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FRENCH DE TWO EM ALLIES' ATTACK ON GER MANS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES FIGHTING LIGHT ON BOTH FRONTS Russian .Fleet Still Busy in Black Sea Sinking Turkish Sailing Alps. OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO . ' a a BERLIN, Jan. 22.-by wireleea o o to London, 3:15 p. m.-Defeat for o o the Allies in two Important en-, o o gagements is announced today by o o the war r office. A French, attack o o near Pont-a-Moueson. wTOre the o o Allies are attempting to cut the o o German communications, - with u. o Metz, was said to have'been re- o o pulsed with heavy losses for the o o attackers. o . o In Alsace the French were drtv- o o en out of the heights near Benn- o o heirn. The Germans were compel?- o o ed to evacuate a trench near Ber- o o ry-an-Bac, but gained some o o ground in the Verdun region. o o - o o PARIS, Jan. 22.-2:50 p. m. - o o The'French war office statement o o this afternoon says very determlh- o o ed infantry fighting with ferocious o o hand-to-hand encounters is pro- o o ceedlng today in Alsace, but that o ? o.the situation gt Solssooi shows no o o change. o o Artillery exchanges In which o o the French were successful occur- o o red ?.otween Ypres and the Oise; o o near Berry-au-Bac and In the Vos- o o gee, while in the forest ot Apre- o o mont the German artillery drove o o the French away. o o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <?y Asaoctatwi Prate.) T nnnotiTj. jgn '.' aimHjifsiim. ?ace, where a stubborn battle fflPHSa^ in progress for several days, but which receives .brief mention in the official! reports today, tho fighting bas been ! comparatively light on both eastern' and western fronts. There have been heavy bombardments ond a fight for a trench here and there, but no bet tie considered worthy ot extended mention. Selge warfares continue and accord. lng to the opinion of the military ex pires, it will go on until the ground hardens sufficiently .to enable one of the commanders to move a large body ' of men with a speed that will .permit j him to surprise his opponent and en able him to find a weak spot ia the HM. In the east, along the aid front from the lower Vistula to Galicia and in the Carpathians the two armies remain in about the same positions as two ; (OONTINDEP ON PAOE FIVE.) Risking Possi Steamer Past Cargo Consists of $200,000 W< Fruits and If Taken by Bri Fue Protest With State i Right of ? Bel?gen / (Br AsMcUted Presa.) NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Risking poe- j albie seizure by Brush warships the American-Owned steamer Wllhel- ; mina, flying the American flag and loaded with approximately ?200,000 worth ot foodstuffs consigned by an j American commislon firm to an American ci Usen in Germany, passed out to ssa tonight It ls the first < voyage ot the kind undertaken by any .vessel from an American port since the war began. If the Wilhelmina is detained or seised the W, L. Greene Commission Company, of St. Louis, charterers 6? toe vessel, and shippers of her car go, according to their counsel here, will file a protest mm, uro maw UTT partaient declaring the cargo ts con ditional contraband and denying the right of a belligerent to confiscate 11> The cargo consiga of grain, meats and dried fruits, intended, according to the shippers, for consumption by the civilis* population oi Germany. Norvtn H. Ltadhelm, ot counsel tor the Bk. Louis soiopany, said the ship pers were prepared to obtain from the German government, if necessary, with a view to Quieting possible fears by the British or ot Her allied governments, a guarantee that caty a on-combatan ta ?111 receive the Wil helmina's cargo. A guarantee to that effect waa filed &]|gfcSi United States customs authori ties today ia the form of aa aSW.t vit by Vf? T? Brooking; representing, the shippers. Mr. Lindholm said the ehlprwc were prepared to bank this guarantee with a bend in any ataeunt. Mr. Brooking will sap. next Taos FEATED IN ZAGEMENTS STEAMER DACIA WILL SAIL TODAY Captain Will Not. Deviate From Usual Course of Voyage Nor Try to Avoid Seizure. (By AMociatcd Prow.) GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 22.