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Advocates Thorough Na
tional Defence; Denounces
Wea Policy In Mexico.
ELIHU ROOT FLAYS
' MEXICAN POLICY
Speadiers Indicate Unhealthy
Conditions Of Domestic
And Foreign Affairs.
N
I H)RK. Feb. K The Repub
lican state convention today
unanimously adopted a Dlatform
intended as a kev note for the Republi-
in national .campaign, endorsed the
Whitman Mate administration and
earned T' S vena tor James W. Wads
Morth, Jr. Gov. Chas. Whitman. Fred-
rn 1. Tanner and elate senator Elon R.
J imn, Republican leader in the senate.
i ih "Bi- Four" to represent New
1 ork state in the national convention.
The prim ipal points in the platform
doptcd. were
Advocaij of complete preparation for
i lu common defence, economy, mdus-m-.I
and financial as well as military.
including a recommeiidatronrfor a naval
inral mff and substantial strength
uiinir of tne naval and miltlar forces
f (ha United States.
Mexican I'oilrj Ilenounrrd.
I "enunciation of tin Wilson poller
nu jinini as one or inconsistent
.ii irresponsible interference" Bdm
ilemand for the protecticW-ofMMIr'
mi tlirhts In Mexico. Mtl.r hr .
M"-nsible Mexican government or
iliwiugh cooperation with other Ajner
an republic. ,
Denunciation 'of the bill to grant ln
.1. pendence to the Philippines? which
ilr. adv has. passed the senate, as an
abandonment of the duty of this na
i ion and a breach of trust toward the
' lulippuies leading- possibly to the
seizure of the islands by a foreign
in er "
demand for the "restoration of
' c Republican polic.v of a tariff com-
iishioii" and for "adequate measures
'", the qmrk upbuilding of an Amerl-
n nitrchant marine "
I' rite I'nrm Credits.
Meisurea advocated by the platform
lnde development or farm credits
hi amendment to the federal reserve
i to avoid possibilit) of inflation of
1 1 1 in- .
Ue wish to continue on terms of
' ",', ..?;? frllhiP with the whole
"'lil, the platform declares, -and we
i.. .it the movement designed to malic
"singly difficult and improbable a
...it to force in the settlement on In
. rn itlonal difficulties. But we assert
n e right of America to oppose any vto
' 'Vnil ,?T. lnt?ntional agreement to
wbn h It is a party and Us duty to insist
P"n the security of the laws of nations.
ue advocate complete berparedness for
he common defence economic, tndus-
ial and financial, as well as military."
Hoot ot Kndorard.
Pi lor to the opening of the conven
tion a proposal to submit to the dele
r.'te",..V" name ot E1,nt' oot as the
Lepubliian presidential candidate was
I. .eated in the committee on resolu-
r, T."nlon Paces Crisis."
t .'" " ied. 8tatl' fac" one of le
a l.t or,.t,cal periods in Its history
si nd the destiny of th r.,hii- !- J
iriiuiv may be determined in the next
Ti'Ui years, senator Jin tv io.j.
rth. Jr.. told the rm,o.. .",-"
i klllg as its Wrmmnl -I... ''
Wad.wortb decided that W for the
,"7 ar theTjnlted lutes would
r'i in tl e dentha nr th t.i--i , ,., ,
of industrial denreiuilr.n .S .?...
rrote.tive tariff was needed to pre-
1 t h!JnfTre,c.ee"ted. mdustrlal invasion
I, ,ln ted States at the close of
I - "'"iggie iie criticised the admln-
ijuons Mexican and Philippine pol-
' i sajing that "rightly or wrongly"
. i..iie of other nations regarded
Mrifii mi, today as "lacking In deter-
II .11..1, i.i, king in virility, shrinking
i. .ii th..se tesponslbllities and oblga-
u.iiwbkU must come to every na-
TU ?J.Cx,n? onJnt""aI defence Wads
worth declared that while the Demo
crats, were attempting to reach some
..ui lusion on this great question, their
leader was displaying his agitation, his
H.u ertainty: dIowIiik hot and cold."
The reserve rund of the national
tifistiry is in a "precatious condition"
t ml tiie speaker
Kllbu Hoofs Great Address.
