Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1915, Page 1

Fair and colder tonight: Tuesday fair, with moderate northwest to north winds. ‘Temperature past twenty-four hours: High, 41, at 3 p.m. yesterday; low, 33, at 6 a.m. today For full report see page 1 (gee | WEATHER. | | | 3. Che pening Star. Last Week's Swerm Net Ctreulation— Dally Average, 75,053; Sunday. 51.096. \ WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1915.-SIXTEEN PAGES. “ONE CEN BETTER CONDITIONS [PLANS CONFERENCE IN CITY OF MEXICO ~ DEMANDED BY U. . New and Urgent Representa- tions, Practically a Warn- ing, Sent to Carranza. DIPLOMATISTS HERE SEE ENTIRE CHANGE IN POLICY ict neey | Note, They Say, Indicates Loss of ; Patience With First Chief's .n- difference to Obregon’s Acts. TACOMA SENT TO VERA CRUZ Crisis May Have to Be Met With Strong Measures. It Is Thought. Wilson and Bryan Silent. { — i New and urgent representation amounting practically to a warn- ing have been sent by the United} States to Gen. Carranza demand-} ing an improvement of conditions in Mexico City Diplomatists famili contents of the note, which Amer- Consul Silliman has been in-| Car. with the} | tructed to present to Gen { May 19, under authorization Congress, the date having been chosen by President Wilson. An appropriation of $5 was provided for the pur. | pose. An borate program is being pre- OF PAN-AMERICANS McAdoo Arranging Meeting of Western Hemisphere Finan- ciers Here May 10. REGRETS THE FAILURE OF SHIP PURCHASE BILL Declares Exorbitant Rates and Lack of Ships Have Reduced South American Trade. Treasury officials were going ahead today with plans for the forthcoming conference of Pan-American financiers in Washington, when ways and means will be considered for strengthening the financial relations between nations of the western hemisphere. Jt will be held of pared for what promises to be one of the imost, if not the mest, important gutherings ever held in the United States for the promotion of its fiscal 1 relations with other coun- ‘. Already the Central and South American nations have indicated an in- tention to participate by sending their ministers of finance and leading bank- ers to confer with American financiers in Tr officials. ddition to sene & formal invita~ tions to fo! governments, American | cabinet officers, diplomats from the! Central and South American countries | here and the federal reserve board will be invited to participate. ranza, interpret it as an entire] nge of policy on the part of the Washington € Es overnment toward S#id that the only disappointment in Regrets Ship Bill Failure. Seeretary McAdoo, in a statement, DISTRICT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FILLED Representatives Rainey, Gard and Cooper to Serve With the Senate Appointees. ACTUAL WORK NOT LIKELY TO BEGIN BEFORE FALL Congressional Commission to Inves- tigate Fiscal Relations Between Federal and Local Governments. The appointment by Speaker Clark of three members to represent the House on the joint congressional committee to investigate the fiscal relations be- tween the United States and the Dis- trict of Columbia completes that tri- bunal. The Speaker's selections of House members for the committee are! Representative Henry T. Rainey of U- Inois, Representative Warren Gard of Ohio and Representative Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin. The first two ¢ democrats, Representative Raincy being the ranking member of the ways. and means committee and a veteran of the House. Representative Gard ts a new member from Ohio, but his recent work as a member of the subcommittee of the Judiciary committee investigat- ing the difficult and numerous charges | against Federal Judge Alston G. Day- ton of West Virginia, showed him to | be possessed of judicial temperament and mind. Representative Cooper will sl Representative Gillett of setts the honor of be! member of the House ice, and is in reality the mun who ed the wave of sentiment in the in favor of.a joint commission to get at the facts in the case of the Districts| relations with the federal Treasury. | ‘The Speaker made the appointments! last night before leaving this city for} ew England, where he has several | { A WHERE THERE'S Wire There's B War BLIC PUE PRINTERS PROBL a : oe EM. i Ge Meas S connection with the conference was the f pe poner Savers! a the Mexican situation. ailure , ss to je) ad | Swearing) ongagemen : i Fae eo nares tO, Dass tne 20, | delaying