The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, February 05, 1915, Image 1
TUESDAY A ND FRIDAY
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FIGHTING IN EAST
RUSSIAN NAVAL ARM COMES
MORE PROMINENTLY IN
TO THE WAR
SINKS GERMAN
TOkPEDO BOAT
CHARGED WITH
BANK ROBBERY
G. W. Proffitt and G. L. Long
of Laurents, Arrested in Green
ville Yesterday.
Austrians and Germans Are Offer
ing Vigorous Resistance in the
Carpathians.
(By Assorintr-I Presa.)
Paris, Feb. Ji? (rt.ffl) p. m.)? An of
ficial statement from Petrograd as
1 transmuted by the Haras Agency ?nys
that a German torpedo boat destroyer
nos sunk by a Russian t.tibmsrinc In
'the Baltic on January 2th The sub
marine attach was made off the Dan
ish Island of Morn.
CD y Associated Praa.)
GREENVILLE, Feb. 3.?The police
arrested here today G .W Prof?ltt and
G. L. Long, both of 1 .aureus, upon u
chargo of having robbed the Bank of
Waterloo, a small bank in the town
by the Bume name. When searched
the boys had only $50 between them,
but later confessed, according to the
police, to the robbery and stated that
the money 1b burled upon the farm of
Long's father.
Long, the police say, confessed that
ho entered the bank during the noon
hour Saturduy while the doors of
hot h the building and safe were open
and quietly helped himself to all the
money in sight. He absolved'Proffitt
from all blame.
Mail Carrier and
$3,000 Are Missing
11 LONDON, Fob. 3.?With compara
tive quiet prevailing on the western
front, the fighting in the cast, which
is more strenuous and widespread,
monopolizes attention.
While the Russians arc on the of
fensive in East Prussia, in northwes
tern Poland and tho passes of tho'Car
pathiuns, tho Germans continue their
attacks on tho F.usslan line along the
Bzura and Rawka rivers. The Invad
ers reached the Rawka lice about the
middle of December and since' that
.time have made at least half a dozen
- attacks in force against' tbe Ruslean
trenches, each time at- undoubted
heavy coBt. '. ;
Nothing daunted, howover, they
have been repeating the attacks dur
ing the past week and whilo they havo
made a slight, advance it has been ac
complished only, after further great
losses, according to Petrograd reports.
. Now it Is Relieved the-GermunB-' are:
lU-eparmg for stilt- ahdtlfbr'.onslaught,
tor only by compelling tho Russians
to strengthen their lines protecting
Warsaw can they hope to divert Rus
sian attacks from East Prussia and
. Hungary;
Military men here believe the Ger
mans are attempting something vir
iuaiiy ! impossible In their efforts to
force tholr wayr through. Warsaw. Tho
Rawka and Bzura lines, which they.
s. hash been attacking for six weeks', aro
exceedingly strong, for on the right
. banks of the rivers, which the Fjus
ulans for the most- part hold, the
ground Is considerably higher than
on tho left banks, so. the Russian in
fantry and artillery have a decided
advantage.
Should the Gorraans break through
this barrier there la another lino of
entrenchments, half way between ', the
Bzura and Warsaw, with JBonie as
the canter, which would have to be
forced before the' Polish capital fell.
In -the Carpathians the Austrians
and Germans aro ottering vigorous re
1 til s tan co to tho RuBslans and a deols
loh ,has ;npt yet ;been reached-in the
battle -which has been in ' progress
there for some days. - " '.''
Tue/tatmnoht in tho Runelanofll
clnl report that there bus been fight
ing ' southeast of. Dzsolc Pass, in the
luttfrjur of-Dukla Pass, and' southeast
of'Bb'?kid PaBH, indicates the ?xtent
Tho attempt ,of a German .subma
rine, h8 officially reported/to torpedo
tho, British, hospital .ship ASt?rlaa has
attracted wldo attention in England,
whoio^it Is str?hgly condemned.
T^bro. ta? ; heon anothorf skirmish
. between 'British and Turkish scouts
east of the Sues f !anal,. near' Ismallia.
