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SEYEN DEMOS WITH
G.O.P. TRIO HOLD DP
SHIP BILUN SENATE
JTewly-Remodelled Measure on the
Rocks as Insurgents and Three
Progressive Republicans
: Shy at It.
CHANGE DON'T APPEAL TO THEM
Administration Leaders in Quan
; duy and in Doubt as to Fate of
Wilson's Pet Legislation.
ONLY HOPE NOW IN CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Admin
istration democrats got another set
back in their fight for President Wil
son's ship bill when they suddenly
learned today that the bill as H
passed the house last night will not
command the support of Senators
Kenyon, Norris or I A Toilette, pro
gressive republicans, on whom they
counted, nor the support of any of the
aeven insurgent of their own party.
The plan to move to concur with the
house amendments was wrecked by the
discovery that the leaders - could not
muster enough votes.
Administration leaders made no at
tempt to conceal their embarrassment
and planned to send the bill to conference
with the hop of putting on some amend
ments to command .support. The bolting
democrats were said to be favorable to
an amendment to make the enterprise a
temporary one to end with the European
war.
Alter a series of motions to send the
bill to a conference, . motions to table,
appeals and other maneuvers in which
the seven democratic insurgents voted
with the republican opposition, the bill
finally got Into a parliamentary position
where it went to the senate calendar
and can be called up again only, on a
motion for its consideration.
The slntuatlon put the administration
leaders Into a quandary and left the whole
situation almost as Indefinite as before.
Stock Shippers'
Pass Bill Goes
To the Governor
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 17. (Special.) The first
bill to come to Governor Morehead for
his signature, outside of the legislative
appropriation bills, waa 8. F.M, Sen
ator's Grace's bill for free transportation
both ways for shippers of live stock.
This bill with two other senate bills
of miner Importance were put in the
governor's- hands this morning. They
will be feigned toy htm, as Tar as Tinown,
'and become laws of the land In due
course. v ' . .
Five Men Die in
Fire in Hotel at
Marshfield, Ore.
MARSHFIEXD, Ore., Feb. 1C Five men
are dead, two. axe missing and four are
badly Injured as a result of a fire early
today, which destroyed the Bunker Hill
hotel here. The hotel Is near a lumber
mill and Its occupants were mostly mill
employes. .
NINE STATES JOIN IOWA
INFIGHTING RATE RAISE
WW MOINT38. Feb. 17. Nine other
western states joined with the Iowa
Railroad commission today in sending j
a petition te the Interstate Commerce
commission, . asking a suspension of !
tariffs proposing general advances in
tntsratate passenger rates.
The stales, whioh united to fight the
proposed Increased rates, are: Iowa,
iMTnneaotay North Dakota, South Dakota,
Oklahoma, Arkansas. Arisona. Colorado,
New Mexico and Nebraska.
The Weather
Jforeeast till 7 p. ran., Thursday: j
' For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity j
-Partly cloudy; continued moderate tem-i
perature. j
Tessperatmre at Omaha Yesterday.
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Hours.
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Comparative Local Record. I
ll'li. 1814. 191J. 1911 I
51 4H ( 46 1
M ' 2 37 3.'i :
4t S hi 41 '
.OS .00 .000 .0i'
Highest yesterday..
I owes t yesterday...
Mean temperature..
freclpltation
" KivvififtuUB UHflf.
.tares from the normal:
Normal temperature 24
Txc.es for the day 20
Total exoess since March 1 " . "717
Normal precipitation winch
Kxcesa for the day 04 Inch
Total rainfall since March I. ..28 91 inches
Iiefk'tency since March 1 1.51 Inches
tTeftciency for cor. period, 114. D.s7 Inches
"Deficiency for tor. period. 1913. 4.78 Inches
Reports fro si Motloaa at T P. M.
Station sad tUU Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 p. m. est full
Cyeyenne. cloudy 40 g .no I
Davenport, part cloudy... .40 4g jr
ilxaver, cloudy. 4tf m oi
Uodga City, clear ...0 Mi .o I
lender, part cloudy 44 M .iv
North Platte, clear 4 i .
