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Dreak With Germany, Disturbance of
Commerce, Peace-at-Any-Prlce Pro
paganda and Cnrranza's Effort to
Injure Ua Among Them.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. "Troubles l-onio In com
panies to the United .States." sulci n
high olllclnl of government n dny or
two ngo, nnd then he wtis naked, "Was
ever an administration so beset with
trlnls?"
Things have been coming pretty fast
hero In recent days. The olllcluls In
Washington toolc and tabulated the
happenings, big and little, as they
came. The list was long and each
Item on It was enough In Itself to
cause apprehension. First In order,
nnd In importance, of course, was the
German pronouncement of Intention to
carry on submarine warfare without
regard to Hags or nations. Then camo
the president's act of breaking dip
lomatic relations with the German em
pire. 4
From this point It became u case of
waiting and It may bo said that tbo
watchfulness of the waiting was ac
centuated to the strength of forty
times that In evidence when the Mex
ican cloud of trouble llrst appeared
on tho southern horizon.
List of Our Troubles.
Here is a list of the things as they
happened almost day by day:
Germany renewed Its submarine ac
tivities, sinking tho passenger ship
California and many mcrclinnt vessels
carrying neutral Hags.
Then came tho announced Intention
of tho German government to keep In
custody 72 American sailors who bad
been taken by commerce raiders.
Then to cause keen anxiety nnd ap
prehension to the administration, came
the word that our ambassador to Her
lln, James W. Gerard, would not bo
given his passports until certain promises-had
been made by the United
Stutes. For a day or two It appeared
as If this treatment of tho nmbassador
would bring things to an Issue at
once.
Coincident with these other things
wns tho worry caused by tho reten
tion in American harbors of American
stenmshlps which had every right un
der International law to sail tho seas,
but which in an unarmed condition
and without direct approval of the
government wero disinclined to sail.
Then camo reports from all over tho
country that tho holding tip of our
ships was causing freight congestion
nnd that tho peoplo wore unnblo to
get their goods to legltlmato markets.
The Peace Propaganda.
Then nlong camo n note, supposedly
from Germnny, which Intimated that
tho emperor's government was willing
to reopen negotiations with this conn
try with tho view to avoiding war. hut
coupled with tho refusal to consider
in tho debate any modification of the
suhtnnrlno order.
Then seemingly It was proved that
this note did not come from the Gor
man government, but expressed, the
thoughts of one or two active German
sympathizers in this country who
wore In sympathetic coalition with
some poiicc-at-any-piico persons who
seemingly were willing to hamper tho
American administration In Its efforts
to do Its duty not only by peace but
by the Uidted Stales.
Then Cnrrnnzu, tho Mexlcnn, tired a
shot. In truth It was only a verbal
shot, but It was Intended to hit tho
United States and to Injure It In Its
foreign relations.
On the top of this camo the news
of nu attempted revolution In Cuba, a
country over which America exercises
a sort of foster fatherhood.
Add to this list half a dozen other
things, and one enn readily understand
reasons for tho worry and anxiety of
olllclnl Wnshlngton.
There hnvo been two camps of opin
ion In this city over sluco troubles
threatened. There wero n few men
who wanted almost anything dono
rather than that war should come, and
there wero n few men who believed
that alrendy tho provocation was so
great that tho country could not longer
withhold n declaration of hostilities
without losing Its standing as a coun
try Insistent on Its honor.
Tho president of tho United States
during all tho troublous times has been
literally polted with a hall of coin
munlcutlons from all over the United
States.
It makes no difference what a man's
partisan feelings are or what his views
aro concerning peaco or war when It
conies to a matter of sympathy with
tho administration which has been
under u crossllro for weeks. Air, Wil
son has been bombarded with ndvlco
nnd with entreaties until ho ought to
ho ablo to qualify as n veteran of tho
tiring Hue.
i Rod Cross Well Prepared.
Tho American National Ited
ICross Is moving Into Its new and
beautiful building Nltuated between Co
lonial ball of t)to Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Pan
American building, both of which look
ovor tho Mull toward tho towering
Washington monument. Tho lted Cross
todny Is at work preparing for servlco
In behalf of American soldiers and sail
ore.. 1
Tho moving figures In the operations
of tho Ited Cross are Miss Mabel T.
