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ALLIES AGREE TO
STARYE GERMANS;
REJECTU.S. PLEA
England, France, Russia, Belgium
and Serbia on Program of Keep
ing All Foodstuffs from
' Foes.
COTTON MAY BE BARRED. ALSO ;
Believed that Note of America Sug- j
jesting Compromise Will Not
Be Heeded.
CONFEDERATES IN CONFERENCE
LONDON, Feb. 26. France, Rus
sia, England, Serbia and Belgium
are said by English officials to be in
absolute accord as to reprisals to be
made on Germany, Austria and Tur
key In retaliation for the German
submarine campaign. England was
In conference with its allies concern
ilng reprisals before the receipt of the
last American note making informal
representations looking to the dis
continuance of submarine activities
and to the admission of food to Ger
many for Its civil population. It is
believed the suggestions will be re-c
Jected.
Decide on Mnln Points.
England and Its allies have derided upon
the main points which probably will be
announced Monday by Premier Asquith
in a statement for the press. Simultane
ously the pox It ton of all the opponents of
German toward neutral countries whose
i trade la so vitally affected by the present
naval methods will be submitted to the
neutral governments.
There la every reason to believe that
Kngland fully .Intends to make all food
stuffs for Germany absolute contraband,
thus cutting off the movement of ships
to German portr and making- export trade
by sea Impossible.
Interest of Public.
Great interest Is being shown by the
British press and the public In the prob--able
treatment of cotton under the new
system of reprisals. The belief seems to
be general that Cotton ahd food all will
become absolute contraband.
British officials are now persuaded, they
state, that several ships which at first
were reported as having been destroyed
by mines were the victlmB of submarines.
Congress Is Asked
To Forfeit Hundred-.
Foot Eight-of-Way
(From Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb26. (Special.) The Joint
congress lghlFSeemfwy emfw cm cmfyy
resolution of Splrk and Kohl, asking con-
gress to forfeit the extra 1ft) feet on
either side of the t'nion Pacific right-
of-way, passed the senate this morning
on third reading, by a vote of IS to is.
The 200-foot strip of land throughout the
state of Nebraska. Involved in the reso
lution, is occupied by thead jarcnt land
owners in most cases, a court dpi -lulon
of recent years having decided for 'he
first time that the original grant was
for 00 feet.
The vote was:
Ayes: Beal, Bedford. Buhrman. Hy
trland, Doutheet, Oates. lloagland, Howell,
Kiechet, Kohl, Krunibach, l.ahnrrs, Fil
ler, Robertson, Rudcn, Bumlail, Shumway,
Splrk.
Nays: Brookley, Bushee. Dodge. Hnry.
Mallery, Mattes. CJulnby, launders, Hpt-n-r.
Weesner, Wilor, W ilson of JVontler,
Wink.
Qulnby's bill to limit all public service
franchises to twenty-five years fulled to
get ths required three-fifths vote in Hie
sonata and went to Us death. However,
the vote was close, being 16 to 1C lor
the measure.
The following bills were killed on re
port of senate standing committees Fri
day morning:
8. F. 127, Grace of Harlan-Extends
scope of law allowing attorneys' fees in
contested Insurance lusses.
6. F. 187, Shumway of Dixon Fixes
number of pounds for docking of stag
hogs or sows In farrow.
S. F, 2, Saunders of Douglas Pro
vides that Impairment of the capital
stock of domestic stock Insurance com
panies may be made good by reduction
of outstanding capital ntock by majority
vote of the Ktockliolderu.
8. F. 2711, Henry of Colfax Provides for
the assessment of money on deposit and
goods In storage.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-8now or ruin.
Tempera tare at Ouk Yesterday.
r. m :n
7 p. ni i
111. m 3(t
Comparative Loral Hrrord.
l'lla. J!U4. 1!M3. Wi.
