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FRANCE VIOLATES AMERICAN RIGHTS PASSENGERS WERE REMOVEP FROM OUR VESSELS BY CRUIS ER ON HIGH SEAS NO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION Note Will Be Sent to France Protest ing Over the Removal )f Enemy Subjects From Neuitral Ships WVashineon --T1'he stat'' department ltnnonnt 1 1he -.topping and searching of thr1ec vee is of tine New York tid Porto ire i.i; by the French criser Dye. artes u' 1 thi I. inlate subject Iof illIpilo;it - re' presettati0ns to Fraict. The dlepainn u1t received official ati vices froni San .Juan of the incidents. The Bole will cont nd that removal of tilL "s of any nation 110111 an Amnirican vessel on the high seas is . Withotit legal justiiile tioll. It wvill as sct. as was done ,1 ye-ar ago in a protest to Frant e' in tle case of August l'iepelibrillk,. that the' 1Mel remiovedt were not etihodliei "ill the arined for ees of the enoemv" in ie sense of that tern in establishl ilternlitional In w. The com ninuniliention, it Is tldr S tood. probably will declare also that there is 110 justithlet ioll for the re luoval of an enemuv subject from a lieut.ral vessel oli the hi igh; 'a; bound to i ieatal ol. even if he could prollerly be regaribel ai a military p(eo;nIll. 1he Trnt ease' dlitie the C'ivil \'ar probably will be cited as t precelelnt. The(' tat'' !'.lent was nolt ad( Vf.ed' weheth, '1'iy of the Aistrlitlis Or (f:lons i hal declared their 1li I f I n ii er i ' - lllilg A1 CI'eri tl citi zeln:" ; ,nli it devt'elop that such Is the: t". the protest guay be even toi I.' 11!'n1. .\ 5taltenlnt. by the departlnent says: '"'' de1partlent has received re ptni": front the colletor of eustolms at S;111 .luan. Porto ti(o. indicating that ltr ee ''hips of lthe New York and l'rlt11 Lieo 11lne have been stoped on the high Sias atid searched by the l'ren'!lh Iruiser Il'seartes. The steal i-hip ('atro'ina:, northlbotund, was stop "d ix rill!- fli S ii Juain and the Gerina:n chi i' stt li ard naluell Schadlo "-a:- taken il ofi' Ih l.- bo):ardiing officer. 'Th1e 't a ilet wea: allolwedel tl proceed north after delay of about t t wo hours. "Tile steamer (doian, stiuthibound, N\ts stopped albout !n mil off shore by two shot: across he-r lwiV: and the followiig iin-sols talkn ol by the boarding )imrty: .I. 1.usm r Ru11er, Antien 1-'. Ilfelielh. 1u ;ath IS. of Ithe nlgine reeelli. rid II. re. a Ger hlltel'ars that ieer (i, 1: l n i i flie crew with .\ Iea it an citi/eldhig pla JIl'l w erlie ltie Ille i'st el. "Tht'Ie at e 1sit 1;111 ,l a n. south h) ,111e is r leporteel to ba"e leeni s.top Thelc t wo e hii Ianl- ari* Iie Innller'stoodi to lie riesj~ide t; of .New~ ()r leanls. PERSONAL TAX INCREASES. Nearly $13,000,000 More Income Tax Wa~s Collected Last Yealr. \'cashlingtili lPersonlahtleinlCar tax wasei pid du lcrinlg tlhe last fiscal yiear bly 35o.i5indiilduals- Who) tilecl intoi iiearIy $13,0.0icc00c~ tan lt tota l hlaid elee- codin~lg tic the :'inual riellirt t u d ilbliea-. lc~ll WifI I he aindCountsI caid i by those sulh.leet to the 1c n1n'ial tIx a jiumpl frcoti abucct $1 :,7 :3.000cc iln l'lli Itc ab ucct $1 l'.55, 00tt InI II15. liiin 5 iCeceelh:~$a~tcc Ilall this ycear abuout Sie,43Anioni (0om I ared withl abldtit $:3.437,00) bc-I ve' li th ti ' Icrtnlah tax', I 7.-t 44 hc ". Ilcltedh flinoes hiel wveien $1tf 0 1n 1 $Ec-cdii at11l 1 7. whs ri(at eturn'is were nmdtle til a basis of incomeis (If .$5c00 900 01r moreli. Explosion In Belgium Kills 110. Pars.-lOe IllhutIced andc (eli pcer sonls ar:e repIort cl to havye bleenl ki lled In t he (exphistonI in the IBelgijan mii tions factory :1t I lavrte.:'aeys a isia (h from that *I ty t o Th'i e Tempe il '. 'Tl exact (cauls(( oflhe exlowitnlo0 hlas nell yet leenh dletermliined." 5say the news. palber'. "T'Ihe invest igaltioI (condutled has devcelolped that oneC (if thle bldc. wh Iihi Ilame fromt the 1 11iteid St ates Discovered Iln on0 (If t hese boxes waii an lIapaatuis deaiguned to cause deflag. Raise Money For Suff rage. Was~hin~gtoni.