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MED-FOliP. ORlXiOV Tl'KsDAV. l-'KUUTAlfV V.. 1917
NO. 'Ill
.mail Tribune
17 OF CREW BERLifIS POOf MLEASE OF HOUSE PASSES "
prniou mm SUFFER HUNGER AMERICANS HELD L' 1tk LPlpil NAVAL BILL OF
o S SIAIEREFUGEES IN GERMANY f f ' ff 4 I W00,000
0 II 1 1 1 0 U U 1 1 1 1 1 Meat Scarce in Germany-Rich Able United Slates Sends Through Switz-j iftA Vl ' W D
-toelve Thousand-Ton Steamer Sunk
at Sea, Part of Crew Landed Ves
sel Engaged in Liverpool and Cape
town Service Lloyd's Reports of
Other Vessels Sunk Total 6308
Tons Several Small Steamers Are
Lost.
LONDON', Kel). Jl!
.Lloyd's Sl.ip
nl'ternnon an-
niuir U!iene-v this
noaaees that the White Star line
steamship A d ie! of J1,(HI!I tons
toss, had lieon s,.;;k. I alt of
crew of the liner was landed.
The K.cliiinne Telegraph company
savs ll.e Al'i'ie was sun!; hy a suhma
rine anil thai seventeen of her crew
arc missins;. This was later omi
t'irn.cd. liiflW YOIIK, Fob. The White
Star line has a report that the stcani
shi) Afric lias been sunk. Officials
of the company say tliey have in. con
firmation. The Afrie has n (rross tonnage of
11,999 tons. She was last reporte
' the Maritime lieffister as leavin
C'anetowii, Africa, on Decemljcr II,
, rrith her deslinution not given.
Oils Afi'lcan Hun.
NKW YORK, Fe... Ill The Afric
IicImikivI to ll.e Oeoi.nie Steam Xavi
jalioii company,' a subsidiary eo.n
puny of Hie ANIiile Star line. Steam
ship men here familiar with ll.e ves
sel said sheAhail neciunmoilations for
about .'0o passengers, se:'on.l class
only. She was cpe,nnoil in the Liv
Xiol, Capetown anil Australian ser
vice. At the office of the White Star
line here it was saiil the shin had been
wikiictiI in aihnii'nltv service, but
whether so nign-fuil when sunk tbey
iliill.ot know.
List of I'-llont Victims.
, WASIIlN'ffl'ON, Feb. IX Lloyd's
report today of ships sunk bv subma
rines (.hows a total of (1K08 tons. All j
me vessels named have been reported
by news dispatches except the llritish
blisautine Ada, which the Lloyd re
port said had been sunk by )iin fire
without warning. Her crew was res-
HICll.
LONDON-. Feb. IX The Xorwea
inn motor vessel West has been sunk,
Lloyd's Shippiu-r agency annouiu-ed
May. The crew was landed.
The Noiwerian motor vessel Wet
wimt listed in available shipping rcc-
hls.
fhe sinliimr of ibe nritish sleanicr
foreland is also announced by
Lloyd's.
Q IAATPU
FOR VILLA FORCE
H.nmrs. x. jr., Feb. ix
''uitcd States army nirplanes left the
STound at daylight today to make an
investigation of the reported Villa
''Miveincnts j tle vi-inity of l'nloinas,
""en miles south of here, anil three
""'es helow the border line. Signal
"n observers made the flights will.
aviators nnd prepared detailed
''ports of the Mexican troop l.inve
m('Hts below the border. Xo official
"yoiini-ement has vet been made here
C ",,'"n,c f tht'so observations.
l was believed here today that
"e Yi.ez Salaziir, who was reported
'"be ill command of the Villa troops
''Peratiiiu near the border, was plan
"'lll lo make n dolour in the direction
Juarez, w hore scatlered Villa band
"re scheduled to concentrate for an
'"" k on the town opposite F.I Tn-o.
T"e garrison which has occupied
"I'-iuiis will remain there, it was he
aved here, in order that the nttil.nl.
