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PRESIDENT OFF

ON INVASION OF

MIDDLE WEST

Fietident, with Wife, Attaches and

Newspaper Men in Three Spe

cial Cars, Leaves on Cam

paign for Defense.

C 3KES TO CONVINCE DOUBTFUL

Told Opposition to Bigger Army and

Navy Centers in the Central

States.

T STOP IS AT PITTSBURGH

WASHINGTON'. Jan. 28. I'losi

clent Wilson left Washington tonight

for a speaking tour In the middle

west, In advocacy of his preparedness

program. He ha been told that

most of the opposition to army and

nay Increases Is centered in that

section of the rountry, and believes

that the success of his defense plans

depends In large measure on the im

pression he makes. He will remain

away from ashinRton until Kr-ru-

ry 4 .

ri In lHlinruli.

The first address will be in

l.urgh, tomorrow afternoon.

l"tts-

After i

ihnt h will go to Cleveland. Mil

vnukce, Chicago, Pes Moines, To-1

peka, Kansas City und St. Louis,

making brief platform spewh"g en-

rout at. Wankegan, 111.; Kenosha,

Wis.; Wftflne, Wis.; Davenport, la.:

Iowa City, la.; Orlnnell la.; New

ton, la.: Lawrence, Kan., and East

St. Louis. Tomorrow night he will

peak. In Cleveland, where ho will

remain over sunaay. )

Throughout the trip he will avoid

banquets and other entertainments.

but on Wednesday, he will have

lunch with Governor and Mrs. Cap

per lu Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Wilson,

who will accompany the president,

will be met at all stops by eominit

lees of women. .

Three piM-lal tars.

The president and Mrs. Wilson wllj

travel on a special car attached to

regular trains. Two other special

cars, one for secret service men and

members of the White. House staff,

ind another fpr newspaper men will

be attached.

Booty Captured-in

.Serbia is Presented

; to the. Bulgarians

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BERLIN (Via London), Jan. SS. Em

peror "William has presented to the Bul

garian's all war materials captured by

German troops in Serbia, according to an

Interview with the former Bulgarian minister-to

Italy, II. Riow,""'irmted in the

Duaaeldorf General Anselger.

M. Rlsow a aid the booty compiaed more

than thirty cannon, numerous machine

guns.vtens of thousands of rifles, quan

tities pf ammunition. ITS baggage and

hospital wagons, and sanitary material.

valued In all at "probably SO.000.000 to

40.000A) marks."

Raymond Dodds,

.Mulatto Eloper,

Given Freedom

SALT I.AKi: CITY. Utah. Jan. 2S.

r.a mond lodd3, the mulatto chauffeur,

rlii eh pel ' here from Han Diego, Cal.,

v'.th'Mrs Van Lee llocd last week, was

;i ehirif'd' from rustcdy by the police

lit night after the federal authorities

iinouiic"d that they' did not dealre to

p f.secute h:m. A fait 1-ake attorney,

v. hi s.iys lie v as re'cln-wl by telegraph

b - a frlerd of Mr.i. Hood at Ban Diego,

tad nbtclmd a writ of habeas corpus

for Podds' rejrsso, but 'iVdds bad been

err at llbertybefoie the writ arrived at

the police siaiion.

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WILSON APPOINTS

LOUIS D. BRANDEIS

TO SUPREME COURT

Boston Lawyer Named by President

to Succeed Late Justice Lamar

on Federal Tribunal.

FIRST" JEW TO BE CHOSEN

Prominent Last Few Years in Move

ment for Social and Indus

trial Uplift.

COUNSEL FOR PINCHOT FORCES

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S. Presi

dent Wilson today selected Louis D.

Brandels of Boston to be associate

Justice of the Bupreme court to suc

ceed the late Justice Lamar.

Mr. Brandels nomination went to

the senate today. It was a surprise

everywhere in official circles. Mr.

Brandels had not even been men

tioned for the vacancy.

Mr. Rrnn1rls I a lawyer who linn been

much In public life diirlna the last three

years, not only In leaal work, but In va

rious nioveme it for soi lnl betterment.

He Is a Kentuckinn by birth and 1 t)

years old. He Km born nnd educated In

LotilMllle and l.ittr nt Harvard unlver

flty. and In !'" bcfa'i prnctli-lnn law In

Uoston.