--*More than1 $41,000 wasf raIsed In 15 milnutes at a mlass-meetlin hold( here by the Congr'e'ssional Uioni for Woman Suiffrag i connectioni wvith Its annual conivontion. Tho mioney wIll be used( to financo the wVorkl of organIzing for a nationido camailgnl to secur'e the passage of the Stusana 1l .Anthiony stuffrage -amendmnent by- the ~resent Congress. The largest 1indi vidual contribution was that of Mr. &YEPHEN M. SPARKMAN Congressman Stephen M. Sparkmar of Florida, chairman, and the other members of the house rivers and har bors committee, will have to play again this session the part of but tresses for the usual fight on rivers and harbors expenditures. AUSTRIA MUST ANSW[R UNITED STATES MAKES FORMAL DEMAND UPON AUSTRA-HUN GARY. Must Give Assurances That Suck Will Not Be Repeated and Repara tion For Americans Lost. Wash inlgtonl.--Tihe U'nited States has sent to Austria-HIungary a nott asking for a disavrowai of the sub ma rile att a(k upon the Italian linei Anclola ,assuralltces Ihat suli an aI will not he repeated, some (legree of pullnishmelit for the com111imatiler of thc submnarinie, and reparation for th Americat lives lost. The communication went by cabl from the state department to Ambas sador Frederick C. Penfield at Vienm who was instructed to hand it to ti Austro--luingariani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Burian. Friendly but firm terms, it is said characterize the flociimenit Which if understood to make a particular point of prompt assurances for the futurc safely of American lives. Austria flungaria has neve' rotitied the Unit Pd States whether the comnantderr of its subinarilnes ha1 been given in. Htrilctioi s01 3imilar to those which tli( Germatn GAoverntment gave to its comn mtaniders after the Luisi tatiia tragedy It is untderstood that the note referr crd part iclarly to the charge thaitL shtells tromt the submarine killed or woundltied somie passentgers 0on thC Ancona a fter shte hadl htaltedi, and ask ed for ant ex planationi On the poit. l I despatt cin g thte note SecrtlPta . Lansinig acted witht the approval of and1( afIteri conisutlng with Presideni Wilson. It is stated authloritatively tha(1t the dlictumtet withih is deCscriheC( ar. heintg (otii)aratively btrief and de( cidnedly v igorous ini tone1, waIs 5 > drftt ed as to( attemiipt a set ti tienit oft t h< (((nt-oversy at once. Ilih ogtff icials ar1 e saiid to 1)e of t h< opinioni that the situttiont is On<( V hich t clls for grave consifreratilou the stat" (of affairs~ ha~ving hecomu mlore (romtpilicnted~( Sintce the tnote wo' dispa tchted by reports of attack(s utp (1n Ami~erle'an oil-carryjing vessels i the .\ldit terraunein, prerumtiably b,: A ustrtian sutur in'i.s NAVY IN SPLENDID FORM. Secretary Danials Makes Interestini Statements of Condition. New Yort(i. ii'he l'iit id St ate Navy has a~ waiiting list ait its recril ing oh'ires aitil accepts onily onte iin si of lii the it whio apply for enlis tiet 114retatry tnlels tol mnhiers of tht Ont "Thei Navy."' Whlen he took offic, (the s:-cret ary saidi Ithere wvere 4,0t5 vacan(lcies ini the authiorized enlhiste. ef the 51teps tahlent '.i makei1 the se vien litre at' ractive to4 youtng tuont < ptr< per <nt1.liationts, this has h5' five ico;ie it td ini add133iti thle propo t ion of r'e-enli-tmuetnts has risen fro 54 por centt to 92 per 'ent. "wvhit mants thle secur intg oif ment of lot IiItriing for thle service."' President Wilson Confident. Was.iungtonit. --residenit \\'ilson to memlibers oif the I )emiocrantic Nat ion ('omt ittece ait a itinchteon ini the st a inin~~g-roomnt of the White Iliouse th th e ltutblicants had( 1n0 issue for 11 ne0 ('amlpaign except the taiff' ai that Demnocracy was certain to wvI "Ou'ir con strucetive work has start, na irresirtible movement which ca not be stollped," he dleclaredl. "A: 51n0 wvho tells you Othiorwise is tal .ng thtrough hi~ liat." Mr. WilWe said nothing to itidto whet-e, LSONADDRESSES OHIO BUSINESS MEN COMMERCE OF AMERICA OUGHT TO MOBILIZE FOR BIG WORK. BE NO PATCHED-UP PEACE President In Masterful Address Says Business and Politics Will Not Mix Readily. Columbus. O.