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.....v*- ??? Your Dollars Have More Cents In Wheeling Than Anywhere Else In the World"-Patronize Home Merchants Always ^ ****************??*** ***#jj;s * The W e aut h e r ? * Snow in north, snow or rftln in south ; * Saturday; Sunday colder"' and fair. J * ' X ? v .' ********** ************** THE INTELLIGENCER * Largest Morning Paper % * Circulation in West Virginia. * M * | ************************ I I ****************^?*4f****B.T; i; V 0 L U M E L X V . , NO. 164 WHEELING. W. V A . . SATURDAY, MARCH 3. 1917. PRICE ? TWO C|STS f . ??? . Here's The Flag That's Good Enough For Us All I ' GUADALAJARA. Mew, March 2.? General Carrimza remained closeted with the member? of his official fam ily yesterday and today and denied himself to those seeking information concerning the note of Dr. Alfred Zim mermann. the German foreign secre tary to Minister Von Eckhardt. the German representative here, in the attempt to form an alliance between Germany, Mexico and Japan, against the United States. General Aguilar, the Mexican foreicn minister, also declined to discuss the Zimmermann note. Officials of the Mexican government here were loath to express their opin ions for publication hut me news seemed to come as a surprise and a majority, of them seemed to believe hat the German project hail not been presented to the Mexican government or that, if it had. it was rejected. Newspapers giving derails of the Ger uan intrigue w?-re r*. cived today and iroused great interest cL PASO. Texas. March 2.? "Mex ico is pro-ally in its sympathies and any effort to spread German propa ganda tierc would meet with little encouragement anions the Mexican people." Andres Garcia, inspector-:?' n vrai of Mexican Consulates, said to nteht up:. a his return from Mexico r'iry. where he was in conference with .if ii era I Carranza. Minister Candido Aruiiar of th*? department of foreign ?elation*, and General Alvaro Obre gon. minister of war. "If there are any Germans or Mexi cans with Germ-i n sympathies trying o in'iu^nc- public opinion in Mexico through official or semi-official posl ions. they will be discharged as soon \s discovered. ! am sure." said Mr. larch'. "Th? r< are not more than six: men in the Mexican army with Ger man names and they have been with he Constant ionali.-t movement from ts inception." GUADALAJARA. Mex . March 2.? Henry [> Fletcher, the American am bassador. it was announced today, irobabiy will present his credentials o General Carransa tomorrow and will return to Mexico City tomorrow ir Sunday. I'ntii V?te this afternoon he ambassador had had no conference vith Genera! Carranza. 14 INCHES OF SNOW i'TMHERLAXP. M<1.. March :\? The sP"\v has reached ! -t :ik- h >-s at Lonaoon ?nz and nearly a foot her*.-. At T'-rra Mta. f"?i| rfias about- twi-titji ischcs. i he h?-uviest or" fh- winter. DANISH BEC.I, PASSED WASH t N' JTO\. March lv ? Knacttnent ?>?' thi' administration l?i II providing for ? temporary government in the r>anish vVest Indies and appropriating the J25. uii>. ?>?)*? rhe I'nit-'d States has agreed to ?a.v twmiark for their cession was ?om pie ted ?>y i-onir ress tonight. Both muses adopted the conference report md sent the measure to the president. PRESIDENT READY IB GIVE ORDER ' AND Nfll/lf DEPARTMENT HAS GUNS Cabinet Marked Time, Awaiting Action by Two Houses on Armed Neutrality ? The Senate Debates the Momentous Question Far Into the Night. WASHINGTON ,D. C., March 2. ? Arming of American ships to defy the German submarine menace waits only upon authority from Congress, which probably will be given before another day passes. It became known to-night that President Wilson is ready to give ' the order, and that the Navy Department has made its preparations to ibeein equipping merchantmen for defense at a moment's notice. The Senate debated far into t hi* night the bill approved by the President authorizing the arming of ships ami- the employment of "other instrumentalities" to pro tect American rights, and provid ing for a bond issue of SluO.l'OO. 000. Little opposition developed, and Republican and Democratic leaders predicted the passage of the measure by an overwhelming majority. The House is expected to accept the bill as a subvitute for its own, which does not carry the phrase "other instrumentali ties," and prohibits the insurance of munition ships by the Federal war risk bureau. The cabinet met this afternoon and discussed even* phase of the i international crisis. There was no announcement after the meet ing, though it was learned that , ? the administration considered that 1 there was nothing more to be done ! until .Congress acted. i About the only new develop ment of importance before the ' cabinet was a communication ; announcing that Germany