the announcement, as has been | = Es ministration: ship: ‘purchase (bill, which! saidiin The Star, was because he want- Contains Strong Representations. | would nave provided steamship facili-| ed to make sure of three tnen of ope i The communication tet Carranza. |tles with the South American countries. | mind and who would command the re-| which was fled after conferences! “The Secretary of the Treasury | Sbect of the House. i - : baecee Secretary {aim McAdoo, “ix given : | estercy resident ilse Secreta invite, im his discretion, repres Speaker Clark's Statement. j THE eras | nik) Counce! Tansing, was | American bankers to participat : Sones AMG seee “eons conference. "This discretion will be ex-| Im connection with the appointment, _~_ ——— werd from Carry as to his attitude xed so ax 10 secure the attendance | Speaker Clark issued a statment as : pass : large a number ticable of | follows | ik was eal by some omcials that th representative finanelers, in order |) ty 4 eATuUto delete arconimi(tas oo | I note contained the strongest repre-|thal © theroush iprehensive | U praca niente ‘re nbiss| sentations that ever have been made to/ discussion may be had of existing finan- | ven who own no property in the H Carranza, and indicates that the Ameri-|i4l_ conditions throughout the west-| trict. who have net been prominent. in be zs tis rapidie lowine pallet! hemisphere, and of the measures | disputes touching the District, who live | B government is rapidis losing Pa-\that should be adopted to strengthen | far enough away not to be induenced | tence with his indifference to the ob-/ financial and trade reiations between | by the ties of neighborhood friend jectionable acts of Gen. Ubregon at/the United States and our Central and| ships. whose standing in the House ! Mexico City. Those who know the contents of the communication said it did not threaten) force and wus not in the nature of an |South American neighbors. lprogram will be carefully studied and} announced in due time. A suitable | Those to Be Asked. | will challenge the respect of all—to the d that justice may be done. There re many members possessing these | qualifications. I am certain that these | three men possess them. T hope geod URKS STILL SCORN ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES FORTS ‘But Panic Is Reported in Constantinople, With Government Prepared to LA TOURAINE SPEEDS: TO HER PORT IN FRANCE Fite Almost_Extinguished—Vessel | oppo: NEXT BlG BATTLE TOBEONVISTULA Russians and Germans Con- centrating Forces for a Clash Near Warsaw. MAY REACH A DECISION ON FORMER BATTLEFIELD Both Petrograd and Berlin Regard Coming Struggle as of the Great- est Importance. LONDON, March 8, 11:56 a.m.—The center of interest on the eastern front again has shifted with the announcement from Petrograd that a great battle is de- veloping on the left bank of the River Vistula, at a point to the west and also to the southwest of Warsaw. It is not yet clear, judging from mes- sages reaching London, which side has taken the offensive, but inspired sources, both in Berlin and Petrograd, have been hinting lately that vital operations might be expected in this region. Messages from the Russian capital have declared the old field of action In the direc- tion of Posen and Silesia alone could serve as a decisive battlground, while Berlin has been predicting another brillant ac- Marshal von Hindenburg. Capture of 3,400 Russians. No great activity has been reported elsewhere on the eastern front, except at Rawa, to the southwest of Warsaw, | where German army headquarters claim the capture of 3,400 Russians. It is possible that this action may be a part of the great battle which Petrograd says is now under way. Attacks and counter attacks form the [text of both the Paris and Berlin offi- al communications covering events on the western battle front, but there 18 no indication of a decisive gain by either side. Halted by Snow Storms. Extremely heavy snowstorms in the Carpathians have stopped military op- erations completely, even ing lines are in close contact, a Venice dispatch to Reuter’s Tele- Company. ~ Austro-Hungarian troops are re- ported to b of the sudden the reason that 1 out, supplies, gram The change ny of them are with- t off by the snow. NO BRITISH CENSORSHIP where the suffering severely because in weather for owing to the fact that their lines of communication have been (GREEK KING'S PLAN OF AVERTING WAR MAY NOT SUCCEED Public Opinion Thought to Support Venizelos in Favor of Intervention. BELIEF HELD THAT CRISIS IN CABINET IS A PRETEXT Would Enable Constantine to Break With Germany Under Seem- a CROWN COUNCIL OVERRULED Monarch Declares for Neutrality De- spite Views Expressed by Ad- visers He Had Summoned to Conference. ROME, via Paris, March &.