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10, 1917
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? NOTE SUGGESTS NEW U-BOAT VILLA AREVIY OF ST"
: DISCUSSION OF WAR A FAILURE 25,000 HASTENS ,ifiB. TRAINING FOR OF HIGHER COST U-BOAT WARFARE
:! PEACE EFFORTS SAYSADMIRALTY TOWARD BORDER cftSr MILITARY DUTY FOOD PRODUCTS BY GERMANY
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hi. Communication Addressed to United
States Suggesting That the Two
Governments Discuss Ways and
Means of Preventing Actual War
Between Them.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Ger-
many is understood hero to have ad-
dressed to the United States a corn
er niunlcatlon suggesting that the two
i governments discuss ways and means
' of preventing actual war between
r them. Vhilo information regarding
" the channel througll which tho com
. munication was addressed is lacking,
" It Is probable that it is being for-
warded by the government of Swit
zerland, i
In connection with the coming
communication, information obtained
'. here is to the effect that whilo Ger
many was arranging for her new
; campaign of unrestricted submarine
twtrfuro, certain German diplomats
in various parts of the world wore
lfformed that while "military ne
cessity" prevented the granting of a
period In which neutrals might adjust
their maritime Interests, every care
. would be .exercised so that neutral
passenger carrying ships would not
be subjected to unwarned torpedo
.: attack. ... i
Germany Is understood to have
made It clear that although diplo
matic relations have been broken she
greatly desires that peace bo main-
;. talned. Preliminary outlines regard
1 Ing the communication do not indl
, cate that it carries with it any sug
' estlon that Germany may modify
. oer submarine warfare. However the
; whole communication is said clearly
to invito this government to make
suggestions regarding steps it thinks
; might prevent war.
IW'hen the state department was
. : closing for the day It was said the
- communication from Germany had
not yet arrived, but the department's
vsjv was that the United States might
not wish to carry on such a discussion
, while ships were being sunk in vlo
; lation of international law.
It is understood that tho German
. sug-gestion of a means of avoiding
hostilities with the United States is
I predicted upon a willingness on the
part of tho German government to
discuss possible measures to safe
guard tho lives of American passen
gers on the seas.
Em
BILL
SAUi.V, Ore., Feb. 10. A fight
, to bar commercial fishermen from
,i the Ilogue river was won here in the
senate today when a bill barring
i seliti and set-nets from the stream
; was passed by a vote of 2 4 to 5.
', The bill -was passed by the houso of
representatives a week ago and now
: goes to Governor James Wlthy
, combe. The measure is aimed at the
, cannery interests at the mouth of
: the stream and restricts commercial
fishing to gill-nets.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Unusually
harp advances in the price of wheat
. resulted today i'rom assertions thai
! the British government had comman
deered n large number of South
, American line hunt mid would make
- mi effort on a huge scale to ruh
food to Kurnjic front I'niicd Stales
: ports. It was said convoys of war
vessel would be provided.
The (.Tcatcst rise of prices was on
Hie May delivery of wheat, which a--eended
to 1.7") n bushel, as iiL'ain-l
: I. till' 2 lit yesterday's close, a jump
of .' ccnls.
Insofar as Starving England Is Con
sidered, Renewed Undersea Activ
ity by Germans Is Fizzle 1100
Vesssls Arrive or Sail Unharmed
From United Kingdom in Nine Days
XKtV.VoUK. Kcb. HI. More than
1100 vessels arrived at or sailed un
harmed from United Kingdom ports
during 1 he lirst nine days of Ger
many's umestrietcd submarine war
fare in llrilish waters, ai'cordiug lo
an announcement made here luduv by
persons in authoritative touch wi'.h
llrilish admiralty officials.
('iiiupnlgii a Failure
Seven hundred vessels entered
United Kingdom ports safely and -110
departed, uceordinn lo this informa
tion. Admiralty ollieials are declar
ed to lie com inccd thai Germany's re
newed undersea activity is a failure
insofar as il tends lo bring about
starvation of the people of the lirit
Mi Isles. (Itlier figures declared to'
have been received from admiralty
sources covering the L'-bout opera
tions from February 1 to February 0,
inclusive, show that sixteen ships es
caped after being attacked. The to
lal number of vessels destroyed with
in the period, according to these fig
ures, was eighty-nine. Of these,
twenty-one were trawlers and
smacks'. The summary classifies
these losses as follows:
Torpedoed: 1'ritish steamships, '2o:
entente steamships other than Flril
ish, .1.'); neutral sleaniships, 21;
trawlers and smacks, o.
