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.''! "-.s--;;v KEEP OPEN THE lifES' ; - - "Keeping: open the lines of mml; cation" la neceMafry- In lulne In war. Newspaper adyertliMt;t tlie r Unk for maintaining: line of communi cation with hundreds who. can be com municated with in no the way. . THE WEATHER; and copier Tuesday;. Wednes- 'X.. VOL. XCV NO. 122; WIIiMESTGTON, K. TUESDAY MOKKIKG. FEBlttJAIlY 16, 1915 WHOLE NUMBER 1 3,91 3. fURTHER ACTWm RUSSIANS PLAN TO ASSUME DEFENSIVE SENA TE DECIDES TO PROBE TO GERMANY CHARGES OF A CTIVITY ON ,:ft:' OF FOOD IN NEUTRAL SHIPS PART OF "SHIPPING TRUST II nanny WAR COSTS ALLIES 10 BILLIONS A YEAR SEMNACE IN IMPORT A TION k To be Taken by the Allies, Ac cording to Statement of Winston Churchill. DISCUSSES THE NAVY "flow to be the Object of War fare Never Before Practic ed in Civilization." Germany Cannot be Allowed to Adopt Piratical System! Loudon. Feb. 15. The coun- I tries ngnilug against vtcj. maiij y Anstria aud Turkey, thus far have thrown only a third of their strength, into the field. To main tain this force and to brrng the re maining two-thirds into action mil eosC $10,000,000,000 during the current year. This announcement was made in the" House of Commons today by David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer. vr)n,o, with Wins ton Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, gave the British public perhaps a closer, view of the machinery behind, the ' great struggle than had been ajfforded since the outbreak of war. Mr. Churchill declared, amid cheering, that Great Britain final ly had decided to clamp on every ounce of sea pressure to. choke, off Kervnany "s food supply in retalia tion of the German sunarine pol icy, while Mr. Lloyd-GM-ge drew additional cheering when ne' spoke of loans to countries expected to throw in their lot with the Allies. These countries the chancellor did not name. Tito UUpatehes From America. , The announcement of the ;govern menfs decision with relation to Ger nvany's food supplies came almost co ir.cidentally with the receipt of -two liypatclies from the United States, one wying that Count Von Bernstorff, the Wnrau ambassador, had informed the Washington government that Germany whs willing to abandon her submarine policy provided Great Britain ceased interfering with cargoes of food stuffs and tiie other saying that he again had advised neutral shipping to avoid these waters which Germany had';d clared would become a dangerous mil-, itaiy area three days hence. Mr. Lloyd-George detailed financial arrangement the Allies decided ;on at the I'aris conference nad . put- into round figures what heretofore had been puessed, the remarkable increase in the p-oductivity and efficiency of the Ru 'an people by prohibition of the sale of vodka. The productivity and effi ciency he placed as high as 50 pe cent. Oreat Britain, the chancellor said, had resources which would last for five days and France" perhaps, suffi cient for three years. Mr. Lloyd-George paid tribute to, the burden that France is bearing and gave Pledge that the Allies would stand fv Belgium financially until the time for the Settlement came. , Mr. Churchill disclosed for the first me the total naval losses in the .war. These, he safd, were upwards of five thousand officers and men, - most of tiwn victims of submarines. Mt. Churchill outlined what Great britau, purposed to do as a, counter to 'piracy and murder." Tnur ' uuiicv film iiiiiiiirci- iyxL. "tai Britain for the first time.to.ap-J ii fun force" of her naval pow formal declaration to this ef "would be made forth- vi-it,-. HOKE OFF GERMANY'S FOOD r,'7'"'r Ain Against Shipping to "rmany Decided Upon by. Allies. l-o.idoi,, Feb. 15. Winston Spencer ""rein!!, first lord of . the admiralty, a "tatemevit- tr. th nnnu nf rrnm. ' 'ouav, intimated that further ac- 'ion -vent the importation of foodstuffs r'utrai ships to Germany. , md now- srave,", said Mr. CurchllL "We tf ' YiC thA rV -( a4- tiro : v wjvv v v. wT cva a,a. - oeiore practiced by a civilised Ho far we have not atteront- fed to stop the importation of food. We "e nOt Tl-&.r Jl A. . M- damg directly with German ports. We trai i lowed German exports in neu thl ff lups to Pass unchallenged. J3ut oftv, me is near when the enjoyment a !se Immunitiea by a state which'as "latter of deliberate policy has placed rseir outside of International obli- thVr T must be reconsidered. A fur- tr .leeiaration on part of the Allied !