Tho Turks were driven off with some
loss and tho BrltiBh bad iix men
wounded. The opinion 'still prevails
in London that the'Turk*will not at
tempt to cross the desert with a large
.force .and' that the pr?sent pin, pricks
wore arranged" only to compels the
British to keep troops in Egypt in
(By Af.vk-ibkxI Pic.sO
WINSTON-SALEM.. N. C. Feb. 3.?
A. Hill, a rural mall carrier, und a
mail poupch containing $3,000 In cur
rency are missing, according to a
telephone message today from the
sheriff of Stokes County to the local
police Hill'? wagon and overcoat
were found several miles from Dan-1
bury.. The money was consigned by a-j
Danville, Va., bank to a bank at Dan
bury.
Italians Going (o Germany.
VENICE, Italy?(via London, 4:23
p. nt.. Feb. 3.)?Many Italian peasants, !
both men and women, are going to |
Germany to engage in'farm and.fuc
tory work in response to promises of I
unusually high wages. Men are offer
cd $1.62 a day and women 75 cents a i
day;
. Italian newspapers advise against
accepting thlg employment, in view of |
the uncertainty in regard to Italy's
foreign policy. .
. . Nchnoner Badly-Damaged. I
NORFOLK, -VU:, Feb. 3:?The ]
Bchooner Benjamin Van Bruntwasbad
ly damaged in a collision with -tho
bargp Bessie early this morning, near
tbe tall of the Horse Shoe Inside the
Virginia capes.
;j The barge was being towed by ? o
tug Charles'W. Barker, Jr. T..?rej
was a dense fog and the schooner's
lights ? vi e no t seen until the tug
was too close to clear hor with the
tow. . '
Detrey'? Shins Ready.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 3.?Tho Unit
ed Stales cruiser Olympia, Admiral !
Dewey's flagship at tho battle of Ma
nila Bay. put to sea today for a trial
run of two days. The Olympia has
been fitting out at the navy yard here 1
preparatory to participating in the
naval parade through tho. Panama
Canal at the formal opening of that
great waterway July next. .
Senator Lewis does to Washington.1
?8HEVILLE; N. C, Feb. 3.?Senator
James Hamilton Lewis,, who has been
in Ashoville for the -past ?weck, left
tonight for Washington to resume bis
duties a? D?mocratie whip In the sen
ate. The senator is hastening to the.
aid.' ot his Democratic colleagues'who
aro making, the fight for* the ship pur
chase hilf in tho Ben ate. Ho appear
ed much improved by his rest here.
Salb? With Cotton. '
WILMINGTON, N,-Cv Fcb/'8.--The I
British Ht?amcr Edornlao sailed from
this port today with a cargo of 12,
8<h>.bales or cotton valued uV $640,000
for Liverpool.
Mother and Children Burn to Death.
ELK INS, ,W, Va., Feb. 3,-i-MrS. |
George W. Doyle and two of lier chilr
dron wer? burned to death In h fire
which*: destroys I their homo at Cass,
Pocahontas County,-today. The hua-,
hand and father rescued. two other
children and Buffered. serious injuries
In a futile attempt, to rescue his wife.
OTTaWlA, Ont., Feb.; The dynar
taUirig of the : international. bridge at
Vaacel?r6::l&^*^^
antkorltl^t^^
on the Canadian
l?gislative^^s?ssloa? tomorrow. Oft!
biais fear that some partisan oi a hos
tilo' nation may take advantage .of th?
pr?sence of the tsuke of Connaught.
.?ovorn^r-gener?l'.pt Canada, to at
; tempi some dcihoru trat ion.
The guard stationed in the parlla
?ont buildings;,, wilt bo.. increased.,
? r*?i : gcrat?rfy-; has ?^-oa ?pp?ioi? us
issuance of tickets of admission
'th? opening functions.
The chief, husjaess of the session
rjlt-he, the voting of tftinds for the
.maintenance of Canadian troopa- - ii.
g|| understood the ap&reprlaUoa v!?l
i>be one handrail ,mllUon dollars Ar-d
that pdi^ment >?l?l ^a,;a?kedie give
: the goX^W!W^. AH^tftr to- harrow
; at the opening of} against a number ofnecessities', id
tjhat amount; f rom Dio Bank of Eng
land, which is largoly financln Cana
da's - wa- operations. There also will j
bo a'" V* '.' i ,revenue bill jvhtch is ex
pected to take th? fornrof a stamp tax-1
and "increased cuBtom? charges
eluding tea, sugar and citrus fruits.
