Sunday Bee PART OITE. HEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE 1 THE WEATIIER. Fair. X .VOL. XL1V KO. 33. OMAHA, .SUNDAY MORNING, ' FEBRUAJ.Y 14, 1915 .SIX SEt7nONS--FIFTY-TWO PAGES. . SINGLE COPY FIVE CENT3 SPAIN ASECS THE TWO SHIPS' SUNK 1 BY SUBMARINES Oriole and London Trader, Small Merchantmen, Are Victims of German Torpedoes. FOUR MEN FROM TRADER SAVED GERMANY HOLDS . U.S.riOTEIS FAIR; WILL STAND PAT ' . ' Berlin Foreign Office Deol&res Com munication Much Friendlier in Tone Than Ex' pected. ' GERMAN BAILORS RESCUED AFTER THE NORTH SEA BATTLE They were first taken to Edinburg castle, where they were fitted out with clothing, and then were marched to quarters under an armed guard. A POWERS TO HELP CURB ITEMS Madrid Reported to Have Requested ' , that Great Nations Now, In- . :- ' terrene in Western ' ; v.. , ' i X r , Republic. STATE OF ANARCHY IS REIGNING ' Guadalajara, Second Largest City in Country, Said to Have Been ' Taken by Villa. VICTORY . ASSERTED COMPLETE LONDON, Feb. IS. TheNppanlsh government has irade Application to the powers la Order to obtain Joint action to end what is termed a state ; of anarchy In Mexico, according to d dispatch from Madrtd to the Ex change Telegraph company. Caro oa Board Drlanart. y ' VERA CRUZ, Mexico. Feb. 13,--Joee Caro, the, minister of Spain In Mexico, is today en Involuntary fugi tive on board the American battle ship Delaware In the harbor of Vera Crux." Expelled from the country by General Carranxa, first chief of ,the constitutionalists, Senor Carp faajic cepted th) reiterated invitation of the American authorities to take refuge on board the Delaware. ' ' . . Acting on an intimation from General - Carrania' that hwas persona non grata and . that he leave the scountry within ' twenty-four hours datma; irom midnight of Wednesday, February 10, Senor Caro arrived here Friday night and waa today f,'i' afforded asylum by Capltaln William Rogers of the7 Delaware, who acted in this matter under tnstructlona from Washlng .. ton. Senor Caro came to Mexico only re ' ' cently. He had not presented tils creden tials as Spanish minister, not having re ceived from- hl government Instructions! to Join General Carransa hero at Vera. Crus. . J ' ' -' No Official Stataa, Says Carrea. That Joe Caro, sent to Moxlco as min' later by Spain and now finding asylum on the American' battleship Delaware, has in fact no official standing and that he was guilty of attempting to shield a man accused by this government' of a serloua crime, . waa the substance of a defense outlined In a statement issued tonight by Jose Urructa, head 5 of the foreign office under General Carranxa. In this statement Urrueto, recited that Angel Del Cano a Spanish resident of Mexico, has" been v closely Identified In loliUos with '.General Francisco- Villa,, at time havlrot served a his secretary meral. Villa's retirement and that after General fromexlco City he stjled hlmaolf mln- ever. nen uentr.. "lM'1'"" ' r" - i Mexico City, the -arrest of Del Caso was , ordered and he accused was gfvrn refuge , in the Ppanlch lection by fienor tar... who In the. meantime had arrlvea in Mexico City. nAnueal fA va II Wn t l A(Tf that the SJ-anlsh legation be searched .. w.j jk i.j .,- .,rn.., Dcrcaso. Tn wh'nor rrec.pitar.on rang,n. from bn-halt tused permission, for this search to , to more than twe inches Sewatd report made. General Carransa ordered him, to , sreatest quantity of precipitation, loavo the country. Senor Caro protested. . I ' 'nce Saturday morning Two Senor Vrrueta asserU In his tatoment,')lnches;of rain fell at Salem. .Edgar, on the ground that as a duly anointed ftromsbnrfc Lyons and a number of mln'ster his legation enjoyed the,' rlsht pitr points alone the railroad lines, of extra territoriality; at the san'o time ticneraily temperature In the east half be claimed to inviolability of his per-, 1 of the state have been above freVxtns, ,on- ;. 