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AMERICA REFUSE
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ait r-ini- nnrnini 11 nmnn I ini n a ornin Aim
S i RO T TO MOUNTGUNS AS HOSTAGES FOR
: rimS FflR um INTERNEDCREWS
VIULHIIUI10
Germany Proposes Through Swiss
Envoy to Negotiate for Safety of
American Ships, Provided Commer
cial Blockade of England Is Not In-
. terfered With Offer Rejected Un
less Sussex Pledges Are Restored
and Submarine Warfare Ceases.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 12. The
stale department today made public
U memorandum presented by Dr. l'nul
liitter, the Swiss minister, acting for
Germany, proposing a disetission wit h
the l'n it ed Stall's over the new sub
marine campaign.
(icrinuny proposes to negotiate for
flip safety of Ameriean shimiing, pro
vided tile "ronitnereiul blockade" of
Knglnud is not interfered with.
The Ameriean government has re
plied that it cannot enter into negoti
ations unlcHs Germany restores tile
Sussex pledges and withdraws proc
lamation of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
The slate department gave mil a
.statement as follows:
' American Reply.
; "In view of the nppean'ince in the
newspapers of Vcbrunry .11 of a re
port that Germany was initiating ne
gotiations with the I'nited States in
regard to the submarine warfare, the
department of state makes the 1'nl-
"Inwing statemenl :
. "A suggestion was made orally to
': the department of state late Saturday
afternoon by the minister of Switzer
land that the German government is
willing to negotiate with the I'nited
States, provided that the commercial
blockade against ICnglund would not
Jje interfered with. Al the re'rpiest of
. the. secretary of state, this sugges
V'jii was made ill writing and '"resent
ed to him by the Swiss minister Siin
dav night. The communication is as
follows :
" 'Memorandum :
" 'The Swiss government has hei'ii
requested by the German gnvcrnmenl
(o sny that the latter is now, as be
fore, willing to nejrotinte, formally or
informally, wilji the United Slates,
provided that the commercial hlock
, nde against Knglund will not he bro
ken thi'reliv. (Signed.)
"'I'. lilTTKl!.'
Iteply Dispatched.
'This memorandum was given im
mediate I'onsidcr.'itioti and the fol
lowing reply was dispatched today:
; '".My Deiir Mr. Minister:
"'I am reiuested hy the president
' to say to you, on iirknowlcdging the
memorandum which you were kind
enough to send to me on the Jlth in
fitnnt, that the government of the
(Continued on Pago Two.)
WASnrXOTON, Feb. 12. The
Kmcrgency Peace Federation nt a
meeting here today pledged itself in
favor of measures pending . in con
gress to provide n popular referendum
before declaring war.
'; A resolution adopted expressed
earnest support of the president of
he United States in his steadfast ef-
rt to secure hv peaceful methods .1
right settlement of international con
flicts, not alone between the United
Stales and Germany, hut among our
Kuropcnn hrolhcrs in their fraternal
strife.''
It further declared it "to bp our dc-f-ire
to serve our country liy doing ev
erything in our power to maintain it -leadership
in the work of attaining
worl(1 peace anil doing nway forever
with the war system and all its eoii-e-qiwnccs."
hut that "we hold war in
abhorrence as one of the supreme
iriincs nguiiust humanity."
Government to Find a Way for Arm
ing Ships German Offer to Dis
cuss Ways of Preventing War Only
an Effort to Cast on United States
Appearance of Being Belligerent.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Wiinin
a Taw (lay's the government will find
a way ;hereby American merchant tll0 Associated Press that he had re
vessels now Held in port by fear cf tp,, tho Swls!t government to
(ierma'tt Submarines may nrm them- ...,,. ,
selves and resume their sailing.. !l '"""e 1"u"-v ""'""
was intimated strongly by officials lng the status of the crews of iu
today. This will be accomplished !' terned German ships in American
private means. The government will ports.