He came ino.t iir.tahly before the pnli-

,1c

n a nullouil figure six years sko

tlirot.ph his pariielnatlon in the celebrated

Paiiinger-pinchot investigation

In con-

Kiess, tn which v was counsel for the

forces which wcie opposed to Secretary

RnllinKer and sought hi removal from

office. Later h.: va ic n"c for tiie

shippers who rii,nnd the ye eral In

cresset in frelyh: rntos before the Inter

state Conimerj'S commission, and during

I the same period l.e'wua at the forefront

of those who were demanding an Invesil

C.ation of the financial aflalra of the New

Haven railroad. ,

He appeared an counsel for those who

fought for the volidlty of working men's

hours of labor law In Oregon. Illinois and

Ohio. He was In 1M0 chairman of the

hoard of arbitration which settled the

ew Tork garment makers' strike. He

has written largely and is regarded M

an authority on public franchises, life

Incn ranee, wage earners' Insurance, sclen

tl.fle management, labor problems and the

trust question. lie also has been at the

rrrefront of the Zionist movement in the

United States and will bo the first Jew

to sit on the bench of the supreme court.

At the beginning of President Wilson's

administration Mr. Brandels was expeettd

to get a place In the cabinet. Many of

the administration loaders expected him

to be appointed attomey-g-wneral.

Wfl ln VVmiln lv fl Iffy '"I

Allies Behave, by

Trade Boycott

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-"lf the allies

decline to yield to reason we must cease

trailing with them," de-lared Senator

Walah, democrat of Montana, to the sen

ate today; assailing Great Britain's Inter

ference with neutral commerce of the

United States.

"If a fixed determination tn goad this

nation Into retaliatory measure or to cry

coercion were entertained by the allied

powers It would find quite fitting expres

sion In the course of conduct of which

our government has so respectfully hut

so forcefully and Justly complained."

Henator AV'alsh discussed particularly

the seizure and censoring of United

States malls, and In that connection read

a portion of a confidential circular of in

structions issued to British censors. The

paragraphs he read are as-lollows:

"Particulars are to be extracted from

appropriate correspondence and submitted

on Index cards of all direct shipments to

shipments from neutral to neutral, in

cluding shipments on true bills of lading,

whether actual or pending, of the fol

lowing commodities, vii: Cocoa, cotton,

cotton yarn, waate and thread, fuel oils

and lubricating oils, hides, skins and

leather, maize, metals and ores of all

kinds, nitrates, oil cakes, including poo-

nee, packers' products (meat, -bacon, lard.

Jus, oleo or any edible animal fats); rcsln

tanning extracts, wool, and such other

articles a may be added from time to

time."

Omaha Baker to Talk

On Mixed Flour Bill

(From a Staff Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (Special Tele

gram.) Jay Burns, head of the Hol

sum" bread company of Omaha, was In

formed today by Representative Lobeck

that the ways and means committee of

the house would hear him on "Friday,

February 4, on the Rainy mixed flour

bill. Mr. Lobeck also advised the Holm

qulst Orain company and the Blanchard-

Nishwonger company that the ways and

means committee would give two days

to hearings on the Rainy bill, which is

attracting the attention of gralnmne,

millers and bakers throughout the coun

try. The executive committee of the Ne

braska association has decided to hold

the winter meeting of the association at

tho Hotel IUlelgh, Friday, February 11.

J. M. Welch, auditor of the M. E. Smith

company of Omaha, was shown through

tbo capitol and the city today by Con

gressman Lobeck.

Carranza Says Peace in Mexico

Will Results

EL) PASO. Tex., Jan. 18. Gen

eral Carranza, in a recent address at

Celaya, state of Guanajuato, de

clared that the triumph of bla cause

In Mexico would react in world

peace, according to advices received

here today from Mexico City.

"The constitutionalist revolution

Is triumphing in Mexico," he said.

KIT CHIN WAGES

OPEN WARFARE

ON PRESIDENT

North Carolina Leader Serves No

tice Big Group of Democrats

Will Fight Wilson's In

dustry Tax Plan.

HAS SPEAKER CLARK'S BACKING

Revenue Must Come from Surtaxes

and Levy on Muni

tions. DEMANDS STAMP TAX REPEAL

(From a Staff Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (Spe

cial Telegram.) A bitter struggle

between the Wilson administration

and the democratic leadersh ip In

congress over the manner of raising

revenue to give effect to President

Wilson's national defense bill Is fore

shadowed In a statement made public

today by Representative Kitchin of

North Carolina, the democratic

leader, in his fight against the pres

ident's proposal that moneys for de

fense shall be raised by stamp taxes

and Imposts on gasoline, iron and

steel tpoducts and a -lew other ar

ticles. Mr. Kitchin will have at his

back Speaker Clark and other Influ

ential party leaders,

Unless the president yields, the

fight over revenues will be pro

longed, with the probability that the

defense bills will be dragged down

to defeat In the melee.

