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AUSTRIA ADWESW 80BiARBMElMRl
VIENNA HRM uiHEitEOf ? wilson seeking filibustersheld
IN WIHRMN AVERTING BREAK r $ f WAYRUtARMNB UP 10 SCORN Bf I
' n , n to is kmi MERCHANT SHIPS OTHERSENAIORS
IU U UUn I U E'fort to Substitute General Waniinq I j $$ t'tAZiX Stf President Awaiting Report Upon His
Austrian Reply to American Note
Holds. Neutrals Responsible for
Losses They Suffer by Entering
Territory Where Warlike Opera
tions Are Taking Place Neutral
Persons A 'ward Enemy Vessels Not
Entitled to Freedom of Seas.
LONDON, March G. The American
ambassador lit Vienna lias been hand
ed the reply of the Austrian govern
ment to the American note inquiring
OS to the position of the Austrian
government in regard to unrestricted
fuibniniinc warfare, according to a
Vienna dispatch to Kenler's by nay of
Amsterdam.
The reply declares that neutrals are
responsible for losses they suffer by
entering territory where warlike op
erations are taking place.
Itcply to America,
The American note which was dis
IKitchcd to Vienna on February IS
asking specifically whether the Aus
trian assurances given following the
sinking of tho Ancona and the Persia
had been nullified. The reply says
that "whatever attitude the Washing
ton cabinet may take as to individual
questions raised here," the Auslro
llungarian government is "essentially
in accord with the American govern
ment in regard to protection of neu
trals against endangering their lives."
The memorandum then maintains
that "neutral subjects have to bear
themselves all losses they suffer by
entering territory where warlike op
erations are taking place."
After a lengthy discussion of the
Itritish blockade, which it declares is
illegal, the memorandum continues:
Xeutl-nls Warned.
"The principle that neutrals should
cujov in war limes the advantages ol
the freedom of the seas refers only to
neutral vessels and not to neutral
persons aboard enemy vessels.'
The reply further contends thai
belligerents are entitled to decide for
themselves what measures should he
taken against an enemy in sea traffic
and concludes:
"Jn such cases neutrals have no
other legitimate interests, and there
fore no legal claim, than that a bel
ligerent inform them in time ot a pn
hihitinn directed to an enemy so that
they can avoid entrusting their live
and their goods to enemy vessels."
CHICAGO, March . Threat en in;
letters which have been received by
Chicago financial and business lead
ers have been turned over to the ted
oral secret service men and oper
atives todav were seeking the author
Among those who were said to have
been singled out for attack were Jos
eph P. Griffin, president of the Chi
cago board of trade; ,1. Ogden Ar
mour, head of Armour & Co., packer
and Kelson Morris, chairman of the
board of directors of Morris 4c Co.
packers.
Guards have been placed at tin
homes of the men against whom th
threats were directed.
NKW YORK. .March 6. The fed
eral grand Jury which has been In
vestigating the high cost of food and
fuel, returned two Indictments todav
naming us defendants in the first.
ICS corporations and 55 Individuals.
In the second ten corporations and
1 Individuals In the liusiuess or
producing or selilns coal.
for Individual Warning Cannot Be Lr- t m ' 11 Powers From Attorney General
Accepted by the United States f& JiJ&?f ' f j Extra Session Before July to Pass
Armed Merchant Vessels Cannot Be I f v , jr -y .,); f W f Appropriation Bills Which Were
Regarded as Pirates. . si"" I Killed by Filibuster.
WASHINGTON, March 0. -Aus
tria's note declaring adhesion to the
;eneral principles of unrestricted sub
marine warfare liolds out little, if
any, hope that a break between the
United States and tho Vienna gov-
nn.cut may bo avoided. It was con
sidered probable that the course of
tho United States toward Austria
might, tentatively at least, bo deter
mined at today's cabinet meeting.
11 Austrian Invasions.
Austria's effort to substltuto f'-r
tho individual warning every mer
chant ship Is entitled by international
law to receive before being torpedoed
a general warning to all vessels not
to enter barred zones, cannot bo ac
cepted by this .government. 1-ur-thermoro,
the United States cont-mds
now and always has contended that
neutrals aboard enemy Merchant
ships ore entitled to safety.
One portion oC the communication
which undoubted); will not me;t with
the approval of tho United States
is that having to do with defensively
armed merchant ships. Austria's
declaration that armed merchantmen
'are to bo regarded as pirate vessels.
which may be destroyed," wa i re
garded as being especially siiillicniii
in view of the Intentions of the Unit
ed States regarding armament for Us
merchant shipping.