Would Divide Texas
Into Three Stales!
CBy" AMOd?ted Press.)
AUSTIN f?x.. JFVsix, 3.?A Joint res
olution for an amendment to th? State
conetttuUou dividing Texas into three
States was introduced today*by Sena
tor W. L. Hall of Wbarton " County.;
The States wr>uld he North Texas;
capital Palestine S West Texaa, capital
Abilene; nud South Texas, Q%t'
Austin, v \:iff?mif?kL .v
NECESSARY TO DISCOVER
BEST MEANS FOR HAND
LING PROBLEMS
WILSON TALKS TO
BUSINESSMEN
- M
Says They Should Cooperate
With the Government in Fram
ing Laws.
(By. As^x-tetM Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.?Coopera
tion between business and the. gov
ernment in framing laws for the bene
fit of all the people wan urged bv
President Wilson tonight in an a?y>
dress before several hundred repre
sentative business men hero attending
the annual convention of the chamber
of commerce of the United States. He
declared that "wo must ull pool our
interests" to discover the best means
for handling public problems.
The president urged the creation in
the United States in time of peace of
the same kind of united spirit which
moves nations during wars." He de
clared that "when peace is as hand
some as war there will bo no wars."
and that "when men engago In. the
pursuits of peace in the same spirit
of self. sacrifice as they engage in
war, wars will disappear."
Predicts Great Food Shortage,
The president predicted that, while
there - 1b a shortage of food in' the
world- now, the shortage will be much
greater later. Ho pointed out that
under the guidance of the department
of agriculture, efforts must be made
by American farmers to grow more
and more grain that the world may bo
fed.
Speaking of the foreign trade of the
United States, the president asked
that business men devise some way
of allowing American exportes to
combine to form common selling
agencies and to give long time credits
iU such a way that these cooperative
devices may. be open to the use of all
He declared that apparently the anti
trust laws prohibited such combina
tions now,* but thst- bo would favo,
change, if a method fair to all could
be found.; He ^poke of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce's
work in "surveying the world" for
the b?n?fit of all business men.
Biislnesi Men to Blame.
Business men themselves are to
blame if intelligent laws affecting
them are not framed, the president
asserted. He added that they should
come out in tit the open and use their
knowledge cf conditions to bring
about laws tc prevent business evllB.
The' Mexican xtuestk n was. men
tioned by Mr. Wilson ?a an example
or the-difficulty ho ha?i In geting oo
curate Information.
Li"I would prefer: ihat-you recelvo mo
'lit'fpr thb lime being I were one of
your own members," said the. presi
dent, "becauBO the longer 1 occupy, tho
office that I now1 occupy the ' more 1
regret any-rUnes' of separation, the
in?ro I deplore any tcelingjhatjme
*^r-i?golh'INtl?lPON^PA?K* FIVE.)
Surrenders Boer Rebels.
;<: to the British Forces I
(By Aaaoei^ted Prw?.> '
CAPE TOWN. Fob., 3.. (via London.
Feb., 4: 1:45 a. mj-^lt ls: officially
announced that . Lieutenant Colonel
Kemi? and his commando of Boer
rebels have, surrendered to the British
forces
Lloutenant Colonel Ke.mp was. a
Boer leader jri Sputh Africa who 'fol
lowed Lieutenant Colonel S. Gi Martls.
General Christian DeWct and General
Christian F. Beyers, in revolting
against rule shortly after tho. Euro
pean war Started.
EXE?UTgp
Three Conspirators in Assassina-j
lion of Archduke Frances
Ferdinand Put to Death..
! '!.-AmSToitDAr5, reo., .:?.~ (vja Lon
don. Feb. 4; 2;43 a. m.)?-? Berlin
dispatch ?ays that three of the con
spirators, in the assassination of tho
Archduke Francis Ferdinand were ex
ecuted ^Wednesday, in the prisonvof
the coart fortress at Sarajevo, Bosnia.
The men put to death we>e :. Veljko
Cubrllovlc, Miako Jovracvlc .. and
Dsr.s?r, i?c. Tho ?estu cC-mcnccs of
' two pthorB. Jakov Illvic and . NetlJ?