Highest ycrterday 3 4i w z-
lxwst yesterday 2; 25 i V,
Mean temperature 32 32 1H in
l'reclpltatlon U .OJ T .24
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the norinttl at UniHha since
March 1, 1914. compared with the last two
years:
Normal temperature 27
Kxcena for the day 5
Kxcesa ulnce March 1 7W
Normal niecliuitttton '12 Inch
Kxcess for the day il Inch
Total rainfall since March 1,. . .2.sllnches
Ieftclelicy since Marcii l 77 Inch
Deficiency cor. period, 1MI3. ... 5 4t Inches
Deficiency cor. period. 19'2... 4 3 Inches
Krrorts from Mallon, at T I. M.
Station and Ktate Tnip. 1 1 Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall
Pheyehne. snowing '- M T
Davenport, clear i . H
Denver, - snowing "-' "4 .ill
18 Moines, art cloudy :i: - :'4 .ti
Dodge it r.iining 4 fiS .nl
North I'latte. rainiir;. .. . ' Ml
nnmha. snowing M 34 .4t
Hapid City, snowing 20 22 .4
Sheridan, snowing 24 26 .cj
Moux City, part cloudy.. :n) 32 .
A'aknitne. snowing
T indicates trace of nreripilslion.
It A. WtlH. l3cal urecaster.
Hour. Deg.
5 a. m
fCiV-' 7 a. m 31
A' 4 8 a. m ?.l
IV- a. ni 3 .i
.ioJ 4 10 a. m :ii
J U a. m :
I 12 m St
I 1 p. Ill 34
J 2 p. m 3i'
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J 4 I'- m 31
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LOWER RATES ON
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
General Harries, President of Elec
trio Light Company, Promises
Reduction in Due Time.
j TALKS TO NOONDAY CLUB
The Noonday club unBniiuoualy
favored 'the Saunders electric light
bill at the noon meeting at the Com
mercial club. R. Rcecher' Howell two
weeks ago spoke to them in favor of
the bill. General George II. Harries,
president, of' the . Omaha : Electric
Light and Power company, spoke
against the bill at the meeting Fri
day. After the club had extended him
a vote of thanks and he had gone to
his office ihe vote was taken, result
ing in a unanimous endorsement of
the bill he had opposed.
Gen m Hi Harries, in his talk, declared
Unit nil mcnl' iriul ipliinis of which he is
ablo I ') gulher data, uso funda from the
general tax fund ivry year for ex
penses. "The 1 Inutility plant Is using
some $45,iHW out of the general fund this
year," he said. '
"We hear a great rtcal about the 5
cent rate in Lincoln with a' municipal
plant," he continued. "It is not true that
Lincoln has a j cent late. Lincoln has a
50-cent ner ice charge per month. That
in, it we take the caao of the typical
poor man or small consumer of elec
tricity whe used nay ." kllowat hours mt
month. In nnmha his 'bill would be .10
rents if paid within the ten-day limit.
In Lincoln lie wo ill hn a fi0--cent er
vlce charge to siy cen if his house
were locked up mil lie used no elec
tricity, mid if he ue I five kllowat hours
he would be charged " tents a kilowat
for that, which with Ins service charge
of 50 rents per month would make his bill
'ib cents, wlrlc the mme man In Omaha
would' bo pu Ing hut T ' icnts.
"i!y and by I want allow you a
schedule which I lliinU will lie satis
factory to all.''
' Axkcd If he meant by tli.-tt that the
company had found It could red :cc rates,
he suid that was what he meant, and
that the schedule, which it, not unite
ready for the public, would lie annouueed
in due time.
He declared that O naha ha.i a lower
rate than any city of Its size in the
country.
STOCKS AND BONDS ISSUE
BROUGHT UP OVER BILL
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Fib. 2ii.-iSiiccial.l-T. W.
Blackburn of Omaha, rcprraenting the
CominTcal Hub of that city: II. M.
Christie of Omaha, representing the
Omaha Heal Katate exchange, and K.
C. Hurd of Lincoln, representing the
Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Railway com
pany, appeared befoiv the s"nate commit
tee on railroads this afternoon to argue
for S. F. No. IV).
This measure, inl rod need by' Quln'oy.
