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DEFENDS VIR PUNS. ' ?____- i KKNTUKIW ATT Ar KS |flt\l BY CHAMHFK1, AI N. I>eclarca Fncn> (. ulned Xou Heart Front fTtUiamse figgg F?ll' Deal for Wilson. Washington, Feb. 14.? With a broad suggestion that Senator Chamber taints much discussed New York ?patch In which he charged that the American military machine had com? pletely broken down might have been the cause of the fullure of the recent strike disturbances in A jstria tnd Germany because the enemy took new heart and hopes of victory, Sen? ator Jame* of Kentucky, spoke at length in defense of the admlnistra noo n war accomplishments Senator James* speech reopened the war discussion, which promises to continue again for several days with Republicans leading the attuck and Democrats making defense. 3enator Chamberlain's speech, Mr. Jamae declared unjustified by th< tacts, and of great comfort to in. enemy. "Who can measure the mighty forc< of this utterance In the hunds of th< keiner?" he aaked. stating that i*. probably was emphasised in Germ:i newspapers as responsible, coming from the chairman of the military committee. "Of course, 1 know he did not In? tend to have that effect, but I'm Jua! pointing out the danger of ?uch ut? terances. Let's see if they are war? ranted. I will undertake to prove they ere not. "Of course America has made mls takee." he declared, "but we want to ?0 back and live In the atmosphere before the war " At length Senator James levlewed the SUdden expansion of the army, the quick passage of the draft law and Ihe registration of 10,000,(00 men. their mobilisation and equipment and that whereas the French only had ashed for 30,S00 troops at tho begin - nlgg to enhearten the Frencr people ipany more than 100.000" had been sent ''How has a military establishment fallen down that can do work like 4het0"' he demanded. "No," he shout? ed^ at Senator Chamberlain, ' the de? partments have not ceased function Tn conclusion. Senator James said: ? In tune like this we need I. united American people back of the com snander In chief of the army and uavy of this land, and of course who ever attacks hat commander will have the whole support of every pro German, every spy, every pad 1st, ev? ert enemy of America, v?ho will rally behind hhn because th?y want to break down the great directing force of this wsr. "President Wilson walks the tight rdpe?It stretches across the sea with ta nreeks and dead; he holds in his tiaade the richest treasure ever lodged in Ihe keeping of one man. That treas gjf*' le our very life, our liberty, our Institutions, eur homea our firesides, edr alt * Le me plead with you ; let mo plead all Americans, do not shake the rape. Do not badger him; do not ? eckle him. Do not annoy hin. He will make the Journey safely over this ocedn of blood and peril." FLYFIls SINK SI HMAHINi:. e Hydro-Plane* Catch One In Knglinh Channel. Paria. Feb. If..--An encounter be? tween two Freurh hydro-airplanes and* a German submarine In the Eng Halt Channel recently probably re? sulted In the sinking of the I -boat, after it had been bombed l*y the planes, according to an official an? nouncement by the Trench admiralty Hit I U Ml SHIP lUlADi m |v Hunk In Mid-Ocean mid Ten of i res IVrlsli. New York. Feh. IT, -Ten mt UM officera ami new of the British steam* ship Miguel <ie Larranaga pertshod In mid^Ocean February 6th wher the vessel foundered \ Brltleh warship resetted lwe*ty>seveu from small tests. WAMOVU DAMCKR Kil l l l? V croon i astk- Fell With Machine While Flying. Fort Worth, T-xan. ivn 11 Vein on Castle, the noted dancer, w n kill? ed flying at Hellbrook. Lieut. Castle was a momUi el the Kngllsh Royal Fly ins Corp*. When the accident ????< m red he was trying to *vold an Amern in cade! lie >r\ ed his mschlie nd control, und w?i unable to light himself. The i ,. det #aa uninjured IdSJJt Castle hud mSde Over one hundred ami Ufte flights over the Herman lines along the Flanders front and was hero of many axploit* in the war sone. He bad received the STSCS <?t g n for | laroue action HOG ISLAND SCANDAL INVESTIGATION OKDHItED IIY PHI Hill 111 WILL 1IA7SH BUi GAME* High Ftiuumo and Kecklces Waste of <.