'but' farther west they have been from 14 Villa Taken flaarialaiara. jtoSO nbov Et. PASO, Tex., Feb. lit Guadalajara, i. It Is feared that the storm may have second largest rlty In Mexico, fell toJsv: caused some .lose to the stockmen and into the hands of the Villa troops, accord-1 ram hers, hut 4ha facts are not expected lng o a telegram -ecelvcJ tonight Dy Wi Associated. tTfSS. ifenerai yuia ocsvrioes his victory as complete. 1 Mine Guard Shot , -- at Butte is Dying . BUTTSX Mont., Feb. 13. The deatli of Thomas JIunroe,. mlne guard, -who was ahot and fatally -wounded by 1 tarry Rob inson, vice president of the Mine Work ers unhin, an organisation formed dur intr v trniihlea Inmf atimmer. Is 1 , momentarily expected at the hospital where he lsNylng with two bullets In bla ; . Ono of tl b' .etui-ea ot the automo txriy, . .( t bHe show wl'l be t'fPai'krrd armoured Robinson, who Is held In the 'county! cruiwr. Alter th iil;atch of a flock.of Jail, had made no statement regarding ' frantic te!et;ru:ii i ' sages to Packard iha shoot in If. Muuroe. in a statement officials, Horace. i'.r ,.o:al aKer.t, made given as his deathbed declaration, aald he frequently ha been threatened -with death becauae' of bla employment as an armed guard. While the shooting has revived discus sion of the labor disorders dt last year, tha authorities aav'they expect no fuivj ther trouble. ' ' ' ' ' . ml 1tlrt 4.Urti ' , xliU VlCUiuiivi . Forecast tlU 7 u. in. Sunday; For Omaha, Council Jiluffs and Vicinity, probably f ae, , Tea.v-orat.re. ! Omia Yesterday, ) Ie-.' 4j 44 i 1 in. tn-.. ii. . . ru... 3i (.'uiparatlv Loral Keeerd. JH15. 114.191 18)1 TTlgheet yesterday ; Ixvfst yectrrduy 24 ll Mean temporature ...... 42 lj PrecipUaliort 41 . -W Tenu'eraiura.. aiid pre (41 it at von turea from the normal: w Ivortiuil t-rip.ri.lvii k K,-t-us for the dy TuIaI ex .-.- sine MuriU 1 is Oepar- 21 t"1 Normal pretTtiiiition "i in h I 'x-ews M-r the lay :f inrh Tulal rsinfuil Blm-e Murt-li 1..2S JI liw-ha Ivli -ieiw-y nnt ian n 1.. l.frt inches 1 Mficiriu y for i or. period. 1S13 51 iiu h -a J ne" er Iteliclra- y fur ,-..r. Krtod. Wi2. 4. 70 In L, A." WKlSli. Iocai 'orcsater, I m Hour. J f a. in.. O a. m.. rt a. ui.. I . . . . ." ;-;ir- ':.. . A'-i v. 1 - . . n r 1 i ' - BAD STORM RAGIRG IN WEST NEBRASKA Passenger' Trains Are Running Far . Behind Schedule end Freights ' Are Annulled. ' HEAVY SNOW IS STILL FALLING One or the worst storms of the winter has been hovering over west ern Nebraska, since arlv Friday morn In and yesterday still con tinued. On the Northwestern toad from Long Pine, all fhe way through to Caspar; on the Burlington,-from Alliance to' Sheridan, and on ; the tnlon Pacific from NortfaFlatte to Cheyenne, since Friday morning, 'to Saturday noon, eight 0 twelve Inches of Bnow,had fallen' aad over" most, of the territory at that hour It was still jsnowlngt , jiMOTr Drlftlnw. Bndlr. j , Throughout thc western part- of the . be-n , drifting . badly. 'fctuttf. b:ivw has j.nr trains have been running from ne tQ foup bmm bfhM ,(.bedu,e. Qn Nonhweatern anJ Purilnirlon. freight . -n.uiieii -- nlowa - , l.ave been going out ahead of every pas- V'"'"- - ' , i ' ' v.nmx. ui mo wuiv mni!, miiLiia. tone... , to ue no-n ior several uj. la Dakota Over, ( pikhrE. H.'v.. Fett. 13. (Special Tele- gram.) The snow storm wnicn starve hero yesterday morning ended this eve ning' ith a foot of snow on the ground. The temperature Is mild with little wind. I ill IXXKIL CU UiUlOW Of War Type WiU Be On Display at Show arrangements ' to lr.'