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Forty-sixth Tear.
f:illv Eleventh Year..
TI KDK0U1). Olx'l-KiOX. SATl'lfDAY. FKI'.ia'AUV '21. 1917
NO.
CATCH SHARKS FOR SHOE LEATHER IS NEW COAST 1USIRY! DESTRUCTION OF IPRECIPITATION
1 000 PERISH
KrX H R S Zk. f?BSK V FW
TROOPSHIPLADEN RESOLUTION 10
4
i
WITH
A AN
IS SUBMARINED OF ARID FORC
, . .
All But Two Aboard Vessel 'Torpe- i
doed in Mediterranean Lose Lives
Two Americans Upon Norwegian
Ships Rescued With Crew When
Ships Sunk.
BERLIN", I'd). 2a The a dm i rally
announced todny thai the Itnlinn
transport Minns carrying 1,000 sol
diers to Snlohiki has boon sunk and
thought nil on hoard except two nun
perished.
Tlic announcement says :
"A Germnu submarine on February
17 sank by a torpedo in the Mediter
ranean the Italian transport strtimer
Minns -,H5-1 tones. The steamer was
bound to Snloniki. She earned 1,000
troops, a larg-e quantity of ammuni
tion mid It, O(M), OIIO marks worth of
Hold.
"The steamer's crew and the troops
on board perished with the exception
of two men, who were rescued by the
submarine."
WASHIXOTOX, Feb. 24. Sinkiiifr
of two mo iv vessels by German sub
marines, both with nti American sailor
on board, was reported to the state
department 4ody by Ameriean con
suls. In both eases the vessels were
warned and the two Americans land
ed safely. Tim vessels sunk were the
Nl'vonu- steamer Skrim and the
Norwegian bark Wenheim.
Consul Osborn at Havre said the
Skrim, n vessel of 7tiL tons pross
was sunk by bombs planted in the
vessel. The Skrim was unarmed, in
ballast, and bound from Treport to
Cardiff, twenty miles from Trepnrt.
She was sunk on February .10. The
crew, fourteen in number, included
Louis Pint (i, a Porto Kican. They
were rescued after twenty hours in
small boats.
The bark lUeinham, according to
Consul Frost at Queenstown, was
sunk by shell fire after its crew bad
tiHnndoned the ship and without in
jury to any of the ship's personnel.
Vessels Warned.
The rtlenheim was of J ,029 tons and
sailed from Penescoln Jnminrv 1!) for
Greenock. She was sunk February
22, thirty miles south-southwest from
Fastnct, Ireland.
Consul Frost said the master sig
nalled submission immediately after
the first shot was fired by the sub
marine and was accorded considera
tion. The submarine towed this life
boats until a lltitish naval vessel ap
peared. The crew was landed at Ital
timore, Treland at 8::l0 p. in., the same
day, without accident..
The sole American on board was
Solomon Troiche, born in l'nrto Wico,
whose parents reside at 12.Vi Mont
gomery street, San Francisco.
The Illenhcim was unarmed and
without wireless.
llrltisli Sunnier Sunk.
LONDON', Feb. 24. The l!ritih
steadier Grenadier 1,004 tons has
been sunk, Lloyd's announces. The
captain and six men were killed and
the remainder of the crew landed.
The Ilritish steamer Trojan l'rince,
,'i.lOG tons, also lias been sunk.
None of the ships which hnye been
reported sunk earned passengers.
Y WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Senate
.ind house conferees agreed today on
the diplomatic appropriation bill ami
retained the senate provision appro
priating .$,"0,000 for n second pan
American financial eunference in
Wnsliimrton at a time to be fixed by
the president.
Appropriations for 40.000 for the
nineteenth conference of the interpar
liamentary union and $10,000 for the
Jiftecnth intemntionnl congress t'iirlit
iir.' alcoholism, both to be held in tho
Vnitcd Slates at unnamed dates were
retained in the bill.
AUTHORIZE USE
Senator Fall Introduces Measure Ex- j
tending Authority to President to
Make War Is Surprise to Admin
istrationDemocrats to Fight Fili
buster by Continuous Session.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 2 t. A res
olution authorizing the president to
use I he armed forces of the raited
States to protect the commerce, prop-,
crty and lives of the citizens of the
United States was introduced in the
senate today by Senator Fall, re
publican. Senator Fall's resolution was of
fered by unanimous consent after" a
bitter two hours debate on the in
ternational situation in which repub
licans disclaimed any desire to with
hold su'pport from the president in
handling the situation.
