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"t&J V A ta(c)rtoiicnlSocfetv Motto: All The News When It Is News. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 191G. NO. 23. VOL 24. Kill i r-; Ife- $& I ' IWilWBUIMWMWHWlMHWWWWWIWMi""1""'"''1'"11 ,..., i flPT CUin TI1DU0 IIQ WW CM RMlfTC Dl O HIS "" -'- LUd (in r unnu ur mujun huulu s llh LINER APPAM REACHES PORT WITH GERMAN PRIZE CREW ABOARD. SEIZED ON JANUARY 16 LAST Missing Vessel Taken by Moewc, a Mysterious Raider, Which Roams Seas and Has Sailors from Seven Merchantmen In Custody. If1rn Nwpaiicr Union cw Seitlfc Norfolk, Va. Given up for lost dayB ago, tho DritlsU passenger llnor Ap pam, plying In the west Atrican trade, tailed like an uppaiitlon into Hamp ton Roads February 1, flying the Ger man naval ensign and with her ship's company under guard of a German prizo crow. She brought word of a mysterious German commerce raider, the Mnowe, which now roams the seas and has on board the crows of seven BritiBh merchantmen and admiralty transports captured by the Moewc be fore she seized the Appam and start ed her across the Atlantic for an American port with Lieut. Hans Berge, of the German naval reserve, and twenty-two men In charge. The Appam laid oft Old Point Com Tort, under the guns of Fortress mon roe, waiting for tho state department at Washington to determine her sta tu? whether she is a man of war sub ject to internment, or a German prize. From all reports the raider Moewo is a converted German merchantman with a falso canvas forecastle con cealing a battery of guns of fairly largo caliber. On board the Appam all told were 452 prisoners, the prize crew of 23; 20 German civilians who are on their way to England for internment; 139 Feamen captured with the British bhips: 11C passengers on the Appam and tho Appam's crew of 155. BOMB SEVERAL TOWNS. Fifty Lives Lost In Zeppelin Raids Over England. London The casualties in the zon pelin raid at Salonikt were eleven kill ed and fifty injured, according to a dispatch to the Dally Mail from Sa lonlki. One bomb exploded in the water close to an English ship unloading a rargo of munitions. The ship's hull was perforated. Another bomb broke several win dows In the general quarters building of the entente allies. The German admiralty's report of the zoDpplin raid on England says that Incendiary bombs were dropped In and near Liverpool, Birkenhead, Manches ter. Nottingham, Sheffield and Great Yarmouth. Violent fires occurred. All tho airships returned In safety. Wireless Reports Collision. Halifax, N. S. The vessel in colli Pion with the American tank steamer Silver Shell, off Capo Race, was the Japanoso steamer Takata, bound from London to Now York. Wireless mes safes from the Silver Shell said that It wab feared that the Japanese steam or had sunk. The steamer Armonia war. standing by the Silver Shell, which was badly damaged, Ncqotiate Wage Scale Agreement. Indiannpolls, Ind. The biennial convention of the United Mlno Work ers of America adjourned February 1 to meet in Indianapolis in 1918, and (he attention of tho international of ficers will now be concentrated in having written into new contracts the plans adopted by the delegates repre "entlng nearly 400,000 anthracite and bituminous miners. Naval Base in Philippines. Washington, D. C. A strong senti ment in favor of retaining a naval sta tion and coaling base In tho Philip lines, whatever disposition may be made of them, was manifested In the senate when It was rejected, 58 to 14, a proposal of Senator Norris to elimi nate from the Philippine bill a provi sion for retention of a base In the Islands. War Funds Pour Into Treasury. Ronio. Tho subscriptions to tho Italian war loan February 1 reached the sum of $100,000,000, although the lists have been open only since Jan uary 10. Thev will continue open un til February 10. but tho government !as alreadv received an amount equal In what had been expected from the entire subscriptions. Crafting In Otay Valley. San Dieso, Cal Grafting and ex tortion were reported to have broken nut in connection with tho relief work for flood rufforors in tho Otay valley Pear Admiral W L. Fullam. command lie the Pacific reserve fleet, took cog r'rance of the situation and sent Llout W W. Rrndloy to the Mexican border to Investigate 250 000 Go Bli Waoe Raise. Now York Tho United States Slel "ornoratlon tint into effect February 1 nn ndvanee of 10 per cent In the -apoi of it" emplovGi. nnnounced v aPn it estimated that tho '""""" w'l p'!d between $"12,000,000 "Mi ?i" oon nno tn tho corporation' an di nil-," Pn(1 tliat lt wllj altePt ''-.tit ?