<>\( i imionl Money Charged?Crim iiuil Prosecutions May Follow? So % oral "Dollar a Year Men" involv? es! Washington, Fob. H.?Investigation by the department of justice of tUf American International Corporation's construction of the government's big fabricating steel shipyard at Hog Is? land, Pa., was ordered today by Pres? ident Wilson with a view to criminal prosecution if the facts develop RlOr* than recUless expenditure of govern? ment money. At the same time Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, who had re? quested the move, indicuted that the corporation's contracts for building the yards and ships involving many millions of dollars, might bo cancell? ed, which was taken to mean that the government might take over the yard, complete its construction and build the ships itself. This step has been urged by members of the sen? ate committee investigating ship build? ing. The president asked for the inves? tigation In the following letter to At? torney General Gregory: "Mr. Hurley, of the shipping board, has called my attention to some very serious facts which have reoently been developed with regard to con? tracts made in connection with the .shipbuilding program with the com? pany operating at Hog Island. They are so serious, indeed, that I do not think that we can let them be taken care of merely by public disclosure and discussion. I would be very much obliged If you would have some trust worthy person in your department get into conference with Mr. "Hurley about the whole matter with a view to instituting criminal process in case the facts Justify It." Charges of mismanagement and a reckless spending of government t'Unis at Hog Island have been made f-eely before the senate committee. Witnesses have testified that the yard, for which the shipping board is putting up all the money, may cost twice the sum of 121,000,000 carried In original estimates. The slow pro? gress mude in construction of the yard and reports of loose manage? ment prompted chairman Hurley three weeks ago to put in full charge of the work Former Hear Admiral F. A. Howies, assisant general manager of the Hmergency Fleet Corporation who is now on the ground. Mr. Hurley's threat to cancel the contracts was contained in a letter to Admiral Howies directing him to un? cover any irregularities and notifying him that the attorney general hud been requested to designate a special assistant to aid him. Admiral Howies was directed to effect a more economi? cal management. The Hog Island contract was the largest of three fabricating steel ship BOfttrnOti let by the Kmergency Fleet Corporation for which the government was to furnish all the money. The corporation is acting in effect as an ugent of the government and in the words of Admiral Howies before the senate committee is furnishing the "know how.'' It stands to make a prolit of $6.000,000 on the yard and on the ship it Is to build. The Amer lean International Corporation is com? posed of some of the country's most powerful financiers, including Finnic A. Vunderlip. Percy A. Uoekefeller, J, ogdeu Annour, Hubert Dollar, and Hubert S. Dovett. The American International Ship? building Corporation subsidiary of 'he American International Corpora UnOi is actually building the yard and will build the ships although the gov? ernment's cent i acts were made with the AmOTIcon International Corpora? tion. The senate committee's Inquiry developed that some work has been sublet to outside contractors. Qggffu J. Haldwin, chairman of the American International Corporation, denied befoie the committee this WOOk that expenditures had been exeessivc 111 view of the government's demand lor spi ed The senate committee has gone pi) into the Hog Island project. T< Umonv has disclosed that con llon is four months behind. BOMHM FOtt NORWAY. t.cimuii Asjesjts PrOJaUVd to Sink Nneneglaa ships, t'hrist.an.a. Jan, :i (Coiniepond eine, Fi e*h dsSSOVSrlCS Ol bombs of Clerman origin have ?.? round In Norway, A large Htitn. of p,,,,,,,* m. t. n.h d to mow up ships earn Ing Iron ?ue to Kngiami w.,m uncovered n U m d. vs ago at Rlrkenea, a seaport. n. im i nu,. bombs ami a numbei smaller snglnee of destruction were MOOted ut Findelin in ., room former ly occupied by alleged accomplices of Harun Heutenfels. whose operations were extensively aired several months ago. BRITISH PREMIER SUSTAINED. HOUSE, BY ADOPTION OF SPEECH PROM THRONE, NULLIFIES ATTACKS ON GOVERN? MENT. I,aw and Halt/our Aid?Sec No Ap? proach in VBStOII Premiers' Speeofa? es to (lie