Dodge and Saunders of the Dougla
county delegation, Is described as a lull
to encourage the development of inter
urban railways. Among other things it
does is to amend the stocks and bondft
act. It provides that the (Hate Hallway
commiasion may not refuse to approve of
the IsHiie of bonds where It Is shown that
the net proceeds of the same will amount
to not W sa than Jo per cent of their fac
value.
i
COMMITTEE CUTS
SALARIES DOWN
Rail Commission Secretary and
Bank Examiners Hardest Hit of
All by Proposed Reduction.
I NATIONAL GUARD , LAID LOW
, (From a xisff Ctirreuponden.)
LINCOLN. Feb'.' 26 (Special.)
Making a tolal cut iii salaries of the
various departments of-the stute and
in the maintenance amounting to
$785,349, the finance, ways and
means committee of the house has
passed the bills covorlng these items
up to the members of the legislature
for their approval.
In some Instances 'salaries have
been cut considerably, for instance,
Secretary A. B. Allen' of the State
Hallway commission has had $500
lopped off his salary, and the chief
engineer suffers the same cut.' How
ever, there is an Increase in the total
amount appropriated for salaries,
because clerks who have formerly
been paid out of the maintenance
fund' are now placed on the regular
office force on the' salary appropria
tion. .. ,.
(nti In State Jlonsr.
In the secretary of state's office the
bookkeeper and corporation clerk aro
euch cut m. In the auditor's office the
bookkeeper Is cut t-TW ami Ihe second
bookkeeper thrown out entirely, while,
other changes arc 'made. A few i uls aro
made of a small nature in the treasurer's
office, while In the laud commlKxioiicr's
(Continued on l'age Two, Column Four.)
JERRY WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE ALL CATTLE ARE
i From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN". Feb 2ii.-Special.) If the
honae agrees with Keiresentn live Jerry
I (own rd of Doiigl'iM county anil adopt
a icsplutloii he sent up today, Food Com
missioner Ilarman will be compelled to
furnhli the lesllnture with the fissure
showing JuM now nun b food inducts
the varloiui packing house of Omaha
have in t e plants and how long those
products have been in storage.
In hi resolution thi morning Howard
s'mws (hit tie number of beef cattle
have been increasing in the I'nited Htules,
. (( irdini; io M" report of the Depart
: t of Agileiilture and Jerry wants to
Unoe; whether these animals have been
eaien nr. are Mill walking aro1. :nd or are
we in state In tic :icnhm houses of
Nebraska.
War Pictures
From the Front
Full Page in
The
Sunday Bee
FRANCE CONFIRMS
THE DARDANELLES
FORTS ARE RAZED
I Official Announcement by Faris
Maiine Minister Corroborates
j the British Admiralty
i Report-
i
CONSTANTINOPLE DENIES IT
Sultan's Report Says Three Ships
j that Bombarded Dardanelles
Forts Were Disabled.
MINE DRAGGING IS CONTINUING
TAItlS, Feb. 2. -An official
ccmtininicallon issued by the French!
minister of marine today confirms,
the announcement of the demolition!
of the forts guarding the entrance to
the Dardanelles and says that mine
drawing operations Hre now pro
ceeding in the siratts. The com
munication ft. Hows:
"The bombardment of the forts at
the entrance to the Dardanelles was
resumed from n great distance yes-
terday at s o'clock In the morning,
j This 'was followed by a bombard
j inent nt shorter range. Four forts
were completely destroyed. One of
them was entirely fortified by the
Germans.
"Mine dragging in the straits Is
being effected under the protection
of armored Htid other cruisers of the
combined fleet."
ill leu V iirxlil Diimaaeil.
CONST A NTI NO FLK, Feb. 'J6.
(Vis London.) -Three warships of
he allies were damaged in the bom
bardment of the Dardanelles forts
February according to an an
iioiimeiueiu given out today at the
licadiitiarters of the Turkish army.
Text of nnonnrement.
Her is the text of the announcement:
"Ten hlKh armored vcswla on February
25 again bombarded the Turkish forts
et the Dardanelles for a period of seven
and a half hours. At the conclusion of
this i.peinti.n tl'y letired In the direc
tion .if the Island of Tenedos.
"One ship of the Agamemnon typo and
two other armored vessels were damaged
by the fire from the forts on tho ABiatic
bide of the straits."
Hey tn 4 oiistniitlnople.
