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THE COPAN LEADER
RELATIONS WITH
GERMANY MAY BE
BROKEN OFF SOON
The President Tells Congress
of His Decision in the Sub-
marine Controversy
With Berlin.
NOTE NOW ON ITS WAY
tacks without compunction against ves- unhappily, it docs not stand alone,
aels oi every nationality and bound "Recent events make the conclusion
upon every sort of errand. Vessels of
inevitable that it is only one instance.
neutral ownership, even vessels bound j even though it be one of the mos ex-
tra* neutral port to neutral port, have 1 trerne and distressing instances, of the
been destroyed along with vessels of spirit and method of warfare which
belligerent ownership in constantly in- ! the imperial German government has
creasing numbers I mistakenly adopted, and which, from
“Sometimes the merchantman at- the first, exposed that government to
tacked has been warned and sllm- the^ reproach of thrusting all neutral
moned to surrender before being fired rights aside in pursuit of its immedl-
SENATE PASSES ARMY BILL
on or torpedoed; sometimes passen-
gers or crews have been vouchsafed
the poor security of being allowed to
take to the ship's boats before she was
sent to the bottom.
Tragedy Followed Tragedy.
ate objects.
United States Is Patient.
"The government of the United )
States has been very patient. At
every stage of this distressing experi- [
ence of tragedy after tragedy, in which
UNKNOWN NUMBER OF RUSSIAN
TROOPS LANDED IN FRANCE
TO AID ALLIES.
PROVIDING FOR A FORCE OF A
MILLION MEN.
Not a Dissenting Vote In the Uppef
House to First Big Prepared-
ness Measure.
Washington.—An army reorganiza
tion bill that would produce regulat
army and reserve military forces in
“Bnt again and again no warning own citizens were involved, it has
sought to be restrained from any ex- j
treme course of action or of protest
by a thoughtful consideration of the
this
GERMANS WITHDRAW TROOPS the United States aggregating 1,000,'
-- 000 men was passed by the senate
To Bolster Verdun Attack; French without a record vote. It is a substi.
has been given; no escape even to
the ship's boats allowed to those on
"""What this government foresaw extraordinary circumstances of
must happen has happened. Tragedy ^ ^ j( said or d,d by ,he 8entl.
has followed tragedy on the seas in
Open Vigorous Assault Near
Fort on hill LeMont
Homme.
tute for the Hay bill passed by th«
house and the differences will be
worked out in conference.
On the eve of a joint session of th6
London. The arrival in France of a ^ «
Last Word of United States Sent to
Berlin Before Executive Appeared
Befor* Joint Session—Offenses
are Wanton.
Washington.—President Wilson, in
an address to a joint session of Con-
—'**«<»■ *•» ■-—* ™ jssjsss: .*wm zrrrzsits?«
"It has, of course, accepted the sue- thuu fighting s mu er to s mu proposed strengthening of the army.
different points with the British
dent that warfare of such a sort, if
warfare it be. can not be carried on
without the most palpable violation of
—o, „„..... cir™.'?...”::
ity.
given in entire sincerity and good
"Whatever the disposition and in- f H j j h _ and has hoped, even against
gress, announced his decision regard- tentlon ol Iae "‘,p /!’' b°Pe- tbat R w°uld prove to be possi-
ing the controversy with Germany re- ernment’ u has Manifestly p oved1 im- blp for the German government so to
garding submarine warfare. poss ble for it to keep such methods or(]er and control the act* of its naval
Before his address to Congress the of attack uP°n th® bommeree of its commandt.rs a9 t0 square its policy
President announced that he had sent enemies within the bounds set b> wltb the principles of humanity as em-
to Germanay a note containing the either the reason or the heart of man- bodied in the law of nations,
warning of a break in relations. kind. Only One Interpretation.
The President made no request of
kind.
“In February of the present year
French and Belgians a material change ln tbe closing hours of debate the
in the situation may shortly develop. 8enatf made provision for a regular
, , standing army with a peace strength
The landing of the Russian troops Qf 250 M compared wim J40.000
took place on the eve of the day which jn the }{ay bi„ which pagged the
marked the close o t le secon mon i house, retained after a close fight the
of the Verdun batt e. J plan for a federal volunteer army re-
to aggregate
Number of Troops Unknown. serve force, calculated
How many Hussians have been sent 261,000 men and federalized the Na-
across seas by Emperor Nicholas is tional Guard forces of the states at
not known, but what is described as “a an estimated strength of 280.000 men.
