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Newspaper Page Textpi- i"" pi K nc CO FORECAST Ituin Tonight awl tomor row Annei', ' Forty-ilxth Tear. BY 321J0 72 Drastic Measure Makes Absolutely Dry State, Which Now Permits Shipments in Limited Quantities Federal Government Extends Juris ; diction Over All Prohibition States. WASIUNTITOW Feb. 21. The KOiiftti! "bone dry' amendment lo tin postal bill prohibiting shipments oi liquor into slates, which have prohibi tion laws was accepted todav by the house V2 to 7'J. It is counted as one of the most far reaching prohibition measures in years, because it will make absolutely dry states which now permit Khipineuls in limiled quantities. Every effort to change the nmcud ment was defeated overwhelmingly. Cries of 'bone dry" rang throughout the house and the sentiment swept, the house until the last vote for concur rence vas east. Members who at tempted to explain that they were prohibitionists at heart, but stood fur state's rigid, were greeted with laughter. Vnv ItenrliJng Iauv. The amendment, ineoaipnrablv the most far-reaching pridiibition legis lation ever approved by either house of congress, would raise an absolute barrier against the shipment of liquor into fifteen states where it can be im ported legally now and where millions of dollars worth is consumed annu ally. It would add to the "bone dry" territory about one-third of conti nental Vnited States. Of the twenty-two states, which will be prohibition territory on July 1 when the amendment would be ef fective, only eight have forbidden im portation of intoxicants for personal ruse. , - i . The fourteen around which the pro vision would erect a non-importalion barrier arc Alabama, Colorado, (leor- tf in, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Nebras ka, North Dakota, North Carolina. Oklahoma, South Carolina. South Da kota. VivL'iniii mill West Virginia. BONE DRY BILL PASSES HOUSE ViH Nullifies Stale Laws, wrlti merA M,,st "f tnese have set no limita lnh Hn on the amount that enti he fjfruulit in for individual use, but in n'f viicveral eases the amendment would 8oek"''''.v recently inaugurated Mat ijlpAntntes expressly permitting impor lot ll'on stipulated amounts per Jtn; capita. a,1; In addition, Michigan, Montana and jj'q Indiana have enacted prohibition laws which wjll put them into the prohibi tiou cnlimvn subject to the provisions i of the It red amendment. (The amendment marks virtually the only steps ever taken by the federal government, aside from the internal v revenue laws, to extend its control over the liquor traffic throughout the .states. It is the only important fed- odera' b'Khiton affecting liquor ship Bt' ments, 'excepting the Webb-Kcnyon so '1,w" which merely gave federal force ce-i l'10 regulation by providing that ej no liquor shall be imported into stales lr which loroui us imporiauon. -V' II .1 "Whoever shall order, purchase or cause intoxicating liquors to be trans ported in inter-state commerce,' the amendment stipulates, "except for , Cientific, medicinal, or mechanical lib. JKirposes, into miy state or territory jfJ' prohibiting the manufacture or sale therein of intoxicating liquors for ( beverage purposes, shall be punished i by a fine of not more than $1,000 or i imprisonment for not more than six i months or both nnd for any subse mil quoit offense shall be iaiprisoucd not bI ; more than one year.' p It is also provided that no news . pnper or publication or letter contain ing liquor advertising shall be carried in the mails in states that prohibit such advertising, hi 1 n ,v HALIFAX. X. S., l-'eb. 21. The ' A party of German diplomats and their u i families on tho liner Frederlk VIII. ' - held here l the Hritish authorities