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BLIZZARD PILES
SNOW IN DRIFTS;
TRAINS ANNULLED
northern Half of State Storm-Swept
and All Traffio i Suspended
' ' dn Account of the '
' . Deep Drifts.
SIOUX CITY IS ALL TIED UP
Street Car Traffio There Suspended
and Schools Are Dismissed
' "" , for the Day.
, BETTER IK THE SOUTH PLATTE
The worst storm of the winter con
tinues general over about all . that
portion of Nebraska lying north of
the Platte. Tie storm la also general
pver alt the northern portion of
Wyoming, the southern' portion of
South Dakota and is sweeping
through northern Iowa and south
ern Minnesota, over all the Jerri
jtorjr a wind with a velocity of twenty
to thirty miles per hour is driving
the snow along, or piling It into
drifts As a result of the storm that
is on the order of a blizzard, train
. service on the Northwestern linos
west ot the Missouri river has been
annulled, and not a wheel Is moving
No attempt Is being made to operate
the-1 snow plows.
' j On alf that portion of the Omaha 'road
west of the Missouri train service has
I been discontinued until the storm abates.
. Until that time no effort will he made
to get ehow'piows through the drifts.
. Better In the. Sooth,
' The main lines of the Burlington and
Union Pacific, together with, the branches
south of the Platto, are" In fairly good
shape and. trains are moving, though moat
of them -are late. North of the Platte,
however, conditions 'are different.
5 The Burlington's BlUlngs and Wyoming
line Is 'tied up, as Is the line across from
' O'Neill to Slouz City, trains being held
at stations Where there are accommoda
tions for passengers. , .
' On the Callaway and Kearney branches
- of the Union Pacific the trains are being
- held! at the terminals and they, will not
be moved until the storm ceases.
Through the storm district snow fell all
(Thursday night and Friday and was' still
Tailing last night, it having attained 'a
depth of twelve to ' eighteen" Inches In
many places. Through this section there
, was, no ;thaw, as 'at and around Omaha
Consequently the snow that had previ
ously fallen was picked up and whirled
Wong; with the new snow when the bill
sard struck.
, Hard Blow 'Tharaday. '. . 1
: Accord nrto;. the- railroads th wind
fclev all Thursday .' but attained its great
ist velocity early Thursday night.. It con
tinued to blow all night, growing stronger
as the hours passed. Friday morning and
afternoon generally over .the storm area
it was hfowing ywlth ' as great velocity
as fct any. time during the. night. . ".
Along the N6rth western, from Norfolk
west the station yards were filled with
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Obregon's Attitude
Toward Diplomats:
!.; ':Is Cause of Alarm
WASKtNQTON, Feb. S.-8erlous frio
iton-between -General Obregon, the Car
ransa commander at Mexico City, and
members of the diplomatic corps, is caus
ing much, anxiety to officials and diplo
matists In Washington.
Carransa's threatened deportation of
,the Spanish minister tor affording asylum
to Angel Del Caso, confidential agent bf
the Spanish government, and accused ot
being affiliated with Villa, has aroused
the diplomatists in the Mexican capital.
While officials of the American govern
ment declined to discuss (the affair, it la
known that General Obregor.'s attitude is
Regarded as a grave development.
One' element Increasing anxiety here . is
the difficulty of communication with Mex-
loo City.-Since the reoccupstion by the
Carransa forces an embargo against all
Cipher messages . was enforced, but hss
within the last few days been modified,
so that fhese messages may be sent, but
are subject to -delays snd . stoppage.
Within the last few days only two brief
'telegrams havi been received from Mex
ice City. - - .
The' Weather.
Forecast till 7 p. 1ft. Saturday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
rFaIr,' cpkter. ...
Tessertare) at break
Yesterday.
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Comparative Loral Record.
1W5. 1!14. 1913. 1912.