-" fill !n. ... ... i.., "v- win De.maae wntcn win effect of SORT OF SENSATION SPRUNG IN SENATE By Cooper's Action as to Ref . erence of School Board Bill. CLASHES WITH GILES Alao Deadlocked with Stacy ai to Ap pointment of Member Hoaa Completes Revenue Bill De 4 , . tll of Seasloiks. i . (Special Star Telegram;) RalftgrlC N. C, Feb. 15. Something of a aepsation was sprung in the Sen ate 'today,' when Senator Cooper intro dueed a to appoint Cuthbert Mar tin "a mejmbar of -the New Hanover County School Board and demanded that it, be not referred to the commit tee on . education. Chairman Giles, of the education committee, urged that his committee have the bill, saying that he would absent himself from the committee when it passed on it. He said Senator Cooper had caused a breach between them when he criticis ed Olialrman Giles' opposition to the anti-Jug law. The bill was put on the calendar without committee reference and is the forerunner of a big fight as between Senator Cooper and Represen tative Stacy,, the latter insisting on the retention of J. O. Carr on the board. . In the , passage of words between Senator Cooper and Senator Giles, the latter said that Senator Cooper - had nagged, him as to his position on the prohibition bill, and the McDowell Sen ator had resented this impertinence, he said. Senator Cooper retorted that liquor had not been mentioned before the-committee. He said Mr. Stacy's bill President. Pro-tem Gatdner asked'Jto cldtng-?whatr reference the Cooper bill Should have. '. This was done, the Sen ate putting tpe bill on the calendar.1 1 Senator White, without reference to the merits of the bill, thought the Cooper bill should go through the prop er channels. He said he would insist on the House bill, by Stacy, coming over today, going through the proper channels. Senator Snow thought in view of the personal feeling between Senators Giles and Cooper that the Cooper bill should go before .another committee or that it be passed by the Senate as the House has passed Mr. Stacjs bill. Senator Gilliam "thought it unusual that a senator cannot send his bill to the committee of his selec (Continued on Page Two.) GERMANY WOULD RECEDE . FROM PLAN TO DESTROY ; - ' . - ' ENEMY MERCHANT SHIPS If Allies' Restrictions on Shipments of Foodstuffs For Ger man' Civil. Population Were RemovedDevelopments ' in Diplomatic Circles Move Rapidly Text of Brit- ish Reply to American Protest Received. Berlin, Feb. 15, (By Wireless to Say ville, K. IT.) The German reply to tke American note is reported to be firm In tone, though friendly in form. says a statement laued today- by the Over seas News Agency. Washington, Feb 15. With only three days remaining before the Ger man admiralty proposes to carry into effect its proclamation ordering a sub- marine campaign: on enemy; merchant ships, developments in the diplomatic situation moved rapidly today through the medium of the United States gov ernment, "! custodian of the diplomatic interests of the various belligerents. Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, delivered a note to the United States Vhich was promptly transmitted to Great Britain in which Germany offered to recede from her -plan, of destroying enemy mercnant ships, "if restrictions the .. Allies had placed on thipmnt of conditional con traband and food stuff s destined to the German civil population were removed. Otherwise, the note announced. Germa ny proposes to put into effect the origi nal proclamation, adding, also . -the .tr.wina- of mines in waters surround- fing Great Britain and Ireland. . . . i The - Ambassador s comiauua.--was sent from Berlin since the recent American note was delivered there and is supplemental to the German oreign office memorandum on the subject of the new war ..-sones. " . ; At the time that the German ambas sador conferred with Secretary Bryan and Counsellor Lansing, the complete text of the British reply to the Ameri can note of protest on netitral shipping, otrt nombr 26th. was received- It was laid before President Wilson. - s . v BA.ti..'rrfvine- statistics on neutral -h ntprine- a general de- commerce and entering a "Z JZlm .,., 4.t,. hften an un warrant- Great, Britain Spending More Than France and Russia. SO SAyS LLOYD-GEORGE ' - ' ' Chan. PJittT of the Exchequer Explains t House of Common, Arrange ment Made' at Recent; Coii T t erence in Paris. ; " '.on-don,' Feb. 15. The expenditures "... the Allies on the war wiir be two -.illion pounds sterling ($10,000,000,000) during the current year, David Lloyd- George, chancellor of the exchequer, told the House of Commons this after noon in ah estimate explanatory