would ; release the American prisoners of j the- Yarrowdale on March 7 upon i the expiration of a quarantine es i tablished because a British sailor 1 detained with the Americans had developed typhus fever. ! WASHINGTON. March 2. - Re publican and Democratic senate , leaders failed in a conference late tonight to smooth over difficulties in the way of important legisla tion still pending and both houses of congress remained in session at midnight with prospects of con tinuing without recess. Alter consultation with Secre taries McAdoo and Daniels and Postmaster-General Burleson over plans to assure if possible the enactment before the session ex pires Sunday of the army and sun- 1 dry civil appropriation bills, Sen- I ators Simmons, Martin, Hushes j and other Democrats conferred for i nearly two hours with Senators Penrose and Lodge. These spokes ! men tor the minority assured the Democrats of their willingness to let the bill extending power to the president to arm American ' mer chant ships come to a vote after full and free discussion but they wouid give no assurances about, the fate of the other appropriation ! bills or the bill to amend the ship ping law extending authority to i the government to commandeer merchant ships and ships being I constructed in the country for r foreign owners. ' "We will have to proceed as we are doing with these measures and get along the best we can." said Senator Penrose after the ; conference. "We made no progress toward an agreement on the legislative j program," said Senator Simmons. I While for a time tonight the final passage of the naval hill j seemed doubtful owing to the dis j pute with the house over the bond j issue involved in it. this trouble was cleared up. Progress on the J neutrality bill was slow however, ' with no vote until tomorrow prob I able. I Itt view of the apparent dead j lock with regard to the army, sun- . dry and general deficiency bills j the prospect for their ultimate I passage before March 4 seemed j ('ark. Some of the Democratic leaders still remained hopeful. I In any event they said the admin CHARLESTON', W. Va.. March 2. ? Night, sessions of the House - and Senate failed to bring about an agreement, between the two branches of the legislature on the f general appropriations bill. When the House bill, as amended by the Senate, was reported to the House to-night, the lower house refused to concur in the Senate amendments. The Senate refused to recede from the amendments. Conference committees were again appointed to consider the differences between the two bodies. Senators Haw lev, Gribble ? and Hogg being designated by President Goodykoontz. . while Speaker Thurmond named Dele gates Renshaw. Bray and Hunter. Extended political discussions were made in both branches. In the Senate, Minority Leader Fox stated the Democratic position, and Senator Gribble. of Doddridge, - replied on behalf of the majority. In the?House of Delegates, Dele gate Johnson. Democratic floor leader, read into the journal a re view of the action of the Demo cratic majority in that body in refusing to agree to a bill carry ing lump appropriations for do partmecta! clerk hire in the vari ous State offices. Delegate John, of Monongalia, criticised the Dem ocratic position and argued that partiality was shown by the Demo crats in" fixing th?? appropriations for departments controlled by Lhe Democrats and those controlled by the Republicans. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. March. 2.? Materially amending the House appro , priation bill, the Senate late to-day t passed and. returned that measure to l the House of Delegates for concur I reuce of that, body in the changes I made. Whether concurrence will be | forthcoming Is doubted. J The Senate amendments were not i made to the detriment of salaries, but | with the changes made the grand total lis within $68,000 of tin- total of til? | House bill items, and almost exactly ! the amount on which the members of } the House finance committee are said j to have agreed prior to adjournment I of The Regular Session. | The Senate also insisted on making I provisions for aggregate amounts to i cover clerk and other hire in the var ious departments, and added $10,000 to '.the $175,l'O0 provide in the House bill i for salaries of officers, teachers and J employes of the West Virginia Uni versity. Provisions for additional ' buildings and land for the State tuber ? culosis sanitarium were stricken out. 