Sunk by mines: Nine vessels, class
and nationality not stated.
Sailings Kept Secret.
All information with respect to the
clearing of vessels al tile custom
house, including their names, is being
withheld. Officials said today that
this was being done for the present
on oiileis from Washington.
Today's List of Lost.
LONDON, Feb. 10. The llrilish
steamer Mantola has been sunk,
Lloyd's Shipping agency announced
today.
'I'he Norwegian vessel Solhakken is
believed to have been sunk, the agency
states. Two of lier crew were lost.
Lloyd's announces that the Urit
ish steamer Liillington, USUI tons, has
been sunk. Her cl ew was lauded yes
terday. I he Manlola was a steamer of 08211
Ions gross, built at Greenock, in 11)1.5.
She was last reported at London on
January II, about to sail for Calcutta.
Tlie Solbakkcn was a steamer of
2210 Ions gross. She sailed from
Buenos Aires on January II for Cher
bourg. She was built al Middles
borough in 1M!I."i.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 0. It was
stated today at the department of
justice that the federal grand jury
in New York is about to begin-inves
tigating whether there is a criminal
conspiracy in restraint of trade In
the news print paper situation. Iialn-
brldge Colby and Mark Hyman will
represent the government as special
assistants to the attorney general.
PLOT PLANNED
HAVANA, Feb. 10. Alvlo Hevia,
secretary of the Interior, notified the
civil and military authorities at an
early hour this morning that he had
received advices of a plot against
Hie government Involving civil and
military official. It Is reported that
one or more army officers have been
arrested.
Bandit Leader Reported by Brother
to Have First-Class Army With Ar-
tillery and Hospital Ccrps Occupy-1
ing Territcry Vacated by Pershing!
Zapata With Villa Forces.
XEW YORK, Feb. 10. GeneraU
Francisco Villa with a force of 23,000 ;
men, supported by thirty cannon of
05 and 73 millimeters each and 75
machine guns Is occupying territory
vacated by the forces of General Per-!
shlng and aro gradually advancing
northward to take Juarez, according
to an official communication received
here today by John J. Ilawes, Villa's
representative in New York, from
Ilipollto Villa, brother of the leader,
who is making his' headquarters at '
San Antonio. The announcement'
gave in detail tho various units of
Villa's command with the names of
various generals and underofficers.
It nlso stated that a sanitary service
consisting of fifteen physicians and
5G nurses has been organized with
headciuarters at Dustillos, Chihuahua
and that 37.9 wounded soldiers and!
87 wounded officers are now recelv-i
ing treatment there. It was also said !
that Villa has a transportation ser-
vice of 37 locomotives and seventy i
box and gondola cars. '
Field headquarters for Villa have.
been established at San Andres, 30
miles west of Chihuahua City, the
statement says.
Details of iiis forces, with com
manding officers. Vere given as fol
lows :
In Hie slate of Diirango, Generals
llilario Iiodriguez and Manuel Mad
inaveilia have l.'iOl) men and orders
have been issued lo them to join Ihe
main forces of General Villa al once
preparatory to an attack on Cliihua
luui City. Also in Durango, General
J. L Salazar, Villa's second in com
mand, has loOO men in waiting. Tho
lirst and second machine gun corps
are commanded by Colonel T. Zapata.
"We are positive," the statement
concludes, "that Grilles, Ceilillo
brothers. F.iniliauo Zapata, Carrern
Torres and I'elacz are with General
Villa and it can so be slated to t lie
public.'
THREE OF DAUNTLESS
CREW ME RESCUED
BONDOX, I'eb. 10. Tliree Kuglish
men mill one American, n negro, mem
bers oj' tlu; crew of the torpedoed
steamer Ibiuutless, have been picked
up in a small boat at sea by :i trawler,
according to a Bcuter's dispatch from
Madrid. The men had been without
food for f ive d;iys.