Iteluctant to Itrrak. 1
Notwithstanding the perplexity cre
ated In the minds of officials with a
portion of the Austrian argument the
extreme reluctance felt hero for a
break with Germany's chief ally and
the fact that Austria also does not do-
sire It, will assure tile note a most
friendly reading and every effort will
be made to harmonize, the relations of
the two governments if it can be done
without surrender by either.
A break willi Austria probably
would be followed by one with Itul-
aria and Turkey, jeopardizing Amer
ican interests in those countries.
Ambassador Peniefld at Vienna
under instructions from t!e state de
partment, has made full preparations
for a break if it comes and for the
withdrawal of the native Americans'
and consuls.
DEFENDS PLOT TO
IE
LONDON', March (. The Gcnnan
jjovemincnt'-. plan fur involving Mex
ico and Japan in war with the United
State, in event ol hostilities between
(iennany and America, wo defended
in an address before the rcich-.ta? by
the foreign secretary. Dr. Alfred Zim
ntcrniaiin, as quoted in a Itettter dis
patch from Amsterdam. Replying to
objections raised by a socialist mem
ber to the proposals, Zimmeiiiiann
said :
"We were looking out for all of us
in the event of there beme a prospect
of war with America. It was a nat
ural ami justified precaution. I am
not sorry that, throiij-h its publication
in America, it also became known in
Japan.
'Tor the dispatch of the-e instruction-
a -ore way v.a- chosen which
at pre-, nt is ;it (lermany's disposal.
How th- Americans came into o-
si. mi of the text which went to Amrr
ica in special sccrei code we do not
know. That these instructions should
have fallen into American hands i- a
misfortune, but that does not alter
I In- I. o that the step was licics-aiv
f,i- our patriotic 'interest-.
EIGHT LIVES LOST
IN HOTEL BLAZE
VAXCTVHK. U. C. Match C
Kiglit lives were lost thi.i morning
when the Cifinahalla liotol at Hope.,
iSO miles east of Vaiu-ouve:, hunu'd.
The bnildins was an old frame stnnv
I are, there were .'10 peopu in the
hjud and os.aped in thoi niht
clothes, Homo l.eing forced to lea
U'H'.v. nppei' s'Oiiiy. The knc.vn d iad
c. r. :
Tom Wilson, dominion poveri:n:ent
fiutt Int-pecl-jr of Vancoiivr.
iJert Head'', miner.
WilliHm 'cKeevor, miner.
Kobort f'ai'ii'heil, miner.
Tliomus Taylor, lumberman of Van
couver. Tom Kehoe, lumberman of Van
couver. Keeble and I'almer were owners ol
the hotel, which is u tutul loss, unin
sured,
10 BE REAR ADMIRAL
WASHINGTON', Marcn ;. Renom
Inution of In. Cary T. Grayson, as
medical director in tlm navy rank of
rear admiral, which failed of confir
mation in the senate during the last
session after n prolonged fight, was
sent to the senate today by President
Wilson. ' '
Kiuhteen per-oi(s were killed
which was a sleeper, near Altonnii,
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SAX KKAXCMSCO, March fi. Ma
jor General .1. Franklin 1K-1I, com
mander of the western department,
of the Tnited Slates army, designat
ed today the following points and
dntofi for civiliun military training
i ! in i iiv ue.a.,ci.L i-
vcar: '
Santa Barbara. Oil., (First
campnienii .lane j 10 June .,o; i sec-
ono eucaiupmcau .liny i 10 .iiny .;o.
Suit Lake City Utah. August 4
to September -1,
American l.alic, Wash., August -1
to September 'd.
All men between the ages of IN and
4-1 Inclusive are eligible to enlist.
Men past 4." years old may attend by
special permission.
Army officers expect to train f,,.",u0
men in all three camps.
ECl I IP f I fV 1 P''l'i'iiec aauiM the proliuMtion lau
W AVI" 1 Ar!i,ml w!"lil,'r lil'w lhl' Itillinslc;
OLniL UnuLjlnother win. arc to I..' -overnmen
WASHINGTON, March C The u
prnnie court today refused to re-open
or re-consider Its recent decision in
the iJifcKs-t'aminetti white tilavu iuihch
and denied tlie application of K. Drew
Ganiinetti of Sacramento for re-hear-
iits-; of it.s de: Tee affirming his conviction.