— Special dispatches to Italian |tion in the direction of Warsaw by Field |newspapers from Athens describe the situation in Greece as grave Some of the correspondents ex- press the belief that the present deadlock between King Constan- tine and many of his advisers re- garding the country’s interven- tion in the war is the result of an- tagonism which had arisen he- tween the ruler and Eleutherios Venizelos, premier in the cabinet which resigned Saturday after its declaration in favor of joining the allies was frowned upon by the king. Think Crisis Artificial. Other correspondents are of the opin- ion that the intervention of Greece on the side of the allies already has been agreed upon and that the crisis which now is apparent 1s artificial, having been arranged to make it easier for King Constantine to decide against Germany, to which he has felt under some obligations for family and polit- teal reasons. ‘The influence of Germany is supposed uitimatum, but pointed outs in, expl s Will come of the investigation.” . Expected to Dock at Havre = to lave been responsible in a consider- language the serious consequences that} “The commercial relations b ‘These three appointees will serve with Fl t A s z i a inight follow ff th “f foreizn-|the United States and Central [Senator William E. Chilton of West Vir ee to sla. { This Evening. able measure for Greece obtaining pos. ers continued to be rded. South America will also be considered |ginia, Senator Willgrd Sauisbury of Dela | ‘ sion of Kavala and Saloniki on the Tacoma Ordered to Vera Cruz. exsential part of the financial dis-| ave und Senator John L. Works of | 2 a | Aegean sea, at the end of the Balkan 2 i The Secretary of Commerce |“"tye ranking meinber of the UH | LONDON, March §.—There is no news| troops at Adrianople and Svemotica | LONDON, March 8 2:16 p.m.—The fire | ae Karly im the day Secrets Daniels will belasked! to attend tiie consaranes| wentershin: io Representative: Fal today of the situation at the Darda-|have been hurriedly dispatched to the | which was reported Saturday morning on | LONDON, March 8 3:30 p.m.—A_ pro- had said no additions were contem-iand also the members of the federal| who said this afternoon he would confer| nelles, and the British public is await- {Gallipoli peninsula.” board the French steamer La Touraine | posal to establish a censorship over Troubles for New Premier. plated to the fleet in Mexican waters, (reserve board. The Secretary of State | jater the day with Senator Chilton | ing with keen interest the next step In Alarm in Constantinople. has been almost extinguished, and the the American mails was opposed in the! LonDON, March 8.—Special die- but later it was learned that the ernis- 4nd all other members of the cabinet |as to a date for a preliminary meeting. /¢. pusinesslike operations marking vessel is steaming to her destination, the house of commons today by the home 2 _ will be asked patches received from Athens by the er Tacoma had been ordered from Port to participate in the; However, Senator Chilton had left, for ue 2 The Daily Mait's correspondent at) 5. ; asi 2 ae : tu Prince Haiti, to Verw Crus, secre. (deliberations. A similar invitation will | hg West Virginia home for a Tew days, the Work of the storming fleet. | cogs ‘sends the following dispatch: French port of Havre, at a speed of four- secretary, Reginald McKenna. Th€/ morning newspapers express doubt f . + : be extended to the diplomatic repre-!jeaving word that he suggested March! Reuters Amsterdam corresponde “Refugees from Constantinople indi-| ‘2? knots an hour. !question was ralsed by Sir Henry| whether M. Zaimis will be able to form tary Daniels was in consultation later sentatives of the various Central and/15 as 1 good date for the first assem-! sends the following official communica- The information here given is the latest Craik, who said he desired to prevent! 