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M ~TAY"'BILL NOW NCNRS MORE SWEEPING CHANGES IN POLICY THAN PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT. FOUR STRIKING FEATURES Federal Volunteer Force; Enlisted Re. serve; Federalization of National Guard and an Officers' Reserve. Washington.-The first of the na donal preparedness measures to reach either house of Congress for consider ation was introduced in the senate by Senator Chamberlain. chairman of the military commiteie, which perfected it after weeks of hearings and confer ences. It proposes an even more sweepkig change in military policy than that outlined by President Wilson in his aniual message. and was do, scribed by Air. Chamberlain as the most comiprelensive piece of military legislation ever offered in Congress. There is no vital difference between the Senate and louse measures and both committee believe that when the final bill, which will be agreed upon in jointc onference committee, has passed both houses, the president will be able to affix his signature to a measure that will (10 more than he has asked toward building up an adequate national defense. Aside fron its plan virtually to double the regular army and national guard, the senate bill has four strik Ing fekttures. They are: Authorization ofa purely Federal volunteer force in peace times, the object sought by Secretary Garrison in urging the continental army plant. Authorization for a definitely enlist ed reserve in pqace times among men of every profession or calling whose training fits them for special duty either with troops, on lines of com munication or supply, or in machine shops and munitions plants. Federalization of the National Guard under a pay provision designed to bring this force immediately into such relations with the federal govern mnet that its training, equipment and personnel will be under supervision of the war department. Authorization for an officers' reserve and a reserve officers' training corps, which would take in graduates from military schools and colleges and pro vide for ther further development to command. MOEWE REACHES HOME PORT. German Raikder Reports Sank Fifteen Vessels. Berlin, via London.-An official statement issued by the General Naval Staff state's that the German cruiser Moewe arrived in a German port. She had on board of large number of British prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. The announcement says 15 vessels .were sunk by the com merce raider. 'rhe statement follows: "The Na,val General Staff ates that H1. M. S. Moewe, commander Captain Burgrave Count von Dohna Schiodien, after a successful cruise lasting sever-al months, arr-ived at some home port with four British of *ficers,- 29 British marines and sailors, 166 meni di crews of enemy steamers, *among thtem 103 Indians, as prisoners, and 1.000.000 mar-ks in gold bars. "The vessel captur-ed the following enemy steamers, the greater part of which were sunk and a small part of which were sent as prizes to neu tr'al ports: "The Blritishi steamers Corbridlge, 3,68? tons;' Author, 3,496 tons; Tr-ader, 3.6'08 tons; Ariadne, 3.035 tons; Drom onby, 3,627 tons; Farringford, 3,146 tona; Clan MacTavish., 5,816 tons; Ap pam, 7.781 tons Wecstburn, 3,300 tons; Het-ace, 3,335 tons; lIamenmco, 4,629 tons; Saxon Prince, 3.471 tons.. The British sailin~ vessel, Edinburg, 1,473 tons; the French steamer Maroni, 3, 109 tons; lte Belgian steamer Luxem bourg, 4.322 tons. At several points on enemy coast the Weowe also laid out mines to which, among others the battleship King Edward ViI fell vic Colonel House Returns. New York.--Col. E. M. House, who sailed for Europe on December 28 on a confidential mission for President 'Wilson, arrived here on the steam ship Rotterdam from Falmouth. As soon as ho landed from a special coast guard cutter, which met the Rotter. dam at Quarantine, Col. House 'an nounced he would leave at once for Washington to meet the president, He declined to comment on his misqipn or h'at he had seen or don9.il *abroad. Hie stated that he was tted With courtesy everywhere, Ask Austela to Ap~~i. Washingto.-The UA preparing to bnake upon Austria4un&y the attack by an~A ~ ~ Iy n~ pQnl the Amerit .trolite, A np. , JQHN G. COOIR Congressman John G. Cooper of Ohio has Just exchanged a seat in a locomotive for one in congress. Up to his election to congress Mr. Cooper was at the throttle of a railroad en. gins. He was born in Wigan, England, April 27, 1872, and came to America in 1880. He Is a Republican and has served two terms in the Ohio legis. lature. REPORT BUSINESS GOOD REFLECTED IN REPORTS OF AGENTS OF FEDERAL RE SERVE BOARD. Southern Agents Report That Larger Crop of Cotton Will Be Planted This Year. Washington.