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ii i -i ::...-. . i.i i 1 1 7 I ISM D WIRE S E R VI CE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1 917, PRICE FIVE CENTS. it Leather forecast. . X rjT " - -VHIK TGI n ii A All. IW. JU,. ... ... . tv yJ-W-K, : v" l. : - i v II .MTNCTON NORTH PARni INI ILL PREPARING TO K TIT fin nFST miFiTHFR nnnmnnvq rfpiv IIUIII I LIIMUU I IULL U IILI L-l St! rr-r r-nn i. l ..i. (TO PROBE NIK sfflKs H T Tn FflK pnnntuQ I Uli I LllllU iflJ U I U LLnll IIUNL IlLl ...rz I ' (Commits NUKIH iu SDUTH! ' - I 1 . AnotKer Day of Waiting Adopted by United States Over New "Sub" Plan. OFFICIALS SURE U. S. WILL QUIT DIPLOMACY. President Wilson Plays Golf, Holding No Conference During Morning on Situa tionEntente Also Antici pates Break. (Br Associated Press.) ;: z NO CHANGE IN CRISIS. i a. (By Associated Press.) 4f i Washington, Feb. 2. Up to the'w 5 time the cabinet assembled this ifai'iernoon there had been no out- -X-i-.vard change in the submarine i crisis. Th- majoFky of the 5 members came to the TVhite . ; House uninformed of Presluct 5 Wilson's plans. 5 s if S BRANDED FALSE Vt'isliington, Feb. 2. The new sub marine crisis seems to have resolved itself into another day of waiting. Tonight or tomorrow the American pjcple may know vhat course their fOTeniment has decided upon to ans irjr Germany's declaration stricted submarine warfare. President Wilson and the few who know his plans continued their ' si lence today, but it was expected that S informed. , On every hand officials are convinc ed that nothing less than a break in i diplomatic relations is Temperature Ten Degrees Be low Zero in Chicago ; Cold est Day of Winter. CROPS AREt)AMAGED TODAY IN ALABAMA. Memphis Temperature Drops Lowest Since 1912; Birm ingham Lowest ill Three " Years Today. (By Associated .Press.) Chicago, Feb. 2v-KJhicagaans awoke today after the-;caldest night of the winter, the temperature at daybreak Lcltig ten degrees below zero. A fore cast issued by the -Weather Bureau in dicated that no Relief was in sight for at least two days. In Ottumwa, Iowa, the temperature was 28 beIowT Omaha had-a temper- fltiir nf 52 tfrtritia " hrfriw voj-r T.in. of unre-' -vtv ov .-tvit, -ktv. o? . Sioux. CHy;Iowa; 27Siciui F!SlIs, S. D., 37; Winner, jS; D., 38 below. At Quincy, IllY the mercury this morning reglsterejd . 15 below zero, the coldest sinc:1912v"m ievelopment. Tt may be delayed, .hut 0 ;r L u v u eiopu ing register fleg Coldest - ili Three; Years. RivminlrhjlTin Alo TVih 9 TVio rrvlrl the ultimate est weather-in Ithree years was ex- Holnvori Vint ! , - T"1 . . . penencea - by Karmmgnam wnen tne clock this morn- re ss," according ?m.on was about even as ito 'Whether :weather bureauA a coiamunication actually had beenl A - - jispatched to Germany There seem-J Crop8 Damaged. d to be no doubt that some commu-j MoW1 Ala 2.--Cabbage and 5 an v, If ne t0 A,mbasaor Ger-jother earJ vegetables were badly dam a, probably yarning him of the steps d near Mobile-and aIong th- Gulf :ake and giving him tarever limited, to make Telegraph Operators Dispute Statements Made to The Committee Yesterday. HEARING MOVES TO WASHINGTON TODAY. MfffiDVIN USE TODAY irphy Offers Sec- oiMMea sure, of Session to Tat Heel Solons GERMAN TROOPS ; BREAK THROUGH I RUSS OIliOSTS! - I ( - r- : I JAPANESE FEELIN& TZROWIiyGSEMdUS AGAINST AMERICA Dressed in White Overalls, Teutons Push Through First Line Trenches. CONDITION ! SEVERE WEATHER STOPS -OF PRISON FARM. 'Sl .12 ' - miO Cap. to Scene i- Book ;Contract Up In Housfr-7-Amends Cape -' Fear Navigation. FIGHTING TO A DEGREE. Artillery and Reconnoitermg is Lively in Sectors of Franco-Belgian Fronti Reported Today. NEARLY 50.0 Anti-Alien Land Bills Pending In Idaho and Oregon Legis latures Today. WASHINGTON WIRES "HAVE BILL KILLED' Approximately Four-fifths of; These Are Under. Field Marshal Haig. Toldo Fears Enactment of Such Legifslature May En sense Japs to Want to Take Up Arms Against Country. 