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WEATHER. ;:V:iH : PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Hs-in east; rain or 'snow west portion Friday; Saturday fair, colder, , : ?: : ii in 1 - - - P" i ci n. 'HfcX ei-s i : .i l & i v m t w anr g.-a-''f: ac n - -- - it .JPi 1(0) I I .?. S M ' la l''1' .'-lv' - A ixe 11 mj5 M 3?TPi --T7 W-b :.a.-i; s W!it 4 . II '".II I I. ". II II tf . I 2 Uv isLL JfrJM II tUl 1 v-f Ml: 35dfaeL.l v-Vr 1 l iTMt Vll isiS" . ll,;: II . !IV I w VOL. XCIX-KO. 81. ALLIES MAYIAmLEAST EXAMINE PROPOSAL THE CENTRAL POWERS This Probability Broadly Intimat ed at the Entente Embassies at Washington. TWO NOTES ARE RECEIVED President May Request Consider ation When They Are Handed to Allied Governments. ' OTHEI NEUTRALS MAY JOIN So Far as Known, Mr.1 Wilson's Intentions Axe Still Secret. "Washington, Dec. 14. Arrival of both the German and Austrian peace notes and broad intimations at the Entente Allied embassies that the proposals of the Central Powers would not be flatly reject ed without examination were the developments here today in the peace move. '. Germany 's note, substantially the same as the published texts, ar rived by cable in the early hours of the morning, and just as the State Department was closing for the day Austria's note arrived, v Secretary Lansing said it was identical with Germany's, and that neither contained any change in meaning fromHhe semi-official veraions.-- May Ask Consideration. it was stated officially that neither Germany's nor .Austria's note would be forwarded before tomorrow if, indeed, then, and there was no outward indica tion that the President had made up his mind what action, if any, he would take in transmitting the Central Pow ers' proposals to the Entente belliger ents. ' When, with the announcement of the German proposals two days ago, it ap peared that the Entente Allies were in? clined to reject the offer flatly, it ap peared very doubtful if President Wil son could find a way to add a word of mediation in transmitting the notes. With the apparent moderating of that first attitude as refleeted in the British r.ewspapers and among the Entente Al lied diplomats here, the way seems easier for the President to express in some way the hope of the United States that the proposal for ia discussion of peace will not be rejected without con sideration. Other Xeutrals May Join In. In such a step there" is a likelihood of the United States being' supported by some of the European neutrals. The minister of one of them today asked his government to authorize him to as sure the President of endorsement in such a move, and it is believed others are considering the same phase of the situation. ' - ' The Spanish ambassador, Mr. Riano, and the Swiss minister, Dr, -Hitter, both conferred today with' Secretary Lansing. Their governments also are acting as intermediaries Jn transmit ting the proposals. Whether' they dis cussed the prospect of a neutral con cert was not disclosed! ' . : ; The change in the attitude of the En tente embassies was regarded as the most interesting development pointing to the probable position- of the AUies. was indicated that it was not im probable that after mature deliberaf "on among themselves the Allie's would make reply inquiring upon what basis ui&cussion was suggested. Such ac tion by the Allies, it is pointed pyt, "would not bind them to a conference. ?ext Probable Step. The German view of the next proba ble step is that a meeting, of represent stives of all hellie-erents should be w Proposed for a general discussion of an in-' oach to a basis for peace. German officials here repeatedly have express ei their conviction that , once having Sne that far, the movement would re- uit in an actual peace conference. The conviction of the Allied diplomats is "jat Germany's terms ,as outlined by - German embassy here and as indi cated by the tenor of the German- chanl color's speech, are such that discus- on would not be fruitful of a conclu- iJut before approaching that ge, thy seem to agree that an in , lry to the Centr-' Powers for more '"-ormation of ' the f ' prbpo'sai will . be roper and that it- will develop the - iUe next step. - uorsan Visits Allied Envoy. J- P. Morgan, head of the financial gents of the Allies in this country, onferred today with the British am asBador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, and the ran? amDassador, Jules J. Jusse ith Inasmucn as his r ; engagement sev the two amDassadors was made a "al days ago, the conference it was crared, obviously, was not brought oy the peace. nronosals.. So far his uue remained undisclosed to any of advisors, but the . . belief stron grew Ker that if 4n 4n-n.n j I ii.. not the American government did lor ac,comPany them withonore than a ; mal note of tran.