of the arrangement made at the recent con ference between the financce ministers of France and Russia and himself in Paris. Great Britain, he announced, was spending more money than her two Allies. The present war, Mr. Lloyd-George said, was the most expense in mate rial, men and money that ever had been waged, tlreat Britain, he continued, could finance the war five years out of the proceeds of her investments abroad. France was able to do so for about two or three years with something to spare. Russia, he said, although prod igiously rich in natural resources, was in a different position. Mr. Lloyd-George said that it was de cided at the conference in Paris" not to issue a joint loan. Each ally must bring its resources into the common stock, he continued. The" conference dismissed the idea of a joint interna tional loan, which would have fright ened every Bourse, he added, and de cided that each country should raise the money it needed within its own territories so far as conditions allowed but if help were needed for purchases (-abroad, those who had means would help to the best of their power. The only joint loan jwould' be with respect to advances majle or to be made to ,the smaller of the ' allies states. The chancellor said Russia had in- i creased her productivity from fifty per cent.-by suppressing sale of vodka. ghe had had difficulties in financing her purchases . abroad; and the : same thing had applied -tp France. . ; "i am: not aure wev realise the strains .. -"I am; not ure ws realise, the strains i lor of the exchequer continued. "She has had a larger proportion of her men in the field, and the enemy in oc cupation of the richest part of her ter ritory. Nevertheless, the confidence of the French nation strikes every visitor to.JParis.. -There is to be- seen- a calm and sincere courage supposed to be in compatible with the temperament of the celt, and one ; hears ' the general assurance that the German army as much chance of crushing France as of overrunning Mars." With regard to' Russian- purchases the chancellor said it had -been decided that the first $250,000,000 for that pur pose should be raised in equal amounts on the Paris and London markets. '(Continued on Page Five.) ed interference with legitimate ship ments, the new note contains a state ment from Great Britain that the re cent government decree taking over the flour and grain supply in Germany re quired added precautions on - the part of the Allies s that conditional contra band might not be permitted to reach the armed forces of the enemy. The full text will not be given out until an agreement for publication is reach ed with the British foreign office. . Ai to the Wllbelmlna. . . . Another development bearing, direct ly , on the threatened submarine war fare was the dispatching of a telegram by the State Department today to. Am bassador' Page instructing him to sub mit to the British foreign office, evi- 'dence by the owners ' of the American steamer - Wilhelmina to prove that her cargo consists of food stuffs destined to on-CDmoaiaiug anu is nui auojecc to seizure.. The suggestion is made that unless Great -Britain has sufficient grounds- not ; yet advanced for .doing otherwise, the ship be permitted at once to proceed. with her? cargo to her destination.? . ' From the German -point of view, the Wilhelmina constitutes a test case on which revolves the entire question of feeding Germany. ' ... ? ' r-f '. v- ' Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the . British ambassador, discussed the situation with State Department officials. On all sides, it is admitted here that the de velopments of -the last few days pre sent a most : ' serious situation - for American commerce. - ,: -' The next step by. the United - States may, be a pronounced statemelH i Great Britain onthe subjectSofcondlT tional contraband was indicates at the State Department today.