Demands of Allies. London, Feb. 14.?Through the adoption tonight by the hou.se of commons of the address in reply to the speech from the throne, which was accomplished without division, the attacks against the government for the time being have come to naught. Today's debate was on various sub? jects, Including the food question, brewing and diplomacy. All hostile amendments against the premier's address were either withdrawn or re? jected. Andrew Jlonur Law, chancellor of the exchequer, and Arthur J. Balfour, foreign secretary, came to the assist? ance of the hardly-pressed premier. Mr. Bonar Law produced statistics with the view of disposing of charges against the government of failing to carry out promises with regard t shipbuilding, food and other matters. Like the premier Tuesday, he chal? lenged the house to change the gov? ernment if it no longer had confidence in its policy. Secretary Balfour supported strong? ly the premier's view concerning the speeches of Emperor William. Chan? cellor von Bertling and Count Czern ln, saying they gave not the slightest indication of an approach to the allies' war aims, but rather gave the im? pression that three years- of war had produced no change in Germany's miliary policy. His speech undoubted* ly had a great influence on the house and although the debate continued, a great many members left the chamber when he concluded. The vote was taken in a comparatively thin house. TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT'S SPEECH Austrian Foreign Minister Proposes to Deliver Address to Delegations of Two Kingdoms. Amsterdam, Feb. 14.?Cotint Czern in, the Austro-Hungarian foreign min? ister, .uccording to a Vienna dispatch, has announced his intention of de? livering a long statement to the dele? gations of the two kingdoms on Sat? urday concerning the Brest-Utovsk negotiations and President Wilson's latest speech. The dissolution of the lower house of the Austrian reichrath is* possible as a result of Polish indignation over the cession of Cholm to Ukraine, ac? cording to the Vienna correspondent ol The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. The Austrian press continues to dis? cuss President Wilson's speech and the peace with the Ukraine. The Reichpost hails Count Czernin as "the Miccossfu) peace chancellor of a peace emperor" and declares that the break up of the war now has set in. "The peace idea is on the march," it saySj "otherwise the war agitator* at Versailles would not be so desper? ate." ATTACKS RAILROAD BILL. Cummins gays. Proponed Compensa? tion Excessive. Washington, Feb. 14.?Considera? tion of the administration railroad hill continued in the senate today with Sana tor Cummins, Republican, at? tacking the proposed standards ol compensation, which he declared ex? cessive. While the public is balng asked to loan money to the govern? ment at 4 par cent, it is proposed in the bill, he said, to guarantee to rail? road security holders, returns rang? ing from lu to 20 per cent.?"a mon? strous1 proposal.'1 In opposing the bill, Senator Cum? mins declared he was actuated only by patriotic motives and would yield If he knew that the president knew more about compensation than the senators. He added that many mem? bers of the senate have spent yean studying the transportation question. Senator Cummins approved Presi? dent Wilson's action In taking over control of the railroads, but said it I should have been done sooner. He de? plored the uncertainty which he said now prevails among the railroads of 'the country, over the question as to what roads have been taken over, the ?tatUS Of the 1,100,000 persons em ployed In the operation Of these prop? erties, and ol* the millions of dollar* now being paid into the various rail? road treasuries. The Iowa senator Will conclude his speech tomorowi ? '< ? i **? ? RAID NEAR VPRES. Artillery Fighting on The Plsndors Front. London. Cob. 18.