Kerovlc, later were commuted to Im
prisonment for life and for 20 years,
G?Vfio irinslp. the Bosnian student
who actually slew the archduke and
his wife, is serving 20 ye*>s imprlsonr
ment, it hav?ng .;>een impossible, bo
cause of his youth, to sentence hirp
to death, w --:v.'.'
COLORADO COAL CO., KNEW j
UNIONS WOULD FORCE IT
TO OBEY LAWS
SAYS EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEMBER
Of U. M. W. of A.?Witness De
scribes Shooting at Women and
Children {by Militia.
(Ily Auodaied Vnt*.)
NEW YOF'a, Fdb. :(.?John It. Uw
non, executive board member of tho
United Mine Workers or ..America
from the district {which includes Col
orado, today told jthc federal commis
sion on industrial relations that the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and
other operators laid "refused to deal
with organized lftbor because they
realized that the -unions would force
them to oboy the mining laws, which,
he said, they repeatedly had violated.
Mr. Luwson. who was a witness last
week, was recalled after Mrs. Mary
Petruccl and Mrs,', Margaret Dominls
ki, wi\'es of Colorado miners, had
told the story cfSLiidlow. Mrs. Pot-!
rucci'a throe children were smothered
to dcatli .in :i subterranean chamber
in which they had hidden when the
tent colony waa'-barned.
v Lawson said that the only reason
tho operators had .granted the miners
anything , was becauso'"they hod seen
the handwriting- on tho wall, placed
there by the unions." Tho operators
realized, ho .inserted, that tho unions
riot only-,would-fprco them- to obey
.the statutes,, but'vtfould pro vent thorn
from.importing vast numbers of Eu
ropean. . workers vwho ^hever^had seen
?jrolne before,.andren: paying them
"whaY~tney pleased and working th?m
as long an tbey pleased.
Jerome. D. Greene,, secretary of tho
Rockefc' .er Foundation, and formerly
a member of the personal staff of '
John D Rockefeller, defended the
practices. and policies of the Rocke
feller Foundation and the alms and
ideas ol its.founders.
Greeno ^dinitted that the founda
(ContinuedoU'Fage Eight)
REQUESTS SURRENDER
OF GERMAN OFFICER
British Ambassador Asks Extrad?
tion of Maine to Canada of
Werner Van Hem.
(By. Associated Press.)
I WASHINGTON, Feb.: 3.?The Brlt-I
ish ambassador today led with thc i
state department a ruijiisi for the ex
tradition of Maine to Canada of Wer
ner Van Horn on charge of "attempt
ed destruction, of human life" in cou?
nectlon with. the dynamiting or the j
St. Croix international railway bridge.
The ambassador's noto stated the re
nuost -was baaed on a communication I
from tho Canadian minister of jus
tice.
If the application Is found regular I
In form, Van Horn will bo ordered.be- ,
fore a United States commissioner and j
Canadian authorities allowed to. np
poar against him. Should the com-'
misaloner dccldo there is no case, tho |
prisoner might ' be discharged with
out further proceedings. Should ex
tradition be tfrddred, however, an ap
8e.il to tha state department would the I
dmtssible. Van Horn already has|
Indicated he would fight extradition.
A telegram from tho prisoner today, I
asking the German ambassador to
safeguard his Interests here, as ho
Was a German subject, declared he j
"did not put foot on Canadian soil."
That iwas taken hero to , moan 1 that,
though he was on the bridge, he did
not'actually stand on Canadian' soil.
Officials attach no Importance to this
plea.
The Ge rman embassy delayed pass
ing upon ?Vn Horn's rcjuest pending
a> report, on,.his clU?GT,?hlp .from the
German consul geflerM in New York.
State dep.'urtmcnt bfllcials declined
to>xpress any opinion as to Van
Horn's-contention that bis offense, was
i'poiiiicalV' that it was an .art of war
directed against his country's enemy,
and It was his intention to prevent
continued transportation across this
bridge of troops and munitions of war
?Oing to Europe to be used against
Germany. It was pointed but, how
ever, that td prove his, set was ah act
of war#1 Van . Horn must produce evi
dence that ha was acting under ;hlgh
*r authority, and by direct orders. \
On the other band, if tho prisoner
should produce evidence that, he was
acting under direction of the German
goverftm-ent. ,lt in said, a violatlqri of
th? neutrality of the United States by
Germany might beJnvdiyed. . .