4 (By Associated Press.) . Salem. Oregon,- Feb. 2. Ore- i. Special to The Dispatch.) (By Associated Press.) Raleigh,, N. C, Feb. 2. Speaker1 Petrcgrad, Feb. 2, Via London Muruhv introduced a-rotation hill i ' . T ( "7 I JLT 1UQ1X XUlilll CJjL Wjr J. Xi. U II to the Hotlse;this mornine. an act fash-i to no ioned ..after the inaugural recommend- j white ' overalls yesterday broke , MAJOR ffV IHtISRD ciLiuus ui uuycjuoi d;miu- me uuv-. uirougn tne Kussia.n nrst line trencnj ernor apq xne:-speaKer conrerrea up- positions at Solotvma, southwest ol A M A ni AM TO HAPQ .n;j on .,L i drawn from the Legislature here fA- 1 1 fa X Y TT Til -ftj Tf woe tVif oonvirl rtffor. K,r t,, mt. T3 4 , .. . twuay uy oeimtui ueorge n. vvn- "r Will Open in Capitol City To- siding officer at this session, the othe I launched a counter-attack 'and drove! They. Have Helped to Write, Democrat, who introduced it. which is now under consideration. j trenchments. ! Representative Beasley presented a ! ! on-tne provisions ana it was the first Brezezanv. savs the, official state- bill presented at the morning session.! ment issued today b the Russian warl morrow Ellis Will Proba bly be First Witness Called to Stand. . joint resolution appointing a House and Senate committee of five to in quire into, prison conditions. The the i Union county man is head of this com- ad-1 mittee, and, at .-. a hearing ..last week, (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 2. When Congressional "leak" inauiry journed today to meet in Washing-! received barges or inhuman conduct ton tomorrow the testimony of F. A. j against the' prisoners at the Caledon Connolly, the Washington broker, re-iian Farm Tb commission . will go garding" his sending a resume of ! there witi-all the ; powers-of a court President Wilson's peace note to E. ito summon witnesses, and demand pa H Hutton & Co.. New York brokers, j pers. had been disputed by every telegraph I House talk indicated, too, the likeli- operator in Hutton's employ, who, hood of changes in- the book adoption Sherman L. Whipple said, mignt have handled Connolly's message. George E. Ellis, of Hutton & Co., whd wrote the message warning Germans i-iepuisea. j Paris, Feb. 2. French trenches I south of Leintrey. in Lorraine, were attacked last evening by the Ger-! mans. The attacks failed, the war ' office announced today. mere were artillery actions Many Bright Pagesjn His tory by Their Pluck and Daring. (Bv Associated Press. With the British Armies m France, ! Feb. 1 (Via London, Feb. 2). (From a Staff Correspondent of the Asso- i want to handicap President Wil- 4 j son with possible Japanese com- I plications during the present In- ! ternatidnal crisis. " brokers of the. coming of the Presi dent's peace note, probably will be the first witness. - Hutton's attitude toward Becker, Washington, Feb. 2. Japan's repre- XA 41. TT- IX 3 1iA- iciated Press.) Nearly 50,000 Ameri- - iue umieu kubi. lastlnaTiR-ai pstimat ri, hrhiir W i the anti-alien land bills pending in the night at Louvemont, north of Verdun, I the Allies and nearly four-fifths of ! Idano and Oregon Legislatures are and at. Metzeral in the Vosges. i these are' in the khaki-clad British considered no less serious at this crit A German aviat6r dropped five ! army commanded by Field Marshal ical Juncture of International affairs bombs yesterday on Dunkirk. The Haig. than her protests against the Califor- war office statement reports the dam-i x .v.i at. --...t'nit laws four years ago. uuuu. vi wiuuca w uic uuub. auuyiiun , . ... ... lij UUIIlUUlcU LIlaL Lilts auiual m-u ix s T nn Vino systems Tas raised by Price, of!