Omaha, rain 4T .".I .iik
Pueblo, rain ."4 ti! .in
Tcapld City, cloudy 4 :s ,o
ealt Lake City, tloudy 4-' 44 .m
f-nta r'e. part cloudy 4K .01
Mheridan. clear M M .00
k)UX fit jr. rain 40 44 .e4
Valentine, clear S 44 oo
X iadicates trace of precipitation.
U 4 WKL8H, Local Forecaster.
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KINO GEORGE leaving Salisburt Plains, after review
ing the Canadian troops, in company with Lord Kitchener
and others of the British General Staff.
SD fS woS-. .. .
f it v
f HI lT
U. S. CAN'T BLAME
DEPRESSION TO LION
Second British Reply to First Amer
ican Note Denies Trade Slump
Here Due to English Action.
IS .NO UNDUE INTERFERENCE
"WA8mNrjON,v reo. lT.-43reat" Brit
ain's .second and complete reply to the
American note of. protest, which en Ver
cember 31 last asked for an early Im
provement In the trcatmont ef American
commerce by the 6rltlh' fleet, was made
public tonight by mutual agreement be
tween the State department and the Brit
ish foreign office. . . "
The note to Ambasador Page by Sir
Edward Grey,, under date of February 10,
denies that the deprcslon in American in
dustries Is due to the activity of the
British fleet, and sugests among other
causes the shortage of shipping facilities,
the consequent diminution of cotton
trade and the destruction by submarine
mines "laid by the enemy indiscrimin
ately", of many neutral vessels. , ,
Anaoanoes Resolve.
After giving a lenghty and detailed an
swer to the chai'Ko tbut American, ships
and cargoes were being unduly detained,
the communication contains in its con
cluding paragraph the announcement that
Great Britains Intends to take retaliatory
measures agairutt the German submarine
campaign against enemy ships, but does
not reveal their nature.
Conceding that foodstuffs intended for
the civil population of n country are not
contraband, the British government points
out that "in any country In which there
exists such tremendous organisation for
war which now exists In Germany, there
is no clear division between those whom
the government Is responsible for feodr
lng and those whom It Is not."
British EndeaTor,
Vlt will still' be our endeavor," says the
final psragraph, "to avoid injury and loss
to neutrals, but the announcement by the
German government of their Intention to
sink merchant vessels ond their cargoes
ithout verification cf their nationality
or character and without making any
provision for the safety of noncombatant
crews or giving them a chance of savlna
their lives lias made it necessary for his
majesty a government to consider what
measures they should n.lopt to protect
their Interests. It. Is Impossible for one
belligerent to depaie from , rules ami
precedents end for thj other to remain
bound by them."
Supplementing the preliminary reply of
several weeks ago, the new note Is about
10,000 woids long, and Includes not onlv
statistical argument but a further dis
cussion of the legal points Involved.
ot to Blame for Nlamp.
Koremost. however. Is the denial of the
British government tnat the depression j
In American industries referred to In the'
American note was due to the alleged in-!
teiference of the Britirti t:cet with Amcr-j
lean commerce or "the result of any ex
wcise of belligerent riului."
War News to Him;
v A Nice Day for It
CHAMPAIGN, HI.. Feb. I7.-News
travels more slowly in some cases than
in others. Here is an illustration. A
Champaign resident who entered a local
store today.
"The war la swful. iBn t it?" said the
storekeeper.
"Is there a war?" asked the man.
"Sure. England. France and Russia are
fighting Germany in the greatest war
In history."
"Well, they have a nice day for it, any
how," the man replied, as he pitkl up
his bundle and left
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SUBMARINES SINK
TWO ALLIES' CRAFT
French Steamer Ville de Lille and
British Collier Torpedoed and
Sent to Bottom.
CREWS TOLD TO LEAVE BOATS
f -.PARIS.' Fetu" 1 7. "An offljlai pom.
munlcatlon issued by the ministry of
marine tells of the sinking yesterday
by the German TJ-16 of the French
steamer Vllle Le Lille off the Far
fleur lighthouse, a short distance, a
short distance east of ' Cherbourg,
after the submarine had ordered the
crew to leave the steamer. The
statement follows:
"The French steamer Vllle De
Lille, belonging to the Compagnie
.Navigation, es Bateaux a Vapeur Du
Nord, sailing from Cherbourg to
Dunkirk, sighted the German sub
marine TJ-16 near the lighthouse at
Barfleur at 1:3 o'clock yesterday.