The Democratic national adminlstia
tTr.n has failed lgnomlnionsl in th
cnduit of both foreign and domestic
iffnirs during the president of Wood
tow llson. and conspicuously so in
he case of Mexico. Threats have been
rn ide and not enforced; warnings given
rl- to he Ignored by. their recipients.
I the world's respect forfeited
through knowledge that, should th
' m'ed Mates endeavor to protect the
"Khts of Its citizens it would be un
able to do so.
'J hei-e are among the convictions ex
rn.FMd by former I'nlted States sena
t .1 hlihu Root, recognized as a strontr
r ipsideiiilal possibility, in his address
s temporar chairman of the con
. ntlon
Taking up foreign relations he
ttuned firt to the Mexican problem.
ieiewing. amid hejrtv i hi era, the slt
V Ulon at the time president Wilson
v inaugurated.
"His duty then was plain." Mr Root
cil.ired 'It was, first to ue his
t'.'Viers afa Tiresfdent to secure protec-
li'.a for thi lives .ind property of
(Continued on pace IS, Col. 3.)
t"
'Preparedness" Also
CALLS
The War At a Glance
W
H1LI2 France and Flanders
are the fields of military
activity that just now
command chief attention, the oper
ations of the Russians in their
Caucasus campaign are developing
notable points of interest The
newest development comes with
Petrograd's announcement of the
capture of nine of the forts of the
Turkish stronghold of Erzerum. the
chief city of Turkish Armenia,
where it is said 80,000 men are
locked up with not more than two
weeks' provisions.
The British Mesopotamlan armies
appear to be making little progress.
Food Prices Atiroud Soar
Prices of foodstuffs continue
rising in Great Britain under war
conditions. From the beginning of
the war the increase has been 47
percent. The British hoard of trade,
which issues these figures, declares
that the increase In more impor
tant articles of food in Berlin has
been 83.4 percent and in Vienna
112.9 percent.
Intend to Populate Servian
Macedonia Almost Exclu
sively With Bulgarians.
London, Eng.. Feb. 16. -Servians liv
ing In Servian Macedonia are belna"
driven from their homes, exiled forever.
by the Bulgarian conquerors who plan
to m.l,t. th. cntored rmintrv
to nopulate the captured countrv ex
cluslvely with Bulgarians in otder to
spakt ttR teqjtra pare .secure. Further,
TOniiTrtwiitrnrnjiiTi nave reisseu vu wivn
the American Red Cross to carry out
I relief work in the conquered territory,
according to 1U naru scneuens, an
American, of Croton, ' Conn., who lias
been serving; with lad PagvtB con
tingent. Schellens has just arrived in
London from Uskup
Causes Intense Hardships.
Ten davs before he left Cskup. sajs
Mr. Schellens, the Servian element was
put in a panic hj a Bulgarian procla
mation ordering all Servians who had
resided In the country no longer than
the two paat jears to pack up and
leave. The period was expiring the
day he left .No. exceptions were made
in this order old people, children, ba
bies, women expecting to become moth
ers, the sick and wounded This, ho
s.is was the last act of a course of
hstematic discrimination against and
persecution of the Servians, which in
the dead of winter, with the roads In
'rii.,..i iti ..I7 .&n Ik.
.llgUUU. LUHU1.IUI1, wuuau u.VAii t..u
death of many on their lwg march
through bleak country thaf had been
lobbed of its food supplies.
Ited ( rust Aid Jtefused.
' If there ever was a country that
needed relief." said Mr. Schellens, "it is
Servian Macedonia. The American Red
Cross was willing to do this work. It
has plenty of money and there Is a big
supply of com, wheat and othir food
stuffs stored up in Rumania to draw
on. But the Bulgarians did not want
us for relief workers Their .excuse Is
that the wor,k would interfere with
military operations."
Mr. Schellens pay8 a n'Rn tribute to
the Bulgarian peasantry. He found
them a kindly honest people and fins
tvpe nhvsically. The have universally
the highest regard for America and
Americans, owinz to tile glowing talcs
received from Immigrants.
Officers and Soldiers Unlike.
"There is enough difference between
the soldiers and their officers," con
tinued Mr. Schellens. "to make them
seem of a different race. The eoldlersl
are short and stocky. Their officers
are rather tall and of a different type
of features. In fact, the soldiers are
the real Bulgarian stock, while the
officers are largely of foreign Inter
mixture And the difference in char
acter is just as marked.
