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.WILSON ilYES TWNlHT TO
6ERMAN SITUATION
PS AND VISITS SHIPS
Action of Gorman Submarine in Case
of American Ship Normandy Be*
minds Officials That in Practice
Our Hast Note is Not Being Vlo*
lated by Submarine Commanders.
The first official announcement of
President Wilson’s immediate plans
for dealing with the situation that
has arisen between Germany and the
United States came Tuesday night, in
a telegram from Cornish, N. H., to
Secretary Tumulty, stating that the
president would return to Washing
ton soon to lay the entire subject be
fore the cabinet. The message Indi
cated that the president had arrived
at no decision as to the American
policy. A White House statement
said:
“Referring to statements appear
ing in certain morning papers in ref
erence to the president’s attitude to
wards the German reply, Secretary
Tumulty this afternoon gave out the
following telegram which he had re
ceived from the president:
“ ‘Please say that from the mo
ment of .the, aifival of the official
text of the German note I have given
the matter the closest, attention, keep
ing constantly in touch with the sec
retary of state and with every source
that would throw any light on the
situation: that so soon as the secre
tary of state and I have both materi
ally considered the situation I shall
o to Washington to get into personal
nference with him and with the
cabinet, and that there will be as
prompt an announcement as possible
of the purposes of the government.' ’’
The state- ent set at rest reports
that the president already had made
up his mind on the German reply,
and that he did not view the situation
as seriously as did high officials In
Washington. Word from the presi
dent was sought by officials here, it
is understood, as a result of the
spread of varying interpretations of
reports from Cornish of the execu
tive's intentions. . _
Official circles continued to con
sider thA situation as grave. Secre
tary Lansing i.nd other members of
the cabinet who are here hold this
view, but are giving no intimations
of how the problem should be dealt
with.
The statement from the White
House made it apparent that the pres
ident has definitely abandoned the
idea of summoning Mr. Lansing to
the summer capital. The program
conforms to the secretary’s desire to
study the problem carefully before
exchanging views with the president.
It is assured, however, that Mr. Wil
son will return to Washington last of
the week, and that ‘be subject will
be laid before the cabinet next Tues
day.
Ho far as ran be gathered, the
president will find his advisers prac
tically unanimous ,n the belief that
the crucial point in the correspond
ence with Germany over submarine
warfare has arrived, and that if the
American government is not to re
cede from its previously announced
position the next note most convey
more or less pointedly the purpose
of the United States in the event of
further violntions of American rights.
The general view in official quar
ters is that irrespective of what
course should be followed in the
Lusitania case, a statement of the
purpose of the United States to assert
its rights notwithstanding Germany's
inhibitions on the use of belligerent
ships by Americans seems most likely
to be made in the next note. That
such action would not necessarily
lead to a* rupture in relations is gen
erally recognixed, unless an overt act
or flagrant violation of the princi
ples for which the United States has
been contending should ensue.
Officials point out that while the
German reply does not give any ex
plicit assurances on the subject, the
actual practice of German submarine
commanders in the last two months
has been to visit neutral ships and to
give warning to belligerent merchant
men t, thus enabling crews to be
transferred to boats in case destruc
tion of a vessel as a prize is deter
mined upon. Consul General'Wash
ington, at Liverpool, reported such
an instance.
The American ship Normandy was
approached by a German submarine,
.whose commander examined the
ship's papers, and allowed her to pro-
ceed, notwithstanding that the ves
sel carried a cargo of lumber, which
is on the German contraband list.
The Normandy’s crew later rescued
three Americans who were aboard
the Russian ship Leo, which was
sunk.
This and other instances in the
last two weeks are regarded as evi
dence of the fact that the German
submarine commanders probably
have instructions to torpedo no ships
without warning. The view in offi
cial quarters, therefore, is that if
the present policy of the German
submarine commanders is continued
the next note > of the United States
will not necessarily lead to a break
between the two countries.
SMILE ON CARRANZA’S CLAIMS
State Department Says Recognition
Prospects are Bright.
* It was admitted at the state de
partment at Washington Friday that
prospects for the recognition of Car
ranza by the United States govern
ment are very bright. The only thing
that will tend to prevent this win be
a deeisitd victory by the Villa taction,
which recently loft, control of the
capital.
Drop 7SMM Bales. 7* . \
V* ^
Cotton manufacture, showed in
creased activity in June, taking 68,-
655 more bales of cotton than in
June last year, and 17,000 bales more
than 4n May last, the total being 1V
900 bales, the ceno a bureau an
nounced Wednesday.