-The steamer Dacia, recently transferred from German to American registry, and which the British government has announced would be considered a fair prize of war, will sall at daylight tomorrow for Rotterdam via Norfolk, with a cargo of 11.000 balee of cotton for trans-shipment from Rotterdam to Bremen. Captain George McDonald, who will command the Dacia, said tonight he did not expect to deviate from the ueual course in his voyage and would make no particular efforts to' avoid seizure. His crew consists of 31 men; all Americans, he declares. The carg?, valued ' by the shippers at $880,000. wss Insured by the gov ern oient bureau, but'insurance on the hull wea denied. .The freight rate charged $3.50 a bale, ia said to be the highest ever paid for the transporta tio? of cotton from this port. ITWO KILLED' TWO WOUNDED Fight Reedita From . Efforts to Serre Warrant on Negress in Macon, Ga. ?? ? v (By asao?sted Prest,) . MACON. Gs., Jan. . 22.-Two men were killed and two other persons wounded here today in a knife and revolver, fight resulting from efforts to serve a warrant ejecting a negress from her home. . The dead are: J. J. Proctor, raunl pipal court .alaflff.~sj?d; JOs/ObaJaVrewi IK'I^Wloafer. C. IA Bowden, a dep uty,, and the negress were wounded. The men are white. The authorities claim Brewer was found in the house and 'that he at tacked the officers with a knife. They replied with revolver fire. . I Prominent Sunday School Worker Dead (By Associated Praia.) NASHVILLE, Tenn,, Jan. 22. News reached, here today of the death last- night at Tate Springs, Tenn., of Or. H. M. Hamil 1, who tor years has. been in charge of the teachers* train ing and Sunday school work ot the Southern Methodist Church. He waa siso president of the Intornatioal Sunday School Association and chap lain-general of the United Confederate Veterans. ^ ^ f ^. ^ hie Seizure tes Out to Sea >rth of Grain, Manta and Dried ?tish WarsDips Owners Wal Department Denying th* Mst to Confiscate it. day m the Holland-America liner Potsdam for Rotterdam. Thence he will proceed to Hamburg arriving In advance cf the Wilhelmina. In Ham burg he plans to dispose of the car go, if it escapes seisure, in retail lots to private citizens. The Wilhelmina, a freighter, for merly in Weat Indian servios, expects to reach Hamburg in from 16 to 30 days. Her captain, William Brewer, of Philadelphia, Ss aa American and (OONTINVBD ON PAOE FIVJE.) - Io oo ooq oo ooooooo o ooo ? a 0 SEVERAL lXJURJftk IN o o FASSE7i?!E? WRKCE o o -.- o o (By Associated Press.) o o WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-?ev- o o eral passenger* were Uart, none o o seriously, according to reports to o' o Southern Ballway headquarters o o here, when a coach and a sleep- o o mg car of a Southern train were o o derailed by an unknown cause o o near Claremont, N. C., early to- o o day. o o M. J. Phillipson, Asheville. N. * o C.; Hrs. R. P. Thorpe, Winches- o o ter, Va.; Mrs. O. D. Garner, Chat- o o f ance gs, Tenn.; J. M. Green, Biab- o O aoville, S. C.; Rob?ry Levy, Asbe- o o ville; A. L. Shuford, Cosov&r, N. o o <?.; J. C. ItjT. Hickory. N. C., and o o H. Bowman, Newton, N. C., are o o mentioned ia the oficial "sport as o o haring been bruised or shaken o o np. o o o ooo o ooooooo oo ooo-oo o HER PORTION OF DEBT OUT STANDING WHEN STATES SEPARATED SPECIAL MASTER'S REPORT TC) COURT Based Settlement on - Contract Arising Ont of Constitution Adopted in 1863. (Dy UtoeUtwI Frc??.) WASHINGTON. 'Jan. 22.-West Virginia's share of the debt .outstand ing against Virginia when thc States separated in 1861 waa fixed in a spe cial master's report to the supreme court today at more than SI 2,000,000, The report,^ presented by Special Master Charles E. Llttlefleld after a long series ot hearings, is expected to be made the order of the court. The court held in'lilli that West Virginia must pay $7,100,000 of the principal ot the debt, which totalled $33,000,000. The questions cf Inter est and participation in Virginia's as sets In 1861 were not decided. The special master reported that Weat Virgina was entitled , lo share to the extent of SMQO.ObO, minus some $500,000 already .paid. In the Virgina sinking fund and turnpike end railroad bonds on which the debt wat based and which were valued ai a to tal of $14,000,000. He also-held, how ever, that West Virginia must pay not only the $7,100,000 principal, designat ed in tho court's dov?co. hut interest on it from 1861. Representatives oj West Virginia tonight estimated that Interest at $8,000,000; bondholders claim lt will amount to $14,000,000. "I believe that the provision to* thc sinking fund was Intended to ?B^?