-mtssion, it proba ; (Continued on Page Ten4 , OF PROHIBITID House Judiciary Committee Rec ommends Adoption of Con stitutional Amendment. ITS SUPPORTERS JUBILANT Leaders Doubt Resolution Will Reach Senate In Time for Action -Shep-pard Bill' Is Made Un finished Business. Washington, Dec. 14. Nation-wide prohibition took a long stride toward congressional consideration today when the House Judiciary committee unex pectedly voted to recommend adoption' of the proposed constitutional amend ment -to forbid the' manufacture and sale of liquor for beverage purposes in the. United States. Even. the most en thusiastic champions of the amend ment had not expected favorable ac tion so soon.- - Ho-wfar the resolution will progress is problematical and administration leaders doubt, that it will reach the Senate in time for action at this ses sion. . . , " Prohibition advocates are- jubilant, however, andCbredict ultimate .adoption of the resolution and its reference to the legislatures of .the various states at a. much earlier date than they here tofore had hoped for. 4A two-thirds ma jority, in both Houses-is required. Coincident with the committee's ac tion the Sheppard bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor in the District of Columbia became the unfinished- business-' to be -kept be for . the Senator until disposed of As an amend ment, iSenator .Unll&lrol'has-rped a referendum to the male voters of the district. Senator Kern, of Indiana," has added a proposal that women also should participate in the referendum. A vote on the subject is expected with in a day or two. During discussion of the Sheppard bill, several senators, .among . them Sheppard, Vardaman and Owen, pre dicted triumph for the cause of nation wide prohibition in the near future. Hardly anyone doubted tonight .thai prohibition will be a dominant legisla tive issue before the new 65th Congress of the constitutional amendment does not reach a vote this winter. In the House before -the amendment can be taken up for consideration, a special rule must be adopted giving it a right of way. Representative Webb, chair man of the Judiciary committee, will ask for such a rule early in January and endeavor to press the resolution to an early vote. In the Judiciary committee Repre sentative Carlin, of Virgina, who was opposed to the resolution at the last session voted , this time to recommend its adoption. He will report it to the House. WALL STREET AGAIN IN ERUPTIVE STATE All Leading Stocks, Except Rails, Suffer Severe Breaks. Yeterday Outburst One of Most Se vere Reversals of Any of the Nn- ' merous Bull Markets Caused " " by the War. v. New York, Dec. xt. Apprehension and confusion created by the Teutonic peace proposals and heightened by vulnerable technical, conditions, caused another, violent outburst of liquidation in the stock market today, leaders oth er than rails breaking 5 to 10 points with far' more serious impairment in shares of less: prominence.; - . The , decline , reaching; its climax in the last hour, was. materially, assisted bv a series- of bear .drives which dis lodged many-weak bull accounts and Affp.rt.Ad a house-cleaning. Many trad ers-were sold out. on ?stop loss" orders and others were forced to accept heavy losses on their inability to meet calls fnr nViHittonal marKin Altogether It was One of the most oovat-a reversals of any of the numer ous bulL markets which have had their origin in the Jimropean warr. inuay a v,fmo;io'HnPS rpnresent losses of 20 to 50, points -from high levels Of last month. Rails- were -oniy - sugntiy un settled.: ' ' ,.. 'w,tnirAds of .millions -of dollars, In .nf.r. an represented- by prlcie quota tions, have evaporated into thin .ir as It's -dra.sti reactions a. reuu. 1. 1" United 5tat3 teel alone showed a shrinkage of 12 points at ways iow from last' week's final quota tion, . or - about . 