not supply guns or gunners direct I Pending an answer the 72 Amerl
nor even formally advise arming, rans taken by the German raider and
Ship owners have stated that here-, brought In by the Varrowdale. whose
lofore tbev have been amiable to ob-j release hail been agreed to, nro being
tain either guns or gun crews. I held in Germany, the foreign scere-
orflcials today were still inclined .
to regard the latest offer of Ger
many to discuss means of preventii-g
war. presented through the Swiss , rumors nave reached iiernn uy a
minister Saturday, only as an effort of London, In which it was announced
to cast on the United States the ap- that the American government had
pearance of being belligerent. sequestered the German ships and in-
Xo Diplomatic Dealings. terned their crews. No definite of-
Tho official attitude seemed to be tidal denial having been received, tho
that the United States and Gorman government was prompted to ask tho
governments can have no diplomatic government of Switzerland to obtain
dealings until Germany gives up her . specilic Information. ,
program of unrestricted submarine "In regard to the Yarrowdalo pris
warfare and that any other advances 'oners," the foreign secretary said,
meanwhile serve only to becloud tho "those men had lieen taken off armed
issue of American rights. It "Is not , merchantmen and their status 'had
certain whether any answer will be ' heen established.' They will be lib
made to the. suggestion. orated just as soon ns we learn the
Officials noted with interest today , f;lt0 of tho German crews in Amerl
taht the submarines toll of merchant c"n ports."
bins vesterday had sunk to the lowe.:t I The release of the Yarrowdalo
level since the new campaign was
Inaugurated.
Appeals for (inns.
WASHINGTON, Keb. 12. P. A. S.
Franklin, president of the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine made for
mal application today to the navy de
partment for guns to arm the passen
ger liners of the American lino.
The request states that tho con,-
pany has heen unable to find khhs
elsewhere.
It is indicated that the navy
de
partment, while opposing for mili
tary reasons to any project of convoy. i
ing American merchantmen through'
the prohibited submarine zones, fa
vors furnishing such ships with guns
for their own defense.
EAST SHIVERING
IN COLDEST WAVE
OF PRESENT YEAR
N'KW YOliK. Feb. V2. drop in
(he temperature to 3 degrees allow
zero at 7::il a. ni. today brought to
this city t lie coldest weather of the
season. Kivers and bays about New
York are filled with heavy drifting
ice lields.
For (he f i r.-t lime in five years the
Hudson is solidly frozen over for n
three-mile stretch between Tarry
town mid Xynck. Hundreds of per
sons have walked fiom shore to shore
and several automobiles have safely
negotiated the trip.
CI.KVF.I.AN'l), G., Feh. li. The
thermometer registered 10 degrees
lielow zero here this forenoon. It
was the coldest day since February
10. ISM. A shortage of coal hu
made the weather situation c.vception
allv serious.
I'.nSTOX. Feb. l-'. The coldc-t
weather of the winter wa reported hy
a number of points in New Knvl.-tnd
IoiImv. Minimum temperatures duriii!r
the night !Mii-e,I from 'J-l degrees be
low zero lo It above.
llFTIMIT. Midi.. Fib. 1J. -Tin
,...l.lc-t wi-nlhcr in cur-- and the
wor-t shortage in co:d of the winter'
rc-ulli'd in riiiii'h snffei lug i" IMroil
I , V. Twelve ili-uri-e- bi'loW zero wa-
itt 1 1 iiillv rerouted ill the heart of the
city Ibis forenoon.
Seventy-two Prisoners on Yarrow
dale Taken From German Raider,
Whose Release Was Agreed to. Will
Be Held Until Fate of German
Crews Is Ascertained.