During the 11-month period ending
with June, however, cotton manufac
ture was 77,000 bales less than in the
corresponding period a year ago. In
all, 5,100,722 bales %ere used against
6,177,745 in 1916.
Cotton spindles active during June
were 31,220,592 compared with 30,-
948,048 last year. , .
Linters used during June were
64,683 bales, against 20,993 last
year; held in manufacturing estab
lishments 195,149 bales against 88,-
883 last year, held in independent
warehouses 106,029 bnlcc against
35,808 last year, and exported 13,-
065 bales
Cotton on hand June 30 in manu
facturing establishments was 1,622,-
499 bales compared with 1,156,599
last year and in independent ware
houses 2;085,347 compared with 63,-
487 last year.
Warehouses • and manufacturing
establishments together held 3,707,--
846 bales on June 30 against 1,787,-~
086 bales a year ago. .
Imports were 39,129,' equivalent
500 pound bales compared with 49,-
010 list year.
Exports in June were 294,391 run
ning oales, Including linters, com
pared with 295,678 last year. Ex
ports during June were only 1,187
bales less than in June last year, not
withstanding the effect of the Euro
pean war. In the 11 months the ex
ports were only 763,288 bales less
than the previous year, the total
reaching 8,271,302 bales against 9,-
024,590 last year.
TURKS LOST GROUND
FIFTY’MILE MOTOR BOATS
ARE TO ROUT SUBMARINES
Allied Plan for Thirty-Foot Craft to
Mbftnt Guns and Outrun
Anything Built.
The C. C. Smith Boat and Engine
Company, New York, announced
Thursday that it had been asked by
the British, French, and Russian gov-
ernmenta to submit estimates for the
construction of powerful motor speed
boats, of sufficient strength to per
mit the mounting of two or more
light guns, the boats tp be used, it is
understood. In running down German
submarines in the waters around
England and France anl in the Bal
tic. The British government, it is
understood, wants s fleet of at least
one hundred of these craft, while the
Russians, it is said, w*nt thirty or
forty. The number wanted by France
is not known.
The boa’ proposed is to be thirty
feet long and seven feet beam, guar
anteed to make fifty miles an hour.
It will be easy to navigate and even
when traveling at great speed will be
able to turn sharply. Ths Smith
factory is in Canada, near Detroit, on
(he St. Clair River, and so no pos
sible violation of American neutrali
ty is involved.
The motive power of the boats will
be furnished by twin engines, each of
two hundred and fifty horse power,
and the guns will be mounted one on
each side juftt forward of the driving
gear. Each bout can carry, if neces
sary, fuel and supplies sufficient to
last several days, although it is con
templated that this will not be need
ed as, owing to the speed of the
boats, they can make port whenever
necessary. Furthermore, they can
be equipped with light wireless sets.
Each boat will displace about four
tons.
British Authorities Appear Satiated
With Progress Made Against Con
stantinople—Teuton Rush From
North Against Polish Capital Be
gins With Success. ^
Further Teutonic advances are re
ported Friday in Poland, north of
Warsaw, the German official state
ment recording progress sodtheast of
Kolno and south of Prznsnasz, where
their troops are reported “fighting
victoriously.” The latest Russian
statement declares German attacks
in that region were repulsed.
App: rently abandoning for the
time their attempt to outflank War
saw from ''the south, the Germans,
probably under Field Marshal von
Hindenberg, who is<reported to have
said a few days ago that he shortly
would*Hf8tonish the world, have re
newed their attack on the Polish cap
ital from the north. I \
They not only have captured many
prisoners south of Kotnd, according
to Berlin, but have occupied Przas-
nysz. a fortified town fifty miles
north of Warsaw, which was taken
by von Hindenberg last winter, but
retaken by the Russians in their
counter offensive. This claim is part
ly confirmed by the Riissian official
report, which stated that the Rus
sians, in the face of strong German
forces, withdrew to their second line
of entrenchments.
This move on the part of the Ger
mans has taken the military critics
completely by surprise. It was gen
erally supposed that Gen. von Mack-
ensen would, after being strengthen
ed, continue his attempt to reach the
Lublln-Cholm railway, forcing the
evacuation of Warsaw. But, as in ail
their operations, the Germans have
done the unexpected.