--President Wilson expressed the opinion that there will be no patched-up peace following the European War. In a compreheusive and forceful address before, the Co lumbus Chamber of Commerce. he urged American miess mete to mobilize their re. in order that the United States might be pret atued to play a more important part it. the world's affairs. and bring about ins tice after the present war. The President spent 'S hours in r Columbus during which he was ae tive every minute. His recept'iok wa enthusiastic and pleased him grttly In addition to the Chamber ,, r~ t merce speech he delivered an ad(.ess t before the commission on couut'o tni - church life of the Federal Ci.-.ueii If the Churches of Christ of \tuerica. shook hands with more than' -.0 people at a reception in the ci.u t, of the state capitol. spoke a v - N large crowd frot the st-;'s ofi capitol and took a long wvali tu. e streets of Columbus. T h- Miy and many people t..t 'r'di' towns greeted hit. In the Chamber of Comtmuterce ad dress the President defended his Mexican policy and said as long as he was President nobody should "butt in" to alter the Mexicans' Govern ment for then; urged business men to pay more attention to foreign a commerce and be more self-reliant; 's] demanded the restoration of the v American merchant marine; praised tl the new banking and currency law; and touched on the attitude of the it United States toward the European n: war. d "When the present great conflict in Europe is over ,the world is going to wear a different aspect," Mr. Wilson ti declared. "I don't believe there is P going to be any patched-up peace. I a believe that the thoughtful men of c every country and of every sort will n insist that when we get peace again we shall have guarantees that it will 0 remain, and that the instrumental- p ties of justice shall be exalted above f the instrumentalities of force. t "I believe that the spirit which has " hitherto reigned In the hearts of Americans and in like people every where in the world will assert itself ti once for all in international affairs, d (I and that if America preserves her el poise, preserves her self-possessing, preserves hoer attitude of friendliness tI towardls all the world, she may have si the privilege, in one form or another, w of being the mediating Influence 'by E whIch these things may he induced." ti ASSURE AMERiCAN RIGHTS. Vigorous Resolutions Are Presented w on Subject in Congress. - ni Washington. -~ The lonig-expected storm in congress over the admninis-. tration's conduct of the defense of Amer-ican rights on the seas broke in m Congress when Senator I loke Smith, t Demnocr-at, dlenmandled atn investigation of Great Brtitain's interference wvith neutr-al trade and Senator Lodge, Re publcian, repliedl with a demand 'that U an invesitigation incluae the loss of American lives. hebdy of an innocent child, Ic floating dleadi on the wvater, the vic.-a -tim of destruction of an unarmed I vessel, is to me a mor'e Pregnant antd N a more tragic spectacle than an untsold vi hale of cot ton," dleclared the Massa. ei chutsett ssenator. e Both resolutions were referred to C the far-ei gn relations comitiItee. Their ('I ut rodluction has served to bring out C the fir"st dlebate of the session on a subject to which all minids had S isenhower "Not Gutilty" Says Jury. jIt York, I S. C.-After beinig out one w uand a half houris I the ijury in thie [sen- 0 hower -case biroutghtt in a ver'dit of not guttlty. The tresult was hear-d in fl d tlence b y a packedl ('ourt r'oom. there C heing no sign of dlemonstr-ationi of any kind. S Jutdge Rice d~elieed a (leat- and IIomprtehiensve cbat'ge to the jury in r" whiich the lawv applying to the case iiwas fully Oxpoulnded. The other' Fair- g hfield ('ases schedule~d for trial at this l ig Oulti have been cotu ed until the y A ptill tot-rm. Situation is Tense. d( WVashingtonu..