-a sma and there were no victims. -figMIng. forcye of ricans now in .ho?VSl" JLl??l France, under the Union Jack, is mant oa haintr an ao1.,nna th th ian. i anese statesmen who wish to preserve" friendly relations with the United quiry . . into the.' .publlahtng:; . business, purchaslngpf. manuscript arid the like. Little rcjftalfced . f torn . this -morning's Packard said, was that of a "criti-; session ef the.-Senate If the mcuba the fivo-yar contract. The House I Artillery Active would notigowith him, but various Berlin, Feb. (Via Sayville). Artil- ' States army, which was actually en- i 'li.jjkj a i . - ... .. - : j i xj.ji. , - . iut;iiiuis.,.ii!Ufet:u xii3iBeiveH iu in- ierv miQ reconnoiteriner actlvitv or a easea m nosuuues m me cspamsn- probably larger than the United cism. Becker, me witness saia, "made no, reply." v E, M.. Dick an expert jn values froia the Hutton house, who advise3 customers regarding transactions, tor had oeea expected' to come off, it disappoind those who had placed ein'"4Aioj jware-hbleVrec-efpi. fcifft-ftrassea: and t?ftt to the House. Li t, wise an act amend forecasting the President's (.uiuyBiieu LU , Pnact loot nitrht f Tho tliontirAnpfpr anopportunity, ; reached as low. as 0 degress. In Mo make SOme ar-'.., inWcst 93 rlPP-ropa V.rte- S t0, alIeviate Plish peas, turnip greens, lettuce and j mation he had about :SuiPS Gl A.me"cf.ns m Germ.ny'i other tender vegetables were all kill-j from another membe l ot t n l D"ess!ed except where protected. Many probably late in the afternoon of Dec. S S, , 111601! cabbages were saved when farmers i 20. Secretary Lansing's statement, sage note. "In the light of the many rumors we have had in the last two years and a half," he said, "such a message would not have impressed me very much." Dick declared that the only infor- the note came er ot tne nrm, but nothing of sweeping effect in its relatioit:to, the State. . Adjournment was until noon Mon day with practically even'thing of im portance before the 'Senate set as special order far some time next week. House Thursday. . Speaker Murphy convened the (Continued on Page Eight.) Rtntp.s four the n9.RR9.Ere of more lee. nveiy sort is reponea m toaay a armyj wi.i. rauuviiu ui Auiii- islatIon in tnis COUntry directed headquarters statement in marry sec-jCans have given their lives for the . heir country ma force the tors of the Franco-Belgian front, . Allies and hundreds of others bear j Rftuation hoTne LvonA thGir coh. rr. l . .Ml . 1 1 . r , 1 ! nivm ny r-n ) h n i l-r AF Wo t 1 " . 1 lie arLlliery UUtl was DamCUiany V CA uiaucui. euaio ui iub ouuun ui uai -j f-nt I sharp between the Ancre and the ; We, but each new battalion arid each? Somme, while in the Gueudecourt 1 group 01 remrorcements arriving irom sector on th "atidifby a Br the German lines SommeVfroiWilUMOPer-i Werseas. Dnngs numaera ... Qx.;uaexr iei-t msn lorce , resuite-: in j " W-FT" M vo. uicu ihovcb. t--; 1 1-1.- J.. -1. I .fill M O TTx TlMlHlt ' with o Mliftb oflrt , customers regarding transacxions, i w xiuuaw. ii.t. wi? uu act auieuu- iue ueruiau meB uemg entereir on a c n. tnnw tndav ha? qent telecrama to mmnmzea tne importance oi ine mes-; m& ains icm ,nariBciuua wws dumu num., iue wruisus auei wmu; . mpmbers of the Legislature and to bv a counter-' universal respect ana aamirauon-iMoi - " . x iuuuici . . . ... . . .. . flnvprnnr AlPMtiilpr nrntpstmc?" .