"It has been willing to wait until j great flotilla of transports” arrived in in addition to this combined regular
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Congress. He had simply fulfilled a the imperial German government in- significance of the facts become tbe flart)0r of Marseilles and almost and reserve force of 790,000 men, an
promise that he would advise Congress formed this government and the other absolutely unmistakable and suscepti- ^ immediately afterward landed the amendment was passed to create a
in case he took action such as he re- neutral governments of the world that ble of but one interpretation. i forces amid the cheering of the popu-'school and college youths’ reserve
ported. j it had reason to believe that the got- “That point has now unhappily been i jace aad (be French troops gathered corps in time of war or threatened
Following is the President's address ernment of Great Britain had armed rpached. The facts are susceptible of at tbe quay to greet them and with war whiah would recruit a force
in full;
"Gentlemen of the Congress: A sit-
uation has arisen in the foreign rela-
tions of the country of which it is my
plain duty to inform you very frankly.
'It will be recalled that in February
the roars of salutes. trained young men, schooled by offl-
General Joffre, the French com- cers of the regular army, the estimated
mander in chief, in welcoming the Hus- strength of which is estimated at any
sians in an order of the day, said they where from 200,000 to 400:000.
were "soldiers chosen from the brav- -
SnSUX SrTorTtAtZ tuetcn general dies in turkey
nown.”
Germans Also Move Troops. SPotted Fever Kills Marshal von Der
Coincident with the arrival of the Golti’ Turk Army Head’
Macedonia and throwing them into ish army.
this hotly contested neater. Field Marshal von Her Goltz was re-
Here the French, according to the gardpd as 0ne of Germany's greatest
latest official commun.cation, have de- Btrategigts. He was 72 years old. He
iivered an attack near Le.Vlort Homme,
all merchant vessels of British owner- but one interpretation,
ship and had given them secret orders “The imperial German government
to attack any submarine of the enemy b»s not been able to put any limits
they might encounter upon the seas. or restriction upon its warfare against
and that the imperial German govern- either freight or passenger ships. It
ment felt justified in the circum- bas therefore become painfully evident
1915, the imperial German government stances in treating all merchantmen tbat the position which this govern-
announced its intention to treat the I of belligerent ownership as auxiliary ment took at the very outset is inevit-
waiers surrounding Great Britain and vessels of war, which it would have able, namely, that the use of submar- ;
Ireland as embraced within the seat j the right to destroy without warning. jnes for the destruction of an enemy's
of war and to destroy all merchant “The law of nations has long recog- commerce is of necessity, because of ! . . _
ships owned by its enemies that might nized the right of merchantmen to the very character of the vessels em- Russians, a statement trom uris e-
be found within anv part of that por- carry arms for protection and to use ployed and the very methods of attack Clares that the Germans owing tc, the Amsterdam.-Baron Kolmar A on
tion of the high seas and that it them to repel attack, though to use which their employment of course m- strong resistance of the French at Der Goltz. Commander-in-chief of he
warned all vessels of neutral as well them in such circumstances at their volves, incompatible with the princl- Verdun, are withdrawing large orces first Turkish army, died of spotted
as of belligerent ownership to keep own rick; but the imperial German pies of humanity, the long established their fronts in Russia. Serbia and fever, at the headquarters of his Turk-
out of the waters it had thus pre- government claimed the right to set and incontrovertible rights of neutrals
scribed, or else enter them at their these understandings aside under clr- and the sacred immunities of non-com-
peril. cumstances which it deemed extraor- batants.
America’s First Protest. dinary. 1 Ultimatum to Germany.