'''tbe Failed States toward the Villa
'"'ion holding- a border port might
"--eertained before nn action on
J,urc wUs undertaken.
fined to Vegetable Diet Under- American Seamen Taken to Ger- V J,'1 Jt I I
feeding Beneficial as a Rule, as irany on Prize Ship Yarrowdale tkf, $T,T BV t V , j
Germans All Overate Before War. Time Expires f:r Zone Exceptions. fs. fa A A J , ' I
HKUXK. rVb. l:l.-Am.-ri.-,m whn WASHINGTON'. Heh. lSMiolher W V 1 3f V'VA.V JV '
anicd licit- lioni (icrmnny with Am- I'onimiinieatioii lias boon sent to ('.it- M y Vf-'VA uiltiX. ....
h.isndo,- Gerard nr, .e.rahdatin-- mil"-v throuiili tlm Swi.ss minister &f i , V J?,, A -
tli..!iis..v.. ..n having es,.,.il I'mtliw . ' t0 11,0 rc!cas0 or l"c Ut 3 A W t ,4
vvictliiifi wild (Icrnmny's I'.....! proh-1 American seamen taken to Clornmny JL&V i" I I vNW -Wf'4 I 'resident ami Ml'-. ilson, and two
''" lii'1-lie.-V windows, well slock-' on the prize ship Ynrrowdale and now fif T "JVH NT? l M H "'' ""' '1"""'tiu' 1,1 ''h:"i';i' . "'' I'1"
r.l will. a-sru,l a,eal, su.-l, as are1, .,. .., (!,mnnv w..k . K ? "f1 V d Si iVrVK IrVS :ll"'-v' A'"'ve. J..e Mnrpl.v. ... aelive
IlnteheiV windows, well slock
i wiiii asorw-it mcaiN, sucii as arc
seen here, arc an unwonted sinhl
Hcrliu. Meat is now mi scarce in the
(icrman capital that it is never bn.,.-
in windows to all. act Imvcr,, but js jot
lily .htri.)iilcd without advert. s-
inir. Cnstnineis keep in close touch
with the butcher, so as to know when
the next meaner suiiplv will he or. sale.
All Sold on Curd.
Practically all meat is sold on a
card eiititlin-' each person lo h
pound weekly, hat dishes made of
kidneys, limus and other scraps can
he liomiht in restaurants without a
card, (laa.e and poultry arc e.empt
from the card system ami eoituuau.l
exlraorilinary prices, 'flic maximum
prices lor pork and mutton rane
.from .".0 to 70 cents, but a dollar more
is paid at back doors, fnr, despite
Ocruiany's genius for wiauis'.ntion.
l.uii' ll stirrcpttttiiuis sclliiu; pr
The rich, of course. sal'lVr compai
ativclv little. Tiicv are still able I
buv hiiih-priccil imaltrv or lish
kevs, "ecsc and cine-kens arc still
lilavcd ... poulterer windows anc
all
r l.-.hel annoum-iii" that Ihcv can I
be pun
based at from .-fl.rii) to tl.liu
ler pound. Cases have been reported
where a t'at noose brought more than
;ll. 'flic poorer people, especially i-i
Merlin, are tindoabtcdly sut'l'erin.ii
from hunger, as their food is contin
cd mainly to bread, potatoes, turnips
and low-frrnile .narinalailc.
liciliice.l Weight (ieneial.
ll. spile, however, ot ihc fact that
food is very scarce, one seldom sec
anyone vi-ihly showing marks of un-
iler-l'cciliiiK. Some elderly person.
and some anxious mo! her look emac
iated and reduced weight i quite gen
eral. The prncral verdh-l is that Ihc
health of tin- people is better than
before the war, when ovcreiithij, bad
almost assumed tin- character of .
national bcscltin:.' sin. Short com
mon arc borne clu-ei fully and Un
people are mostly disposed to jest
over the matter where the pinch is
not too keen. Men in authority, how
ever, reeo-jnii" that Ocr-oany i con-
fronted w
tllil'l
difficulty, 'flic m-xl four mouih
re.-a.-ded a- ,-!iccially critical
it I f
be-
cail-c the -apply of vegelables, ex
cept potatoes and turnip, is practi
cally exhausted.
Uist Thirty I'ounils.
i;i)TTKi;HAM. l'el.. i:!.--T,vo
Anicricali who have reached liottei
dam sim e the break in diplomatic- re
lations between (iennany and the
...I s.-.i, .-.lihoagh in both
,..es their pa-siort- bad been applied j
for before the iiiptin
account of pro-cut
cunditir::) in
NT.W YOliK. Feb
V,-k's coldest day in exactly
year-. Tcinpc.atni e dropped
ciallv
lime
to the zero mark t--r Hie
since February Ll. I'-'l t.
ading wa- 1 degree belo.v.
first
whi-ii
mii. t.i rn.wy. X. v.. Feb
i:s.
t n nit
in
1,'cporls received fr.-.n valioa
(j,i. ol Orange and ad..-iini,g
li,.. -how tciupclat'iri- ranging
J7 to
r, degree- bcf. it zero
IMol'.HI.g
the cold.-l "I 1 1"' -on-
,i-, Vi.-Illlt'. So'
o.clcollic bv cold.
