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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It See F dit ?nal Pas?, First Column,. JE, 1,XXIV....No. M,tt6. Nm ^atfc ?rilmne First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements WEATHER FABTT.T rtorny to-oat. trsiaTT TLKIl Hiril RAIN. TO-MOBaOW. Taetiiday'? T*m-*?eratare?: Hlsh. IS; I /.??, S?. full repert nn Terre S |( npjrrlsht. l'i'". Bt The I'K.nii? \?.,., iMIi.n ' SATUBDAY, FEBRUARY 13? 1915. * a PRICE ONE CENT IB ?* !? j? *f N em rarh. N ?war?, .1er. er t Ira and floS^-J? r1 ?.r? iir.sr. two ?* rnts - ? -1 WILSON YIELDS; COMPROMISES ON SHIP BILL Indorses Modified Meas? ure. Making Its Provis? ions Temporary. VESSELS TO NAVY WHEN WAR IS OVER Opponents Consent to Leave Disposal of Ves? sels to Department. SENATORS SEEKING ?STRONG ARM" AID Open Bitter Fight for th?? Adop tion of a Cl?ture Rule in the Upper House. Tr ? "?v? Trit-je? Burmui ) WMh.nf.r-r.rfb 12 President Wil? Mn gi-e Ml approval to-night to a eeapro't?*?' ship purchate bill ?nd a ipKil? rule to make it privileged in ?hiHoui? ?t a conference in the White Home in which the Fresident. Chair sin Webb of the Hou?e Judiciary Ceratnitt?"? and Chairman Padgett of th? Navel Affair? Committe? took p?rt Thf ?""resident told the House leader? ?hit if ?drr.in.stration Democrats in the Senate would unit? on the compromi?? : ?itaiurf tomorrow it would be pushtd tnd take precedence over the pending ball Th? ?am compromise is a composite ?f ?ht Weeks and Gore bills, with an imfiiditifnt providing that the life of th* Gore bill shall be for only two t??ri following the close of the Ku r?*?sin **"ar. and that after this period thf ihipring board created in the bill iki'l he dissolved snd the ve;scl? ??red by the corporstion which the ?cverti m ?*-.?. controls shall be turned nr tt the Navy Department. The StcreUry of the Navy, with the eon ?at of the ?"resident, then will de tirnin? whether the ves??l? shall bb ?ad ?i naval auxiliaries, government ?tinted merchant rettsis, or vessels . ami to private partie?. TW President makes the concession ? ?f putting a practica! ?rar time limit. n th? Gore bill and its shipping coir-1 ??oiation. The Hour-e loaders, who' Vor ? temporary measure, concede tie point that the Navy Department I ?kill exercise its discretion after the tlo?f <?f 'he war as to what disposition iha't! be m?de of tht acquired vessel?. Special Rule to Aid Bill. Irr Repiastatat?re? carried with them to the *.\hite House to-night the ?occitl rul? drawn by Mr. Webb ?nd *Hr. Ad?ms?.?n to take up the Weeks Lore bill 77 the House early next week. I* hen tbt Wtskl bill, with its rider, is taatt the plan of the Democrat? will be to move to - In th?- House substitute and to iorre or.!y one rollcall. T her (ht Pri .?Jent will not call an ieai/ion if the Ttcrublican Sen ?:?n continue the filibuster is the im ..'.ive circles to-night. '"? aaatinittrstien leader ?aid he be ' if ved Ht. ? on would carry on the n the Senate for a considerable '??ut. ?nd. i" n,ct with further obstrue utm vas : peta ? witMranral of tho hill ?rd consideration of appropriation ?"??lure* The ???(ministration would ? ?? poi ? on, il ??rgued. to go to 'o* counttv v ith tie plea that it had' intH -he filibusterers must ? turne bl?me for non-action. following the conference to-nigh?. ftUttr Simmons ?? a? consulted by a Honte leader an 1 approved the plans ?ntlincd If other Senat?: Democrats ?tree to-morro?\ the ?omnromise ship kill ?ill be latrodvced In the House mimed.,. Efprc-i-rra' ? Kitcbin ?nd other Hou?? rectlcitiar.t? were not won over -T to-day'*, conference?, but it was' ???id to-nght 'nat they would concede I? the administration the satisfaction ** r?a-il ?? ? ? ompromise in the Houif. ?r. K-.uhm s objection is that the idnntase g?mcd by the passage of a ?*mpor?rv shipping bill would be offset *y living the Secretary of the Navy ?trthority ti? operate or lese -hip? in? definitely. "Insurgent?" Ma.?. Accept. ? hat the filibustering Uepublicans *m assent to a bill of this character; '? ?ot assured, but it is believed the **atrt recalcitrant Democratic Senators n*y ?ctept it. Mr. Underwood, the House majority **<??, took no part in the negotiation?. "?' b? ?ill vupport the compromifc. "'th the administration ship pur ik?ie hi h,sh >nd iry on the rockg> * I'emocratic Senators will confer ^?morrow to deudo whether or not ?"