“The government of the United "Even the terms in which it an- ..j bave deemed ft my duty, there-
States earnestly protested. It took nounced its purpose thus still further fore t0 say to tbc German imperial
the position that such a policy could to relax the restraints it had previous-: government that if It is still its pur-
not be pursued without the practical lY professed its willingness and desire poge t0 progeCute relentless and indis-
certainty of gross and palpable viola- to put upon the operations of its sub- crjmfnate warfare against vessels of
tions of the law of nations particularly marines, carried the plain implication commerce by the use of submarines,
if submarine craft were to be em- that at least vessels which were not notwithstanding the now demonstrate
ployed as its instruments, inasmuch as armed would still be exempt from de- ed jxnpossibility of conducting that
the rules prescribed by that law, rules struction without warning and tbat warfare in accordance with what the
founded upon principles of humanity personal safety would be accorded government of the United States must
and established for the protection of their passengers and crews; but e'en consjder the sacred and indisputable
the lives of the non-combatants at sea, that limitation, if it was ever practu” ru[es 0j international law and the uni-
could not, in the nature of the case, able to observe It, has in fact con- Versally recognized dictates of human-
be observed by such vessels. stituted no check at all upon the de- jjy tbe conclusion that there is but
“It based its protest on the ground struction of ships of every sort. one course can pursue; and that
that persons of neutral nationality and Promises Repeatedly Violated. unless the impeiial German govern-
vessels of neutral ownership would “\gain and again the imperial Ger- ment should now Immediately declare
be exposed to extreme and intolerable inan government has given this gov- and effect an abandonment of its pres-
risks and that no right to close any ernment its solemn assurances that at ent methods of warfare against pas- j aTl the^PosTtionT they captured
part of the high seas against their leagt passenger ships would not be senger and freight carrying vessels. Jn A^atip Turkey the Russians are
use or to expose them to such risks thug deaU w*th. and yet it has again this government can have no choice nQ regt [Q lhe Turkg They now
could lawfully be asserted by any and again permitted its undersea com- j but to sever diplomatic relations with | haye dialodged them from mountain
belligerent government. manders to disregard these assurances the government of the German em- j pas8|Bf. gouth of Bitlig and pushed for.
ward their forces toward Sghert, which
THE ULTIMATUM OF THE UNITED
STATES TO THE GERMAN EMPEROR
Washington. The complete text of, T With-
the American government’s note sent | standing, persisted In carrying out the
by Secretary of State Lansing to Am-1 policy announced, expressing the hope
* . „ , . .. - , that the danger* involved, at any raie
bassador Gerard at Berlin for delivery ;to nel,trul vessels, would be reduced to a
to the German government follows: i minimum by the instructions which it
I had issued to the commanders oi ns
You are instructed to deliver to the submarines and assuring the government
Mprrptnrv rtf fnrpii?Ti 'rffnii's n eonimil* ^ the l nited states thut it would ta ®
secretary or foreign anairs a comrau - .very possible precaution both to respect
nication reading as follows: ! the rights of neutrals and to safeguard
I the lives of non-combatants.
Facts About Sussex Attack. in pursuance of this policy of subma-
Information now in the possession of rine warfare aflainst the commerce of
the government of the I’nited States its adversaries thus announced and thus
fully establishes the facts in the case of entered upon in despite of the
the Sussex and the information which iny protest of the government of the United
government bas drawn from that infor- States, the commanders of the imperial
motion is regarded as confirmed by the government’s undersea vessels have car-
Mrcumstances sot forth in your excel- rled on practices of such ruthless de-
lency'a note of the tenth. On the twenty- struction which have made it more and
fourth of March, 1916, at about 2 50 more evident as the months have gone
o'clock in tbe afternoon the unarmed by that the imperial government ha*
steamer Sussex with 325 or more pas- found It impractalble to put any sucri
senger* on board among whom were a restraint upon them as It had hoped ana
number of American citizens was tor- promised to put. Again and again tna
pedoed while crossing from Folkestone to imperial government has given its soi-
frieppe. The Sussex had never been emn assurances to the government or
armed was a vessel known to be habltu- the United States that at le*»t
illy used only for the conveyance of pas- ships would not be thus deaft with, and
sengers across the Kngllsh channel and yet Is has repeatedly^ P*r^*itt®d Its un-
was not following the route taken by dersea commanders to disregard those
troop ships or supply ships. About eighty assurances with entire impunity. As re-
>f her passengers, non-combatants of all cently as February last It gave
iges and sexes, including citizens of the that it would regard all armed merchant-
United States, were killed or injured men owned by Its enimies as part or
A careful, detailed and scrupulously the naval forces of its adversaries and
Impartial Investigation by naval and deal with them as with men-o -war, thus
nllltary officers of the United States has at least by implication pledging itseit to
conclusively established the fact that the give warning to vessels which were not
Sussex was torpedoed without warning armed and to accord security of hie tc
jr summons to surrender and that the their passengers and crews; but ever
orpedo by which she was struck was of this dimltation their submarine comman-
Sern.an manufacture. In the view of ders have recklessly Ignored.