It wiim announced from 1Jndon lait
night that nil the forts at the entraneo
.f the Dardanelles had hern reduced by
Ihe fleetr of (It-eat Hialn and Franco, a
naval force which has been estimated at
homethlng over thirty vcbscIs.
The -Kngllwh announcement - made' no
'mention of losses either to vessols or in
men. It described the operations as suc
cessful and said they were continuing.
The Dardanelles Is tho kejr to Con
st intlnorle. and the efforts to force It
has been going on since the middle of
December. In possession of this water
way which Is a strait about forty-five
miles long and from one to three miles
wide between the 8 a of Marmora and
the Mediteriinean, the warships o'f the
nliles would not encounter any serious
difficulty in making their way to Con
stantinople and training their great gune
on the Turkish cnpltsl.
Turkey always has relied on the
strength of the Dardanelles fortifications
for protection from attack by sea; their
defenses In the sea of Marmora and
around Constantinople have been de
scribed aa relatively unimportant.
Would l.e Wheat Ont,
It ha been declared that with Con
stantinople in posseslon of the allies, a
vast amount of itusaian wheat would
come out from the Hlnek sea and be dis
tributed to France and Kngland. The
possession of Constantinople also would
have the effect of driving Turkish naval
power, and particularly the former Ger
man emitters (loeben and Ttreslau into
the Black sea, where they would be with
out any port of refuge.
While the efforts to force the Dar
danelles have been going on for over
sixty days, the linmodhata operation
which, according to the Hrltisi official
announcement, has now resulted success
fully, began about a week ago. Aero
planes are said to have rendered ma
terial assistance.
The Dardanelles was forced in 1807 f
an Knglisli admiral, who made his way
through th" sea of Marmona to Con
stantinople, but encountered much mora
(lift lenity In getting back through the
narrow waterway than he had In go
ing in.
The Agnnicmnnn type of Prltlsh battle
ship is of lii.'ioO tons displacement and 435
feet Ions, with a main battery of four
twelve inch guns.
j Poison in Flour
j Causes Banker's
i Death at Alma
ALMA, Neb., Feb. Jti. One person M
: dead, am ther is reported tonight to le
dying, and thirty are seriously ill as a
. result of eating rolls sold at a church
: festival held here several days ago. Some
! rat poison, it Is believed, accidentally
I became mixed with the flour from wlUdi
j th? rolls were made. A. A. Hillings,
i cashier of thf Alma Statu hank, died
last night after being taken severely ill
; from the time of eating the rolls. The
life of Iela lists, daughter of a mer
chant, la despaired ol. Doctors believe tho
. others will recover.
Department Order.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i'.. (Special Te!e-B'-miil-NrliraKka
postmasters reap
pointed: Cheney,, Lancaster county;
A Hsop S. Huvton, I'rlncctoir Lancaster
UU ty. Noah Kgger. Ir.
Klixaheth II. Hoblilns, Wallace, Nc'i.,
i.enrlon $12 uranleil.
Tho comptroller of the currenev ha
approve, I the application of the following
prisons to oiKanize the First National
bank of I-ase Norden, 8. D., capital
2'..nnf), D F. S. ott. A. 8. Hedford. A. IS.
Scott. Iars Olsen, M. I'. Cornelius and
P. S. Iranian (to succeed the Funneis'
State bank of Lake Norden )
Reid Defends Issues of Stocks
and Salaries of Rock Island
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2;-Dn!el G.
ttehl. bead of the group which took con
trol of the ISock Island railway system
in IM, declared today at the Interstate
Commerce commission's Investigation of
the road's financial affairs that organisa
tion of the two holding companies, with
total capitalization of J;W.(Xl.(KX), put no
additional burden on the Chicago, Hock
Island Pacific Hallway company.
Mr. Held s assertion came on cross-examination.
During his direct examina
tion Mr. Held asserted that conditions
had so changed In the railroad of recent
years that he would not now accept as
a gift control of any western or south
western railroad.
"When you cut tht earning powers of
railroads by fixing rates and everything
else Koi s up. Including taxes, i ondltlolls
are worse.'' he said. "I am not com
plaining of the waxes we must pay, but
of what we e to Pay wages with."
