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THES EVEWIN on their néw campaign against | northeast of vay. for the s E fort will be sailors: that in destroying British food-carr: the ‘wore droppéd within a few rods of the galace, but did little of the war more effectively than ~The threatened submarine at Cux- made to im- “In the Argonne, in the direction of Bagatelle and Marie Therose, the fighting continues with energy from trench to trench, but there have been no movements of infantry. Argonne and the tack by the German forces at a point between the village of Malancourt and the forest of the same name was promptly re- “In Tarraine the enemy, after hav- ing driven back our advance guard, @ucceeded in occupying Signal Hill and the village of Norroy. “A counter attack on our part drove the Germans back as far as the Morthern declivity of Signal Will, where they are etill holding their po- sitions in some trenches. “In the Voeges the German offen- aive movement which began along the )| two banks of the River Lauch was mot pusued, “Yesterday on the Louth bank the enemy bombarded our positions om the north bank of this ptream. The Germans are being held in check by us “In front of our advanced lines at Langenteldkepf, in the forest of Rem- pach, French troops on skis have ex- ecuted @ brilliant coun’ ttack against the German positions on the aides of the mountain. pedo aco KAISER TO GIVE ITALY LAND FOR HELP IN WAR, SAYS ROMAN NEWSPAPER, ROME, FEb. 16 (Associated Press).— ‘The Idea Nastonale, a newspaper pub- of the National tehee @ forecast of Proposals’ to Italy which ft February Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador to Italy, will present to the Italian Government a concrete proposal for Italian particpation in the war om the aide of A Princess Vera and Xenia caw a thrilling aviators, whe were finally drives eastern dition of a cy ay wilt pledge horseit te ore Yn iw treat with ‘Tay wi a rotection to Italy’ A, REPORTED URED, CHIEF A SUICIDE BERLIN (via Londen), Fob. 15.—The IN SUGAR CASKS 1$ SEIZED BY DANES. IN CARPATHIANS AND CAPTURE 419 AUSTRIANS. fame bata, ER Rae, [> from nt Meg H ene JAPAN ORDERS EXPULSION OF GERMANS AND ENGLISH SPURNED HAN SHE SUED FOR RUSE HEART, LOSES SU Miss Uhlig, Plaintiff, Testifies She Just Couldn’t Wed Dr. Nylen. ‘ALL CONTRACTS ALIKE,’ So Says’Court in Throwing Out Her Case—Love Let- ters Shown. Mies Bdna Uhlig of Arlington, N. J., who gued Dr. Atthur H. Nylen, «| young Brooklyn physician, for $95,000 damages for alleged breach of prom- 1e0, wae under oreés-ezamination by the physician's attorney, J. J. Krame: in Justice Newburger’s part of +! Gupreme Court to-day when Kramer asked: “Would you be willing to-day to @arry Dr. Nyien if he urged you tor” “No,” was Miss Uhiig’e emphatic reply, “I could not after all thet has ‘happeried. He cast me aside once and if I married Bim now I would always have the lurking feeling that he did not want me in his home.” Kramer with this answer as « basis immediately moved for dismissal of the complaint. Justice’ Newburger, pRSEES STEHT G@ WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUKRY 15,0918, ; GIRL WHO WOULDN’T MARRY MAN SHE SUES‘ | AND WHO LOSES CASE. OH, THE VULGAR COURT! FRAULEIN MUST APPEAR Lackey From the Ritz Brings Un- muzzled Dog, but Magistrate Demands Lady’s Presence. In this free and democratic coun- try, according to the views of Mag- istrate Simms, sitting in Yorkville Court, nobody is above answering a @ummons to appear before him, not even foreign guests stopping at the Rits Carlton. The Magistrate dem- onstrated his conviction in this re- ward to-day when the case of Fraulein Meis Carl, owner of the un- mussied dog, Bimbash, failed to appear upon a summons, ‘The German lady was served with @ gummons yesterday while she was giving Bimbash, a wild and ferocious "Pom" about five inches tong, his airing in Central Park. Bimbaesh ‘wore no mussie over his ravening wa, but he was on a leash. Never- ‘theless, his mistress was summonsed exact accordance with the Jaw. ,. guest of the Rite Cari- reason why she should vulgar court. mistress,” Magistrate ly admonished, “that I until Thureday to ap- If she fails to éo 20 warrant.” TOY BALLOQNS CAUSED beckedi stile E ; OTTAWA AIRSHIP SCARE OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 15.—A de- orate the story that earoplanes flew cross the border there from the ‘United States, the Dominion police, according to the despatch, found to- day the remnants of two toy fire balloons, which were launched into the alr at Morristown, N. Y., in oon- nection with the celebration of one hundred years of peace between the United States and Canada. ‘The despatch added that one of the balloons was found on the banks of the St. Lawrence River and the other outside the town, The Dominion police believe the light balloons were mistaken by per- eons who sa wthem for searchlighta of aeroplanes. — SIMON BRENTANO DIES AFTER YEAR'S ILLNESS mon Brentano, long one of the most prominent booksellers in New York, died this morning at his resi- dence, No. 34 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, N. J. He had been in poor ealth for more than u year, i Mr, Brentano was born in Cincin- nati about sixty years ago. He joined his uncle in the early seventies at the Union cern, which It up from tiny newsstand to one of the mo: important distributors of literature in the country. From that time he had @ leading part in its direction, Square store of the oon. | Te! INQUY ORDERED BY THE SENATE Democrats Turn on Republi- cans and Use Burton Resolu- tion to Sarve Own Purpose. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Investi- gation of all charges of influences at work for and against the Adminis- tration ship bill was ordered to-day by the Genate. Afministration Democrats and fill- bustering Republicans unanimously voted for a resolution to look into charges of lobbying by the so-called Shipping Trust and to inquire into any negotiations by Administration officials to buy belligerent ships. This was the outcome of the intro- duction of @ resolution by Senator Burton, Saturday, providing for an inquiry on any connection between the slp companies owning interned chips and the Administrath larly the Treasury Depart: it. The Democrats this afternoon approved | Rove. the proposed probe, but suggested that its scope be so widened, as Sen- ‘Williams put it, as to “cat the fish and not only one kind, The Burton resotution was reported favorably by Chairman Williams of the Senate Contingent Expenses Com- mittee; with a number of amendments. “The original resolution intimates that thete hae been corrupt influence behind the support of this Shipping Bill,” Chatrman Williams said in pre- senting the committee report. “It is intended to strike at the Secretary of the Treasury. We might as well be frank about that; and at a member of the Federal Reserve Board. If there is rottenness on one side of this Denmark we had better see what is on the other.” Th dments propose that the investigation include “what efforts the so-called Shipping Trust has made to prevent the passage of the Ship Purchase Bi hat ft be ascertained what shipping corporations or cham- bers of commerce dominated by ehip- ping interests have maintained legal representatives in Washington to op- pose the bill, and that tt also be as- certained what Senators are stock or bond Reldets in the Unttett’ Fruit Com- puny or other shipping corporations ‘with which Government ships might compete,” Senator Reed spoke at length in defense of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, upon wh Burton's resolution cast a reflection. Vice-President Marshall at once ap- inted Senators Walsh, Simmons, Burton and Weeks, three Demo- crate and two Republicans, to make the inquiry. ‘There are only fifteen working daya left to the Sixty-third Congress, Some Senators were of the opinion that such ap investigation, likely to be Prolonged, made improbable the pas- particu- | asi. » he sald, Senator | 0) hawt -Jonscten: avoided all litical acusttons, eas there is nor @ living soul in the United States to whom I ever said a word favoring the JACK ROSE OFFERS TO HELP BECKER IN HIS FIGHT FOR LIFE (Coatinued from First Page.) No, 126 West Forty-sixth Street, where they found Rose. "Tain’t got nothing to say,” was his response tc the first question put to him. “I've said about enough. What T've said is on the records and it can stand there for me.” “But what of Marshalli—de you = him? was asked. “No, I don't know him,” he an- ewered, Tie then wi at wrong,” said Rose. “Here's the way it happened: Before the second trial took place and when I was standing in Robertson's one day, thie black man entered and he came over and put his hand on my shoulder. Then he went out.” “Did you know him Rose I didn't know “All men of thi about the same to me. I didn't over and tell Robertson that the fel- low had butted in on our conference What abo ~ t about that conference?” “A black man did come * while . didn't know who he was. You know how it is—all kinds of fellows was in the habit of going up and talking to Becker, and I never used to think anything of it when a man would t in, I didn’t notice Marshall's looks that night.” He then made his offer to a) voluntary witness before ‘Becks wyers. tant District Attorney Freder- ick Groehl, who i# accused by Mar- ing “framed up” cor- roborative testimony about the Har- Jem murder conference which formed the backbone of the prosecution's nd trial, to-day at he believes there Plot to free Becker on foot in which five or six men are interested, ese wien, he declared, have been working un- ceasingly to get the second convic- tion set aside. . “From information in my sion,” said Mr. Groehl, “I bell certain men are afraid that if Bec told of what Robert- ed. “No, ich it. These’ men woul preceded id be implicated in any such tement, ‘Matsheli has denied to me that ve wade an aMdayit repuriating 2 tes- timony he gave at the trial and I be- Meve him, He hag been approached on :five different occasions, by men who tried to persuad® him to swear that he bad pre false testimony at the trial. Ot! og witnesses have been Bnrtin’s Manton, Becker's counsel, aaid to-day that he has two affidavits signed by Marehall in both of which he repudiates