Bonrdman, Hrnest P. Blcknell and Col.
Jefferson It. ICenn. War may or inaj
not come, but the Ited Cross Is at work.
Today, on the word that hostilities hat)
begun, the Hed Cross Is In a position
to establish 23 hospitals In different
parts of the country, each capable of
caring for GOO wounded men.
Within a day or two the fund will
be at hand to establish two additional
hospitals, making In all. with a total
capacity of 12..100 beds for sick and
wounded men. The preparation of the
Ited Cross means something. There
are 8,000 graduate nurses ready for In
stant service. There are surgeons
enough to supply all the hospital needs.
Nurses and surgeons will drop their
present work on the Instant that the
call goes forth to report at the hos
pitals. Surgical Instruments, steriliz
ing material, cots, beds and everything
needed except such medical supplies as
deteriorate when kept, are ready for
use In tbo time of need.
Hospitals Not Yet Located.
For a year the work of preparation
has been going on. The only thing
that Is not known Is where the hospi
tals are to be established. This mat
ter Is left to tbo war and navy depart
ments, hut tbo Instant that war begins
the sites will be llxed and the surgeons,
the nurses and the hospital material
will be forwarded Immediately to the
selected points.
The complete staffs of seven Chlcngo
hospitals and of an ciual number In
Now York, nnd the staffs of many hos
pitals In other cities, surgeons and
nurses, will report at once for army
and nnvy hospital work when tho ne
cessity of war shall demand. Heserve
staffs already, It Is understood, have
been formed to take the place In these
hospitals of the doctors and nurses
who will go to the front. .
Tho United States army today has
only 200 woman nurses. It hns, of
course, Its hospital corps, the men of
which are trained In flrst-ald work and
to net in part as ward attendants, nnd
In some cases as actual nurses. Tho
department will take over the Ited
Cross servlco If war shall come.
The nurses who will go Into tho Held
hospitals will, of course, bo given their
food and lodging. If they aro com
pelled to go beyond the limits of the
territorial United States, they will re
ceive $10 additional a month. The sur
geons will receive tho pay to which
their temporary armv rank entitles
them.
It costs $2."i,)00 to put ono of tho
hospitals of tho Ited Cross Into nctual
operation. After It Is started, of
course, It must bo supported. The gov
ernment, It Is understood, will caro for
the financial end of tho work, but It Is
expected that tho peoplo of the United
States will respond to the nppeal to
do thrice as much for America In Its
need us It has done for Europe li Its
need.
Inaugural Day Plans.
There Is still some doubt as to
the actual form which tho pagean
try part of tho Inaugural cere
monies will take. Washington Is to
have a procession and a demonstration
on March Ci In honor of tho second In
duction Into olllce of Woodrow Wilson,
hut It may be that a late hour edict
will cut from the program some of the
features which It originally carried.
It must not be understood by this
that tho Inaugural ceremonies will not
be highly Interesting and picturesque.
There will be color enough, music
enough and In all probability enthusi
asm enough, hut apparently It Is the
Intention that the affair shall take on
the aspect of a purely patriotic demon
stration rather than one of mere dis
play and music-making.
It Is still probable that there will be
a good many so-called (louts In tho
procession. They will deal almost en
tirely with national subjects setting
forth the growth of tho country and
Its triumphs In peaco and In war. There
will be also special "pictures" which
will appeal to the national spirit of
the people.
Already Pennsylvania nvenue. the
main thoroughfare' of the city, has
been transformed In appearance. Work
was started earlier than usual this
year on the construction of tho grand
stands which nro to accommodate tho
oulooking public. The stand In front
of tho White House has been complet
ed. It Is a lingo affair and In the mid
dle of It Is a boxlike apartment heated
and glass Inclosed, In which tho presi
dent, the tvlce president and a few oth
er high olllcluls of government will
stand to view the parade as It marches
by.
Huge Lafayette Square Stand.