h , for oxamination. will not be allowed feel vt go take with them to lermany a large they number of phonographic, niusin rec- ords. They aro made of rubber, which i contraband of war. The records will he confiscated temporar ily and the owners wil receive re 1 ' ceipta which will enable them to gt the discs at the end of the war. M EDF TRANSPORT WITH PRESIDENT ITALIAN TROOPS U-BOAT VICTIM Berlin Reports Large Number of Hos tile Vessels Sunk in Mediterranean French and Russian Ships Are Amonfl Lost Two More British Vessels Torpedoed. nKIU.IN, Feb. 21. -A liirfio num ber of hostiln vessels, nnionK thoin an Italian transport crowded with men, have been sunk In the barred zone. In the Mediterranean dnriiiK the past tew days, the Overs-eas News iminoy nnnnuncra. Other ships sunk by submarines are enumerated as follows: Two armed steamers of .".000 and IS U0 ions resjecllvel , with Impor tant eaiKoes for Sulonlkl. Italian steamer Oceana, -I2fi0 tons. T-'reiiili steamer .Moventaux, :!200 tons. French sailing vessel Aphrodite. G00 tons with Iron for Italy. The newspapers, observes the aKen cy, note that the real submarine suc cesses undoubtedly have, been much larger as the majority of the subma rines hnve not yet reported. In ad dition the paralysis of neutral navi gation must lie taken Into consider ation. Itiitish Ships Lost. l.O.NDOX, Feb. 1. -Lloyd's an nounces that the Hrilish sailing ship Centurion has been sunk. Her crew was landed. The Centurion w as a ves sel of 1S2S tons. Lloyd's this ufternoon announced that the Hritish steamship llriadn, of 425 tons Kross, had been sunk. The HriKnde was built at Paisley In 1914 nnd was owned In Glasgow. She was 14!) feet Ions. IJst of I'lvnch Losse. PARIS, Keb. li t . Tho sinking or the folio wins vessels was annoiinoed officially today: Minns on l-Vbruury Hi; SliORlancl on rt-lirnary IS; (ionsi'ppe on Feb ruary IS; (initio on February HI; Itosalio on February 20. .Maratime roconln list two steamers naiiiorl Minns, one Italian 2S.V1 tons gross, and tho oilier (Irepk, 2 Ti 0 1 !oiu: Kioss. The Norwesinn steamship ?!.;- lantl, :)(M 1 tons, sailed from New York January l:i for Kirkwall. Tii Swedi.-li steamer Skosland, I tons sa i led from Nor fol k .J a n n a ry - ii lor Uasnoli. VILLA'S II PREPARE 10 RAIO ' Yl'.MA,' Ariz.. Feb. Jl.-Mnre than i ii hundred Villa cavalrymen en camped across the .border about 'J-'i miles south of here while I company, Hlh Failed States infantry, estnb-li-hcd a patrol on the American side opposite the .Mexicans. It wa re ported the Mexicans planned to re cruit their forces and raid Sonora towns. The proposed raid, according to Mexicans from the vicinity of the camp, it is planned to rupture I. a Scnyotn, Altar, and other towns in the way of flunymu in southern So lium. The troops will break camp tonight, traveling southeast. The Mexican troops said they ex pected to number a thousand by the time Hermosillo, capital of Sonora, is reached, gathering equipment ami ammunition as tlu-v moved. Twenty-five cavalrymen from the force of Colonel Kstehan Cantu. mili tary governor of Lower California, joined the cani(,la-t night, according to Mexicans, who visited the Villa 1 camp. Ifrench asked to PAULS. Fob. 21. To help solve the fond problem French peasant have been urged hy the ministry of agriculture to how as much grain a1 pop fd hie po that "the .ouinc of tie Hpring of I ft 1 7 may prepare thr har vest of victory." ord Mail Tribune MKHKOliD. TO Wilson Will Appear Before Adjourn ment to Ask Rifiht to Protect American Seamen and Ships Against Submarine Menace, Which Is Paralyzing American Commerce. WASHIXCTCV, Fob. 21.