The BaiMitless wa.- a Briti-h
steamer of '2'u tons, carrying a crew
of twenty-three men. A dispatch
from Paris on February 8 said that
two members of the crew were killed
and the captain seriously wounded
when the boat was torpedoed. A
later di-patci from Paris on Febru
ary 8 said that two members of the
crew were killed and the captain seri
ously wounded when the boat was tor
pedoed. A later disputed from Lon
don reported that six survivors had
been lauded, two of whom died a- the
result of their experience.
BAKER OF NEVADA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 Raymoml
T. linker of 'Nevada was nominated
by President AVIison today as di
rector of the mint. Mr. Baker, whose
home is at Reno, was private secre
tary to George T. Ma rye, when tho
latter tan ambassador to Runsla.
Mr. Raker was at one time warden of
n penitentiary in Nevada.
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COUNT TAKNOVVSKI
Coiinl Taraowski is the new Ails- the calendar. Senators Thomas, dem
trian ambassador to llic Ui.lled Slates ocrut, and Hrady, republican, mem
and lias just arrived here to lake Ihe l"' of the committee, reserved the
place of Ihe recalled envov, Dr. Duin-' right lo submit minority reports,
ba. If the submarine crisis results! Primarily tho bill provides that
in our severing diplomatic relations
willi Hie central powers, Tarnowski
will have to linn rigid around and go
back home.
GERARD LEAVES
EN ROUTE HOME
BKKUW Kidi. !").--Ambassador
Gerald's train will leave IWlin ap
proximately as scheduled, but will en
ter Switzerland by way ol' Sineii,
instead ol' Basic as originally planned.
Americans who will I ravel with the
ambassador were informed late this
afternoon that their bairae must be
al 'the depot 'or inspection not later
than 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morning,
so as to avoid delay and ciuil'iision at
the 1'ronlier.
Desnite the fael that details of Mr.
Gerard's departure have been indetin -
ite until this evening tjie Americans
in Berlin have shown little tmdenev
to worry and the delii-acy oi! the sit
uation lias not affected the serenity
of the (icrman public No more at' -
tent ion has been paid to foreigners
than is usual, Americans have been
treated with i-u roiirtosy and no ob
jection lias been raised to Knjjlish be
ing spoken piibli-l.v.
Ambassador Gerard authorized the
Associated I'res today to say that
he has neither :ien nor will under
any 'irriinitnncc give an interview
of uny kind or dc-criptioti to anv one
before he report- personally to I're-i-denl
Wilson.
MOONEY GUILTY
E
DECLARES JURY
SAX FltAXCISCO, Feb. 10. "I'm
a victim of my cforts in behalf of
organized labor," said Thomas I.
Mooiuiy in ills Jail :e today after
his conviction of first degree murder
last niKlit an a bomb nloltor respon
sible for the loss of ten lives In a
bomb explosion here July 22, lillii
during a preparedness parade.
TurniriB to his wife, who Is await
ing trial for murder for the same
explosion, he said "don't cry now,
Kena. There is plenty of trouble
ahead."
Isrcal Weinberg, a third alleged
bomb conspirator, awaiting trial phil
osophized: "They've got us in here
and they're goln? to keep us here
until they get a rope around our
necks, then I suppose they will be
Moonoy alpo Muck fo reiterated
declaration) of innocence.
Kdward A. C'unha, asMrUiint dis
trict attorney, aid todjy he probably
will go before a grand jury or which
John I). Spreckles, Jr., is foreman
and ak for further fndictnientB In
tli bomb ouHfi.
Universal Service Bill Favorably Re
pcrted by Senatcr Chamberlain
Frcm ti e Mi'itrry Committee Pro
vides for Six Months' Training in
the Year Only for Defense.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. A uni
versal training bill was favorably re
ported to tho senatu today by the
military affairs committee. Chair
man Chamberlain submitted the bill
without comment, asking it to go to
all men citizens or those who havo
' declared their intention to become
! citizens shall undergct six months
military or naval training in tho year
j in which they reach the fttfe of 1!l
i or in the year when thoy first hecome
; liable to such services up to the ago
i of twenty-six. All men receiving
j such training would he hold in army
; or navy reserve until they reach tho
: age of 28.
Tho nuMiKure ut tho outset con
tains a provision that in tho first
year of its operation the periods of
training should helhreo instead of
six months. Many limitations and
exceptions are provided.
Under the terms of the bill, exemp
tion from the proposed military train
ing would include tho following:
Members of the permanent military
or naval forces of tho United States.