iSe government of the United States vessels of Neutral Ownership Destroyed,
hese facts from the first made the con- i:v< n vessels of neutral ownership bound
duslon that the torpedo was fired by a from neutral port to neutral port, have
Jerman submarine unavoidable. It now destroyed along with vessels of bel-
Bonsiders that conclusion substantiated by ngerant ownership in constantly increas-
the statements of your excellency's note. illK numbers. Sometimes the merchant-
A full statement of the facts upon which men attacked have been warned and
the government of the United States has summoned to surrender before being
besed Its conclusion Is Inclosed. fired on or torpedoed; sometimes their
passengers and crews have been vouch-
Germany Fails to Realize Situation.
The government of the I’nited States,
after having given consideration to the
note of the imperial government of the
tenth of April, regrets to state that the
impression made upon it bv the state-
ments and proposals contained in that
safed the poor security of being allowed
to take to the ship’s boats before the
ship was sent to the bottom. But again
and again no warning has been given,
no escape even to the ships boats al-
lowed to those on board. Great liners
like the Lusitania and Arabic and mere
note, is that the imperial government; genger boat8 ]j|le ule Sussex have
has failed to appreciate the gravity of | attacked without a moment's warn-
the situation which has resulted, not I jn„ often before they have even become
alone from the attack on the Sussex but aware that they were in the presence of
from the whole method and character of | ati armed ship of the enemy and the
submarine warfare as disclosed by the ljveg (lf non-combatanta, passengers and
unrestrained practice of the commanders ( n,w baVe been destroyed wholesale and
of German undersea craft during the jn a manner which tiie government of
past twelve months and more, ln the in-
discriminate destruction of merchant
vessels of all sorts, nationalities and
destinations.
If the sinking of the Sussex had been
an isolated case the government of the
United States might find it possible to
hope that the officer who was responsi-
ble for that act had wilfully violated his
the United States cannot but regard as
wanton and without the slightest color
of justification. No limit of any kind
has in fact been set to their indiscrimi-
nate pursuit and destruction of mer-
chantmen of all kinds and nationalities
within the waters which tin- imperial
government has chosen to designate as
lying within the seat of war. The r
The roll
orders or had been criminally negligent *mprican8 who have lost their lives
in taking none of the precautions they, .......
■ , . .. upon ships thus attacked and destroyed
prescribed and that the ends of justice , grown month by month until the
___i.,t. • i .... Kn lioriAomir lin/in Him "
might be satisfied by Imposing upon hint ominous tofl has mounted into the hun-
sn adequate punishment coupled with a , .g
formal disavowal of the act and payment The government of the United States
of a suitable indemnity by the imperial hag bpen yery (JUtlent, At every stage
government. But though the attack upon (j{ thjg (]istr).H«|ng experience of tragedy
the Sussex was manifestly Indefensible f tragedy it has sougtit to he gov-
I...n ,.f 11/a art leoirino an n
and caused a loss of life so tragical as ed by llle most thoughtful considera-
te make It stand forth as one of the tjon an unprecedented war and to he
northwest of Verdun and succeeded in
driving the Germans out of portions
of a trench previously captured bjf
them. The Germans admit the entry j
by the French of German trenches in j
the Callette wood, west of Vaux, after
a heavy French attack, but say that
otherwise the attack was repulsed with
heavy losses.
Germans Occupy Anglo Position.
Around Ypres, the Germans, accord-
ing to Berlin, attacked and occupied
200 meters of British positions. The ;
British official report concedes a Ger-
man gain here, but says that except
for two craters and one trench near
St. Eloi and on the Ypres-Langemarck
road, the Germans were repelled from
lies ninety miles east of Diarbekr,
sea could not in the nature of the case ,"Vi'w"nnA' the universally recog-
,... observed by such vessels It based ; national Jaw _and ^Srn-
its protest on .he ground that persons nixed dictates of hurntmlty.^he govern-
Mr; unUss8
lawfully he asserted by the imperial gov- '!‘a nf suhma-
Rules Based on Humanity. with entire impunity. pire altogether.