-, the big machine expressed In V iiul troni.Kunaa 'City to Omaha- Tho aimiured crjl-.cz an exact dupli- caOs of X auch(malii i- -i luwin active service in tho F.u open-, v.nr, and this parllchlHr one w.ll be shi.-in-d to Euroe j In a few woks. It Is m.irr'y covered by steel arnwur find otily tLa wlueld are ! ex posed to view, A luiptl i perilled ..Ion The, machine, incln ll:ls turret Is autione.1 a machine eun The ip:rutars 01 me gun.aro proieoicji Dy tne sirioviriu '1 stel antl ran shoot tv-hile 4he tiichlt, In - - - y - traveling t ft ray d rute. 1 j tJJLL . I U rU i UMU.J . L-BEL ON STATE PRINTING l . ' 1 " 1 ' ' CHETENNE, wrt, Keb, 13. )?;e.-t-L if . i , . 1 MLm..1 l .t.ii, nn t ur.orrariUrd s med labor 1,1 a: ::::::::::::: i embodied m no. Biu-r or yo. t.lng leitlslatur. Introdu.fd by Reprexen. E:J;::::::::::::l't'veFJwisMaK.yof Lara,n.ecounty. ; : a in- ?'.tltn 2 ef this bill prov!1-s that "In sui-h rities wherein exist a a rry.'sr constituted Itudy of' the Intern national Typsgrshlt-al tJt.lon of North America, cegniaanc thereof shall be taken; and fn such an evnt and under such a con'Hloa the printing being executed tn su h a city, shall have thereon the l&bel of the branch ;uf the International Tyr"g. a ;hi-al pnion." Inasmuch aa the "union laid" relerred l.to msy be used only on pth;t! ne In ! eatablishmtnta employing c:.ly union pilnUrs. state printing contracted lu b,t times and after failure to postpone the done In. a city where a branch of the 1 Typogrdphiral Onion Is maintained could ' .! . .... under tha operation of the Mac Kay J be don ouly la, a "union shop," bill. lW ARTILLERY FIGHTS IN .YEST Violent but Intemittent Exchanges in , Protrress from Champagne 'to the North Sea." ' SMALL S5QRM SIXES IN LORRAINE PARI3. Feb. I3.-The French war office this afternoon- issued ' a report ot the ClnMIng which reads as follows: . "From the sea to ths Lys, the Germans yesterday bombarded violently N leu port and the country-of the dunes. Their ar tillery fired en Ypres during the night of February 11-12 sad on our positions. tt the east of Tpres during the day of February 11 Our artillery replied to hip fire effectively. ' : , "From the Lys to the fJomme yesterday witnessed intermittent cannonading. In the region of ' Arras near,'Carency we caused the explosion of two mines situ ated at outposts held by the enemy. "On the Somme between ths 6lse and the Alsne, as well as in Champagne there waa yesterday great activity pn the part of the artillery of both sides. ,x "8om tea aviators have flown ever the region of Verdun. The bombs thrown by them did no damage. During the night of February ftH3 there were two Ger man attacks on'oilr trenches In' the forest' of Caurea to ths iiorth cC Verdun, wbH:h ' were repulsed. Tri Lorrains ; the'Gewie -eUJok' on 'our positions st Arrocourt, mentioned In our report of last nighty as led by one com- pany, while' at the same time another (lor man company, endeavored -with ' RQ greater &uicees to occupy our positions at R-msey. , " ' v "In Alnaee. the enyny-hss bombarded, the' position w hich we .took'. February 12 In the vicinity of Mount ude!kopf. Be cause ef the thorough' organisation it our. trenches the effects of this bom bard meot were insignificant" - r ( ' , . ' Y t . Tri6 of Mexicans ; r Held as; Suspects ' ' ; By Lincoln Police Three Mexicans, auapected of being the men .who killed petectlve Tom. Ring,1 Were arrested In ' Lincoln yesterday, according to word which reached tha sheriff's office here from Chief of. Policy M alone of Lincoln. THe arrbbts. Were made on Information given by a woman who saw the men 'in hiding In a coa) shuts. Photographa of the men wanted were .taken to Lincoln by fpecisj Agent Phil lips of tho- Burlington Railroad.. 