Ili:m.lX. Feb. 12. Foreign Sec
retary Zimmerman today Informed
lary staled
Hue to ltllinors.
the past week
During
recurring
prisoners was agreed to with Ambus
sudor (lerar.l on l ho evo of the break
in relations hut tho possibility of the
(lemma crews being Interned, in the
I'nited States prompted the admiralty
to rescind the orders liberating the
Americans held with tho rest of the
Yarrowdalo prisoners.
no to Lurk of News,
It Is pointed out hero that this
el,is0(,e ,g a ful.ther lustration ot
the menace growing out of tho lack
of facilities and opportunities of free
inter-communication by both coun
tries.
Horr Zimmerman reaffirmed his
iueviuu siaiemeiu mat. inu Ameri
cans now In Germany will be pei-
niitted to move about unmolested and
he perfectly free to leave the country
whenever they desire even if tho
break threatens to reach the ulti
mate stage. This Intention is based
on the Impression prevailing here
that the United States Is not contem
plating any steps with regard to Ger
mans, which could not be taken under
International law, and the freaty of
179!), which is now awaiting the ap
proval of both governments. The
complete text of tho revised version
has not yet heen made public.
It is believed that Germany's In
quiry is to clear up misconceptions
widely circulated there that Germans
In the United States have been im
prisoned and that German property
has been confiscated. President Wil
son has nnnounccd that all foreign
rights are to bo respected in every
sense.
IHCIIU.V, Feb. 12 From the be
ginning of the war to January SI,
il'l", German hattlepbir.es and nu'.i
oircrnlt batteries destroyed 1002 hos
tile machines or 167 enemy squaJ
lons of six machine' each, according
lo official statistics obta-.ned by the
Overseas News agency. In tho pe. iod
1,700 hostile aviators were put out
of the 'ombat and machines valuci
at ilO.ooo.Ono marks were destroyed.!
In lt'14-l.'i hostile airplanes to the!
number of 1113 were brought down.i
In ISIS the Teutons brought to earth
7:M hostile machines and In Jdnu-j
ary, 1 ! 1 7 . the number of airpiaues
accounted tor was 00. I
THE MAN WHO IS LOOKING AFTE
This picture shows the man wlm i now lookiiiL' nfler (lermany's inter
csls ii: the United Stales llr. Paul Killer and his wile. Dr. Killer is
iiiim.-trr lo the I'li'itcd Stales from Sw Izerlunil. lie took ovei re pf Ger
many's affairs here when Count Yon liertistortf was handed his passport.
EIGHT .VESSELS
SUNK BY U-BOATS
IS DAY'S RECORD
WASHINGTON, lVL. TJ. -Sinking
of eiht HritUh niwl neutrnl vessels
with an niviijite tunnii.iic T 1 .,7(VJ,
hy (lerinnn sulnniiriiK-s wns reiMiiietl
in a.LUtyti's tlispiilrjj al llie slnte de
piivtmenl linlny t'rurn t'cnsul tlciierjil
Skinner nl I. (union. All Hie vessels
previously Inul been nn'iitinin')! in
press (iispalehes, hul iiildiiioiiiil lo;'
(nils on the sitikiny of some of I hem
('.line in the Lloyd's report.
The l!rilih stenmer Iteeehl ree.
wliis-h press enhle s:tid was helieved
to have heen sunk, was torpedoTd
and sunk in seven minutes. I er ei'ew
was landed safely.
The Norwegian -learner Solhakken,
earryini: a earo of wheat from
Buenos Aires lo Clierbourjr, was nr
pedoed otf Kinislrre. Two of her
erew diel, one fruia eold, and a hoat
eontainiti; the e:itain and fourteen
men is nii.inir.
The Hritih -.lejiiaei' o.illjth, ahoat
wliieh there i donhl of identifie:ition.
was iven as a :J."(-ton vessel.
LONHON, I-eh. 12. The .Mnkins of
the lii'itish steain-hip Ne'therlee is re
ported hy Lloyd's.
The NetheHre. A'2'27 ttais ris, was
lal reported on her departure I'mm
Philadelphia, .lanunry 21, for Ihin
kirk, Krance.