Babmarlae Too Fast,
"The Vllle D Lille endeavored to es
cape, but was outs peed ed by the sub
marine, men from which boarded it and
gave the crew ten minutes to leave in
the ship' boats. They then sank the Vllle
De Mils by bombs placed in Its' Interior."
,"The tM headed for a Norwegian
steamer, but sank out of sight when a
division of French torpedo boats from
Cherbourg sppesred on the horizon."
The' Vllle -De Mile was a small steamer
of 997 tons. .
. , ,. .
British Collier Saak.
HAVRE (Via Paris), Feb. . 1-The
British steamer collier Dulwlch," bound
from Hull .to Rouen, 'Was torpedoed
by a German submarine twenty
miles northwest of Cape De I Heve at
o'clock last, night. The torpedo struck
the middle starboard side.
As the crew took to the bosts the sub
marine which torpedoed the ship waa
seen speeding away. The Dulwlch tank
In twenty .minutes.
Kate of To akaovra.
Twenty-two members of the crew of
SI men were picked up by the French de
stroyer Arquebuse and brought to Havre,
h'eveu others rowed to Fecamp. The fate
of the other' two Is unknown.
;A dispatch from London last night
stated 'that 'Lloyds' had received Informa
tion from Fecamp, Frame, that the Dol
nl.il had been blown up. This Informa
tion Waa brought ashore by seven men of
the crew who rowed to land. The Dul
wlch was a vessrl of 3.29 tuns owned by
the British Steamship company.
Hot on the Trail
Of Gonzales, Say
Police of Omaha
I'he police of Omaha asseit tnat they
arc hot o:i tile tiall of Ig. Gonzsks, sun
nrtfri tn W tine of the murderers of De
lei live King. This lini? they have their I
nun laA.I 1 .. Ik., l-l. 'fr.lt.' . . . . . . I
up on the Omaha road, between here i
and btoux City. j
A report come to the police station last
nig lit to the effect that at about o'clock
a man who answers the tlescription of
Gonxalts was seen In the vicinity of
Rmerson. iuada of officers luslde of
an hour left Fermont. Norfolk and Bir.x
City, headed for Kmerson. Already there
. r. K4. 1 ... I 1 f f i rm r I , ttar train Ik&i
maji was seen snd they heve been
ordered to Emerson. . Kery portion of
the country for miles around Kmerson
will to combed before moratog.
KAISER WILL MAKE
APOLOGYTOGERARD
ui FOR DEMONSTRATION
German Emperor Will Personally
Express Regrets to U. S. Envoy
Because of Insult in
Theater.
ON OCCASION OF VISIT EAST
Man in Audience Begins Violent
Tirade in Presence of Minister
Against American Policy.
DIPLOMAT TO KOENIGSBURO
HASkI.. Switxerland, Feb. 17.
(Via Tarls.) Kmperor William will
apologize personally to James W.
tr.erard. the American ambassador to
j Germany, for the hostile riemonsrta-
Hon which occurred at a Merlin the
ater on the evpnlni? of February S,
, according; to a telegram received here
; today from the German capital.
' The emperor, it Is Bald, will ex
press his regrets to Mr. Gerard on
the occasion of the ambassador's
visit to the emperor at the liast
Prussian fortress of Koenlgsburg.
Mr. Gerard Is reported In the dls-
i patch to have accepted the emperor's
invitation to go to Koenlgsburg.
Ambassador Gerard and a party
from the Tnlted States embassy
were attending a theater in Berlin
on February 9. when a man In the
audience protested because they were
speaking English. When informed
that his remarks were directed
against the ambassador, the. man
began a violent tirade against the
United States for permitting the ex
portation of arms. The individual
was finally suppressed by theater at
tendants. Japan Making Hay
While Sun Shines,
Says English Paper
LONDOM. Feb. 17 Gloom in Kurope
is sunshine for Jspsn. so Japan Is mak
ing hsy. Is the comment of the Man
chester Guardian on the demands made
by Japan upon China which the Guardian
declares "In some ways are scarcely
compatlblble with the declared object of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance to insure the
Independence and Integrity of China."