Directly opposltu this Whtto House
grandstand extending virtually the
whole length df the south side of La
fayette square Is another huge stand
The regulations; required that the cop
struetlon of the stand should not In
any way Jeopardise the safety of tho
public monuments. So It Is that the
Lafayette square stand hail to be fore
shortened- In order to safeguard the
beautiful statues of Lnfayette and
Hoehambeau.
K It were later In the season tho
people who sit on tho Lafayette square
seats would enjoy their sight-seeing
under the shade of some of the most
beautiful elms In America. It was
necessary In constructing the stands
to Inclose several of those gigantic
elms whoso trunks rise through great
apertures left In the banking rows of
seats.
Quick Moving.
Hucon Do you know anything about
light?
Kgbort Of course 1 do.
"What, for Instance V
"I know It moves 102,000 miles per
second."
"Oh. you've hty:n studying your gns
meter 1" '
SEES U-BOAT PERIL
BRITISH PREMIER SAYS THERE
IS LESS FOOD IN COUNTRY
THAN EVER BEFORE.
MUST ADMIT DANGER, HE SAYS
Premier Tells Commons Allies' Cause
Is Hanging In Balance Because of
Ship Havoc Enormous Sacrifices
Needed at Once to Win tho War.
London, Feb. 20. England Is feel
ing sharply tho blows of Germany's
submarine Meet. This was mude plain
by Premier Lloyd-George In the house
of commons when ho delivered his her
alded speech on tho necessity to re
strict Imports.
The submarine must ho hunted
from the deep, the premier declared.
Thero Is no surer way to victory. He
pointed out tho need of tonnage to
supply the needs of tho civil nnd mili
tary nation, and declared that the situ
ation calls for the gravest measures.
The premier declared that the gov
ernment holies to deal effectively with
the submarine menace despite tbo illlll
cultles In the way of hunting down un
derwater boats, and said that enor
mous sacrlllces are necessary from
the British public, us the government
proposes to dispense with all non
essential Importations to save ton
nage. This was the first time that It lias
been ollltiolly admitted that the Ger
man submarlno war Is crippling the
Hrltlsh government.
"The gravest kind of measures are
necessary In this situation." declared
the premier. "Tho government Is hope
ful of dealing effectively with this mat
ter, but wo should bo guilty of the
worst kind of folly If we rested tran
quilly upon tho realization of that
hope. We have to face action and
we have to deal ruthlessly and prompt
ly with the tonnage question."
Tho premier said that more than
1,000,000 tons of Hrltlsh shipping has
been assigned to France.
"If grave and speedy mensurea nro
not taken at onco wo faco disaster,"
asserted tho prlmo minister. "We
must find ships to bear Iron ore at all
costs, for that Is neoessnry for the
making of ammunition which will win
tho wnr."
Lloyd-George said that for some
time thero has been a shortago of ton
nage required for tho general needs of
tho nntlon, und even a shortage In the
tonnage for military purposes. The
nation should realize absolutely what
tho conditions were.
"If wo take drastic measures," he
continued, "wo cun copo with tho sub
marlno menace, but If tho nation Is
not prepared to accept drastic meas
ures fpr dealing with tho menace, dis
aster Is before us.
"Thero nro three sots of measures:
First by the navy, as described by
Sir Edward Carson, llrst lord of tho
admiralty; second, the building of
merchant ships; third, dispensing
with unnecessary commodities from
abroad and production of as much food
as possible at home."
Tho stocks of food in Great Britain
aro lower thai they over have been be
fore, Mr. Lloyd-Georgo said. It Is es
sential for tho life of the nation, he
declared, that every possible effort be
made to Increase home production.
U. S. MAN VICTIM OF U-BOAT
R. A. Haden, American Missionary,
Dies Following Attack on French
Liner Athos.
Wnshlngton, Feb. 20. Robert Allen
linden, an American Presbyterian mis
sionary situated at Foochow, China,
lost his llfo when tho French liner
Athos was destroyed by a submarlno
210 miles cast of Malta on February
17. Consul Kebllnger at Malta cabled
a report of linden's death to tho stato
department on Friday nnd said that
tho missionary's address was given as
in caro of tho Presbyterian mission
board at Nashville, Tenn.