Th6 Canadian government in mak
ing its application referred to the man
.tria, ah ordinary civil criminal ;.
SHEWS BILL
GOES TO HOUSE
REQUIRES ANDERSON COUN
TY TO PUBLISH FINAN
CIAL STATEMENT
ANDERSON COUNTY
DELEGATION BUSY
Both Houses Ratify Act Providing
For Appointment of Four
County Commissioners.
Spf'iir to TIip InUlllcenncr.
COLUMBIA, Fob. :i.?Tllti bill or
Sonntor Shcrnrd requiring the coun
ty boa>d of commissioners of Arider
son County to publish a quarterly
nancinl statement today passed third
reading in the senate and was sent
to the house.
The bill requires the county board
to prepare and publish, under oath,
in one l?suo of n newspaper publish
ed at the county sent, every quarter,
beginning April 1, 1915, a condoused
statement of all receipts and disburse
ments by ruridB of 'departments, to
gether with n statement or th'o bal
ance or cash on hand, and the amount
of the county Indebtedness, if any,
and at what rate of Interest contract
ed.
The original or the statement must
be led In the office or the clerk of
the county as a permanent record. ;
The act providing for the appoint
ment of four county commissioners
for Anderson County has been ratified
by both houses of the legislature and
the appointment of the new officers
will tie made at once. The men* to' bo
named for commissioners were chosen
in the primary election last- August:
They are: W. A. Spearman. R. D.
Smith,-J. L. McQee arid W. R. Cultier
eon.
The Anderson County delegation
tlrig afternoon recommended E. T.
Tolllso'n of Bolton for appointment to
the vacancy on the county board of
education. Township assessors were
also named, but no action on. the ap
pointments of magistrates will br. tak
, en until Friday afternoon
The , Anderson County delegation
met at 5 o'clock this afternoon for
the purpoBe of. framing the county
supply bill for 1915, The ta?; levy
for general purposes will romain the
eam? as it was thiB year, three and
one-half mills. The levy for nil pur
poses will be seven mills. An in
crease of one-half mill was necessary
for tnn purposo or paying past In
debtedness, .as there is a decit of $20,
000 according to the comptroller gen
eral's report after all taxes for 1014
nre collected. Under the law the
I amount of money expanded by the
county board of commissioners for
! one year ?an not exceed the revenue
derived from taxation, but it seem.;
that tor the past year thin amount
has been exceeded by twenty thous
and dollars; thus making It impera
tive that the delegation provide'in the
,!e?y for retires tba d?ficit.
'. The. tentative draft of the supply
bill will bo gone over again by Ute
delegation, and, when revised, will be
turned over to th'o whys and means
committee to be incorporated In the
general appropriation bill. '
Resigns Presidency
Of Baptist College
(By Aaocistsd Press.)
R?LEIQH, N. C, Fob.,'3.?Dr. R. T.
Venn, for the past 15 years president
of Meredith College, the Baptist in
stitution for the education'of women
located in Raleigh, today tendered his
resignation to take effect at the close
of the present session.
Ho. resigns to accept the position of
secretary and executive head of the
Baptist board of odiicatlon recently
created by the Baptist. State conven
tion, and will have his headquarters
at Durham.
DISMISSED
Government Anti-Trust Suits
Agamst ' Steam Ship Lines
Charfjing Restraint of Trade,
<ny-Assisted Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb.. 3.?The govern
ment's nhtl-trusf suits against the.
Prince Line, the Hamberg-American
Line,'the Lamport ? Holt Lino and
others, charging restraint of trade in
connection with freist and passenger
steamship business ' between Ameri
can ports and Brasil; and ?aat?st the
American Asiatic Steamship company
and others, whose steamships - play
between New York and Asiatic, were
dismissed today.
Th? suits wore filed about twd ye?rs
ago. That against the Prince Line
and others charged that the companies
OOmposed the socallcd Brazilian con
ference: dcrendnnts to the other suit
were all members of the aocalled Far
IBa?ter<r Confer en. ?e, U was all egod. :):
PUPIL WHIPPED;
TEACHER KILLED
Father of Child That Had Been
Punished Engages Teacher in
Revolver Fight.