- A BUCOSSSful raid was carried <>nt luel night by Lancashire troops in the neighborhood Of the ypreo St. Aden Railway, says today's war official report. Eleven prisoners were taken. Enemy artib lory was active north Of Lens and op i.Ite bnbasoss and Wytschaete. NORWAY REFUSES EMBARGO. PROMISES BIO AMERICAN goods WILL BE REEXPORTED to HI IK GERMANS. Says she Can't Break With the Teu? tons and Maintain Desired Political Neutrality. Washington. Fob. 14.?Norway in her reply to the proposals of the Unit? ed States for B food rationing agree? ment, made public here today by Mr. Friedtj, of Nansen, head of the Nor? wegian special mission, offers to guar? antee that no American products shall go through Norway to Germany, but declines to meet the full American demands for a restricted export of Norwegian products to the Central Powers. In her commercial policy, it is de? clared, "Norway cannot break off com? mercial relations with one of the bel? ligerent parties without the serious danger arising that it will not be pos Bible to maintain the political neutral? ity of the country much longer. Nor? way may justly claim that she shall not through the prospect of being de? nied daily bread, be placed before the choice'between actual need and the acceptance of an agreement which would evolve danger to her position as a neutral and possibly expose her to a war. "In order to maintain her economic life, Norway also needs supplies from the Central Powers and it therefore is necessary that it shall remain in a neutral position to render services in compensation for such supplies. The war trade board, which is con? ducting the negotiations- for the Unit? ed States declined to state how far the Norwegian counter-proposals are acceptable, but said the negotiations would be continued. Norway refuses to accede to the requirements of the war trade board that it stop exporting to the Central Powers any materials that may be used in the manufacture of munitions or supplies of war as well as pyrites nickel, tin, and other commodities. / However, it agrees to limit the amount of these supplies exported to the Central Powers. to pay ENGLAND'S war debt. Many Undeveloped Resources of the Emlper Will Yield Large Sums. London, Jan. 31 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?The Em? pire Resources Development Commit? tee has been trying to devise ways and means of paying off the vast leg? acy of debt that will be bequeated by the war. It has not been long at it but according to H. Wilson-Fox, M P., a prominent member of the com? mittee, it is making highly satisfac? tory progress in the solution of the problem As outlined by Wilson-Fox in an address before the Royal Colonial In? stitute, the colossal sums needed are to be obtained by the State develop? ing certain resources of the Empire on a huge scale and turning over tht profits to the National treasury. Ono of these is iish of which, Mr. Wilson Fox said, unlimited supplies could be obtained from Canada and New? foundland. This Rsh, it was assert? ed, could be sold in the United King? dom at prices- far below those ruling before the war, pro\ ide a good living for all engaged in the work and yield the State a prollt of from 25, ooo.noo to 00,000,000 pounds a year. Another proposal was that tho State should participate In the supply and distribution of the palm products obtained in the Empire which are daily becoming of greater Importance as articles of food. From this, it was calculated, the profit would soon amount to 50,000,000 pounds annual? ly. Another 100,000,000 pounds a year It was estimated could he deriv? ed by the J-'tate from electricity for light and power to be provided at much cheaper rates than private companies charged, The Home government, it was sug? gested, should cooperate with Can? ada In the early development and sale of large tracts of corn land. If a grant of 100,000,000 acres could be negotiated, the committee believed, the nation's food supply would be assured and within a quar? ter of a century the sale of farms in this area would pay off a large por? tion of the Empire's debt. "Looking Into the future." said the lecturer, "we can visuali/.e the State as an owner of vast herds of cattle overseas raised on lands which are to? day Unutilised; ns a proprietor of forests ami valuable plantations of tropical shrubs and trees grown on areas which are still virgin, and the harnesser of mighty waterfalle fed i>> the eternal snows of India and Africa; as an organiser of great commercial air services, and as the reaper on an immense scale of the manifold har? vest Of the seas." Amsterdam, Jan. 81 (Correspond ? once) ? Holland is still sending 18,000 Quarts Of milk dally to Germany for butter-making, according to Official figures published here. MONEY FOR CHARLESTON. $13,100,000 