Tho nationality of the submarlno
was not given.
Consul Kebllnger said tho Athos was
carrying troops nnd may have been a
transport. No stops can bo taken un
til this fact ts definitely determined.
This government probably will have no
cause for action If such Is tho case.
INDIANA WOMEN WIN VOTE
Suffrage Measure Passed by Both
Houses of the Legislature Now
Goes to the Governor.
Indianapolis, Feb. 21. Tho house of
representatives on Thursday passed
the Maston woman sulVrage bill by a
vote or ut ayes and 24 noes.
The bill hns already passed the sen
ato and It now goes to governor for
his signature.
Kenosha Post Office Robberv Falls.
Chicago. Feb. 20. Cracksmen under
cover of a rainstorm nuulo an effort to
rob the Kenosha post olllce. In tho
vaults was $50,000 cash, and postage
stamps to a greater amount. Tho
cracksmen were frightened away.
Mrs. Dewey Praises Navy League.
Chicago, Feb. 20. A letter from Mrs
George Dewey, president of tho Nuvj
league, was received by Mrs. Frederick
D. CountlsH, chairman of local branch
It praised tho plans put Into operation
ni mo uonuquartors here.
ENCIRCLEMENT
CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
KILLED IN FOOD RIOTS
ONE MAN SLAIN AND NINE HURT
AT PHILADELPHIA.
President Wilson Is Determined That
Congress Shall Appropriate for
Food Probe.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23. Led by a
woman with n baby In her arms, a mob
of striking sugar employees of the
Franklin Sugar Hetlnery, In un effort to
buck up their wives nnd mothers who
had engaged in a food riot, attacked a
squad of police on Wednesday night. In
the battle that followed the police tired
point-blank upon the strikers, killing
one nnd wounding ulno others. A by
stander wns probably fatally Injured,
scores of strikers, women food rioters
and policemen wero struck by Hying
missiles.
A riot cnll that brought every high
ofllclal of the police department nnd
many reserves was necessary before
tho outbreak could be quelled.
Mrs. Florenco E. Sbadle, thirty-two
years old, who led the mob, wns arrest
ed on tho charge of Inciting to riot.
M. Detkobzo, a Pole, was slain. John
Hromley, twenty-two, was shot In tho
stomach and Is dying In a hospital.
The riot followed a demonstration
by tho wives and mothers of tho
strikers, who marched to the refinery
crying for food. While tho police wero
dispersing tho crowd a battle started
between the women nnd strike-breakers,
who wero Just leaving tho refinery.
Washington, Feb. 23. President
Wilson Is determined congress shnll
pass Immediately tho $400,000 appro
priation which the federal trade com
mission has requested for the nntlon
wldo food-price probo he directed the
commission nnd the department of ag
riculture to make.
TO TAKE OATH IN PRIVATE
President decides to Be Sworn In
Sunday, March 4, In White House
Extra Session Senate.
Washington, Feb. 24. It wns decided
that President Wilson will tnko his
now oath of oflico In prlvnto In the
White House on Sunday, Marcfi 4.
Whether ho will tnko It again nt the
public ceremony on March C, or mere
ly make that tho occasion for deliver
ing his Inaugural address, has not been
decided.
Tho president hns decided to call an
extra session of the sennto for March
5 to act on nominations, It wns otll
clally announced nt tho White House.
"BONE-DRY" BILL IS PASSED
Measure Wins in House by Vote of 321
to 72 Will Bar Shipments of
Liquor Into Prohibition States.
Washington, Feb. 23. The senuto
"bone-dry" amendment to tho postnl
bill, prohibiting shipments of liquor
Into .states which hnvo prohibition
laws, was accepted on Wednesday by
tho house, 321 to 72. It Is counted ns
one of tho most far-reaching prohibi
tion measures In years, because It will
mnko absolutely dry states which now
permit shipments In limited quanti
ties. German Soldiers Quarrel.