The differences between the president

and a considerable clement of the demo

crats In the house, for whom Leader

Kitchin speaks, are clear and iharply do

fined. For Levy on Monitions.

In hla statement, given out today, Mr.

Kitchin, speaking as the chalrmun of the

ways and mean committee, which orig

inates revenue legislation, expressed the

"Pinion that funds for defense should be

raised by an Increase In, the surtaxes of

the Income tax law a,i da levy on muni

tions of war.

Ho declared without euulvacllon that

tho house would not re-enact tho stamp

features of tho war act, aa specifically

recommended by "lho president. Mr.

Kitchin declared further that the ex

emption of tho Income tax, now fixed at

S4,oiio for married men and 81,000 for sin

gle men, would not be lowered, aa recom

mended by President Wilson.

Leader Kltchln'a reply to the president.

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ajagayat AteJWray-anl iwn. fAmnutttee

Is a follows

"As chairman of ti e ways and means

eommlttee I am convinced that It is Im

possible to frame any revenue measure

and pass It through tho house that does

not place all appropriations for the In

crease of the army and the navy on tho

Income tax basis, and the exemption will

tot be lowered.

Repeal tor Stamp Taxes,

"I am convinced that we cannot put

through any revenue bill without prac

tically repealing all the stamp taxes of

the present emergency act. Undoubtedly

war munitions will be taxed also."

A good deal of significance Is attached

to the fact that this statement Is In

harmony with a formal announcement on

the question of revenues made public yes

terday by Spcuker Clurk. In that an

nouncement Mr. Clark said be was up

posed to stamp taxea of any kind, and

that he favored Increases In the surtaxes

of the Income tax law and a levy on

munitions aa the best way of obtaining?

funds for defense.

Today Speaker Clark, Mr. Kitchin and

other house leadens had a long conference

In which the revenue situation was dis

cussed at length, and an - agreement

reached that a fight should be made for

a revenue bill along the lines Indicated

in Mr. Kltchln'a statement.

Tax to Hit Wealth.

It may be stated upon authority that

Mr. Kitchin haa come to the conclusion

that tho plan of taxing- "wealth" as out

lined in bis statement, as against taxing

"Industry" aa recommended by the presl

aent, was reached as a result of ex

pressions made to him by approximately

seventy-five democrats of tho house. This

notice was to the effect that unless the

additional revenues needed for prepared

nesa were gained through the medium of

the Income tax, war munitions, and pos

slble an inheritance i:f. they would fight

the national defense and the needed tax

ing bill tooth and nail.

lth this notice before him, coupled

with Inquiries made on his ow naccount,

3Sr. Kitchin decided that the administra

tion revenue plan could not be put through

tUo house.

U. S. Asks Austria

Again About Persia

WASHINGTON, Jan. !8.-The United

States has addressed another inquiry to

Austria asking If any of Its submarine

commanders have knowledge of the

destruction of the British liner Persia. A

statement that they had none, reported

to have been handed to Ambassador Pen

field several days ago never haa been re

ceived here.

World- Wide Peace

"It haa not only brought peace to

Mexico, but haa shown the way to

Latin-America, and laid the fonnda

tlon for peace and reformation of the

world."

Continuing. General Carranza re

ferred to General Alvaro Obregon as

the conqueror of a despotic reactionary

MONTENEGRIN MOUNTAIN BATTERY Active guerilla warfare is being waged by the

Montenegrin troops on their retreat southward, and particularly in the Tarabosch moun

tains, west of Scutari.

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DEMANDS CHANGES

IN MUNITIONS ACT

British Labor Conference Wants Re

vision that Will Prevent Law

Being Used on Workers.

STANDS BY COALITION CABINET

blllSTOL, Jan. 2 8. The labor

conference adopted by a show of

hands, with one dissenting vote, a

resolution brought forward by the

Independent labor party demanding

drastic revision of the munitions act

with a view to preventing "tho pre

text of the war being used for greater

coercion und subjection of labor."

