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FORECAST
WEATHER
.Mux. Yesterday 1H; Mln.
Today lreclp. ,."1,
KSviVv..ntl. Tear.
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MEIVFOHD. OKKdOX. TUESDAY. KKIiin'AliY 20. 1917.
NO.
l" i 'fitter
i i. 1
IWH PUIS AUSTRIA ASKED BRITISH NAVAL GUNS DID
g I TO STATE STAND
DID TO GERMAN RAIDER V-69R1SING PRICES FIINRTRN
Willi III DHSlEil y:f"V --f J
IIUUI11UI1U
Commander Border Forces Dies at
San Antonio Called America's
greatest Soldier Rose to Hiyh
Command From Volunteer Ranks
Was Prominent Figure in Filipino
Campaign.
SAX ANTONIO, Tux., Pcli. L'O.
The IickIv " I' Major (Icncrul predcrick
Fimitcm, iilol ill' Hi" Anicricnn urniv
will rest i" slnte i ll' Allium (hU
nflerniHm. The fiunTn 1 procession
will rencli tlio Alnmn ti 1 ml l:'M
iiVlock nnd i I f casket will rest there
in stall1 imlil 1 1 i u J t full.
WASHINGTON', Feb. (. Pre
ilonl Wilson iinil ill her lii.uli ot'l'ii-ij
us well us jinny officers, oenerii
cxpivsscil deep reuret. toihiy over I
snililen ili'iilh of Mnjiir (icnonil Pn
prick Kmisliin ill Nun Antonio li
nijjlit. Miniv ol' tlii'in si'iil ini'.-sa;
of condolence In .Mrs. prcdor
l-'iiiislon. now visiting in S;in Pn
I'isco.
War department nl'rioiuls iinil ;ir
ot'ticcrs stood ready today to as-
!i-.
(.encnil 1' rciicnck r iinsi mi
ill lii'sliiwin- the licjlicsl mililiiry
Iwnors nt (ho burial of General Fiuis
tnn, wlii,.i will lake place in f lie 11:1 -linnal
cemetery at tile Pri'siilio, San
IjVnneiseo, next Saturday or S inilnv.
it is liclicvcd thai Secretary ol' War
linker nmy semi n personal rcprcscn
Inlive to iitieml the I'nneral.
Y.I, PASO, Tex., Pel). '!). --General
Pershing i .iieil an order at noon lo-'l-'i.V
Unit nil I'lnffs on I'eileral bnild-
"s-- in nit' soumern iieparimi'in m
lowered In hall' mast and left there
until the, body oC General Funston
'in passed out of the depart incut.
If also ordered full mililiiry honors
I'niil at all stations lliroudi wlih'h
tile funeral pusses tomorrow, where
tlierc are troops stationed.
A My of t roups eipial to the mini
'"I1" 1'1'i'serihed fr funeral ese..rl-.
d "iH I't' stntiiined at the depot here
'"d will sliiml nt parade rest: while
the. body is in Hie station. Artillei.'
tomorrow will fire n salute to n maioi'
fjl'iieral an, militry bands will plav
ihr-es, while (be colors are beinu
'iiH'd.
SA ANTONIO,' Texas. Pol). 2 0.
"Jfcor General Frederick Funsioii.
commander of the southern depart
mt, I'nltprt States army since Keh
nHT, 1 31 ft. died suddenly at a hotel
here Inst nisht, a few minutes after lie
'"d finished dinner, lie collapsed
(Continued on Pag-) Six.)
NEW VfiDn n TI B-rm (lie
l-.'D, t! ' o German submarine wlibh
uiiiieniy appeared at Newport last
fjl and !ater sunk several shijis off
N.inuieket, that sank the llousatonti'.
the first American ship to be sent to
"'' bottom after the beginning of (Jer
nianv's new submarine warfare. It
as made known here today by L'np
'a'a Thomas A. Knzer, the Ilousaton
'y's commander, who arrived on the
t'linnnl steamship Ordunu. Captain
Kiucr brought with him ns proof of
his assertion a life preserver marked
1 which he said he got from one
f the submersivie's crew,
". Vk
il.