The new offinslve probably will be
general and extend from the Baltic
around the East Prussian border to
the Vistula, west of Warsaw, for all
the Russian troops In thin section
must be kept busy to prevent them
from concentratng at the point where
the Germans hope to break through.
Ths is the second time Field Marshal
von Hindenberg has tried this. His
last effort very nearly Involved the
Germans in disaster owing to the
mnddy ground. Now, however, there
are only bad roads, or lack of roads,
to contend with, but it Is possible
that the Germans have built railroads
to their northern front, as they have
done in Central Poland.
HuceeM Against Turks.
lx>ndon reports that. confirmation
was received Thursday night from
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton of the success
which the allies were reported to
have achieved on the Gallipoli pen
insula. According to this report two
lines of Turkish trenches and four
hundred prisoner* were captured
The Turks, however, cl^lm to have
repulsed the allies' attacks.
British military authorities express
satisfaction with tho slow progress
against the Turks, relying on break
ing their morale and on the exhaus
tion of their ammunition supply.
Germany's eagerness to have Ruma
nla allow the passage of ammunition
through that country to Turkey is
taken to mean that the supply is
running short.
Two strongly held Turkish lines
defending the Dardanelles have been
captured by. the Anglo-French forces
on the Gallipoli peninsula, said an
announremont Thursday evening by
the British official press bureau.
MANNING ISSUES PAROLES
Follows Recommendation of State
Board of Pardons.
Gov. Manning Wednesday morning
paroled William Miiwee Cook, white,
25 years of age, during good be
havior. On January 15, 1915, in the
court of general sessions for Richland
county, Cook pleaded guilty to the
charge of breach of trust with frau
dulent intent.
He was indicted for defalcation
from the Columbia Mills company,
while in its employ n Columbia as
paymaster. John S. Wilson, the pre
siding judge, sentenced him to two
years at hard labor In the state peni
tentiary# and he immediately began
to serve his sentence. Up to Wed
nesday he had served six months. 9
pardon was recommended by the
state board of pardons.
The United States government haa
not been naked by Great Britain
whether It would permit merchant
aMpa, armed for. defenae only, to
trade with American porta. When
the press dispatch from London, tell
ing of the sUtement of Lord Robert
Cecil in the House of Commons, was
read to a high official of the state
department, he said that this govern
ment had not been sounded.
The position of the United States
as to armed vessels, it was explained,
had been set forth in a statement of
the department of State on Septem
ber 20. In this statement these para
graphs related to this parttuilar sub
ject: r .*
“A merchant vessel of belligerent
nationality may carry an armament
and ammunition, fbf Atm—sole PUr--
pose of defense without acquiring
the character of a ship of war.
“The presence of an armament and
ammunition on board a merchant
vessel creates a presumption that the
armament is for offensive purposes,
but the owners or agents may over
come this presumption by evidence
showing that the vessel carries arma
ment solely for defense."
The statement also defined in de
tail the course necessary to establish
that a merchant vessel was not armed
for offensive purposes.
The matter of determining what
constituted an armed vessel was
made' neceqsary by the action of the
German government early in the
European war In complaining that
the steamship Adriatic, then at New
York, was armed, and that to permit
her to clear would be a violation of
neutrality. The United States gov
ernment ascertained that the £jri
atic's armament consisted of a*gun
mountej in the stern for defensive
purposes, and Secretary Bryan ruled
that to be so armed was proper and
that clearance of the vessel would
not constitute a violation of Ameri
can neutrality.
The matter was taken up infor
mally, however, with the White Star
Line, to which the Adriatic belonged,
and as a result of a private arrange
ment the gun was dismounted It
was explained at the state depart
ment at the time that in dismount
ing the gun the White Star Line act
ed voluntarily, out of courtesy to the
United States, and that it was not
required by any principle of Inter
national law {p disarm.
AUSTRIAN SKODA GUNS
HURL TERRIFIC SHELL
The Britiih government hopes
very shortly to Umi the export of
cotton to neutral countriee to the
precise amonnt of actual neod. This
was the announcement of the Mar
quis of Crewe, lord president of tfie
(council and Liberal leader to the
House of Lords Thursday in reply to
series of questions regarding the
supply of cottpn aud other material
through neutral counfies to Ger
many, and whether the government
had found that the measures taken
since March 1 were effective.