?ngarm" measures shall be adopt *te jaw through the Senate the com ******* bill t? which Pmiden, Wilson ?rr?ja,?J to-night. Th? oueition ?ill be whether or not ?cl?ture rule hhall be adopted, with ^JaTd?r?tiinding that the presiding ; r^r of the Se.?at.- shall refua. **9i"^e say Republican Senator Ah... ** }? 0|,pe?c it on the floor. Al ES"* hr ''toe?i thaaU ?j *V,f fule be adopted. h,it ?uppoitCI .?*** *l,ip purrh?.?,. mea Ute ar. ?.ill*"**' ,h,,t precedent? ha.e little y*' with them. .f? ih* first i "i. in e\eral dav th?* J??liii?tration bill ??? ??.i coi. i i ?le red ???t i>e"*t* to?i?>. It? \irtual de ^ *?? avLnowle.lize.I when th? ^'laiied un tyggja I, ?oluniu CHEERY MRS. JEFF HERE; WONT LIVE WITH HOBOES Mrs. Davis Rules Wanderers* Inn No Place for Children, and Edict Is Law to Talkative Husband?But How She Praises Him?Reunited Family Very Happy. By ELEANOR BOOTH 8IM From Hank?'? department Cincinnat., "?ch?re for twelve j has worked to support her t dren while her huiband indu wanderlust, Mr?. .Teff Davl? ci terday to hi? Hotel de Gink, doesn't intend to ?tar there. 1 her came her daughter and ?? and Filery, and Mr?. Davis r her mind before ever ?he i Hotel de Gink that it i? no p a little girl. SV?e ?nlrl rr.e M on the train I met her. comina* into New Y. "Jeff i? a great talker." ?*? "and I don't talk enough, but he time v '.irn he'? i*ot to ?it righ and listen to me." Mrs Pnvis i? really and trul markahle woman. She i* goo?1 good nature and rheerfulne?? c You remember Ruth Pinch, in I>: "Martin Chuzzlewit"? And Mai ley, in the ?ame book? Mr?. I a Ruth Pinch i only plumper1, ?'ror.g ?easoning of Mark thrown in. I put her good nature 1o th tor I hurst in upon her just th of Albany, at 7 o'clock in the m a? ?.he ?i* "-???hing the ?hi?t journey from her own ?nd her ren I face* in the cramped dr< room of tlie sleeping car and hut up the g-irment? of a lonely ol ?he hod fallen in with on the tr "I riidn' know- anything of life I married Jeff," ?he ?aid. "I wa AUTO KILLS BOY MOTHER CRA? Her Little Girl Burne< Death Only Thre< Months Ago. A parade of the unemploye Brownsville, led by a squad of chi from the Socialist Sunday Schoo tracted the attention of William n ??, ?even years old. of 135 A St.cet, Brownsville: his bro'hrr. I nine years old, and Isidore Korno flv? years old, of 12!> Amboy Sl The three boys marched along i Sutter Avenue. At Vanderbilt Avenue a liait called to allow vehicles and street to pass through the lines. William Isidore started aero?*- the street. a? they readied the middle a car down on them.' From the opposite rection came a department store a mobile true!:, driven by Robert ?oldt, of 218 Gold Street. i he boys turned to run to the s walk and tripped each other. Will wa? thrown under a wheel of the ti an I Isidore fell down. The Kernes? was carried to a nearby drug ?t where he died. Isidore was atten by Dr. Bluhmfeld. of Trinity Hosp: and wa;-, taken home. l?rs. Kernes? rushed up when heard a boy had been killed. Tri month? ago her three-year-old dun ter, Rebecca, had been ' urned to de in the street. When ?he learned t the injured boy was her son Will she became hysterical and, screami ran home. The body was taken to Brownsville police station, where it unidentified until 7 o'clock, when father called. lor a while the crowd which ga cted around the automobile threatei the chauffeur. Patrolman Willi Thrum had some difficulty in keepi it from violence. No arrest was ma WILSON GETS CHALLENC Fitzgerald Ready to Meet Hi at Golf for a Job. [Krcr. The T.-ll.an? flu'rii Washington. Feb. 12. Chairman Fe gcrald of the House Committee on A propriatioBB, challenged President W ?on to-day to a game of golf with ?lice of patronage for the stakes. Mr. Fitzgerald was a caller at tl White Hosae, where he went to di?cu general legislation w.th the Proaidei A? he was leaving Mr. Wilson asked: "How's your coif thoae day a?" "Not ?ery good." replied Mi. lit gerald. "but 1*11 play you for a job at day you My." INTRUDERS UPSET HOTEL DE GIN? Two Men Tear Down Signs an Denounce "Tramps and Bums." I .* ?. men up.?ct the dignity of th Hot?! de Gink early this morning. Ju when the guests ?vcrc ?leeping ?oundl the pan burst into the hostlcry an raiaed a mighty uproa*. They tore th placarda from the wall?, cried ou*, tha "it .vss a shame cid sfl outrajc tha ?be city should psy for the msistsnsnci of tramps an?! bums." ami thrcstSSOd tl "?hoot up" the piece. Edward Williams, gene:. I upi or of the hotel. In the absence ol Jefl Havi?. -cnt in a hut:;, call to thi Elisabeth Streci police station. Lie? i.