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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918.
ONE CENT ISJL
BAN ON FUEL LIFTED;
THEATERS MAY OPEN,
RULES DR. GARFIELD
Heatless Day Plan Abandoned
As National Traffic Situa
tion Clears.
PREPARES TO SHIP COAL NORTH
Fuel Administrator Garfield last night suspended indefinitely the
Monday shut-down orders.
He lifted likewise the ban on theaters and other amusements here
tofore required to close down on Tuesdays.
The statement issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield announcing
the suspension order reads:
"With the vastly improved weather and transportation conditions
and a continuance of the embargoes authorized by the Director Gen
eral of Railways, it is found advisable to suspend the heatless Mon- 1
days prescribed in the Fuel Administration regulation of January 17,;
the suspension order relating to the use of fuel on Mondays from Feb
ruary 18 to March 25, both inclusive.
Transport Conditions Better. 4
"State fuel administrators will re
tain the full authority heretofore con- |
ferred upon them to establish and en
force such restrictions and regulations
as may be made necessary by coal
conditions in their respective communi
ties.
-Reports to the fuel Administration
as to coal and tran*i>ortation condi
tions indicate ;t vast improvement as
a result of the fuel restrictions, the
railway embargoes and the weather
conditions. The change in the weather
has bocn gradual enough to seem to
injure the country against any imme
diate interference with the coal supply
by Hood conditions.
"The re porta to the Fuel Adminis
tration show that both transportation
and coal production are feeling the
relieving effects o'f the coal restric
tions imposed by the regulation ot
January 27. and continued Improve
ment is indicated. The co-operallMI'
of the Director General of Railway?
through the authorization of embar*
goes has had the effect of aiding In,
inciting the necessities which prompt
ed the order of January 17.
"The order contemplated fueij
lestrictions on fourteen days during)
January. February and Mareh. The]
restrictions have been in effect i
*? luht days. Conditions today war
lant the conclusion that with the
?'Otilinued enforcement of the pre
ferential delivery of coal under
aecticn one of the order of Janu- j
ary IT and continued transportation
improvement, further restrietions |
#?n the comsumption of fuel will not j
be necessary.
Movement of Cars.
"The general trend of improve-1
ment in transportation conditions,
is shown by comparative figures as
to the number of Eastbound loaded j
cars above normal on the Eastern j
trunk lines. From January 22 to j
February 12 the number of these
tars, which is an index of the trans
portation congestion, decreased
from 26,853 to 13,769 as shown by
the following table:
Jan. Feb.
22 12
N T. Central 7,273 1,134
Erie R. R 5,"i?2 4,853
B. & O 8,450 5,252
Penna.. East 5,576 2,527
Total 26.853 13.769
' Today's suspension order leaves in j
effect section one of the order of j
January 17, which provides:
"Until further order of the Uni- j
ted States Fuel Administration all !
persons selling fuel in whatever |
rapacity shall, in filling their con- ;
tracts or orders now on hand, give j
preference to necessary current re
quirements of railroads, domestic,
consumers, hospitals, charitable in- j
stitutions. army and navy canton- j
nients. public utilities, by-product
coke plants supplying gas for |
household use, telephone and tele-1
graph plants, shipping for bunker I
purposes (not including factories or'
plants working on contracts for the !
United States), manufacturers of j
perishable food, or of food for nec- j
essary immediate consumption, and
municipal. County or State govern- j
ments for necessary public use. Any i
tonnage, remaining after the fore-1
going preferred shipments have I
been made may be applied in filling
any other contracts or orders.
"The suspesion order also leaves
in effect the administrative and
penalty provisions of the order."
To Aid Sew England.
Through arrangements made with
I Director McAdoo and Chairman Hur
? ley, of the Shipping Board. Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield within a few
days expects to start to the New Eng
land States one of the largest coal
shipments ever attempted by water.
Mr. Hurley assured Dr. Garfield that
there will be mobilized without de
lay * flotilla of coal carrying ships
which will take the fuel from the
dorks at Hampton Roads to the va
rious porta north of Boston.
??We will station a man at the ship
ping point to prevent any delays in
carrying out this program which has
been carefully worked out for the re
lief of the northern seacoast States.
And all the tonnage will be checked
up as fast as it is delivered for load
ing on the boats," Dr. Garfield added.
Wefl-Knowa Actor Die*.
Boston. Feb. II.?Charles Barron,
well-known actor, died here late to
day. He waa co-star with Booth.
McCullough and Julia Marlowe.