Persons physically unfit for any mili
tary or naval service whatever.
Persons on whoso earnings a
father, mother, brother, sinter, wife
or child is wholly dependent for sup
port. Members of any religious sect or
organization now organized and ex
isting, whose creed forbids them to
bear arms in war would not be re-
! nlred to undergo training in tho
i bearing or use of arms, but would be
I trained in non-conilmtant branches of
military or naval service.
Persons convicted of a felony
of notoriously bad character would
ho trained in special units.
Tho bill, Senator Chamberlain
said, would raiso a reserve army and
naval Torce of 100,(1(10 trained men
annually, in the nine year period
during which such men would bo sub
ject to the call of the president, esti
mates oT the total trained men run
from two to three million.
Senators who studied the bill were
impressed with the provision that the
reserve force could onlybe utilized for
defensive warfare.
VILLA IS POSTED
i -JI'AliF.Z. Mrs., Feb. 10.- Pro.-la-j
mafions were po-led on the dead walls
and distributed in the street- here
I last night signed by Francisco Villa,
j warning every one against traveling
j on passenger (rains between Juarez
'and rhihualMin ilyt and urging for-
i eignei s of all nat toiialit ie- lo keep
j out of northern Mexirn, aeeording to
i a Carran.a official here.
) The proclamation added thai for-
j eiguers would be given the same pro-
! teetion as national-, but, if they were
, lobbed or were wounded during any
j lighting, they would be victims of
: their own euielc-Mic-.
, Twenty-li e pcr-on- were arre-ted
; in Juarez folluwinu' the ditiibution
, of the handbills, it was -aid, the IM
including one prominent luerchaut of
the town.
RKRLIX, Keh. 10. Knormous
amounts of BupplicH captured In Ru
mania rae now being transported to
Germany, Austria and Hungary, Bays
he Overscan News Agency. More
than 400 Hteamfdiip and 11,700 ttigs
are carrying corn, wood, leather and
other rHW materials up the Danube.
The steamer tow ten baruen each,
earryiiiK an much freight as 050 rail
road CfU'K,
FrcsWer.t Orders Trade Commission
and Department of Agriculture to
Make Thorough Investigation of
Alleged Manipulations in Distribu
tion of Food Supplies.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Hh- The fed
era I t rude coin mission today an
nouueed that at the direction of the
pre-ident it would begin iuuncdiately
an investigation of the high cost of
foot's in the I'nited Slates, with spe
cial reference to alleged violations of
the anti-trust nets.
The department of nunc nil lire will
assist in the investigation. Alleged
manipulations, con I rol and conspir
acies in distribution of fooih will be
gene into particularly.
President's !,ettet'.
President Wi'son's letter directing
the inquiry is in .wiit as follows:
"An adequate supply of food prod
ucts is a matter of concern to the na
tion at all limes. It is of peculiar
importance al present. Our domes
tic food supply is normally very large
and has become increasingly varied.
In some re-peets il has steadily ex
panded itnd has kept pace with thi
inc reusing population, t'nfort unate
Iv, this is not true, however, id' a large
number of important staple products,
including certain cereals and parli
ulnrly meats.
"It has heen alleged befo'iv com
mit Lees of congress i lid elsewhere
lie course id' trade in important total
products is not free, but is restricted
and controlled by artificial and il
legal means, It is of the highest
public concern to uncertain the truth
or falsity of the allegations. No bus
iness can be transacted effectively in
an atmosphere of suspicion. If the
allegations are ell grounded, it is
necessary that the nature and extent
ol' the evils and abuses be accurately
determined, so that proper remedies,
legislative and ndmiuist rat ive, may he
applied, If they are not true, it is
ctjiinlly esscnt in I that the public he
infoimcd, so that unrest and dis.-atis-I'act
ion may he allayed,
Imjitiry Ordered.
''Pursuant lo the authority eon
ferrcd upon mc by the act creating
the federal trade commission, there
fore, I direct the commission, within
the scope id' its powers, to investigate
and report the facts relating to the
production, ownership, maim fact lire,
storage and distribution id' foodstuffs
and Ihe products or bvorodiicts aris
ing from or in connection with their
prepn rut ion and manu fact are ; to as
certain the facts bearing on alleged
violations of the anti-trust acts ami
pa rt icula rly upon the quest ion
whether they are manipulations, con
trol t rusts, cuti i hi ii at ions, conspir
acies or reM minis of t rade out d
harmony with the law or the public
interest."