The Guardian contends that In meeting
Japan's, very comprehensive projects in
Manchuria, ehangtung. Western ' Mon
golia, the Yangtae valley and in Fuklen,
China has none of the advisors which It
had before August of last ear.
Its 'Buropcsn friends are occupied, the
paper says and the I'nlted States, which
is one of the guarantors of the "open
door" policy, has urgent business closer
! heme.
BKKL1N, Feb. 17. (VI London) The
political demands which Japan Is re
ported to have made upon China during
the last fortnight are attracting much
attention in German newspapers.
The Cologne Gazette says the most im
portant step ever undertaken by Japan
occurs st a time when all the great
powers of Kurope are rending each other
and the United States is playing a role
which never was expected of It. The
Gazette regrets that "blindness of Ger
many's enemies, who permit such a
catastrophle to threaten the white race."
Wheat Drops Five
Cents in Chicago
CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Increasing appre
hension as to vessel risks In the wa(
i cone was largely responsible for a fait
In wheat today. As much ss S cents waa
cut from the price of the July delivery.
In which trading chiefly centered. That
month dropped to f 1.414. as against I1.36S
G1.3H last night.
Before the descent came to an end
tosses amounted to more than cents a
bushel. The market closed nervous at
t'.fat'i cents under last night.
Seven Killed in
A Mine Explosion
I WILKKriRARRE, Pa., Feb. 17. Seven
j men are known to have been killed and
j nine others seriously burned late today
In an explosion of gas at the prosist
colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal com
pany. llescuers have brought Jour of the
dead and six Injured to the surface.
The National Capital
Hrduridti, February IT, 11B.
The Beaatr.
The sdmlnlKtratinn ship bill in lis ivw
fi rm came from the huuse and awaited
j action.
i Bernard N. Baker, a steamship mau-
Usrr. t'lifi'd before the -. oimiilttee In-
vextlfRtlnK charge of Influence In con-
tic. tii.n v illi the ship bill.
I Adjourned at t:6S p. in. to noon X,IU"H
day. j Te noose.
' KfforH tn bring ut the pension bill
j were defeated and bills were considered
j under the calendar Wednesday rule.
I General rural credits hill introduced by
I ' . . . . .-a ...... I i. I i i ll.n.u Ta-u
l'assed senate bill for American registry
of wrecked Ion-inn built ships salved by
American cltixi-ns.
Adjourned at i ll p. m. until 11 a. in.
Thursday.
A 8MAI.I. syndicate Is just forming
to handle a profitable California
land proposition. You can get In on
ground floor with from 1500 to
flS.000. If you ai t uulck. This propo
sition will stand the closest investl
Katlou. ,
Tor further laforsaatioa abent
this opportunity, see the Wast
A.A section f today's Bse.
Davics Explains Purposes of the
New Federal Trade Commission Act
NKW YORK. Feb. K.-Joseph K. Ds
vle. tomnit.'f loner of the bureau ef cor
I'orstlons. prominently mentioned for the
halrinanship of the Federal trade com
lUlHslon. discussed recent trust leslsls
Hon before the Members Council of the
Merchants' Association of New York to
lay and outlined the alms and workings
of the law creating lbs trade commission.
He said the spirit and purpose behind
the law was that of "even banded jus
tU'e; vliillant protection of the public In
terest from encroarhments of dishonest
business and as well, constructive help
In btixlness which Is heneslly and fairly
desirous of accommodating Itself to the
law."
Outlining recent trust legislation. Com
missloner 1'avles said the purpose of
the Newlnnds-Covlnttton act which
created the federal trade commission
"was to provide an expert body, which
should be ever watchful of the public In
terest, hut which should as well be
clothed with power to obtain facts and
Informs t inn for" the good of the puhll
and business generally and which, should
serve also ns Hit asency not only to en
force the law. but to aid expeditiously
CHINA REJECTS
JAPANDEMANDS
Mikado's Proposals Held to Be In
compatible with Sovereignity
of Celestial Empire.