[Young Canadians Hasten to
Comply with New Mili
tary Order.
j Special to "Hip Wa&hinston Herald. 1
1 Montreal. Quebec, Feb. 13.?Every j
married man in Montreal who looks1
j<jf military age is desperately aux* (
| ious today to have the means of
proving his state of captivity in or
der to avoid another form of deten- j
tion less desirable. All last night |
and all day today ministers of every \
church, and particularly the Cath
lolic clergy, were sought by appli-'
[cants for certificates showing they,
had been legally married. Hundreds!
'of such certificates were given out, I
land the clergymen, being entitled!
i to make a charge for the service, I
| reaped a harvest. I
| In order to make assurance I
j doubly sure, young men were in-j
vited to take their marriage cer
tificates to Dominion police head- >
quarters today and have them in- j
dorsed as examined and as a result j
the headquarters stafT had an amus-I
ing time. Some of the certificates j
were very elaborate with gilt edges, I
illuminated scroll and stiff parch
ment, altogether unsuited for carry- i
ing in the pocket. Some had even i
been framed and the possessors I
were keenly desirous of getting
some handier form from the police]
that would serve the same purpose. |
The police, however, had no exemp
tion forms to give and informed in
iquirers that they must carry the
certificate or take their chance of
landing in barracks and in a uni
form.
Raids were carried out with sys
tematic thoroughness last night
and today. Mardi Gras celebrations
were visited by the police and scores
of celebrants haled oft to headquar
ters where about half of them were
detained. Throughout the day it
; was a usual sight to see ten or a
jdozen husky young fellows march
ing "in two's" along the sidewalks
of the principal streets preceded by
a couple of soldiers with another as
I rear guard
ROOSEVELT IMPROVES,
ACCORDING TO REPORT
Latest Bulletin Shows Condition of
Colonel Satisfactory.
I New York. Feb. IS.?Col. Roose-1
velt's condition was "most satis
I factory" tonight at Roosevelt Hos
| pital. The report, confirming the
j cheering bulletin issued in the i
afternoon by Miss Josephine Striek
er, the Colonel's secretary, was re
carded by Mrs. Roosevelt and the
I friends of the former president, to
; whom it was communicated, as of
j tho most encouraging character.
? The earlier bulletin read:
"Drs. Martin and Duel report very
| satisfactory progress by Col. Roose
velt. He is, of course, weak, but
his condition is very satisfactory."
Col. Roosevelt is very cheerful and
was reported to be already making
I plans for work to be undertaken
when he leaves the hospital.
?
Boy, Injured by Stone,
Gets $30,000 Damages
j New York. Feb. IS.?Paul Min
I (ton. Jr.. 11, settled through his
father today (or 130,000 a 170.000
damage suit against the Matthew
Baira Contracting Company.
A paving stone fell on Paul last
J ly and crippled him for lite.
Maryland Ratifies
National Dry Law;
32 Votes Needed
Aanapolia, Md., Feb. U?The
neaate today paaaed the resolu
tion ratifying the Federal pro
hibition eoaatltutloaal aaead
?cat
Thla eada the Matter u far aa
Maryland la concerned. aa the
hoaae paaaed the resolution last
week.
Ratification of the Federal pro
hibition amendment hy Maryland
aewu that S3 other State* must
take alaillar action before the
aeeeaaary three-fonrtha la ob
lalaed. Mississippi, Virginia aad
Kentucky have alao rattled the
ameadneit.
Seventeen countlea In Mar;,
land are dry through local op.
' lion measures. Baltimore Conn,
j ty and the City of Baltimore! El.
Ilrott City, In Howard Conntyi
Annapolis. In Anne Arandell
I Conntyi Allegheny County and
Chesapeake Beach. In Marlboro
County, nre atlll "net."
FORMER ENEMY
OF G. 0. P. HEADS
1918 CAMPAIGN
Will H. Hays, Indiana, Fol
lowed Roosevelt Out of
Party in 1912.
St. Louis. Feb. 13.-WI11 H. Hays, of
Indiana, who was secretary to Albert
I ?'? Beveridgo during the Progressive
campaign of 1911. was the chairman
elected to day by the Kepublican Na
tional Committee to attempt to lead
I the party back into power on a "speed
I up tbe war" platform.
j Hay's election by acclamation on
the motion of John T. Adams, the
| Iowan whose letters from Berlin
. snatched the honor away from him.
was in the nature of a triumph for
) Frank Hitchcock, Postmaster General
I under Taft
| He forced the decision.