The conference adopted another resolu

tion proposed by Harry Uoslln. aa fol

lows 1

"This conference. In view of tho un

precedented situation that exists,' ex

presses tho apinlnnn that the beat Inter

ests of the nation would be served by ho

moor parry representation remaining lu

the coiUltion government."

The ard vote for tho resolution., was

1,622,000. against 495.000.

W IS. Cross, seconding t!:e resolution,

draw attention to what he said was tlio

danger of a schism in the labor move

ment. He hoped that a united vote for

the resolution woutd do much to prevent

that.

Scale Committee

Recommends Raise '

In Miners' Wages

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. M.-The

scale committee of the miners convention

late today reported, recommending an

Increase In wages for the soft coal min

ers at 10 per cent; an Increase of 10 pur

cent for all dead work. Twenty per cent

for day labor and also approved the 20

per cent Increase and demands made by

the anthracite miners. The soft coal In

crease Is asked on anlne run basis.

Attempts to amend ? report of tho

scale committee were defeated and the

report was adopted as presented.

BADGER'S COMMISSION

AT ARLINGTON SIGNED

(From a Staff Correspondent ). . . ,

WASHINGTON, Jaiv W.-(Fperlal Tele

gram.) President Wilson late this after

noon signed the commission of J. C.

Badger to be postmaster at Arlington,

Neb.

The following were nominated to be

postmasters In Nebraska today: Ceorge

C. Fox,.raysrd; Icls II. leaver. Cody;

Grover C. Hoback, Nehawka; August

Dlrkenmnn, Talmnge; II. V. WMson,

Geneva.

WIFE OF BISHOP J. C.

HARTZELL IS DEAD

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 28

Mrs Jennie C. Hartsell, wife of Bishop

Joseph C. Hartsell, of the Methodist

Episcopal church, died here Thursday,

following an apopletic stroke. She was

here visiting her son. Bishop Hartsell Is

a missionary bishop

In New York qity.

with headquarters

Preparedness

For the merchant

means not only car

rying the goods the

customer wants, but

also letting every

possible customer

know that the goods

are awaiting him at

attractive prices.

This means use of

newspaper advertis

ing space.

The Bee will do the

business.

BaaiwiJwuvfci .'aVsi..!.'- -k,WMka.v.

DELEGATION URGES

MONEY F0R RIYER

Entire Nebraska Membership Ap

pears Before Rivers and Har

bors Meeting to Boost.

TRIPS OF JULIA ARE DESCRIBED

From a Htaff Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (Spe

cial Telegram.) Through th ef

forts of Representative Sloan sec

onded by the activity of Representa

tive Lobeck, the entire house dele

gation from Nebraska, was present

ut the riverg and harbors meeting

this morning to put In as good

"licks" as possible for an appro

priation of f7G,UU for snagging In

the Missouri river from ansKas city

to Sloux City. ' '

In a short Introductory slatoinent Mr.

Lotwek said that the merchants of

OamnarUad become onvlbcrdthi" water

transportation on the , Missouri was

entirely feasible and desirable.. It told

of the operation of the steamboat "Julia"

between Omaha and Decatur and so satis

factory waa th service that th toa.tur

business men had decided to build a large

and more cfflolent craft than th "Julia"

Sut transportation purpose.

Mr. Lobeck stated ho had tried to get

the use of government flat boata tied up

at the wharf In Bloux City for tho pur

Ioes ot moving grain and produce to

market, but had boon Informed that It

was not the policy of the government to

loan boats for private- purposes.

llepresentative Beavls spoke of condi

tions in his district and said four coun

ties In the First district were without

rail communication, with, the exception

or Nebraska City and I'lattsmouth. Ho

said the necessity for river transportation

was paramount and he believed the de

velopment of the Missouri was a step In

the right direction.

Congressman Stephens told of th op

erations of the "Julia" between Omaha

and Decatur and was unreservedly In

favor of th appropriation.

Mr. Bloan, although Instrumental In

getting tli member of th delegation

together, contented himself with a few

general observations,' leaving the par

ticular features of th. desired legislation

to his colleagues who' lived directly, on

the banks of the Missouri. . '

; Mr, Loberk, asked about th shipments

on the "Julia" during the summer, said

he would secure full data from the Com

mercial rlub and ' file It ' with the s com

mittee. '

Four Explosions, in '

Duoont Powder Plant

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. M -There were

four explosions In rapid succession at the

Carney's Point, N. J., plant of the Dupont

Powdi r company early tonight and It Is

reported that five mills are burning. ' De

tails are lacking and it la not yet known

whether there was any toss of life.