-liant Lee ?eut half a doicn patrol men to the h?'tel I he IstrsdSfS were plaet-d under arrest, on ? eomplaint made by William?. At the police stu tion thc\ mee thru name as Jame? Martin. ' o> II" West Fifty-fourth Street, and lam. Rullivan, of SIS (.reenwirh :;; re? I KING'S SON RETURNS TO NAVAL DUTIES Laosdos P**b l.i. Prim-" Albert, on of King Georce, win .i? opersted on for appeudiciti? lsat Stpteml? ?. has been pa- ?-?1 b) the medical board and joined hi? Lip ?? . ? Pach .?hotoorapher, in H'waj (Trinity IMg ' Heal III pllol'.'gi.H'li?. I'll, v? Mm) cr?U. -A?lvt. ' sixteen, and I only realized lhat I had a mother and a ?tepfather and a roof over ny head and food to eat I wa? a 1 nurse girl, and one child wain't enough 1 for me, I wanted all tha children in -he \ neighborhood. Then Jeff cam? and ' ju?t ?wept me off my feet." Many Struggle? In Pa?l. She ?hook her head, and a ?ober look spread over her disiplsd fare Mr* Davi? weigh? 170 pounds, and sh? i?n't much more th?n four feet high, ?o ?he'? what might be called fleshy. Her fare i? as plump as her body, and very jolly, but i! grew grave as ?he thought of the pa?t. "it hasn't been ea?y." ?he ?aid. "I feel beter about it now. I think it'? coming out all right in the end. But there's been time? when I didnt feel very' good about it The neighbor? wanted me to divorce Jeff, but I couldn't look at '. that way. I'd married Jeff for better or worse, and there wa? no ,getting round it. he wa? my hu?band. i Hut he couldn't ?tay at home. I'd ?ee it , coming on him when he listened to the ! railroad train? passing, and in a few . davs he'd be off. He didn't alwavs ; ride, though. Most alway? when he ( left he was broke, so he must have h?d to walk "We hadn't been married but ? few month? when he up and went to Bo?ton. He didn't tell me he wa? going. I got a letter telling me he wa? there, just three or four word?. Jeff's never writ? ten letter? when he ws? away, and that was one thin*** made if so hard. He's never written me anything about ! this Hotel De Gink, and if* made me feel aw ful foolish when folk? asked me ?bout it." "How many times." I asked her, "do Continued on pace ?, column 3 FANNY CROSBY DIES IN HER 95TH YEAR World Famous Blind Hymn Writer Passes Away at Bridgeport. Fanny Crosby, for fifty years known to the world a? "the blind hymn writer," died yesterday at her home in Bridgeport, Conn. She was in her ninety-lifth year, and although failing rapidly continued her work almost to the end. With her at her death were her niece, Mrs. Henry D. Booth, and other members of the family with whom ?he had made her home for many years. .Miss Crosby wa? born in East River, Putnam County, N. Y.. March 25, 1820, and became totally blind at the age of six weeks through the negligence of physicians. Possibly it was her afflic? tion that gave rise to the deep re? ligious feeling that dominated her life. Her most marked characteristic wai cheerfulness, and that trait, stood out clearly in her work. William II. Doane played a promi? nent part in the launching of Miss Crosby on her career as a hymn writer. From her childhood ?he was a maker of rhymes. One day Mr. Doane rushed into Miss Crosby's study. He had twenty minutes in which to catch a train, and wanted ionic verses to fit some music he had composed. Mis!. Crosby was able to produce them in time, and the result of her few min? utes' work was the hymn known to all the world, one verse of which follows: f>ttt In (h* ?mu of ttO?t, Safe en lila ?end? brea.?? There, by 1,1a lo?e o'fMlia-IH. Sum!" nr. ?..ni ?hail rev Hark 'tl? in? f?i|>? of aniel?. Horn? In a ?one U) re litar tli? field? of ?lor;., ?*>?er lii* Jraeprr ?ra The first volume of poems published by Miss Crosby was "A Blind (iirl and Other Poems." That in.- published in 1844, and among her later work.*, are "Monterey and Other Poems" and "A Wreath of Columbia's Flower?." The blind girl was educated at the Institution for the Blind, in this city, where she wa* taken at the age of fifteen. Afterward ?he became a teacher of rhetoric and history in the institution. During the time spent there she wrote the words to many song?, some of which caught the pop? ular fsscy. Among them were "Hazel Doll." "Proud World, Goodby," "I'm Going Home." "Honeysuckle (Hen'' and "There's Music in the Air." "The Ho.?ei (-"ueen" and "The Pilgrim Fatheis" were two successful cantatas fioiu her pen. Through her connection with the in? stitution Miss ( rosby became known to many persons of prominence, and numbered among her friends Henry (lay. Presidents Tyler and Van Buren, General Winfleld Ssstt and William H. Seward. She wrote some lines on the death of Henry Clay'? son. who wa? killed in the Mexican War. and these ma?