SAY U-53 1 SANK
THE HOUSATONIC
Ambassador Penfield Delivers Re
quest tor Statement to Austrian
Embassy Austrian Emperor Con
siderinp Question Government Re
luctant to Break.
1.1 IX I (ON, Feb. Jll.-P,lerieli C.
enfielil, Ainerii'iin ambassador at Vi
enna is said by lii'iiler's Ani-ti'idani
orri'spumlilit to have delivered to
the Aiislro-lliumarian foreign minis
ter a request fur ,.,... ,ull jn
definiliun of AiistriM-llungiii-v's nt-
titiiile reariliiig submarine warfare.
The Anisieiilani dispati- says that
'ordins t" a telegram fmin Vienna
Mr. Pi'iiliehl handed an aide nii'inoire
today to tlie foreign iiiiniicr reiniet
iug clear and final information a-,
to what the Ausiro-llnngariiiii gov
I'liiiiieiit ha as-iiined reganliiig sub
iiiarine warfare and whether the as
surances given mi the oi'i-hmoii of
the Aneona and Persia in -ideiits arc
to he regardcil as hanged or with
drn nil.
Austria to I'eply.
The foreign minUlrv, the ili-patidl
ay, will iibinil the aide ini'inoirc
to a thorough examination and then
make a reply.
Alter the sinking by an Austrian
submarine of the Italian stealnsbi)
Aneona in November of H'l"). occas
ioning the loss of the lives of several
Americans, the Anstro-lltiiigaria;
government sent n note In the Pnited
Stales in which it said :
;,The imperial and roval govern
ment can also subslantiallv concur in
the pl'ineipal expressed ill the very
esteemed American note that private
.-hips, in mi far as llicv do not flee
or offer resistance, mav not be dc--Iroyed
without the persons aboard
being brought into safety.''
Knipi ror Considers Notice.
l.llNHtiN, Feb. lid. A Central
News di-pali'li from Zurich lodav
says :
"The Au-trian emperor has given
a long audience to Count Czeni'li, ll c
minister of foreign affairs, who pre
viously had a long conference with
Frederick ('. Penfield, the American
ambassador."
WASHINGTON. Feb. JO. Ambas -miliir
I 'en field is acting under ex
,i;,.it ii,-t nu-tioiis I'ronl the state de
partment in rcipicsling the Anstii.m
govcrnincnl to stale its posilim, re
garding the intensive submarine war
fare inaugurated h.v fiermany. Su'-b
an in-traelion was sent to the inii-ba-sador
more than ten days ago and
it is possible that it has been r-'iu-
forecd in view ol the delay in ontain-
ing the rc-ponsc.
i-.,..ci'i,.,illv II has devc oped that
the stale department is reluctant to
-ever diplomatic relations wnii .v.is-
irin, ilesirmg lo niaiiiiaui as mm. ..s
possible some official relations with
at least some of tin ntral powers.
live l' 'l Willi Turkey Possible.
A break with Turkey and P.ulgaria
is rccardcil a certain to loilow a
rapture ui;h Austria and deep con
cern lor the welfare of the many
i in ciliens in the Near i'.ast is
,. of the influences thai have aT
Iccteil the stale department's policy in
holding off-
u. .me ol' the ten-ion created liv the
dot ruction of the American schooner
l.yman II. l.a. ha- disappeareil as
t. rcsiill f a slatcmcni ereoucu i.
.i ,.i' the American vr-s 'I
I lie " H , .
,. crew of the submarine winch
destroyed the -hip were Germans.