66,000,000 on its' total outstanding common' shares. ,,.;' : mi,. mnr extreme losses of the day included : i S. Steel :T -1-8 ; Crucible. Steel 12; Gulf , states Meet, .common, GAINING "'""- - ' J - : - - . ' 1 ; ;'!,' WILMESTGTOK, K. CONGRESS CLOSES Ship Purchase Bill, Drainage De velopment and Crop Diversifi . cation Approved! ' SEVERAL SPEECHES HEARD Addresses Dealt With Extension of American Export rade After European War. Norfolk, Va.,' Dec. 14. The- ship pur chase bill before Congress, development, of drainage for increased service of production and the intensification and diversification of crops, were approved here today by the Southern Commer cial Congress at the close of its eighth annual convention. The Congress also urged greater efficiency in the manage ment of cities and the more thorough and general education of the masses in all lines of effort, particularly in technical training in industrial . and commercial activities. The Congress also adopted the re port of the -Peace Bell Committee, which, approved the naming of a gen eral committee to present through pop ular subscription a great peace bell to the nation in celebration of the semi centennial -of peace in this country, the bell to be erected at Washington, D. C. Benjamin Altheimer, of St. Louis, pre sented the committee report. A proposal for a great scheme of in ternational advertising presented by H. S. Houston, . editor of World's Work, also was endorsed. Discuss Trade Extension. C Final addresses before the Congress today dealt with" the. extension of Am erica's export - trade after the war,: Foreign ".diplomats,-, -government' of I- cials, editors and busjnefia men W;bo spoke- pr edicteACthatitli m4TState8i would : con tintfe to hold its trade after the- wafr because its factories have been .developed ' as : never before, the world win neea its gooaa ana its Business men' have the will'.tp develop newinar kets when the demands of; the bellig erents , upon it decreas. Should Develop Chinese Market Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese minis ter to the United States, thought this country should develop the virgin mar ket of China to offset the falling away of its commerce to Europe when the belligerents, turn . their energies now devoted to war to commerce and man ufacture. The Chinese, he sstid, pre ferred to deal with the American busi ness men because they knew the Am ericans came for only the legitimate profits of trade and not with a "sinis ter influence seeking territorial ag grandizement. . -Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrew' J. Peters said the American manufacturer would be able to hold his trade after the war because .the cost of production' in Europe by reason of war taxes would be much higher than in the past, offsetting the. ad vantages in the -nature of commercial agreements and governmental assis- (Continued on Page Two.i PARTIAL VICTORY IS WON BY SUFFRAGI3TE House to Give Consideration to Federal Amendment. Measure Is Reported by Judiciary Com mittee Without Recommendation. Fight to be Waged for " ' Early Action. Washington, Dec. 14. Woman suf- fragev advocates won a partial victory in their long fight to have the Susan B Anthony Federal amendment voted on in Cdnerress today, when the House Ju diciary committee reported the measure for consideration without recommenda tion. A campaign now will be launched to .get a special rule to bring the amendment before the House for action, probably some time in January. Both suffragists and anti-suffragists exnressed satisfaction over today's de velopment ald. are .confident, of victory on: the floor. Though anxious that the resolution be reported favorably, the suffragists were pleased because th committee, wnicn was generally re garded as, hopelessly , against their cause, went as far as' it did. Their op ponents declare an opportunity to have the House vote on the issue Inevitably means a defeat for suffrage. ?. The -vote inf favor of reporting the resolution 11 to 8, does not represent the sentiment of. the- committee on the issue. Some of its bitterest enemies voted favorably, most or them confident of seeing it beaten - on the floor sand desirous of quieting charges;of "smoth ering" , in committee.- One element of the committee sought vainly to prevent action. "We are , glad that the Federal wo man suffrage, amendment has finally been, reported to the .-House," .said Miss Lucy Burns, yice "chairman of-the Con gressional Union for 'Woman Suffrage, tonight.,- The women of the nation will watch its'progress rith; greatest1 inter- est. ANNUAL MEET OF THE, COMMERCIAL C, rBIDAY MOBKriSrG, VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG German Chancellor who In a note hand ed to neutral powers, .proposed peace negotiations. Ms, Russian Governments Charges Ger many with "An 'Attempt to Court Public Opinion. " AND ENCOURAGE GERMANS Official of the Foreign Office at Petro- grad Says That . Jio favorable Ground for Peace Jropos- : als Bxltr?