---ipl omuat ic relations al with Austria are in gr'ave daniger of a ti heting brtoken off ovetr the sinking oft at the Italian linier Ancon)ua with the i>ss a 10 of Amnericatn lives. All officials .ere I id contitnue to preset've silence over the I a. negotiations with Autstria, but through I A the veil which has bietn drawn about a- the situation is seen a crisis just as c~ ly grave as that which attended the sub- 1 k- marinue negotiations8 with Germiany. I mt The qluestion of contitning d'iplomnatic t .0relations may be said to depend upon e SENATOR CHARLES S. THOMAS Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colo ado, chairman of the senate com %ittee on woman suffrage, pacified the uffragists by providing for a hearing efore the committee on the Susan B. ,nthoqy amendment removing from to ballot the qualification of sex. IJYIDED AS TO SUFFRAGE ATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMIIT TEE HEARS VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES. ther Suffragist Leaders Want Dem ocrats to Champion In Congress or Next Democratic Convention. Washington. - Women suffragists ld anti-suffragists in stirring )eeches debated the question of )tes for women for an hour before te National Democratic committee. The committee held public session a hotel ballroom to hear the wo en, and the place was packed to the Dors. Six suffragist leaders told the com itteemen that the women of the na on were looking to the Democratic arty to champion a Federal suffrage mendment, either in the present )ngress or in the platform of the ext- Democratic national convention. wo leaders of the national society i)posed to suffrage argued that the arty already had declared that suf age is wholly a state question and iat moreover a majority of American omen did not want to be enfran iised. The committee took no action, but e members appeared to enjoy the abate thoroughly and applauded eh speaker liberally. The hearing wvas arfanged because te Congressional Union for Woman iff'rage, in convention her'e this eek, wanted to tell the committee en that suffrage had become a na anal issue. When the union's re lest wvent in, the National American roman Suffrage Association asked to heard and then the national soel .y opposed to woman suffrage sent ord to the committee that they could >t allow the claims of the suffragists go unchallenged. Speaker Champ Clark wvas seated the front row of the committee en when the first suffrage delega an wvent to the platform. ST. LOUIS GETS MEETING. phold Hands of Wilson.--McCombs Chairman.-Pence Secretary. Washington.--The D~emocratic Nat nal Convention of 1916 wvIll be held St. Louis beginning Wednesday, mec 14, at noon. The Democratic ational Committee named the con mitioni city and adloptedl resolutions illing for the renomination andl re ection of ChaIrman W. F. Mc ambls as leader of National Demo acy. TIhomas J. Pence of North arolina, was elected secretary. Chicago and Dallas contested with .Louis for the honor of the con mntion, but St. Louis easily led from ic start and won on the second bal t. When the trend of the voting as seen Trexas moved that the choice St. Louis 1)e made unanimous. D~allas held second place on the r-st ballot, but was (displaced by hicago on the second roll call. 'rhe result of -the first ballot was: St. Louis, 25; D~allas, 14; Chicago, 13. On the second ballot the vote wvas: St. Louis 28; ChIcago 15; Dallas 9. The majority for St. Louis wvas rilned on this ballot when John T. [c~raw changed West Virginia's nte from Chicago to the Missouri ity. .Bankers to Help Farmers. New Orleans.-Dhnnite plans do,1 ignedl to aidl in th~e advancement of hie South's agriculttiral, commercial ndl other interests were promulgatedl y the .conference of dotton States' hankers, at its closinlg session here, the adoption of resolutions leldging upport to various movements din. uissed at the two days' meeting. The *ankersI promised to ai~l the farmers a marketing and financing their cot on crops. and ip promoting a selling cason extending over the entire year natead of a few months. CITY Of KOPE lWL WRECKED BY BLAZE FIRE SWEEPS CLEAN NEW MUSH ROOM TOWN OF HOPE. WELL, VA. SOME SCENES OF DISORDER Militia Summoned to Take Situation in Hand and Martial Law is Pro claimed in District. Hopewell, Va.