Itcsolutioji n Surprise.
The authority -to be extended by
the resolution is along the general
line of that which has been under
stood President Wilson would request
from congress somo time next week.
Senator Fall's action took adminis
tration senators completely by sur
prise. Senator Fall asked that the bill
go the foreign relations committee
and Chairman Stone consented after ,
ho had objected to the way in which ;
the measure had been introduced.
Senate democrats, today determined !
on a light to a finish with the re-j
publican minority over t ho revenue j
bill and preparedness legislation and 1
have practically decided to hold. con
gress to a continuous session from
now on even to the extent of hold
ing through Sunday, March -1.
To l iubt FlIHuMer.
j ''We will remain in session without
recess or adjournment as long as it
is necessary either to break this fil
ibuster or to demonstrate that It can
not be broken," said Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the finance com
mittee. I After Senator Poindexter, republi
can, had been talking for five hours,
! Senator Williams of Mississippi
! aroused the ire of the republicans by
charging that they had received let
ters from munition makers of the
country to defeat the revenue bill.
AUTOS KILL THREE
SAX FRANCISCO, Fell. 2 1. Au
tomobiles killed three men and in
jured another before breakfast lime
here today.
The ill ad: Clovannl .Marlaai, la
borer: Oscar Sttiruilield, bookbinder;
Anselo Capnino, laborer.
The injured: Joseph Carafa, arm
fractured.
Slornifielil was run down by a jit
ney bus. which ho failed to sec be
cause his umbrella was up. Morris
Perlman driver of the bus was ar
rested and charged with manslaugh
ter. A touring car. purring ulonc
the asphalt at fifty miles an hour,
struck 'the other men who were clear
ins sand from a street car track. It
did not slow down.
ARMY OF 25,000
MANILA. Feb. 24. The bill Intro
duced by Manuel L. Queson. presi-
Ident of the senate, authorizing the
organization of a Philippine army di
vision of I'.'i.UbO men in accordance
jwith the national defence act, has
I been approved by the special session
of congress.
I The congress did not approve Gov
ernor Harrison's recommendation
for an appropriation of funds for
maintenance of the (.icrman seamen
who were removed from the (icrman
merchantmen in Philippine waters.
SHARK SKIN PROVES
GOOD SUBSTITUTE $m
FOR SHOE LEATHER
NKWPOiiT, CaL Ft
the ai-tivitie.-s n the 1.
Fiheries, a new fishing
been made possible in southern Cali
fornia waters.
Kxpciimeuts conducted by limners
at the sutine-! ion of the department
of commerce indicate that -bark skin
will make a pr
tical, ch
cap
I .In-
able leather.
Fi.-dicrnieu who
I heir luck arid slit
shark that became
i
formerly eiir-ed
the throat of the!
entangled in their !
neis u re now skinning lhee scav
n-
gcrs nf the deep and ellinu their pelts
for foot i'iivci ini:.
Severn I J i-hiii companies here
about jtre contemplating going into
the hii-inc-s on a bin ealc.
Shark oil is the slowest drying lu
bricant ever dieovcrcd. It's greatest
commercial value is for painting'
roofs. A roof coated with this oil
wilt -died water much better than a
painted mo I'.
The kin of the Leopard shark is
particularly desirable because tan
ning doc not eliminate the spotted.
Leopard-like quality of the hide.
Leopard shark skin shoes are now
being worn by Women in Los Angeles,
and what bcjMii as a fad is rapidly
becoming a Maple. If enough skins
can he procured, dealers in the east
plan to put llie -hark skin -hoe on the
market a- a new line of footwear.
There are 1 1 varieties of sharks in
Southern California water-;, all of
them'siiitable fur leather. While the
business of fishing for these levia
thans i.-. exciting, il is not dangerous,
as there are no man-eaters
them.
among ,
WASHING'!' X. Feb. 24. Scarcit
of leather is forcing London to turn
to clogs ns a sub-litute for shoes.
.Already the city's school children arc
clattering dailv to their studies in 1
clears at 7-1 cents a pn ir, -ny dis-patclie-
to the commerce department.
Poor children are permitted to pur
chase the footwear on a weekly in
stallment plan.