-0 0n n.np 0f (njB nlImUBr - "ixliiatp'- V 000 ire lahorci - '-nn tin ' "mtnfnro Ins bern ll" '"f"'! 1 an ' ?r cnts nn hour T "v H rprive hereafter 21 nnd 22 ei-ii n hour FIRST GUN FOR DEFENSE AND PREPAREDNESS FIRED IN NEW YORK. DELIVERS OTHER SPEECHES Addrcssos Crowdo at Pittsburg, Cleve land, Milwaukee and Chicago, Urg ing Preparedness Speaks to Larg est Audience In Dec Moines. UvMrrn NfMspaixr Union New scr?lc Now York. President Wilson Jan uary 27 opened his personal appeal to the country for national defense. Ho gave warning that plans for tho readjustment of tho army must bo for mulated and carried Out without de lay, and solemnly declared ho would not predict that the outlook for tha United States would bo as bright to morrow as today. Speaking at ban quets of tho Railway Business asso ciation and the Motion Picture Board of Trade, ho sounded the keynoto of the addresses that ho is now deliver ing in tlit middlo west. PITTSBURG SPEECH, ' Opposes Taking Advice of Profession als on Some Questions. Pittsburg, Pa. Tho president de clared against the taking of advlco of professional sailors and soldiers on some questions in his Pittsburg ad dress. "It Is time that we attempted, at any rate, to apply the standards of our own life to nation defense. What do we want to defend? Need I answer? We want to defend tho equal honor of a nation against all other nations, and we wish to maintain the peace of tho western hemisphere. "WJiere are our great needs of de fense? "Did you over stop to reflect just what it is that. America stands for? She sianda for the sovereignty of tho self governing peoples of the world. Our assistance, our encouragement, has thrilled two continents in this western hemisphere. This is what wo stand for. "It seems to mo that America Is In love with efficiency. Material effici ency of which wo hear so much, only underlies purpj3s.es, which Lmay- call Epintual efficiency. "I, for my part, have a gieat enthus iasm for rendering America spiritually efficient. The plans for our military efficiency do not piovido for a gieat army. Wo want only an army neces sary for the use of peace, but we want back of that an army of trained men. These men should bo civilians, men who know that tho arts of peace come beforo the arts of war. "Men should dread war and know that everything on which the nation depends come from peace. "Tho details of the army plans do not make any difference; perhaps others have a better plan. Rut I do want an adequato and efflcienct force of at least 500,000 men trained in the arts of war who will be ieady to pro tect, the nation. "So far we have held difficulty at Tin's length by patience, and I hope we will continue to do so. "Peoplo tell men I must maintain peace and also the honor of tho coun try. Perhaps I shall not be able to do both. I seo no Immediate danger, but you must bo ready If trouble comes. "I want every one of you to stand behind the government In what It is doing 'or the national defense." Explaining IiIb army plans, the pres ident said the nation must have a body of civilians familiar with camp life nnd sanitation, the use of arms and the rudiments of military training. WILSON WARNS NATION. President Says Country Must Prepare for Possible Trouble. Cleveland, O. President Wilson, speaking, as ho said, "solemnly," warned the nation that the timo may come when he cannot keep the United States out of war and maintain Its honor and declared that tho country must be perpared to defend Itself and bo prepared at onco. "America Is not afraid of anybody," ho said. "I know I reflect your feel ing nnd tho feelings of nil our citizens when I say that the only thing I tm afraid of Is not being ready to per form my duty. I am afraid of tho danger of shame; I am afraid of the danger of Inadequacy; I am afraid of the danger of not being able to ex press the correct charactor of this country with tremendous might and effectiveness, whenever wo are called upon to act In the field of the world's affairs." The president spoke in Cleveland Jan. 29 with more gravity and force than he has shown during any of his previous addresses oit preparedness. He was applauded frequently and when he Mioko of defending the na tion's honor, the cheering was lie mendous. Must Be Done Now. "Lot me tell you very solemnly, jou cannot postpone this thing," he declared. "I do not know what a single dtly may bring forth. I do not wish to leave you with the impres sion that I nm thinking of gome par ticular clanger. 