- in mnrv. Hiic hoon Tirr.,ttot, aUrtiit tiip : uovernor Aiexanaer, proiesung "Owing to the severe cold and j Americans serving ' in the British' gainst the passage of the bill pend hea?rsnSowfanse eTelerl 1m- ranks as their brothers in the French; - - the Legisha ure to bar sub portant events," says today'l.off icial ; CQ c' S ThSX report regarding the Russo-Gallcian ! countenance tne same entnusi- Qonatnr Rnmh who ia in i . ocfin vnAciHnnci I'nrinnol nnnnal !OUSe. benatOr UOraU, WHO IS 11 -No changes on the Rumanian or Macedonian fronts are recorded. country. oScial silence, calmly prepared for the i von Eernstorff has said i ihportitip' thp hiirpan warn in sr. rnveren ! them. treak Count Breaks Record TVyTamrkViic Tonn 17(p'h 9 -The mer- Sffpe?S bUt erenly con; cury here today registered 9 degrees ct"; .e German government ; above the lQwest gince 1S12 ac. "urn v.ill oe the winning factor of ' wither rt-pQ offi-inic: nnrdiiif tr Wpat.hpr Pllirpail offif.ials. I The same temperature was recorded i we war. Thp Cr.tlmtn . 1 : ..11.. aa h,iV, , y ..J'm the surrounding territory -o tut Liniuu Elates to DreaK wiin wnnany, seemed confident that the campaign of ruthlessness will be or little greater effectiveness than the campaign which the entente govern ments contend the German submarines save been waging all along, despite . the iw.i5;p J Riven in tho Rhsspt nntp ; ne great likelihood that the step teatic ther" ncan relations, severance of dip- mtercourse and perhaps, fur- marifet. W. Frank Packard, a telegrapher employed by E. F. Hutton & Co., be gan his. testimony V the leak investigation- toda ywith a voluntary at tempt to discredit the .esimony of Janier. W. Becker, anoher telegrapher. Packard said it would be "ridicu- '. lous for any operator to say he did lor did not receive a message, in De Icember." ' i Pressed by Attorney Whipple, Pack ard admitted that he had overheard E. F. Hutton advancing this argument to Becker this morning. ' Becker . yesterday flatly contradict- Gj - . . led P. A. Connolly, a, Washington ain H paifl nCf I broker, that on December 20 he sent CUil l xvcinng. megsae containing, advance inform ation on the peace Aote over a private wir to the Hutton office. He was the Negrov Convicts Hold White Men fOjik Persons- hiR In CHICAGO GAS EXPLOSION Tenement Building in Heart tne basemenf of the of r oreign District is v Wrecked. ... T-i iwir to tup r-iiii.Liiii ijiih:. jn wa. lih uized 3tih i iT I, , T , , Birmmgnam, Ala., l'eo. . me operaiur uu uui umi uaj wn .xw- accoJ.'m ;L Ubtedly ?as taken into j state x convict board today arranged' ton end of the wire and he; said no Bni ;.7.gyen!nent8 calculauons.; tQ hold a conference with the twoisuch message was received. ucnai is oiien exnressea i ,i j .im a no TinViniaa Potorenn n nnvisri m ps- yesterday afternoon, have held fouV senger in the Hutton office, was the white men prisoners in the Banner .next witness, w. ii. ioomey, cniei operator for Hutton, who sent out the &at th, sat tae institution of an unrestricted marine campaign may perhaps, aft- tie recent peace discussions, not , tt 10 a oreak with the United States, ed :!UIEmation which would be hail L.!'.ul1 jv by an overwhelming ma- scussions in the Reichstag com-ti0-,eeJevolve larsely around the ques caiJ the ProsPective result of a, c.aigii based on the number and eency of submarines. - th!pile k more ships "ay"06 sunk. they but thoy expect the British na fulh.J IUf,et- the new ths r. Administration- to prepare "U 11 attack success- '.natevor measnrps arp lipinjr tak. physically for a. "break coal mine near here with the de clared purpose of keeping them pris oners until the board agrees to oust Warden J. D. Hall, who, they claim, has been inconsiderate in his treat ment of them. This was announced shortlybefore noon today by Chair man P. J. Rogers, of the board. Chairman Rogers, in a formal statement to newspaper men today, said: ' "The difficulty is not really as se rious as it appears on the surface. Little complaints like these against the State wardens are constantly be ing made by the men." Declaring that Warden J.,D. Hall has been inconsiderate in his treat-! FLAMES PREVENT A SEARCH FOR BODIES. tenement house. The water thrown on the ruins froze almost'as fast as it fell. The gas con tinued to burn long after the inflam able material had been consumed, lighting up the ice covered objects in weid fashion. Many whose homes were in no danger from the flames or who heard Where Flaming Gas Did Not!thexPlosion' carried. their household r rrr r r . goods into the street. vur. wir escape, railing1 Lia Stairs and Walls Many Are Injured. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Feb. 2. Forty persons are "flash" warning of the coming of the believe(f t'Q be dead and' J are n.Anli4Afa. mQccotrQ Viorl coin Tip injured as the result of a gas explo- Pavements and sidewalks were lit tered with-cradles, chairs and tables. Those driven from their homes-found refuge from the cold at Hull Hous settlement, hospitals, police stations a,nd in stores. In one little grocery store there was a scene typical of many others. The oftpn in.thP pvpnnh onH fiprnvfln of f i-. the legislators and to Governor Alex- cial reports. But the American Tom-, ander asking them not to embarass the j mies have helped to write some Washington Governmept at this time. bright pages in the history of the I The Idaho Daily Statesman, quoting ! -ar in all branches of the service ! a telegram from Senator Borah, print i the flying oorps, the medical corps,' ed with his authorization, says: 'the artillery and infantry. "Secretary Lansing and Mr. Polk j The Canadian regiments naturally ': Paid a second call, Thursday night at ! attracted the greatest number of . Senator Borah's -residence and repre- Americans. But Americans are also ; sented that Tokid -f pars the enactment i scattered through the distinctly Eng-! of such legislation at this time may lish battalions. Many former mem- : so msense tne Japanese people as to bers of the United StSates army and force the government in Self preser crack National Guard regiments an- i vation to signify a willinghess to regis swer to the British roll-calls. The : ter by force of arms its protest against bulk of the Americans being absorbed j the Idaho bill." in tne various (janaaian battalions hae been through some of the hard- J est fighting on this front. Through i all te vast and wonderful war ma chine, built up by Great Bf itain from : the North sea to the front line trenches, young Americans can -he I met "doing their bit" and fighting with willing heart and steady brav ery. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press met one young fellow in i the uniform of the Canadian artillery. sion and fire that wrecked a tenement j Place was crowded with men and wo- building at 815-23 West 14th Place in the heart of the foreign district on the westside early today. Injured persons and residents, forc ed from their homes scantily clad, suffered miserably and in a tempera men crying and talking excitedly in Yiddish. Among them was Mrs. John Lancowski. She wore a night gown, a shawl, one slipper and one boot. She had brought her six children safely out of the building, but in the nT'czf 1 . : torv pi, ,A Power, wnicn m nis- ment of them the convicts insist tney are hfi M.uwu luuowea oy war, wm not leave tne mines yior give up fith that carried out. sorrptlvi butUv.j tia ntitil fho SitatP Convict d . , . . . . ! i i it ii i,ai;uivh, v . ytcition. It is ofnniallv denied ri ntrr-aaan rpmnvp. Warden Hall i r i ijtrai x A . w - - - t i President's message, had said he might have gotten his information from Peterson. Peterson, blushing and nervous, declared he certainly could not recall giving Toomer any such in formation. '"Such passing events as what the State " Department is going to do , to stop the war doesn't carry in your mind?" Whipple asked. "I should say not," Peterson re plied, "I got all I can do to gather up my reports." George W. Conklin, another Hutton operator, testified that he received no messages on jjecemoer ;zu, out naaj whQ was Cnislied when tn6 dn bed asleep and had no chance to