MUCH CONCERN FELT IN PEKING
PKKING, Feb. 17. If Information
from presumably well Informed
sources, both foreign and Chinese, Is
correct, the memorandum recently
given by the Japanese legation to the
diplomatic representatives here of
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Russia respecting the de
mands of the Toklo government on
China omits certain of the require
ments originally presented to Peking.
These negotiations, which began late
In January, had for their object the de
finition of the future status of Japan's
relations with China and a decision
respecting certain questions regarding the
future development of the Chinese repub
lic. Their course has-been guarded with
great secrecy.
The Tcklng government did not conceal
Its concern over the situation thus
brought about, and on February Hun
Pao Chi. the Chinese foreign secretary, In
conference with the Japanese minister at
Peking, rejected Japan's proposals on the
ground that they were Incompatible with
China's sovereignty and conflicted with
existing treaties between China and other
foreign powers. The Japanese minister
then asked for an acceptance In princi
ple, stating that the detailed tiagottatrona
could be conducted later; but the Peking
government returned the same answer as
to the principles Involved.
Trenty-One Demands.
The original demands, according to In
formation from Peking sources, were
twenty-one In number and were fsr
reaching both In their political and com
mercial aspects. But It is not known
whether the original demands were made
orally or in a formal written communica
tion. The memorandum, as handed to
the legations of the t'nlted Ptates, Great
(Continued on Page Four. Column Three.)
Name and Port of
Ships Painted on
In Big Letters
NEW YOKK. Feb. 17.-Whcn the Hol
land-American line steamships Nieuw
Amsterdam and Veenyk sail from this
port February 20 for P.ottcrdam, their
nsmes and port of registry will' be painted
on tlielr sides In letters four 'feet high.
The work Is being dor.e today by painters
at Hoboken.
Maritime men heard today that to pro
tect its shipping the Dutch nation hsd
gone so fsr as to change the color of Its
flag. Hereafter, according to report the
flag will be composed of red, white and
light blue Instead of dark blue. The
Dutch flag, with la horlsoneal stripes
might bo mistaken for the black, white
and red German ensign. By using a
light blue stripe, It wss said the Dutch
hoped to avoid confusion.
Packing Firms Ask
Missouri Court to
Rehear Ouster Suit
JEFFKR8GN C1TT, Mo., Feb. 17.-A
motion for a rehearing waa filed today
by the five packing companies which
were conditionally ousted from the stste
snd fined t2,0m) esch by the supreme
court lust week on a charge of violating
the stats anti-trust law. The companies
concerned In the suit are Morris 6 Co.,
Swift ft Co., Armour ft Co., the St. Louis
Dressed Beef ft I'rovlslons Co. snd the
Hammond Packing rompHny.
The motion recited that only three of
the supreme court justices acquiesced In
. the opinion and that 'the companies were
found guilty on suspicion and it attacks
the validity of the statute under which
j the proceeding was brought.
i ' . . r
Austrians Lnvelope
Russ in Bukowina
HKJH.IN. Feb. 17.-IVU hondon.)-The
Kuaslan army in Bukowina has been en
veloped by the Austro-Hungarlans be
tween the .Pruth and Bereth rivers, a
correspondent of the Tageblatt says In a
dispatch from Blstritx.
One Austrian army, pushing the Rus
sians from the north, now has reached
HtotoxhlneU, while another Austrian
foice, having advanced eastward from
Marmaro against Wlsnlcx, now stands
In the vicinity of CznernowlU. The Rus
sian armv has halted twelve miles from
thut point, the Tugeblatt Is Informed,
Laving met reinforcements.
In the more easy accommodations of the
remedy t the wrong and to the accom
modation of business to the requirements
of the daw.
"In the course of timer he said, "there
wilt be axsilable to the federal trade
commission a large body of Information,
collated, dlsested and Interpreted as to
the whole field ef Industry of the coun
try. This agency Is also available in the
puhllo interest In Investigations of tho
antl-tru.t laws.