-' ' Petrograd, Dec. , 14. The Russian government regards peace proposals of the' Central' Powers as an' attempt to coiirt public pinion and. Encourage the ai-incto-pii-t the responsibility for the continuance of the war upon the Entente Allies,'! ac cording to a statement made today by a foreign office, official . and issued by the semi-official Petrograd news agen cy. . - -. . . No favorable, ground-. exists for peace negotiations," says the statement, which follows in part: "In its further efforts,- which are similarly due to . the same Interested considerations, the German government is obliged to. carry , this question out1 of Germany. All the world, recalls these attempts, notably ' its Ballbns d'Essai, which were, set up in- neutral -countries particularly - the United , States, which deceived nobody Germany attempted to create a peace atmosphere. . "Seeing the . inanity of such methods which would' allow her to consolidate her aggressive and imperialistic ten dencies, while sowing discord between the Allies by seeking to make public opinion believe that separate pdurpar lers were in progress between her and the Entente powers. There also were persistent reports of a separate peace. "The laok of sincerity and the object of the German proposals is evident. The enemy governments have need of hero ic measures to complete the gaps in their armies. Germany , is projecting a sort of serfdom in the guise of com pulsory military service. The German government In order . to , uplift, the hearts of its people and to prepare it for fresh sacrifices is striving to cre ate a favorable atmospnere witn tne following thesis: We are. struggling for, our exist ence; we are proposing peace; u i ib fused us; therefore, the . responsibility for the continuation of tne war-falls upon our enemies.' - "Everywhere the idea of . hegemony of Germany- predominates. - The latest speeches of von Bethmann-Hollweg show th true aspirations, of the Ger man government.- But today, when the Entente-powers have proclaimed their unshakable determination . to continue the war to a successful end and to, pre vent Germany from , Establishing' her hegemony. , no favorable ground exists for peace negotiations. "Our enemies; knew, the speeches of Lloyd George, Briand. and Boselli ,and the statement of Trepofff they were, therefore, assured that their proposal would be unacceptable. "The Entente powerswould assume . (Continued on jPageTen.y ; DAT INr CONGRESS SENATE." Met at noon. ;' " Passed Immigration bill 64 to 7. Interstate Commerce committee de-"j cided.to hold further hearings on. Pres- Ident Wilson's railroad legislative rec ommendations "after the., holidays. Resumed consideration of bill to. pro hibit manufacture and sale of liquor In the District of Columbia.-'-. Elected- Senator;-Willard . Saulsbury, of Delaware, president- pro tempore to succeed the r late Senator- Clarke, of Arkansas. - ' ' Adjourned at 5:J p. m. to noon Friday.-- -v '"" " '; - HOUSE. ,- Met at noon. . ' 1 ' ' Debated-legislative, judicial and ex ecutive appropriatlon .bill. ' Leaders , agree to Chri stmas . -recess from December 22 to January 2. - , Judiciary;' committee favorably re ported national - prohibition constitu tional amendmenti Ordered rep.ort with out recommendation on universal suff rage amendment and -favorably report ed Borland resolution on cost .of Jiving. Adjourned to 5:25 p. m. to noon Friday.- '' , '..f 'X-fX ':'?' V'. - 'V ; .as.'??.:.i. l j y-&k-iy x . ft SAYS PROPOSALS (IRE HOT SINCERE DECEMBER 15, 1916 REPARA TION FOR THE PAST AND SECURITY FOR FUTURE IS ALLIES' Andrew Bonar-Law Touches Lightly on Central Powers' Proposal in Speech in House of Commons Additional Credit of 400,000,000 Pounds Sterling Voted to Carry on War Only Minor Op erations on Various Fronts. Both the German and Austro-Huh-garian notes concerning peace have been received in Washington and soon will be transmitted to the belligerents of the Entente Powers. No official in timation has yet come as to whether President Wilson will merely transmit the notes as received or announce to their recipients that the United States hopes that a discussion of peace may result. While Great Britain has not yet of ficially received , the proposals, her