"The soldiers did many kindnesses
to the Servian unfortunates when their
officers weren't about But the offi
cers are brutal toward the civil pop.
ulation and most of all the Serbs."
Pans, France, T'eli 1. An appro
priation of T.xiT.OOti.OflO fran-s for the
second quaiter of 1S16 Is provided for
in a bill introduced! today m tle cnam.
bcr of dejiutleB by Alexandre Ilibot,
mlnimer of finance Of this amount,
but 6."7,000,00 francs is'fdr military
purposes.
CANADA'S WAR BILL IS
TO BE .$250,000,000
Ottawa. Can., Feb. IS. Sanction lot
an additional war appropriation of
IS.IO.OOO.nOO' and other measures . for
raising money for the needs of the
dominion military forces will be asked
by the Canadian government at the
present session of parliament These
additional financial necessities were
announced before' the house of com
mons today by Sir Thomas White min
ister of finance,- In his annual budtr. t
speeah.
From the beginning of the war to
Januat, last. Canada's war expendi
tures of ir.0,000 troops has been 1158 -000
000. said the Minister, and now
with ;r.0 more enllstel and 5no.ui i
the totaLauthorlzed, the prime minister
""-- - '"." ior opeiations
1 during the coming vear
BULGARS EXPEL
ccdd nneiiTc
ICE IR BILL
E8CESF1NCE
KSIFllCES
I SEIZE Effll
, I
Forts of Chief Turkish Ar
menian City Fall Under
Attack, is Eeported.
London, Eng., Feb. 16. Erzerum, the
strongly fortified and principal city in
Turkish Armenia, has been captured
by the ' Russian besieging army, ac
cording to Reuter'"s Fetrograd oorre
stwndent A Russian official communi
cation late Tuesday announced nine
forts had been captured by the Rus
sians. MI.IHK) Men on Short Rations.
The Enerum fortifications extend in
a straight line for 24 miles along a
ridge intersecting all important roads
from the Caucasus. It has recently
been stated that the Turks, under Ger
man direction, have constructed new
forts to the right and left of the old
fortifications.
A dispatch to the Giornale d'ltalla
from Fetrograd, dated February 1, said
that German field marsal von Iloltz
was in command of the Turkish troops
at Erzerum and that there were 80.000
men locked up in the city with pro
v Isions for only a fortnight. A dispatch
to tne central ruewa irom Amsterdam
, on February 3 said that Turkish re-
Krzerum. had been beaten off by the
Russians and that SO wounded Turkish
officers and 5090 wounded men had
arrived at Trebizond.
.linn Long Been Turk Possession.
Erzerum, the principal city of Tur
kish Armenia. Is situated on a larKe
, Iilain- about 600 feet above the sea.
n Jas ueiongea to rurKey since tne
early part of the 16th century and has
iiisuieu as u. uumarK ui vrmtsma III
the Russiad wars. Col. Shumsky, the
Russian militarj critic, was quoted on
ex-iV1". . a saving that hnpOr-
I tnnt motive or tne present active opera
tions h tlte Kuseians in the Caucasus
was to relieve the pressure on the
British in Mesopotamia and ultimately
to form a. iunetu-irtn-Un Jtr)Wnlu
avhah I v Ilia 1"&lVf nn
BRITISH ATTACK
IDT FALL BACK
Berlin, Gf-rmanv, Feb. 6 -Th..e at
tacks bv the British in eff'-its to re
cover the trenches southeast of Vpres,
In Belgium, which thej lost to the
Germans, are announced fo aimy head
quarters. All the attacks are declared
to hae been fruitless, as were thosa
of the French in attempts to resin
pround lost northwest of Tahure in th
Champagne
ENTEITFJENEI
BELGIAN PLEDGE
Havre, France Feb 16 The allied
powers, signatory to the treaty guar
anteeing the Independence and neu
trality of Belgium, have decided to re
new the agreement not to end hostilities
until the political and economic inde
pendence of Belgium Is reestablished
and the nation is indemnified for the
damages suffered.
CANADIAN ADMITS HE
ENLISTED MEN IN U. S.