- Sllgheat yeaterdsy 20 i j.) jg
Ixiwest ' yesterday 1 11 4 10
Mean temperature , 1 21 14
- Precipitation .OS .01 ot T
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
rormal temperature , jl
flciency for the day 3
Total exeees since March 1 :.....B14
Normal prclpitatlon.... M inch
Cxoeas for the dsy 04 Inch
Total rainfall since- March 1..28.yi tm hes
Iefl lenoy slme Man h 1 I. i Im'hri
IwfUUency for cor. period, mi. t T!t Inrhrs
deficiency for cor. period. llUJ. 4 41 inches
Rorts froaa Bcalloas at T P. M.
gtatlon and State
Temp. High-
Rain
fall. . .02
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nr weatner.
Pavenport, snow...
ifru Motnea, snow..
Omaha, cloudy
Rapid City, ciar...
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Furecaster.
IN THE ZONE OF NEUTRALITY Swiss mountain battery
Alpine snows. The winter season is full on over there.
W . i t il : l ( " :w"
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Germans Chosen to Lead Charge at
V Humin Dubbed "Division of Death"
PETKOGRAD. Feb. S .-Not since the
battles around Lodx, !n Russian Poland,
In the early part of December, have the
Germans delivered such vicious attacks
as those of yesterday, when they at
tmpted to break through the Russian
line at Borjlmow. . '
Probably never before . In the eastern
Arena of the war have they concentrated
such a' force on a single point. In a dis
tance of six miles, : between Humtn and
Borjimow, the Germans threw 106,000 In
fantrymen together with heavy forces of
cavalry, the whole supported by 100 bat
teries of artillery', or BOO guns. It Is esti
mated that Is. this short line there were
nearly 30,000 men to the; mile coming In
on ten or twelve lines like the waves of
the sea. .
The Russians, warned by the attacks
of preylous days In this same vicinity, had
concentrated correspondingly heavy
forces to resist the German advance. So
cjose " were both sides packed -In-this
harrow spaoe that the artillery became
practically Useless. ' . .
The battlefield was . a flat . plain un
HOUSE PASSES THE
NAVAL BUDGET BILL
Lower Body Adopts . Measure Pro
, Tiding for Building of Two
t , Battleship's a Yew. . .; ',,
HOBSdX. STANDS . bUT. FpR FOUR
WASHINGTON,' -Feb. - 5. The
house today after a long debate
passed the, naval appropriation bill
providing for two battleships.
Declaring the -Anglo-Japanesa alliance
affected the vital . Interests of the United
States and the : Monroe doctrine Repre
sentative liobson urged an amendment
for four battleships.'
'The war -In Europe," ssld he, "hss
brought out that if a belligerent has un
disputed control of the sea it will curtail
the rights of neutrals. America is the
chief chronic neutral. We cannot ex
pand our commerce when some- ether
nation has control of the sea.- England
Is now attempting to prevent develop
ment of American overseas commerce." .
Opposition to the four-battleship amend
ment began wth speeches by Representa
tives. Butler snd Wltherspoon, the latter
contending the American system of gun
nery was superior to Germsny's.
Representative Stephens of California,
favoring the tour-battleship plan, spoke
tor the Psctflc cossi. . .
Democratic Leader Underwood, who
! favored cutting the plan to one battleship
j Bn)i twoive submarines, declared, "The
j country Is facing a serious financial con-
Union." and ' If you propose to enter Into
a race of armament the end of the story
may mean war." ' ' '
'I am no naval expert," said sty-.-Underwood,
'"but I believe the man who
travels around toting a pistol In his back
pocket is very much more in danger of
getting into trouble than the man who
Is unarmed. We ought .to have a rea
sonable navy and a reasonable army,
but I do not want to see either that will
make us start Issues thet will predpi
tste our people Into a cauldron of blood
shed and disaster."
"Would you surrender the Monroe doc
trine?" demsnded Representative liobson.