'I merely wish to toll you that we are daily treading amidst intricate daiigeis. The danger that we ar trending amongst are not of our own laklng und not under our control 1 li.nk iu m.m In the United Htatts i n w hat a single week, a niriclo ' iy, e slnglo nour may bring forth " Largo Audience Composed of Many of Foreign Birth. . Milwaukee, Win. President Wilson, speaking bcfoio tho inrgost crowd of hid present trip, doolnred tho mon who nay Americans will not stand together In timo of trouble "have shot, their bolt." v "I have not supposed that tho mon whoso voices seomod to show a throat against u represent oven tho people they claimed to represent," ho snid. The president spoke to an nudlonee, many of whom were of foreign birth. He declared ho. know tho men who camo from forolgn lands to America loved liberty nnd would stand b tho idoals of America. NAVY READY FOR WAR. Sea Force Too Small, However, Says Wll3on. Chicago. The United States has made preparations for Immediate war as far as tho navy Is concerned, al though tho present naval force Is In adequate In size. President Wilson de clared In an nddrcss beforo several thousands of persons in tho audito rium here "Wo mean business," ho said, in speaking of the preparedness plans of tho administration. "Wo have given to the present fleet of tho United Slates an organization such as It never had before, I am told by Admiral Fletcher," tho president said. "And wo havo made prepara tion for Immediate war so far as tho navy is concerned." The army, the president snid, as at present constituted, "Is not large enough even for the ordinary duties of peace." Tho president repeated his warnings that no time must be lo3t in strength ening tho defenses of the nation. Ke declared the government was doing everything lt could for piepajedness. America Misunderstood. , America, the president said; had been cruelly misjudged by the nations now at war. "I know that on the other side of tho water there has been a great deal of cruel mi3judgmpnt with regard to tho reasons why America has icmain ed neutral. Those looking at us from a distance do not feel the strong pulses of ideals and ptinciples that aro In us. "They do not feel ihe conviction of America, that our mission Is a mis sion of peace and that righteousness cannot be maintained as a standard In the midst of arms. They do not rcliyo thatUack ,o all. flur cjiorsy' wo'nro a body of idealists much mora ready to lay down our lives for a thought than for a dollar. "They suppose, some of I hem, that wo are holding off because we can make money while others aro dyin. tho most cruel misunderstanding that any nation has over had to face so wrong that lt seems almost useless to try to correct it. because it shows that tho very fundamentals of our life are not comprehended or understood." Rulers to Blame for War. Rulers, not public opinion, brought about the present war, Mr. Wilson de clared. "I thank God there is no man In the United States who has the author ity to bring on war without the con sent of tho nation." The task of tho United States, he said, has been to assort tho principles of law in a world in which the prin ciples of law have been broken down, "We are not thinking of Invasion of tho territory of the Unitod States," tho president declared. "That Is not what Is making us think. We are not asking ourselves shall we be prepared not only to defend our own homes and our own shoies. "Is that all wo stand for? To keep the door shut securely against our ene mies? What about tho groat trustee ship set up for liberty of national gov ernment In the whole western hemis phere? We stand pledged to see that both the continents of America are loft to be used by their peoplo as those peoplo choose to use them un der a system of national popular sov eioignty as absolutely