Snokane. Wash.. Feb. 16. Declaring
he had been unable to pass physical
examination for enlistment in the
British army and that he wanted to do
something for his country. E. J. Brooks, .
a Canadian, admitted Tuesday ho en- i
r listed men in Spokane for service in
tne British army. lie was neiu tor tne;
fl..nl .....,) A.tw In innntl hnnH '
Brooks said he had offered Americans
$35 a month for service In the army,
but denied ho had any authority from
the Canadian government to recruit
soldiers In the Vnlted States.
BRITISH SHIP FIGHTS
SUBMARINE AND ESCAPES
Xew Orleans, La. Feb. 16. The crew
of the British steamer Baron Napier, a
mule ship vvhich arrived here today
from Alexandria, Kgvpt, brought
stones of a battle in the Mediterra
nean on January 17, between - the
Baron Napier and a German submarine.
In which the steamer escaped.
WINSOR APPOINTED U. S.
COMMISSIONER AT YUMA
Plipcnlx. Ariz . Feb.. 16. Federal
Judge William II Saw telle haa appoint
ed Mulford Winsor, of .Yuma. United
States couit commissioner for Yuma
county. He succeeds John W. Norton,
mho died recently. Mr. Winsor Is Gov.
Hunt's chief political adviser and man
aged his two campaigns. For three
' ears he was a member of the old state
land commission. It is understood that
he is a candidate for the Democratic
nomlration for tho state sennte.
M3TTKK FHOM Kl I'AMI
NA1. MVN IHSLU FOR lAMl
Keokuk. Iowa, Feb. 16. William
Hagerty, living here, has received an
unsigned letter, postmarked VA Paso,
Texas, stating his son, Jiarl Hagerty,
is being held by Mexican bandits in
Sonorjt tor $J0 "ransom. ,
Means
LATIN-AMERICANS GODLESS
CULTURED CUSS
REJECTS m
IS REPORT
Report To Panama Confer
ence Says Confidence In
Christian Dogma Shaken.
EDUCATION ONLY
REMEDY IS BELIEF
'
Latin-American Women Are
Eager to Receive Christian
Teaching, Says Bishop.
PANAMA,
rampant
Feb. 1C Infidelity Is
among the professional
and student rlnasM
of Latin
America, according to the report of the
commission on literature which pre
sented its report to the Congress on
Religious Work in Latin-America,
which is in session here.
Saj God Called n Myth.
Quoting a correspondent the commis
sion says:
"In probably no class of -fnen In the
civilized world today is Infidelity so
rampant as among the professional and
student classes of Latin-America. As
suggestive of their attitude toward re
ligion Dr. nobert E. Speer quoted a
Brazilian professor of law: 'There is
no longer confidence In the Christian
dogma. The supernatural has been ban-
"" triun me aomain of science. . .
' Go? J.s a my'"- - - Man in
vented God and sods that the world
might be ruled. The simple spirit re
frains from all criticism and accepts tho
lda Of Ged,3:$hout z-esljtance. The
Mltured mjAtftfienU the- idea in vir
tue of its Inhei-ent contradictions. "
As a further example of the attitude
of the cultured classes of Latin-America
toward religion a quoUtion Is given
from an address by a Mexican literary
man delivered recently in the United
States.
Mexican Attitude Shoun.
The Mexican scholar divided the field
f cultural interests into three rrt
divisions. The first was scientific or
material where all was exactness and
precision: the second was the abode of
beauty, poetry, art; and the third was
tne gloomy limbo of mvstlcism, where
gnostiy snades from the past reign su- 1
preme, and where religion Is the dom
inant interest as represented by St.
Francis of Assist. "
The commission urges the necessity
of education as the best means of over
coming the apathy or hostility of Latin
Americans toward religion. It recom
ments the establishment of religious
publications, the maintenance of book
stores and of a press bureau.
A co-operating committee is suggest
ed which will raise funds to enable tho
missionaries to place books and peri
odicals within the reach of the poor
est The Individual efforts of the past,
it is stated, have utterly failed to copo
with the situation and the field should
be under the continual supervision of
a well-organized commission on litera
ture. Women Eager to Learn.