-Generally good busi less conditions throughout the coun ry are reflected in reports of Federal 'eserve agents made public by the 7ederal Reserve Board. Growing icarcity of raw materials used in many American industries is noted, however, and the southern agents pre dict an increase in cotton acreage this year unless steps are taken to prevent it. The Boston district reports trade generally in continued acticity, with the uncertainty as to the European situation restraining undue expan sien. Unrest of labor and increasing cost of raw materials, however, are said to be disturbing factors. From New York comes the report that there are more products aind workers in that district, and that the industrial activity there is of record sharacter. On account of scarcity of aw materials, however, some houses anticipate a shortage in merchandise stocks. . The Richmond report describes conditions throughout that district as good, and points to railroad construc tion, increased manufacturing and new credits .extended to back up the statement. The cotton acreage in tlie district, the report says, probably will be slightly increased this year but the practice of crop diversification will not be abandoned. Although February is said to be usually a quiet month in the Atlanta district, the report says there has been "very little lessening" of liusis ness activity. LAST DOUBT iS REMOVED. Congress Knows Just Where Presi dent Wilson Stands. Washington. - President Wilson served notice on Congress that ho will consent to nothing less than a record vote on the anti-Administration reso lutions to warn Americans off the arm ed ships of European belligerents be fore he goes on with the German sub marine negotiations. No compromise proposition, such as a vote of confidence in the Presi dent's foreign policy will be accept able. Such an action, it is held, might be construed in Berlin as justifying the opinion that the President lacks the support of Congress and his own party in his. demands for a full ob servance of international law, while its only purpose would b~a to afford members of Congress a way -to avold recording - their positions before the copsntry on the straight, out and out question. Wifsen Gives $1,000. Atlanta, Ga.--Dohation of one thou Aand~ dollars biy President Woodrow Wilson to the Ellen Wilson memorial for the eduafon of the mountain Yodth of t11e South has just -been an. Pritish Stearseq'Thornaby eunkc. ~o) on.-Thef itigh steamer Thor b P reportedl to have beoun annk1 SENATE, 16' Is1R1H WISON'SSPORi BY VQTE OF 68 TO 14 GORE RESC LUTION IS EFFECTUALLY KILLED. A -WARM DEBATE.FOLLOWS Free Expression of Opinion of Sena tors Which at Times Was Shout ed and Out of Order. Washington.-By a vote of 68 to 14 the senate carried out President Wil .sCn's wish and killed Senator Gore's renolution to warn Americans off arm ed belligerent ships. In. a turbulent scene, such as is seldom witnessed in the senate, the Voting proceeded with senators shout ing objections, futilely demanding recognition to explain their positions and making hot retorts to each other, all of which were out of order. At one time so many senators were shouting for the Vice President's rec ognition that the Sergeant-at-Arms N as called to restore quiet. After having maneuvered for two days to get the resolution in such parliamentary position that it was disposed of without debate the Sen ate then proceeded to a general dis ussion of the subject which continued all afternoon to the dismay of admin Istration supporters. There were free expressions of opinion that the senate's actionj because the vote ac tually was taken on a motion to table the Gore resolution with a correction by the author and a substitute by Sen tor McCumber, was in effect a Scotch verdict" and had not actually tecomplished the purpose of the Pres dent. Such statements aroused the resident's friends, who feared they vould produce -nn effect directly op losite to that intended-a notice to lie world that the senate stands be iind the Prestqent in his demand on lermany for the rights of Americans raveling the seas. In the house, however, the foreign ifairs committee by a vote of 17 tp took a longer step toward meeting ully the President's wishes. It- voted o report the McElmore warning res ilution with the recommendation that t be tabled. At the White , House satisfaction vas expressed with the senate's ac lion. Senator Gore voted for the motion to table and declared he considered the administration victory 'a mixed ime. BATTLE CONTINUES TO RAGE. More Than 3,000 Men Perished When French Cruiser Was Sunk. London.