'the Flouse bill having set apart $if>.000 la year for the purpose. More than ' S3, 000 . was added lo the salary and I teachers of West Virginia Collegiate ! Institute, colored, and S4.000 a year i was stricken out for building and lands J at Glenville Normal. Many of the miscellaneous appropri j ations . appearing in the House hill were stricken out, but all those were | left for which verified claims had been ! made to the proper legislative authotl 1 ties. For many of the department? the House bill was amended by strik ing out the entire sections relating to i those departments and figures, most of I wh'ch allowing an aggregate sum for V, (Continued on Fnye Twelve.) I I IslniHon wmuu oe aDie m g?-i. along al. loasi until .lime without the necessity of railing the 05th congress in special session. A report was curretni at a late hour that some of the Republi cans. anxious to force an imme diate special session were threat ening to fight the conference re port on the legislative hill in which provision is made for the salaries of the executive and cabinet offi cials, iTHLESSNESS j IN FULL SWING jCURT STATEMENT IS' GIVEN BY BERLIN Does Not Change the Situa tion, Declare Officials at Washington. j BERLIN, March 2, via London, 1:46 j p. iu. ? The admiralty made the follow ing announcement to-day: "On March 1 expired the' final pe I riod of grace allotted for sailing ships j in the Atlantic. From this daie no ; special warning will be given to any boats by submarines." The above dispatch is signifi cant. as it is the first Herman of ficial Intimation that unrestricted submarine warfare is to be carried on outside of tile zone established by the Berlin government in its decree of January 31. The announcement, indicates that hereafter Germany will sink "any boats" without special warn ing "in the Atlantic" ocean. When tho imperial government announced the "rulhlessness" campaign effective February 1, no mention was made of a "period of grace." except five, days granted for neutral vessels to leave the barred zone. Later an extension of seven days was granted to Spain to get several of her ships to safety. No announcement was made of a "grace period" ending March 1. mentioned in the German admi ralty's statement. Not a Surprise. I "WAS! t IX ('.TON. P. C.. March 2. ? The. j official notice '>1' tho IWlin admiralty I that nit consideration tor shipping end I eft on March 1 unci that tho campaign of 1 rulhlessness now is in full swing, has cot changed the situation any. although its bold rli'clftratiori that no special warning will bo given to any boats by submarines was regarded in sharp con trast with the delayed portions of Ger man Foreign Minister Zlmmwrmann's speech to' the Reichstag, spoken beforu Germany's plot to ally Japan and Mexico with her in a war on the United State*, was revealed to the world. Senators who have been curious to know when the United States govern ment came Into possession of Zlmmer mann's astounding dispatch to German Minister von Eckhardt in Mexico t'ity, realized today that the President last nifiht. In transmitting Secretary Lan j sing's certification of its authenticity, j did not say, as was supposed at ilrst J glance, that the government had conw Into possession of the document within I the last week, but Without disclosing i when the government got it. informed I the Senate that the "evidence" of its j "authenticity" was procured by the gov ! crnment during the present week, j This seemed to confirm tho belief [ of many that the J'resldent probably kn'-w "f the existence of the document i when lie decided to delay no longer in ? breaking off diplomatic relations and that he certainly knew of it when, urg i ing the Senate to ratify the treaty with I Colombia, lie wrote Senator St>?ne that | the United States might soon have need of all the friends it could g<;l in Latin America. | ? Member" of Congress who have been 'hoping to forco an extra session in ' March, acknowledged ("day its lmpro ' liability at least until .tune. Senator La Kolbtte. tue only Senator ! who it was f.-ar-d would * filibuster | against the armed neutrality measure. ( told colleagues toda> thai lie would discuss the bill at length, lint did ted i intend to filibuster. Democratic leaders now do not expect ? any extra session at all. unless, t.f course, there should be extraordinary ; international developments. : Cotton Laden Ship For | The Allies Fire-gutted ! BALTIMORE Md .~ .March .Sev eral thousand tons of (roiionH^oiisi^ned to Liverpool was destroyed to nigh I in a fire in the hold of the British steam ship Carolinian, of the Garland- lino. The vessel had about finished loading! and would have cleared lo-iimrrow morning, included in the carro was a large and varied supply or merchan dise consigned to the allies. The ca pacity of the vessel j.s 7.000 Ions. The origin of the fire has not vet been de ! tcrmlned. Reserve fire apparatus was called out. as were also th** tire boats, lo combat iho flames. The hold was filled willi water, and tin- vessel sol tl?