1,'hlcf Malone, after seeing these, decided there Was a possibility that at lesst one of tbe suspects might be; one of the trio ".of murders of Ring, and ordered them held for further investigation, according to a telephone message toOmaha last night. One of the suspects la an ex-eonvirt, who formerly lived tn North Platte. -- ' Race War at Gallup, : N. M., Compromised UAIJA'P, V. Jt.-; - Feb. lj.-kmj . dis- jjejjtlon, which bo'gan with a mas meet- , inS this week st, which aproclamation i wua lusued ordering all negroes to leava the town, was settled by a compronils fxlsy. Kolluwlng an order from.Gov amor McIHmald to rheriff R O. Ttt berts to enforce the Inws an t (rotect the ne groes., in tlitilr .It-sal ritlils, an itgrv-ement -waa.inudc by whli h tlirse blavks. who itrw ki'ci-ptahle'to tha authorities will be -..-i...., rA i . i.. .'...,- .. , n ,u wru J a riii4.ii 3 ivnn ,n i .iivv !h. have been , discharged ,uom. their P-tt'.loiis woull.lio reinstated. Nrgroes j ctnciJcrjil undo ra bla Will again be or- j Tha negro population bvfore the tioublo itjeian w-s somewhat ,( mora than .100, , ALuut hulf. the blacks hat left before the i - tr A.i : . . , i , n i i vvYC!!iNQ ma-y&uild - , . ; . ADD1T1C.J TQ CAPITOL c'l'c.VKNNF., WVo., ' Feb. 11. (H;eclal ) i'id'-s.i th. re 1 ai unexiirted of antl-4 J mi.nt the f.enata of ihh Wyoming ti-gla- latu.- diir the uitt -w days, Wyom- JnT ill i ill an ddlk i to Ita capital I'Ullilfg at a cit of at last !5e,00. Tha s-nat-, bus recommen,ld for ' passage IIou.'io Fill il. which provides tn a' spe rml lax cf threa-elKhihs of 1 mill for two yeava to ralra ffnJf for.'capltl en- Vi,tr; ent. The recommendation was 'retchfd S.t.-r a drbate which waa heatd bill rrie.?initely and to amend It to pro vide for the erection of a state office building, separata from th eapttol, at a cost of not tooro tbaa tT,0M. . artlf ..4 . j i 1 V 4 .v ill 1 tfc i -' ,A' I .... 'A TJ. S. Communication At Luxemburg Are : , Held" Tin by Germans - I.UXEMBURG OranohDuchy ef tMxem burg (Via London). Feb. 11 The German military authorities here have refused to transmit a package containing the Amer ican consular .agent's ; accounts because it was sealed in an envelope addressed to the Btate department at Washington. The package, under Instructions from the commandant, -was returned to the agent unopened. ,.'-.'". -Interference by the German authorities with American official correspondence al ready ' has elicited a protest .; from the State department at Washington, based on an appeal that vets contained in a cablegram forwarded by Dr. Henry. Van Dyke,- the American minister to The Netherlands .and Luxemburg," who com plained that' the German military com mander at Trares refused Jto allow offi cial letters to pass from the minister to the government of the . Grand " Duchy. Secretary Bryan has sent a note of pro test to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin for delivery lo the German foreign office. The German government was reminded of , the fact that Df,,V Pyko ws minis ter , to iLuxemhurg ao jwe1' as, to The Netherlands; that 1 Is ad bee rendered inoommuniudW& far ss his. relations with Luxemburg were concerned, and th note expressed confidence that the action of the military commander at Treves was not sanctioned by the imperial German government. - 1 ,, Warships Escort : - passenger Liners ; , ..Across Irish. Sea ISKW YORK," Feb. . 