Utah Snlni'tea for Officials.
"la't us look at the wages at Ihe other
end of the Hue," said Chief Counsel
Folk for the commission. He pointed
i lit that officers1 of the company has re
celed dining the period under Investiga
tion sabuifs ranging from JlJti.imn down
to V,.iKHi H year.
"Do you complain of these IiIkIi sal
lies?" he asked.
'There was not a man there who was
m.t worth what he was getting." said
Mr. Heid, adding that men capable of
operating an S.(HH) mile railway s;steni
were entitled to nil tney could get. even
If It was $1. nOi.no h vear."
Mr. Folk pointed out that II. A. Jack
son, a retliing director got a preent of
STARTLING CLIMAX
IN MATTERS TRIAL
Accused Banker on Witness Stand
Asserts that Immunity Was
Promised Iuebben.
COURT STOPS THE WITNESS
neachtnK a dramatic climax In his
testimony in federal court In his own
jefense, Thomas II. Matters, charged
with being; an accomplice in viola
tion of national banking; laws, made
allegations against President M. L.
Luebben of Ihe defunct First Na
tional bank of Sutton, and against
United StateH District Attorney How
ell and his assistant, A. W. Lane,
Just as adjournment was taken yes
terday afternoon.
Matters testified that when the hank
cloned and, the grand Jury was ready to
Investigate, he hBd denounced Luehben,
alleging that the hank preaident had been
leading him into trouble, after he, I Mat
ters), had helped the bank.
As for the government's attorneys,
Matters testified that Luebben had said
In the presence of ho. Matters, his son
Tate, and his lawyer at that time, A. W.
Jeffsrla, that, he (Luehben), "had made
his pence with Howell and Lane," and
would go before the garnd Jury and tr'l
all ho knew, on promise of being par
doned for his part as principal In the
alleged crooked deals that preceded tho
bank's failure.
Conrt Adjourns.
Judge Youmans stopped Matters upon
objection of Prosecutor Howell, and or
dered adjournment until o'clock this
morning.
That he had sought to help the bank
out of financial diflcultles. had no Inten
tion of Injuring or defrauding the bank,
and had not aided anyone else to defraud
the bak, was the chief efense made by
Matters to the charges on which he la
being trie. To convict Matters, the gov
ernment must Prove that his motive wss
"to Injury and defraud the bank," as al
leged in the Indictment. He asserted re
peatedly that he had only the most hon-
(Continued on Pago Four, Column Four.)
Nine Suffrage Votes
Mustered in Senate
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. !. (Special Telegram.)
A little touch of woman suffrage was
given In the senate this afternoon Just
before adjournment. It came about over
tho discussion of Hoagland's bill to pro
hibit foreigners from voting on their first
papers. Qnlnby moved to amend by
striking out the word "male." This would
make the bill apply to all persons Irre
spective of ses, Qulnby was able to mus
ter nine votes, among them the follow
ing: 81iumway. Wilson of Dodge, Hauii
ders, Kandall, Marshall. Lodge and lleul.
Fourteen senators stood up when tin
voles were called for against the amend
ment. FORT CROOK SALOON BILL
IS FINALLY LAID AWAY
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 3S.-(Speclal.) Senate
file No. 1'!. the dates bill to permit the
licensing of saloons at Fort Crook, was
laid at rest at noon today when Speaker
Jackson announced In the house that atl
bill reported the day before for Indefinite
postponement would be erased from tho
calendar.
Fnder the house rules It will now re
quire a three-fifths vote, or sixty mem
bers, to reconsider.
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IIiVjuO from the company in addition tn
a salary of Mi.lrtn. Mr. Held said Jack
son had hern paid $M',0n0 a year, not I2.V
0. and that $ien,(i was for "service
rendered.''
"Why didn't you glee him more?"
askeo Mr. Folk
"Hecause he did not ask for It,"
snapped the witness.
Later Mr. Held said that what the
railroads needed was "more rates, more
tariffs and less legislation."
Commisslsoner Clements interposed
with the observation that possibly what
was needed was "more legislation to
protect the public from senility Issues
devised by lawyers."