-This mushroom town of 25,000 people, grown up since last summer with the great new guncotton plant .1f the Dupont Powder Company, was completely destroyed by a fire which started in a restaurant and did property damage estimated at from one to three million dollars. The Du pont works outside of the settlement was undamaged, but was once ser iously threatened. Villages A and B. near Hopewell, built to house the families of married employes of the factory, also escaped. Scenes of wild disorder accompa nied the fire and citizens lynched a negro for looting. There was no loss of life otherwise and only a few minor injuries were reported. Martial law was proclaimed with the arrival of six militia companies, rushed from Richmond by order of Governor Stuart. The thousands of homeless men, women and children had been sent to Petersburg and Richmond, but many men remained to guard what little property they had been able to save. The fire was said to have been c. .sed by the overturning of an oil stove, though there were rumors that it. had been incendiary. These ru mors first were given t credence in many quarters because of the ar rest at the gun cotton factory of a man whom, factory officials said, had attempted to put a charge of nitro glycerin in one of the beater houses and had been under survellance for several days The fire raged from 1:45 p. m., un til nearly 9 p. m. Available fire fight ing apparatus was utterly inadequate to cope with the situation the flames eating their way through the flimsy frame structures quickly, thrown up during the early days of the town last summer, like so much tinder. Several times sparks set fire to mule sheds of the explosive factory. but the flames which followed were quickly extinguished. While the fire raged the police were busy on all sides, keeping back a great throng of people cager to get near the flaming structures. As soon as it was realized that the lPlace was doomed. the police, assisted by experts from the powder plant, be gan dynamiting buildings. WOULD ACCEPT PEACE PLAN Germany Disavows, Responsibility for Continuation of War Berlin--(By Wireless to Sayville, N. Y.)-"If our enemies make peace pro p~osals complatible with Germany's (dignity andl safety, then we shall al ways be ready to discuss them," said the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hlollweg, in addressing the Rteichstag. The chancellor made it clear that in his opinion it wouldl be folly for Germany to oppose peace "as long as in the countries of our enemies the guilt and ignorance of statesmon are entangledl with confusion of public opinion." Conscious of her military successes, the chancellor saidl, Germany declines responsibility for a further continua tion of the war. Germany, he declared, could not be charged with the purpose of fighting on to make further con (lues ts. "The war can be terminated only by3 a peace which will give the certi tude that war will not return," the chancellor declared. "We all agree about that." lie asserted Germany's food sup plies wer-e sufficient and that her im mense stores of cop)per were adequate for many years. To Construct Two Battleships. Washingtonm..-Secrmetary Daniels an nlounced that contracts for the con struction of battlehips Nos. 43 and 44, authorized b~y thme last Congress, had been awardled to the New York and Mare Island Navy Yards re spectively, their bids-bein~g New York $7,000,925; Mare Island $7,4'13,156. The dlecision to build the ships in the governmnent yards was reached at a con fereonce betwveen President Wilson andl Secretary Daniels. All bids sub mitted by private firms exceeded the cost fixed by congress. Prize Court Will 8ettle. Washington.-Great Brita'in advis ed thme United States that in response to the state department's protest in the case of the steamship Hocking andl other vessels of the Americani Tra-nsAtlantic Company, orders rg. quisitioning the Hocking and Gene. see would be cancelled and test cases wvould be tried promptly in a prize court to dispose of the charge, that the company is partly German owned. Two of the steamers seized by the British cruisers, will be released un. der bond. RENAB DEANDD TO ACTPROMPTLY NOTE 18 SENT TO-AUSTRIA-HUN GARY REGARDING SINKING - OF ANCONA. ILLEGAL AND INDEFENSIBLE Declares Submarine CQpnmander a Wanton Slaughterer and Demands That He Be Punfuhed. Washington.