(Ity Associate! I'msy.)
JASPER. Fla., Feb. 3.?The, whip
ping of a \ pupil by a school teacher
at Mel man, Fla., near hero, - resulted
in a light late yesterday In which Wil
liam S'atos, the teacher, was shot and
hilled und ('laude IIollzcndorfT, father
of the pupil, probably was fatally
wounded. According to tho authori
ties, .Holtzendorff and two boiis ut
atacked Vntc3 on the highway after
Rchool closed. In the fight, it is al
leged, Yates and Wilbur Holtzendorff
used revolvers. Tho latter is in Jail
here charged with tho killing of Yates
and the elder Holtzendorff ia under
guard at his homo.
STILL HOPEFUL
OF PASSING BILL
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE WAY
WILL BE FOUND TO SAVE
SHIPPING MEASURE
AWAITING RETURN
OF S. C. MEMBERS
With Their Votes Leaders Hope
Bill May Be Recommitted With
Instructions.
American Neutrality
Menly Hypocritical
(Hy AstocJntrtl Proas.)
AMSTERDAM, Via London, Feb.. 4
(12.25 a. in.)?According to the Dorlin
Lokal Anzeiger, the war committee at
Kwiokau, Saxony, linn passed a resolu
tion to dec-lire ChrlBtmas gifts of tho
American people on the ground that
American neutrality in the war Is
merely hypocritical since supplies of
arms and ammunition are being sent
to Germany's enemicB.
Ready For Fight on
Immigration Bill
(IK- Associated Pr?ss.)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 3.?Decks
were cleared today for the fight In
the houBe tomorrow for repassage of
the immigration hill over President
Wilson'? veto. Both supporters and
opponents of the measure Bent urgent
messages to absent .mombors to be on
hand for the vote. Repr?sentative Sa
bath in charge of tlio opposition de
dared the measure, would , fall by 20
votes 6t'the'necessary two-thirds.^;
Three More Plead Guilty.
8T. LOUIS, Feb. 3.?Three more do
fendants In the socalled million-dol
lar swindle, or Groat Western Job
bini? Company cbbo, pleaded guilty In
the United States district- court here
tonight of using the mails in K
spiracy to defraud. .
They were Samuel Brown, of Phil
adelphia, and Jacob- L. and M.
Llebovitz, brothers, of East St. Louis
111. Sentence was deferred. .
Cotton Freight Bates Declining:
GALVESTON, Tox., Feb. 3.?Ocean
froight rates for cotton are declining,
according- to information received
here today. Tho rate to Bremen ha?
decreased .from 13.50 a hundred
pounds to $2.50 and Barcelona from
$1.35 to 85 cents in some cases. Pot
terdam Is $2 to $2.10 as against $2.50
Tho rate to Liverpool remains at $1.1
to $1.25 but Is reported as. likely to
change.
Prominent Mill Owner Head.
CHATTANOOGA. Tcnn., Feb. 3.?
W. P. Wilson, president of the Poor
less Woolen Mills of this city, died
his home in-Athens, Tehn., today. Mr
Wilson was prominent in textile clr
oies in the South, being a director
the woolen mills at Athens and
Swectwator, Tenn. , and Louisville,
Ky. .
in
Preparing For Mobflisatloij*
LONDON, Feb. 3.?(9 p.: ra.)? A
wireless dispatch from Berlin says
tho Berliner Tageblatt roports from
Constantinople that Greece m prepar
ing for .mobilisation snd " continuing
the fortification of her frontiers.
Increase Price of Bread.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.?The price of
bread was increased to ? cents a loaf
today by many more bakers and the
weight of loaves tn some cases was
reduced. Many or the larger baking
companies joined small dealers in in
creasing tho price.
(Dy Associated Frtse.) j ,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.~Plans of
administration Democrats to drag the
government ship purchaso bill out of
langer in th? sonate had not boon
ompleted tonight, but champions of
the measure had not abandoned hopo
that a way would be tuund tomorrow
to recommit tbo bill with definite In
structions for Rb amend m ont.