FIRST PICTURES OF WRECK THA T KILLED
instantly when a !'ns freight crashed
I'u . Si-veta! tr.-ibt cars rolled over the
Mali's iiu'iclmiit lii)s will he imncd
hy the I'nited Stiitcs il" rrosident
Wilson lias tlh1 power and il is tk't'iiled
In riirnisli j" tins and ,mim-is lor ships
crossing tin Atlantic in ilctiancc
tin (ii'inian "inad d;M Mibinariiu
caniain. Tlirci'-inch ir tour-inch
yans will lie ununited on the sterns of
ships and expert gunners provided to
upenile them. The "tins will he used
onlv for defense.
TO TRY HI GILL
SKATTI.i:, Wash.. March l
.Mayor Hiram ('. tiill, t'hicl' ol' Police
Charles L. llcckini:ham, Koraicr Sbcr
ilT Hubert T. Ilod.e and City Detec
tives M. -M. Peyser, John I'onhnau,
lames Doom and Diiniel Mi'l.cntiau
were placed on trial in the 1'nilcd
I States dir-trict court todav, cbarued
.,,! M.iro. v to violate section '.':!
lot the -criminal laws of tho Unit
en-jsl.(i ,, ;,,.,.,. ,,.,.
Uy ..i.i,,,,,,.,,, r
liquor into the
jjij,, Vabiii"lon
Six other men
indicted uiih ,he defendant s placed
I on I t in I today ill be witnesses for
I I he ii'4eeu(iun. (till, I lee Ui nulla ill,
! Ilnde and the dcleelivo have separ-
ate enin,-el.
The defendants having been already
irrai'-incd and pleaded nut guilty, the
iic-linnin of j urn ix was beun
ipi-Mijiplly when court opened today
and eilit had been accepted when
adjournment was taken at noon. Tin
I'irM juror. .), S. Harris, former em
ploye of a coal company at lietiton
'ah., ua aked uhethi-r he had
judicc aaint the prohibit ion law,
it
witueMs. Harris denied that he had
-aid to aiioliiei- maii in the hallway
this morhiri'j: "Cimdi Gill.'
Couiim.I lor fiill aked Harris:
"You know of Mayor Gill's earnest
endeavor to en force the prohibition
law.'''
Jinl.ue Netteier ruled that the quc
1 ion w;is iuiproperlv worded, and
"eauic-t" was tln-rcfore omitted.
EIGHTEEN
into n pas-enuer train, the los( car of
euiloinkmcut. The ,ii-uro sh,, ws the
WASIIIXUTON, March C Presi
dent Wilson, It was staled authorita
tively today, will do evorythiug pos
sible to find a way to urm American
ships and protect them In other ways
from submariuo duiiKcr, in spito ol
thu failure ot tho senate to pass the
bill kIvIiik him specific power.
A final decision on whether the
president cun legally arm the ships
without specific authorization Is ex
pected shortly. The opinion express.
ed during the senate debate of the bill
that without action by congress the
president has no right to arm Ameri
can niercliiintmeii, was taken into
careful consideration, however, and
tho president will not act until he Is
certain.
Kxtrn Session (Vrt4lin.
In deciding on the lemil status of
Iho question, It was learned, the presi
dent and his advlHers arc considering
tho Intent of tho old statuto passed
in 1S19 which was cited In the sen
ate as prohibiting the arming of mcr
cbantmeu for action against armed
public, vessels of nations In iinilty
wllb tho t'nlted Htates.
An extra session of congress be
fore July 1 to pass appropriations.
If for no other purpose, seemed today
to be certain. If tho senate amends
its rules so prompt action can be
taken on an armed neutrality bill,
an extra session of congress may be
expected within tho next two or three
weeks. ,
Appropriation measures that failed
included the urmy appropriation bill,
carrying $1!70,iiuo,uuii; the sundry
civt! appropriation, carrying $1:!!),
000,000; the general deficiency, W,
000,000; thu rivers and harbors bill,
$:S!i.OUO,uoo, and the military acad
emy, f 1,1)110,(100.
.Messages, apparently spontaneous,
which came to government officials
today from all parts of tho country,
criticized In bitter terms the senators
who prevented action on the armed
neutrality bill.
Democratic Caucus.
Iiemocrats of the senate in caucus
today elected Senator .Martin of Vir
ginia majority floor leader and Sena
tor King, the new member from 1'tali.
secretary of the caucus. Ko tho dem
ocrats might ciii'cuh the senate ad
journed at I2;;i0 o'clock until noon
Wednesday.
The senate democratic caucus late
today appointed a committee of six
senators to confer with a republican
committee with a view to bi-partisan
agreement on u rule to limit debute
in the senate.