|jfc y^rtty pf .?trtttrtHri^M-c ftnti ffffPHp^?aid' the matter, referring to a provision in the Weat Virginia constitution, "and that the same wisc provision that applied thereto before the separation and that the 'accru ing interest' for which Weat Virginia was bound to provide and which she was required to assume by the con tract, was the 'accruing interest' or tba erleting debt. a'.*4?nc*>d hy the terms of us bonds, making the amount not only definite and certain, but un inseparable part of debt itself. If this construction is correct, West Virginia Would be liable for 23 l-l per cent, (the ratio of West Vir ginia's resources to those of Virginia) of 'accruing interest* of such portion Df debt aa she ultimately turns, out to be liable to pay." Virginia'- suit to compel West Vir ginia to assume a share of the 1861 gebt was begun In the supreme court in 1907. The, 1911 decision left ad tustment regarding Interest and par ticipation in assets to the States them selves. After a Joint commission'rep resenting them failed to aeree. Vir ginia asked the .court in 19?1 to en ter a final decree in the case. Wost Wglnta at the same tim? laked to be allowed to share In thc Virginia assets at the date of separa tion and Virginia' asked" that West Virginia be compelled to nay Interest from that date. West Virginia held lt should pay Interest only from thc late of the court's final decree. Mr. LittlefieM criticised that contention. Victoir Por Wen Virginia. OHARLE80N, W. VA., Jan. 22> ?overnor R. D. Hatfield, of West Vir ginia,'in a statement tonight on fo ley's finding in the Vlrgjnla-West Virginia debt case expressed his pleasure With the report. "It is a ?ujWMtfal victory ^ for West Yir rkala," declared the governor. MUST SERVE LONG TERMS Men Ckarged With Robbing Posj. ??be* in North Carolina BT,- - 3 --i. _ ftmasxu vxuuiy. ~ -_Ob' AswttiatBi Fir??.) RALEIGH, N. C.. Jan. S2.-^wne? Johnson, alias "Portland Ned." who was pardoned from the South Caro Una penitentiary hy Governor Blees? &nd Who ts said to have escaped from Blesse'* office while federal officers were walUng to return him to North Carolina for trial on the charge ol robbing th* postofflco at Plymouth. N. C., ia 1898. today wa? founfl guilty In the federal court here of robbing the Slier City, N. C., post?nico April a, 1913. T. A Conway, an alleged ac complice of Johnson, also was found raitt* Johnson was sentenced to five yean lc tho Atlanta ptnttentiurv in the 811?r City case sad two years on the Ply nottfnCharge. Conway was given five yes? for complicity in th* Slier Cfcy robbery. REINSTATED GOV. MANNING DECLARES BLEASm ACTION ??VOID AND OF NO EFFECT" . I LAW MAKERS WORKING HARD House TaEs Off Coat ansi Gets Down ? Systematic Busl ine**-New Bills. Kpooinl to TtaJSlelligrfiOT. o o o o O'ijBro ooo oo ooooo o o Bpjpstate? Militia, o o COLUMBIA, Jan .22.-An order o o waa Issuing here tonight by GOT- O o ernor Msjjgyig declaring "void o o end of n?K?rcctM the action of o o CovcrnoraHease in disbanding o o thc South? Carolina national o o guard shortly before ht* r?tired. ?o ? Adjutant General Moore said he o id believed tte order. automatically o o restored the troops to their forra- o o cr statua, and that a reorganiza- o o tlon would pe unnecessary. o o Governor5 Tdanuing based -his o o action op .?M ground that the di*- o o bandmont ?ttfaB illegal. No exprta- o o nation waa^jnade, " however, re- o o gardlng th'p'basis for the claim, o' o Thlrty-flva^fcompanles, Including o c approximately 2,000 men cora- o o prised tt?te&State'a organized ml- o o litla. 0 ooo o o ? e;o ooooooooooo L?gislature WorkintT *n Earnest. baa taken opuls coat and gotton clown to reAl i.yattsSatlc business; An effort was "rHa ^llfi'iji?iV?ifl1^ flWatt^'ba members an opportunity to go home tomorrow. After some discussion the effort failed and the house will meet tomorrow. Expectation ls that the day will be devoted largely to local affairs, but the members refuse to commit themselves to this policy. Today showed ?he largest Influx of UG'sr bilis. TlK-.ra h&ve s?ready pafcs ed through the engrossing depart ment aa many ns' 3?i0 new; preposi tions.' In today's list of new bills were; Mr. McMahan's bill to provide for equal suffrage. His proposition con templates giving the vote to white* wo men. .Mr. King wanta to make lt a mis demeanor for any one to resolve or charge more than 8 per cent, interest. Messrs Dixon, Nunn and W. S. Rog ers wsnt to