- The American government . In Its first note argued strongly- for unrestricted . shipment of conditional "contraband -. destined to non-combatants. : "The British prelimi nary reply did- no,t oppose this ; view. but said an unconditional acceptance - -; . rtiri4'' on Paa-e - Two t j v .r i- (continued on .ir-age x-wq.j ITORY Sustained Austro-German At tack in the East Features the Situation. LITTLE CHANGE IN WEST British Public Centering Interest Just . Now In Outcome of German So Called Blockade of British Isles War in Brief. London, Feb. 15. The sustained Austro-German attack in the East with Petrograd's admission that the Rus sians plan to assume the defensive on their own territory is an important feature today of the military situation. The Germans claim progress in Bu- kowina and unofficial advices from Budapest, even say that the Austrians have swept as far east as Czerno witz, although the latest official com munication from Vienna does not so state. However, the Austrians claim to have occupied Nadwerna, in South eastern Gallcia. ., There is no noteworthy change in the West. The Germans took about a thousand yards of trenches south ; of Ypres, but the Allies partially balanced this by capturing about 300 yahs be tween Bethune and LaBassee. The British public i centering' its interest just now in the outcome of the German socalled blockade of Britr ish waters, due to begin Thursday, with special reference to its effects on neu tral shipping. wr : 'v The speeches in the House of Com mons of David Lloyd-George, chancel lor of the exchequer,, and, - Winston Spencer Churchill,, first ; lord of the admiralty, the former explaining con certed financial plans of the Allies and the latter reviewing the naval situa tion and promising the utmost endeav ors to cut' off all German food sup plies, temporarily have- overshadowed war news. , ..." . . The Roval Dutch Steamship Comnanv ,-". ,Jf,ti C according to Berlin dispatches, , all Dutch shipping companies have decided to suspend service to England after February 18. The British steamer Wavelet, from Pensacola, struck a mine.-' in the Eng lish Channel. . -The loss ' of life num bered : twelve, and the steamer " was beached. " GERMAN OFFICIAL. STATEMENT. Recites Successes of Her Army and Re pulses of the Enemy. . is ..'Berlin, Feb. lbf (by wireless) The war office issued this statement today : "South of Ypres, hear St. Eloy, the Germans took about 900 metres of the enemy's positions. Counter attacks were without success. "Equally unsuccessful was" the ene my's attack in the district southwest of LaBassee. Several dozen of prison ers were taken by the Germans. "'An advanced trench which the Ger-. mans lost on February 2nd, near Su- jielkopf, was taken back. 'The Germans drove the enemy out of Senzern, in the Lauch valley (Al sace). Rempach was evacuated by the enemy. "North of Tilsit (East Prussia) the enemy was driven out of Piktupoen and flushed in the direction of Tauroggen. On both sides of the frontier, in the Easter Lake district, engagements are in progress with the retreating enemy. German troops are advancing rapidly everywhere. "German detachments marched in the Kolno district against the enemy, ad vancing beyond fcomza. "tn the Vistula district, the Germans gained further ground and occupied Racionz. "In Poland, on the left of the Vis tula, there were no important changes." GREEK MINISTER LEAVES Departs From Constantinople Because of 'Growing Friction. London, Feb. 15. r'A Reuter's dispatch from Athens says: ' "Difficulties having arisen in regard ipr fulfillment of the Porte's promise o satisfaction to . Greece for thein sule to the naval attache of the Green legation at Constantinople, Mr. Panas, the Greek minister, ...felt compelled, to leave Constantinople yesterday, leaving the secretary of the legation in charge of the affairs of Greepe." - LaZa sZa T .V . T -.T j. j jT REPORT THAT GERMAN X AMBASSADOR IS TO f LEAVE IS DENIED - London, Feb. 15. An Amster- ! ! dam dispatch" to the. Exchange J Telegraph Company gives the ru- U JL raor from Berlin that Count von J 1 Bernstorff, the GerAian arabassa-'! L dor to the United . States, has JL JL been summoned : - to Berlin. 4 JL Countess .von Bernstorff, it is JL added, had engaged passage by a 4 JU steamer "which sailed Saturday to JL join her, husband at Washing- Ju A ton. but she cancelled the book- JL ing a few hours before the steam- JL t er's departure. - - JL Washington, Feb. 15. The -JL JL German embassy tonight author ized a denial of the report that JU the ambassador had been sum- II. moned to Berlin, or was. con tern- JL plating leaving the United States; for any purpose. It was said that3 JL Countess Bernstorff bad made, no : Jf plans for a visit, to , America iH" 4' the near4 fdture. x -W..; K'tWSV. Absolutely Dominates the "Foundation," Says Walsh. HIS POWER UNLIMITED Says the Rockefeller Foundation is En tirely Without the Realm of Gov ernment Control and Com- " petes With Government, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 15. Fraak P. Walsh, chairman of the Federal Industrial Relation Commission, which has . been, investigating great finance foundations, in a .statement today de clared that