Ueorge W. jerkin*, of New York.
, who 'th>* progressive move
ment financially, gets the credit for
the ruthless attack that put the Iowa
rommlttee man out of the running.
Twelve votes mobilised by Hitchcock,
however, broke the deadlock that
might have ran for days.
Committee Abolished.
Perkins likewise was able to get a
j Utile consolation from the committee's
last-minute action discontinuing the
campaign committee with its Progres
sive representation that destroyed his
one remaining connection with the
committee.
Reclaimed Progressives in the party,
though, found victory enough in the
of, Ha" Harold Ickes. of
Chicago, also a member of the cam
ur*e<? th? national*
committee to have no apprehension
oxer Progressive feelings on discon
tinuance of the campaign body.
Following Hays' election the fifteen
?erCr ?,n ,he executive committee
vrer. declared vacant to wipe the slate
clean for the new chairman. By a pe
culiar mix-up, Mr. Adams, despite M,
words of pra.se for the Kaiser, re
mains as vice chairman
Among members of the committee
thT4HWaS .d.lfforence of "Pinion on
the Adams tenure of offic*. Manv
including the retiring chalrm?'
William R Wlllcox. contended that
Vehr?T ,by R- W- "owell. of
Nebraska, on future election of of
ficers was an ouster for the Iowan.
ml the records of the
meeting when officially compiled by
left i7 ary' Jam?s B Reynolds,
left Adams secure In the position of
berth oirnJh"' HC 1,38 realsn<>d hl?
? executive committee
to make way for the new regime,
memh twelve executive committee
members bes.des Adams were Fred
shire- ? 0k> ?f Xew Hamp
James A. Hemenway. of
R r" w A' ,T' Hert- of Kentucky;
R. B Howell, of Nebraska: A. H
Martin, of Virginia; Herbert Par
Tt?.ni*V 2. Xew York: by proxy
?? i1 Williams, of Oregon.
lender the action the party Is wlth
executive committee until the
natlonaf body* Ca"8 & meetl"S 0t the
?T,*iUOn. -J" the treasurershlp
candidacy of Fred W.Upham. of Chi
cago, appeared at the eleventh hour.
rwer" T?tat!8 P'oPosed the name of
former P' don- of New York, a
^ but on a ro'l call
the Chieagoan was made Cornelius
Vrtw- S:'"e"0r by a vote of 34 to 12.
Edwin P Thayer, of Indianapolis,
was unanimously re-elected sergeant
at-arms for the oomrrfittee. Guy W.
Howard, of Minneapolis, and Charles
H. Henninft, of West Virginia, were
named assistants.
Hay* Aeceptw Position.
In the last hour of the meeting the
committeemen rescinded the execu
tive committee action toward forma
tion of an advisory woman's com
mittee. Hays accepting the chair
manship, said:
?Gentlemen. I accept the chairman
ship with a full knowledge of the re
sponsibilities multiplied many times
.Lr.!ason of the na'lor-al situation
and the reconstruction that is to come
Everyone knows that there will be
a^i'Vlly" The Democratic
,as bcen busy for months. This
?knoC-.JCil,Vity J8tV>Uld open and
acknowledged, and of a character and
fuge" De that th6re no suhter
.1IThtre ls but one *id" of the ques
tion of war On that side, supporting
ltry ? <*>"<;? 'hall stand every
political party and every meipber of
every political party entitled to any
consideration whatsoever. *
AUSTRIA WILL |
NOT PROTECT
HUN SEIZURES
Uncensored Report of Czer
nin Speeches Shows Wide
Split with Germany.
Austria will not battle for Ger
, man conquests in either Belgium or
j Russia. There is in the hands of
the State Department Indisputable
evidence of a wide split between the
Austrian and the German foreign
policies. It was this evidence which
prompted President Wilson to re
ply to Count Czernin as he did.
It is considered likely that the
lack of this evidence in London led
King George and Lloyd George to
disagree with President Wilson's
interpretation of the Austrian pre
mier's speech.
Official Report.
The evidence is contained in the
uncensored text of the Czernin
j speech received hero through Aus
| trian and Swiss channels. So far
I as Washington knows London has
I only the text first sent here in Janu
j ary. That text passed through the
j hands of the German censors. The
| most startling point qT difference
between the two texts concerns the
Belgian problem.
It was yesterday Illustrated by
the following deadly parallel.