sent out tne urns warning, ne saia, crumbled. and Mrs. Charlotte escape. When . flames reading tne rresiaent s note next , Qt.,Q,av rrv, ' na,nn WQa oarr ! thpm f LAST CARD PLAYED, SAYS PARIS PRESS "What part of Canada are you from?" he asked. "Los Angeles," came the grinning reply. BIRTH CONTROLLER GOES TO HOSPITAL ture of ten below zero and the cold j -" &.. hindered the work of firemen and res- oldest. she said- was ten-, cuers. Patrick O'Donohue, an assistant fire Burning gas from a main prevented ' marshal, said that when he reached search of the ruins and at daybreak; the scene a great flame of gas was only two bodies had been recovered, j leaping across West 14th Place. thosfi of An nnirlentifiPd man 'about KO .' "A lot of'the people," he said, "were &I1V rirl i a . . givea - v,uc'a wnatever nave Deen ki h army- navy or coast guard, ci(,s of rft1are ev!dences that the agen take a, Government are ready to diDlnmJf- aleps necessary to follow a ijwnatic break. nniS generally expected hat some thi o. c.ement would be made from Hon- e department or the White it lng the day or certainly to- fepvetStfte Department has made no iiatinn.i 1, tesram from the Inter (tnicMo, frcantiIe Marine -asking in shin lor movements of American from office. The.-ipur white men, ure bosses, are W . J earron, ij. Brown. James Ford and Robert Rus sell. - Tom . r fi oracial refusal to affirm forward t any messaSe had gone "Won AmbassadorGerard, an im- bepnSrW that some such message ost a! sent but it was: thought at ttninar,, ?sass to outline a first pre. J blafPtVlOtlt , AT A 1 country till a final decision has ?"6thpn without definitely commit- heen reached, r' , ; Tt was nointed out to officials that the country was waiting for some statement or at . least attoffl.cial inter pretation of theVattltude fit the admin istration. ; 9 " ' ' Officials declined, hovfever, to ex press themselves in . thi3 way or to say whether the situation was becom ing more or, less serious While yes terday it was faalfi" flatly vtbat no .an nouncement would be tiade for the rest of the'day officials Refused today to commit themselves tot a similar an nouncement.. .-C ' President Wilscln had tQ conference on the- submarine questidn during the morning j but placed eft. for J two hours. - -r - j ; I upon day he "congratulated the firm on be ing able to send in advance an accur ate forecast to its customers: j. & & 4f -fc -X- X -55- 45- .v. -V ' if TO ENFORCE NEUTRALITY. did not cut Stitalev. The explosion was heard ! tnem on, railing-stairways ana orum for many miles.' By some freak, build- (By Associated Press.) -Jf ) Washington, Feb. 2. Customs -X-j : collectors at all ports of the United States, Hawaii and Porto -X-3f Rico -were instructed by the -X- Treasury Department today to ; exercise the utmost vigilance to -see that neutrality regulation of ' vf thel.United States were 'enforced in their ports. Attention - was directed especially to previous instructions to see that ho ves- jf sel he permitted to leave with- i? Jfr out clearance papers and that no armed ship be allowed to -X- leae ""without jermit; - . spnirrh of th wrep.kaerA conM hp mndp y.. jr- ... " -. . ;'-. and the loss of Jife ascertained. . ?? J V.The explosion is believed to have f ol- , ' ,, i .x- r -X- , ilowea ffie-bursting of avgas main-in bling walls did." ings a few yaras away were, unaam- umw wuu weic upuu aeed. while windows were broken early assertea tnat tney saw women many blocks distant. jwith hair and clothing, ablaze carry- Hundreds of Hebrew, Lithunian, j ing or dragging their babies intd the Polish and Russian tenants of the! street. district rushed into tne streets scant- A- score or more of persons were m ily clad. jured in adjoining structures by brok- The explosion wrecked one of the en glass or in their rushes to escape tenement buildings, which contained into the, street. Most of these . were 24 fiats, 16 of which were , occupied. 