Ifhe real question, he thought, was
whether it was advisable to add cot
ton to the.contraband list. On that
question there had b en a number of
misunderstandings and misapprehen
sions and some ot.them; the speaker
i^ndoubtedly obtained not only
its country, but in neutral coun-
22 SHIPS SUNK IN JUNE
German Submarines Give “Ample
Warning,’’ Says Berlin. , '
A wireless from Berlin Wednesday,
received at Sayville, says: “During
June, twenty-nine British, three
French, one Belgian and nine Russian
merchantmen were sunk by German
submarines,” says an Overseas
Agency bulletin. “The total loss of
the entente allies by submarines, in
cluding fishing steamers which most-’
ly were armed patrol boats, aggre
gated one hundred and twenty-five
thousand tons.
“The loss of human life was re
markably small, the submarine* us
ing every precaution and giving am
ple warning and time tor crews to
leave their ships if no resistance was
attempted.”
ENGLISH COIL MINERS FIRM
Friday Passed Without Any Work
men Resuming labors.
London reported that the South
Wales miners Friday showed an un
broken front, in conformity with the
resolution passed at the meeting of
delegates at Cardiff Thursday\when
it was decided to reject the recom
mendation of the- executive commit
tee that the men return to work.
Even the men in one district who
Thursday night decided to resume
work reversed their decision, and
not a pick is moving.
An improvement in the situation,
however, is expected as a result of
mass meetings in the various' dis-
tricls Friday and the conferences of
Walter Runciman, president of the
board of trade, with representatives
of the miners and pit owners.
The men’s leaders who through
out have opposed the strike, are in
clined to the view that a resumption
of work may be expected Monday,
and the government’s prompt action
in settin'g up a general munitions tri
bunal for Wales and Monmouthshire
is thought likely to help bring a set
tlement.
Should the Runciman conference
Friday not turn out favorably, David
Lloyd-George, minister of munitions,
possibly will visit the p irturbed dis
trict. His influence with the men in
previous disputes has boon very ef
fective. Meantime perfect peace
reigqs in the coal flelds>
Austrians Invade Russia.
Dispatches ’from Austrian head
quarters Friday say that after a
heavy bombardment the Austrians
have crossed the Dniester at Uclebis-
kupie, on the Russian border, where
the Austrian crown lands of Galicia
and Bukowina and the Russian prov-
The Austrians bava
against the American trade of .muni
tions of war with the Allies. It la
said Turkey will follow suit. Berlin
| could probably say definitely.
French Aeroplane Raid.
Thirty-five French aeroplanee,
protestedi Parl * reports, swept over the railroad
region apd dropped one hundred and
seventy-one bombs Tuesday, starting
several fires. All the airmen return
ed. • v
Seventeen-Inch Shell* Weigh, 2,800
Pounds and Destroy All
IJvtng Tilings.
Seven-eighths of the wounds in the
Galician fighting were caused by
shells, half of which were fired from
big caliber guns, said Surgeon-Major
Lesghintseff to an Interviewer on re
turning to Warsaw from the front.
“Bulleta play no part now.’’ be
continued, "and the infantryman's
rifle is a toy. Infantry merely occn
pies the trenches the .annon have
won."
Most devastating of all are the
new Skoda shells of the Germanic
allies, which are seventeen inches In
diameter and weigh twenty-eight
hundred pounds The Skoda howit-
xer shoots at ~ high angle and its
shells penetrate twenty feet into soft
earth before exploding two seconds
after striking. These howitzers do
not resemble the Krupp mortars of
the same caliber, to which they are
said to be superior in every way.
When a Skoda shell hits, it means
death to everything within a radius
of one hundred and fifty yards and
even farther off. The mere pressure
o Its gas rips open the bombproof
shelters and catches those who es
cape the metal fragments and flying
debris.
This enters the body cavities and
tears fles^ asunder, sometimes strip
ping the men 0 their clothes. Of
course the men in the immediate
neighborhood of the explosion are
annihilated. So fierce is the heat of
the explosion of the shells that
melts rifle barrels as if they had been
struck by lightning.
OFFER LAND TO ROUMANIA
Austria Makes Concessions in Effort
to Win Aid.