I'll rehear of 'Frisco Lines.
Mr. Held said that the purchase of the
'Frisco Hues had cost the Hock Island
$IO.n0O,W0 and described It as a "regret
hie mistake." Purchase of the Chlcngo'&
Alton he would not admit under uiiestloii
Ing had cost the company another $i!.
(HXI.KHI. ,
The Alton deal had laen suggested by
William H. Leeds, now dead, Mr. Held
said, who bad led him Into Ids original
purchases of more than Ji;,(m,0iXI In Hock
Island securities.
"To be frank. I was foolish." snld Mr.
Heid. He milled that he was himself the
l glerttcsl loser 111 the wliole mock isuilul i
transaction so far aa he knew.
When he and his associates took over
the line, he tild. they found it to he a
"streak of rind, a toke."
Mr. Folk railed attention to the 0nt).
nOO surplus the road then had.
"That's all It had," replied Held. "It
had a surplus, but no railroad."
NEW ANGLE IN
THE LODY CASE
Stegler Sayi German Attache at
Washington Got American Pass
port for Former Omahan.
CAPT. BOY-ED DENIES CHARGE
NKW YOKK. Feb. 26. Federal
authorities today were Investigating
i statement made by counsel for
Richard P. Rtegler, the German
naval reservist arrested in this city
Wednesday niRht, that Captain lloy
fcJd, naval attnche of the German em
bassy In Washington, bad furnished
an American passport to Carl Hans
Lody, the German spy who waa put
to death In the Tower of London last
November. In his general dental of
Stegler's statements Involving him,
Captain Boy-Ed referred to this al
lofutltjn as "trash." . , ,
Charles 11. Griffiths, former assistant
Cnlted States altoney, who was assigned
by Cnlted Htatea Commissioner Houghton
to defend Stegler, linked the names of
the Herman naval attache and Lody In a
statement given out after a conference
with PL'gler tn tho Tombs.
"Steglcr told me," Mr. Griffiths said,
"that on ono occasion, whllo he was on
bis way to keep an appointment with
Captain Hoy-Kd, a Or. Ftichr told him
that Captain Iloy-Fd l.nd rallied through
the scheme that made it possible to ob
tain an American passport for Lody, and
that Hoy-Kd sent Ixidy to Kngland,
where he was executed. He also said
that Ir. Fuehr had told him that Hoy-Kl
was the only person who Knew all the de
tails of the IiOdy plot, because he had
planned the whole thing."
Mr. Griffiths said that all of Blegler
statements were corroborated by Mrs.
Slegler, the young Georgia woman at
whoHv suggestion Steglcr abandoned his
alleged p'au to go abroad. According to
Mr. Griffiths. Steglcr waa tu have sailed
for Kngiond to work for the German gov
ern men I to obtain Information aa to the
whereabouts of an Kngllsh fleet of dread
noughts ' supposed to te in St. George's
ihannel. Steglcr na to have gone on tho
steamer Franconla, according to the
lawyer, and when he decided not to go
a young German-American, whom he
knew by sight but not by name, was as-
(Continued 1'ago Thirteenth Col.
Jitney Bus Comes
Under the Head of
Common Carrier
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 2ii. (Special.) The Jit
ney bus Is a common carrier and aa such
comes within the provision of the stock
and bonds' act. according to an opinion
furnlnhed by the Htate Railway commis
sion today by Assistant Attorney General
Harrctt.
The opinion cites the statute that de
fines "carriers' and points out that while
the law does not specifically mention any
such thing as a Jitney bus, it does name
"any other larrler" engaged in the trans
portation of passrugeig or freight for
hire.
Hence any Jltnoy bug company Issuing
stocks and bonds must do so upon the
authority of the railway commission.
Canada Sends More
Gold to New York
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Announcement
today of another gold Importation from
Canada H.250.0UO making a total of
about $x,&00,(ii) received from ac ross the
border lit the last few weeks, directed re
newed attention to the abnormal condl-
I Hons now existing In all the markets for
i foreign exchange.