-In the sinking in the mid edite'rranean recently of the French nxiliary druiser Providence II, the in lications are that there occurred the ~reatest marine disaster in the world's sistory, so far as loss of life in con oerned. The French Admiralty reports that here were nearly 4,000 persons on board, and up to date it has only ac counted for 870 of them. Seemingly, therefore, more than 3,000 men perish ed when the former trans-Atlantic iner went to the bottom. The staff of the Third Colonial Infantry Regi spent was among the many soldiers aboard the cruiser. The story of how the vessel was sunk remains to be told. Around the village of Douaumont which is in the hands of the Germans is raging a battle of *reat intensity. Iaving captured the village and ex tended their lines wvest and south, the Germans were forced to give ground >efore vicious attacks of the French who regained part of the terrain they had lost. The fighting here is pro ec-eding unabated. injunction Against Conductors. Atlanta, qa.-Suit to enjoin officers and members of the Order of Railway Conductors from "carrying out a con spiracy of threatened strikes" as pro test against the installation by' rail roads of the White audit syistem was fled in United States District Court here by counsel for audit company. Deny Right of Federal Court. Norfolk, Va-The German Empire through Lieut. Hans Berg, command. ing the former British liner Appai, and L. M. von Scholling, vice consul for the district comprising Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth, d4 nied the jurisdiction of the -Federal Court in deciding the status of fUhe ship,'/ in answering libel proceedings inustituted by the African Steam Mavi gation Company, Ltd., of Liverpool, for recovery of the vessel. The' an swer was filed but no date set' for hearing.' Mayor. Organire. New Orleans.-A perriaaent~ 6igl itatioh' f Aiperican mayq 0,'~ -- rote thed49l00f Nat ~ief se W~ effecktg ere at a. oi Yeri'an* neex r9, muu wnc' go~urge iti~~J ,,.,, 1 ARNOLD ERTSOM Arnold Robertson, son of Charles Boyd Robertson, for many years a well-known characte.' In Washington official circles, has been appointed to his father's place as first secretary of the British embassy. GERMANS MAKE ADVANCE FRENCH BREAKING TEUTON AD VANCES BY THE EFFECTIVE USE OF ARTILLERY. Berlin Reports Number of Prisoners. Considerable Artillery Activity. Russians Gain In East. London.-With the lessening of the activity of the contending forces to the north of Verdun, the French in the Woevre region east of Verduni are using their artillery to break up Ger man preparations for further advances toward the fortress. At various pointe the fire of the French guns has pro yented the Germans from launching offensives. In the Vosges Mountains there als< has been great artillery activity b the French near Seiones and Ban-de Sapt; while near Seppois the Germani have been driven out of trenches the3 had previously taken. In the Chim .pagne region, thd German fortified works in the region of Hill 193 hav been battered by the French guns- an the crater of a mine exploded by thi Germans was occupied by the French The Germans have added severa additional points to their terrain it the fighting about Verdun, havinj been enabled to construct trenchei on the slopes north of the Cote-du Poivre, and to capture an armored work northwest of Douamont, and hav~e taken the town of Manheullei and Champton, 13 miles southeast of Verdirn. In this drive to the east of Verdun the advance of the Germans has ox tended over a front virtually 12 miles --from Dieppe to Champton. Berlin reports that thus far they have taken prisoner 228 officers,-10,571 men and a large number of guns, ma. chine guns and much war material. There has been considerable artil. lery activity, and fights in the air be tween batallions of Germanu and Brit. ish. aviators along the British~ froni in France and Belgium. In the Dvinsk region of Russia, the Russians have driven the Germans back and advanced their line, and put down under heavy fire an attempt at a counter-attack. WILSON ASKS FOR SHOWDOWN. Washington.