, "The time never' will come," iepled
Mr. Underwood, "when It will be neces
sary for this country to maintain , the
principles of our forefathers st the point
of the sword. -
"As long as we only maintain for'ourj
national government a position of what !
im Vlirlit and lust we will auccoed wlth-
out the ' battlefield. You can 'make a
reasonable cut In the appropriations pro-
lo'ivlded for in this bill without endangering
your position in the fam'y of nations."
Des Moines Man Kills
Wife, Two Children
- and, Shoots Himself
DES MOINES, la., Feb. 5.-Frsnk Ama-j
dej an Italian employe at the Wabash 1
rallwsy round hoUae in Pes Moines.- shot
and killed his wife, his 8-year-old daugh
ter and his 1-year-old son st his home
here today. They he turned his, pistol
ou himself. He Is expected to die. , '
The poUce ssy Jealousy of a boarder
at the home of Amadco, was the .cause
of the act. Amedeo works nights. . lie
hsd been home only about an hour when
he made his attack.. The other children
escaped from the bouse.
obstructed by either trees or houses.
The latter already had been demolished
by shell fire. The Russians met the
German advance 'with rifle fire and the
baychct. the first lines ' struggling far
ward and' backward from trench to
trench. ' . - , .
At some places the trenches were only
a few "hunflred yards apart The close'
ness of the "ime made the. fighting ex
traordinary sangulnsry. '"Whole com
panies were . exterminated. The moot
desperate German resistance waS at
taydlowlrka, which the Russians suc
ceeded in taking at, 10 o'clock In the
morning afler a fight which lasted all
night.
German . prisoners relate that .in the
German camp the division chosen to lead
this undertaking was dubbed , the "Mivi.
sion of death," since It appeared' td be'a
foregone conclusion that none wo'ul i sur
Vlve. Russian military .observers with
the meagre details before them are liken
ing this fight to the battle of .Borodino,
where Napoleon lost bis Russian , cam
paign.' The battle' at Borqitnow Is coni
tjnulng with .virtually, unabated .violences
FRENCH BLOW UP :
fGERiAN French
French War Office Says All Troops
in Position Near Arras .Were j
, Killed or Captured-v . ;
ARTILLERY ! FIGHT; Alx ADljfFER
I
PARIS,., Feb. 6. The French-war
office this afternoon gave out a re
port on the progress of the fighting,
which; reads as'followa: , . i- !
,"Ia! Belgian German aviators yee
terday showed , great activity j
"The . announcement given out
last night reported the occupation of
a tench of the enemy to the west t
the road from Arras to Lille. This
trench was a cause 'of annoyance to
the troops occupying the positions
won by us several days age to tbe
east of this road. Consequently we'
hie w it up. with a mine and imme
diately afterwards a detachment of
Zouaves and of our light African In
fantry installed itself securely in thi
conquered positions. All the Germans
in, the trench thu occupied were
either killed or taken prisoner.
" ' v ;
Artillery Slleares Batteries.
"Our artillery silenced the flatteries of
the enemy st a point near Adinfer (to .ttie
south of Arras); near Posieres (northeast
of Aloert); nesr Ham (northeast of Pe
ronnc), as well as In the sector of Pal II y
(south of Koyon)." . '
"There Is nothing new In the region of
Perthes. In the Argonne there" wes' yes.
terday one attack st Ha as telle
Thla at-
tack, which in the beginning took -from
us about 1O0 yearda of trenches, provoked
two counter attacks on our iart whth
resulted in our . not only getting bac'.
this 110 yards, but in gaining ground be-t
yond where our lines had been previously!
"In the Vosges," yesterdsy saw artillery
exchanges.
"Along the rest of the front there
nothing to repoit.", ,
Body of Germair
Aviator is Found
in Thames River
IjONDON, Feb. fc. Fishermen .have
found In the Thames estuary the body
of a (ierrnan aviator with a shrapnel bul
let' in the lungs. It is supposed that hs
dropped from an sefoplane which was
! driven, off by British gunfire cn Christ
I mas tjay. .