at titude and that of her allies with re gard to peace was reiterated in the house of commons Thursday by An drew Bonar-Law, the new chancellor of the exchequer, who said the En tente Allies required adequate repara tion for the past and adequate security for the future. . -- A semi-official statement from Petro grad regarding the peace 'proposals attack the Teutonic Powers for lack of sincerity and says , the firm determi nation of the Entente, "to continue the war to a final triumph can be weak ened by .no illusory proposals of the enemy." That there is to be no abatement in Great Britain's military preparations is indicated by the unanimous vote by parliament of an additional., credit of 400,000,000 sterling. ' On - the fighting fronts everywhere except in Rumania and along both banks of the Meuse, only bombard ments and minor operations are being carried out. In Rumania the Danube army of the Teutonic Allies now has crossed the Jalomitza river and along the front the advance of the invaders continues unchecked. ' No details have come through as to French operations along the Meuse ex Says Warning to Bankers Not Made With Intention of Re fleeting on Foreign Credit. W. P.J G. HARDING SPEAKS Denies Stiffening of New York Money Rates Was Due to Warning Against Investments In Foreign .' Loans. Boston Mass., Dec. 14. An explana tion of the Federal Reserve - Board's recent warning to American bankers against locking up their money in for eign treasury bills was made in a speech here tonight by W. P. G. Hard ing.governor of'the board; who reiter ated 'the declaration that there was no intention to reflec upon credit of any nation. Soon after the . board's state ment appeared, short . term British treasury bills which had been, ordered for' sale in this country -were wijth- drawn. Mr. Harding -spoke before the Boston city club. "- . "I know," he said, "that there has been "criticism of the board's action in making this statement, which has been given a significance neither justified nor intended in its reference to investors. "In my opinion what the board had in mind when.it made its brief . reference to investors, was simply this: Ameri can investors have for many years been accustomed to buying industrial secur ities railroad obligations to a great extent. .In dealing with these securi ties, certain well established rules have been developed. The investor has ac quired the habit of requiring specific information regarding gross earnings, fixed charges, net earnings, sinking funds, etc., and he insists upon, know ing definitely whether' he is offered a first mortgage bond, income bond, pre ferred stock or common stock. . T "It is the practice - of every issuing 1 house-when offering securities to state "all necessary " details either over its own signature or that -of the head of the borrowing corporation. Nowhere is the importance of authentic and com plete information more fully understood and appreciated than in Europe, 'both In England and on the continent, and prospectuses for foreign loans contain all the important- facts relating there to, in a- statement signed by an author ized representative of the foreign gov ernment or by the Issuing house, or in some eases by both. '' "The board sought merely to call at tention of the fact that this country has become 'an important market for foreign securities the Jsame business like habits which are well established regarding domestic loans should be de veloped In- marketing- foreign ' flota tions." . - Mr.' Harding deniedthat the stiffen ing of - call money .rates in New York, after the statement was issued, was due to the board's 1 actiOn, and 1 said that any ''flurry" , at thatltime was confined entirely to loans secured by stock ex change collateral.' 'X- -v-'-Afs a : Mr. Harding - said - this - country has ,-" ' (Continued on Page Twoj. ; .' : .. . ;. ... ' , .. ' H . ' . . " '. ; a.''