his trial testimony. One was made in Philadelphia Saturday afternoon, the other in Mr. Manton’s office in this city bento to-day, ut_he added to it and am- piiti th: atti sage of the bill before March 4 and | Zesterday tically assured an if the President adhe: termination to press the measure. While the Senate was acting, Secre- tary McAdoo was notifying Senator Fletcher that he was preparing all the information on the subject called for in the original resolution. After investigation resolution had been passed Senator Reed hurled & Parliamentary bombshell into the Republican ranks with a motion to table Senator Galli pending mo- tion to refer to thi les Committee the Reed special cloture rule for the Snipping Bill. For a moment the Republicans were thrown into order before they realized that the cloture fight was on again, On an objection, Vice President Marshall sustained Mr. Reed's mo- tion, Senator Lodge appealed, and on @ vote to table the appeal the Admin- istration Democrats were defeated by the ae insurgents voting with the jeans. The House Democratic steam roller on the ship measure has its throttle wide open. The House Democrats wiil feces SMe BS isiabattk ledge Dass the mint nm Sosreniee bill ey ‘The vote ts Sue about 8 o'clock Tuesday night. eee WARBURG DENIES | TALKING SHIP BILL. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Paul M. Warburg of the Federal Reserve Board, whose name has been brought up in the Senate debates, when Sen- ators opposed to thi questioned whether Co., of which he was formerly a mem- ber, were not interested in selling German ships to the Govern day made the following statement ‘tra session tration or Congress, di- indirectly, the purchase or ‘gale of the ships of the Hambui line or any other lin erican Poy) be. “As @ matter of fact, I Toe thades oof ‘ilk hosier; f 7: Biden} x-gpa, dollar you can wear to his de-| wien his asa os complete! de- etroyed, but I have not decided as fet on what couree I shall pursue in Marshall's repudiation ean be of no effect in our appeal to the Court of Appeals, as it is now ar- ht be of use in an 2 ipreme Court Jus- tice for a new trial. Marshall came to New York yester- day. As soon as he reached here he began making affidavits. in the first, given to Assistant Dis- triet Attorney Frederick J. Groebl, he swore he made no affidavit in Philadelphia, Later he mad second affidavit Perkins, admit- tatement in Philadelphia rday, but nying that there was a word in it repudi- uee bis testimony at the Becker trial. s coMM: IN SAW MARSHALL MAKE FIRST AFFIDAVIT. Howard Long, United States Com- missioner in Philadelphia, declares Marshall did make an affidavit re- diating his Becker testimony. Mr. aw Marshall make the 0 of the four pages in the presence of John B, Johnson, representing Becker’s lawyer, Martin T. Manton of New York. Both Mr, Manton and mage and thef have :t safe, and not only that, but repeated the statement Hr erday, only @ short th met Mr. Groeh! and-repudiate thing. -t a na POLICEMEN SET'@ j FOR ATTACK amet a Whalen Weeps as He ‘and ‘hii Are Sentenced to’ Pegis:\1 tentiary. Policemen John F. Whalen and William Austin ‘of the Macdougel Street Station amused thempetvedton ‘New Year's Ev. swirific a DERE in the vestibule of No, 28 * Street, and when “Mrs. “Muteatehd, the crippled janitress, protested) they Jeered and mocked teri” ‘Ber SR Daniel, twenty years o18, teed yee tect his mother and the poll knocked him unconstious. Efforts were -made* to’ perdulde Mallastena to leave town)"ahd ¢Here Was much postponing of! the casé.? District Attorney Perkins’ got ‘an ine dictment and a speedy trial, They Were corivioted of avsaelt tw ce | 4esree. Judge Swann in General Bess sions this mornthg sentenced thet td six months each in the perio They kept up a show of bravadé court, but Whalen broke down ‘and wept as he was being led dway: °°" A week ago Judge Swann declared f0} from the bench that thé two polled: men had used every effort to infitis ence him in their behalf by havin him accosted by friends ‘everywhere he went. ee, at CANADA POSTAL HEAD WEDS: ‘Thomas Chase Casgraih, Postmaster General of the Dominion of ‘Canada, visited the office of City Clerk ,Seully in the Municipal Building to-day ama obtained a license to wed Mrs. Marly Louise Masson, who accompanied The ceremony, he announced, will Performed to-morrow in st. Patrieka Cathedral. ie Mr. Casgrain gave Ottawe as) ais piace of residence and said he jew sixty-two and @ widower.| He: was born in Detroit of Canatiian parentay seabeiel Fe : uy PICONBON FEATHER Tike? $5 to $10 are wNa CEYLON TEA Wi Rone Cols, Wa cad Pa Se HELP WANTED—MAL®, * Pmeres 1 ABatoloh OHAUFFEUR, wanted licensed, tor cattle oO ee baited LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS.’ NDER OATH, A. W. Field, New York's largest Peanut chant, testifies to the immense quantities in which ‘out Purchasing Agent ordered the Peanuts used fections for the month of January, 1915, as 400 Gold Stripe Sill: Stockings Pure silk. Dowdle amount Se.etee oh Paaat at m Te Sie See es 11.00 WORTH FOR 61.00 ‘The genuine have GilaSiaws stamped on too. AS DISTURBERS OF PEACE.