Germany and Austria-Hungary, ac
cording to dispatches from the Bal
kan states, pre using every diplo
matlc resource to induce Koumania
to join military forces with the cen
tral powers or at least to preserve an
attitude of permanent friendly neu
trality. it is reported that the Aus
tro-Hungarian minister at Bucharest
has offered the Roumanian govern
ment liberal territorial compensation
for armed assistance, countering
Russia’s offer of Transylvania with
that of Bessarabia. ‘
Her reward for friendly neutrality
is said to be Bukowina as far as the
River Pruth. From Austrian sources
comes a report that Russia is giving
substabtial proof of the possibility of
Roumania accepting one of th<
Teutonic offers by building Irene 1
and entanglements along her Ron
manlan frontier. Bulgaria and Tur
key are said to have reached a dead
(ock In their negotiations , on account
of ' the refusal Sofia to do more
than preserver friendly neutrality in
return for territorial compensations
from Constantinople.
Allies Gain Heights.
MJtylene report* Wednesday that
tha allied troop* at Gallipoli have
station •erring tW eohratiw trenebUxken two vgrj important height*
taken two very Important beta
which dominate Ifrithla, Vhffli
now under fire from two directions.
Tbg French and English lines have
bean Joined.
oat
in t
triei
far as cjould be ascertained, he
continued, the naval measureN taken
to prevent fresh supplies of cotton
from Reaching Germany had be$n
successful. The government hoped
by continual friendly negotiations to
improve the position progressing to
ward what must be their main pur
pose;/nomely, to limit the exports to
thosqr neutral countri s to the precise
t of their actual needs calcu-
n the average imports which
ad employed at home during
t few years.
Marquis of Crewe said that on
this question of contraband there
could be no magic in the mere decla
ration of any colnmodity as contra
band so long as the government pur
sued its present system of examining
all goods. He did not think any one
would suppose that under interna
tian^ law or the most elementary
ruler of fair play it was possible to
institute a blockade of neutral coun
tries with whom England had no
quarrel.
Therefore, the government had
adopted a policy, which admittedly
was novel, but which was rendered
necessary by the changed conditions
of maritime warfare. The desire of
the government was to admit the ex
port to neutral countries of goods
representing the neeils of these conn-
tries, and absolutely no more.
In the united States,” die said,
"the placing of cotton on the contra
band list would cause no small
amount of alirm, and the govern
ment Is convinced that so far aa the
entrance of cotton Into Germany is
concerned we should gain no benefit.
At present we eland better in in
structed public opinion in the United
States than our enemlea, and. there
fore. unless It Is clear that a change
of thie kind la absolutely necessary
the government ia averse to taking
action, which would be regarded by
a particular interest in the Southern
States of America as being unfriend
ly.
“I certainly am not going to say
that if the military considerations
were found to be paramount we
might not . have to face corresponding
disadvantages, end w* should be un
wise to bind ourselves strictly.”
WANT WTISIINTEXFEIINCE
WITH TRADE STOPPED
MANY SHIPS ARE IELI Ilf
Meat Mew Bay Eaglaad Boa Over-
Stepped the Law aad That She Has
bo Right to Interfere With Car
goes Shipped Into Neotral Co—
I
trie*—Representations to be Mode.
American meat packers have ap
pealed to the state department to de
mand that Great Britain stop inter
fering with cargoes consigned to neu
tral ports and settle for fourteen
millionvdollars worth of their pro
ducts now held in the prize eovrt. .
They charge the British government
with destruction of commerce In food
products between the United Mates
and other neutral nation*.
After the conference between the
packers and Chandler Anderson, spe
cial counseller of the state depart
ment, it was announced that the de
partment would make representa
tions to Great Britain. The packers
will discuss the difficulties further
with Mr. Anderson.
In a statement outlining their case
as laid before the department, they
declare that the British government
purposely delays settlement of their,
claim for seized cargoes and that
they ard not Inclined to reopen trade
with neutral countries unless they
can be assured of delivery of their
shipments to ports designated.
The statement gives the history of
the detention of consignments for
Scandinavian countries shipped be
fore the British order in council was
issued in some Instances and in oth
ers before it was known to the pack
ers.
As reported to the packers by
their representatives in England. Al
fred R. Urion," says the str.tement,
‘the latest terms for the release of
the cargoes as laid down by Great
Britain are held to be so oneroas as
to be unacceptable. Until a weak
ago the packers were assured by
their representative in England the
situation would be amicably ad just
ed, when the new set of unreasonable
terms were suggested by the authori
ties and immediately rejected by the
packers.
In brief these latest terms are:
That the packers guarantee Grant
Britain against claims arising oat of
the detention of ships.
"That the packers guarantee Orest
Britain against claims of bay era, who
bought and paid for largo quantities
of products seised.”