It was reported that six workmen were

Injured, three seriously. The accident

was in' the nature of "flares," the csuse

! has not hen ascertained.

Large Detroit Drug

Store is Destroyed

DKTROIT. Jan. .Flr In the drug

store of K. C, Kinael In the downtown

d'strlct today, caused $100,000 damage.

8Ix firemen .were overcome by amok

and several women fainted In th crush

of spectators.

Insanity Expert Who H as Himself

Interned in Hospital Wants Out

CHICAGO. Jan. Dr. Luther E.

Widen, noted aa a psychologist and ex

pert on Insanity, alleged In an applica

tion lor a writ of habeaa corpus yester-

sVlay. that h is being held at tn Psyoo-

pathlo' hospital and Is threatened with

being aent to the Elgin asylum for th

insane.

Dr. Widen several years ago, waa com

missioned by th University of Iowa, It Is

aid. to aeeoirpany one of th Btefane-

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STAHL IDENTIFIES

BANOOBBERS

Five Men Who Took Fifteen Thous

and 'from South Side Bank

Are Under Aire it.

FAST OF LOOT IS RECOVERED

CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 28,Identt

firallon of Kddie Mark and four men

arrested last night as the robbers

who raided the Washington Park Na

tional bank yesterday and stole

116,000 was made today by J. Oar

laud Stahl, vine president of . the

bank, according to Captain Nicholas

Hunt, chief of Chicago detectives.

The prisoners were confronted by

Btahl In the officee of Maclay lioyne,

states attorney. - BtanI, who we

formerly ptanager ot the Boston

American Has Ball club, faced two

ievelver in-ihe-andr tt one of-toe

rubbers yesterday. lie waa positive

la his Identification. Alack. la said

by the police to bave a long record

aa a pickpocket.

Ijrt of ,Mit Keseaieal.

! Much of the til.r0 taken by five rob

ber from th bank, was roovred today

by the police. The polio raided rooms

recently rented In a west aid apartment

building and arrested flv men and three

Women. While theji were breaking down

the door a newsboy In th street oulsid

4IW a pasteboard box fall at his feet.

He kicked It, and ten and twenty-dollar

bills flew out over th sidewalk. Th

detectives appeared with their prisoners

and took charge of th box of money.

It totaled 17,81)0, and many of th bill

were identified by the cashier of th

bank. -'

Captain Hunt said that h was fairly

certain the five men who robbed th

bank had been captured.

Yuma Again Alarmed

By Rumors of Flood

TUMA, Arts., Jan. JS. Alarming reports

from Phoenix regarding Another lis In

the Bait and Uila rivers In that section

has trown Yuma Into excitement almost

equalling that. of last. Saturday. when th

levee broke and flooded the city. Th

river Tempo 1s now wlthln-'elght feet of

the highest mark last week and la still

rising. . -

' A stream .of -water five and one-half

feet deep Is pouring over th diversion

.dam aad the volume la Increasing. The

fllla had risen eighteen inches today. Th

saturated condition of the ground In this

section. It la considered, readers the sit

uation dangerous. L'roUen levcss have

been only partly repaired,

Five hundred freight cars are held up

between. Yuma and. India and ,1,800 be

tween El Paso and Indlo by washouts.

Aeroplanes. Bombard

Town of Freiburg

BERLIN. Jan. 28.-(By Wireless to Say.

vllle.) Freiburg waa bombarded at 10

o'clock last night by two hostile aero

planes which dropped flv bombs on the

town, according to reports received and

given out here by the Overseas News

sgency. There were no rasualtle.

Some damage waa caused, the extent of

which is not stated In the reports so far

to hand.

The city theater, because of the cele

bration attending th emperora birthday,

was crowded but the audlenoe remained

calmly Inaide the building until th raid

wa over.

son polar expeditions to study th psy

chology of th blond Eskimos discovered

by Stefanssoa.

It 1 said that Dr. Mlden had himself

Interned at th hospital under an as

sumed nam th mor closely to study

th patients.

He allege that h waa suddenly elsd,

placed In a padded cell. Despit thl as

sertion, h communicated with a friend

who obtain a lawyer far him.

CHANGES 111 SEA

LAW SUGGESTED

BY AMERICANS

Belligerents Asked to Make Agree

ment to Square Submarine

Warfare Principle! of

Humanity.