'flic old Pclrolite ca-e. involving an
mmarranlcl firing ni""' H'"1 A'"l'ri
,.., -hip and taking a I'nrt ot her
. i. ., Vii-irian submarine re
main-the only concrete i.-uc between
the Pnited State- and An-trm.
ruU'MI-IA. S. C, Krl;. '--The
......Mlled "fiuart a nionlh la, nor bill
p..-d bv both branches o, the
SouihC,rol,na llnh.rp tndav and
mnv at tn (Smrrnnr .Maim" Jh
,i.,lit,nn.. It uonld v et.cC.ve-bO
.ip-r-.ncd. It allow, the nn;
p.'riation of one o.mrt a UH-ath o
lv,,i-kcy tor mcbcal. or a ,.,H;...
uincper ..tli fw ht n fl N;
((l male adult or a woman. U
the head t tlie family.
first ntu'x pictiuv fiiim Kunipx sliowlng i'lie (Icmolislieij ticiimui ilcsiiojer V-tl, alti-i' it :: I'"' '
altcmpt i iniil ibe cimsl or llngimul, anil had been ill iven hack l.y lliillsli ships. The- plctilic shows I lie diim
agt of Itritisli gunnery.
1500 KILLED
liPlil.lN, Fi
to Sayville)
( 'o'eiibagen, sa
JO. (lly wireless
is reported from
the Overseas News
Agency, that 1 ..-,1)11 persons were k'Hcl 1
and o.OOO wouiuled in an explosion
ammunition ut .'.reh
I
'I'iio (iiimnuc i l;ic('(l nl ."H,tiOO,.
0(10 rubles,
"A ('oM'il)!i,m'M li'Ifnni) t!'i:l
tnivcU'is rchiiiiiii- 1'i'nin lins.-.in tk'-.'
i'Uwo iluit tlui ln-t i'l'riit c)ilosi(in
;tt Arclinn! nutch move i-tm-
i(lci'ii))lo (linn v.iis initdc kiiuu n in
(lisiMl-hi'K irom Knssiii," s;i l!io
news jiLTi'iicy. "Tlio oxplosiim toiik
pljicc nt tlii' nnvnl slntioii while nin
imuiitiott Wits Ix'ii)' uiiloatted t'toi.) ii
stuMincr. Xirl ;i tnieo ot'.lhis se;"m r
rcmjiiiMMl. The explosion Ivilh'il or
woiuiiletl everyone within :i railing oi'
one kilometer, persons liiiiii.
Uilletl nnd .I.IMtO wouruleii. 1 lie ilani-
M,t;e itmoiinteii u ,i,uiMi,iim) riOiles. ' Ihoiieved here that the srhooner de
It was reported on Ketirnarv ' Keritied aa Dorothy In a London dis
tliat an ice breaker af Arehan.iiel hail natch nnnouneinu she had been Mink
blown up and that Ihirt
"P ,lIlt' 'tlil thirty persons '
were believed to have been killed
:t(IO wounded.
I'AKIS. Feb. 'JO.-Active artil
lery enajuenicnts occurred last nilit
between t he Oise and Aisne and in
the region north ol' Klirey. A sur
prise attack by the French resulted
in the taking of prisoners.
The aiinoiiucenieiit follows;
"Iiather spirited arlillery actions
eontinued on the Oise and Aisne in
the Avoenurl sector north of Flirey
anil went of Wattwciler. We made
a surprise attack on trenches of the
enemy and took prisoners. KlM'where
tlie nild passed o,uiet ly.'
KKh'LIX. 1-Vb. 'JO, (Ity wireless to
Siiyville) A Uritih attack on the
(Jeruiau lines in the vicinity of Mes
sines, lielyiiim, ye.-terday broke down
under the frennan lire, the war of
fice anniinneed today. The (lennans
took a tew prisoners.
LONDON'. Feb. 'JO The occupation
by two Italian battalions of Konitza,
in western (Ircece, near'the Arabian
border, reported in an Kxehnnye
Telegraph dispatch from Athens,
which says this announcement has
been made officially. The Greek au
thorities nt Konitza are reported to
have withdrawn southward to Janina.
PKTi.OGKAr), Feb. 'JO. A minor
infantry operation on the Russian
front in which the Teutonic troop,-,
were beaten off by the Ku-v-iau fire
i-. reported by the war office today.
WASHINGTON", Feb. JO. Senator
A-bnr-t's bill to make a national park
id" the Grand Canyon- of the Colorado
wji- faoia'p1v reported to the senate
todny troin the public bind commit
tee. Tlie laiifl is now uuvernmenl
owncd. About H'lO eipmre miles would
be ineluded.