Lloyd's shipping aeney tins after
noon an nou need I ha I t he I li it ish
steam-hip "oltaire, of -1 0 ros Ions,
and Olivia, id' '-'II tuns !m-.s( had
heen slink.
The steamer ,rin has heen sank.
Lloyd'-. Siiippinu' ai'iiey annottnees.
The erew was saed.
The Brit i-h steamer Lyeia was a
Cnnard line ve--ej uf 27L" onst Iniill
in 18!U! at M iildle-lioroii'jh.
WASIIIXOTO.V, I'eh. 1 2. P.epre
sentallve I.lndhernh of Mlnncota, re
publican In the house, today read ur
lcles of Impeachment of all five mem
bers of tho federal reserve hoard,
whom he charged with conlrln
with financial InlereHtu to manipu
late credits.
The articles were referred to tho
judiciary committee, ns In tho cus
tom, without debate.
FOREST GROVE
P0ST0FFICE WRECKED
FOItKST OltOVi:. Ore, 1 cb. 12
Itobliers wrecked tho safe In the,
post office here todav -.villi expl.
slvei and made the!' es.a s with ihn.
contemn. Postal officials will nor
say how much Is mii'l'if,. Th-i ex
plosion, which Is bellow,-.' to h.ii.:
heen the work of amateurs, tore l'.
paper money ill the uro to Rhrcds.
R GERMANY IN UNITED STATES
L
ITHOUT
WASIHNOTON. I-Vh. I'J.-P.y a
vole of 2S1 to ID, the lionse today
permilled coiisitleration of an amend
ment to the naval hill to inelnde
.f l.tllHI.tmo to my hasie patents on
airplanes for the lioventmenl, . and
also to empower the tiovernment ( if
need he, lo lake nwr private ship and
mtinilion plants. Sin-h hislalion i-,
hy ordirmrv rule, haired from appro
priation hills.
The hiiihlini; program as reported
hy tin1 eonimiltee, Jinally was retained
wit hint t ehaniie. This provides for
three Imtlleships, one haltle eruiser,
three seinit cruisers, fifteen destroy
ers, one destroyer lender, one subma
rine tender and eiuhleen coast subma
rines. An .-inteailiaent to inn-ease the
niuubcr of snbmariaes from eighteen
lo fifty was rejected, as was an
amendment to substitute for the bill
the i;eneral board's program of two
battle eruisets. four batlle-hips, four
seout cruisers, twenty destroyers one
destroyer lender, one submarine ten
der, eighteen eoa-t siihniuriycs nnd
nine fleet siibina i ine-. An ameiidmenl
In provide fftr mie battle-hip only, in
stead of the three in llie bill, and
Ihhty stibmariue- in-lead of eighteen
a- re jccleil.
BAR LOBBYISTS
LI
SA1.1C.U, Ore., Feb. 12. I.olibylMH
have become so numerous and per
Hlsteut nt the Oregon legislature tlili
the house of representatives resolu
tions committee passed a resolution
directing the sergeant at arms to
"clear the floor of all persons not
authorized by the rules to be on tho
floor."
AVonien supporters of tho "hone
dry", and anti-cigarette bills have
been the principal offenders, len!sl-'.-lors
say, anil have earned tho title of
"the committee, on Intimidation."
Ilepresentatlve Hoy W. Kltii'ir,
'Pendleton, who Introduced tho nieas
'ure, said It did not apply to news
paper men or fauillieH of members,
but to lobbyists "who have forgotten
the rail exists."
I WASIIIXCTOX. I'eb. 12. General
Cariniizn has sent .a nolo to the I'nit
ed Ktates, Argentine, llrazll and
Chile, as well as to all other neutral
, nations, asking them to Join In an
; agreement to prohibit the export
,from their countries to the warring
Kitropean nations of foodslurfs and
1 munitions of war.