John D." Rockefeller senior, dominates the Rockefeller Foundation which, Mr. Walsh said, can apply the enormous power of the money it con trols to almost any purposes it chooses. "The testimony at the New York hear ing,' 'declared Mr. Walsh, "showed that the trustees of the foundation secured no authority that did, not come from him. '"It showed that the directors of the foundation also were directors of the industries from which the founda tion obtained its funds. As ail inter locking system it beats anything the railroads and banks ever exhibited. "The powers it claims and exercises virtually are unlimited, , as are its finan cial resources. They are powers which should challenge, the attention of every thoughtful Arfterican citizen. Wheth er such uowera can be permitted' safe ly in the hands of any authority less than that of the government is a ques tion which will form an important part of ; the 'commission's' forthcoming re port.1 I am inclined to believe these powers cannot be exercised under the America theory of government. "The commission is not through yet with the Rockefeller and other foun dations, but this much can be said: "The Rockefeller Foundation Is entirely- without the realm of government control-. v - "I am not surprised that the direc tors and trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation do not know some of the things brought out at the hearing. They do not know anything about the foun dation. They. do not see Mr. Rocke feller twice a year. . tit - ' "Mr. Rockefeller is a very smart man, perhaps the -smartest in this countryi But: he could npt,.telluithev.'commis8ion :h' he 4id. niusehjs'pjrpflts to paji: a. living .wage instead of using them in the distribution of a charity that constituted a power which many Amer icans have come to look- upon as a menace. V ' ' ' : J "The power , of the: . Foundation's. money is . being used, tqcompete with the ' United States -government in the investigations of the-questions being investigated by the 'industrial Rela tions Commission., The United States government is spending $400,000 in its inquiry." The Rockefeller Foundation, if.it will; can, spend $5,000,006:a year. Its investigation is being conducted by the author of an , industrial act tried in Canada, which was opposed by ev ery labor organization 'there and which failed signally.." USE THEIR DISGRETIDH All Foreign Diplomatic f Repre sentatives So Instructed. Complicated Farther by Carraasa's De cree That Xo Subordinate Mill- . tary Chief Shall Discuss V Diplomatic Questions. Washington, Feb. 15. Virtually- all foreign diplomatic representatives in Mexico City have been ft instructed by their governments to use their own discretion about , leaving the capital, according to an announcement today, by Secretary Bryan. s ' The British and Italian ambassadors inquired of the .State Department' dur ing the day as to its advicesfrom Mex ico, reflecting the anxiety of -their gov ernments over the situation in Mexico City where foorf is scarce and the wa ter supply cut off. The ,situation has been ; complicatejd further by General Carrapza's decre'e that none of his su bordinate' military chiefs shall discuss diplomatic questions. This deprives the diplomatic corps t Mexico. City of the privilege dealing-with General Obregon; or the, de facto -; authorities. The only alternative is a visit to Car ranza at" Vera Cruz-: where diplomats are unwilling togo. - Some embassies here understand that diplomats in Mexico - City have agreed that if they leave Mexico City they will leave the country entirely. Secretary Bryan' said ifoday her did not know the plans of the Brazilian minister," in charge" of ' Amerlcan inter ests. 'The Brazilian .niuiit.er has been informed, however, that the American government "does ;not.fokiwith favor on Carranza's suggetift1fnat the dip lomatic corps go to Vera Cruz. It " is expected the situation will - be fuily discussed . at tomorrow night's cabinet meeting. '. . ' " ' ? "-- A State Department statement is sued tonight said: "F. D." Nagel,"; con cerning whom inquiries ."have . been made, has arrived in Monterey 'and i' well., : - ' ' v'".