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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
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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.
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TtODEPM
1
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. 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
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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.