The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1917, Page 1

AL EDITION -: __ PRICE ONE CARN Copyright, 1047, by The Press Co. (The New York W NEW WEATHER—Rain To-Night; Colder, orla, FINAL Circulation Books Open to All,’’ _ YORK, ‘MONDAY, “FEBRUARY 26, 1917. SUNK ON WAY FROM NEW YORK; 12 ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR to Bottom Off Irish Coast—18,099 Ton Ship Biggest Victim of Ruth- less U Boat War. | OTHER OF THAW ~ 278 SAVED FROM CUNARDER ba a FOUR TOWNS ARE GIVEN UP INCOURT PETITION Here to Fighi District Attorney Lunacy Proceedings Brought sari a | ‘in Philadelphia. One Death Reported on Liner Sent |. SEND Al ALIENISTS. Denial Step Is Aimed to Avoid Extradition — Fails to REPUBLICANS 10 BY PRINCE RUPPRECHT WITH soll HARDLY A BLOWIN DEFENSE ss or ce’ FALLS TO BRITISH | Extent of bev oe Ww rman Withdraw JEMOL RATS BACK HIM Senator Simmons ae Ss $500,000,000 Will Be al Convince Swann, to Carry Out PI ae eas ETE \It Is E xpected That the Ger- a: QUEENSTOWN, Fe Cunard Line Steamship Laconia,| PUTLADELPHTA, Feb, tun-} mans Will Defend a New WASHINGTON, Fob, There are Cf 18,099 tony gross, which sai ) New York Feb. 18 for Liverpool, | #¢% Proceedings were Uy rai ae ae Line Already Prepared. nications that a bitter fight will be 4 z i Pieas Court her day to de pease aR | nade on any resolution or bill which y ine of 1 \ ¢ < Ss eetrea long has bee 1 1 ne the sanity of Hurry Kl roxpox. Feb Turk in Full We eat Along} i ye Aaa panece satay are Anot trom the Cunarder, They | Thaw Bein veetgrcitery lane the Tigris With Cavalry equeat of President Wileen for powe ure expected to land al PRO PAnU CHT Ene AUEAS mmis-/ the Marne, with its terrible sacrifice in Pursuit. rry out his policies in conn 1 Wa t H 4 It is state on le returnable the firat week of troops, has just been achieved by —e with Germany's ¢ “a wa authenti ing April. ‘The application was made LY| +44 British—and with practi p , Kut-el-Amara Several Republican Senators de enticu ee Wa pe & . ther througt c LONDON. I W ea ( ih at Queen nother through her COURR@A,| isse5, IYeld Marshal Sir a q e Turks by they did “not want to sian a blank “er ee \ ‘ ¥ the | cata yudee a Mra. ThaW | taig’s men now have Bapaume al- the British for ng to @ check" for the President and p Nown, repor sald i Ly that ne he, Most within thelr The ps statem ade House of Com- dicted a fillbuster for the purpose ¢ ing, ¢ ato! ed by law fr nfirmity, |of the Crown Prince I echt have mor la Andrew 1 Law, f extra jon of Cor ‘ . T been 4 hospital here| abandoned a section it ft ver f British Wa nell a i a 4 re : Tne New Y ( in ifte Tar when att pba sul-| probably six square miles extent The the Tig : iB. 1 ; ‘ my zy shea ne de by ing hi t the i are in ¢ va Ae ‘ N la noon that the 1 5 I Aine We Vaal PS ee | aa by the Germans from {1° | yaeed Pine’ ty, If a resolution granting icans and that there e le I benciitad Acie Mawr wart BA an important strategie | Amara tha cielar ata aul a pr ted Americans in t m ig depa «hin w £ & bos point, 1s now prdicted. For two years) issued 1 1 War Der . lefeated until March 4 ment nv 1 i I ! es British troops have pounded unceas nent T i 1 i 1 : : s,m the 1 Att s n was not 1 1 ' . ! ingly toward this position, Even win hile 1 ums from t 1 aye ¢ siege 1 ‘ f. nt 1 ! ny A i : stg : Ungw | teh’8 snows and frosts ha at 1 ; is M ndon state tha is is iordon had instituted eodings BY ee ' ko ’ } 19j | bet Judge Hallard, in Philadel.