FIVE PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED

Under Changed Condition! It ii

Held that Merchant Ships

Should Be Unarmed.

SHOULD BE CALLED CRUISERS

RtM.KTIN.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. The

Italian liners America and Verona

will be permitted to aatl from New

York If the Italian government give

assurances, as It did In the case of

the Gulseppe Verdi, that their guns

will be used only for defensive pur

poses. WASHINGTON, U. C, Jan. 28.

The United States, in asking all

Huropean belligerents to make a gen

et al agreement to square tholr sub

marine warfare with the principles

of humanity and International law,

ha taken the position that under

changed conditions of naval warfare

merchant ships should carry no

aimament whatever.

All the powers hare been notified

teat unless they subscribe to such

principles armed merchantmen will

be denied entry to American porta

except under the conditions which

apply to warships.

Such a proposal, now in the hands

of the belligerent governments, hss

been transmitted In a note which is

substantially aa follows:

"It Is aasumad that all of th govern

ment addressed are equally desirous of

protecting their own subjects and cltt

sena, who ar non-combatants, from th

ha sards of submarine warfar.

"Realising the appalling loss of life

of non-combatant which rasulta from

th destruction of a merchant vessel

without removing passengers and ers

to places of aafcty, which is held to be

vtolatlv of th principles of humanity

and International law, th United State

at the same Unit doe not feel that a

belligerent should be deprived ef the

right to use submarine (a view of the

usetvilnea- whli;h thy hav developed.

"That a formula may be found Com

pletely within th rule of International

law and of humanity which will require

In .It adoption only a trifling Chang In

th practices which hav obtained In tho

past and before th war, which formula

would be just and fair to all belligerents,

It to proposed that:

Klrst, a nonoombatant has th right to

traverse the high seas la a merchant

ship sntltled to fir a belligerent flag and

rely upon-the rule of International law

nil the prlnnlplea of humanity If the

vassal la approached by a belligerent war

vessel.

Heoond, a merchant vessel of any na

tionality ahould not b subjected to at

tack until the belligerent warship has

warned It to atop. t

Third, any bellUerent-owned merchant

vessel ahould promptly obey anv order

from a belligerent warship to stop.

Fourth, no auch merchant veael should

be fired on unless It trie to fie or to

resist by force, and even In eurh rases

any attack upon It by th warahln must

stop aa soon as th flight or resistance

cesses.

Fifth, only In case It should be Impos

sible for military reasons for th war

ship to supply a prise crew or to con

vey th merchant ship into port will It

be justified in sinking such merchant

man, and in that rase passenger n,

crew must b removed to a plao . of

safsty.

iuaititts i waint t nasji

Th Stat department la fully appre

ciative of th obstacle wbioh th adop

tion of these rule would place In the war

of th operation ot the submarines be

cause of their structural weakness. B

for th present war maritime warfar

on th high seas always haa been con

ducted by battleship or cruise ra carry

ing heavy guns. It la true that merchant

men were permitted to carry defensive

armament, but thes wer light compared

with th warship and did not change

their nature a merchant vessel. This

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The Day's War Neiss

MORE THAN HALF A MILLION

casaaltte biT b.ts aaffereg y

th British fores so far la the

war. Th official f 1st ares alvtaa

the total ap Jmrnmrnry 9, ana4e

pablle today, plaeed at o-te,4eT,

the aamber be I as; mads ap at

24,12 officers aad S3B.S4K aaaa.

Al'BTRIANS AND BLLOARIANf ap

pear to be attcaaptlaa ta sttrrsa

Albania. ' Little effertlra apposi

tion Is apparsat. Th entente

poners seem (a be placing; rcllaaec

on Kaand Paaha to hold tha forcaa

of th Toatonle allies la cheek.

The Oreekoi are said t bo rala

forelaa their detachments at tha

Albaalaa border points.

BRITISH LAHOH C ONFERENCE, af

ter yesterday adoptlas resolatloas

aaalnst eompnlalon, bnt declining

ta eoantennneo agitation for th

repeal af tha military ssrvl mea

sure last th aoTerawent ho am

barrasasd la Its proaeeattoa of the

war, today placed Itself on rcoerd

for revision of the monitions aet.

PSEIIM ABLY IN FIRT1IER effort

to seek ' oat hostile aamhasdao

base la th MedUerraasoa, tho

French hare ocenpled tho town of

Aatlphllo, eppoetto fastalaaliaa. on

th Asia Miner coast.