regulate the temperature ot textile pleats for the health of em ployees. My. Walker,wants to prevent the sale of opiam In any form except by . prescription., 4 Messrs. Csry and Harris propose a bill for the regulation of land titles. Mr. Lee bas a proposition that any widow of a Confederate soldier over 90, years fahsll receive a fixed pension.' Messrs. King and Bolt have a prop osition to amend the constitution with reference to the granting of pardons. This was largely a day. for. the con sideration of constitutional amend ments. The fltvv spurt was on the concurrent offered by Messrs. King and Bolt, directing that a committee be appointed to prepare all of the res olutions tbat would be necessary to har? proper amendments that wonid be necessary to bring about biennial sessions should the people rote lt. It will be ;emcmbered that amend ments looking to biennial sessions ? ere passed on atone time.but because tho amendments were not properly rounded and did not include all of tho sections that should have been cover ed the general assembly did not ratify the; vote of vhe people. Messrs. Bolt and King offered a res olution which sought to have the proper amendments prepared. Thia suggestion Was opposed bat the advo cates or- biennial sessions won by a Vote of.63 to 44 which doer, not, how ever, mean that when the r?solution? are actually presented that they witt receive the necessary two-thirds vote. The house then took up the Dixon resolution which proposes to end a much discussed problem. By a prac tically unanimous vote tbe house passed the' resolution which seeks to submit to the people the constitution al amendment which clarifies the con tention as to whsi^'are and what are not conflicting offices tn the meaning of the constitution. Under the terms of tho Dixon resolution it will be held that trusteeship of State insti tutions, membership on board of pub lic institutions are not conflicting of fices and db not disqualify ie hold oth er commissions. i The senate passed to third resdlng the Verner bill allowing moving pic tures in nubile schools but glvfog the fyate superintendent the right of cen sorship of pictures. Both houses mest tomorrow. WILSON uses TO ARGUMENTS HEARS APPEALS FOR AND AGAINST IMMIGRATION BILL WILL ACT ON THE MEASURE SOON Unies* Signed or Vetoed by Mid night Thursday It Becomes a Law. (By Associated Pres?.) WASHINGTON. Jan, 22.-For more than three hours today President Wilson listened, to appeals that he sign the Immigration bill and pleas that be vpto lt, voiced by spokesmen ot 500 men and women who packed the Bast room of-the White House. The speakers were labor . leaders, publicists, social workers, students and others, most ot them contending tor'or against the literacy test. Those Opposed to the bill declared the lit eracy teat and others of its restrictive features are not true tests of the fit ness of an Immigrant; those advocating the bill argued such restrictions were needed to preserve the standards ol life ot American working men. At .the conclusion of the argumenta President Wilson said he would 'act on the bill soon. Unless he signs ox vot?os it by midnight Thursday it will become a law without his signature. T'JO president has indicated strongly, however, that he will veto the meas ure because of the literacy test. The possibilities of repasting the bill otter the president's veto are freely dlscsssed- in congressional circles, When President Taft vetoed ah immi gration bill because or th? literacy teat the senate promptly-repassed ii ?sfeJ?-fePi a.^w ?.votss of th? the liouBe. Some champions of thc bill bellevo both houses could now re pass lt. Ita opponents are sure lt is impossible. The president at today's hearing sharply called to order one speaker who discussed the motiles of the op portion side, but freely allowed ap plause which followed the close ol most of v-\'~ ;<ire*??'