*d to the bottom of her slip, heside the Baltimore Ohio eievalor. at Lo cust Point. Hrenion cm holes in the side of the boat wilh acetylene. torches ; in order to i;r i at the tire, located <li-' i red ly beneath Iho engine room. The I loss is not vet known. "k I ? ! jHas Received No Offer of! Alliance From Mexico | or Germany. TOK 10, March 2.-5:30 P. M.? \ Japan has received no proposition from either Germany or Mexico, directly or indirectly, to join in a possible war against the United States, Viscount Motono, Japanese j foreign minister informed The As J sociated Press today. Viscount Montono said he con i sldered such an idea ridiculous, ' it being based on the outrageous I presumption that Japan would I abandon her allies. If Mexico re ' ceived the proposal, Viscount Mo j tono added, that country showed 1 intelligence in not transmitting It j to Japan. THREE AMERICANS INDICTED ON CHARGE OF PARTICIPATION IN GERMAN SPY PLOT | ' NEW YORK, March 2.~Parti- , cipation in an elaborate spy plot organized to send to Great Britain I under guise of being American j newspaper correspondents but | whose real purpose was tb serve as spies to supply Germany Ger many forbidden information as to j civil and military conditions in England, was charged agaTnst Al bert Sander, Charles W. Wunnen berg and George Vaux Bacon, in indictments found here today by the federal grand Jury. Arrangements were made In i this city, the indictments allege,. ! by which this information could be sent out nf Great Britain( j through the use of a writing fluid' which remained invisible until cer tain chemicals were applied to the paper containing the writing. Bacon, it is charged, was hired to go to England as a supposed news I paper correspondent. I He was supplied by Sander and Wunnenberg, it is charged, with ! names and addresses of persons in I Holland and Denmark to whom j letters on apparently trivial sub- j jects could be written in visible J ink while information of military value could also be written in the ! Invisible ink to be forwarded to j j Germany. | TH^WEATHER. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3.? ' Forecast: ! West Virginia ? Snow or rain Satur day; Sunday fair, except snow in the mountains and colder. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania ? Snow in the north, snow or rain in the south portion Saturday; Sunday cold 'er and probably fair. !STOi DESERTS THE PRESIDENT IN SENATE : ! Ill EXCITING DEBATE ONJRMED NEOMin | r y Rumored The War Department Directs I Mobilization of The First West Virginia \ /. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 2. ? A rumor is being circulated | that tentative directions have been made by the War Department for j the mobilization of the First West Virginia Infantry. Adjutant G-en j eral Bond declines to discuss the report. I : | WASHINGTON, March 2. ? With ipuns, mounts and ammunition for i arming American merchant ships al ready assembled at navy yards, pu' ting the weapons aboard can begin immediately on orders from President i Wilson. Navy officials estimate that lit would take from three to live days ;per ship, working under pressure, to ; equip vessels previously surveyed for possible use as navat auxiliaries. A ? longer time' will be required for 'others. j Navy Yards Ready. Every Important Atlantic coast navy : 'yard is ready to undertake work on | ships in its district on telegraphic : instructions from the department. It, lis expected that upon President Wil- , ? son's formal direction that applica-l Lions of American ships for guns be i [complied with, the commandants of! navv yards would be instructed spe cifically to equip each ship for which application is made. Aside from a blanket application from the American line covering all its ships, the navy department now has only requests for j guns for a few individual vessels. | The work probably would be done j at navy yards in order that machinery; for handling heavy weights quickly could be used. Merchant craft would be sent to the. yards in turn as their applications are approved. Ships first ; scheduled to sail would be the first, armed and navy officials expect Utile : delay in getting them ready for sea! in this order." j Under the Senate Bill a full complement of guns may be! placed on board each ship. The big ! liners would carry six Cinch guns each for war purposes and probably would carry two or more for defense against submarine's. Most of them have deck emplacements already in j and structural work would be neces- 1 sar.v only to fit proper magazines to insure against fire and explosion. The question of providing gun crews would be taken up for each ship separately, according to present plans. If former navy gunners with good records as tuarksmeg are avail able, they will be employed. If not, enlisted crews from the