|e ? deep impression on the bereaved fatht r. Mi?? Crosby was the first woman to ?peak in the Senate Chamber in a pub? lic capacity. She read there one of her poems. -?t- -- BISHOP PLEADS POVERTY Banker Says He Has Lost His All. $391,215, in Two Years. Jame? Cunmngham Bishop, formerly of the lanking t.rm of P.edmond i to., testifying yeetswlsj- before a refeice on hi. appliiRtiou to reduce from $10, ,.iii. | ... :i! to *??''.tMiii n year the alimony he is paying Mr.?-. Abigail Hancock Bishop, ?fbo ?.Maine?! a divorce fiuni bim. declared that his former promrty of **:;h7.i??0 has shrunk to nothing. i More than thi?, be i?, he said, in dtbt 110.000. Mr. I.ishop testilied that while he 'was de'ertliiig bis wife'? divorce suit. he spent 8100.001) for living I ?pi ii --'s. including ?M II.YOOO alimony I . piJ| i Mi . Bishop. Ilia total I" . i,. jajnu i ?. l'-'Cv be asid, as-Masted ai.-i6 _ _ R. I. Favors New Haven Bi!) ?',,., ,i. , ? I lb, I-'- A lull 'o ?mend the Rhode Mian?! ?barter of ?he No? York, \?w Haven I Hartford Railroad , in connection with ?he compaii)'? plan ' for the financial r?habilitai ?on of the I i nail was favorably reported bv the legislative I'ummittee on Corporations to-da> MISTRIAL ENDS ? KLEIST'S SUIT FOR $250,000 _?_ Cause Is Interview Given Out by Plaintiff Since Trial Began. BREITUNG PLEASED; DAUGHTER S/MILES ^udge Cites Tribune Case in Talk About Prose? cuting Newspapers. Judge Learned Hand yesterday de? clared n mistrial of the $260,ii?<* ?li-sna tion suit brought by Max F. Kleiat ?gainst Fdward N. Breitung, father of j the plaintiff's wife, Juliet Breitung Kleist, on the ground th?t th? jury might have been influenced by news? paper interviews in which Kleist ?aid lie had been assaulted h?re ?nd in New Mexico. The court, in explaining t"jat the I lury might, through the interview, con reel Rreitung with the assaults, made a bitter attack on the "offending" newspaper?, antl he was overheard ask in*; l>p!,ancey Nicoll, Breitung's attor? ney, t?, look up the law to see if there was a possibility of prosecuting th? nevripaner?. Urs. Kleist and her parents were ! well p!??sed at the unexpected devcl ' opment, particulerh in view of the de I prtlttd plaintiff's remark that he wa? discouraged and though?, of (riving up ' the tight. Before the session ?jot really under wajf yesterday morning and before th? 1 only witness of the morning William Johns, foreman of the Breitung min? at Mogoll?n, N*. M., in which Kleist worked had been called to the ?t?nd, Mr. Nicoll stepped to the bench with '? 'ome evening newspapers of Thursday . and one of yesterday morning and, : handing them to the judge, laid: Newspaper Reports Examined. "I te-.p^c'.fully ask your honor to inform the members of the jury that the interviews with Kleist printed in i these papers were not official and form no part of the record in thi? c?se." "I'll look at these papers," the court ?aid, ordering Mr. Nicoll to proceed with the ca*e. The spectators h?d then no intima | tion of what was to come. They had gathered in eager expectation of seeing ? young Mrs. Kleist take the stand to tell her story. It promiied to be the most interesting day of the trial. The small room of the United States District Court in the Federal Building had been , fully occupied as early as a half hour before judge and jury stepped in. The holiday hail given opportunity to scores of curious persons to plan a day of inexpensive excitement. The Breitungs. clad as on the other days, occupied the snme seats. Kleist, in expectation of seeing his wife spend many hours in the witness chsir, seemed a bit nervous, but hopeful. After Johns, who h?d been on the stand -about forty minute?, was ex? cused, Mr. Nicoll moved that the ca?e be taken from the jury and that a mis? trial be declared because of the possi hility that the jury might be preju? diced by the Kleist interviews. "Gentlemen of the jury," Judge Hand then said, "you are excused fcr ten minutes " This w?s done to give opportunity to make an inve?tigation of the matter, details of which might tend to influence the junis in their consideration of the evidence. After the juror? had left the room Judge H?nd sent for copies of | other morning ?.ewspapers and th?n asked the reporters of the papers that had used the ?tory to come to the j bench. "Where ?lid you get th? interview?" Um couit asked It wa? explained that Kleisi had buen nucstior-d on the subject in the court? room yesterday. "Did the plaintiff volunteer the state? ment?" Judge Hand ?isked. "lie did not," was the reply. Keporls True. Say? Kleiat. The judge looked down at Kleist and , ntkatii "Is there ?ny ?tatcment you care to , make?" "Only that it is true." Kleist re- ' ?.ponded "Wh?'