"The greatest menace to the small
business men or enterprises lies in unfair
methods of competition employed by
their larger rivals, who can withstand
a campaign of price rutting or similar
practice (.Imply by reason of brute
strength. These practice. If permitted,
breed monopoly. If prevented In their
Inception by government agency, there
Is a guarantee of a square deal to the
smaller unit and an assurance that it
will depend for Its survival upon Its own
efficiency and find Justlflcstlan therein
for its existence. The theory of this law
finds no quarrel with bigness of enter
prise. It simply provided that the rules
of the road, based on fairness, shall be
made clear and shall be enforced."
GERMANS CAPTURE
50,000RUSSIANS
Berlin War Office Says Rout of the
Muscovite Army in East Prus
sia is Complete.
KAISER WATCHES THE BATTLE
B KRI.1N, Feb. 17,-fBy Wireless to
London) Fifty thousand prisoners, be
sides many cannon snd machine guns
were captured by the Germans when the
Ttueslim tenth army wss defeated in the
Masurian lake district. Kast Prussia, ac
cording to a statement Issued st general
headquarters todsy. The text of the
communication follows:
"In s nine dsys' battle In the Masurian
lake district the Russian tenth army,
consisting of at least eleven Infantry and
several cavalry divisions, not only waa
driven out of strongly entrenched posi
tions east of the Masurian lake plateau,
but wss forced bsck across the frontier.
"Utterly defeated at almost every point
only the remnants of the army managed
to reach the woods east of Buwalkl and
Augustowo where they are being pursued.
The number of prisoners tsken has not
been ascertained, hut certainly exceeds
60.000. More thsn fifty cannon and sixty
maohlne guns besides sn unknown quan
tity of war materia1 were raptured.
"Emperor William was present during
the decisive fighting In the center of our
line. Thci victory was won by veteran
Blast Prussian troops assisted by other
troops who were young for such work,
but proved their worth.
"The achievement of these troops under
fearful weather renditions, marching- by
day and night and fighting aalnst such
a stubborn enemy are beyond all praise."
Chicago Grain Men
Refuse to Testify in
New York Hearing
NKW YORK, Feb. V.-Henry Heinser.
chief ststistlclan of the New fork Pro
duoe exchsnge, testifying todsy at the
resumption of the stste investigation Into
the Increased cost of wheat and bread,
aid It was estlmstod there were on hand
now in the I'nlted States 366,807,000 bush
el osf wheat. At the present rate of con
sumption he said, 123,000,000 bushels of
this might be exported without causing
a shortage st homo and a surplus of 23,.
000.000 bushels still would be left on hsnd
July 1 next. " ' "
Approximately SO5,396.0J bushels of 1914
crop of 97,0o0,000 bushels hss been used
In home consumption, the 'witness s.i.i
land liio.ooo.ooo bushels hsd been exported
up to date.
Deputy Attorney Genersl Becker, who
Is conducing the Inquiry, made a state
ment of the effect that he had received
several communications from grain men
snd others In Chi -ago, declining to sp
pear at the hearings here.
J. Ogden Armour, Mr. Becker an
nounced, sent the( following telegram In
answer to the Invitation to testify here:
"I regret ,thet owing to the pressure of
business I am unable to comply with
your request. Furthermore, my knowl
edge of the subject Is such a general one
that I am sure I could not assist In your
Investigations. There are undoubtedly
many In New Tork who can give you all
the necessary Information."
Mr. Becker said that no reply hast been
received from George Marcy. president
of the Armour Grain company, and he
understood that Mr. Marcy had left
Chicago hurriedly, ostensibly for his
winter home In Pasadena, Cel.; nor was
a reply received from James E. Patton
i'' ,;nby Prpld"'t of the Chicago
Hoard of Trade, I. expected to testify at
tho next hearing Februsry 2J.