"The law of nations in these mat- “Great liners like the Lusitania and Acts with Keen Regret,
ters upon which the government of ^be Arabic and mere ferry boats like ■ "This decision I have arrived at with | their objective in the operation which
the T nited States based its protests, ^bg gugsex have been attacked with- keenest regret. The possibility of seeks to cut off communication be-
is not of recent origin or founded upon a moment's warning, sometimes tbe action contemplated I am sure all ween the northern and southern Turk-
merely arbitrary principles set up bj before they had even become aware thoughtful Americans will look for- jgb armies.
convention. It is based, on the con- tbat tbey were ln the presence of an ward t0 with unaffected reluctance. Russians Pressing Forward,
trary, upon manifest and imperat.ve armed vessel of the enemy. I “We can not forget that we are in Heavy fighting continues in the
principles of humanity and has long Ljveg Wanton,y 5acrinced. some sort and. by the force of circum- Toporuk region,°where the Russians
bvThe* express assent of ""civilized "The lives of noncombatants, pas- s'ancesg the^ responsitde spokesmen of ire pregsing forward in their attempt Dalu„ <u„ „C1 istlng The law or nmon. m mraf carrying veasela the government
. sr.iSJ'i.r-r; .,>«*znss ssvtsrxx:«»<•» sx tes
"Notwithstanding the earnest pro- „ ..overnment' of the i'nited States those rights seem in process of being Thebizond. . having fought in the ^r,!np^™'. arbitrary principles set up by convention, itheGerman empire altogether
test of our government, the imperial “* " nton and «wept utterly away ln the maelstrom Constantinople reports that the Brit- Pa‘«n and been on the staff of Prince
German government at once proceed- ; .^"t color oJju.lic- of this terrible war. ish troops besieged in Kut-El-Amara Frederick Chares in the Franco-
ed to carry out the policy it had an- ’ 1' “We owe it to a due regard for our tre in a critical situation owing to lack 1 russian war. In IS..! he was st n
nounced. It expressed the hope that 10“' .. . h )n factj 0wn rights as a nation, to our sense 0f food and have forced the civilian t0 reconstruct the Turkish army and
the dangers involved, at any rate the ’ indiscriminate pursuit of duly as a representative of the population to evacuate the town. remained in Turkey or ir een ye rs.
dangers to neutral vessels, would be ^en rights of neutrals the world over, and --—- In August. 1914, re was appointed
most terribk- t xarniiles of the inhuman. ,f . sentlments of very genuine
!».. mihmurlna tnurfarR tifl tllP rnm- A . . . . * + -t . ..... l.. ... vurti.
of submarine warfare ns the com- . , . . J b)r ,be p(,ol,ie ami govern-
1 .I ruduols n ro fiflThl IW'f. . * . i . « ... ....... ...el thn
mamlers of Gorman vesnels are conduct- men^ 'uf Germany. It ha*4 accepted the
Ins it, it unhappily does not stand alone. gucc€88iVe explanations and assurances
Indiscriminate Attacks. I of the imperial government asof’f.e0«^”
. t * r Lriven in *ntire sincerity and good faith
On the contrary the government oi the ■ ‘J» . evgn a_atngt hope, that
I’nited States is forced by recent events wouj(j prove to i»e possible for the im-
to conclude that it Is only one instance. |erVlg0 lent ment so to order and con-
extreme ana ..... ,»«, navni r*r»mm:tnders as
even though <>ne of the most extreme and ^ naval commanders as
most distressing- instances of the deliber- ui D0licv with the reoog-
ate method and spirit of !nd'HJ'nniLria^M nized principles of humanity as embodied
destruction of merchant vessels of a 1 i..«. nr.tinns It lias made every
destruction or merchant vessels oi an . V nations, it has made every
sorts, nationalities and destinations w dch ajlowance for unprecedented conditions
have become more and more unm stak- ^ willing to wait until the
able as the activity of German undersea a"* u T**™..nmi-tskahli* and were bus-
ve»»el* hf war haa In/.'ecenV'nrnmhV h^n ^
quickened and extended. now owea it to a Juat egard fbr ita own
The imperial government will recall I Plgbtg"o ,ay to the Imperial .overnment
that when in February, 19U. It an-. K _ h oome. u na* become
.......... it- intentien of ‘reating the wa- • f ,,v gvident t0 it that the poeitlon
tera aurrounding Great Britain and Ire- -. the very outset is in-
land as embraced within the seat of war «| t took at the er> rlnfS
;,n,l of destroying all merchant ships ‘‘“V.V- ’ .U-stTu. Uon of an enemy's com-
owned by its enemies ought b« ,,f n**««*ssity becaus»- of the
found within that zone of danger, and . Varietur of the vessel employed and
...........I oil imeso o h.dltrH UP AS \ t* I > tnai.UUT '1 III' V CO. C. •■•I . . _
warned all vessels, neutral Ver>- '"methods^of attack. which their
beliigerant to keep out J™"™ em.tlovraent of course Involve*, utterly
thusI prescribed or to enter them atth . r aflhle wlth ,he principles of hu-
peril. the government of the United' ,^lgh eMablished''and incon-
t« » - : L * - f .-e. I «• nrul t Kp Uf)*
States earnestly protested. It took in. trovertible'HKhbT of neutrals anti the sa-
!?.:» MMeJ of non-combatants.