The home demand for wooden shoes
is so great, il is declared, a P.ritisli
manufacturing concern has jn,( de
clined an order tor Dlh.Olip pairs foj
tlie Itclgia n go eminent.
BOSTON SELLS JOE WOOD
TO CLEVELAND FOR $15,000
N"FV Yul.'K. Feb. I.
.bic Wood.
win, bee.ui-e of salary ilillerence re
fused to piay uiih t!ie lln-hui Anieri
enli League club l.-i-t year, was void
lo llie ( 'levchiiul AMicrican l.cai:iie
dull lodav for f.l 'i.lMlll.
. . liurcau
industry has I
b. 24. Hue to r--'-! ..iV-
Above I Micnum binding a I.Vfoof DnSving shark off Santa Monica,
Cnl... The wutei-s off southern California and off the Florida const arc
iufevfed with sharks of this size. Their pels are most suitable for tan
ning, liehiw Xeu.Doi t, Cnl., fishermen with l eopard shark In net.
TOKIO. Japan, K.-b. '2 I. The Xiehi
Nielli announces that an armed mer
chantman is raid in commerce in the
Indian ocean and has sunk two lint
is h steainers soul h west of Colombo.
-A mail dispatch In the A-socmtcd
i Pre.-- from Tokio under date ol' Janu
ary It), said that per-istent rumors
were afloat in Japan that two (icr
man converted crui-ers bad appeared
in the Indian ocean. The di- patch
staled that the Japanese navy depart
ment had detailed -e vera I war-hips
for patrol duty in tin1 neighborhood of
Singapore, Pcutiug and other points
on Indian ocean mute.-.
Since the destruction of the crui-cr
Kmden in the Coi-n- (-lauds by the
An-D;ali:tn crui-er Svdncy in o em
ber. I'.ll 1. lite u ater- of the Far Ka-l
have been umli-t ni bed bv icrman I
commerce raider-.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-t.-Pre.si-denl
Wilson thi- afternoon bad a half
hour's conference with ( bairman
Stone of the senate foreign rela
tions commit tee : Ve'c-l'rc-idenl Mar
shall, S'-aator Saul - bury, pre-idenl
pridcmporc of the -ciiate and Sena
tors Jaine. p4ii.ii'! cne, I oil
'ilnl
Swan-on. I; w.i
ted the
lifer
enet did tint di-cit-- the plc
lalive it:iii!iti, lie)' the inl
situnlh'li. It t.bj.et wa.s
cloved.
ent lej;is
luMti'itiiil lint ili--
LONDON. Feb. 2 I. - The army cs- j
tilnate b.oied loda )iroviiles for an j
1 army of 3,inni, i men exclusive of:
India.
An adllional nciy ei-tiinal" calls
for 'tii.niifi officers anil men, britr
Iti the total of the navy personnel'
to 4:,ii,iiin), I
SAN FRANCISCO. I'eb. 1! (.---Thus.
J. .Moon cy was sentenced to death by
hanging here today by Superior Judge
Franklin A. Griffin for a bomb ex
plosion that cost ten lives during a
preparedness parade here .Inly
HHH. Mooney was convicted of miir-
der in the first degree t wo weeks I
ago. i
Judge Griffin sel May 17 for the'
execution. An appeal will be taken
from Judge Griffin's refusal to grant
a new trial
The banning will lake nhicn in Kan
Queiilin prison.
The court denied Mooney his re
quest to make a statement and pro
nounced sentence, elirniimtlnir the iik-
I ii a I concluding sentence "and
may :
(lod have mercy, on your soul."
Mooney took t lie pronouncement
of his doom stoically. IDs mother
w as in the court room.
SEN! 10 BOTTOM
NT.W VOI.'K,
ion flnllal Hit,
d' the llulel, ,
wiled by the I,'
Feb. 2 1. Ki.Jd mil- !
i'le e.-tiliiutcd xaluc
c!-. The Memit...1
n'terdaiM l.luvd and
' l.auiliinetu li'
wucd by lllc b'oyul j
Il earried a mill ion
ii and nl her val- !
;iv skills Irnlil llie!
ciui-i-ned I,, the
Dutch l.bivd-. e:,e
llilllar eal-n of toll
liable I'lils -ueli
lllllcll F.ll-I lllille
Itllteli ;ji'eni!in llt.
