands ready lo make special
a era ug i-iiicut - I o rc-
and mail traffic bet we
some signs of rallying.
International Mercantile Marine
Issues were tho heaviest sufferers,
tho preferred stork selling at ti.'i, off
over 17 points, and the common los
ing S points to 2H.
Prices fluctuated willl extreme
rapidity during the early trading.
Iletlilel.cm Steel registering an ex
treme loss of :!!'. points.
On the stock exchange the scene
was the most exciting of any session
since last December when the mar
ket was overthrown by Germany's
ct pn-sengor i i, race in oposals. I'onimlsslone houses
n Holland anil ' wore among the heaviest sellers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 . UutlllesH
submarine warfare Inaugurated to
dav bv Germany brings the United
States face to face with what Presi
dent Wilson has solmenly declared tu
be tho only alternative to recognition
of American rights on the high seas
a break in diplomatic relations.
with Its accompanying grim possibilities.
Washington awoke this morning to
a realization of this situation. It
bad come so suddenly in the midst
of lingering hopes for an early peace
in F.urope and speculation over what
might be tho' president's next movo
toward that end, that there had been
little time for deliberation.
yuiek Act ion Likely.
President Wilson, upon whom lies
tho burden of determining the na
tion's course, was alone In his study
at thu white house until late In tho
night with a copy of tho German
note, lie saw no callers mil is un
derstood lo have held several tele
phono conferences with members ot
the cabinet and to havo sent a sum
mons in Colonel K. M. House, his
lose friend and constant adviser on
foreign affairs. Cplonel House, leav
ing his home In INew York after nild-i
night, reached here early this morn
lug.
There Is every Indication thuc
whatever the American government
does will bo done quickly. Appar
ently II is agreed that there are but
three courses open: Handing Count;
Von llernstorff his passports without
further ado; sending at once a warn
ing lo Germany that she will vlolato
American rights nt her peril, or
awaiting the development of the new:
starvation campaign against Kng
land announced to begin today.
Wilson Silent.,
The president has given no -Indica
tion of the trend of his thoughts
since he expressed Incredulous
amazeineuL ycsieiua moi iiiiuinis.fc
of what was coming through tho As
sociated Press dispatches from Ucr-
llu.
The new German warning carries
the situation back practical)' tu
where It was upon the original proc
lamation by Germany two yoar3 ago
or a war zone around the British
isles.
The proclamation called forth tho
famous "strict accountability" noto
from the t'nl'eii Stales. It was fol
lowed by the sinking of tho Lusl
lanlu and Hie virtual ultimatum from
the I'nlted States which resulted in
the German pledge not to sink "lin
ers" without warning and provision
for Hie safety of those on board.
Then came the long series of alleg
ed violations of tills pledge, culmi
nating In the attack upon the chan
nel passenger slcanier Sussex.
Ilclokes Agreements.
Ill the final note In the Sussex
case Germany extended her pledge
to cover all peaceful merchant craft,
lint gave notion that if what aho
termed Great lliitain's Illegal block
ade was maintained, a new situation
would be riealed In which she would
reserve full liberty of action. Tho
exchanges dosed with the Culted
Kugluud. No initios will
the l-'lil-llitig-SoulhuoM
-tilled.
bo laid on
onto, it Is
LONDON, Fob. I. - Lloyd's
not es thai the Dutch steamer I-
Ion, of :i"JM Ions, has been sunk,
crew was landed.
"r.nll-h steamer l revrnn, ..onij
tons gro-s, ami the r.eigiuii steamer
Kuplirali-, 'JSu!' ton- sin-, sunk.
"Slenmor Dundee, of Hamilton,
nt.. 'J'J7S tons gio--, submarined.
One mall killed and one injured.
"Tug I'la sunk, pi osiimablv by
striking inc. while towing barge-.
Fi e inoii lo-i .
"Two t raw lei- and three smael.
siihl; witli the I,.-- of two men."
severe
onlors
country
oiiiliiK from nil piuti nf Hit'
(Continued on Tage Six.)
(Continued on i age Two.)
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SAl.KM, iUf, J-VI. 1. -A nu'ino
riitl to ronnnrs nruinw tonal nu tln
of ii f-(liiil nt 1 1 1 1 it i-v mart along the
I'ariflr u;it from CuiuhIu lo Mex
ico whs ailoilf! iiiiHnimously by (he
IM'-uon sntp Iith IoiIhv.
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toiUi v
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York clumber f enntmcrri
nlrtc(i n ic-nljition lU'chinn
"Anic! ii-Mii li -, Aim'ririm i
;iixl oilier Ainci ii'itn jn-ticr1y IiouM
be lolly JMoteeleil tlmmijinnt the
uorlil ;uiJ. Hint tin- cluunlier of cim-
rnei'ce of llu- f-t;tti' of New Yolk I
lieu 1 1 ilv in In vir of miiv luxation
u Inch limy be iieeeai'y to Uo ide
ln' slieil pntleelion."