IBHTAIN PAYING iGERARD GIVEN
$28,950,000
i Bonar Law Says Expenditures Over
Four Billion Pounds Claims Allies
I Have Not 0n!y Superiority in Men.
But in Equipment Output ot Mun
i itlons Increasing.
, l.o.NliHN, I'eh. I.'.-The uvcrofie
daily e.vpcndilure of Ureal llrituin is
i now .-.,7!iii.imil pounds, Andrew llomiv
' I.aw.'clianeellor of I lie i-felii'ipuiv-iin-:
uouncc.l in ilir house of eominoiis o-
j The i haiicellor said tin' toinl ex
pendiliire since the beginning of the
war was -I.'JIIII.IIIMI.OIIII nils.
j Al the end of the eurrenl year the
national delu would iund lietwcn
.l.wio.oon.iiim and :t..!mumo,iioo. Ail
1 vanccs lo allies and dominions would
I he appro.vimnlcly .ilm.lHMUHUI pounds.
The number of applications and llie
amount applied for hy the general
public for Ihc new loan, the ehaneel
I lor said, were larger Hum ever he
i fori'.
j Ten Millions n Year.
The chancellor pointed out lhal Ihc
j total voles of ercdil for llie current
fiscal year would amount to 1,'iPII,
0011,(11111 pounds, lie siiid that was in
excess nl' llie estimate of licjiniihl
i McKcumi, chancellor of llie ex
: eheipier under Ihc Asipiith Koveru-
mcnt, mill Unit the increase wns due
lo nddiliounl expenditures, for muni
tions mul advances' lo the allies and
dominions. The average expeliililure
1 hud increased hy 1 ,000,000 pound-,
.daily, as compared with the first (i:i
j days of llie fiscal year. There also
j had been sua increase in expenditure
! for llie army, hut it was prnportion
!n(e with the Increase in llie number
of I roups, ihc nriiiy being fourteen
limes as large as when the war he-
gun.
i The amounls asked for, Mr. Law
said, would enable the government to
j meet expenses milil Ihc cud of May.
I (if the hisl vole of credit. Ihcre had
been au unexpended balance of 70,-
OMO.iino pounds.
SllMliollly in .Men.
"We have a snpcrioi il v iml only in
' men, hut in ciuipmenl," said Mr.
j l.nw. Hi' asserted that Ihc increase
. ill llie production of munitions was
j going on all the lime, being a- marked
I now as at iiny previous period. The
i smallest incrca-e In any kind of shell,
as compared with the average of the
liisl year of war, was t weuly-cight
times lhal output. '. ,
In making advances to her allies,
Hie chancellor continued, flrcat lirit
,'iiu considered one thing, only -whether
it Would lie ill Ihc general in
terest. pluisizcd the impor
tance id' co-ordimilion in everv field
land said tb nlereuce at Koine had
i resulted in a decision in regard to Ihc
; policy to be uiloplcd lowuid (Ircece.
j which policy was now being followed.
Mr. Kcnna said that never hud such
a hirge credit ben asked nl the be
ginning of a session nm tbul Ihogov.
ernnicnl must either he intending lo
prevent parliament from rcicing
the expenditures during llie coining
months or else the money thus pro hi
ed should 1 ill c the counlry over a pos
sible piirliuuientiiry recess or el
tion. Mr. Law snid the ipicsiiun 0 n
general election had never entered his
mind.
IIKItl.IX, Keb. 12. Illitlslt troops
last night made six successive at
tacks ngalniit the (iermau "wrecked"
trenches alons; the front from ricrro
to the Ancre river, says the, official
statement IkbuciI today by (leruian
army headiunrletB. All the attacks
w ere repulsed and the Hrltish. the
statement adds, surfereil severe losses
In the hand to hand fighting.
I Pl-rUOCIt.yi, IVh. 12- Numerous
raiillng operations along llie Russian
front were repot nil In today's war
office statement.