'In so far as these porpositlons
! (Wilson s fourteen), concern her al
lies, whether in the case of Ger- |
' man's possession of Bclgiam or in
the case of Turkey?Austria-Hun- i
; gary. faithful to her engagements
to fight to the end in defense of |
her allies, will defend the posses- i
; sion* of her war allies as she would
! her own."
"As far as these proposals relate
j to our allies, and in them there is
mention of the German holding of
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
HARD FIGHTING
REPORTED IN
LENS SECTOR
Early Offensive by Germans
Forecast from Develop
ments on Battle Front.
Special Cable to Tbe Washington
Herald and New York Trlbaae.
London, Feb. 13.?Bitter Infantry
fighting in the Lent sector of the
British front and along the Lorraine
border and south of Verdun, on the
French line, is reported In today's
official statements. Both north and
south of Lens, the French center
which the Canadians have had hem
med in on three sides since the san
guinary struggle of Vimy Ridge,
sharp patrol encounters occurred.
North of Stuentin, near Hargicourt,
the British in a raid captured prison
ers.
German aviators, in reprisal, Berlin
states, for the recent French raid on
Saarbruecken, dropped bombs on the
fortified town of Nancy last night,
killing three civilians and wounding
five.
The last week has seen a re
sumption of important minor oper
ations along the whole front on a
scale unusual for thig period of the
year, and military observers believe
this foreshadows an early offensive
by the Germans. While conditions
are not ideal for large scale offen
sive actions at the present time,
they arc not such as to prohibit the
opening of Hlndenburg's great
drive, which critics are agreed will
be launched at the earliest possible
moment consistent with safety.
There also seems little disagree
ment that the German offensive
will fall into a series of attacks at
strategic points, most probably in
Lorraine, on the 8t. Mihiel Salient
and in the Champagne, between
Kheims and Verdun.
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOLK.
RENT ADMINISTRATOR
SOUGHT FOR DISTRICT
L ?? 2 ? *
Proposed Measure of Real Estate Brokers
Would Replace Anti-Profiteering Law Now
Being Urged by Representative Johnson.
Appointment of a rent administrator for Washington by the Dis
[ trict Supreme Court is urged by members of the special committee of
the Real Estate Brokers* Association as a substitute for the passage
of Representative Ben Johnson's anti-profiteering bill.
! These members declare, in a lengthy report made public last
night, that the passage of the bill will do "irreparable injury and
damage to every piece and parcel of real estate in the District."
A""M
Appended to the report, which was 1
to have been presented before the
Hou9e District Committee yesterday,
but was not, owing to a misunder
standing In time, are a half score sug
gestions submitted as possible solu
tions to the prevention of extortion,
for which purpose the bill has been :
framed.
Review Board Planned.
In addition to the one pertaining to
the selection of a rent administrator
is one which would create a board of
three residents of the District, also
appointed by the District Supreme
Court, "which shall have power to re
view and revise all findings of the
administrator in cases of appeal by
either party in interest."
Admission is made by the members
of the special committee that the ap-?
pointment of a rent administrator j
a serious and unprecendented step
which could readily lead to unlimited
abuses "unless powers are carefully1
limited and perscribed along the lines J
suggested." .'
Representative Johnson last night
stated that although Charles W. Fair
fax had asked him to defer taking up
of his bill until some future time, thus
enabling the special committee of
local real eatato brokers to have a
hearing, he did not believe his com
mittee could allow them this privilege.
Will Dlacwm BUI.
Further discussion on the bill will
be indulged in this morning when
members who are both favorable and |
unfavorable toward the measure will!
be heard.
Charles W. Fairfax, president of the i
Real Estate Brokers' Association,
stated last night he did not believe
there was much likelihood Repres
sentative Johnson's bill would pass
today in committee. He seemed sure
the special committee appointed by
him would be heard before final
action is taken.
Representative Johnson knows we
are still anxious to appear before the
House District Committee." Mr. Fair
fax pointed out last night, "and I
feel assured he will accord us this
privlledge."
Referring to the failure of his
special committee to appear before
the waiting House District Commit
tee yesterday morning, Mr. Fairfax
said he had understood Representa
tive Johnson would receive them
Thursday and not yesterday.
Strong argument is set forth in the
.the report, which is addresed to Rep
resentative Johnson. In the folowing
words:
Kudu Extortion.
"The extortion aimed at and sought
to be stopped is that of charging ex
orbitant rents for real estate. It is
true that there have been many in
stances ' in which exorbitant rents
have been charged. These cases, have,
for the most part, been "onlined to
tenants subletting or letting rooms.