The pec here assart that this laOsot
e by Great Britain la only nn-
■tep to delay a settlemant at
the problem and that
to be
NEW SUBMARINES WILL BE
SCIENTIFICALLY EQUIPPED
Secretary Daniel* Postpones Opening
Bid* for 16 to Get Latest Im-
I
provement* on Them.
Bid* for sixteen new submarines
authorized by the laA congress will
not be opened until September 39,
Secretary Daniels has announced, in
order that two shipbuilding com
panies which have obtained patent
rights to build boats of a successful
type now used by two or more of the
European belligerents may have
chance to compete.
Mr. Daniels acted, it is understood,
upon the strong recommendation Of
his advisory council. It was urged
that not only was it desirable that
the two big concerns involved, the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company and the New York
Shipbuilding company be added to
the American concerns ready to fur
nish submarines, but also that if in
formation as to the European under
sea boats would be particularly valu
able in view of the contemplated ex
pansion of that branch of the navy.
The companies obtained the right
to build the European submarine
known as the Hay-Dcnny type some
time ago, but interrupted communi
cation with Europe due to the war
made it Impossible for them to get
data on which to submit bids on
August 2, the date originally set for
the opening of bids.
The new vessels will be similar in
size to the L typo boats now in com
mission. They will have a surface
cruising radius of between five and
six thousand miles and be equipped
with the new three-inch disappearing
gun recently developed by American
naval engineers.
JURY FINDS THAW SANE
Slayer of Stanford White Receives
Favorable Decision.
Harry Thaw was pronouj^ed
sane by the jury at New York Wed
nesday, Justice Hendricks will render
his,final decision Friday, and in the
meantime the prisoner remains in
custody. Thaw ts disappointed be
cause he was uot liberated imme
diately after the Jury <found him
sane. The decision came on the first
ballot. v
Strong on the Baltic.
The German campaign in the Rb*
.elan Baltic provinces seems to be
Tffgatnhir' TWTWr #«**•*
sconced that the German troops had
croaoed the Wljidau, north of Koltln-
yanl, in their eastward march.
About fourteen million doltaru
worth of packers' product, are held
up In the prise courts. la their enp-
ferences with Mr. Asdersoa the peek-
era were Insistent that the American
government should take firm action,
nnd their statement says of this
phase of the subject:
“The packers assert that the at
tack of Great Britain seemed to h»
incredltable in view of many adjust
ments they made to moot tho Eng
lish government In its
Tbry take the position at
titled to fall compensation
goods, and declare that as
citizens they shomld he
taction by the United l
this government shoald take n de
termined stand to protect their right*
to ship to neutral conn trim."
The statement lays partlcmlar
stress upon the eases of five cargoes
shipped before November 25 last. In
neutral steamers for Copenhagen,
aad eeised on the high seas on the
ground that they presumably worn
ultimately destined tor Oermaay.
The cases, postpone from time to
time, are set to come up In the prise
court soon. The ships involved ore
the Alfred B. Jorhs’ejcrne, Bjorn-
sen, Frldland nnd Arkanrna. Three
sailed before the order In council
was issued and before the order wan
known to tho packers.
“The pacxers call attention to n
statement made by Premier Asquith
in the Houso of Commonx March 1
lost, that vessels with cargoes which
sailed before the date of this notifi
cation (order in council) will not he
affected.”
The statement continues: “Shortly
after the beginning of the war tho
British ambassador at Washington
assured the United States govern
ment that Great Britain would not
interfere with the trade ia foodstuffs
between neutrals. W’th this In mind,
the packers say they were justified
in making their shipmeslxjQ neutral
ports in neutral ships.
“After numerous conferences the
prize court authorities finally decided
not to release the goods except unlheS
the packers agreed to use the goods
in England and give English bail to
the full value of the seized cargoes.
Inasmuch as the cargoes consisted
mainly of fats, oils and pig products
of fat and heavy textuie Adapted to
colder countries than England, the
packers declare it was impossible to
sell the cargoes and rejected the
proposition.”
SOME MEDICINES ARE BOOZE
Government Begins Crucade Against
Alcoholic Preparations.
The Jnited States government Fri
day began a crusade against alcoholle
medicinal preparations used os hi
la dry felritory, and n list at
hundred and forty-six such
tions were furnished the I
collectors. In some o( the
called medicines the medlrim ~
ertlee are to small Owl the
eon he drunk ky the gloat.