DAILY FOR WARi IN SWITZERLAND
i ,
.RAIDING OPERATIONS
ON MONIS
HEARTYWELGOME
American Diplomats Met by Officials
at Zuricl. All Give Sigh of Relief
at Leaving Germany Departure
Delayed by Officials on Account of
Rumors of Seizure Interned Ships.
WASlllS'tiTON', fell. Vl.-Offieial
reports on the arrival of former Am
bassador (lerard and his suite nl Zur
ich, Switzerland, reached ihc state
de pin Intent today from American
Millisler Stovall al I'.erne.
The Swiss legal inn received n dis
patch toilllV from its forcii.o Y,.
announcing Mr. (ier.-ird's nrrivnl nt
nei ne.
Minister Slovall's message -0stcr-day
follows:
"Ambassador Cet-.-ird! will, sintT
and parly, have arrived ui Zuricli and
win reach lieriic ul II o clock this
evening. All are well. I met the am
bassador al Hie frontier and Colonel
llruegger, niljutant general of the
Swiss anny, specially designated by
the federal council, welcomed him on
behalf of the Swiss government."
Sigh of Itellef.
.CKICII, Switzerland, Keb. 12.
Most id' Hie members of Aiuluissiidnr
(lernrd's large party gave a genuino
siglt of relief this nl'ternoou when tho
Swiss border was reached, lor llie
strilh-i of the Inst few dn.vs hnd told
mote or less on llie majority of (he
travelers, Ambassador (lerard met.
cordially Ihc horde of newspaper men
who crowded nbotit him on his ar
rival al Zurich, clamoring for inter
views for papers all over the civilized
world, bill he kept rigidly to his de
leruiimilion not to speak for publica
tion until tiller he has reported tn
President Wilson in Wushingloii.
The strain of Ihu situalion for Die
Aiueiienns in llerlin hud been height
ened town nl the end by 1 lie efforts of
the (lerntan authorities induce Mr.
(lernril to open negotiations for an
aiiiendmenl to llie Prussiiiu-Anicricnii,
trealv of lrill). At the same time tho
'ierniun uiiivspnpcrs were flooded
Willi reports of Ihe seizure of Ocnnaii
ships by America and willi stories of
difficulties and indignities encoiiu
lercd by Coulil Von llernslorff.
Courtesies Wilhill'iiH II.
Anib.is-ailor (lerard was refused
permission lo communicate in cipher
willi W,ishiiMn j. ml Hie authorities
ignored all denials of iho slories
prinlcd in the (icrninu newspapers
until tin 'ol tii-nil message iveeived
Hiroiigh the Spanish embassy made
it clear ihut Ihc slories wetv false.
I'tior lo Hiis, Ambassador (lenird's
lelepl wires were cut, his mail nnd
telegraphic privileges slopped so
thai he could mil even instruct the
American consuls - :l,n ,,. lvi,s, in ,is
own words, a prisoner.
COI.I MIU'S. X. M., I'eb. U
Villa troop- liave occupied Twin
Windmills. 'Jli miles south of Ihe bor
der line gale, and an intermediary
base on the communication trail to
Colonia Ibililiin, according to Car
runza customs ofticiuls here.
A drive by Villa toward Ihe border
wns reported It-Kill weslcrn Chihuahua
by olhcr sources here. All horses,
mules and oilier stock were being
eoMinliiuil 'ed, Ihe Villa followers
giving receipts for all properly tnken.
BILL TO INCORPORATE
M'KINLEY BIRTHPLACE
WASHINGTON, Mi. l'J.A hill to
iiicorporulc Hie Naliotial McKinlcy
llirlhilace Metiioii.-tl association was
introduced today by Senator Hard
ing. Myron T. Ilerrick, K. II. Hary,
Chuilcs M. Schwab and Ocotge V.
Pcrl.ias were named among llie incor
porators. The association is to
eieci a monument ut Xilcs, O.