The education of Latin-American
women and the distribution among them
of proper literature was declared by
bishop KInaolving. of Brazil, as the
most important work the commissioners
in Central and South America could un
dertake. Bishop Klnsolvlng declared that
women of Latin-America would respond
gratefully to efforts In this direction in
their behalf. While the men often wcro
highly educated, he said, woman's edu
cation was woefully neglected. The
crying need of the times was the spir
itual and intellectual uplift of the
feminine population of all Latin-American
republics
NIT1 EXPLODES;
si
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. .,6. Charles
Baker, loal manager for tho Washing
ton Torpedo company of Washington,
Pa., was blown to atoms today in the
company's storehouse 1n Olmstead
Falls, a suburb Eight hundred quarts
of nitroglycerine blew up
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Sennte.
Discussed-resolution for spe-
clal Investigation of railroad :
legislation.
Attorney general Gregory, be-
! fore lands committee, denied
v prosecution of oil men who en-
tered withdrawn glands except
! who violated the law.
V Judiciary subcommittee con-
tinued its 'Inquiry regarding the
nomination of Louis D. Ilfan-
deis as supremo court justice.
Commerce committee, consul- ;
ering the child labor bill, was
Invited to visit southern mills
by southern opponents of the :
bill.
House. ;
Considered miscellaneous bills. ;
ear fcdmiral Grant continued
Rear admiral Grant continued
fore the naval committee
IN
Fitting Education
HUB
I
IT. S. , Can't Accept Agree
ment Until Germany De
fines Future Course.
Washington, I '.. Feb 16 Secre
tary Iansing said toda that the Ger
man government's announced Intention
of sinking armed merchantmen without
warning after Feb. -9 has reopened
the entire question of submarine war
fare. The Laieitama agreement pre
sented today cannot be finally accepted
until the United States determines
whether anything in it conflicts with
the new policy of sinking armed mer
chant ships.
0 Apparent Conflict Cited
It was pointed out that American
officials realized that the ' Lusltania
agreement refers to "liners" and that
the newly announced German subma-
rlne poller refers to all armed ships.
which might Include liners. Before the
Lusltania agreement finally is accept
ed it will be necessary to clarify the
situation.
Count von Bernstorff told secretary
Lansing it was his personal opinion
that In carrying out the new submarine
campaign It was not the intention of
the German government to sink
"liners." Mr. 1-insinc Is understood
to have informed him that such a state
ment from the German government
would be desirable.
Substance of Xote.-
It begins with, reference to the for
mal assurances given by Germany last
September that submarines would not
sink unresisting liners without warning-
and regard for the safety of life
aboard, and that the instructions to
submarine commanders were o defi
nite as to allow no misunderstanding.
It then states that the submarine
warfare around the British Isles was
a reprisal for what is characterized as
the "inhuman" blockade of Great Brit
ain to starve the central powers, and
then promises indemnity for Ameri
cans lost on the Lusltania and expresses
profound regret" for their deaths.
"lln-ognUci. Liability."
It goes oft to kw that the German
government. tTecoa-nlzfag liability" for
their loss, makes the proposahrcOn
talned In the draft submitted teday,
and theu deals with the question of
reprisals against others than enemy
subjects. The change which the Ber
lin foreign office has made in the word
ing of the latter proposal has not been
publicly disclosed, but from the air of
optimism which prevailed today thero
was a general Impression that the
chances of Its delaying the negotia
tions were slight.
While administration officials would
not say the redraft was entirely ao-
ceotable. they held the confident be-
iief that the long controv ersy was at
last coming to a close.
FOUR EL PASO CHARTERS ARE
FILED AT AUSTIN WEDNESDAY
Austin. Texas, Feb. 16. Four El Paso
charters were filed today in the state
department. They were:
The Toltelk Motor Co., Inc., of El
Paso. The Incorporators are W. C.
Shaw. Julius A. Krakauer :tnd Roger F.
Stuart. The capital stock is $10,000.
The Common Sense Tile Co, of EI
Paso, capital stock $10,000: Incorpora
tors, T. L. Marr.in, Benjamin Franklin
and Lucy A. Watts.
The Simpson-Rice Co., or El Paso,
with a capital stock of $3200, for the
purpose of merchandising. The Incor
porators are, A. F. Simpson, E. It. Rice
and Arthur Notman.
Merchants' Advertising Association ot
El Paso, with a capital stock of $1000.