unchallenged as our own." WILSON GUEST OF IOWA. An Enthusiastic Greeting Extended b,'' Hawkeye People. Des Moines, la. President Wilson, speaking here February 1, dealt with the futility of messages and words of protest to meet breaches of interna tional law. "Do you want tho situation to bo such that all the president can da Is to write messages and uttor words of protest?" he asked, In advocating pre paredness beforo tho laigest audience of his present trip. "Why, to ask that question is to an swer it," ho said. "Whenever International law In vio, lated by ono or the other belligerents," the president said, "American was called upon to roglster a 'voice of pro tost, of Insistence,' "Do you want the situation to be such that all tho president can do Is to write messages and utter words of protest? If these bleaches of Inter national law, which aio In dally dan ger of occurtlng, should touch the very honor of tho United States, do jou vlnh to do nothing about It? Do you wish to havo all tho world say that the flag of the United States that wc have can bo stained with impunity'' "I know there is not a man or wom an within the hearing of mj voice who would wish poaee nt the expense of the honor of the United Statos," Shortly before leadline Des Moines the president spoke briefly at New ton la . urging thf peoplo to support llr, preparo'lnoss rngraiM and telling ' 'm the difficulty of kerning th" T'nltnd States out of the Europpan war WAITING FOR THE L. r 7,.y-jZ.. ''7Xrf WPmm U. S. WARNS BRITAIN ILL FEELING CAUSED BY SEIZURE OF MAILS CITED. Message From State Department De clares America Will Not Admit Right to Search. Washington, Jan. 29. Tho text of tho American protest to Great Britain against Interference with neutral malls, made public on Thursday, re veals that diplomatic and consular pouches havo been treated In a man nor tho United States considers "vxa tlously inquisitorial." Tho noto de scribes tho practices of British ofll clals as "unwarranted .interferences," and urgently requesting a prompt ro- ply, points out that "a strong feeling Is being aroused'; In this country by tho loss of valuatWletterd, Vlillo for eign banks aro refusing to cash Amor lean drafts because thoy havo no as surances that drafts aro secure In tho malls. Tho United States declaros that par cel post articles aro entitled to tho exemptions of neutral trade, and de nies the right of Great Britain to take noutral mall ships Into British Juris diction for purposes of search and thon submit them to local censorship regulations. With tho text of tho American note was made public Great Britain's ad interim reply, Baying that questions of prlnclplo raised by tho Unitod Statos havo mado lt nocessary for Great Britain to consult hor allies beforo an swering finally, and lndlcatlig that thero will bo no unnecessary delay In tho negotiations. Tho American noto Is in the form of a momorandum to Ambassador Pago nt London, Instructing him to illo a "formal and vigorous protest." WILSON SPEAKS IN GOTHAM President Delivers Preparedness Ad dress Before Railroad Men U. S. Should Rush Defense Plans. Now York, Jan. 29. "Plans for tho readjustment of tho United States army must bo formulated and curried out without delay, for wo do not know what tho circumstances of another month or another day may bring forth." This was the warning sounded by Prosldent Wilson on Thursday beforo tho members of tho Railroad Business association at tho Waldorf hotel. It was tho president's first speech In tho campaign for proparedness and ho om phaslzcd tho urgent necessity for Im mediate action and predicted that ade quate methods will be employed to In crease tho ormy and navy bo that America need fear no foreign power. Insistence that the American peoplo love peace, but must bo treated Justly and must harmonize Internal racial and religious differences, marked Us address boforo a conferonco of 1,500 Now York clorgymon of all denomina tions. He declared that pcaco was In consistent with abandonment of prin ciples and loss of self-respect. Tho president repeated bis opposi tion to action by the federal govern ment on tho woman suffrago question in speaking to 200 members of tho Congressional Union for Woman Suf frago who called at his hotel and would not leavo until ho saw them Ho reiterated his position that ho would holp tho causo In Individual states wherever possible, .but politely turned aside efforts to cross-exainlno him. Mrs. Corrlgan Lost at Sea. Now York. Fob. 1. While tho liner Rochambeau was pitching heavily In a storm off Bordeaux, Mrs, M. Corrlgan, wlfo of Maglstrato Joseph Corrlgan of New York, Jumped ovorbonrd and was lost, tho evening of January 23, Wants Militia Under U. S. Albany. N, Y . Feb.