The Nieirderiik el till-
I li.lhtn.l- i
Atliellean line culled H
I IHll W oi l Ii hllt:. 11(111 IV,,
nn
loll. Ill
New York
to l.'i.llenlaiii. Tiie .lui
by the l.'i.llel.lam I.ImV.I-
Wio.tiiin wi.rili of erai
1 1 a, owned 1
a!
II ried '
from New:
York for li'oilerdnm.
The other line" vc--cU de-t roved,
X.iiinji!.. Ihiilaml ,'iinl (iaa -lei lanil.
were ill l(,d!il--t.
Aee..r,:,nu' I,. Intel a-.cilable fiir-'
lire. In.' total I'iiI.Ii I. .linage ulloal
2. lino, mill p
of the m' en i
which (..tailed :
Jin1, on (belli
li.'l to the ,le
---el. lep.irle
I2,."IMI ton.,
were owii'-d
I ra. l e.n
I I ..1..V.
All car
by .'Hi. I
n.lii. 111.
..n.i.
ijned to the Mulch
SEVEN STEAMERS! FOR PAST WEEK
! AROUSES DUTCH T0TALS2 INCHES
i I
; i
Tren-.cir.lous Losses by U-Boat Activ -
ity Likely to Force Break of Hol
land With Germany Crews of
Sunken Ships Brought to London
Cargoes Valued at $11,600,000.
WAKlllN,,T(),, Feb. 1,- The tre
: mtudoiiif destruction of Dutch ship
ping during the last two d::ys is re
garded hero as the most aculo phase
'of the international situation.
I It is regarded as even bringing
'nearer this probability or a break in
; diplomat W. re'mlomi between The
! Netherlands and (Jermauy. So far
I
jilulhind has only made protests
IngniuHt liestruclion of her neutral
i i i t k by (icrman submarines but the
startling operations reported yester
day and today are expected to arouse
a wuve or popuhtr indignation in J he
Xciherlnuds which that government
may find difficult to withstand, even
should it desire to do ho.
The situation for Holland in rela
tion to (lermany as It is observed
from Washington, is growing more
and more difficult and diplomats
here will lie surprised if the govern
ment does not take some action.
Seven Vessels Sunk.
LONDON, Kelt. ' 4. Lloyd's an
nounces that the crews of the follow
ing steamers were landed yesterday,
t heir vessels having been torpedoed
on Thursday:
Zaandijk, Dutch, IIS!) tons gror.s.
Noordordijk, Dutch, 7 1 ."iii
gross.
Kcmlund, Dutch, 27Tb tons.
Jucatru, Dutch, ".::7:: Ions
Ions
gross.
Menado, Dutch, o S 7 I tons.
Dandoeg, Dutch, TiSftl tuns and tho
steamship GaaHterland.
i ue uesirucuon involves uie hiss'
of vessels and cargoes valued at $ I 1 ,- j
liiin.onn,
l''our of the seven Dutch steamers
were homeward bound with full car
goes. The attack took place In the
western approaches to the Knglish
chniinel.
('tens Iteacli London.
-More than 2mi men of various na
tionalities, members of the crews of
(the seven steamships .sunk bv German
i , . .
""""'"'. anneu in London today,
0 ,m'n woro dressed in various odd
!',i(n'H of fh-thlllg which Ihey were
nhfu to gather up hastily before leav
lug their ships or which were provid
ed for them subsenuueutly. They j
were taken to (he sailors' home where
iney were Hilpplied wnil new euiiip
i incut. They will lie cared lor mull
they liud new bcrl hs.
Aboul noon the officers and crews
ol' the seven Hutch ships which had
"" torpedoed by Ccniuiu Hiibmu
rines were marshalled a I the Dutch
consulate, when' they filled every
avallnhlu Inch of space fur a confer
ence with II. s. .1. Mims, t Sic- consul
Kcnrinl or the t hetiallds. The of
ficers made affidavits as to the cir
cumstances of the sinking of their
boats while fall versions given by the
members or the erovis worn laken
by a sipiad of liuicli stenographers.
I'.U.'IS. Feb. Jl. - The
war office
letaelltlicitt
iliuiiiilicc-. tlial a French
, 1
netraled the (Icllnall
line.
the
n.irlli nl Sen. me. a.-t ne;lil.
l'KTIitMiKAIi,
liai-anee. hv .i
Feb. 21.