2 stable government for Greece. He is with Secretary Bryan concerning the |South Amer‘can countries accredited to! e. The other members of the House e Constantinople Sunday C@te that the populace there is greatly i: Py = ’ i Se «x of! situation. Further movemenis of ves-| Washington and to Mr. John Barrett, ee unxious to settie the pre- tor lead Hecons ad “ yalarmed at the allied attempt on the reper mocelved) ue eS ag was sent at the distribution tn New wen the governor of the National Bank of sels may be decided upon. director of the Pan-Ameri ' i ntght 10 o'clock last night by wircless telegra- pamphlets emanating from German] Greece and is not definitely attached i his entire ti tol 7 he Pan-American Union. | iiminaries, as they all have business in: "70 oon six hostile warships | Dardanelles, and refuses to believe the | 1). ¢, hich 5 y S to In orice to give his entire time to The only disappointment in connec-!their own districts) which calls. them is afte: ns veran Be | governmiciitielaasirinces olaastetyuin| ce es Se escorting La | sources. either party. consideration of he International and | ¢ion with this confere arises out. of) home. bombarded our batteries in the Dar-| Ror ett ten le which le crowded with| Touraine. | These pamphlets, he said, accused! The dispatches assert that popular Mexican questions. nee the failure of the shipping bill, a Until Senator Chilton and Repre-!danelles. The batteries replied suc-| cryyees from the Marmora coast. ‘The! wirel Me Fi Cc «. |Great Britain and her allies of treach-| opinion seems to incline in favor of Wil see the usu: 5 itesure which had particularly In view | sentative Toainey can agree on dates. | cessfully authorities are suspicious of all for-| Wizeless Message From Capt. Causin ‘F's, connection with their diplomatic|the policy of M. Venizelos ong facilities to leading South Amers| arrangements, ete, there will be NO! sphere 1s no important change in the |eigners and Christians, even Germans) HAVRE, yia Paris, March §—The ction in Belgium, Mr. McKenna char-|correspondents express the belief tat vata 5 i lean countries, ‘The full benefit of th eee eee aay Hiele inate etal eeneralesituation.. Pelne ine vr fen coe colginig ait the goa |28ent here of the French line yesterday acterized these pamphlets as practical-lunder these circumstances Venizeius Blog Pausing of the State De- Aer a rea liged atin ee ence, C2-| work will be begun before fall Prepared to Flee Capital. lin the possession of the individuals, firms |#{ternoon recelved the following wireless jy harmless, and added: will prevail and that the crisis wl! me Beh | ocean transportation facilities are prow ss ieee land banks. There is fear of massacres. | from Capt. Causin of La Touraino: “It has not been considered neces-|subside as rapidly as it arose. It is iplomatic quarters there were| vided, but the conference will do a Favors Speedy Action. “According to the latest advices re-|'The vicinity of Constantinople ie being) “Sunday, March 7, 3:45 pm—La Tou- sry in the past to establish a censor-|further aserted that for three days mar igentatiee of concern over | Me fe omcang of good Gees and will] “Shere will be no long-drawn-out |ceived here.” says 4 Reuter eee constenS Sipeumpsened! with trenches |raine, having a fire in one of its holds, ship over postal matter to or from the|Athens daily has been expecting a dei- the Mexican situation than wt any time |doubtless demonstrate more clearly| meetings of this ¢ % s eeta Bilsatial “Ahessultan ai ec Ae a oldest : 138 ‘ cae ae tea .. erican forces were landed | than ever 1he necessity for the crea, | meeees ommittee, if I have }from Sofia, Bu asked for help, but ts continuing her jour- United States. To do so would involve|laration of war, the factor which diploma- elves and the one tists communicated to ene another the latest developments as they heard them Diplomats Satisfied. e the diplomatists deciarea| elves Satisfied thet the course of | government would pro-| tis the decided i tion | what ywin in the eapital a tit develop- rents. Just what move now is contemplated, iz known only to President Wiison and] a few of hie closest advisers, but it was apparent from the attitude of of- ficials that it was realized that a new crisis was at hand which might have | fo be met with strong measures. The general impression !n official quarters was that, even though the use ef force had not been threatened in th note to Carranza, the American gover? ment was prepared to meet eventuall- tes and would hereafter pursue an in- sistent course to compel protection for foreigners and their Interests. Bryan Says No Chanee. only that there was no change in con-+ ditions at Mexico City from the seriou state