pursued without constant gmss and pal- ._" .diat. chanae or Diplomattc Break,
liable violations of the accepted law of purpose of the imperlaf
nations, particlarl.v if submarine craft I d * alt‘ ,o prosecute relentless and
were to he employed as its instruments, govetnm. ni to pi . v(.MWu
Inasmuch as the rules prescribed by that '^“^naby u5e of submarines
law, rules founded on the principles of 1 n . thp government
humanity and established for the pro- ri q‘' l stat's must consider the
tectlon of the lives Of non-combatants at of^the ^^^spmabl^ rules of inter-
Baron von Der Goltz.
ernment ln the circumstances then ex-
isting. The law of nations in these mat- rine
ment of its present methods of suhma-
warfare against passenger and
it is based, on the contrary, upon manU tion thf'.^"'"’.^t of the United Htari-s
5Y.HRT Ipproval and
bv the express assent of all civilized na- half of humanity and the right or neu
tions. *tral "•Go"*-
reduced to a minimum by the instruc- ‘ na,tonalities within the to a just conception of tbe rights of tvcDUAIi nYF<5TIIFF<« ABF RFI military governor of the occupied part
tions which it had issued to its sub- , mankind to take this stand now with HERMAN DYtSTUrfaANt KtLtAbtU of Belgium, but in November^of the
marine commanders and assured tbe ArorotinnK h«vp hppn car- the utmost solemnity and firmness. . <cnn/.T . . same year he was relieved of this c
government of the United States that these operations have been car ^ ^ uken thjgygtand and taken Exportation of 15.000 Ton. to An.ir.ei mand and spnt t0 Turkey, where he
More German Spies Nabbed.
Savannah, Ga.—Three Germans,
whose names could not be ascertained,
were arrested at Hardeeville, S. C., at
it would take every possible precau-
■ The roll of Americans who have j it in the confidence that it will meet
tion both to respect the rights of neu- )Jtm on gbipg attacUed and . with your approval and support. All
trals 8Dd to safeguard the lives of )]egtroyed bag g.rown month bv month • sober minded men must uni.e in hop-
noncombatants. u tbe ominious toll has mounted In- , ing that the imperial German govern-
Offenses Grew Worse. the hundreds ; ment' which has ln 0,her clrcum'
Authorized.
“One of the largest and most shock-
stances stood as the champion of all
that we are now contending for in the
"What actually happened in the year
was appointed military commandant instigation o .cut. . ron
at Constantinople and acting minister ; hite, who suspected them of espionage.
Washington.—The German govern- 0f war. ! a search of the prisoners’ clothing, it
ment has agreed to permit exportation - j was saidi revealed that they were in
to the United States of 15,000 tons of e. . , . ’ , ,ip
Hughe. Mandamus Started. possession of maps giving minute de-
Elevator Burn.; Los. $200,000.
Baltimore—Fire destroyed the Gam-
brill elevator at Ellicott City, near
here, together with 15,000 bushels of
wheat causing a $200,000 loss.
Norwegian Ship Sunk Near Lisbon.