. i? true 'he fact that rou rave the interview or that your allega? tion about the assaults is true?" asked tiie court. "Both," Klei ,t said. "The newspaper? are responsible for this." said J.idf?e Hand, ?peaking to Ii C. Clan ley. Klaist'l attorney, "but i?. r-ccins to me '.li it your client is also to blame." Th? ?-ou?t aduo?? ?imeihmg ?bout Vanishing nawtaaaan? and 'hen sent for the jury, io ?hom he said: "(?cntlomcn. I am going to bring this trial to an end and discharge you from anv further comideration of it. Mj rc?ii>on:? for doing this are the ex? treme abuse of the press of this city in the reporting of thi? case while it has been going on. "The; lia-e printed publicly, and no ?'<>ubt many of you h.-tve toad it. -tate RStntl nii.-l?.- 1?> Iho plaintiff \?h?ch '?er iu?t inatlc on tho .stand, and which were of an exceedingly prejudicial h.ii.-ii-t. ? in tli?. ?I? fendant*. They ha?e _''>!..? o fat a- to .-tat?- that the plain tur hat told them that lie hail he<\i ?'! t??tli h.tr ?nul in New Mex ica, the ohvK.u?. an?l necessary infer? ence of which trat that there wa? a connection between that assault and the defendant??. "I need hardly tell >ou, I think, that. 4 oatiaued aa i???? 4, columa I ?. S. PROTEST IS BACKED BY I SCANDINAVIA Sweden, Norway and Den? mark Against Germany's War Zone Decree. FF.AR FOR SAFETY OF THFIR SHIPPING No Plans Laid to Discuss with Britain the Use of Neutral Flags. trrorn Th? Tribun? Burtiii : Washington, Feb. 12. Sweden, Nor? way and Denmark will back up the t'nited States note to Germany on the I war zone decree. Before February II ! the three powers will communicate to ! the German Imperial Foreign Office | note? regarding the German prorlsm? tion ?imilar in purport, although , muehor! in somewhat les? positive | term?, lo the note sent to Germany by the I'nited State?. The Scandinavian kingdom? do not expect to take up with Great Britain j the alleged instructions of the British Admiralty as to the use of neutral flag? by British merchant. ve??el? in the I water? likely to be infested by German | warcraft. It i? their belief that the representation? m?de by the I'nited State? rover the question of the mi?u?<? of neutral ensign? ?o fully that nothing further ?long that line will be neces? sary, and utterances from the other in? volved neutral? would be redundant in view of the disclaimers of Great Britain and the fact that the use of neutral flag? a? an emergency mea?ure is coun? tenanced under international law. Conferences between the monarch? of the three nations, informal in charac? ter but of the widest importance, were held ?everal weeks ago. A conference of the Premiers of Sweden. Norway and Denmark is under way. with the object of effecting co-ordination in ac? tion to be tak?n to protect shipping. The North Sea and the overseas com? merce of Sweden. No-way and Denmark with Great. Britain directly and with the I'nited State? by route? which traverse the delimited areas is exceed? ingly heavy. Cargo boats of two of the Scandinavian lines csrry vast quan? tities of Swedish iron ore to the United i States and take back heavy cargoes of American coal and American foodstuff?. I Previous to the outbreak of the war there was also a daily mail express and j passenger service across the North Sea | between the three countries and the ; British isle?, and this ha? been only ; partly interrupted by the war. The Scandinavians are disposed to [ view the German declaration as di.s , tinctly a nienare to their shipping and to the live? of their ?eamen and pa? ' ?engers, and are frankly pleased with | the tenor of the American official ex 'i pression on the subject. That the Netherlands government al? ready has protested against the Ger i man declaration was announced In a London dispatch to The Tribune to ' day, and this, with the certainty of the I Scandinavian protests and the Ameri SSS note, completes a practically unani- ' ? mous protest from all of the nation.? ' j likely to become involved if Germany 1 pursues her announced intention of j taking summary action against suspect- | ? ed ?hips. At to-day's Cabinet ?ession the notes , i to Germany and