of affairs of the last few days, He! said no word had come directly fro’ Carranza in the last two or three days. When asked whether Carranza and/| Obregon were at odde and whether t former could control his Mexico City commander, Secretary Bryan replied hat the State artment had evi- ce that recognized C anga ax his officer, but could ot say definitely whether any friction| sd developed ret yan stated that the plac- of an embargo on all shipments off t f war to Mexico had not{ con considered the present situa- on. Such # move would be of little practical effect, it is suid by officials, ecause most of the arms and ammuni- tion available in the United States has been contracted for at high prices by the European belligerents. Scarcity of Ammunition Felt. | Searcity of war munitions, it in be- jeved here, has already affected Villa’s campaign, and although his forces have been making more headway, according (© offictal reports, than those of Car- auza, the possibility that neither fac will be able to xatn ry and that the situ: complete ton may re- main deadlocked indefinitely is known to have influenced the administration to take its stand The Washington government rece ty has been subjected to a continuous bombardment of foreign inquiries, all @plomatically phrased and generally (Continued on Second Page.) {Central and South American countries tion of 4 merchant American flag. Banking to Be Discussed. “One of the things which the federal reserve act seeks to accomplish is the} extension of American banking faci ties to foreign countries. Not only marine under the ational birt uthorized by that act! to open branches in other countries, but the federal reserve banke. themselves are permitted to establish amenclas out side of ales. At the con Iie confers features will, be discussed and an effort will be made tol discover the best means of enabling | our banks to extend their operations in “It is a significant fact that our ex- ports to South Amertca reached the} lowest point for the vear 1914 in the| months of October, November and De-| cember, when they were reduced to less than one-half of those for the same| months of 1913. This decline is, in a! great measure, dug to the scarcity of! ships and the exorbitant rates freight now being charged.” Director Barrett’s Statement. Director General American Union tod: statement on the The of | | Barrett of the Pan- | issued this official | ling conference: conference will be the 10st | im ant and practical international gu ering the United States since the niret conterence bn ine Bis s-operation and. suj I the gov- | ronments of Central and South America, and it should awaken widespread inter- throughout the United States. This hering will afford the first great op- portunity ever presented to formulate a ‘get-together’ financial and commercial ationsbhip among the twenty-one | republics forming the Pan- | American Union. Tt will he 4 constructive and recipro- | conference, which should mark. the | of a new epoch in the great s intercourse of the nations con- | erned and should benefit the countries | of Latin America just as much as it in the United § beginnin busin Germans Hold 781,000 Prisoners. BERLIN, March 8, by wireless. Among the items given out by the Overseas News Agency 1s the follow- ing: ‘Members of the Prussian diet, who have been visiting prisoner camps, have received information that at present there are 781,000 war prisoners intern- ed in Germany, an increase since the end of 1914 of Over 200,000 men.” Editor Nelson Still Unconscious. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 8.—There is ttle change today in the condition of William Rockhill Nelson, editor of the Kansas City Star. Mr. Nelson has heen confined to his home for several months, and except for brief intervals has been unconscious since last Fri- Jay, when his condition suddenly be- came Worse, Fi ainey to- that the y way about it,” gald Mr. day. “L ain of the opinion facts on both sides of the case can be quickly marshaled and presented by men who are thoroughly familiar with i Cooper is the ranking member ¢ the affairs committee and is re- as one of the most. brilliant men of Congress. “For years,” said Representative! Cooper today, “there has been a dispute | on the floor of the House as to the mere facts in the case Of the District | of Columbia and United States. The discussion has not been altogether one of policy, but of facts. I have always advocated & commission