-icral pn-on-
V- Oi l
(Continued on Pae Four.)
COLOtSI WtAIHtli
FOOT YORK
111, This i Now
three
offi-
i"i r . u. i lh n -"".'r ' l"r..''1'., rv,r
. " - r l is, y iwVj,. , ami hci.w, liHMml.l .i.m-ms aelilill
111 American ports.
the communication Is not disclosed
ljimltiilion Time l'p.
WASIIIXCiTO.V, fell. 13. Merlin's
formal announcement that the tlmn
has expired for all exceptions in tho
campaign of rutlilessness, turned at
tention here to the. questions which
confront the American government in
whatever next steps may be taken -to
meet the situation.
President Wilson abandoned his
usual mornins Ranio of Rolf and re
mained at work in his study. In the
afternoon the cabinet met and went
over the situation.
AmonK the questions now bolnK
I carefully considered are:
The proposed conference of neu
trals to outline the rights of tho na-
prr rMfftvfvfe ilAADFADP IIPHM
Tiir-,tlons not ensaceil In the war. This
lit.. I lias not taken definite form and its ' t .
has not taken definite form and its
exact status has not been divulged
nevertheless it is known the Idea has
not oeen aiiamioneii
Qiiestlons Consiilel-ed.
Loaning guns for the arming of
American merchants. The preponder
ance of opinion among officials wlu
have advised the president on this
point, favors having the navy furnish
the guns.
Action on Austria's situation In the
new campaign. The new ambassador.
Count Tarnowski, still is waiting to
present his credentials.
A reply to Mexico's suggestion for
embargoes on food anil ammunition
to the belligerents. Any or all of
these questions are expected to bo
decided in he near future.
While it was reiterated today that
tho president would not bo rushed
Into war. it was plain that all offic
ials realized that the much feared
overt act might come at any time.
FREDER1K 10 SAIL
NKW YONK, Keh. Tim busiest
lliici iii tin' sliippitiLr flistrict )wro to
day is tlto ot'lit'O of the Scittidiiiiiviiin
Aniriit'iMi line, when- l iiuil ji i in nf-nii'iit-.
iire l)i'ini: fmidc lor tin ilrpnr
1 11 rt el' the Kredcnk "IH, ujioii which
the (fcriUMii :ini!iii"sjit!(ir nnil his .stiilT
will re in n tn Ktmijie. The ns.nr-iim-r'
of sjitVty I'rom (ierniiin subma
rine hits eruuded the liner with pns-.-eiitier-..
It is eliiiinled that wlie will
eiu-ry VJUO persons in mlilitiim tu her
crew, when she leave port tomorrow.
Amba-.-iidor Von IJerntorn." will he
earned from the railroad tcrn.'inal
upon his nnivel from Washington lo
the Seandinavian-Atneriean pier on 11
niivv euttcr.
NANS 10 LEAVE
FF
WASHINGTON. Feb. Ft.- Some
member- of the lamilic- of offieial
atl,'teiel to the Au-tro-lltin:arian
etiiba--y have arranged to leave Ibe
I'uih'd State- with Fount Von Hern
l.ii1l and hi- patty. In -omc quar-ler-
lhe-e arran'-emeiit- were rera ril
ed a- -i''niti-arit in iew . the indef
inite .-tale of relation- with Au-tria-lluiiga
ry.
The exact nature 3 i-! c f ..i.:..,- r ,.e .1 I....I v-..:. r.l.
!t?l! pfe.J SUBMARINES IS
: WELL IN HAND
0
Ili-Kecl wl.cn-M.r..lu-J;oes by secret
sonic- opernlivcs. Wilson is uh.oliil.-
cut ol I' f'rniii t he public Nol e-en
war liirnislie such : xaniple
retiil pri.tc.'li'ui l,i
lnct excciilpc.
TURKI
ON IRIS FRONT
LO:;i)OX, Feb. IT Official an
nounrement was i.r.rl.' todav that the
Briti-h forces on t'.'- Tir'.s trout have
established n line hc-os.''. tho Tigris
bend west of Kiit.-:i-Aiiiar, com
pletely hemming ..i Turk,.
The nnnoancenH ir; Tollows:
"On Saturday the ent.'ey's briilo
at Shumran was shelled. A direct
hit was scored and -omc enemy shin
ping sunk.
"On Sunday the advanco o: the
right bank of the riris was re
sumed and -tho enemy was driven
bark to his last line of trenehes in
the Da lira bend west of Knt. liy
evening our line was ostablhibe-l
across the bend, from bank to bank,
on a frontage of ri"ino yards, and the
enemy was hemmed in. The distance
covered In the advance varied from
S00 to 2 000 yards."