London, Feb, 24. Thirty-two Bava
rian and Prussian soldiers were killed
ami 200 wounded as tho result of a
quarrel which resulted In a light. Tho
troublo took place at Boverloe, Bel-
glum.
Allies Get Re-Enforcements.
Saloulkl, Feb. 24. Now troops, espe
cially largo Italian contingents ,nro ar
riving every fow days In Snlonlkl to
re-enforco tho cntcnto nllled armies,
Tho tall: hero Is general of pushing
through this spring an offensive.
U. S. SPY BILL PASSED
PROVIDES SEVERE PENALTIES
FOR AIDING ENEMIES.
War Power for President Is Sought by
Lansing Vote on Espionage
Bill 60 to 10.
Washington, Feb. 22. The adminis
tration espionage bill, providing se
vere penalties for spying on matters
of national defense and punishing con
spiracies to violate American neutral
ity wns passed by the sennto on Tues
day by a vote of CO to 10.
The bill as passed takes In 14 sep
arato measures suggested by the de
partment of justice and was put
through virtually unchnnged. It has
not passed tho house.
Secretary Lansing nnd Assistant At
torney General Warren spurred tho
sennto Judlclnry commltteee to pass
four other bills, one empowering the
president to use the nrmy and navy
to enforce neutrality.
Those voting no on the esplonnge
bill were Senntors Borah, Cummins,
Gronnn, Kcnyon, LnFollcttc, Norrls
and Works, Republicans, nnd Lane,
Leo and Vardaman, Democrats.
Cummins led tho opposition, de
claring tho bill too drastic. Ho sub
mitted 14 amendments, which wero
killed. Ho snld the government could
suppress newspapers, prevent debnto
In congress It mlgjit even be a crime
for two citizens to discuss military
Information.
ARMY BILL WINS IN HOUSE
Amendment Which Proposed Compul
sory Military, Training Is
Defeated.
Wnshlngton, Feb. 24. Appropriating
more than $250,000,000, the houso on
Thursday passed the army bill. Thero
was no roll call. Representative Cald
well of New York proposed an amend
ment for compulsory military training,
but Chairman Dent of the committee
defeated It by a point of order. Tho
$4,000,000 appropriation for uniforms
and equipment of the troops wns In
creased by $3,000,000 for a reservo sup
ply for the National Guard.
GERMANS FREE U. S. TARS
Berlin Yleldo to Demands Made by
United States, Says Dispatch
From Berlin.
Amsterdam, Feb. 24. A dispatch re
ceived hero from Berlin says that tho
American sailors who wero taken to
Germany on tho steamer Yarrowdnlo
hnvo been released. Tho Americans
wero released, tho dispatch says, after
tho German government had been In
formed otllclally that German ships in
America had not been confiscated and
that their crews had not been ...tcrned
To Duplicate U. S. Dry Law.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 23. Nebraska
dry leaders, rejoicing at tho passago
of tho "bone-dry " bill by congress, aro
making an effort to hnvo the state
statutes conform with tho federal law,
The bill before tho leglslaturo pro
sides for a limited Importation of
liquor.
Von Bernstorff Ship Delayed.
Ilnllfax, N. S.. Feb. 20. Tho steam
or Frederlk VIII, with former AnibiiS'
sador von BernstorrV aboard, will bo
held another week nnd has been docked
beside a pier to allow more space to
examine bnggage.
Signs Kansas "Bone-Dry" Law.
Tonoka. Kan.. Feb. 2(1. Tho st
tale
"bone-dri'" law was stancd hero on Frl
dny afternoon by Governor Capper
and Immediately became effective,
Several of tho legislators sung "How
Dry I Am."
RUSHED
1ST
HIGH PRICES CHARGED FOR
FOOD CAUSES PRESIDENT
TO ACT.
QUICK RELIEF IS PROMISED
Interstate Commerce Commission
tempts to Break Congestion on the
Eastern Railroads Which Blocks
Movement of Necessities.
Washington, Feb. 24. President
Wilson is determined that there shall
bo ample food for tbo people nt rea
sonable prices.
This likewise Is the determination
of congress.