-1. Tho Nation al Guard ansoclatlon of Now York I placed Itsolf on record as favoring tho j federalizing of tho militia organiza tions ot tho several stntCB mid In op ' position to a continental army. t Niw YORK woniD. gSSjS(gllSStBLWl OI7QV WATER TO RUN ., y !.' y , DRAFT BILL IS PASSED MEASURE READY FOR KING'S SIGNATURE. THE Bachelors and Widowers Will Forced to 8erve In Army Ireland Excluded. Be London, Jan. 28. All that In needed to mako military sorvlco compulsory In Great Britain la tho king's signa turo to tho conscription mcasuro, which passed th6 houso of lords on Wednesday on tho third reading. The bill was Introduced In tho house of lords after lt had passed tho houso of commons on tho third reading by a vote of 383 to 30, many labor mem bers who had boon believed foes of conscription voting with tho ministry. Tho provlalon$ at. tho roeasuroflx cludo Ireland from conscription on tho ground that sho is an allied but in tegral kingdom. Under tho bill bachelors and wld owerB between eighteen and forty-one ycarB may bo forced to servo In the army. Married mon, ellglbles who have conscientious scruplos against military Borvico, clergymon, mon engaged In Indlspenslblo govornmont work, mon who aro sick, men who havo persona dependent upon thorn for support and cripples aro excluded. England, Scotland and Wales aro In cluded In tho bill. Tho king la expected to sign tho bill at onco. From Its lncoption In tho brain of Premier Asqulth King Georgo has been an earnest advocato of tho conscription measure. Bristol, England, Jan. 28. Tho Brit lsh labor conferonco, by a voto ot 1, 847,000 to 200,000, gavo its approval to tho government's conscription bill. Tho resolution In favor of support ing tho government, was passed amid cheers shortly after the three-day ses sion ot tho labor conferonco oponod. v9v9fSv9fvlS8vv9Vvw NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR oe8 San Francisco, Jan. 31. Tho gon oral storm that haB raged over the Pa cific coast sinco oarly Thursday has claimed a toll of not fower than sixty Uvea and caused property damuso amounting to millions of dollars, ac cording to reports. The greatest loss of Ilfo occurred in tho Otay valley, bouUi of San Diego, where tho lower dum of tho California Mountain Wator company broko. Fifty persons, according to flgurcB repprtod by tho coroner's Jury, lost their lives and scores aro missing. Now York, Jan. 31. To obtain expe rience as aviators in tho British army, which will equip them for Bervlco In tho aviation corps ot tho Unitod States, William F. Sullivan and A. Livingston Allan sailed for Liverpool on tho American lino Btcamor Now York. They havo been appointed lieu tenants of tho Royal Flying corps of Great Britain and nro licensed by tho Aoro Club ot America as pilbta arlggavlllo, 111., Jau. 81. Rov. Ar. thur M. Ewcrt, pastor of tho Methodist Episcopal church, surprised tho board of elders by offering his resignation upon tho ground that ho could not con tinue In tho faith as ho had becomn converted to tho Protoetant Episcopal church. Rev, Mr. Ewort has accepted a call to St. Paul's Episcopal church ot Peoria. Eight Lost With Schooner. San FranciHCO, Jan. 31. Eight men, tho crow ot tho steam schooner Aberdeen, wero glvon up for lost on Friday when wreckage from tho bout began coming ashore two mlleo and a half below tho harbor entrance. Tourists' Baggage Burns, JacUBonvlllo, Flu., Jan, 31. Aftor thlovca had robbed tho Union depot hero they set lira to tho baggage room and tho structure was burned to the ground. Tho luggngo of many norn em tourlalo was destroyed, qtafc . .f' y l.. v'HtV'-c. z y'mm f 4 immm f . s i.' -aa, 'V.s(n,.vijffi- IfK$3fe WMiffi?m!i "ZEP" RAID ON PARIS TWENTY.FOUR PERSONS KILLED BY BOMBS DROPPED FROM GERMAN AIRSHIP. INVADERS ARE DRIVEN OFF French Aeroplanes Attack Craft People Refuse to Heod Warning to Remain Indoors During Attack