FOR STORAGE, IM**, 000 FOB LAM). Provision Made in Measure for Liner- ; gonoy Hospital for the Navy Yard at Charleston to Cos! $223,000. Washington, Feb. 14.?In urgent deficiency appropriation bill reported to the house of representatives today by Chairman Sherley of the appro? priation committee, one of whose members is Congressman James F. Byrnes*, of the Second South Carolina District, appropriations and author? izations amounting to more than $20,000,000 are carried for projects at and around Charleston. Mr. Pyrnes stated toil evening that while Charleston is not specifically mentioned in the bill, the money is provided to proceed with the war de? partment's plant to develop storage and terminal facilities at that port in accordance with the Washington dis? patches to The News and Courier dur? ing the past two weeks. There are certain phases of the plans which are not being divulged in detail, even in the committee hear? ings. These additional projects in? volve expenditures which caused Rep? resentative Whaley to give a total of $22,000,000 or more. Congressman Byrnes understands that these items will reach approxi? mately that amount, and may be con? siderably more, as immense lump sums are to be used at the discretion of the military authorities. Acting Quartermaster General Goethals in Iiis testimony before the appropria? tions committee of the house said in par'.: "A general plan for warehousing in connection with embarkation, so that the manufacturers will not be requir? ed to utilize their space for storage, thus cutting down their production, became necessary in the general scheme as I have outlined it. We con? template using Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport New? and Charleston as a part of the scheme. Points further South than Charleston have been eliminated, because the draft of wa? ter in some of the ports south of Charleston is not sufficient and the Gulf ports have been eliminated on ac? count of the additional time required to go there and back, the time lost being as much as seven days. "At Governor's Island $23,000,00" have been expended and at Newport , News $3,000,000. The storehouse at Newark will cost $4,600,000. The ex? tension of the Bush terminals (at New York.? will cost approximately $20,000,000 to |2S,000,000. The stor? age that is necessary to provide 4, 500,000 square feet at Norfolk is es? timated to cost $23,000,000, and al Charleston 3,300,000 square feet wil ( cost $16.500,000, of which $3,300,. 000 is for land. "The estimates are based on the government acquiring land, using a construction of concrete foundation , tloors and walls, steel girders and in , flammable room. At Baltimore 2.100, 000 square feet of storage will cosl $9f8S0.000. To provide 2,700,000 square feet of storage at Philadelphia will require $12,970,000. To provide 2,000,1100 square feet at Boston , will cost $10,000,000." Provision is made in the deficiency bill for emergency hospitals for the navy at Charleston, costing $225.000, and at Paris Island costing $125,000. To complete the now power plant at the Charleston Navy Yard there Is an Item of $200,000. SHIPYARD DISPUTE ADJUSTED. Shipping Hoard Adjustment Commit? tee Reach Basis of Agreement. Washington, Feb. 16.?The ship? ping board's wage adjustment com? mittee today agreed on an increase in Wages, definite working conditions and overtime pay for all shipyards Workers In the so-called Delaware yards, comprising sixty per cent, of the shipyard workers- on the Atlantic coast, The agreement does not in? clude the Striking carpenters, but is expected to affect their strike. The new scale will be a model for settle? ments In other districts on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. CHEAPER RICE PROMISED. Washington, Feb. 16.?Reduction in the price Of rice is in prospect for April ist, the food administrator an? nounced today. Distribution UgUrCS show that there is a surplus. after deducting the million lugs purchased for export to ESurope, of one hundred and fifty million pounds. This surplus is ample for ail domestic require? ments. Surprise for Americans. Amsterdam, Jan. .">i (Correspond? ence)?The German newspapers, speaking of the great offensive which they say. llindeuburg is going to launch in the west, say that the army has a new poison gas of surpassing efteottveness "which