| the methodical bombardanent on Gers | ger of M i 1 discrepancy be me ; to have Harry declared| man positions, Bit by bit Haig’s| ary for at ve 1 —and the wd, "| Insane troops have worn away the German| the 1 tur 4th wan: ‘Mie oxy n distrust of the Con the Laconia | many ing tor) ‘The District Attorney was informed! morale and battered the enemy | P%& f th um at Shur gre uid Senator Jones of Wash this 1 that Mr, Gordon had stated the move ont was ind effe igton I do not think we will sin the known loss n ts lea was not @ ruse to defeat extradition, | “ern” Jexploited. Dur following nit y blank check F. Es Gibbons, Chicago, a representative of the Chicago \M wann sald that he did not con: | Ona week age tho: Hritlah: drovelio,; p 1 forward | even among House Dem Tribune, ie this, however, Assistant Dis-| forward northwest of Le Sars and act Ww to giving the President blank’ Mrs. F. EB, Harris, wife of Lieut. Col, Harris, of Fort Dupont, Att Black will leave for| Near Pett Miraumont. At that time} ener ith leveloped within hu fi Delaware. Philadely mor g. and| It was J out that the Germans'| 1 ear nine the 6 Presiden’s departure Arthur P. Kirby, Bainbridge, New York. Bae erasenia pen tenyss chia frewb | ac eck of the Per Rei '; ft the | M ri dt t| British e was such that a re ‘ mi mitted Zs rh i ave di Attorney's Att Mrs, Mary B. Hoy, Chicago - Naw ¥ led in the| treat wa It was not expected | ; t t bers h n Elivabeth Hoy, her daughter. : = * | that the would be ¢ . tt ' ‘ Rey. Jos. Waring, New York City. With Mr. Black in. | Without erate effort by the ; ; Thore were thirty-three first class pa ud forty-two second renee Beal: al vy ot] enemy i hten out the “kink lass, There were no passengers in the steera There were two Swiss | Helievue, Pere De yaa tn the ine put there by the advance ers and one from Ecuador h America I TaNipns tochemital The eon of Feb. Passengers and an ee panera spnanllneseaie Btention of} "Dispatches to-day indicated a with- aa taiiy stares: The arlier in the day District Attorney| 4P@Wal with hardly a blow struck. A wann ar it he and Mr Russel D Br , Henry ¢ BI ‘ PAR Nein with snipers, to harass the advan o 3 ack recelved information the “apt <p *}aramu Chesney, James Lawrie, J. M. I | tute 1 and suid every & would be e esa res Sec) ats " ‘ Jonn H. McCall, John B. Newman, Is Told of S f Big Thaw extradited. Mr,| ment ae Be ciao Pic “ nd 1 % Mt 1, D. O. Reesor 4 w s belief that| " se hala LI I wir are. 3 tobinson, Rev, F. Dunstan Cuna With A el teaaeanipi Pier ert een yy CER on, however, discloses that Pola the pp William J, R : B pnormal.| pritish forces are now within four me : Sargett, Miss Missie Siklosi, Char 1 Thaw doesn't want to come to "4 v ; j ina Gian R. Wood, Mrs. F. G. Gibson, J. Gut WASHIN , & New Y » 1 n Bu of bloody | falting 1 x ‘ substantia rie, H. Grant, E, Yvonne, Tom al that the a , merece Kt ' } . Grant, Master ¢ 1 Grant, Sewall ceeitned 1 i 2, ic one Maid ike 4 r jregory, Dr. B. F. Hawks, Henr “ 3 H. Gregory, Dr A Yl ceived 4 Axe Bvautannt eel egal lineal : Chatham, R. J bing, Edmund wa ‘ t west ‘ An We rei French, Mrs, Mary KE. Hay,|' - ! !T AR A RIG AN S peta: R Hlizabeth Hay, Arthur A, Holland . ' § SA § $0 ses ‘Brings ! Fe ey Serum ti IF CONGRESS SAY rawn his lines i ' valet H , | The Laconia arrived in New Yor $5 564 150, 000 SUBSGRIBED | of Announce That Sailings eu f F from Liverpool with thi ia . Will I ae Bonk 5 ‘ sengers on Fed. M4. An , 10 BRITISH ' “VICTORY” LOAN ; : atevedores worked night and day | G Are Obtained ; coal and load