_-3. J. H. Patten, of Farriers' National Congress ? and the Farmers' National Union, told the president the farmers wanted further restrictions against immigration before ways of distribut ing newcomers were worked out. When Patten charged that many ol the bill's opponents desired to "PJUS sianlEe" America, the president stop ped him and asked thai the "question of motive" be omitted.. The president's approval of. the bill as a protecUon to American working men was urged by William M. Clark, who said he represented organization? of railroad env<lo>V numbering 350, 000 men. F. A. Dennis, who said he repre sented 245,000 members of religious and patriotic organizations in New Jersey and New York, also favored the test. Opening argument for opponents ol the bill, Representative Galllvsn, ol Boston, asked all on his side ot the question to rise, but President Wil son objected, saying he would not be influenced by numbers. Saul Cohen, representing the Inde pendent Order of King Solomon, spoke against the measure. "The immigrant laborer lifts the na tive skilled laborer on his back to higher things and therefore I can not understand why organized labor Is against immigration," aaid former Representative Cockran, of New York. COOL HEADS SAVE UVES Steamer Carrying 108 Passengers Burns-Los* Placad at $130, OOO. (By Aatoristod Pic?.) BALTIMORE. Jon. 22.-Coolness On the part, of crew and passengers on board the Chesapeake Bay steamer Maryland helped to prevent loss ol lifs when the vessel, carrying lon persons, burned almost to the waf er's edge off Mountain Point, at the mouth of the Magothy river today. A. H. Seth, general manager of the steamship company, announced to night be was certain everyone on board was assied. He said an ac counting, numerically at least, has been made for all on board by tbs captains of the steamers City, of Bal timore and City of Richmond, which want to the Maryland's assistance af ter sh? had been beached. The monetary lose to the ship ls placed at41130.000 and to the cargo at .IO.?**. ALL-DAY CA THE SHIP i ALABAMA WILL BE DRY IN JULY Legislature Repasses State-Wide Prohibition Law Over Gov ernor's Veto. (By AitQctsMd Pms.) MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 22.-Ala. bama will become a prohibition Stat o July 1, upder two related measures which bedame law tonight ? without executive approval. Within a few boura after Governor Henderson had vetoed the bills and had asked the! legislature to submit tho prohibition question to the voters at a special ejection, both houses voted down hla proposal and repaaaed the Utile by j overwhelming majorities, jj The vot? in the house on repas sa KC was 73 to 29. In the senate lt was 24 to 10. The prohibition measures practical ly re-enact-the prohibition law re pealed in 1911 after lt had been in force two years, Under the 1911 local option law' all but eight of the 67 j counties have voted dry ADVOCATES NEW BANKING SYSTEM Would Enable Farmers to Obtain | Capital For Improving Partly Paid For Farms. (Ky AssodkUd Prww,) WASHINGTON. Jan.. 22.-A nation-1 ai system of land mortgage hanks to ? enable fanners to 'obtain capital for stocking and improving partly paid for farms was advocated tn the house ! today by Representative Howard, of j Georgia. In a speech on the agricul tural appropriation bill, F.epreseota tiyso Howard outlined a plan for.estafe State and as many subbranches as business Justified. The" State banks would own 20 per cent, of the stock in thc central bank and the country, banka 10 per cent, of the stock of the j State banks. Cardinal Mercier - i3? sarans iiciu AMSTERDAM, Jan 22.-A ?^rres pondent of The Tijd who says bo waa received yesterday by Cardinal Mer cier, declared the cardinal still is be in ? prevented by German authorities from leaving his diocese or communi cating with' his bishops. The .cardinal requested the interviewer not to touch on the', question of hts arrest, on ac count v>f investigation and negotia tions now proceeding. Ho promised that due .time would supplement the that in due time he would aupplment the/statement hs already had made. Army Bill G $101,OC ? ? Advocates of Immediate StrenftJSe . Fought to tho Lost For Carries Fonda For Port and Armorexi (By AMoeiftUd Prow.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - After two j days of debate- on tlie general state j of the national defenses, the house to night passed without a roll call thc army appropriation bill, carrying I $101,000,000. Advocates of immediate strengthen ing of the military establishment fought to the last, for additional ap-4 propriatfons, but their efforts met I with no encouragement from . either Democratic or ?Republican loaders'. oooooooooooooooooooo o ?ITIKRRJiZ HAS JOINED o j o - FORCES WITH CARRANZA o ! o- ' O o (By Associated ?Press.) o o WASHINGTON, Jen. 22.