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 13. Mar-i
ens 11. McCall, p. barber, recently con-'
victed of murdering W. H. Shane,-,
a fellow workman in a downtown
shop here la?t ( hnstnias, was pen
tenrcd to life Impronincnt today.
MoCall shot and killed Shancr as he
worked at IiIk chair.
LONDON, Feb. HI. -A IteuUr dis
patcli from Herne sajs that tho Ger
man authorities suddenly railed to
the colors all offbials of trade un
ions and socialist organizations.
These officials, who aggregate ten
thousand In number, have previously
been exempt from military service.
nnmoii i irrvi im ,
UNCLE Sfl 10
ARM CUBANS 10 '
QUELL REVOLT
HAVANA, Feb. 13. Official an
nouncement wv.s made hero today
that the t'nitfd Slate.; govern men
had offered Ji'e thousand rifles and
five million cajtrldges to the Cui;an
government.
An encounter has occurred in Mat-
anzas province between govern meat j UwB v,,rv eonsitlerably. Three, mil
troops and reheh:. Aceording to a re- lion toI1M( w,jci i,avt KOn 0Htt hive
port received hero today tho rebels ,oou )non, or 1)lf(H .pinttdy fillet!,
were defeated. "There is no: tho subtest nexs-
The rebel troops were led hy Muyor Rty for panic, we have done remark
Gonzales of the town of Santo Oo-'ni.lv wnli and shall do a areat deal
miugo, Santa Clara province. A po
lice official was taken prisoner.
It Is reported Manzantllo, Santiago
do Cuba province, that the police and
pollco court officials have been ar
rested. Colonel Miguel Lores, a veteran of
tho war of independence, lias been
captured near I'lnar Did Hio after
having been pursued for three days,
lie fell v.illi bis horse and his leg
was broken.
AMERICAN HI!
BY U-BOAT SHELL
"FF.NST WN, Feb. IT Of the
ihree American firemen who were
aboard life I'.nh-h -team-hip Sa.oii
ian when ' he b;i- shelled, lorprdied
and slink by a German -iilHiianue last
Wednesday, one of i!iem. James Wey
yaid, wa- woniidtd hy a shell -plinter,
Lluootl AJot.rc of St. Ltiui-, Ameri-
e.ni t ircimtii on t In
i -.tibina l ine v. hieh
liieh sank I he ve--el -a e
no wnr
but immediately lic-.-an to
hell lite -hip on -ihting her. While
'jetliirj iijo one ol the boat.-. Weygtird
, ws u on tided by the .-fo'll sp! inter.
: 'i'lictna- illiam-. hoal-Uatli. was ili
i jured bailly and afterward died.
, Tin- attack ua- inadc at a point
fully "J."i mile-, tioia -liore. (ne bout
j eonlaitiini:' I went y- three men mi -'
aMyiit sj(y. eiuhl hour- hefoie the
. occupant s picked up. The eap-
j lain was taken piioiiej' on the snb
j marine.
Admiral Jellicoe ''Not Dissatisfied'
Willi Number of German U-Boats
Which Will Never Return to Ger
many British Total Losses 4;000,
ODO Tuns, Mostly Replaced.
LONDON, Feb. 13. Speaking In
the htrtise of lords today Karl ('urzon,
member of the war con m II, said Ad
miral .lellicoe, first sea lord of tho
admiralty, was not "dissatisfied"
with tho number of German subma
rines which would never return to
Germany,
Admiral Ibiron Uoresford, drawint;
attention to the submarine menace,
and asking what measures hud been
taken to meet It. said:
Total Shipping Losses.
"Wo have lost sinee the beginning
of the war 4.000.0011 'ons of shipping
that Is a fact which the public, should
know, hut It Is not nearly as serio:is
as It appears. We turns made uo liii.
better In future."
The country, Itaron Heresford con
tinned, had been Informed In Auga.-t;
JfO.'i, that thQHUbmurlne menace was,
well in hand.
As far as he could gather. It wasi
better in hand today, owing lo thej
new Ideas brought to tho admiralty j
by men fresh from tho sea, who had
had experience, in this novel form of
warfare and Us mysteries. In conclu
sion Uaron Heresford, while acknowl
edging tho Riihmariuo menace was
serious, said It would not ho a fatal
menace and he was confident that In
six weeka or so tho nation would
have tho submarines really In hand.
Secrecy In Ksscnllnl,
The Farl of Lylon, replying for tho
admiralty, said the government
would be glad If It were possible to
tali it the public entirely Into Its con
fidence, but that it would involve im
part lug informal ion to tbe enemy.
and t be art ml rally v an determined !
the Germans should have that in for-1
nintiou by experience and not'
through questions in parliament.