All the gold thus far received from
j Canada has been taken from the vast
I sum sent to Ottawa by American bank
j era In the early stages of the w ar and
j placed to the credit of the Hank of Eng
j land. That inxtltution showed a loss of
' IS.Sm.flOO gold in its hist weekly statement
'and Its holdings of the nietal at this time
'are less by 4:i,.Viiu,4k than they were
three months agu.
Virtually u II the gold rclmportcd from
Cynadu has been taken by one of the
leading hanking houses w liich has dose
j relations with the Dank ot r runts.
KAISER TO PUSH
CAMPAIGN OVER
WESTERN FRONT
British and French Experts Believe
that Germans Are Preparing; to
Make Another Drive
Into France.
ALLIES ARE READY FOR THEM
Armies Have Been Reinforced and
Bigger Guns and Better Equip
ment Secured.
TURKS ACTIVE IN CAUCASUS
The Day'ii War News
TIIHK.K. WinamPM of the Anglo
Frenrh fleet n hlrh 1nmlnriled Ike
ItnnSmielle are snld by hc TnrW
Uh niHhorltles, in n alnlemenl Is
sued nl .4'onslnnllnople, In 1mvr
been dnmnued.
( tl'l llli: OF I'HT. I?.. In
. northern I'olnnd, Uy Ihe Hermans
hn not lieen confirmed from Pe
4 roars d.
Ill !g 4 l,5ti considerable suc
cesses In ncllnns nlnntt Ihe Vr
1T front nnd In l.aHcln. In which
rcalnna II U said Hint Important
positions were rsptnreil from Ihe
Inatrlnn and firrmana,
AI!TIII KIIIIIK which attacked
n Montenegrin rnlnisn In Ihe !
Irian province of tlnanla was re
pulsed after a violent fight.
4.I.HM V Is framing; a reply lo Ihe
American note concerning: food
nunllea for civilian In belllarr
cnt conntrlea and mlnr and sub
marines. IMIITISII nMIIII.TY nave out a
statement In the effect that since
Kehrnary I N, when the Herman
naval war sone decree went Into
effect, there have been 74t:l arriv
als and tlT.'l sailings from British
ports of Ihe I nlted Klnadoin, and
thai Herman submarines have
sunk seven vessels.
KHK4 II IlKUItOYKIl DtlilK
struck a mine In the Adriatic and
went lions, with the probable loss
of thlrtr-ctKht lives. The fiwrdlsh
merchantman Srarton was badly
dainaard by a mine or torpedo In
the Mortis Kra, bat was able to
reach a Hutch port.
(il.MKTtKTIKOPLK annoances a
victory br the Turkish forces over
Hnaslan forces la the Tranaean
casus. It Is said that after a bat
tle of rvera days the Russians
were put to flight, having: suf
fered heavy loases,
LONDON, Feb? 26. The Impraa
slon ia gaining ground among Brit
ish and French military commenta
tors that Germany la preparing for
a fresh expenditure of energy In the
land campaign along the western
front. Notwithstanding the recent
successes of the Germans In the east,
they are are apparently encountering
as stubborn resistance as at any
time.
The resiliency and recuperating
powers of the Russian armies, ac
cording to theories advanced here,
have convinced the German general
staff that it Is wisest to adopt the de
fensive in the Russian campaign,
while delivering another blow at the
west.
If this rush comes, the allies will bo
prepared to meet it. During the last few
months a decided rhsnge for the belter
has taken place in the forces of tho al
lies, wltli reinforcements, bigger guns
and nunc complete equipment, luck of
which was felt keenly during the early
stages of the war.
As against the exudation of a new
German general offensive In the west,
another theory la advanced Is some iiiar-
j ters that the tiermaii attack In tho cast
will be continued, with the main Idea of
taking Warsaw from the north. I'rshaay
I nls, fifty miles north of Warsaw, now
being In tbe hands .jf the Germans, ac
cording to their claim It la probablo that
a battle ts now raging along the river
Orxye where the lttissians aro attempting
to stay the Teutonic advance.
The Turks are again appearing in the
war news by virtue of renewed fighting
in the Cuucuasus. Meantime the allied
flejt has at last demolished the forts nt
(Continued on Tags Five, Column One.)
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