Senators Iteed, Owen, Swunson,
Moke Smith, , lames and Walsh were
named to represent the democrats,
1 lie caucus adjourned to meet
again tomorrow.
Senator Saul.shur.v of Delaware was
selected by senate democrats ill call
cos late today to succeed himself a
president pro tempore of (lie senate.
Senator Lewis or Illinois was re-elc, t
ed democratic whip.
SEATTLE IE IANDS
WASHINGTON. Morel, II.- John
W. Seholicld. receive!- ,,r ilh. i 1 1 -.!-.--cut
Merchants' National Hank of So
altlc, the supreme court decided to
day, is i nl II I, , In Seattle tide lands
and harbor lenses, ..aid ),, . Wlirt)i
.t:HHi,lMiii. now held by rhm-lcs II. lin
ker, former reeoivcr ,,' the bank, ami
thu Seal He Waterfront 1,'eall v u-
plili v. 'I he eolll'l II I I i I in . 1 decrees re
iplirilig Ih.I.er and the really company
to I ii in oer the propeity. Lower
courts he, ihai Maker had the prop
erly in Ii ii-i f,,- , i-,.,i,,r- of the ,,..
funel bank,
Williams Grills Vat daman and Others
Who Deny That They Sought to
Prevent a Vote on Armed Neutral
ity Kenyon Also Favorable to Bill
Lodye Reintroduces Resolution.
WASHINGTON', March- ti. Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts reintro
duced in the senate today the armed
neutrality bill which failed of passage
Stinduy. When he nsked its referenen
lo the foreign relations committee,
Senator Thomas of (.'olorndo mndo
the point of order that congress was
not in session, which Vice-President
Marshall sustained.
Senators Vurdaiuan, democrat, oE
.Mississippi, and Kenyon, republican
of Iowa, two of the twelve senntorK
who did not sign the senate manifesto
in favor of the armed neutrality bill,
and who were included in the group
referred to by President Wilson as "u
little group of willful men," who had
rendered the country, ''helpless mid
contemptible" before the world, ex
plained to ihe senate today that llley
had not been in complicity to prevent
a vole oii''the bill.
Williams Iteplies. "
Senator 'Williams, replying to llis
colleague, declared emphatically (lint
I'vesidcnt Wilson was right in - hi
criticism of a few senators who iiiudo
legislation by nil overwhelming ma
jority impossible in the tuition's crisis
and that whatever might have been
their motive, they, und not congress,
were responsible for the I'niled Stales
being "helpless and contemptible" be
fore the world. ' ' ' '
Senator Vnrdamnn rose to a ques
tion of personal privilege lo state that
be diil not desire lo prevent u vole
on the bill, but would not have voted
for it.
"It is nnl my purpose lo make an
explanation," said Senator Vurda
iiiiin. "I prefer lo let iny uctions and
words interpret themselves. Hut I
notice that my name appears lis one.
of the 'liltlc group of willful - men'
charged with Ihe crime of preventing
the president's program from being;
i-arrjcd out."
Should Legislate.
"My colleague says congress has
-omc I'lglits, rejoined Senator Ill
inois, and I think one of them is to
legislate. A filibuster may be rightly
used against some things, but when
the honor of the nation is at stake
and when il renders llicgoveruinenl;
of the I nit oil Slates helpless and con
temptible, as I h.. president says, be
fore the world, it is not excusublc.
My colleague sys he occupied only
sixteen minute. it is also true that
the senator from Wisconsin, Mr. I,a
l-'olloltc, did not occupy liny time, but
il is also true that he was against the
bill.
"I don't want this occasion to pass
without an opportunity to impress on
tin- people of this country and tho
world that coii'jrcss was in supnort of
tlie president for the legislation he
asked. We were bound,, manacled,
held helples- oud contemptible by
the-e men. Not only congress, but
the ureal majority id' the people of
tlie I'nitcd Stales arc behind the pres
ident in this ci-i.-is,"
People With President.
Senator (iroiim, of North Dakota, k
iiskcl if Senator Williams was sure
of that, and Mr. Williams declared
he was as sure of it as he was that
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SAN KKANUSCO. M;irHi li.
I'rrMtltnt WiUon will he nkit to
pimlnii V. ln'v Cainiiii'tti, m of An
lliony ( 'iirniiM't ti, rnmnikMoner , .Kt'ii
crnl of inmiiynitioM, nml Mniiry I.
liiiL', wlm-i' ji)iioiils Corn rohciirin
were ileninl Imhiy by Ihe I'nitvd
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