. EXPM0l-lBpiREPU(.10, OF RESERlBOlbl M lOTI'E iff PEACE POLICY cept a statement in the Berlin official communication that the French have made advances on both banks of the river. Paris merely reports bombard ments in these regions. The Teutons have bombarded Monas tir and the entire front' held by the Serbians in this sector. VOTE OF CREDIT IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS London, Dec. 14. The house of com mons today unanimously passed a vote of credit of 400,000,000 sterling asked by Andrew Bonar-Law, chancellor of the exchequer, who made a lenghty speech explaining the nation's financial situation, and touching on the German peace proposals. He announced that the daily average expenditures of Great Britain for the . war now amounts, to 5,710,000 and that today's vote of cred it probably would have to be supple mented February 24 with another vote of 200,600,000 sterling. This would make the total votes for the year 1, 950,000,000 or 350,000,000 more than the estimates made some months ago by Reginald McKenna, then chancellor. Referring to the peace talk, Mr. Bonar-Law said: "Something has happened of which I think it necessary that I should say a word. Naturally the papers are full of the - peace proposals from Berlin. It is obvious that under these circum stances no member of the governmen can make any statement on the subject and In my view it would be better tha very little" should be said in the house of commons. "There is one thing which, even at this stage, I think it necessary "to say. In moving the last vote of credit, the late premier used these words:- -They (the Allies) require that there should be 'adequate reparation for the past and - (Continued on Page Two;) Sir Maurice de Punsen Says Con tentions as to Belgian Depor tations Won't Stand. ' GIVES THE BRITISH VIEW Places Blame for Destruction of Bel gian Industries Upon the Germans Instead of the Blockade of the AUies. London, Dec. 14. "The German an swer to . the American government's protest against forced deportations from Belgium requires very little elu cidation to show its dishonesty," said Sir Maurice de Punsen, assistant par liamentary under secretary of foreign affairs, when asked,by the Associated Press today for the British view of Germany's- reply to the American pro test. He continued: . "The main contention appears to be that, owing to the Allied blockade, Belgian workmen -have been rendered idle and reduced to starvation, and, aut of kindness the German authorities have offered these workmen employ ment in Germany. This answer seems to overlook several essential facts. In August, 1915, the American relief com mission applied to the Allied govern ments for permission to import raw materials into Belgium and export manufactured goods made from these imports and from local raw materials. The balance of the receipts between the cost of the imported raw materials and the realized values of the exports was to be applied to the purchase of food by the commission.. This food was to be sold in Belgium" and from the re ceipts of such sales manufacturers were to be supplied with money to pay for their labor and local raw material. -"The plan was presented to the Ger mans at Brussels in September through the American minister and they would not agree to the very reasonable con dition of the commission . that the Im ports and exports should be. free from Interference or requisition by the Ger mans. The whole scheme, therefore, failed solely on account of the attitude taken up by the German authorities., "Other actions of similar import could be Instanced in proof of the hol lowness of the German contention." $30,009,000 OMNIBUS BILL Plans for Pressing. Public Buildings Measure Practically Agreed On.- . Washington, Dec. 14. Plans for pressing a $30,000,000 omnibus public building bill at this session of Con gress were practically agreed upon at Conferencec today between members of the. House Rules and the Public Build ing committees. The measure was re ported last session ' but determined op position prevented action. - Cleveland, O., Dec. ,, 14. An embargo on milk' shipments into Cleveland will go into effect tomorrow as a result of strike between the Northern Ohio Milk Producers Association and ' the Cleve land dealers. ' Cleveland tomorrow .wili receive 14 gallons of milk instead of 70,000Kthe'normal supply.i - .;''--... . -. (. WHOLE CJIMBEB 39,795 PEACE MOVE BY AMERICA Senator Stone Says This Nation fias -a Right to Intervene to ' End European Strife. NATION PATIENT SUFFERER Says We Are Entitled to Spea Without Asking, and Without . Just Offense of Anyone. St, Louis, Dec. 13. The right of a neutral like the United States, whicn has suffered from effects of European war, to initiate a movement for peace was asserted here tonight before the League to Enforce Peace by Senator Stone, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. "Since the war, almost from the be ginning, has resulted in continuing of fensive attacks on the rights and dig nity of this sovereignty and in