-Ad- o o vUces received here from the Mex- o o lean border tonight hy the Car- o o ranea agency were interpreted o o there aa indicating that General o o Gutierres had Joined forces with o o Carranga commandera tn the cam- o o paign against Villa and Zapata, o o Secretary Biyan today tole-o o graphed Thomas H. Bevan, Amer- o o lean vice consul at Tampico, for o o detalla as to labor riots there. O o and asking how many unemploed o o American citizens are tn the vi- o o clotty and how many would re- o o turn to the United States if the o o government should provide pea- o o sage. o o In a telegram received carty in o o th? day Bevan suggested that the o o governmont bring unemployed o o men home. o O O O, O OOOC?OOOOOO o o ooo UCUSON ULL TODAY DEMOCRATS HOPE TO REACH AGREEMENT ON ALL FEA TURES OF MEASURE _m ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY Illinois Manufacturers and Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Urge Passage. ooooooooccooooooooo 0 O o WASHINGTON, Jan. il.-The o o administration bas made extensive o/; o plans to lay before the people its o o reasons for insisting on passage o o of the government ship bill during o o the present Congress. After a long o o cabinet discussion tonight lt be- o o came known that President WU- o o son and his imm?diats supporters, o o undismayed by determined Repub- o o Hean opposition, wilt redouble o o their ecorts to secure the bill's o o enactment. o o Secretary Redfield is to speak o o in tho south and will devote him- o o self principally to the shipping o o bm, and President Wilson , him- o o self, in addresses before two'large o o conventions within tho next two o o weeks, plans to discuss the meas- 'o o ure at length. o o The argument of Republican o o senators that complications, with o o European nations . might result ? o from purchase of ships now owned o o and registered in belligerent ?oua- o o tries was met tonight with plain o o intimations from cabinet members o o that the administration can be de- o o pended on not' to buy any ?hip* o o that will cause trouble. o o -, o 0 o o o o o o on o o o o o o o o o o G* 1 lc S^u, to hold an all-day caucus c?tte,gov ernment ship purchases bill tomorrow in the hope of reaching final agree? meat on all features of the measure. On that account the senate ree eased late in th? afternoon until Monday. The Democratic canons also held a session tonight. * Arnon* the troubUWMSie rc!~t~ ts be settled tomorrow, 1 Democratic senators said, ls Senator Boke Smith's amendment provided that the eo**r?* ment lease the ships to be: purchased to private corporations instead of Op? erating them through ?: government controlled corporation. Another mat ter causing much conners ir th^t of binding the Democrats tb caucus ac tion. Several Democrat* oppose adop tion af any binding resolution. Senators Cummins and Lodge spoke against the blU todayV the form?r ?a* sailing President WHsoo'* lodtsaapllls < speech and criticising his "whipping" .?? ? " "..i ar vying ?0,000 Pm$ed AnVTiliiwl Appropriations. Jiase of 25 Aeroplanes ! Motor Car. The last rbll cell, ott a moUoo by RepresenUUve Gardner, Of Massachu setts, to recommit the bill with' in structions to report back sa amend? ment carrying $1.000.000 for aviation was defeated, 253 to 34. Ah amendment offered br Repre sen tat ire Deitrick, of Massachusetts, and adopted practically without oppo sltion, would prohibit, use ot atop watches sad other "speeding up", de? vices In connection witt secaSeg scientific management system* uv ar senals and shops. Repr***pUtir*a ot union labor have been fighting for this prohibition fer several years. The house also adopted en'amend ment hy Represenutlve Tavenney, et Illinois, tn require that all Knsitiizz of war provided for in the bill shall be manufactured In sacrament plant*. The bill, which carrres fuads tor maintenance of all .branches Ot the army during the coming fiscal year. Includes $300,000 for purchase of aeroplanes, and $&0,000 foran armor ed motor car. These, nama and effort? to add to them furnished tsat* tor long discussions on ns* ot the aero planes ?ad armored motor cars in th? European .war. The appropria tion for field artillery material was Increased from 135.900 to ?rTO.000. Re presen talve Gnemsay. of Maine, urged a strongor cos*t dateur, de claring' that if Great Britain should go to war with the United t* dtea over nftisf inn il arising from th? European war "hw plan would be to sets* the city of Portland, set Bafeln? off into Caa-.la overnight and make property and lite there worth no more than in Belgium today."