Recalcitrant Democrats flatly re
fused to yield .to concessions, agreed
upon by the majority In secret caucus
Tuesday night,* and administration
oaders found they could not muster
enough votes to defeat'the coalition
or Republicans and insurgent Demo
crats who insist on sending .the bill
back to committee without ' instruc
tions. That would mean its death' for
the session. .
InBtoad ol pressing1 their plan to
recommit with Instructions, therefore,
the party leaders contented -them
selves with castigating .lg, the. open
senate the seven Democrats who over
turned tho shipping hill program last
Monday. 8onator Stono, Boloct'cd (or.
this undertaking, held th?'floor sever
al hours, bitterly denouncing the
sov'on- insurgent's as the "recreant 4
Democrats who had endeavored Mt fla
horBo their party." ' ...
Senator Stone particularly attacked
Senator Clarke, of Arkanaas, whom
he described as the leader in the.re
volt, and Senator Comden, of Ken
tucky. He charged that Senator
Clarke had violated s ??ssuc .p?s?ge.
The Arkansas senator denied that, ex
plaining he had warned his colleagues
that lie-would not bo bourid to any
action which would deprtvfe him'of his
right to vote against tho hill.' ? ' '
While Senator Stone was speaking,
Senators Kern, Simmons; Fletcher,.
Martin, .and others wore at work. to
forestall a vote until absent Demo
crats could return to Washington,1 or >
assurances could bo oocurcd that
enough progressive Republican sup
port could be counted oh'to' insure a
majority. '' *.''; < ' .;
Tonight the Democrats aro count
ing on Senators Norria and Lafollotte
to vote with them, but 'had ceased to
hopo for the support of Senator Kon
yon. Senators Lewla and Smith, or
South Carolina, absent /-Dotnocralo,
aro expected back tomorrow.. With
these votes leaders hope the bill may
be recommitted ^r??U WbttfuelUras-wr
its return within 48 hours with
amendments limiting to one year the
term for which the government might
lease ships to private corporations,
and prohibiting purchase of . ships
which might menace-neutrality, j
Republican senators tonight were
hopeful that Senator Penrose would
be able to reach Washington tempf
row. adding bno tnoro to their forces.
His absence, they declared, would
give them enough votes to recommit
the bill without instructions. Should
the effort to amend th?' bill and- re
turn It within 48 hours succeed, how
over, Republican leaders declare
their attack on it will bo resumed and
kept up until it either Is withdrawn or
Its passage blocke.* by tho death of
tho session March I. * <
"Wi aro through caucusslng,", Sen
ator * ern, the majority leader, dociar
od tonight "and eajsapt^to^nialty;,!^
(By Associated Prats.) '
AMSTERDAM. Feb..-3, <vhv London,
Feb.. 4 ; 1:45 .a. m.)?Tho Cologne
Gazette, a copy oj.wbtch has been re
ceived here, contains a long attack on
the American government's neutrality.
Tho article cfltlclies ? Secreatry
Bryan's letter to Senator William,J.
Alarm Felt For
Safety of Steamer
m
(By Associated PreaO
tONDONi Feb., 4. (8:65 a. m.)?The
British steamer Oriole,. which left
London to' Havre last Thursday and
was due. to arrive. Sunday, has not
boon reported. Much alarm is felt for
safety on account vit German sub
marine activity. ' The steamer , Bar
rp.wdsl.e~ has not been reported sine?
leaving here January 21 for Gran vi Uc,
near Qt. .Mato, ,
Stone, chairman of tlio senate foreign
relations ? committee, repudiating
charges that the United States Had :
shown partiality to the allies ?shist
Germany and Austria aud announcing
the American government's' etand-with
regard to the exportation of *ar mun
itions.
The r-tlcle sayat i1"; - !
"Mr. uryan mado himself the jaouth
piece of the brutal British atMsdpotnl
which Is based on-forcel We axe,eeyff\
tain that German. AW*H?S?! ! and
those who share their views, ?dmrtjy
will furnish, the right reply to Mr.
Bryan's epistle. We knownnow what
we must expect from -Mr. "Bryws.1
management of foreign affairs. ;
: ?American neutrality ta only a thin
viol behind which I? c^ncs^adres^j,
ness to' do England a good tmk,
J?aowini .this, -we wjlli?
Our knowledge. If lAtterJ^fes*ects
only bruto foreo then wo Shall .give
full play, to brute fore*.",