- si- dent Wilson hat jVracticnlly derided to appear heforo ronsress prior to adjournment .March 4 to ask for addi tional authority to protect American seamen ami ships asainst the (iei nian submartno menace. While oflirials K;tid today there was a bare chance that ho wl not coiry out the pla n, there wus every indication that he would make his address either late this week or early next week. Tho president's position as outlin ed authoritatively today, is that con .1 sress before adjournment should pass a broad resolution giving him addi .1 tional authority, lie has definitely decided what he will say to congress t but that has not been made public. ! Officials generally expect that sooner i or later arms will he furnished to American ships. American Ships Held I'p. j In spite of the statement of the British government tltat a very sniatl percentage of vessels going to ami .run. inc. war .one were ue.ng buuk uy iicrniiin su Dummies, omciais pointed out that most American sels in the. trans-Atlantic trade, were still being held up. It was emphasized today that when the president appears before congress he will not do so with the purpose of asking for a -declaration of war. While it is realized that the pacificist ele ment in congress has sonic strength, the president is known lo believe that the situation is Mich that when action is needed there wlil ho little division. Xo Kxtca Session. The president has decided not to (call an extra session of congress un less there should he an unsunl en ur gency and it was generally accepter5 today that he will not ca!1. the sena'e in special session after .March I. AVhile general reticence on (he Aus trian .situation was observed today it is understood that the administra tion believes the negotiations so far have been satisfactory. rili:n:t-?lv a break is expected unless Austria changes its position. ASK CONGRESS AUTHORITY ' I SALT LA K F CITY. Flab, Feb. 2Lj j F.verv train entering ami leaving: WASHINGTON', I'd,. lil.-Prcsi-l Salt Lake U either late, disabled or J tlent Wilson is -iudying measures j s,ow hound a- a result of the worst, aimed to bring about universal mili-jsnow -l..nn in years. A slide ha!f; lary trjiining iind is umierstotid to hei ;, mj(. i Jt.,ii, :,t Kclm City has : anxious to find some plan he ran I cau.-cd the wrecking of more than! nppon. u was teamed today that It Wi while the president neit her the senate i has endorsed lilary commit - lee biil nor the one prepared bv llu war department, he believes in the general principle involved. i nc president will corner with See-1 ret ii ry Maker late this afternoon. Moth have been studying physical effects of service in the army and are under stood to agree that some methods should be adopted for extending this service to all men. WAR HO THE A v , II. J TIN Ms lr Here Is tin; httcM Kier in tlnuv the Idg unto, tif the I idled Male nitny. Ii (s mi automobile "var lM!fs,'' niol Is Kteretl with reitis, lik tliiviug a team of horse. Hr nuihoiiile say this t.i(tle steed is tnati agcabJc in the most ten iik engagcniciiis and nn trail tiKtustj-tMis jtius. OI.'KOOX. WKDXKSDAV BECOMES A MEMBER I OF SKIPPING BOARD WILLIAM . DEN MATS .lU'iiinnn has heett apjHiinted to sue. icerl Iteruaril liuker (ill the I'niled Stiitcs Shipping Itracd. Hi K a San l-'catuUco lnuytl' nnd expert on mac It iinc uftnit's. IN I , KKIil.l proximatt kille.1 i loail net I'rl'. : ly t wo injured itienl n I. - There were ap- thousand V,(1''lns I in the recent rail- , car Chirurchii in j j llnHlu,m t'uni)lIliil( 1UM.ordi,lif the' ; i , twunniii'v I'n I kuve Mnvn,; 1 1 u !, lb., IK- rseas News : 1 i agency. Five hundred persons were ! instantly killed, according to this ac 1 count. The liain .jumped the trucks ; ami the cars were lele'uped," read ; the summarized account as given out , bv t he