Great Britain were the i principal topic of discussion. Diplo I matlc Washington also discussed the I notes with serious interest, but criti- ' 1 cism of neither note was made by neither of the embassies of the two ' i nations receiving the American com ! munication?. -a GERMANY GETS AMERICAN NOTE Ambassador Gerard Confers with Foreign Secretary After Its Delivery. Berlin. Feb. 12. James W. Gerard, American ?.mbassador, called on Gott- . lieb von Jagow, German Foreign Sec? retary, at ? o'clock this evening and preaested to him the American gov? ernment'? not? concerning the German ; war zone proclamation. The delivery of the note wa? followed by a conference between Mr. Gerard and the Foreign Minister which lasted for three-quarters of an hour. Nothing concerning the contents of the note has been given out by any competent authorities here, and of? ficials are not ready to comment on it' beyond stating that the eommunication U "couched in the friendliest spirit and il a thoroughly friendly document." The German reply to Washington will be made in due cour?e and. if tho view? repeatedly expre?sed in respon? sible quarters may be taken as a en- . t? non. it probably will point out that the German -measure in making the ?cas around Great Britain a war zone la a fully justified answer to the Brit? ish attempt to starve out the German i.ation. "women and childr?*?*!, as well as soldiers." It is believed the note will suggest that if the United States desires a mitigation of German's naval cam? paign, it would be well to induce Great Britain to lift her embargo on food -luffs bound for Germany, which in i the derinar interpretation'of interna? tional law is entirely illegal and un? justified. It will be added, it i? thought, that if Great Britain per?i?ts in her embargo the campaign against hostile merchantmen will go forward with full ?ev en! \. AMERICANS CHOOSE U. S. BOAT ST. PAUL lull) J00 Coming Over on Slow Shin Rather lhan Sail Under Iks British Hag. I.. 1,1..: Tl. Trt . ? London. Feb. l'J. Despite ?he faet that she i? a slower and ?mailer boat, and regardless of the reports of heavy weather on th?- Atlantic, fully ".'001 American? will sail to-morrow on the 4 ?alloue?! m. p*v~ S, column ? 34 British War Aeros Bombard Belgian Coast; Grahame- White Falls CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE. British aviator who fell into sea in yesterday's raid, but who escaped capture. ATLANTIC FLEE? TO REMAIN EAST Will NotGoThroughCanal to Panama Fair Unless War Ends Soon. rFtoiti Tit Ttibun? Bur??? ; Washington, Feb. 12. The Atlantic fleet will not be a feature of the San Francisco exposition unless the F.uro i pean war terminates more suddenly than even the most optimistie inter ; national export expects. With the date of the opening of the Panama Canal tentatively set for early in July, but with every chance that a further postponement may become neces??ry, even to it? elimin?tion from the sum? mer's programme, the administration is simply marking time with a view to letting conditions adjust themselve? to a better status than is now pre? sented. Strategists of recognized authority and official standing have advised strongly against the transfer of the fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have suggetted that with even the remote possibility of a slide in Culebra Cut, which might indefinitely delay th? passage of the warships, it would be most unwise to put the fleet into Pacific waters. They assert that the Atlantic is far more apt to re? quire the fleet than the Pacific. The present tentative plan of the administration is to have the President visit Panama in July on o battleship und hold a naval review in Gatum Lake. After thrt the battleship Oregon and the protected cruiser ?Jlympia, for? merly Admiral Dewey's flagship, will ? proceed through the canal ?nd to San I Francisco. The real first line ship?! will remain on the Atlantic ?ide of Culebra Cjt, and the President, hav? ing already visited th? exposition at the March opening, will return to the United States by the same route taken in going to Panama. AMERICAN WOMAN MUST QUIT GERMANY Ambassador Gerard Secures Re? lease of Miss Wilson, Sus? pected of Espionage. Berlin I via London i. Feb. I'.'