navy yards or reserve warships will be assigned to man the guns. The department Is anxious to avoid as far as possible weakening the strength of its lighting line in gunners. ' Machine Guns. too. It is possible that machine guns would be placed aboard (merchant ships :u? well as the big rifles. He ports from Great Britain say that, ma chine gun lire against submarines has been found exceedingly effective. Mounted on a steamer's btidge, high above the water, the fire of a machine gun is enough to drive a submarine gun crew from its unsheltered weapon and the German commanders, it is stated, submerge at once if the rattle of machine gun fire greets them on emerging. Serious damage from machine gun fire depends on chance to a large extent. A periscope might be put out of commission or the skin of a 1' boat punctured, if direct hits were scored. At a range of :>imi to 5 On yards, the favored distance for torpedo attack, either a machine gun or a 1 -pounder is an effective weapon against sub marines. AGAINST GAS EXPORT. Sicvial IKupairti in tin- i CLARKSlU'ItG. W. Va.. .March I'.? ' N'o action further than the formation of a temporary organization was taken by Central West Virginia manufac turers and Hoards of Trade who held a conference here last night and to day to devise a means of waging a state natural gas conservation cam paign. M. M. Pearlman, a Clarksburg manufacturer, was named acting pres ident and G. \V. Dudderar, secretary j J of the Clarksburg Hoard of Trade, i [was made acting secretary. ' greed to all senate amendments | and sent the naval measure to I conference. Thii action was re garded, however, as largely per- j functory, for witfr the difference j over the bond issue cleared away, it appeared there. was little doubt : of a final agreement on other de tails. WASHINGTON, March 2. ? Con- ! ffroat ftnJilly clcmed the way for j , ti mil enactment o 1 tho S535.000.000 I i I naval appropriation bill tonight ; ] i alter trtraifr j coniig out a. contro- I : | voray between, the .two houses wh-ch ( i for a time threatened to kill the i j j measure nnd force' an extra session. [ Tho trouble waw over the refusal i , of th? house to accept an amend-i | ! j m?nt by the senate authorizing- a J bond issue of SI AO, 000, 000 to meet ! I ; added expenses provided for In tho j j ' bill as passed the senate late this , ! | aftonicn. The house leaders, point- ! inf out that rirvenno legislation ! j could originate only in tie houao, i j . promptly passed a resolution to that ! ! offcct and set it over to the senate, i j Aft^T hurried conferences between ' I ; Democratic and Republican leaders, ! ! : fearful that to Jr'e-open dsbate on I | | the bill wou'd m??n its failure the ! j eenate without p., roll call re.passod ' | tho measure with the bond issue j i ! provision eliminated. At, tho last ' , j moment Senator , Jones succeeded in > I ! attaching an ajnendment striking- | 1 | out the clause maiiner it a crlmo for j ; ? shipbuilding and other industrial i ; concerns to rcfas? to surrender plants to the frovemment in time of ! I war or otaer proclaimed omerffency. ? ' j The socatt's action wag greeted 1 < with cheers in the house wh?rn it j j was conoeded that any difficulty j over the Jonos amendment could be : j (juicKly smoothed out. | I WASHINGTON. March 2. ? Tlioj Sr.::r),ii(M'i,(>iiO naval appropriation nill ? was passed by tho senate today with-; out a roll call. Ii now goes lo con- j fererice. j Amendments added by the senate i in which tli?' house is asked to agreo i increases the total of the bill as it. parsed the house by $lfiO,OOO.QOO and l< provides that all appropriations shall ! bo available immediately instead of July 1, as usual. Of the "amount added j $1 rr>.tt00,i)00 is for use in rushing to. rompletion warships now under con-' st ruction and to pay for submarine chasers and rtth'.ihM) is for fifty sub marines in addition to (hose provided, for in t he regular building program. \ Efforts io attach the administration amendments empowering the president io c'omm endear American ships In ;tn emergency failed because Republican senators would not consent to their: passage without debate. Under the agreement to take a final vote at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Vice-President j Marshall ruled that them could be j (Confined on Paffo Twelve.) CHEERS FOR THE j AMERICAN SHIP IJORI'KAIIX. March 2. 