to find out all the facts so that the Hous: know what it was doing. troduced the original resolution, three years ago, during the Crisp bill fight, J was never more aware of the lack of Information as to the facts. However, IT did not dream at the time that if -ommission was appointed I would be | | | would | When 1 in-| | | { the government ure still in Constanti- nople. The government is prepared to cross to Asia Minor at any moment, but the sultan is in favor of remaining in} the capital. them. I can see no re: n for string- “Tt is understood that it has been de- jing the mectings and hearings over|cided to Intrust the defense of .Con- the entire summer.” |stantinople exclusively to the Germans Representative Cooper, who was ubout |under command of Gen. Liman von to Jenve for his he in Racine, Wiss | sanders, the instructor of the Turkish was placed on the committee at the in- | é Bedri Bey, the prefect sistence of Speaker Clark, who has a|@0my. . while Bear! a hizh regard for him. In addition to{ef police, will be mvested with the bemg one of the two inen who will lead | general control of the city, with pow- t House in point of service, Mr. {ers equivalent to those of a viceroy. “Measures of precaution already have been adopted to prevent the capture of the city. It is reported that all. the Berlin’s News Reassuring. BERLIN, March 8 (by wireless).——In |the absence of any particular develop- ments on the western or eastern war fronts, the newspapers continue to devote their principal attention to the bombard- ment of the Dardanelles by the allied fleet | The latest reports received in Berlin {trom Constantinople are to the effect that no damage has been done to the forts or Turkish garrisons, and that the ships are now shooting from a longer range. British ships have twice been struck fair. The report says that an attempt by the allies to land troops was repelled by the Turkish batteries. | CRUISER SENT TO OPORTO. gal Takes Measure to Combat the “Northern Republic.” BARCELONA, Spain, vie Paris, March 8.—The Diaro de Badajo, published at Badajoz, on the Portuguese frontier, announces that the government of Por- tugal has sent the cruiser Adamastor to Oporto as a measure of precaution. Portu; Oporto is the second city of Portugal ‘and is by far the largest place in the Wants to Get the Facts. northern part of the country, “The re- jpublic of northern Portugal” was pro- Representative Gard, who was pack-|Pitimed Saturday by a congress of ing his trunks to leave Washington |democrats meeting at Lamego, forty- serve on the committee and would give all his attention to it. “I have an open mind on District matters,” he said, “and I voted for the Underwood resolution to appoint a ommittee on investigation simply be- cause I wanted to get at the facts.” Representative Rainey, the ranking member of the House membership on the joint investigating committee, alsy holds that position on the ways means committee, following Repre- sentative Kitchin, the new House lead- er and chairman of the ways and means committee. ‘ Re! presentative Rainey's most con- spicuous worl: in the past session was in tariff matters. He headed the sub- committee in charge of the schedule of rates for agricultural imports. Repre- sentative Rainey 1s a member of the {llinots bar and has been in Congress twelve years. He is fifty-five years of age and has lived in Carrollton, Ill, ever since birth. He was educated at Amherst, graduated in law from the yollege at Chicago and practiced law in his home town, Carrollton, from the date of taking his degree ‘up to entering the Fifty-eighth Congress. ‘One of his greatest fights while the democrats were in the minority was his attack on former President Roosevelt for his attitude in relatien to the acquisition of the Panama canal. He has not paid much attention to affairs of the District of Columbia, but he voted for the Under- wood resolution appointing the committee because he believed the facts in the case ‘(Continued on Second Page) |this morning, suid he would be glaa to |six miles east of Oporto, and it 1s pre- od the sending of the cruiser is in- tandea us one means of combating the movement. CAPT. VASSILIEFF DEAD. Russian Embassy Official in Charge of War Purchases. NEW YORK, March 8.