. Mils Carolyn Wilion, of Beverly. Ma??., ar- | rested h?re ?ever?l days ago on sus? picion of espionage, w?s released yes? terday after the American Ambassador, James W. Gerard, h?d interceded vig? orously in her behalf. She ctme to Berlin as the correspondent of a Chi- ? cago paper. an?i was taken into custody, it was alleged, because she displayed ' indiscreet curiosity concerning naval affairs, gun calibres ?nd other matters. Miss Wilson former!.?, wan a resident ? of Berlin, ?nd was widely known in the American colony. Her release was granted only upon condition that she leave Germany immediately. - Beverly. Mas?.. Feb. \2. Mis? Caro? lyn Wilson, the newspaper correspond? ent ?ho was released front custody in Berlin yesterday after being detained on a charge of eipionage, is a daugh? ter of Joseph A. Wilson, of this city. ! Miss Wilson ii iwcnt) nine vears old and a graduate of the local high .??hool. , She left here a >ear and h h?!f ago tel join the -tatT ?jf a Cfcirage ii<-?-:-pap?>r. K. G. C. B. DECORATION FOR SIR J. JELLICOE I.o'idon. Feb. I !. King George toda?, conferred the Grand t roil of the OfrJai of the Bath on Admiral Sir John I" Jellicce, conim?nder of the British home fleet. '. AUSTRIA TO FORCE RULER ON POUND Hapsburg Archduke Ste? phan Chosen and Will Be Crowned Soon. IB? Cat?!? te Th? TrllruM.J f Petrograd, Feb. 12. A King of Po? land ha? been selected and will be i crowned in a few days ?t Cracow. This is an attempt at a political coup by Austria ?nd the selected aspirant to ? the non-existent throne is Archduke ? Karl Stephan, of the Hou?e of Hap? ! burg. The selection seem? to have | been directed by the fact that the , archduke i? allied with the very ancient ! Polish House of Radziwill. A? a political move on the part of 1 Au?tria this coup will prove double [ edged. In the first place, it i? obvi j ously aimed against a piratical at? tempt credited to the Hoheniollerna to capture yet another future throne, but doubtless it is secondarily intended to influence the Poles themselves in i favor of the failing cause of Austria. As to what the Germanic Poles may think of a move taken at the moment when the Russian armies are on the point of sweeping into the plains of ' Hungary and with the Austrian cause ' already long ago foredoomed- there is no information here. The Russian Poles, however, estimate at its proper value this belated coup. Had Austria ( been really generously minded toward this important section of her Slav sub? jects, it might have been a good move to institute a Polish King sit months ago. At pr?tent, ?ay the Rust?an Poles, it has the appearance of an at? tempt to bribe Polish opinion with paper money that will probably prove worthies! when the war u over. Grand I'uke Nicholas last August promised the Poles unification and au? tonomy ?i.ider the sceptre of the Crar. Between a fustian king or prince ef the Albanian pattern and the alternative of li''??m' ? offers the Poles even i now can have little difficulty in making : a choice. What the Russian Pole? will | welcome is the fulfilment of Grand Duke Nicholas's promises, and already it i? whispered that the form in which they will be realized will be the crea t'on of a united Poland, constituting an infinitely better offer than Austria holds out in crowning a Hapsburg prince nominal king vet a non-existent Poland. [By Tha Attorittrrl Pr??? ' Petrograd ivia London I, Feb. 12.? News has reached here from an ap? parently authentic source that Ger? many ?ul Austria have declare?! the in? dependence of Poland, to become oper? ative February 14. when if is planned tt hold :i convention at Cracow-, Gali? cia, for the purpose of choosing a King. It i? stated that Archduke Karl .-techan of Austria is a ia'ored can? didate for the throne. The convention members are to be elected by ballot by the population in such part* of Poland and Galicia a? are now in the possession of the Aus? trian? and Germans, tt is sai'l. Ger? many h?s yielded German Silesia t<> the proposed kingdom. Pending the holding of the convention, the tempo rar\ government is headed by Igna' !>a?chin?k\. S.x-ialut member of the Austrian Retehitag. RUSSIA TO* PLACE LOAN IN LONDON London. Feb. It. The Ruinan gov ; eraratot will ittu? tm.OW.OOO of treas j ury otlls m London, with the consent] of the British government. The bills will be offered on February 9% at ai fixed price of ?5, and will be payable in I one year. ? Noted Aviator Drops Into Sea During Attack, but Boat Rescues Him. OSTEND STATION BURNED TO GROUND Bombs Thrown on Guns at Middelkerke and Ships at Zeebrugge. SUBMARINE BASES OBJECT OF RAID German Airmen Attack Verdun, While French Scatter Lxplo? sives in Alsace. London, Feb. 12 Bnti?h aviators guiding a fleet of thirty-four aero? planes and seaplanes