inflict ing incalculable injury to our national interests all of which we have borne ' with patience because of our friendship for the nations involved", said Senator Stone, "it seems to me that after en during these attacks and suffering -these losses for nearly two and a half years with no end yet in sight, we have a right, without regard to any question of sympathy of humanity but solely on our own account and a safeguard our own interests, to approach the com batants as a mutual friend and open negotiations with a view to the re establishment of , normal international conditions. - , Speak as a Friend. ) "Our relations to the combat are such, and our interests are so involved, that I think we have a right to speak a right so clear as to entitle us to speak without asking and without Just offense. We would not, speak imperti nently as intermeddlers but as a JMend s who vsuff ered- grievous md innocently The Senator declared he wished it distinctly understood that he spoke , pn his - own personal responsibility. He said he would not discuss the wisdom or unwisdom of an approach of the belligerents with peace proposals, but merely of "the propriety of the right," and pointed out that distinguished men In this country and in the warring countries have warned that such ' a movement woild not only be futile but offensive. : Two Parallel Cases. "I am not disposed," he added, "to accept without questioning either the accuracy of these statements or the soundness of the reasons on which they are predicated. Two families witha feud between them might, so long aa they kept the peace and observed' the law, resent any effort of an outsider to harmonize them; but if they should break forth Into open war, so as to disturb the general peace and visit ufli- ' versal harm upon the whole neighbor hood, the laW-ablding- members of the- community would have a right to call a halt without being guilty of imperti nence. Why should nor the same rule apply, morally and legally, to the fam ily of nations?" The United States, the Senator said, has suffered from acts committed which have been grossly offensive to our na tional pride and hurtful beyond esti mate to our national interest. He cited censorship of the mails, ships seized or sunk on the high seas, peaceful com merce with neutrals interrupted or in terdicted and "American citizens men, women and children, guilty of no of fense killed on land and sea without warning and without justification." ' Patience Strained to Limit. "There have been times," he contin ued, "when our patience has been strained to the limit, and when danger to our own national peace lurked In the thickening shadows of every pass ing day. Yes, there have been times when our peace was preserved only by the clear : vision, the steady hand, the resolute heart of one man. Do . not such things give us some right of our own to speak a kindly word on behalf of peace?" ' " ' - SINGLE! MEN NOT LIVING AT ' HOME MUST BE TEETOTALERS f Virginia Prohibition Law Prohibit Them From Oderinsr "Boose." Roanoke, Va., Dec. 14. Replying to night to inquiries of a local newspaper which' asked if he approved of the ac tion' of a Danville court in' the enforce ment of a section of the Mapp prohibi tion law which went into effect Nov ember 1, Prohibition Commissioner J. Sydnel Petera, at Richmond, telegraph ed that an unmarried , man who does rnot live with his parents in their home. cannot have shipped Into the state th quart of whiskey a month or its, equiv alent in beer or wine as "prescribed un der the law. Mr. Peters' Called at tention to section 61 of the prohibition law which prominent attorneys here . claim makes -bachelors in Virginia' nonetities and -which reads as follows: JBut the word .reading 'home' as" used herein shall be' the permanent res idence of the' person and the family and shall not be construed to include : a club, fraternity, house, lodge room or rooms, or place- of common resort, or room'of a guest in a hotel or boarding! house." - ' '. . ''".. v DECLARES WHOLLY JUSTIF Springfield, Ills., Dec. 14. Forty n- r' linois mayors in conference here .-today jlt to devise some means of lowering coal - prices, recommended state -supervision "' ..' , of-the "coal industry "bo ? as to permit . V the; operators and : dealers.- to .realize . .'..; reasonable profit only , and not all tha - ' ' traffic will. bear as is now the caB.'? if. .-V'-V if-! - -; jut V
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