London.—A IJoyds dispatch from
Lisbon says the Norwegian steamship
Terje Vikan sank in Cascae bay, fif-
teen miles west of Lisbon, after three
explosions on board the vessel. The
crew was saved. The Terje Vikan
dyestuffs, lack of which has seriously
affected American textile manufactur- Salem, Ore.—Mandamus proceedings tails of fortifications and roads along
erg. to force Secretary of State Ben Olcott thjs gection of the coast and carried gailed on March 16 from Galveston for
The communication explains that 1° place Justice Charles Hughes name ^ an eiaborate photographic outfit. Lisbon.
ingfulfilleminp u r s u a nc e of t he pE French cross-channel steamer Sussex. I ^ “h^h they* .ra while Germany refused at first to per- for president A charge of vagrancy on which the
icy of submarine warfare against the j The Sussex Case
commerce of its adversaries, thus an- j “it must stand forth, as the sinking
nounced and entered upon by tire im- 0f the steamer Lusitania did, as so
made.”
mit exportation of dyestuffs unless was instituted here,
they be exchanged for American goods
men were taken into custody was
Belgrade Swept By Fire.
„ j Paris.—A destructive fire in Bel-
O.ages Sign New Oil Leases. changed to a charge of being snap grade formerly the capital of Serbia,
---------- Greece Protest, to Allit*. now excluded from lermany by the Waahlngton.-Osage Indian tribal cious characters” when each of !s reporte(l in a dispatch from Buchaj--
perial German government in spite of singularly tragical am unjus i . Athena Greece—The Greek govern- RfR'**1 blockade after careful consid- ocers signed leases of oil rights on three produced $5,000 to disprove the egt jt jg gaid lbe eastern section of
the solemn protestor this government, to constitute a truly terrible example hgg made a formal protegt to the •’rath>n of the 8,tuatlon u has been 4,800 acres of land and of gas rights vagrancy charge. According to re the city was almost destroyed. Thous-
the commanders of German undersea 0f the inhumanity of submarine entente a„leg agalnst the establish- seen that “this blockade has resulted 0n 680,000 acres, all In the old Foster the ,hree foreigners have been lands are homeless,
vessels have attacked merchant ships fare ms the commanders of , ment of a naval base in Suda Bay. on in sertoufl embarrassment to those lease territory. The old leases ex. fo„owing Cronkhite’s detachment of ... —----
Great Britain and Ireland, but where-
ever they could encounter them in a explanation, some disavowal by the o.lon,ki German troops cros'sed the a "single exception” in permitting ex- Its leases to 4,800 acre tracts of quar- a«o. The documents found on them naval ar!Jena, at Lisbon is very heavy.
way that has grown more and more German government, some evidence of 0 Mondav and destroyed portatlon in this instance. It is re- ter section units. Subleases formerly would be of value to foreign govern- The government Is investigating cir-
ruthless, more and more indiscrimin- criminal mistake or wilful disobedt- jr- i ' ^ an(J quired only that the dyestuffs shall be holding contracts under the Foster ments should tbey become involved in cumstances which Indicate that the-
sirjnr?rsss u a'WM’^1^.2 ?.x: ■ *» *“
anv kind: and have delivered their at- might be sought or entertained, hut, ce \ r . nr her nines option to purchase all oil produced. And Summer Coming
J --—- ' 1 Washington.—Estimating that the
or her allies.
CONSULTED WITH LEADERS
As a preliminary to laying the whole
submarine situation before Congress
President Wilson conferred at 10
o'clock with ChairmaD Stone and
BLOCKED A RESOLUTION
peatedlv been assured by the White
House that they would be consulted washlngton.-Cbairman Stone of immediately will make represen.
by tbe President before he took any ^be geDaje foreign relations commit- tations to Great Britain to insure the
Campaigning for Recruits.
New York.—Army recruiting head-
I> is expe< ed that the st,t . depart- "Peck’s Bad Boy" Is Dead government will have to provide for qUar|erg sent out an automobile loaded
— \Iilw<flilkee.__George W Peck. 75 ! J225.000.000 revenue in the coming wlth uniformed soldiers to arouse in-
general revenue revision bill, 'i16 terest in military service. The car
drastic step
tee blocked a resolution
The President consults Congress at Phelan of California to declare that country,
this stage, it was pointed out, be- the United States still holds hope for Tfc* concession made by Germany is
by Senator safe arrival of tbe dyestuffs in this way8 and rneana committee rarrled a captaln,« quartermaster
Bln for two terms, and at one time den)0crataara seriously contemplating
mayor o . i wau ee, ( e it re a er i |ncreaslng the tax on beer to $2 a made speeches wherever they could’
vt",Ufi,Vf enneresTional committees ™"wh«e he has'the authority to the settlement of international difficul- the result of a long series of negotla- a nhort Illness^ Peck was one of three barrel and on whiskey to $U0 a gal gather a crowd,
Hood of the congressional committees cause, wnne ne a 1 1 . n a»u<.a fnr iusmzc ol tin tions between the state department democrats who since the admission |0n. This would produce about *33.-
dealing with foreign affairs, and with break off diplomatic relations. Con- ties Phelan asked for passage of the «>om between the state leparim mi $50,000,000
dealing with foreign anairs. ana wun orea* oil aipio ■ ^ ’ he said because of the sue- and the German embassy. Small quan- of Wisconsin into the union in 1848, 000,000 more from beer and $50,000,000 Saloon* Voted Out.