Socialist Members
Of French Cabinet
Severely Criticised
PARIS, Feb. 17.-The sctlon of two so
cialist members of the French cabinet,
Jules Ouesde. minister without portfolio,
and Macel Hembat. minister of public
works In attending the recent Interna
tional socialist conference In I-ondon has
evoked protest from a large section of the
French press which makes tite declara
tion that this conference was Inspired by
the German social democratic party.
Senator Gaudln De Vllalne has written
a letter to Premier Vivianl
that unlesa the government publicly dls-
svows these two socialist ministers be
fore aext Thursdsy he will present an
Interpellation on the subject tn the senate.
Negro Insults White
Woman; Lynched
TAMPA. Fl4., Feb. 17.-Jobn Richards,
a negro, was lynched by a mob near
Sparr. Fin., last night. He Is said to
have Insulted a white woman.
BRITISH WATERS
BECOME PART OF
THEATER OF WAR
Kaiser's Order Creating; War Zone
Around the British Islands Be
comes Effective on the
Stroke of Midnight.
BRITONS WILL RETALIATE
Decree to Cut Off Food Supplies
from Germany Is Expected
Within Few Hours.
BERLIN IS AGAIN CELEBRATING
The Day's War News
MCMINN Vll OFFICK announced
tnat In Ibr rrernt defeat or
the Hnsslnns In the Masurian
lakes realon of Kast I'rnsalM more
than BO, M( prisoners were taken.
The Hnaalau army n the other end
of the pastern front also Is In dan
ger, arrnrdlns tn the correspond
ent of n Iterlln newspaper.
UKRM.' ItK.n.Y (o Ihe American
nut concerning the rlafats nf
American vessela In Ihe vrar none
nhlch the Berlin novernmrnt
nnanred nlll he established
around the British Islea today
was delivered to Ambassador tier.
rd, who forwarded II 4n Wash.
Inatnn.
t'OLI.IKR IMI.WHIf, which went
down Taeartny In the Kngllsh
channel, was torpedoed.
ATHENS dispatch states that a for
midable army has been assembled
for new rampaUn aaalnst
Serbia. This army Is. described aa
snoastlsg to 4!0,no men, made
P In part of Hermans.
1IKAVIKR FltiHTIlVG la n.w nnrfer
war In Km nee and Relgtlnni. Tho
German war office asserts that at.
tacks nndertaken by the British
and French at many place, wero
repnlsed. French war office says
that Ihe German onslaught In the
Araonne region was drlren back.
RI'M.KTI.
BERLIN, Feb. 17. (Vla Lon
don.) Germany's reply to the
United States' noin nf nmi..i
a--wS3V BaiUD,
the regulations proposed for . a war
-who luu waters around the, Brit
ish Isles has been handed to Ambas
sador James W. Gerard, and probably
will be forwarded to Washington to
day. LONDON, Feb. J7.At the stroke,
of midnight tha" wafers surrounding
the coasts of the United Kingdom
will become, so far as Ilea within the
power of Germany to make them, a
war zone which all vessels,' neutral
or otherwise, will penetrate at their
peril.
Some of the services ar-msa th-
channel probably will be curtailed.
uui a majority of the neutral ship
ping lines will accent the risk ,h
continue their sailings. The names
ana nationality of the vesnoia anrf
the flags of their . nations will be
painted on their sides in the hope
that German submarines Will rint
sink them by mistake.
KiiKland's announcement ot the details
of its Proposed retaliatory policy, by
which It plans to cut off the German food
supply from tho outsldo Is expected mo
mentarily and apparently there Is not
the slightest prospect that this .country
Will accept the anrnun I . -
off the blockade if England will relax
navai pressure on snlpplns.
It Is not expected that there will be any
immediate and u'lflnan-u.f i...
' -. ll.l.J ijr
Herman submarines, but the develop
ments regarding neutral ships should
bring to a head one of the most Interest
ing and threatening situations ot the war.
England was noticeably cheered by tha
second big sir raid on the German basis
on the Belgulm cosst, but as wss the case
at the previous raid, the official report
does not Indicate the extent of the dam
age. Berlin sails flebratla. .
Berlin is sgaln celebrating the success
of Field Marshal Von Jllndenburg as
further details of the East Prussian oper-
(Conllnued on Paso Two, Column Five.)
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