I
LONDON, Feb. ill. The Norweg
ian collier Dalbeattie from Glasgow
to Gibraltar, was sunk by shell fire
"'"" 1Kn '"eiicaos e,e uo
board her. The crew tool; to me noais.
The collier was shelled while the.
ew was taking to the boats, it is de
clared.
The Americans on the vessel were
.loli n (iuerro of hos Angeles and
Frank 'Vood or Keent, X. 11. The
latter is suit'erins from bronchitis,
aggravated by hia exposure of 1 :
hours in the ship's boat.
LO X 1 )0 X . V v h . '1 0 . T h e X e w
Koundland iishini; .schooner Mayolu
(l-lil tons) and Dorothy C7 tons)
have been sunk, iroyiPs Shi ppinK
agency announces today.
ST. JOHNS, X. I-'., Kcl). 20. It b
Was the New Komic'lund vessel Hoso
Dorothea. The latter was returning
to this port from Oporto, Portuiral,
with fishery salt. She was formerly
owned at Providencetown, .Mass., hut
a year ago was sold and transferred
to the Drlttfli registry.
The Uosc Dorothta, 117 tons gross,
was bought last year by C'umpbell and
MeCay of Hits city. The schooner or
dinarily carried a erew of and U
is mipposed this number was aboard
I.rn she sailed re. rally.
L
TAKE OVER IDLE
WASHINGTON", Feb. JO All mines
in .Mexico not now in operation and
wIiom' owners have not filed reason,-,
why resumption of work has been
delayed, are to be taken over by Ihe
Cnrrnnzu "rovernment.
Ambassador Fletcher repented to
day that the Mexican yovermaent
had n nou need that in t be pn-'- ol
proprelics where reasons have b-' u
officially given tit nceouut fo f;nl
u re lo re-open on I lecenibcr 14, t lie
last day provided under a decree is
sued .several months a no, ex I en -ion
of lime has been vruuled.
It is understood that owners rjf :Iu
larger mines have tiled their reas-t'e-for
not operulini:', but eoic-; of
smaller American -owned ptoperr h
arc in danger of coni ien t ion.
U. S. NEUTRALITYi
I
NKW YORK. Feb. 20.-A!berl A.
Sander ami Charles Wtinncnberg. !ir-re-led
ycsienlity charged with violat
ing the pent rality of the Cniled States
by participating in a military enter
prise for t he benefit of ( iennan ,
were held on .."). nOO bail each lor a
healing next Tue-d.iy. when ar
raigned today be foil a Cnitcd State
corn mi -s inner. Neither would mak"
n statement in court. They were re
leased oil bail.
mi
IRMAl
I
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Pres
ident Wilson, it became known today,
Is seriously considering breaking an
other precedent by not calling the
, newly eleeted senate in extra seswion
on March : to cont'lrm nominations
of 'cabinet officials. The president
Is understood to be inclined not to
! convene the senate unless a special
session of congress Is necessary.
I No announcement was made at the
white house, but it seemed to lie
j known among the president's coufi
Idants that he was considering such a
plan. '
j Tlie president is understood to
hold the view that his cabinet ot't'I
;eials appointed by him, if re-appolnt-
'cd, do not need confirmation; that
J their t?rm of office is unlimited, sub-
Moet h the will of the president htm-
jself.
Administration leaders have con
eluded therefore 1 hat all present
j members of the cabinet are to be re-
tained anil that the president will
I have nothing to present to the sen
ate.
iSenutors who learned of tlie pos
sibility that the senate might not bo
called in extra session were greatly
surprised inasmuch us If would be un
precedented.
The present senate dies March -t
and the senate of the sixty-fifth con
gress is unorganized and could not
convene until next December, unless
called by the president.