Raid Lasted Minute and a Half. Paris, Fob. 1. Twonty-four poisons wcro killed and twonty-sovon Injurod In tho Eoppolln raid over Parla Satur day night, according to an official state ment given out horo. Ton of tho woundod woro placed In hospitals owing to tho soverlty of their injuries. Tho raid lasted nbout one minute and a half, whllp In tho first visit of Zoppollna to Paris on March 21, 1915, four of theso aircraft woro over or In tho neighborhood of tho capital for nearly two hours. Tho fact that only ono Gorman ma chlno appeared loade to tho belief that tho Zeppelin was making a roconnoltorlng trip, and tho supposi tion is that tho Germans havo In vlow a similar operation on a larger scalo. Tho ParlB nowspapora demand that measures of retaliation bo taken Im mediately. Boforo tho attack 30 French aero planes searched tho remote air rcglona above Parla for tho raidor, of wHobo appearance warning had boon glvon. By tho ttmo lt had reachod tho edgo of ono of tho old quarters of tho city1 sov oral of thQ airmen woro ahlo to mako out Its palo yellow shapo 14,000 foot from tho earth. Ono of tho French aircraft flrcd 2Q shots from a quick flror at tho in vading craft. Frightened doubtless by tho nu moroUB war planes rising toward it, tho Zoppolln whoclcd and drrivo. at full speed westward, dropping In Its trail Into tho darkness a cargo ot about thrco and one-halt tons of bomba. Then, continuing Its flight at a great altitude, tho airship vanished. Parisians had beon wnrncd, halt an hour boforo, by tiro engines rushing through tho streets trumpotlng tho call known as "stand to arms," of tho prcsonqo .of thQ .raider, - The-, oloctr,lo. street lights went out and pollcomon cautioned caroleas householders to close their shutters and darken their windows immediately. Tho peoplo re fused to remain indoors during tho raid, MUNDAY IN JAIL AT MORRIS Court Sentences Banker to Fivo Years In Prison Charged With Wrock- Ing Bank. Morris, 111., Fob. 1. CharleB B. Munday, former llrst vlco-prosldont of tho LaSallo Street TruBt and SavIngB bank ot Chicago, of which William Lorlmor was prosidont, la in Jail. Ho was sontonced on Saturday to flvo years in tho Jollot ponltontiary by Judgo S. C, Stough, beforo whom ho was convicted on November 19 of conspiracy In connection with tho wrecking ot tho bank. After tho pass ing ot tho Bontonco honvaB glvon into tho custody of Sheriff Henry L. Hen drickson, who Immediately took him to the llttlo county Jail. "I'm not guilty," suid Munday. "I was in hopes that sentence would not bo passed today, so that I might bo ablo to straighten out some ot my af fairs beforo being turnod over to tho Bhorlff." "I think it is safer to rely on tho verdict of tho Jury than that Btato ment," said tho court. "I hopo that lt is true." Tho arguments of tho prosocutorB in their opposition to tho motion for n now trial woro particularly bitter. TEUTONS GAIN IN WEST Germano Capture French Positions douth of the Somme 1,289 Aro Token Prisoners. Berlin, Fob. 1 (via SnyvlHo). The official statement Issued here on Sun day follows: "Tho conflict around the position captured by us on and south ot the road from Vlmy to Neuvillo is still going on. A French attack was ro pulsed. "Tho position conquorod by us bouUi of tho Sommo has been extend od to 3,500 mooters in width and 1.000 motors in depth. Tho totnl number of ofllcers taken was 17 and tho soldlors mado prisoner number 1,270, among whom wero sovornl English. The French attempted a fooblo counter-attack, which was easily repulsed." Tho Gorman war ofllco announced on Saturday tho capture of tho village of Frlso, 75 miles northeast of Parla, on tho south bank of tho River Sommo. Paris dispatches said tho loss of FtIbo la admitted at the French war ofllco. Two Dead In Powder Blast. Wilmington, Del., Fob. 1. Fred crick Fritz and Lawronco Holt died in a hospital hero on Saturday from burns received In a powder flaro at tho Car ney's Point, N. J., plant of tho Du Pont Powder company, Mexican Bandits In Raid. Washington, Fob. 1. Renewal ol bandit raids about Tuxpani, Mex., a vicinity in which Inrgo American antf British oil properties aro located, wni reported In Rtato deportment dl aatclies. 