The incorporators are It. J. McFadden,
A. T. Llcata and K. O. Anderson.
U. S, NEEDS 183 SUBMARINES
. SAYS FLOTILLA COMMANDER
Washington, I) C. Feb. 16. Rear
admiral Grant, commanding the Ameri
can submarine flotillas, told the house
naval committee today that the safest
defensive policy for the nation 'was to
build first a great number of sub
marines, then scout cruisers, battle
i ruisers next and dreadnaughts after
wards. '
If only four capital ships were au
thorized this year, said admiral Grant,
all should be battle cruisers. The ad
miral reueraiea mat ine navy snouia
have 183 submarines, or 111 more than
are now building.
Admiral Grant said It would take
3553 enlisted men, 333 warrant of
ficers and 33.1 commissioned officers
to man such a submarine flet.
75 TEXAS TOWNS RECEIVE
CREDIT ON FIRE RECORDS
Austin, Tex, Feb. 16. Practkally all of
the cltLes and towns in Texas entitled to a
credit for a good fire record of three yeara
hav now been allowed thia credit by tho
State Fire Insurance commission. The time
has also expired on which such credits shall
apply on ail policies of fir insurance written
blnce January 1, 1916. There are approxi
mately 75 Texaa cities and towns that have
Ihfen allowed such credits, ranging from 3 to
It per cent.
BIDS FOR OCEAN-GOING
SUBMARINES ARE OPENED
Washington, D. C, Feb. 16. Bids for
two . new ocean-going submarines,
opened at the navy department today,
snowed the Electric Boat company as
the lowest bidder at $1,491,000 each.
The Lake company bid $1,689,000. Con
gress has appropriated $1,000,000 for
each submersible.
BARO.V ASTOR TAKKS SKAT
IX TIIK IIOUSK (F LARDS
London, Eng., Feb. 16. Baron Astor
of Ilevercastle (William Waldorf As
tor) took his his seat for the first
time today in the house of lords. Wil
liam Waldorf Astor, formerly of New
York, was created baron by king George
on New Year's day.
ill POISONS IN
SOOP, IS BELIEF
I
Mineral Poison Was Only
Secondary, Is Belief;
Search for Crones.
Chicago, III.. Feb. 16. Police captain
Morgan Collins today said he had re
ceived Information that the mineral
poison believed to have caused the Ill
ness of guests at the banquet to arch
bishop Mundelein last week was only
a secondary poison, but that some other
drug was put In the soup with intent
to kilL He refused to disclose what
drug he believed was employed as the
primary poison.
Search for Jean Crones who, the po
lice believe, poisoned the. soup, spread
today to Include a half dozen nearby
cities. One report was that after flee
ing Chicago he loft the train at Gran
ite City, 111., where there is a large
foreign colony.
WOULD IDENTIFY POISON
IN DEAD GIRL'S HAND
Chicago, I1L, Feb. 16.- The coroner's
Inquest into the death of Marian
Frances Lambert, the Lake Forest high
school girl found dead In the woods
on the Cyrus McCormick estate will
not be resumed. It is believed, until
a report has been received from ex
perts who are testing poison crystals
found in the girl's hand In an effort
to definitely establish the exact na
ture of the poison which caused her
death.
SAYS UNFAIR COMPETITION
GREATEST FOE OF BUSINESS
Madison, Wis.. Feb. 16. "The great
est menace to the business of this coun
try is the practice of Unfair competi
tion." said Joseph E. Davies, chairman
of the federal trade commission, in n
address today before the Industrial and
Commercial congress.
"On hundred corporations own one
seventh of the toUl property value of
the nation The greatest menace to
Tho. "rttVWt) corporations of relatively
small capital, which constitute 95 per
cent of the business interests of the
country. Is the unfair methods which
might be empldyed by their large and
more powerful rivals."
LOUISIANA TOWNS ARE
FLOODED; PEOPLE RESCUED
Natchez, Miss.. Feb. 16. Mississippi
flood waters, ponring through the Lim
erick levee crevasse, had Inundated a
large portion of the Tensas parish,
Louisiana, today. Newellton was flood
ei to six feet and the water was rising;
rapidly. Many residents of Newellton
and surrounding territory have arrived
here. Persons who remained are being
rescued in boats.