War Pictures
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From the Front
Full Page in
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JOHN D. FIRST HAS
FAITH III PEOPLE
.. ... . .
Elder Rockefeller Sayg He Would
" Like to Share Profits with His -;
. Workmen.
WAGES BETTER THAN CHARITY
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. John D.
Rockefeller, sr.,. was, a witness be
fore the . Federal Industrial Rela
tions committee.:
Mr Rockefeller was asked about
bis meeting at his. home in" Tarry
town wltajir.' Welborn.of the Colo
rado Fuel' and Iron company. W. L,
MacKenrle Kiiig and others, at which
thf affairs of, th tympany werg dlar
"The meeting atTarrytown therein
referred to was purely soclaTln char
acter," he said, I
I '' Never Heard of It.
. As Jor-the educational institutions al
tering their, pollMcs or form in order to
get donations ' from the General Educa
tion board, Mr. Rockefeller said he had
"never hsard of, anything of that kind."
"As to our foundation," he said, "I
don't think' Such things' have ever hap
pened. As, to others I do not know."
, Regarding the' responsibility ' of stock
holders and directors for labor conditions,
he ssld: t .' v
."I think ths stockholders are responsibls
for the choice of the best men ss di
rectors. The . directors sre ultimately
responsible for the general conduct of the
business,, and in discharging that respon
sibility it Is their duty to select the best
men to actually administer it. These ad
ministrative officers ' must have discre
tion aodapower commensurate with their
responsibility ' '
- Dl' Holder Has More Bay,
"A large stockholder, ordinarily would
have more Influence with a board of di
rectors than a smaller one, and conse
quently would' have a greater responsl-
(Conllnued on 1'age Four., Column Five.)
Eugenic Marriage '
i.v': Bill on Calendar
.'PIEItriE, 8. P., Feb. 5. (Special Tele
gram.) That, the- eugenic marriage . bill
should be given a chance 011 the floor f
the -house Instead of being killed by com-
mittre report was theAIw-of the 'house
on . the first contest', of the afternoon,
when on motion of Jaoobs the adverse'
committee 'retiort was ' turned, do wn and
the bill placed on the calendar.
' The-five-mile saloon limit - bill 1 at the
soldiers' home at Hot Pprlngs wss placed
on the generil calendar.
Weller's hill, cutting out free scholar-
Is j ship privileges given' legislative" members,
. j was killed by adoption of the report
. j sgalnst If. ,
I In the senate the capital punishment
bill was placed on the senate calendar
for Monday,, February li. - '
'I - - '
Illinois Deadjock is
On After Five Weeks
BPKIXGKIELD. 111.. Feb. s.-The fifth
week oV the Illinois legislature dosed here
tonlchf without' r.n organization having
been effected In the house. A contest
over the speakership precipitated by a
"wet and drv" situation riiir h Harf-
) In k. -
MAJORITY SUFFICIENT !
FOR RECONSIDERATION
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Fab. I (Special.) A change
in the bouse rules was made today when '
Norton's motion was pasaed. It provide I
that whenever a biU has been rerom- j
mended by a committee fur indefinite
postponement a majority of votes siiall
be sufficient to brinsT the bill back for re
consideration. Under the previous rulo
a three-fifths vote, or sUty votes, was
necessary .to procure the desired review
of the measure. s
KAISER'S LATEST
HOVE DISCUSSED v
BY THECAB1HET
Extension of Naval War 2one is
Considered in Washington Most
" Serious Development
IT PRESENTS NEW PROBLEMS
Submarines Were Not Factors in
Warfare When International
Priee Rules Were Made.
PROTEST IS NOT PROBABLE NOW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Ger
many's declaration of a naval war
tone around Great Britain and Ire
land, including the Kngllsh channel
and the northern passage by the
Shetland islands, is regarded here as
one of the most serious developments
of the war.
'
It was regarded as highly possible j
for one thing, that it would hasten J
the movement begun by the Latin-!
A,,l,.a fr . .n.edv rnn.