10 DEMAND RAISE 10 TO 20 PER CENT WAGE IN CREASE TO BE ASKED BY MINERS AT INDIANAPOLIS. SEEK TWO-YEAR CONTRACT Uniform Day and Wage for All Classes of Labor Coal Must Be Welghed Before Being Screened and Paid For en Mine-Run BaslB. Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Tho Unitod Mlno Workers of America on Friday adopted tho report of tho scalo com mittoo, which aBkod for a raiso ot ten; por cent for the bituminous minor? and workers about tho mines and 20 por cent for tho anthraclto workers. Van Bitncr of Pittsburgh is chairman! of tho scale committee Tho demands will bo brought boforo tho bituminous operators at Mobllo February 8 and! beforo tho nnthracito operators at Now York February 21. Tho demands follow: For bituminous districts: All coal to bo weighed beforo being screoncd and paid for on a mine-run; basis. Ton per cent per ton Inr.reaso at tho basing polnL Ton por cent increase on all dead work and yardage. Twenty per cent Increase on all day labor. Uniform day and wage scalo for all classos ot outside and lnsldo day la bor. Proper readjustment of tho mnchlno differential at tho basing point. Tho olght-hour day Bhall apply from bank to bank. t All local Inequalities and internal differences to be referred to tho vari bug districts affected for settlement. Contract In effect for two years. Wookly pays. Every other Saturday an idlo day Tho demands ot tho anthraclto mln era formulated at their tri-dlstrlct convention hold at Wllkesbarro, Pa., Soptombor 7 to 10, 1915, are reafllnnodj and indorsed. U. S. MAY DISARM LINERS Washington Asks Powers to Agree on Set of Ru(ea for Submarine ' Warfare. Washington, Jan. 31. A suggestion that nil tho bclllgorent countries sub scrlbo to a declaration of principles governing attacks on merchant vos sols and forbidding tho arming oC such vessels has been mado by tho United States in an effort to estab lish in international law a general policy disposing" of many ot tho vexa tious problems arising from tho de velopment of submarine warfare. Identical notes havo gono forward asking tho various countries at war to say specifically whether thoy aro willing to Join in such an agreement. Tho declaration of principles would, provide: That noncombatants may expect protection under tho rules ot in ternational law and tho principles of humanity when traveling on merchant ships. That warning must bo given beforo a merchantman Is attacked. That belligerent-owned merchant ships must obey warnings to atop. That merchantmen shall not be fired on except in case ot resistance or flight ' That no merchantman shall be sunk except where It Is impossible to supply a prize crow, or until paoi Bongera and crow are placed in safety; The noto voices a warning that this govornmont is considering adoption of! a policy under which all armod mer chantmen that enter ports of the United Statoa In future shall bo con sidered war vessels, subject to the CBtabiished regulatlous governing in terninent BRANDEIS TO SUPREME COURT President Nominates Boston Lawyer for Vacancy on Bench First Jew to Be Named. Vashtnton, Jan. 31. President Wilson sent to the senate on Friday tho nomination of Louis Dembltt Brandels of Boston to be Supreme court Judgo, to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death of Joseph Ruckor Lamar. Mr. Brandols is the first man ot Jewish nationality to bo named to tho Supremo court bench. He is well known In tho legal world. Slnco 1897, when he became senior raomber of Brandels, Dunbar & Nut ter, ho has been prominently connect ed1 with many Important litigations. Ho was counsel for tho shippers in the advanced freight rata Investigation before tho interstate commerce com mission; ho was also counsoi ior me peoplo in tho proceedings involving tho constitutionality of thQ Oregon and Illinois ten-hour law for womon. Mr. Brandels is fifty-nine years old. French Release U. 3. Cotton. Berno, Feb. 1. Franco has released to Switzerland 16,000 bales of Amerl can cotton hold in Havro because ol tho war. Some mills In Switzerland had been forced to suspend work on account of tho lack of cotton. Governor Brumbaugh Marries. Philadelphia, Feb. 1. Gov. Martia G. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania wa married to MUs Floia Bella Park his wrird, distant cousin and hmm keeper Tho wedding took plftc in tho Church of tho Brethren, " 'j: 9 ,v ,'J.i i ffrnit 'Viiri i li1" ' "m&. &, ?tff .m ,