13. Passengers ar riving here' today on the British steam-shlp- Megantlc from -Liverpool said that extra precautions apparently were being taken to protect shipping In and out of English ports from torpedo or submarine attack. " Charles A. Nelson of Uticr, N T., said j the Megantic, leaving .Liverpool February S, was 'closely guarded by a destroyer until at was well clear ef the channel. It -appeared as if we Vers going through a lane of war vessels, 'i- aald Mr. Nelsop. "The destroyers weremovins; back end forth st a rapid speed. , The nlxsm of Hyderabad, one of the native rulers of India, has equipped and sent to "England a force of 60,000 met, ac cording ' to Fefher Amatus, a Belgian Cathollo priest, for the last thirteen, years a missionary in India, and one of the Me- ntl,, Passengers. . . i mail . is loyai iq me inotnes country, said Kathar Amatus. "Territorial troops have been moving to England from tho beginning of tha war. . The men are eager t3 get into the trenches." i Bill Introduced in . House for Embargo 0n Wheat and Flour WASHINOTON, Feb. 13. -A bill te. ean pewer. the president to embargo whaat aud wheat flour exports wss Introduced today by Bepreaentatlvea Farre of Penn sylvania. It would" require the president to 'fins tha total wheat supply on 0an4 last' July 1, the quantity .required ' f 01 domestic purposes, that already exported and estimated exports during the current floottl ' year. If not enough., -remains to meet the average par capita annual con-; sumption based on the record of the last ten, yeara, the president would under the terms of the. bill proclaim . an . embargo, Mr. Farre said' Ire intended, to press his Alsatians Weep with Joy as They A Greet French Republic's Chief .",-, : PARIS, Feb." ll-Prsllnt Potilar and Minister of War Mlll.-rand, who ar on a taur-of Inapeclion of the wnatern bat Us front, acre rocelvad entbualastic- aliy today by tho people of Alsace. Tears Of Jov ttrosmed down the faces of the older inhabitants, wil younger persona, dreased In the national Alsatian costume, presented ttand-mado gifts to the Frenoh chief executiva, ' Tho house la th provlnst- were dec roraled with tricolor flajra which had been l.ldlen la Alsaue aim-e 170, The aiayora of the various Uiwn expressed their t. latitude at . deliverance by France lu votcea choked with emotion. President Polruare decorated many , notabla , per suos wltb ths . order ef tho- Lasioa ef ..... - y - ' "At I Ml ';..:: f - : i .. v-3 ; ' GRIDIRON CLUB HAS FUN WITH GDESTS Six, Candidates for President Placed on Trial Before Judge Com toon People. - " r COLLEGE YELL FOR MARSHALL WASHINOTON, Feb. . Three Xa in a row. . Large gfid fragrant Xa they, were and they hung lrr all their glory beneath tho- brllllaat electric "gridiron In' the New Willard banrjuet hall last night. 't'Thoy woro the floral BlgnboarflS' which-' rhnrkwd tho thir tieth anulverBary dincer ol tne Grid Iron club. w. ; i For thirty years this famous or ganization baa been dispensing mirth and merriment, jollity and Jest, wit and wisdom. , Like wine. It grows better aa it grows older. - Each yoar has aeon it develop along' uatque lines until now it is not only dis tinct institution ot. the national capi tal, but Its fame ia world-wide. Last night's trple-X dinner wa one of tho best everl It' was full f clever stuff, but without the slightest suggestion of malice in any line. Each afraft of wit fell harmlessly upon a cushion of laughter., - . President Edgar C- . Snyder, 'of , the Omaha Bee. led the procession Into the banquet hall, , escorting Vic President MarshaL Secretary Bryan and several other, members of tile cabinet, - a dosen er more senators, over a score of rpr- fSentattvee, army end navy , officers and men distinguished .in finance, railroad ing, literature and science, made up the throng ot more thaa SCO which gathered around tho beautifully decorated tables. Perhaps espVolal mention ought to be made of Admiral Clark, of Oregon fame, and Chauncey' M. De"pew. Tbe visiter's presence recalled tha eerly days of ths club. -There was a reminiscent note in the song , which wss ' sung tt htm. "You're tho tie that binds us to the days gone by,"' warbled the., ononis, and the speech which the sentiment evoked waa In Mr.'