news agem-v. "Fire broke out at once in several place nt:d a pMtiic ciisiieil. '"Faliu'is and molliers pushed their j children aside, in eMorN to save Iheni sc!'est" says I he If usskoyc Slovo. "Men iiishcd women into the fire, women and men attacking' each oilier wilh teeth ami linger nails. Others lo--i their minds - and ran into I he burning cats. Then ammunition on board the train began exploding, kill ing many pcr-oiis." Au Oversea- Xws Agency .state ment n January 'JS, ba-ed tin ac count s in the II usskove Slovo re- ported more (halt 100 Kutuaniuus of i l, , Mi fM high rank killed in the Chirurcha tram n(.(1 )(V vnn olthit, prohibiting tin wreck. The train was carrying Wu-1 innVement of any freight at this time maiiiiiu ''' excepting I'oodslnl f-. coal and oilier ; commodities nece-snrv lo sustain hu thirl v direct telegraphic line- with' i the eu-t. No mail has reached here! 1 rn,n, the north since Saturday. I LONDON', l-'eb. 21. The Official, Ca.ctte today contniiiH an order In i council dated February I (j fo- tight-j milng the blockade of the countries ' with which Crejit Ilritaln in at va-, ! as a result of the Herman blockm'.'1 memorandum of January " and sim ilar enactinentK of oilier hostim coun tries. RSE NEWEST POWER TO DRAW U. .v) TtODEPM 1 i . FKIUn'AUY -Jl. 1917 NO. 21 BOARDOFTRADE ASKSPRESIDENT TO SEIZE ROADS Chicago Body to Appeal to Congress to T.ikc Situation Out of Hands of Interstate Commerce Commission and Railroads and Operate by Gov ernment Until Relief Is Secure! ( IIH;n, Fell. 21. l! w mi thorit a lively staled this n I'leruoon tlml iuile action adctiimlc In olve the car shortage vilualion has been 1 laken ly Friday next the iii!miiiil ra tion of the Chicago Imkii.I of trade will appeal to Fic-iuciil Wiisniiind con-grc- to take the --iluatioii out d' tin ; IiiiimU o the railri'inU aud of l!u ; inter-Mate coimnercc ( ouihiiion. ii- ! iii'iht l.e done in lime of way and j pliicr it in the ha:aN of a IdmIv with i dictaloiial powers !m (he time being. Chicago giijilt elevaltir- haxe prac j ticaily ccii-cit dperalions, it is nid. I They are loatlcd to the lool's nnd lin kable to ship out. drain dealer-, have e-itimatc? that I tliere iin at leasj thirty uiilliou hu-h-! els of grain in Chicago elcvalofs 'awaiting vliipmeul, lltal there arc at j least 7,11110.(11)0 lnish,'!s on car held j up on switch tracks and hidings ami I thai in addition tributary grain cc- tiou-. have an equal amount in ele vators and on trains Appeal to IViilcoads. ClllCAliO, Feb. 'Jl. -President . (iiil'lin of the Chicago Imard J. of trade state p resit today lelegrapht'ii to the inter oiuiueree commission and to the Aleuts of eastern railroad- insist ing 11 tat uule-.s an immediate embargo were placed on nil products etistbound out of Chicago, except fuel nnd food stuffs, lite country will face the dan ger of anarchy and rioting. In hi lelcgraiu to llu railroad pre-ideiils, Mr. (tiil'tin says: "Ib'spile all your assurances, no re lief has been afforded to move grain and other- food products oul oi' ( hi- '"The pre-ent st borders tin fumim nilies wilh llie'com values directly cha arc td" niilroads i rcity of supplies in nianv commu (iicul itiflhtioii of eiililc to the I'uil meel the national emergency. l'auiine Tin catcned ..j n U(.sl ti;lt instructions be man and animal existence. 'l nles this is ilmie, there is great longer of riot and anarchy through I out this land. The pr.--.ent situation is largely caused by railroads giving preference to eoimuodit ies other than those nece-sury to maintain life. ''Failure to meet the -dilation i sqiiarely up Iti the railroad-." I'Ol.'TLANI). Ore, Feb. L'l. -lhaz, a Mexican laborer .