The crevasse at last reports was
about 1000 feet across. The third
drowning was reported today at Pick
ett's camp.
CLINE'S 99 YEAR SENTENCE
AFFIRMED BY APPEALS COURT
Austin, Tex , Feb. 16. The court of
criminal appeals today affirmed the
case of Charles Cllne, from Bexar
county. Cline, it was charged, was
the leader of the Dimmltt county gang
of gun runners and smugglers. Ho was
given a terra of 99 years In the peni
tentiary on conviction of murder, in
connection with the killing of deputy
sheriff Ortiz, of Dimmitt county. This
term in prison is the same as was
given Cllne at a former trial of the
case.
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
Washington. D C, Feb. 16. After
adding $700,000 for Improvement of
East river channel at New York from
Governor's Island and the Battery to
the navy yard, the house committee on
rivers and harbors today voted a
favorable report on the annual rivers
and harbors bill, aggregating $39,608,
410. All new projects except New York
harbor were voted down.
OPPONENTS IN BRANDEIS
CASE SECURE COUNSEL
Washington. D. C, Feb. 16. The sen
ate committee investigating the nom
ination of Louis D. Brandela, of Bos
ton, to the supreme court bench today
engaged Austin G. Fox of New York
as counsel for those opposed to Mr.
Brandels, and G. W. Anderson, United
States attorney at Boston, as counsel
for Mr. Brandeis and his supporters.
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Many Leap For Life, Plung
ing Into New Yorl Har
bor As Flames Sweep.
DOCKS DESTROYED
AND SHIPS BURNED
Disastrous Fire Burns Many
Blocks Of Fall River,
Mass., During Night.
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EW YORK. Feb. 16- Tho steam
ships Bolton Castle and Pacific
and a 300 foot pier of the New
York Dock company In Brooklyn wera
destroyed by fire early today. The
ship Pallazia was damaged, about 23
scows and lighters were partly or
wholly destroyed and two persons are
missing. The loss was estimated at
$3,000,096.
The fire, starting on the pier, soon
spread to the steamers. Many persona
on the barges and steamers jumped
into the water and ware rescued, by
firemen and policemen. '
Gasoline Feeds. Flsmrs-
The Bolton Castle was loading will
gasoline for Russia, and tills fed the
flames. The boilers of both ships
destroyed were Mown up when the fire
was at its height. Fire boats Pre
vented the flames from spreading to
other piers and by daylight had it un
der control.
IW Hvldence Of Incendiarism.
A statement issued on behalf of the
agents for the owners of the destroyed
steamships said their investigation
"thus far has failed to develop any
evidence which would lead to the con
clusion that the fire was of incendiary
origin."
Fall River's Bad Fire.
Fall River. Mass., Feb. 18. Esti
mates of property loss in the section
of the business district swept by fire
early today indicated it would be
approximately $2,000,000. A score of
buildings, including an apartment hotel
and several of tho largest retail stores
In the city, were destroyed and manv
others were badly damaged. There
was no loss of life and no one was in
jured. Fire Start In Basement.
Origin of the fire was unknown. Tc
started in the basement ot a four storvj
brick building occupied by the depart
ment store of the Stelger company.
Within a few minutes tho fixe had
spread to adjoining buildings across
the street and help was called from
New Bedford, Taunton and Newport.
At the north end of fhe burning1 dis
trict a water curtain on a department
store prevented a further spread. Th
granite walls of St. Mary's cathedral
protected a residential district. The
fire was the most disastrous In the his
tory of the city.
B.ILL AUTHORIZES SEIZURE
OF ARMOR PLATE PLANTS
Washington. D. c, Feb. 16. A bill
authorising the seixure in time of war
or threatened war of all p.ivatelv
owned armor plate and munitions
plants was Introduced in the senato
Tuesday by senator Tillman. Owners
of such plants could have recourse to
the court of claims for reimbursement
of losses Incurred, and the government
would be required to settle such claims
annually.
The measure was introduced after
senator Tillman had addressed the sen
ate, urging prompt passage of his bill
to provide $11,900,000 for a government
armor plate factory. This bill was fa
vorably reported by the naval com
mittee In the face ot notice from armor
plate manufacturers that Its passage
would be followed, by an increase of
$209 a ton on plate furnished the gov
ernment by warships.