- Depew's happiest vein which la saying a good deal. But tha face of )he Gridiron clyb is always turned toward the future and so there wss no other reference to tho fact that' nearly a third N of , a century . baa elapted since some eight or ten newspaper correspondents tootr unto themaelvee a name which has become historic, ' ' Appeals to 'Brer r Sense. Tbe . dinner appealed to every sense. The' floral decorations charmed ths eye. Nothing could have hee more beautiful than th mapnor ia which Email arranged the masses of fragrant - spring blos soms. Tbe great eletr1o ' gridiron was Imbedded In American Beauty rosea and the walla and ceiling Were hidden behind abundant . festoons Of smilax and other vines. ' Tha delicious menu satlsfled-'tha Inner man and the muslo pleased the ear. Thar was an appeal to Intelligence and Intellectuality' In tha dialogues and "Continued on Page Five. Column Two.) Honor.. He sI3o bestowed (he Legion of Jtonor'en the mother superior of ths Thanrt hospital for devotion vto the wounded. Tha presidential party paid a visit to a school where tha children are now taught both German and Krench.J President Polncara inspected the Krsflrh trenches in the valley and decorated Sev ern! officers and meu for vulor. , The president said be was well satisfied with the iieulthy appearam.e of the troops, and also commanded the r ifni kabls strength and cunrtlng of the fortlMca liona. Ihe party also vlrUed ths prlnH-r-a.1 Alsatlin points cc-ufld y the Fren.-h, Including Dannemarc and tne helghta which dominate (Vi-nay (8enn-' helm), aad Murlhautt ptaiu. I , HAVRE,. Feb. 13. (Via rarlsV Shipping circles here now consider It practically certain that the British steamer Orlolo was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The last time the vessel la known to have been seen was at 2 p. m. January SO. near Dungeness, in company with the London steamer. London Trader, which is jilso missing. There is equal certainty that the London Trader shared the fata of the Oriole. A . tel ram from Rouen says James Cullen, a survlfor of ths Trader, was landed here by tha steamer Poland,' the captain ' of which stated- that Another ship, whoso name he could not give, had saved three 'sailors from the Trader. The Oriole left London for Havre on January 2H. Its crew numbered twenty one men. The BrtUslt admiralty " ex. pressed the opinion on February 9 that It had been atruk by a German torrdo. The I-ohdon Trader was a vessel of tons, . built In lit! and owned by the Lfmdon Welsh Steamship company of London. v ... Boy Charged yith Murder at Atlanta; Forger Also Indicted ATLANTIC, la-, February U XRpeeleU The grand Jury, which has been In ses sion here for the last three weoks, re ported yesterday and was discharged. A total of seventeen Indictments were re turned at th session. Four Indictments were returned against a fellow represent ing himself to ' be Mike Deavltt, who "bilked" local people with worthless checks, the. Indictments' being on the charge of forgery." Deavitt, or whatever his real name is, oame . here and nego tiated for and contracted to buy a local restaurant. . lie represented himself to be a young farmer from Warren, county, who had sold his farm, was to be mar ried, and was coming here to embark in business. He told a straight story and