—Capt. Dmitrt Vassilieff, acting naval attache of the Russian embassy at Washington, who died here yesterday, was stationed in this city to direct the purchase of war supplies for Russia in this country. Before illness prevented him from con- tinuing his work, it was said, he had spent $100,000,000 in America. Capt. Vassilieff was a personal friend of Em- Nicholas of Russia and for sev- peror Nite was the emperor's aid on board the royal yacht. —_— Referendum on Strike Settlement. WHEELING, W. Va., March 8.—Rep- resentatives of the 15,000 striking east- ern Ohio coal miners today canvassed the referendum vote taken yesterday throughout the district to determine ri the district and Ohio state of- Whether Mine United Mine” Workers should be permitted to negotiate with Secretary of Labor Wilson next week at Washington for a final settlement of the strike which has been in progress aince Jaat April, U. S. S. PACIFIC IS SAFE. Arrives at Maasluis, a Netherlands Fishing Port. LONDON, March 8, 10:10 a.m.—A dis- Patch to Lloyds reports that the new American steamer Pacific, which sailed from Falmouth last Friday and for which some fear was felt because of failure to report her arrival at Rotter- dam, the port for which she departed, arrived Saturday at Maasluls, a fishing town of the Netherlands. ‘The Pacific, from Galveston, February 7, by way of Norfolk, February 15, was detained for several ‘days at Falmouth her arrival there. She received papers Friday and left for Rotterdam. LABOR TROUBLES HAMPER WAR Workmen in British Shipyards De- mand Increase of Wages. LONDON, March Labor troubles j still are hampering the work for the government's military needs. The ship- yard works at Southampton, which are engaged under full pressure for the ad- miralty, are threatened with stoppage through a demand of the workers for an all-around increase on wages of 5 shillings per week, with a 10 per cent advance in overtime rates. The difficulty in Sheffield has been met by the employers granting a war bonus to 14,000 workmen in the en- gineering trades, this amounting ap- proximately to a 10 per cent increase in wages. The Clyde shipping disputes are still unsettled and have been re- ferred to government arbitrators. Advertising Manager Dies. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 8.— Justin McCarthy of Brooklyn, N. Y., manager of an advertising firm, died at @ hotel here early today from uremic poisoning. ney to Havre escorted by the steamer Rot- terdam. There I hope to get. no immediate danger. weather is good but foggy. trol of the fire. is The | i “hope to dock Monday evening it] everything goes well.” PARIS, March 8, 1:91 p.m.—The} French ministry of ‘marine announced today that the fire on La Touraine was “practically out.” Word to this effect was received at midnight from one of the cruiser escort. PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY Tharles Ruroede, One of Prisoners in | Passport Frauds, Sentenced. | NEW YORK, March $.—Charles| Ruroede, one of the six persons in-| dicted in an alleged conspiracy to de-/ fraud the United States in obtaininx | false American passports for German reservists, pleaded guilty today to one! of three indictments against him and to the second count of another. District Attorney Marshall in an ad- sdress which was interpreted by some as recommending a light sentence for Ruroede announced that Hans Adam} von Weddell, who was also indic and fled the country, had been ¢ tured and would be return said von Weddell was the pirator in the case. Federal Judge Netere, before whom the cases are being tried, sentenced Ruroede to serve three years in the Atlanta penitentiary, The maximum penalty that could be inflicted under the indictment is twelve years. 1 here, chief cou GERMANS LURK IN PACIFIC. Steamers With Coal Cargoes Active’ Off the Chilean Coast. LONDON, March 8.—A dispatch the Times from Santiago, Chile, ports the activity of German steam with coal cargves in South American ; waters. The correspondent considers that this activity supports the reports of proximity of German cruisers in the waters. He says there are persistent rumors that the Dresden {!s hiding in one of | the inlets in southern Chile. He adds! that the Chilean government is taking | every precaution to preserve its neu- trality. to re- French Refugees Flock to Geneva. GENEVA, via Paris, March §.