JtKLI. INGHAM, Wash., Pcb. 'JO
. Isaac and David Jacobs, bankrupt"
! clothiers of this city, will be liberated
j from the county jail, where they have
j been confined since December, unless
i their creditors pay a month to
the county toward their support
i under an order issued bv Judie -l"re-
i miah Netcrcr, if the federal court to
. dav. 'fhe Jacobs brother.- .were eom
I milted to jail alter they were eonviet-
j ed by a I'eileral jury of wit blwh'thL'
I assets of mori' than .S.OOtl from then
; creditors. A petition, sinned bv Ibe
t wo superior judges of t bis court v
and about 100 other persons, was sent
i to -ludirc Netcrcr reipiesliiig tliat tlu-v
be released and assigning as one of
j the reasons for the reiptest the "
j penes lo which the count v ba been
i put in keeping them in prison,
J The pel il ion was denied on eoi.di
i lion Mini the credilor- pay the eot of
'lioiirdiiig tlie pri-onei s, 'flic credit -oi's
have indicated that thcv '.onld
comply with tlte order.
U. S. AND SWEDEN
PKI'LIX. Feb. JO. (liy wireless 0
Sayvillet -The Tigriingeti id' Stock
holm -ays the O'.erseas News a-o-ucv
reports that on Friday last t wo
steam -hips sailed from Gothenburg,
one bound for New Vork ami the
other for Haltimore. Navigation be
tween the Cnitcd States and Sweden,
the nycney says, has thus been re
opened. Doth steamers followed the
-ailing eour-e north of the Faroe
islands.
Members Mothers' Vitjllant League
Swarm to Offices of Mayor Pm
test Hitjlt Prices and Claim "fiiev
Arc on Point of Starvntian Offi
cers to Curl) Prices.
NF.W VoliK, Feb. Jit. The cry ol
houscwcs unable to hhm'I llu ad
vancing cost uf food was Ilea rd in I
the city's seat of government today, i
when several hundred women from
(lie tenement districts stormed the
city hall screaming: "We waul
bread!' They eau;e to place their
plight before Mayor John P. M'tchel.1
Many curried babies. They swarmed
up the steps and tried to push their
way into the building. Policemen on
nuaid shut the gales and from the
basement, where there is a police sta
tion, reserves rushed up and reMit'-ed
order. 'fhe women were inl'oimed
that Mavor Mih-hel had not vet ar
rived. The lender was Mrs. Ida Harris,
president of the Mothers Vigilant
league. She nnd tlu;ee other women
were allowed to cuter and await the
mayoi 's coming.
Women Are Starving.
"We are .starving," Mrs. Harris
told the mayor's bodyguard. "We de
mand help from the mavor. We will
not be responsible fur what happens
if we don't get it."
The lenders were lohl that the
mayor would not be at bis office to
day, but would 'arrange a meeting
later.
''Sweet Marie" Guns, one of Al'
Harris' companions, addressed Ihe
women from the city hall steps and
was nrresled, charged with disorderly
conduct.
When lite police took her from the
city hall station lor a rraignmcnl in
court, a group of women ntlcuiptcd lo
rescue her. They charged Ihe po
lice, i scratched their faces ami tore
t he'r chit bin g. The 'police fought
them off and a guard was (brown
around the city hall.
The women remaining near Ihe spot
eontinued to slionl- "we are starving,"
until mounted police scattered lliem.
Meanwhile a mob of women gather
ed around a produce market on the
F.asl Side hnd began lo overturn
push earls. Three of them were ar
rested. The city authorities today renewed
their efforts to curb the rising cost
of food which was responsible for
riots yesterday in three tenement dis
tricts'. Joseph Ha it igaii, com miss inner id'
weights and measures, appealed to
si ah' commissioners of an ri cull are
and slnle depart men Is of food ami
markets throughout the country fo
co-operate in bringing food supplies
to the New York market.
Potatoes Scvii Cenls I'ound,
The indi'jnat ion of hou-e wives
overflowed when peddlers (pioled po
tatoes from five to seven ecu I s a
pound and onions from L'i to 18
cent-!, The police estimated lhat at
least l.onO women look pari in one
riot. Pn-h carls were overturned am)
set afire and vegetables were dou-ed
with kerosene oil. There were simi
lar scenes elsewhere and the police
were kepi busy dispersing the angry
women.