, !
ference oS neutral 'states to oeise
means to reduce losses ,to
neutral
commerce to a minimum.
At first there were some intlma'
tlons in administration circles that
It might be the subject of a protest
by the United States, but the official
view developed that, there was little
or no ground for that, and It wns
recalled that no protest was made
when the North Sea was strewn with
mines. 1
Sweden. Norway, Denmark and Holland
have repeatedly addressed the State de
partment here to gain American backing
for measures to relieve distress in their
commsree and the latest German procla
mation is expected to cause a redoubled
effort for measures to protect themselves.
Lansing Acts for Bryan.
Counselor Lansing ot the State depart
ment took Secretary Bryan's chair at the
cabinet meeting today. '
Neither the State department nor the
Germany embassy hsd received the lstest
Berlin admiralty statement snd It wss
stated at the German embassy that the
BerUn foreign office probably would de
liver copies to diplomatic representatives
in Berlin snd regard that notice as suf
ficient Yesterday's proclamation Is sn
extension of a former one delivered by
Ambassador Gerard applying to the north
snd west coasts of Frsnoe.
There is no precedent In dealing with
the question .because heretofore subma
rines have played no important . part In
warfare and all of the rules of Interna
tional law are fra"med with special refer
ence to ordinary ships. The ordinary prac
tices In taking prises and dealing with
Ike- cseroh ant ship vf aaeiamy,- which
it Is not feasible to take as prises, are
clearly set out and established by long
ussge. The merchantmen must be halted,
boarded and either made prise or sunk.
But In the latter esse crew and passen
gers must be 'taken off. ' .
While It. was noticeable the proclamar
tlon Is directed against "enemy" ships"
and applies- to neutral ships, only when
the attacks "were meant for enemy
ships," ' through suspicion of misuse of
the neutrsl flags, . officials expressed
rave concern over the Implied threat to
sink. merchant vessels, probably without
warning' or taking -off of noncombatant
passengers snd crews.
.During considers tion of the subject by
the State department American mariners
probably will be expected to heed the
German warning . and enter forbidden
waters only at their own risk, precisely
what they have been doing in the North
sea since notice several months .ago,
from both the British and German gov
ernments that owing to the planting of
mines it would be regarded ss within the
wsr sons, ' . i . . - ,
The notice from .the- British govern
ment that It Is contemplating retaliation
against German trade, though not for
mally before the State department, has
given rise to much speculation on the
part ot officials ss to what tbe Eritish
have In mind. '
Although it has -been denied that of
ficial declaration that food supplies ars
contraband has been Issued, it is believed
the British notice forecasts ths speedy
icBue of some such declaration. And, in
addition to this trying to cut off Ger
msny's supply' by water, it Is believed to
be possible that the British may make
the low more severe by prohibiting the
transportation of cotton to Germany.
Cotton is a base of some forms of
smokeless powder, ss well ss the high
explosive gun cotton used In the war
heads of torpedo and submarine mines.
Aside from depriving Germany of that
necessary article, the British enforcement
of such an order would deal a heavy
blow to the German textile factories,
which are now Just beginning to receive
almost normal supplies from the United
Slates.
Officials did - not view the German
proclamation as a threat to destroy neu
tral ships If found in the war sons, but
ss a warning that all ships sntered there
st their own risk.
ZEPPELIN SHEDS BUILT
ON WESTERN BORDER
LONDON. Feb. B.-New Zeppelin sheds
have just been completed near the German-Belgian
frontier and Zeppelin and
Paraevat airships and numerous sero
planes are maneuvering in that neigh
borhood. Tomorrow the Best
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Demos Have New
Plan to Get Ship
' Legislation Through
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. Democratic
leaders In the senate In a further effort
to save the administration ship purchase
bill were today drawing new lines of
sctlon. Outnumbered by the opposition
the majority leaders yesterday failed to
carry out their plan to recommit the bill
with Instructions for smendment.