—One thousand French civilians who have been prisoners i> the portions of France occupied by the Germans, ar- rived here yesterday. Most of them came from Lille and Maubeuge. The majority were women and children of the poorest classes. They will be sent to the French departments nearest Switzerland. an enormous addition to the censor- ship staff." HEARING Secretary Lane's Inquiry Into Oil Land Rights in Oklahoma. ON LEASE RENEWALS Hearings were begun in the office of Secretary Teme of the Interior Depart- ment this morning to determine whether or not the millions of acres of Osage oil land in Oklahoma should be again leased to the company which has con- trolled them for a number of years, or to the lier companies which have sub-leased them in the past from the so- called parent company. The lease of the parent company expires in a few months, More than a hundred well operators were present, together with a number of Osage Indians. who were there in all the splendor of their tribal colors. Arter the hearing had been going on for half an hour Secretary Lane was! called away, and an adjournment wap wtaken until 2 o'clock this afternoon CAN CIRCULATE LIQUOR ADS. ' Alabama Court Holds Law Not En- 'l't«ry st forceable Until July 1. BIRMINGHAM, Ala,. March $.—Judge Giller of the Bi ingham city court held iu a decree issued today that the new state law prohibiting circulation of periodicals bearing liquor adver- tisements is not enforceable until after os t, when state-wide prohibition be- comes operative. The decree dissolved a temporary in- junction restraining a local newsdealer from circulating such periodicals. An appeal will be taken. vapt. Aaron B. Hall Dead. LOU March 8.—Capt. Aaron B. for more than half 2 century in ts on the Mississippi Hall harge of steambo a iviver and an intimate friend of Mari! Twain, died here last night, aged eighty-nine years. Death was due to blood poisoning resulting from an in- jury to his foot suffered in a fall ten days ago. During the civil war Capt. all was in charge of the river trans. portation of Union troops from St. Louis to the south. Steel Works Go Full Blast. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 8.—Every department of the Homestead works of the Carnegie Steel Company was in op- eration today for the first time in nearly two years and officials declared that orders lately received for struc- tural materials and ship an plate assured activity at the p! months. changed the situation being the ailivs’ attack on the Dardanelles. Public Opinion Confused. “The Zaimis partisans,” the Daily Mail's Athens correspondent, “fa- vor a neutral attitude, with a favor of benevolent intere: ™m the triple = tente. Their policy, im fact, is that vt sitting on the fe i “The ter of the people serus to desire a simpler and more decided ace tion. Their feelin natural ue somewhat confused at seeing «ven a temporary difference of upinion be- tween two such national herves as the king and Venizelos, the joint archi- tects of the pre t prosperity of Greece.” | Clash at Crown Council. ATHENS, via London, March &.—The Journal Patris, which is regarded as a Venizelos organ, gives the following account of the crisis in Greece “During the second sitting of the ‘crown council, Premier Venizelos pro: posed that only one division of troop: should be sent to aid the allies agvinst the Dardanelles, thus overcoming the objections raised previousix by the f, that on military gremuds it was not in the country’s interest to join the allies. (ob. Venizelos then pomted out the Idanger to which Greeee was exposed by the threatening descent of the Austro-German forces on the Badkhans, ladding that since no guarantee had ‘been offered by Austria or Germany that they would respect Greek interests {Greece was obliged to join th [who had given sych a said he was convineed jallies' winning not only ¥ lent possessions cece guarante jbut further adv lwould accrue. No Longer Pro-Germau. To this M. Theotokis (former premier and minister of war) answered “I formerly advocated a pro-Gerian |policy, but now recognize that that policy seems obsolete and against pub- Me opinion.” “M. Rhallis (a former premier) then addressed the king as follows: “Your majesty knows well that 1 am an opponent of M. Venizelos. On this occasion, however, I am fully of his opinion and heartily congratulate him on the policy he wishes the country to pursue.” “M. Venizelos further stated his belicf that’ Bulgaria was ready to join the allies in an attack on Constantinople. “The king, nevertheless, announced that, taking into consideration the present international position, he con- ge to her inter armor |sidered it not in the country’s interest t for |to abandon neutrality. Therefore, he jaccepted the cabinets resignation”