-The text of the Amer lcan note to Austria-Hungary regard jpg the sinking of the Italian steamship Ancona, just made public, is as fol lows: The secretary of State to Ambas sador Penfield. Department of State, Washington. Please deliver a note to the Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, textually as follows: "Reliable infromati'on obtained from American and other survivors who were passengers on the steamship An cona shows that on November a sub marine flying - the Austro-Hungarian flag fired a solid shot toward the steamship; that thereupon the Ancona. attempted to escape, but being over hauled by the submarine she stopped; that after a brief period and -before the crew and passengers wore all able to take to the boats the submarine fired a number of shells at tho vessel and finally torpedoed and sank her while there were yet many persons on A board; and that by gunfire and foun dering of the vessels a large number of persons lost their lives or were se riously injured, among them were cit izens of the United States. "The public statement of the Austro-Hungarian admiralty has been brought to the attention of the gov ernment of the United States and 1'e ceived careful consideration. This statement substantially confirms the principal declaration of the survivors as it admits that the Ancona after be ing shelled was torpedoed and sunk while pesons were still on board. "The Austro-Hungarian Government has been advised, through the cor respondence which has possed be tween the United States and Ger of th i attitude of the govern / the United States as to '-7 submarines in attackir . of commerce and th 1$ of Germany iftat at ith full knowledg, on the par of the Austro Hungarian government of the views of the government of the United States as expressed in no uncertain terms to the ally of Austria-Hungary, the com mander of the submarine which at tacked the Ancona failed to put in a place of safety the crew and passen gers of the vessel which they purport ed to destroy, because, it is presum ed, of the impossibility of taking it into port as a prize of war. "The government of the United States considers that the commander violated the principles of international law and of humanity by shelling and torpedoing the Ancona before the per sons on board had been puit in a place of safety 01' even given sufficient time to leave the vessel. The conduct ofI the commander can only be charac terized as wvanton slaughter of do fenseless non-coT.hatapts since at the time when the vessel was shelled and torpedoed, she was not it appears, re sisting or attemp~ting to escalpe; andI no other reason is sufficient to excuse sush an attack, not evcn the possibility of r'escue. "The government of the United States is forced, therefore, to conclude either that the commander of the submarine acted in violation of his instructions or that the Imperial and Royal Government failed to issue in structions to the commanders of its submarines in accordance with the law of nations and the principles of humanity. The government of the United States -is unwilling to believe the latte- alternative and to credit the Austro-Hlungarian government with an intention to permit its submarines -'I to destroy the lives of helpless men, women and children. It prefers to be lieve that the commander of the sub marine commnitted this outrage with out authority andl contrary to the gen oral or special instructions which he I had received. "As the good relations of the two ~ countries must rest up'on a comm~fonl regard for ia~v and humanity, the govei'nment of the United States can not be expeocted to do otherwise than . to demand that the Imper-ial and~ Royal Government denounce the sink ing of the- Ancona as an illegal and indefensible act; that the officer who j perpetrated the deed( be0 punished ; and that reparation by the payment of an indemnity be made for the citizens of the United States who weore killed or injured by the attack on the vessel. "The government of the United States expects that the Austro-Hun garian government, appreciating the gravity of the case, will accede to its demand promptly; and it rests this expectation on the belief that the Austro-Hungarian government will not sanction or defend an act which is condomiied by the world as inhumane and barbarious, which is abhorrent to all civilized niations, and which has caused the death of innocent Ameri. can citizens. "LANSING.'