II
mill partie all
llill'.' arc pre-ei
.1 tile
edlnv
ll-ltal ililautry
"II llie lie-leru li'iniii
ea-ian front. ."
uian uiid I'au-
r.KKUN. Feb. 21. The (lenuali-vcter.'.-iy
a'laiiilniie.l part-: of an a.l
iiljec.l pieilieii ia the Si.ltiiiie .celi.r
lo the lriti.!i, ihe war ollicc an-
ll'Mlll' c. A I'h'ellclr
( haiiipaiic failed.
allaik ill Ihe
, Storm a General One and Predictions
Are for Continued Rain Gale
Along Coast Traffic Tied Up by
Slides on Southern Pacific and
Western Pacific Lines.
Two Inches precipitation had been
corded at .Medford Saturday noon
j as the total for (ho storm which be
jgau Sunday. It lias rained or snowed
; every day of the week, the total
snowfall measuring 12.4 Inches in
depth. Snow to a depth of several
incites still covers the ground in the
valley and unite heavy In the hills,
; though a gentle rain has fallen siuco
j morning. Predictions are for contin
ued rains during the next 'week.
The storm Is a general one all over
; tho west. A heavy gale prevails
i along the coast. Much damage has
j ),etM1
done to power and telegraph
lines, and several times the wires
have gone down. Saturday there wn
only spasmodic connection with tho
south and none with the north.
Weekly Predict ions.
WASHINGTON, Keb. .24. Weath
er predictions for the week beginning
s-hinday announced by the weather
bureau today follow:
Pacific stales; General rains uro
probable in Washington and Oregon
and rains at. the beginning of tho
week in California will be followed by
fair weather t hero after Mondny,
Temperature near normal.
(iale Aleng Coiisf.
,' SAN FHANCIHCO. Feb. 2 4 Heavy
winds, seas, ami fog conspired today
!to delay eoaslwisu sliipidng out of
,Siut Kram-isco. Southeast storm slg
inabt were flying from Santa Kar
:hara to Kurekii. Nearly a score of
vessels postponed sailing temporar
1 tly. The wind off Point Iteyes reach
ed a velocity of s 1 miles an hour hist,
nlglil, but was tempered to IJt miles
early today.
' Itaih'oaiU Tfed Cp.
j KACHAMKNTO. Feb. I'l.-Traflle
illeups on both the Southern l'aclfte
and Western Pacific lines due to
I slides and storm conditions were iu-
dieated today by reports received by
local railroad officials, on the
! Southern Pacific line mere arn l.lii
inches of Miow at Sumnill and a slldo
washed out I I I feet of main .linn
snowsheds at Kder, between Hummir.
and TrucUee. Wesl bound passenger
nil Ircirht trains are held at Sparks
and castbound traffic also will he held
; up fur ten hours, it Is estimated.
; The snowfall at Summit and at
1 til in? Canyon where there are 72 Inch
. es. Is considered phenomenal.
! Western Pacific officials said there
j have been so many slides between
'Sloafand Pulga that the exact nitni
ber Is not known. It s probable
I traffic will be suspended both, ways
' for a time.
i SA 'l.'AMKNTO. Fill., Feb. '.'4.
I The Iii i -i ric . of Ihe stale motor ve-
hide department ha. aliih.-l doubled
jiluriiiu- the pa-t two years, both as to
i number of niiluinolulcs rc.'i-lercd unit
jlhc inn. mill receipts, aceoriliuir to
la leporl i.-iicd lodav by II. A. French,
i Miperiiil. a.lent of the depal lliicllt. The
report shows thai the net receipts
. luiiied over lo Ihe -.lull, and i nties
, for Ihe In ii. hi of roads during Ihe
j pa-l three year- aui"iililc. o 4,!77,
j ii I2.H2 of which one-half went to the
I -tale and Ihe rc-l was proralcd
j anions llie counlie...
j The nr...- reccipl- of Ihe dcparl
! meiil lor in III were 2.1!I2.(II in which
j the ei, untie- -bared to the i-xlcm of
I -I'lil.TsI a Her the exp.-n-e ,,f opcrnl
lilcj'lhe depa rl .iieiii haii been dcdu.'leil.
j in 1P1 I Ihe receipt- we,,- uv 1.-
o"S,7.,''i.2", it i- poiuled out. There
wa- an increase of li.S.ii l..i in Ihe num
ber of iiuloiiio'iilcs rcL'i-lerc.l hist
year over the year ptcwous.
t