her and she # I | esident Wilson t# authe ‘ ; " , i away from the Cunard dock at XH au ‘ foot of West Thirteenth Street in | ! | o'clock In the a f Fel | 4 ae Being i2 & 8 eat - YARRO EN POTATOES TOO HIGH FOR CITY bere of the ¢ sconin " « YARROWDALE MEN FREE, 5 chored in t Ra alled | wh ately [E OFFICIALLY nEPeATED signed additi the out thre ( Ex er Bonar | of WASH the afterr lay, Feb. U4 1 ho How | \ the twent Rela ui | he Sta I have meant 8 Germany Commanders Ait coms, (Ne Stale Dee y In sinking t Heve Salle for _AMSTERD, ; nt dealt u hard ; Pe tig " ; v for besides re : mercantile % eh teamsh!p Claudio Lapes. Rad money 14 PAGES ‘ARM U. S. SHIPS FOR DEFENSE, WILSON’S DEMAND ON CONGRESS: PRICE ONE CENT. | PRESIDENT ASKS POWER TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY IN PROTECTING COMMERCE “No Recourse,” Said the President, “but Armed Neutrality, Which We Shall Know How to Main- tain and for Which There Is Abundant American Precedent. “I Am Not Now Proposing War or Any Steps That Need Lead to It —War Can Come Only by the Wilful Acts and Aggressions of Others.” WASHINGTON, Feb, 26.—President Wilson to-day appealed to 1 joint session of ¢ ess for permission to arm American merchant nen, to establish an “armed neutrality,” and for full and immediate as r that he may exercise such authority a deems necessary to {I e¢ German-American htion, Thi feclared i friend of peace and means te i is long a is al ing or contemplating war or any said the President. “I merely re- quest that you will accord me by your own vote and definite bestowal the means and the authority to safeguard in prac- “I am not now prop steps that need lead to it,” tice the right of a great people who are at peace and who are desirous of exercising none but the rights of peace to follow the purusits of peace in quietness and good will—rights recognized time out of mind by all the civilized nations of the world. No course of my choosing or of theirs will lead to war. War can come only by the willful acts and aggressions of others. “Since it has unhappily proved impossible to safeguard our neutral rights by diplomatic means against the unwar- ranted infringements they are suffering at the hands of Ger- many, there may be no recourse but to armed neutrality, which we shall know how to maintain, and for which there is abundant American precedent.” NO OVERT ACT YET, BUT Ge tsed rather than Ie et it mu ——EE nl i “I feel,” that fact, said the President, “that | ought, in view of to obtain from you full and immediate assurance of the authority which I may need at any moment to exer- cise. No doubt I already possess that authority without spe- cial warrant of law, by the plain implication of my Constitu- tional duties and powers, but I prefer in the present circum- I wish to feel that the authority and the power of the Congress are behind stances not to act upon general implications. me in whatever it may become necessary for me to do. We must de- fend our commerce and the lives of our people in the midst of the present trying circumstances with discretion, but with clear and steadfast purpose. “No one doubts what it is our duty to do, “L request also that you will grant me at the same time, along with the powers | ask, a sufficient credit to enable me to provide adequate means of protection where they are lacking, including adequate insurance against the present war risks. “We are speaking of no selfish material rights but of rights which our hearts support. | cannot imagine any man