"This practice has been no worse here
thfcn at other places under like con
ditions. It is an evil that is bound to
occur where the demand is so much
greater than the supply. Washington
was not prepared to house such an
increase of population as has been
suddenly thrust upon ?t.
"We all regret that the government
employes who are forced to come here
are unable to find suitable quarters
at prices within reason.
"We realize, too, that this state of
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THIRTY CENTS A MONTH.
Two Officers, One
Enlisted Man, Hit
By Boche Bullets
Two a*eera ui ?
have bwa wo?M la tfca lat
est lihttag la the Aa?rl??a
?Htn, Get. PrraklaK "HHt*
last sight. The private, Joseph
Bass*. af Raxfcmry, Maaa, G?a.
Penhlas reported, waa wama4e4
twice la twt daya.
The aflleera were I
Flrat Llent. Joha Matieafh,
artillery, allsbtly wa?a4a4 la
aetlaa oa Fehrmair ?? Hla haa.e
addreaa la tlvaa aa with hU
aaele( O. M. Baaatal, B*r?ar<?
vllle. If. J.
Seeaad I.leat. Jeha M. Me
Calre, lafaatrr, allshtlr waaad
e4 la aetlaa aa Kehraary ?. Hla
brother, Lawreace MeGalre, Uvea
at 115 Broadway, >ew York
City. |
Private Joaeph B>?>. Fle-U
Artillery, ?lightly xoaaded la ae
tlaa aa Krbraary 11. A prevloaa
report stated that Basra waa
woaaded la aetlaa aa Kebraary I,
WILSON SPEECH
STARTS ACTION
AMONG ALLIES
Von Hertling to Reply with
Indications that German
Drive May Be Rushed.
London. Feb. 11?President Wilson's
peace speech of Monday has whipped
the old world out of IU winter leth
argy into feverish action. Every hour
is now making history.
The question of questions over which
the leaders of at least throe great
belligerent powers?Great Britain, Ger
man and Austria?are tonight hope
lessly split, is whether peace by the
Wilaonian diplomacy is >?sible. or
whether blood must render the ulti
mate verdict, in the Armageddon on
the West.
Event? moved fast within the last
twenty-faur hours Details of what
happened hi Berlin and Vienna ai*
for the moment, still locked in ttie
rieslm of the Teutonic censors. But
two developments became known:
L Count von Hertling is said to be
preparing a reply to President Wil
son to be delivered in the Reichstag
Tuesday.
May Rash Drive.
J. An empire-wide campaign has
been launched by the German Social
ists against the proposed supreme
drive in the west, because it would
entail the sacrifice of at least another
million men.
To nip this csmpatgn in the bud.
Hindenburg is expected in at least
one well-informed quarter here to
launch the drive at once.
In connection with this expectation
significance is attached to dispatches
from Danish sources recounting the
passage through the Skagerak into the
i North Sea of large numbers of Ger
man destroyers. In the same vicinity
many submarines have been sighted
during the last few days, these ad
vices added.
In Great Britain the political ten
sion that started with the last Ver
sailles meeting was intensified by
President Wilson's speech, and partly
exploded yesterday, has been and is
growing hourly.
The virtual isolation of Premier
Lloyd George's stand toward Austria,
whose sincerity he distrusts?in con
trast with President Wilson, who fully
credits it and desires to draw the
dual monarchy away from its Pots
dam masters?became more and more
accentuated, and the controversy on
this Issue appeared to spread into
the ranks of his government, where
certain members, with Asquith, hear
tily indorse Wilson's stand.
To Prosecute Replngrlon.
Bonar Law announced in the Com
mons that Col. Charts A. Hepington
and the Morning Post, whose military
expert he is, would be prosecuted by
the government under the defense-of
the-realm act for publishing certain
information regarding the Versailles
council.
It was Hepington who unloosed the
whole storm by sending a telegram to
his paper from Paris last Friday urg
ing Parliament to "demand the fullest
details" about the recent Versailles
session. Upon this advice Asquith act
ed yesterday.
TUSCANIA SURVIVOR
LIST INCREASED BY 7
War Department Announces Names
of Rescued Soldiers.
Seven additional name* were added
last night by the War Department
to the list of survivors of the trans
port Tuscania:
Joseph A. Allen, private. loSlh
Aero squadron, Shakepee, Minn.
Everett L. Hamilton. 920 Gibson
street. Scranton, Pa. (unit to which
Hamilton assigned had not been es
tablished up to a late hour).