1:15 p. m. ? The American freight steamer Roches ter arrived here from New York to-' day and anchored off Orleans street at j ] ] ? f,r> a.m., the rising. tide having; floated her off the sand bank upon she' stranded last night while ascending the Gironde river in a fog. ; A large crowd, attracted to the! wharf b> the welcoming sirens of oth-j er steamers, cluered the Rochester,) and many persons cried "Long live the I' tilted Slates." The crews of both the Orleans andj the Rochester, and the officers andi crews front Hritish and from French i vessels here, have been invited to an-| other gala performance in the French theatre and to luncheons to be given by the city authorities. PACIFIST ELEMENT FALLSINTO LINE Many Senators Declare the Passage of Resolution Means War. I WASHING TOW, March 3. ? j j Early thia morning', after mor? j than eight hours' debate on the ! ! armed neutrality bill In the senate, ; leaders reached an agreement for a i i ! recces until 10 a. m., without set- : I ; ting a time for a vote on the ! 1 ; measure. _ j j At 13:45 o'clock the recees was ! taken. The agreement w s reach- ! I ed after Senator La Follette had | ; withdrawn his objection to taking | : ' up the bill as passed by the house, | ) with a view to substituting for it j | I the broader senate measure ap- ! | I proved by the president. \ Democrats in char are of the bill j _ ! proposed this step so it can go to | ' i J conference immediately after the I I | senate acts, instead, of Having to be sent back to the house. Senator La Toilette, upon whose I attitude virtually depends when a : vote will be reached, declined to agree upon a time to vote, numer ous senators still have speeches to | make, and it probably will h* late j tomorrow u?for.e the bill go ? to \ conference. Administration lead ers ore confident chat the house j will accept the senate substitute. WASHINGTON* March 2. ? Presi dent Wilson's bill to authorize a poli-j cy of armed neutrality was pressed ! toward passage in the senate tonight i with a debate running the whole scale ' of the nation's foreign relations. j The measure which the White | House has announced it desires as a substitute for the less sweeping bill passed by the house last night, de veloped little evidence of determined ; opposition. It gave senators a, long- 1 awaited oportunitv, however, to de clare their convictions in the interna-! tional crisis; and the debate proceeded 1 with deliberation despite the know ledge that it now is senate action on which the President is waiting. There Were No Party Lines, asid most of the pacifist element: of the senate declared a willingness ? to fall behind the President in nia i move for an armed policy. Senator Stone, head of the foreign j relntions committee, however, by vir- j tue of his position the logical admin- j istraiion spokesman on such ques- , tions, withdrew from the task as Soon . as the armed neutrality hill was] brought In by his committee. He said,1 candor would not permit him to take j the floor for the measure, and sub- 1 mittpd fin amendment to exempt mun-] itions carrying ships from the protec- i tion to be" extended other merchant- j men. To Senator Hitchcock and Senator I Lodge, the ranking Democratic and Republican committeemen, fell the, leadership. Senator La Folette about . (Continued on Page Twelve.) ' DEFINITE STAND MADE SOUTHEAST Of BAPAUME British Pursuit of the Turkish' . Army in Mesopotamia ,r Continues. British troops hav? made additional progress north and f^tith of the Ancre, but the statement fjeom the London war office give no derails of the latest advances. North we?} of Puislux-Au Mont. north of the ?n ere, and In the; j region of Warlenco&rt, south of the [Ancre and toward Bftpaume, were thii. I scenes of the latest grains. j The Germans apparently are prejwr-.": 'ing to make a a tampon their pretest [line south of Bapaujae as the British Istatement reports tie repulse of [ tacks against. British advanced poBl- i:' lions near Gueude<Jpurt and Llgnjr-v;; Thillery. A staff corespondent of the. ,~ Associated PreBs 5rith the British, larmies reports that ihe Germans now'.: fare making a deflnif-e stand on a line, j | running from Essarfs, through Achlflt- ; :Le-Petit to southeast of Bapaume. I In the fighting in:the Ancre refloat jthe British on Friday captured 121-^S prisoners, three machine guns andf& four trench mortar*. Berlin reportfV^ the repulse of los>al attacks near? Souchez and in thence region with the capture of prischers. On the re mainder of the froat in France onty raids and artillery fduels have taken i place. i' On the eastern frsht there has been 7; marked activity Ir' Galicia and .to ? Rumania. On the cjsast bank of the E Narayuyka river, iy Galicia, Gernun i storming detachments blew up Rue-T" sian positions and tVtok 170 prisoners. V ?In the Valputna, JJerlin records, the* Russians made fiv? fruitless attacks >' aigainst ' Austro-Ge.rrnan positions .oft the heights north c? the valley. Pet-.fK rbgrad says the : fighting continues north of the Jacoberiil-Kimpolung high road. Rumanian detachments were forced to withdra^; Petrograd sa^'. from a height north of .the River H Zaval. ! v." Turkish forces inf-their retreat from 'J Kut-el-Amara on Tijesday had reached Aziziyah, about 4<i: miles, southwest^ of Bagdad and 52 Soiles northwest, of^ Kut-e!