A new angle to the parllamcntsrypro
reedtnss developed when Senator Gore
yesterday Introduced a substitute which
wss referred to the commerce committee,
moving that the committee bo discharged
from Its consideration. The Oore bill
Is the same as the original bill as per
fected In cauctis snd hss amendments
to meet views of progressive republlcsns.
It la virtually the measure the adminis
tration democrats want to submit for
final action. The motion went over with
out action for a day.
Pens tors Ilardwick and Vardaman, two
democrats, who voted with the repub
licans, made explanations of their course.
"I would rather be a senator from my
own state three weeks snd be my own
man thsn serve here three 'decades and
An IHa will rtf Inrnthndtf ln ' mild ItArrl-
.trk
Vsrdaman launched Into a reply to
Senator stone's recent bitter speech to
Polling aemocrsis
nn iririirw w s l (
Stone as "the
learned senatorial scold from Ml.-eourl."
"A past master In mock heroics, who
held his collesgues up to public scorn be
cause they refused to follow his imperious
dictation,"
Economy by Cut
Of State Employes
Makes. Sensation
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. .-(8peclal.)-Had a
flock of aeroplanes flown" over Lincoln
snd dropped "bums"' on the stste house
1 It would have caused no more consterna
tion smong the departments than the an
nouncement today thatthe "feerumce'
committee ot the house wss preparing to
knock out from one to three employes In
each department by falling to appropriate
money for their services' snd would cut
the salaries of others. '
This is the plan of the Norton-Taylor
economical combine and If It is followed
out numerous democrats who have Just
been In office long enough to really like
the jobs will be forced to go back home
snd land their old Jobs or hunt new ones.
There appears to be a bright spot in
the .dark cloud to which the departments
are pinning their faith, and that Is the
senate. The brags of certain members of
the house that they would force the sen
ate to the same sort of program which
the house Is trying to follow has not set
tled well on the senstors and when the
edict of the house comes over to that
body in the shape of Slashed appropriation
hills ma ay things may harin.
ThreeMillion Men
'.v. -in British Army
LONDON, Feb. 8. The army estimates
to which Psrllsment will devote the first
psrt of next week's session glvo the
number of effective men in the army.
exclusive of those serving In India, at
1,000,000.
There la this year a novel change In
the form of the estimates, as no totals
of estimated expenditures are given. The
amount under each of the fifteen head
inga is set at the nominal figure price
ot 1,000. This gives the House of Com
mons opportunity for the discussion of
esch heading, white ths government may
spend whatever is necessary under these
various headings to prosecute the wsr.
PArlT OF CREW OF EM DEN
REACHES TURKISH ARMY
,t
BERLIN, Feb. V (By Wireless to 8sy
vllle) According t a statement made to
day by the Overseas News sgency,' part
of ths crew of the famous German
cruiser F.mden evaded capture, escaping
on the schooner Aysha, on whtch they
left Cocas Island last November at the
time the Emden was destroyed. The
statement follows:
.'II. M. . Aysha reports that Lieu
tenant Commander von Muecke, with the
landing force of the Emden arrived near
Hod led a, on the southwest coast of
Ai'abls. The men were received with
enthusiasm by the Turkish troops. Dur
ing the passu go of Fcrlm channel they
were not detected by Kngllsh and French
forces. Their landing was not molested
by a French armored cruiser which was
nearby."
PERMISSION FOR RAISE
OF PHONE RATES GIVEN
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 6. (Special.) The State
Hallway commission has granted permis
sion to the Maxwell & Brady Telephone
rcmpany' to raise Its farm Una rate from
$1 a month to $1.W, with a discount of 25
cents per month for cash paid in ad
vance. The company is further author
ized, to establish a switching, rate for
farm lines ,of 14 a month.
The company was formerly and still Is
In name a corporation, but It la now
owned by George I Swancutt. In su-
thorUIng the Increase the commission
makes a finding that it was necessary In
order to keep up the service. Certain aub
scilhers registered a protest, but failed
to appear before the commission at the
hearing. .