--; - "A dispatch" dated February .13 from Eagle Pass - states thatrports from Sabinas say Vflla troops - again . have appeared on the 'putskirtsr oj! Montclo va and that Carranza troops under com mand of 'General Luis Gutierres . have evacuated . Montclova falling back to Hermanas without ' offering "resistance. "Piedras Negras Is reported quiet." ABOUT LEAVING MEXICO JOINS PR0TEST Against Declaring War Zone Around British Isles. AND USE OF HER FLAG Vigorous Note of Protest Sent From The' Hague to London and Berlin at Same . Moment Dutch ' Said to be "Hit Hard." The Hague, via London, Feb. 15. The Netherlands has presented notes of protest at the same moment to Ger many and Great Britain, regarding the acts of these governments in respect ively..declaring a war zone of the wa ters around the British Isles, and in using neutral flags. Diplomats here have been awaiting action of;this kind, and their expecta tions were fulfilled tonight when it was announced that the Dutch minister at Berlin had been instructed to hand the note to the German foreign office, the other note being communicated to Great Britain, at the same time. There , has been much discussion of dangers to be encountered in the North Sea and Dutch shipping is menaced more than that of any other neutral nation, owing to the large number of Dutch vessels passing through the Eng lish Channel " on voyage: to-the Dutch Indies. Dutch shippers ae determined not to change their schedu'es, and the ships will proceed over -the iicual routes taking precautions to make their na tionality clear. - The full texts of the Dutch protests are not available, " but the following are the salient points of fhe contents of the note communicated to the Ger man foreign office: 1 First The government of The Nethf erlands 'denies, the inyiiitations that it has 'been;; partial ,to -Great Britain in rcohihierfal.ffairs4d -embargo acts, or otherwise. The Netherlands has pur sued a strictly neutral attitude. Second As The Netherlands govern ment protested against-the British de clarations of the North Sea .as" a war zone, so it now protests against the German declaration of an enormous stretch of wate.r surrounding the Brit ish Isles as a- theatre of war, which peaceful neutral vessels may not safe ly enter or. cross. ' Third The Netherlands government declares that the possible posting of a neutral flag by an enemy merchant man would not- excuse German war ships in sinking merchantmen, on sus (Continued on .Page Two.) CAPITAL OF CANADA FEARS AERIAL Parliament Sits With Win dows and Tower Darkened. Every Precaution Taken, Despite Re port Thar. Only Toy .'Balloons Were the Craft ; Sighted at Brockvllle Ottawa, Ont., Can., Feb. 15. Despite a report from ' Brockville today that Dominion police there believed two toy fire ballo6ns, sent up last night at Morristown, N. Y., had been mistaken for search , lights on aeroplanes flying into Canada, every precaution was ta ken here tonight against an Aerial raid. , The Canadian parliament met with windows darkened, the tower light ex- tinguished and the parliament grounds, in darkness. No lights wer; shown at. the Royal Mint or at Rideau Hall, where the Duchess of ,i Connaught and the Prin cess Patricia- awaited the1 return of the Dpke df Connaught from Western Canada. In Parliament-today Sir Wilfrid Lau rier, opposition leader, asked what foundation there was for reports that aeroplanes had entered Canada from the United States last night.. - Premier Borden replied that he was called! on the telephone last night by the Mkyor of Brockville, who told him that three aeroplanes had crossed the St. Lawrence river, and that they had proceeded in the direction of Ottawa. While Parliament was in session, troops, mobilized to train for service in - Europe, were held in readiness to fire on any aircraft that might appear. Washington, February 15. The Am erican Red Cross today authorized, an emergency appropriation of $2,000 from its contingent fund for the , relief of. the Inhabitantsof ManiM. ' Island, Sa moa. Reports say 2,600 relatives there are facing starvation, air a result of thel recent earthquake and tidal wave which destroyed all food products. The food stuffs will .be shipped tomorrow from San Francisco' by steamer. - RAD Last Hope of Passing Ship Pur chase Bill at This Ses sion is Now Gone. DECISION IS UNANIMOUS Will Inquire Into Alleged Ne gotiations for Bel ligerent Ships. Efforts to Force Cloture Rule in Senate Continued.. Washington,, Feb. 15. Charges, and counter charges from Democratic and Republican sources concerning- influ ences for and against the government ship purchase bill, which have smould ered about the Capitol for weeks, were made the subject; of a special investiga tion today by the Senate. The decision to inquire into alleged lobbying by agents of the "Shipping Trust" against the bill and inta intima tions of negotiations tor options on belligerent ships" to sell to the gov ernment