flashed? a ehsck book which showed him with a bslanoe noted- down ' of nearly 12.000. He secured tr worth s$f clothing and 10 In money, and after he had been gone a few days the checks he gave were returned, marked "furgerloe." It develops that th real Mike Deavltt does lve In Warren eounty and that tbe fellow Who wss here knew about bint and Im personated aim, ', , ' - The grand Jury returned an Indictment en Jhe etiarve cf murder against Franet Dunn, th 17-year-old lad who shot and kUled his Stepfather, T. J. BJcEntry, last December, because the latter beat Dunn's mother. Th boy is in the county jail arid the' case will come op at the April terra. ' , . German Victory in East Prussia Over -.'"Russians Decisive BBRLIN. Feb. IS.-(V!a I-ondon.)-The morning papers hail tha victory ' In E&st -Prussia particularly as removing further danger of an invasion of Ujat province. They point to the Russian report -of the battle1 as an Indication of -tha complete ness of ,ths defeat, ss it sdmlts that the Russian are falling back to the protec tion fit their chain cf fortresses. . , Thevvictory is especially prised because of. ths frustration of plans for a strong offensive which the . Busaians are be lieved to. have been preparing In this region. . The capture of IH.floO prisoners reported In ths Oemian official communication means thst practically sn entire army oorpa' has been put out of the fighting. The fact thst the number of guns cap tured Is comparatively small ' Is com mented on In some euartere as Indicating that ths Russians, who are said already to have lost a 'third of their artillery through capture, era now Insufficiently equipped In this arm of the service. Ths Lokal Anselftar's military Cubtribu- tora says, Jn commenting on the results in Kaat Prussia: 'We believe that the Russisn general staff is not fsr astray wrhen it assumes that our troops in Cast Prussia ,hav been reinforced." The press expresses hopes for further good news-, from ths battle still proceed ing In some parte of the eastern Una, The children in the schools were given a. holiday today and flags ars flying all overhe city In honor of tbe victory. Zapata Destroys Water Works of ; Mexican Capital WASHINGTON, Feb, ll.-Zipate forces have destroyed the water works In Mex ico City, the food famine has beeoms crit ical and indications are that Carranxa forces may soon evacuate the city, offU- clal advices to ths American government say today. i . ". Officials here are much concerned over tbe reports which have' been coming for the last .threa davs. With lack of food and unrest In ths population and tha fact tliat.Mexico City Is e(, no great atrateKlo importance, dip lomats In Uaxlco City fear . tha place may be left without semblance of author ity at any moment. Advlcee to tha Htate dopartment -from Pedras Negras report that en Thursday Vflla troops evBcuoted Monolova and moved south, the Carranca forces under General Iu!s Gutierres occupying tbe town without resistance. ' The KpanlKh minlsiei, who was expelled from UexU-o City by General Carranxa, went aboard the bsttlcahlo Ihtiawar aa a guest of Caput-. Rogers, but will -sail for Havana February .It en a Spanish Unas. ', SEVERAL ponrrs ARE justified Ke?ertheless, Kaiser'a Government . Determined to 'Adhere to Own ViswTjoint HO DANGER OF C0MPLICATI053 The Day'i War News BKI.OIl M AIU JSORT1I FRAKt'H are aarala the aeeae of Tie-lent ar tillery battles. BKRLtlV WAR OFFICK says victory 1st East Prussia ls aa deelalre as ( end dearer of Rasalaa Imvaaloa 1st tka seel I o a. TWO BRITISH MERCHANT BII1P re reported task . laf English, ehasmel by Oernsa torpedoes. LONG l)RW OCT battle- for soh eoaatoa of aasaeo la Carpal hlan a ml a tat