TWENTY-SIX PER CENT
RESERVE IS HELD IN BANKS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. I (Special Tele
gramsThe abstract of the condition of
the national banks of Nebraska, exclusive
of reserve cities, at the close of business
on December 31 shows the reserve held to
Jfl IS per cent, loans snd discounts, t-V,.
TX.iU; gold coins, 11,071,617; lawful money
reserve. 2.7s,:-2; deposits of sll elass-s.
llf.TW.tlS.
The application of. the Green River
Btate bank of Green River, Wjo., to con
cert It into a first national bunk has
been approved by the coaiptroller of the
1 currency, w 1th a capital of 110,000.
PAPER BLOCKADE
CAUSES A GREAT
STIR ItHOPti
British Government Regards Threat
of Germans to Close Ports as a
Move Requiring Prompt
Counter Stroke.
GREAT JOY SHOWN IN GERMANY
Berlin Papers Regard Decree at Di
rect Warning; to All Neutfal
Shipping to Keep Away.
TURKS ARE NEAR SUEZ CANAL
The Day's War News
Rt SIAN Will OFI-KK says that
along; a aeetlnn of I he front abont
als miles lone, near Borllmow, 1b
(ermans hare bronsht P wo lean
than SU.OOO men, snpnorted by lflO
batteries of artillery. I ronpurt
masses these troops were burled
aaralnst the nnaala'a positions.
The Petroarad ststemral asserts
that these attacks wrro broken B
and that the Bnantann, asuomlnjc
the offensive In tarn, raptured
I German trrnrhea end oecnpled'
tw vtllaares. ,
ljf TIU9 CARPATHIAN" the Hsrht
ins; la hnrdly lean severe. Tbe
Petroarad war office admits that
the Russians retreated In one sec
ln of this front after flabtina
tea successive enaaaementa with
bayonets. Elsewhere Raaalaa sac
censes are elalmed.
ACTION of the Oeratan admiralty
tn declaring within the war aonei
the water aorroaadtna; England,
Scotland aad Ireland Is 'aopported
enthusiastically by the German
proas.
GERMAN OFFICIAL, announcement
does not support tbe claim of the
Rnsslaa ssooestea on the Warsaw '
front,, statins; that their ' attacks
were repnlsea.
LONDON, Feb. 6. Although re
ferring; sarcastically to Germany'1 a
threat to bottle up the' British Isles
by means of submarines as a "paper
blockade," England la stirred today
by this latest development in tb
marine situation aa It seldom has
been since the-Nutbreak of hostilities.
The press unanimously subordi
nates all other war news, not except- .
lng the Turkish attempt to cross tho
Sues canal, to give prominence to the
dispatches from Berlin, while the
foreign office statement, following
quickly the publication of the Ger
man decree. Indicates that the gov
ernment, authorities take the Ger
man threat as one requiring a prompt
counter stroke.
Asa statement says, the authorities
are considering "more stringent measures
against German trade." The ministers
ars treating the subject ss a particular
urgency and a full official statement aa "
to the attitude of Great Britain should
be forthcoming shortly.
' The German press, in the meantime.
halls this newly announced policy of the
navy with great satisfaction. The com
ments received In London today indicate
that the newspapers consider the warn
ing to neutral ships that the waters sur
rounding the British isles are to be con
sidered a military area after February IS
and that ships attempting pusssge' out
side of the, .channels specified do so at
their own risks. -
Borne English newspapers declare today
that the German announcement should-.
In the end benefit Englsnd, in thatit
rightfully entitles the British government
to declare contraband all foodstuffs des
tined for Germany.
Aside from confirmation of the 'report
that no fewer than 12,000 Turkish troops
comprise the expedition which has at
tacked th Bues canal, little newa has
been received In London relative to the
operations in Egypt That the attempt
to cross the cansl will be renewed In even
greater force, however. Is the general
belief.
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