-The matiter of resolu. tions to warn Americans from taking passage on armed merchantmen was brought to the front 'again in a most unexpected manner when President Wilson wrote acting Chairman Pou of the house committee on rules urging an early vote .on the resolutions. From the nature of th~e president's request it is very, probable that a rule will be brought out authorizing im mediate consideration of the proposi, tion which so agitated- congress last treek, ahd members will be given full opportunity to give public expressiori to the decided opinions .they have ox. pressed in private in their office and in the oloak roo'ms. The action .0o Mr. Wilson Is expeoted- to bring th4 entire controver'sy to the front, and t( bring about the vote which the ad ministration so :stgongly urged last week. Only italian ShIp. Are- Armed. New York.-Only a small lir9portior of the'shipping plylingbetween Amern can and ~luropean prte-a fleet 0o ?'r94. Italian $4 tnei-pears tp be menaced' by tnew Teutoni< submnaipne polQ 'pj %i effect4 brt NAY. EFICENT TELLS COMMI1TK. OF SOME EXCELLENT TA01QET 'PRAC TICE BY eLR9'I. SHIPS ARE EQUAL TO ANY The Dreadnaughts of the Ulted States Lead the World and Men Are Just as Good. Washington.-An encouraging re. port on the condition and efficiency of the nation's sea forces was given the house naval committee by Admir ai Frank Fletcher, commander-in chief of the Atlantic fleet. In individual fighting efficiency, Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread noughts of the Upited States led the world, while in the skill of its offi cers and men, the navy had no rea son to fear comparison to that of any other power. Describing some of the things the navy is doing in the light of lessons of the European war, the dmiral said one ship of the fleet recen ly had hurled seven out of 42 huge projec tiles through a target 20 by 60 feet at a range of eight to nine miles, or 10,000 to 18,000 yards. The longest ranges used in naval engagements of the European war thus far, he ex plained, were 16,000 to 17,000 yards. Judging from reports of target practice at Guantanamo during the last month, Admiral Fletcher said, it was probable that from 10 to ,20 per cent of the shots fired could be land ed on a battleship at 18,000 yards. He said that inherent errors in gun fire and fange determination, which do.not seriously affect results at short distances, are greatly magnified as the range goes up. To bring out the effectiveness of navy shells, Admiral Fletcher told of target work by the Wyoming last year at 12,000 yards. in which three shells penetrated a 10 inch ' armor plate. Five out of 30 shots fired, he said, struck the small target and from 80 to 90 per cent would have landed on a battleship. The committee took up at once the bill to authorize officers of the ma rine corps to accept employment in the Haitien constablary. Col. Waller, commanding the marines in Haiti, told the committee that absolute quiet prevailed there and that a new tho na nd security for the rst me In 112 years. GERMAN RAIDER TAKEN. Dispatches From Montivideo Report Capture of Moewe; Beunos Aires.-Press despatches - from Montevideo say that a steamer i arriving from Europe Intercepted near |the coast of Brazil a wireless message stating that British cruisers had cap tured the German auxiliary cruiser - Moewe. There is 'aome -doubt, however; as to the identity of the German vessel captured. Another version of the ac count is that the vessel is the Ger man cruiser Roon. The American steamer Santa Bar bara has arrived at Montevideo, her captain .making the announcement that a French cruiser which put out from Dakar, on the west coast of Africa, encounitered a Gfrman raider, name not given, and opened fire on her. Under cover of darkness the German ship got awyay. She was, how ever, damaged on her upper works by the French. Trial Trip Completed. Newport News, Va.-The battleship Pennsylvania r-eturned to the ship yard after successfully completing her trials. The 'superdresdnaught was Away 11 days and during that time was put through all the 'tests required by the. government. James William Lee Dead. Dallas, Texas.-James William Lee, a cousin of the Confederate chieftian, Robert E. Lee, died at his home here. Mr. Lee enlisted in the Confederate Army when he was 16 years old, ser ving throughout the conflict. Germans Resume Operations. London.-The Germans have resum ed their hea'ry offensive in the region of Verdun, with the French - every where strongly opposing it. While over most of the front from the east of the Meuse down into the Woevre region, the German big guns have been active, around Douaumont the Teutons launched several infantry at tacks of extreme violence. These, he F Irench war office declares, were put down by the Frehch troops, whose fire decimated the enemy ranks. Pletoher .Reports on Navy. 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