-hid killed Mr-. Co-ta Serafina, an It John and alian landlady oi' a rooming lioii-e in which he w;ts living and then turned the -jiiii on him -til' atitl ended his own life here foday following- a ipunrel be tween lite two over the condition of Liaz's room. S. GUNS. CfZ'f S V,1 is"' i flu if ft IGOTHAM BABES ;STARVET0 DEATH STATE MOTHERS: Women Tetl Mayor Mitchel That Chil dren Are Dyintj Because of Hiyh Cost of Food Million Asked for Relief Wild Demonstrations Ma'.Ie President Appealed To. N FAY YOliK, Feb. 21. --Policemen guarding the city hall prevented to lay another deuioiist rat ion by Fu-t Side women intent upon personally calling to Mayor .Milehcl's attention the increased eos of food. j About 'J00 of the women approuch j ed l!it building o tiud palrolmcn j blocking their piogrc-s at evciy en- ; I ra lire. K'e-erves went miii.ii.. lloni iiuloiiuiug thciu that if thev ili-pei-sed jipiictly the mayor would later talk I with a committee. The women scat tered, some til theiii we -ping. Itahies Starving. Alter Maym Mitchel had been in formed by Fast Side. housewives to day that their children were "starv ing lo death by hundreds," bccaii-c if the high cost of food, he promised lo place before the board of estimate mi Fridny their plea Unit .1,000,000 be ap'propi iatetl by the i-tty to hiiv food for tli-t ribution at reasonable prices. The women of the New York tene ments plan a scries of public tlemou t ration to convince the mayor and city official.- that something must he done to reduce price-, flue of the wilde.-t protest meetings tic city has ever known broke up early today iiflcr mui;mg arrangements tor a great, pa rade of women ami children lo march ullSyhy lhi'in:gh Wall street itlfet j night through Fifth mciitie. . Appeal lo President., An appeal was seal lo President WiF-oii and a committee was appoint ed to demand that the cily appiopri ale .Yl,miO,.inn to lie used iiianed in t el v f'n buying and di-t ributiug food among the poor at co-l. Iinnas-ioned I ilnoteiiil supp'O't of the llcb.eW iciilicrs ealled upon the poor of th,' Fii-I Side lo tiigiinize ami jiledged the Trade-, union. The capila!i-ts were blamed for the high co- of L"od on -l the ground llial llny were antiis-iug wealth by sending it to F.uropc. Mass meetings and dcnuui-trations continued today. The police were on the alert to prevent a Ire-h outbreak of rioting such a- put many pu-h cart vcndi r- on I of hiisines on Mouda ami Tuesday. Mayor .Mitchel, who Wiis nb-cnl wlu-n -e vera I hundred women tried to force their way into hi- office yc-lel'tlav, ptomi-ed to re ceive a committee today if it came (piielly. A tlioe-aud to- more wimucii attciuL ed last night's ma-s meeting and at least -Von uiore fought to get into (he hall. t Sir ike or hfldrcu. A- yet mi date has been .-el for the parade on Wall street and Filth ncnue. I lie organizer -,ay thev ex pect to have several hundred ihoiis and wtimeu ami children in tine. A movement lias hecu ,-tiirled to call it -tiikc of school children living in the tenements on Ihe ground that the high co-t of living makes ii neces sary for all children old enough, to go lo work. SUNK BY U-BOAT f WASlllXtJTdN. Fell. j. Sinking by an tile 1 1 on) a (icimau -ahmaiiue of the Norwegian steamer Halbealie with l'i it American- aboard, ad ded today to the state department li-l of (b-rmany's illegal act- whieli are -lowly accumulating ami tc-ting the paliciH-e o( (he government. ron-til l'io-t repoiicd from Juechstn ii that alter the -hip wa--unk la-t S.tlnidav tin men were re--cued but their lives vvete endangered b -hell fire before the crew had got ten away in boat- and drilling id t at - a lor nearly eighteen bonis. At the -tate department it was stated the -ilaatiou remained a- -erious a it could be without war. Uirtvwsity ( Oreflim Library WEATHER MilY. Yl-s. II; Mill. Tu'liiy :l(; t'tv. .Ml; Snmv I in. UNITED STATES BATTLE FLEET PURPOSELY LOST Only President, Daniels and Navy Cl:ief Know Location of Vessiv Fleet Movements Kent Secret Until End of War Navy Yards Pro hibited Arens. MOW YORK. Feh. '! - Fncle Snnt'd battle fleet has mysteriously ami completely disappeared. It is pur ntirtelv lost and nobody knows ItM whereabouts except President Wilson. Secretary Oauiels and Ihe chief, olj naval operations. From now on until the end of thii war, whether we become involved in. hosiililies wilh (lermany or not. it Is not lihelv that our nnvy will hnv its hiding place revealed. Secrecy Naval Strategy. Absolute secrecy of movement la tho first law of naval strategy. When the (iernmns bombarded tho enst coast, of Knghind the Hritish people oemamled to know where Admiral .lelllcne's fleet was. "Lost somewhere in tho gray mUta of the North sea," was all tho sails faction they got from Winston Churchill, then Hist lord of the ad mlralty. Now it is the turn of the AireHcunt fleet to be '"tost somewhere in ih blue haze of the North Atlantic. Tho ravy department has suspended ndh- llentlnn of daily bulletlnH giving; uui movement of warships, and Seerntury; Daniels has requested t he qorreipund- eats not even to speculate concern ing the whereabouts of the. uml CM the fleet, Uertpectlng tills retiuest, 1 do uot Intend to hazard a guess a:t lo what; I. as become of our first livaj of Uc- 4' I'cno. Jut I'fom ight moinlH'eiHjr Ienee ill ICnglaiul trying to't-t a Huti on the golnii-ons of tho Hrlt-'isa fleot I can give a picture of the safeguuroa the navy deimrtuient will adopt i.i I event of war. Navy Yards Closed. 1 bo immediate vicinity of the Mivy yards at Portsmouth. Rostou Ilroolc- lyr., IMitlii'lelphiu, Washington, V.are Island, Charleston, Paget Sound uud Newport will lie declared "prohibit ed areas." Of course, it is impossible to hid a hatilcidilp. or in fact any other ves sel when it Is In port, hut where !t lias come from and where ! is going. ami the location of the fleet oi vhlcU it is n part, will be secrets. All letters from ships will he cen sored and friends of men o.i lio.trd! ships will he required to address let ters "care of the navy department, Washington." Fleet Movements Sn irt Should the great fleet oo sent to Kurti pea n waters the fact would not be made public unless an "incident'' :ciouui occur. I lie fleet would keep fu constant touch with Admiral Wil liam S. Itenson. chief of naval oper ations, by wlrele.-is. I u rough agreement with the war department, a hoard consihtiois oC iirmy am) navy officers has been or ganized for inspection of merehanr. vessels or all kinds from liner; Ht harbor lugs, with a view to thdr adaptation as naval nuxiliarieu. On war being declared, the greater number of these merchantmen would lie at once Improssed Into service. 'IbiH collection or craft would ho about all most people would seo of i the grand operations. Carrying; am munition and other suplles they would be Uept busy scurrying to nnd from Hie mine protected ports and tho P i icet. a i sea . u We have paid out hundreds of mil lions of dollars for our fleet; wo be lieve in our officers and men. They an our first line of defense. If var comes we will have to trust them and permit them to go about the business of protecting our interests wnnoiii usLiuu them to employ a press a;cnt to bluzon for'.'i the (.very move. .BERLIN 10 DEPORT A.MSTKnit VAI, l'.-h. 21. The tliT ltn Vomuci'ts saj s Unit a inns tit piil. il ion of Ki-ilin ihililri'ii to tlw roiiiilry l plmmed. It l liollen-il Unit (hl Ht-i will n-lifvt- Ihp fjoit illffli iilty hi tin- i-it.y nil cnalilc tlio clilhln ii to iu Imtter fl.