All the expedients suggested by
iixouia, -aid the!laron Ifresford were being pressed
forward with t ho utmost energy, to-
! oilier wllh many others, he
OlltiUU -
eu, even tu audition to those men-
tioned by Karl Curzon on February
i. J-.very oevtce that human lugenu -
It y could frame was being employed
SAN .IOSK. C;ii., F.I.. Ft. Three
Hi;i-l:ed men bound ami ga.'ed fte
( topl'ixcs at the on barn- of the San
-lo.-e Ii'allioad eouipanv early today,
hriikc open thiee -ate- and e-enped
with one das receipt-, auiounting to
00.
Amendments Pcrmilthifl Purchase of
Airship Patents nnd Equipping of
Navy Yards for Shipbuilding Is
Adopted Private Plants to Be
Commandeered in War Emergency.
WASHINGTON, Vh. Ft. -The na
val appropriation hill,, aggregaiin-.v
.filin.OtiO.mm. ineluding administra
tivm emergency amendments: for eom
mandeerinu of ships nnd munitions
plants if nec'e-sniy, and renuisiliou
of busi'e patents of niiernft, wa
passed today bv the house. The bill
now goes lo (he senate.
Amendments Offered,
The administration amendment uu-
ttwin.ing the "appropriation 1 nf
l,0(Kl,(llltl to ni'onire basie pnteuM
l'r a ire rait was adopied. x
The apitropriatton of $.12,0110,000 to
equip the navy yards to build ships
refused by private buildeis w'as
agreed to niter some discussion.
Amendments to specify the Huston
ami other yards were defeated.
Without discussion, Uoprcsenlntivn
Maun got an amendment declaring
I tin i the l.'uited States favored 'set
tlement of international disputes
through mediation or arbitration,
'Ml hereby is real finned.' tho
amendment read, "to be the policy oi'
the t.'nited States to adjust and set
lie its international disputes through
mediation or m-hilralion, to the end
that war may he honorably avoided."
Vote on MeiiNiiU'.
Kk'hfeeu democrats, ineludiug Ma
jority Lender Kili-hin; four republi
enus : i it f 1 one socialist, voted against
the hill. Tho.-e voting against it were:
Democrats I tailey of Pennsyl
vania; Ihiructt and 1 1 uddlcst on, Ala
bama; Callawr.y and Davis, Texas;
Houghton, I'iige and Kitchen, Xoith
( 'arolitm ; Gordon and Shet wood,
Ohio; J.ihnsuu and Thomas, Ken
tueky; Saunders, Virginia; Sears,
Florida; Si--son, Missisipni ; Taven
ner, Illinois; Thomp-on, Oklahoma,
ami Tillman. Arknnsns.
Ifepublieaiis lampion, M'udiijjan;
llolling-worth, Ohio; Lindbergh, Miu
neaiioli. and Net-on, Wieon.iu.
Socialist London, New York.
The house late yesterday adopted
an administration amendment author-i.in-
the Inking over of private ship
building plants in an emergency and
approved a hitildiu program for HUH
calling lor otic battle crnwer, three
battle-hip-, eighteen submarines and
twenty other nnviliarv vessel-,.
F
NKW VOIJK. Feb. Ll.-More tlmn
liuum.nun per-on- who have been fed
Ih rung h the chorts of the American
eomini-sion for relief in lictgiutu will
sii ffer no immediate ha rd-hip from
the withdrawal of the American com-mis-inn
from pa t tieipaf ion in this
work in Piclgiuiu nnd northern France,
eau-ud by the (icrman authorities,
t'pon hi- return from Hostmi toilay,
llerhcrl ('. Hoover, ehairrnan of tho
ci.rami--iufi. nuk up plans nlreadv
un,
this
r way for I rnn-ferring control of
relief o another neutral organ
ization.
Mr. Hoover -aid that six weelis
supply of food, valued at f'.Vi.OOOMHI,
hail been sim-ed in warehouses in the
. vaiioll- di-lriels where the relief ..mu
aii--i.ni Iim.I b Mei'm. It..b-;.m k
, rjt.j.,s tt Ut l;lvebeen in charge of this
; j(in) jI(
authorized to administer
ll
li-l ribtition until iilans for tlm
ri'organialion of the work can be put
into effect.
The American com in i--ion barred
fr.un P.elLiium and northern Franco
will continue its niti ities toward ob
taining l-iiid- nnd will co-operate with
Hie new organization fortneil to dis
trihutc supplies.