as U atlll aneliled. GERMt attack la the- Arsroane kM aralaed aroaad, the Bertla war or fleo saasaaee todar, and mora than half a antl of Frenra Boat ' have been won. There ha b farther flsrhtlaa- la tho V ees, aad th Berlin official re- . sort etatea that all attacks of tho allies .wore repulsed, laying par. ttealar atress opsa heary arttllery t ooatarta. ' ' GBM.MAN WAR OFTTCB atates that tho 'western ' front was foand artillery ammaaltloa "which aa mraur onsjinatea la Antrloaa 'factories.' BERLIN tVia London), Feb. 13. The German forelsa office, after studying the American note respect log tha declaration, by Germany of a war lone la tho waters around Great Britalaand Ireland, .state that tho termg are much friendlier than pre viously had been expected by reaaon of the incomplete newspaper dis patches published here. , The foreign office vhal not antici pated that the United States would accept the German position without objection, arid it even rccocnlaiea that from the Ajnerlcan Btand point cer tain of the points raised aia justified, Germany, however, it U declared. Intends toadhere to ita one view point. Various officials, diplomatic,' naval and military, whose opinions have been sought, profess to see no elements of danger la the situation, and are convinced that the. naval campaign can' be conducted on tha lines laid down in- the admiralty proclamation without in-volvina; diffi culties between the United States and Germany. ' ' . -. . . ' Filibusterers Again . Get Busy in Senate v As Dems Shovr pand WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Whlle tho ad-' ministration democrats were refraining ths ship bill for a new drive In tho house.! the republican filibuster blossomed out -anew today la the senate, where Hens tor Gore tried to have tho commerce commis sion ' dlacharged from his substitute. which Is to, bo used ss one of tho basis for compromise. Senator Burton took the floor for a speech that promised to last all day, and It was apparent that ths republican oppo sition was prepared to hold its lines firm , until tha administration compromise took a thoroughly definite form. , Senator Weeks, author of the bill -which la also a part ef the eomprwnlw., rt-t'1i-t.i it could not be accepted In the senate with the amendments proposed by ths admin istration in the bouse. Senator Burton presented two resolu tlons, one calling on the Treasury do partment for information of whether ther were any negotiations even of t, preliminary character to buy any of tht ' German ships' now laid up tn Amerlc&a ' ports; and another proposing that a com-, mitts of senators investigation along the same line. Consideration of both went over without actio. When Representative Padgett introduced tn tha house the resolution fr a special rule. It was referred to the niles com mittee,' Which- probably will not take It up until aftee it has been considered by a democratic caucus. Korean Officials Said to Have Been Tortured Released BKOUU Korea, Feb. IS. Ainneity was granted by Japanese authority today to Baron Tun Chi-Ho, former cabinet nifn iatar; Tan Kl Tak, formerly connected with tho Korean Dally News; An T: l Kog., Im Chi Cheng. YI Sung-llun arid Ok Kwan Pin, who In July, 191. wer entenoed to six years impribomuant for ' an attampt to Maslna,to (i.-neral Terauchl. Japanese governor genoral of Korea. Th trlnl and tonvictlos . of theso Koreans two - years ago attracted eon sidrrabye attention on amount of tho " allegation, that certain Koreans had be,-a aubjocti'd, to torture In building up ths t case agaJnat tha Accused. The b-i-t,i,,n cf six years, Impoead by tha '1'a.l-lvu court, were confirmed in October,.. VJi by th supreme court, ot Korta.