is being reserved SS a surprise for the Americans JUDGES DELIBERATE ONLY EH - TEEM MIN L TEL tVencfa People Approve Conviction of Defendant Who Hears Sentence Without Tremor. Paris, Feb. 14.?Without the slight? est tremor, Bolo Pasha, convicted of high treason, heard Colonel Voyer, president! of the eourtmartial, pro nounce sentence of death upon him today amid an impressive silence in ilie courtroom. Merely shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders, as if to say it was hopeless to fight against the odds, Rolo returned to his cell. Awed by the soldiers with fixed bayonets those who had assembled in the court room refrained from all demonstration but the great crowds outside the court house uttered a ter? rific roar and cheers of approval as word of the sentence reached them, plainly showing the favor which the sentence of death found among thi French people. Swiftly the news of the coming ex? ecution of Bolo Pasha spread throughout the city. Colonel Voyer had not yet completed reading the sentence when the cheers of the mul? titude from out side drowned his voice. The eourtmartial was unanimous in condemning Bolo. It stood for a time four to three against the conviction of Porchere but finally compromised, six to one, on conviction on the charge of "commerce with the enemy," carrying a lighter sentence. The judges deliber? ated only a few minutes and as they bled into the court room it was easily discernible that Bolo Pasha's fate was sealed. An appeal will be entered en a technicality but the general trend of comment heard in le^al, journalistic* and political circles is: "With Bolo's death Boloism will die." The eourtmartial which condemned Bolo Pasts* to death deliberated for only 15 minutes. Darius Porchere, an accountant, j who was a co-defendant, was sen? tenced to three years' imprisonment. Filippo Cavallinie. another co-de? fendant, who is under arrest in Italy, was sentenced . death, although he is not within thaf court's jurisdiction. The speedy eturn of the court martial came almost as s greater sur? prise to the crowds in the court room_( awaiting the verdict than the actu .l sentence of death itself which had been predicted from the outset. Bolo took the announcement with apparent calm, .ut Porchere, who had sat throughout the trial stolid and stupid in appearance, was visibly moss? ed, though whether at his own escape 4 from his patron's1 fate or at the sen? tence Imposed upon Bolo was not easy to determine. BOLO PASHA MAKES APPEAL. Hopeful Death Sentence for Treasou Will be Reversed. Paris, Feb. 1"?F.olo Pasha, who yesterday was convicted by a court martial of trees n and sentenced to death, today appealed from the ver? diet of the Court of Cassation. Bolo. much *.o his surprise, was dressed in prisen garb and taken to the death cell o his return to Sante prison. He pasried a restless night, but was apparei tly hopeful that the decision may b< reversed on appeal. He said to the guards: ?-i am perfect! T tranquil. 1 have a thousand ?roui Afl for appeal." one of those i supposed to be the allegation that a witness for the pros? ecution was seen during a recess of the trial in conversation with th-j president of the court martial and prosecuting attorney. Bolo's first Inquiry this morning was whether his neighbors in prison had been informed of the verdict. Ho was told that Joseph Caillaux, former premier, was astonished at his con? viction. There were many callers at the prison this morning, but none was admitted as Rolo was subjected Ito strict prison regulations and was ; constantly under the eyes of the death 'watch. Re Was handcuffed when ta? ken out for exercise and when brought into court. AGE IX YOVTH. Two Extremes in the House of Lords.' Fisher Boy Knighted. London, Jan. 31 (Correspondence) Much is continually written, says the Rally Graphic, regarding the youthful Vigor of the Earl of Hala bury, who stdl makes his appearance In the house of lords despite the weight of his ninety-four years, hut no mention is made of the little Lord Petre, the youngest peer ol the realm. ' Incredible almost as ,t mav ap? pear, there is ? difference of ninety one years between the ages of the former Lord Chancellor and the prev? ent head of the Caltholie house of Petre, who is not quits four, and Will 04 unable of course, tot ake his seat in parliament until i III ??