through whirl? ing clouds of snow, to-day "wept r>vei cities of northern Belgium held by th? German.? and dropped bombs on ?De? fend, Bruges and other military bares. After this exploit, aen?l warfare on the largest ?cale in its history, all the air craft returned in ??fety to their base, two of them only being ?lightly damaged. At various points the airmen were received by the Germans with firing from anti-serisl guns and rifle?. None of the aviator? is reported by th? Admiralty to have been wounded In these attacks, although one of the ma? chines, driven by Flight Commander Claude Grahame-White, among the most intrepid of the British flier?, fell ' into the sea while returning to It? base after the raid. The aviator had a narrow escape from drowning, but s cruiser wa? near by and picked him up and then towed bis aeroplane into port. Raid Directed at (Submarine?. The raid was made in order to pre? vent the development of submarine j bases and estab1i?bments which might I further endanger British warships and ! merchantmen. Although no ?ubmarine? were ?een. the BrttisY Admiralty ?tatement issued ? to-night indicates that the raid had | satisfactory resu!??, for considerable j damage la ?aid to bave been done to I German gun position?, railway linea and railway station?. The fi?tend ?ta tion ia reported to have been set on fir? and that at Blankenburgh to have bent badly damaged. German mine-iweeping vessel.? at Zeebrugge also came in for a hail of bombs, but the damage done to them has not been stated. Wing Commander Samson, who pre? viously had made several notable visits to hostile territory in an aeroplane, was in chief command of the raiding aviator?. He was assisted by Wing Commander Longmore and Squadron Commanders Courney, Porte and Kathorne. During the raid warship? bombarded the German positions along the coast. Admiralty Issues Report. The first intimation of the air rail was given to the public tonight by the Official Pre?? Bureau in the following bulletin: "Thirty-four naval aeroplane? raid? ed Bruges. Zeebrugge. Oatssd ?n<l Blankonberghe i all m Belgium ). ' laud? Grahame-White fell, lie wa? rescued.'" '.he secretary of the admiralty later i??ucd through the bureau a de crip tion of the raid, which ?ays: "During the last twenty foor hmirs combined aeroplan? and aosplss? oper? ations have been carried on' I,- tha naval wing in the Bruge?. Zeebrugge, Blankenberghe and '/?tend dii* with a vie'v to prevent.ng the develop? ment of submarine basoa and estab? lishment?. Thirty-four naval aero? plane? and ?eaplane? took part. "Great damage la reported Is have been done to the Oatoad railway ata tion, which, accordim.? to present In? formation, has probably been bunted to the ground. The railway station at Plankenberghe wa? dama-red, and tbe railway line? w?ra torn up in many place?. "Bomb? were dropped on gun posi? tion? at Middelkerke and also on th? power station and the ('erman mine rweoping vessel? at Zeebrugge, nut th? naniage done is unknown. "During the attack the machines en? countered heavv banks of mow. No submarines were seen. Grahame-White Picked I p. "Flight Commander tir?bame-Whit? fell into the ?ea off Nieuport anil wa? rescued by a Kreuch ve??el. Although exposed to a heavy fire from rifles, anti-aircraft gun*, machine fans, etc.. all of th? pilots ?re ?afe. '?'???? ma? chine? were damaged. "The seaplanes and aeroplane? were under the command of Wing (?m mander Sam?on. assisted by Wing Commander Longmore and Squadron Commanders Porte, ( ouitm-y and Rathorne." (.'laude Grahame-White has mad? ?evrral trips to the I'nited State*, or. one of which, in the full of I'M", he earned $75.000 :n prize?. He bes bce'i in several accident?, but wa? nevet injured ?eriou?lv. Last September be waa appointed temporary flight com? mander in the British navy. His wif? waa Miss Dorothy Taylor, of Sew York. Aeroplanes Resemble Flock of Huge Birds !Hr ?'?til? lo TtH, TrltKiit.- | The Ka?t < oa?t (via London', Feb 12. The aircraft left ihr r.naliah shore? shortly after daylight, and a? they prawod o.er the ne? in a long; pi? ?e??ion they r??enib!ed a flock of hug ?ea bird?. The aeroplanes wer. m . harte of skilful and naring nava' an.? military pilot? and were be.?utif nil? handled. 1 here waa a thick, low lying base cverhanging th? ?ea close to the Log hah ?hore?. but on the high cliff the atmosphere was very clear, and there was an extensiv? view aero?? the water. When the squadron of machine? ?t?rt ed the pilots flew high in order to