Senator i^odge and ReprMentative gress alone baa^ po ' tn mod- ces« of the Chamberlain Army Bill tities of dyestuffs have from time to held the position of governor. Before more from whiskey and the commit-J Mitchell, 8. D.-Announcement fron*
Cooper, the ranking Republican mem- an<l there I. only «. e ln m<£ ce.s of *he ^;“™“CreS in if I time been relta^ by Germany tor bis entry into public life, Peck teeman are considering raising the state headquarters of the an,,-saloon
r-rsw. rr. Safe s: sslitw.-jzzz zzr™ * * “
j league said that saloons had been vot-
ed out of fourteen towns.
surrounded
gravest importance
They bave re- and Italy.
committee.
lisher of Peck’s Sun.
Steamship Crew Strikes.
3,315 offl-
vides for the maximum force that was 26,825 men.
proposed in the Chamberlain bill. As , Field artillery, 31 regiments; 879 of-
orlginally drawn the Chamberlain bill j fleers, 26,599 men.
proposed a peace footing of approxi- Coast artillery. 263 companies; 1,201
mately 178,000 fighting men, which j officers, 30,000 men.
was to be increased to a war footing Brigade headquarters, 288 men.
of approximately* million Headquarters troops, 18 officers. 738^ 1’06^nco 316 offlcerg, 4,338 mem
On a war footing the Chamberlain men. signal torp , ’ , ffl
bill proposed the following forces: i General staff, 88 officers. | ®J’reau. -9.
General officers, 12 major generals, j Adjutant general’s department, 60 i Chaplains,
S8 brigadier generals. j officers.
Judge advocate general’s depart
ment, 31 officers.
Quartermaster’s department, 259 of-
ficers, 6,409 men.
Medical corps, 1,070 officers, 7,28*
men.
Corps of engineers, 505 officers,
7,797 men.
Ordnance department, 109 officers,
Senate Confirms Ingraham's Name.
Washington.—The senate has con
firmed William W. ingraham of Port-
land, Maine, as assistant secretary of
war. He will take office at once.
Veterinarians, 124,
Villa Bandit* Convicted.
El Paso.—St:t Villa bandits placed submarines^____
in trial at Iteming, N. M , charged Sessions of Duma Suspended,
with killing Charles D. Miller in the I London.—A Reuter dispatch from
Columbus raid, were found guilty of Petrograd says an imperial ukase has
liurder in the first degree, according been issued providing for suspension
o word received here. of session of the durna until May 29.
Efficient Man’s Business. Somewhat Bitter.
The community has no bribe that j Two men were once talking over
Tampa, Fla.—The thirty-five mem- will tempt a wise man. You may their respective son’s careers at coi-
bers of the crew of the British steamer j ralse money enough to tunnel a moun-! le8e- aad one remarked, “Well, I
Eretria, loading phosphate for a : ,a,n( but you cannot raise nioney Aaron In the Wilderness, ‘Behold, 1
French port, went on strike when J “ I ‘
Capt. L. C. Wright refused their de-
mand for a 25 per cent increase in vaiuauie man
whether the community pays him for Mohammed's Warning,
it or not. The inefficient offer their I "Beware,” said Mohammed to hi*
inefficiency to the highest bidder, and j followers, "of marrying a toadstool
ire forever expecting to be put into woman, a woman that sits and sits.
wages. The men claim the wages are
I too small for the risks taken in facing
enough to hire a man who is minding :IM>llred and ,bere came out
his own business. An efficient and - ca^- Christian Register,
valuable man does what he can, |
dice One would suppose they were and spends all thy substance on Jew-
f.-ly di-appointed.—Tboreau. els and perfumes and rich stufia."
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