was unanimous. With the de cision departed the last hope of some of the most earnest champions of the shipping measure that the- bill could be passed in the Senate 4Sy March 4, Although Democrats of the House Ih caucus tonight sought to pave the way for passage of the amended shipping measure in the lower branch of Con gress within a day two. Senate Repub-r licans held to their determination that the filibuster against it should contin ue. Even some administration senators were inclined to the view that impro priation measures should be taken, up and rushed" through before March 4. Should this result, it was intimated. there might be no further effort ' to force a vote on the ship bill in the upper branch, nor would an extra ses sion be called to consider, it at least for several months. . . While no definite announcements on . the 'subject of an extra session have been iiade the view was submitted by ' ' persons close, to the President that the ship, bill issue -would'5 ak'efttefor--. the country. It would be shown that the House had passed the bill j after a desperate effort had been made to break down Republlca i opposition in the Sen ate and that responsibility for failure of the measure Was due to a Repub lican filibuster. The investigation ordered today, ad ministration leaders suggested, might bring out facts Which would throw light upon opposition to the bill. Simmons One of Probers. The inquiry will be conducted by Sen ators Walsh, Simmons, Reed, Burton and Weeks. This commfttee will meet tomorrow to mar Tcout a plan of, pro cedure.. Should there be no extra ses sion of the 'Congress, the committee would be empowered during a recess, as it is conceded that the 'proposed in quiry could not be concluded, by March 4. Republican opponents' of the ship bill proposed, through areqolution of fered by Senator Barton, the ..portion ' of the inquiry which concerns irtinra-f tions that persons or corporations in the United States sought options on', belligerent ships with a view to sell ing them to the government and- that these persons or' corporations were in some way allied with officials of the government. This resolution, together with another included in that adopted' requesting the Secretary of theTrea8' ury for information on the subject; aroused enlivening debate. Senators; Williams and Reed charged they were: purposely intended to reflect upon Sec- retary of the Treasury McAdoo and Paul M. Warburg, of the Federal Rew serve Board. Another portion of the inquiry re suited from an amendment added to th th Burton resolution by the committee o audit and control, directed against alleged lobby by the "Shipping Trust" and by corporations that might hi forced to' c?viete with a government shipping line. .It also directed Inquiry, as to what United States senators are stockholders or bondholders of ship ping corporation. Efforts of administration senators to force a cloture rule continued today the Democratic majority succeeding in fighting Its way through a parliamen tary ambuscade and forcing the Re publicans to renew ther filibuster In order to prevent a rule to limit de bate. ' Pending Tiefore the Senate is Senaw tor Reed's motion to order a vote on the ship purchase bill not, later than February 19, with a general cloture substitute by Senator Norris to limit debate to each senator on any bill to three hours an dan amendment" by Sen ator Cummins which would . make the rule inoperative against a bill on which senators of any party had attempted to bind senators in caucus. North Carolinians Active. The House Democratic caucus went into session tonight with Representative- Webb, of "North, Carolina, In charge of the fighting for the special rule to consider the ship purchase bill and Representative Page, of North Carolina,-leading the opposition. . Throughout' the day. .conferences had been held continuously by both sides and the .Administration leaders made vigorous, but unavailing efforts to win over Representative Kitchin, of North Carolina, leader of the next House. Late in the day. Secretary Daniels, of -the Navy, made a-trip to the Capi tol. He was' closeted with Represen tative Kit'chin --for nearly fan hour, but when he left the latter reiterated his determination to vote, against the bill and to keep aloof from active partici pation in the fight. AdmlnistraTionne.aders on the House side were declaring that If the ship purchase bill were passed by the House (Continued . on race TwoJ i : i v v. I; 'Continued on Page Two. ).,;.. vv IllBl lUAt i i to r' I" -C - jo r f .,