-Amara. Thee. BriUsh f ortult .. I S3 '.V. p m (Continued on f?r? Twalr*.) Many Secret Semes Men Guard Wilson Sp?l?I In Tlir lnlrfT??vrr. WASHINGTON,: ?., March Unusual precaution^ have been taken -5 by the secret service of the forem* < meet to protect, rtje President, thej^' people, public buj&lngs, the foreign ?,-? embassies during sitbe inauguration. Secret service mere; from all parte of .; the country, as weS as United States.^'.? marshals and theft", deputies hM* ? y been summoned hire, and given in^-S' structlcms and assignments. There, if.-1?-: a small army of thsse officials In the^tf city now, coming \ri advance of th??'^ crowds. Many cajpe on the trains'.^? carrying crowds at^.popular excuralonpl-5 rates, the first of.sthich began to.ir?^? rive today. Not in many years. 4f,;. indeed, it has ev<*r happened slnce% Lincoln's second inauguration, bairn' such elaborate precautions been takeni^ to protect the President, the Vfise-'.' President, the. capitpl and other 9Gtr!& ernment buildings. It cannot be de-'" * nied that there is;&* feeling of uneas- . inpss prevalent in the Capitol, hot it is not shared by the secret sendee officials. Everything is in complete ' ' readiness fnr the ^na ugural celebra tion to commence. ,^nd its success de- . ponds wholly upcyi what kind of { weather Wasbingtup will have next Monday. The government forecaatera \i areh't ready yet to^iiazard an official ? prediction. ML !STE II KITCHENS OF J UNITED SMS VmM ? :*:0? WASHINGTON. March 2.~Grealer food crops and the practice of house- t hold economies were urged by Secre- ' tary of Agriculture Houston today as i measures to help reduce the cost of-; living. American families, he esti mated, in a statement on the food sit-j uation, waste in their kitchens annu-j ailv more than ?700,(iu0,000 worth of: edibles.. 'I'ii ere is nothing in the situation to | justify hysterio, however, lie declares,' because there is no real shortage of, fooii in Hie country. Mr. Houston emphasized the im-j portance of the food cost investigation directed by President Wilson and held out hope that increased acreages this year may Insure greater food sup-, plies. Wheat and potatoes, he said, were unusually short last year, but' nevertheless there will be enough to! supply very nearly normal needs. 1 The food problem cannot be solved,: in the secretary's opinion, through j price fixing by the federal or state,' governments but by "intelligent plan-! ning and constructive action in con-! junction with the operation of normal i forms." Urging a full inquiry into, the causes of advancing prices, he' said : I "A full and satisfactory explanation of prevailing prices is not possible on the basis of existing knowledge.! Where the food supply is located,,1 who owns it., what may be the diffl- 1 culties of securing ti. whether the local market conditions are due to car shortage, whether there is artifi cial manipulation or control, no one can state with certainty. It is essen tial that we have the facts not only ?? ? because of the light they might throw; ~ on present conditions, but also bo- ?' cause they arc prerequisite for the ? working out of a permanent, just and economical system {if marketing. The investigation directed by the president J ought io be made promptly and con- r. gress ought to give the federal trade commission and t^e department of < agriculture the nec^sary funds." Limitation of watye in the kitchen, x he pointed out. swouid do much /i towards affording partial and imme diate relief from oppressive price*.' "As a nation," he*uded. "we seem to->? have a disdain o? economizing. Ofj?>; course, the waste families of very ?; limited means is (ligh:, but In fanfc-',;^ Mies of moderate ;fcid ample means It is considerable, fcijen if the estimate -M of $700,000,000 wafte in the countlTl^ as prepared by ou; experts. if cut *&?.'?? half would still j^ave an enormous waste." / r Prices must be, Maintained at a tain level or farni^s will not increase^ their output, Mr.^.Houston declared,;^ and either the (jjvernment or the ? ^ community must- ^jarautee a reason-!^ able price. "Thoje who are urglaf ^ that farmers be induced greatly - to ,'?< increase their acreage beyond that ;.'4 which their own judgment indicates," he added, "know ;iery little about the psychology of fanners or about the ? fundamental nec^islties of the sltU'-;~| ation." a There is no necessity for alarm over reports of a foocpshortage, the secre- 'X tarv thinks, b?>ca^'se crops generally were as large or :arger than the five- , year average. Grain crops and pota (Conttnucd oi; P?r? TwtlT*.) > j