ACTIVELY PUSHED
WASHINGTON, i-cb. ,10. Chair
man Ncwhutds of the senate inter
state commerce committee, cave no
tice to the senate today that the ad
liiinistration raiiroju' legislation pro
gram would be actively pressed from
now on and that the senate Would
June opportunity to vote on the ques
tion of cnforcinir sir-pension ol' lock
out and -Irikes pending investiga
tion. CONFESSES GUILTi
ORI), Net)., Feb. IOI.ouIk llanos, j
suspected of the murder of Utile;
Alice Park oh and who has been held'
in the county Jail here, last night I
confessed tiis guilt, after severe ques
tioning on the part of the officers.
Baler he wan rushed out. of town,
.iiijiposedly to Ht. Paul, Nt,b., to avoid
nioh violence.
South American Nation Refuses to
Accept Blockade Oi -ler and Holds
Germany Responsible for All Acts
Involving Brazilian Citizens, Mer
chandise or Sl.ips.
lilO JANKlliO, l-Vb. 10. The nolo
handed to the tlerman sverctnry ol!
foreign affairs by the Brazilian min
ister at Berlin, in reply to Uerninny's
declaration of the resumption ol: un
restricted submarine warfare, was
made public here loday. The text is
as follows:
"I have just been directed to in
form your excellency that the federal
government has the greatest desire
not to see modified the actual situa
tion, us long as the war lasts, a sit
uation in which Brazil has iuiKscd
upon itself Ihe rigorous observance of
the laws of neutrality since the com
mencement of hostilities between na
tions with whom she has had friendly
relations. Mv government has always
observed this neutrality, while reserv
ing to itself the right which belongs
to it and which it has always been
accustomed to exercise, of action in
those eases where Brazilian interests
are at stake. The unexpected eom
inuuication we have just received an
nouncing blockade of wide extent of
countries with which Uracil is con
tinually in economic relations by for
eign and Brazilian , shipping-has pro-.
duced a justified and profouul jm
pivssion through the imminent men
ace which it contains of Ihe unjust
sacrifice of lives, the destruction ol!
property and the wholesale disturb
ance of commercial transactions.
Cannot Accept Blockade.
"In such circumstances and while
observing always and invariably the
same principles, the Brazilian govern
ment, after having examined the tenor
of the Icrman note, declares that it
cannot accept as effective the block
ade which has just been suddenly de
creed by the imperial government.
Because of the means employed to
realize this blockade, llie cxteut of the
inlerdieled zones, the absence of all
restrictions, including Ihe failure of
warning of even neutral menaced
ships and the announced intention ol."
using every military means of de
struction of no matter what charac
ter, such a blockade would neither be
regular nor effective and would be
contrary to (he principles of law and
the conventional rules established for
military operations ,)' this nature.
Protest Blockade,
"l'or these reasons the Brazilian
government, in spite of its sincere
and keen desire to avoid any dis
agreement with the nations at war
with whom it is on friendly terms, be
lieves to he its duly to protest
against ibis blockade, and conse
quently to leave entirely with the im
perial (lerinan government the re
sponsibility for all acts which will in
volve Brazilian citizens, merchandise
or ships, and which arc proven to
have been committed in disregard of
the recognized principles of interna
tional law and of the conventions
signed bv Brazil and (icmiunv.'
il
AWAIT AN ESCORT
NKW YORK, Feb. 10. VnleHS tho
United States government provides
convoys or gunn and Runners to pro
tect its fillips, tho American lins,
owners of the steitinsliijis St. Louis,
St. Paul and other liners, will not
send them across tho Atlantic, , It
waf. announced here loday by P, A. S.
Franklin, president of tho Interna
tional Mercantile Marino.
"With the Stars and Stripes flying
over her tail rait, the steamship Ro
chester, owned hy (he Kerr steam
ship line, cleared yesterday with a
general ear;o for Bordeaux, passed
ipm ran tine, outward bound, shortly
after 2 p. m. today. The Rochester Is
the second American ship to leavo
this port since the announcement bv
Germany on January 111, of hor new
Mihmnriim campaign,