Dealers here said that within a
year the wholesale price of potatoes
had risen from .fXJ'i lo .0 for a sack
of Ki.'j pounds and the price of onions
-ince December 1. P'Ki, from .! to
L'..)0 for Hit) pounds.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20, The sen
ate convened twice within an hour
today and the chaplain delivered two
prayer, one ut lo;.';o a. m. and atiain
ut. II a. in. At adjournment hist
night the meeting for today wus net
for Di;:u u. m. After the body was
called to order for today and the
chaplain had offered I he easlonui ry
morning prayer, republicans called
attention to a stundtng order adopted
some time ago that the regular meet
ing hour should be 1 I o'clock. The
proceedings thMi were ruled out of
order and members left the chamber,
returning im;itn at II a. in. for the
H'.coud fiturt.
s
mm
Army Hero to Be Buried With Mili
tary pomp at Presidio, San Fran
ciscoKansas Asks That Botiy Lie
in Capital Flatjs on Pu'ilic Build
ing at Half Mast Mother Cannot
Attend Funeral.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. JO.- Pbnis In
send Ihe body uf General Funslou
straight through to San Francisco,
have not been chnngt.Kl, it was said
at depnrlment heaihiua i lers at threo
o'clock Ibis a I ternoon. Arrangement
have just been made with ihe South
ern Pacific, for a special train, leav
ing here at H;."iO tonight. &
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 20.
The body of Major General Frederick
Funston, who died here suddenly last
niyht, will he taken o San Frnmdseo
tonight for burial.
Short service will he held nt! Fori
Sam HoiMon this afternoon and the
body will then be taken to ihe South-,
ern I'acil'ic station to nwail the Iriiin
for the west. will be accompanied '
by I'ajlaiu Fitzhugh Lee, aide tn Gen'
era I Funston, and a guard of six en
listed men.
Mrs. Funston is at her home in San
Francisco and requested the body be
sent there for burial.
Kansas Wants I tody,
TOPKKA, lCn. 1'eb. 'JO. A reso
lution introduced in the slate senate
today by Colonel Wilder S.Metcalt'
of the National Guard and a? state"
senator, asked lhat Major Funstou's
body be sent to Kansas (o lie in state
in ihe capilol building for one day.
Copies of I he l e-olut ion were sent
to Mrs. Funston at San Franidseo.
Tho resnliiliou expresses the sym
pathy of the Kansas legislature at his
dcurli.
SAN FI'ANCISCO, Feb. (). Mr.
Frederick Funston expressed her wil
lingness today to permit the bodv of
Major General Frederick Funston to
lie in slate in Ihe capit'd nt Topcka,
Kas,( as requested by the Kansas
legislal ure. Plans for Ihe funeral
here have been held up temporarily
awaiting word from the war depart
ment on Kansas' request.
Lin In Stale tn l-Ylscn.
Major Genera! J. Franklin Hell,
commanding the western department,
said the funeral of General Funslou,
planned to take place here Saturday,
would be held probably ueKl Monday
if the body lies in slate for a 'day ill
Topcka.
Mayor James Kolph, Jr., of San
Francisco, requested General Del! to
day to let Funstou's body lie in state
in the great rot undo of San Fran
eiseo's new city hall for a day. The
mayor said that San Francisco par
ticularly owes homage to the dead
general for his services during the
chatolie days of the lire and earth
quake of 1 DOG, and lhat he hoped tho
opporl unit y requested would be
maided.
KMI'OIilA. Kas., Feb. J0.--The
mother of the late Major General
Frederick Funston may he unable to
attend the funeral of her son. She
I Continued on Page Four)
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SALKM, Ore., Feb. JO. The 1017
.cs.-i,,n of the Oregon legislature came
to an end at J:!10 o'clock this morn
ing, alter extending two days and
ni-jht-, beyond the prescribed forty
day limit, which expired Friday night.
Pa-save ,y t1(, Mcnate nnd house
of representatives of an amended
bill providing for subtiiis-dou to the
voters nt a special election June -L
the question of bonding Ibe stale for
f).oon,imo t uistruei highways,
wus one of the last ai ts of the e.--,.
sioii. Governor James Withyeombe is
exi-ected lo sign the hill.
t