'cared for at the county hospital. The flames burst throughout the lower) Morris Feldham. janitor dt the build floor immediately. . ing, said that 67 persona Were or When firemen arrived thev we should have been in the building last able to rescue a few children who night. Forty were missing and prob were dropped by their- parents from ably dead, he said, the upper wind: 573. Some, adults also! An Incident disclosed by the coming were saved iu this way. A group of of daylight was that of a seven year railroad switchmen were reported to1 old boy, Stanley Stilowitch, found have rescued 15 children. Fire Chief freezing to death. The explosion shut O'Corinor said the rnihs were so hot 'off the gas and electric lights in the,. tnat It wouio oe many ' nours Deiore aisirici. iiiu m uamucoo clad only in a union suit ran into a secluded nook where benumbed v with cold he fell asleep. He was seht'to ".(Continued on Pa j Germany's Note to U. S. is Printed Under That Caption. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Feb. 2. "Germany's Last Card" is the caption under which sev eral morning newspapers print Ger many's note to the United States Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg's speech, etc. "Germany has contracted formal . engagements with the United States," says the Petit Parisien. "It is these engagements." continues the news ' Woman on "Hunger Strike' is Paper, "that she is violating today so ; j LUitl IL WUU1U ,BC6iU 0.0 IJ. BUtJ 1 to force America into a rupture of . j relations, for it would not be easy l for -President Wilson to tolerate such ; ! insolent laceration of a contract al- -most solemn. "The German Emperor's game is clear. He puts his knife at the throat of neutrals to force them to Inter-V vene in the European conflict and to impose peace, but the maneuver . may prove a singularly dangerous one for him. For as a' matter of fact he Island last' night by, order of Govs' is driving neutrals into the camp of ernor Whitman. Her sister, Mrs. Mar- the Allies by showing them that their garet Sanger, vpromised that in the interests are identical with ours." future she would obey the laws re- Stephen Pichon wires in the Petit , garding birth control propaganda. j Journale: I "You hope to obtain for that en- 4f-4f-54-45-4e--55-4(-? terprise of unspeakable carnage more -x- than the tolerance, the open consent " TO PROBE N. Y. EXCHANGE. and complicity of neutrals and more 35- j especially -of . the United States of -X- (By Associated- Press.) America. It Is for them to speak." frol. Protest Is Wired. &a2t3StateJJei. partment at Waslhngtpn" t rbecame".. Recovering ; Will Stop Her Campaign. (By Associated Press.) S - New York, Feb. 2. Miss Esther Byrne is in a hospital today recover ing from the effect of the hunger strike which she undertook as a pro test against a sentence of thirty days in prison for disseminating in formation about birth-control. She released trom uiacKwen s was Washington, Feb. 2. The Sen- : ' ; n 4f ate today passed the resolution ! Immigration Bill Up. of Senator Smith, of South Car- Washington, Feb. 2,-r-Immediate re- olina, directing .the attorney- ' consideration of the immigration bill -X- general to investigate buying -3K passed over the . President's veto by and selling operations "...of the t the House last night -was blocked in New York Cotton Exchange to i the Senate today by ? Senator K,eed, ascertain if the methods em- of Missouri,' , but "agreement was. 5- ployed were in t- restraint of t reached to proceed ' to" a-Tote n re- r trade. There was no debate- "v 45- . passage .or the measure at. 4 p. m. roTTiP-ht.- ' : next Monday. - v i; ; ! ?.',' tii tf 7 ' -I
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