Herbert Clarence Jensen, corporal
107th Supply Train. Company E, Bar
ron, Wis.
Albert V. Meyer, first sanitary
squad. Thirty-second Division, Na
tionadl Guard. Lrfswiston. Pa.
I Eugene Tumiinson. private, detach
ment No. 2. Camp Travis, overseas
casuals. Bishop, Tex.
Hugo Weirich. private, detachment
No. Z, Camp Travis, overseas cas
uals, Fredericksburg, Tex.
Jacob Z. Alklnd. private, 158th Aero
squadron, ?3 Cobel street. Fore River.
Mass.
3 MEN SWEPT DOWN
RIVER IN OPEN BOAT
AS ICE JAM BREAKS
Capt. Ernest Davis, William
Mills and John Mills
Victims.
RESCUED BY ARMY OFFICER
Risking his life by creeping out to the end of a shaky exten
sion fire-ladder, Lieut. O'Malley, stationed with a regiment at Poto
mac Park, early this morning rescued three men who were adrift in
the icy waters of the Potomac in an open boat.
Firemen from No. 3 rushed to the river. Extension ladders were
put out from the bank and Lieut. O'Malley climbed out to the end.
By extending himself to the utmost he was just able to reach the drift
ing boat.
The men rescued were:
Capt. Ernest Davis. 3313 N street northwert;
William R. Mills, 1238 Union street southwest.
John Mills, 1324 Thirty-sixth street northwest.
VONHERTLING !
MAY STRIVE TO
CREATE RIFT
German Chancellor to De-i
liver Speech Next Tues- j
day in Reichstag.
i Germany's reply f President WH- i
ton's latest address on peace terms
is expected early next week. *
Count von Hertling, the German
chancellor, say unofficial advices
reaching Washington yesterday,
will speak in the Reichstag on
Tuesday.
Officials and diplomats who have
studied Monday's speech of Lloyd
George in the British house of com
mons, take it for granted that if
the German chancellor speaks at all
he will seek to emphasize and exag
gerate the apparent discrepancy be
tween the observations of President I
Wilson and the British premier on!
the attitude of Czernin. the Aus-1
trian spokesman.
It is not thought likely that Von j
Hertling will bring the positions of;
Germany and her enemies any
closer. Germany for the moment,
judging from semi-official advices
and press dispatches that seep
through to neutral countries, is un
der the spell of the military leaders
who promise much from the well
advertised German offensive.
Hertling and Von Kuehlmann, the
German foreign minster, have been
in conference with the Kaiser since
their return from the deliberations
at Brest-Latovsk. If the chancelloJ
takes his cue from the imperial waJ
lord's utterance concerning the cofl
elusion of peace with Ukraine, thl
speech Thursday would be belliger?J
ent and threatening, with a demand]
that the enemies of Germany ac-|
claim her as victor.
Lloyd George and W ilson Is Accord.
American officials are not appre
hensive over any efforts that may
be made to picture a rift between
President Wilson and the British
premier. Both men, it is known,
have been in closest communication
ever since America's entry into the
war. The important fact, it is
pointed out. is that the speeches of
both agree on the circumstance that
there csn be no peace until the mil
itarists of Germany, who stand in
the way, step aside.
Amba?Kador Presents Credentials.
Earl Heading, the new British
Ambassador, was presented to the
President yesterday afternoon. The
exchanges between them gave evi
dence of closest accord between
the two countries and promise of
future cooperation.
Trotsky a Mateh for Kaiser.
Russia offers a factor of utmost
interest to officials here. The re
fusal of Trotsky to sign a peace
j pact with the German government
; has left the Kaiser, it is pointed
i out. with a most unsatisfactory
j achievement on his hands. As there
i is no treaty to give him legal title
to the Russian territory he occu
pies. he must hold it by squatters'
custom, with force, and with men
and guns which, American military
experts say, he could use to much
: advantage on the western front.
Important Bomb Witness
Perished on Tuscania
San Francisco, Feb. 13.?John M.
[ Crowley, one of the principal govern
i ment witnesses in the preparedness
I bomb plot trial, was lost on the Tua
1 cania. District Attorney Fickert an
j nounced today. Crowley was attach -
i ed to the 100th Aero Squadron.
Knits for Amy at 99.
Bloom field. N. J., Feb. 1?.?Mrs.
Irene Cockfair. a native of Hins
dale. Mass.. will be 99 on Friday.
She will spend the day planning her
next summer's garden and knitting
a red cross sweater.
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