The seriousness of tho situation In
upprecluted botli nt the White House
und the capital. Lack of food and
the high cost of food .already are re
sponsible for riots at several points.
Tho administration nnd congress
propose td take mensurcs to prevent
this situation from becoming danger
ous.
The president Is pressing the In
terstate commerce cominlslon to seo
that ample car facilities shall be pro
vided for the transportation of neces
saries of life. Tho commission In
turn Is pressing tho railroads, which
nro as active as possible under the cir
cumstances. In response to tho demand for no
tion, tho Interstate commerce com
mission cnused many empty freight
cars to bo rushed West at express
train speed for use In moving needed
provisions to points nt which there is
serious scarcity. They said tins acute
stage of the shortage had passed.
Ofllcials of both the railroads and
tho commission expressed the convic
tion that the acute stage of tho short
age had passed and thnt steady Im
provement In the situation would con
tinue. At no time, It was said, bad
conditions reached the acuteness of tho
tleup a year ago.
FOOD RIOT IN NEW YORK
Women Carrying Babies Cry: "Wo
Want Bread" Dispersed by Police
Mayor Asked to Help.
Now York, Feb. 22. The cry of
housewives unnblo to meet the advanc
ing cost of food wns heard In tho
city's sent of government on Tuesday
when several hundred women from tho
tenement districts stormed tho city
hnll, screaming: "We want bread!"
They came to place their plight be
forme Mayor John P. Mitchell. Many
carried babies. They swarmed up tho
steps and tried to push their wny
into the building. Policemen on guard
shut the gates.
Tho leader was Mrs. Ida Harris,
president of the Mothers' Vigilant
league. She and three other women
were allowed to enter nnd nwnlt the
mayor's coming. "We nro starving,"
Mrs. Hnrrls told the mayor's body
guard. "Wo demand help from tho
mnyor. We will not be responsible
for what happens If wo don't get it."
The lenders wero told that Ukj may
or would not be at his offlce, Uit would
arrange a meeting Inter. "Sweet
Mario" Gans, ono of Mrs. Harris' com
panions, addressed the women from
tho city hall steps nnd wns arrested.
JAF-AN BUILDS BIG WARSHIPS
Will Soon Have Seven Battleships tho
Strength of the Arizona, Amer
ica's Biggest.
Tokyo, Feb. 24. According to Ja
pan's nnval program, sho will have sev
en bnttleshlps of the strength of tho
Arizona, America's largest fighting ves
sel, by 1023. The Inst Japanese war
ship of tho lino to bo lnunched was the
Hyuga, ono of tho most powerful men
of war In the world. The Ilyugn Is tho
fourth battleship of her class to bo
completed.
THIS BURGLAR TAKES FOOD
Leaves Safe and Cash Alone, and
Takes Onions, Eggs, Coffeo'
and Cheese.
New Yors, Feb. 24. A burglnr en
tered tho store of J. W. Durlngo In
Third avenue. This Is what ho did
not tnko: Tho safe containing con
siderable cash.
This Is what ho did take: A bushel
of red onions, 13 dozen eggs, several
pounds of colTee mid several boxes of
cheese.
$8,000 Stolen From Mall.
Albuquerque, N. M Feb. 23. Postal
Inspectors nro searching for clues to
tho Identity of the thief who took n
suck of registered mull from tho mall
transfer olllco at tho Santa Fo railway
station hero Tuesday night. Accord
lag to unolllclal statements, the sack
contained at least $8,000 In currency.
One report put the amount nt $20,000.
Army Officer Faces Charge.
San Francisco, Feb. 20. Investiga
tion of statements that Lieut. George'
Krapf, a United Stutes nrmy studeit
aviator at San Diego, has been guilty
of pro-Gorman demeanor was ordofed
by MaJ. Gen. .1. Franklin Bell.
U, 8. Ignores New Sea Order.
Washington, Feb. 2(1. Announce
ment was imido at the state depart
ment that Great Britain's, recent order
Increasing the seopo of her blockade
had been received, 11111? would not bo
Hindu tho basis of olllclnl action.
At?V