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MUST PROTECT
AMERICAN SHIPS
"ACCIDENTS" TO VESSELS IN WAR
ZONE WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED.
U. S. WARNS GERMANY
TEUTONS ARE RUSHED TO AID
OF AUSTRIA IN EFFORT TO
BLOCK INVADERS.
\VV»iern Nr «-*>p«prt Union Nrwi H^rvlrc.
Washington.— The United State*
government Wednesday sent a note to
Great Britain making friendly observa
thtfis on the use by British ships of
iieutral flags, and at the same time
dispatched a communication to Ger
many inquiring what steps would be
taken by German naval commanders
to verify the identity of ships flying
neutral flags In the recently pro
claimed zones of war around England
and Ireland.
The iiiquiry addressed to Germany
contains a veiled warning that the
United States will demand the protec
tion of Its ships In the submarine war
zone under all circumstances.
While file -Lusitania incident Is not
mentioned, the representations to
Great Britain are bast'd on the state
ment of the British foreign office Jus
Giving the use of neutral flags by her
merchantmen to escape capture.
The American government points
> out how frequent and continued use
of this stratagem might cast doubt on
the character of vessels really entitled
to fly the American flag, und produce
dangers to which neutral ships ought
not he subjected on the high seas and
in tinhlockaded waters.
Slavs and Teutons in Fierce Fight,
tendon.—Under midwinter condi
lions, the Russian and Austro-German
armies are fighting another series ol
battles for possession of the Carpathi
an passes, which will decide whether
the Russian troops will commence an
other invasion of Hungary or be
compelled to evacuate part of Galicia,
as they have done Bukowina.
The Russians have issued two of
ficial reportH of the operations, ac
cording to which they have thus far
had ail the better of the fighting.
Their right wing, at any rate, has
the mountains,
for it has been engaged in a battle
near Bartfeld and Svldnlk. which are
on the Hungarian side of the Carpa
thians and on the edge of the plains
which sweep down to Budapest.
This army, too, threatens the rear
of the Austro-Germans. who, having
entered Lupkow pass, to the east, hove
suffered severe losses.
The hardest fighting, however, ha*
igken place on the Galician side of the
Tokhola pass, where on Sunday the
AiiHtriKjermans captured the heights
in the region of Koslouwka only to be
driven from them after a bayonet fight
Whidh the Russian report describes as
Being "without precedent in history."
Attack followed counter attack until
the Russians had regained their old
positions, leaving the slopes, accord
ing to their report, "littered with bod
ies of dead Germans."
At the other extreme end of the line
• —»« Bukowina —the Russians are fall
ing back before superior Austrian
forces, but mill hold the greater part
of that province.
Prom Rome comes the report that
the Russians have reached Wloclawek.
on the lower Vistula, thirty-five miles
Boutheast of Tborn.
There has been little or no fighting
lnv Flandaw. France or Alsace, al
though tiie artillery aud airmen con
tinue active.
BREAK ENDS SENATE SESSION.
Progressive Republicans Vote With
Filibusters end Force Adjournment.
Washington. Feb. 11.-—Republican
and Democratic senators who oppose
♦he government ship purchase bill,
oidod by Senators Norris and Kenyon,
Progressive Republicans, who have
etood by the bill, forced an adjourn
ment last night of mo longest continu
ous session in the history of the Sen
ate.
.Upon r.the ajUoucnment. after fifty
fear tours and eleven minutes of
continuaas debate, leading members
of bdth houses or Congress conceded
that an extra session to be called soon
after March l seemed inevitable.
There wera some, however, who
still hoped that there yet might be
time to dispose of appropriation bills
and the ship purchase measure in
some form before adjournment.
Adjournment came on a motion
made by Senator O’Gorman, which pre
vailed by 48 to 4G. after Senator Nor
ris. deploring the fatiguing filibuster,
bad ifrpclaUnpd Jiis conclusion that op
|K>nenta of the ship purchase bill
could filibuster it to its death.
Count Boni Denied Annulment.
Paris. —Th" Rota Tribunal has re
jected Count Boni do Castellane's suit
for the annulment or his marriage to
Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Tal
leyrand. according to a dispatch from
Home. Arguments in the third trial
of the case ,wcre closed, after which
the couft announced Its decision.
Appropriations $39,537,303.
Washington.—The Senate appropria
tions committee reported tne legisla
tive, executive aud Judicial appropria
tion bill, carrying $39,537,303.50,
SEAS CLOSED BY KAISER
WAR ZONE EDICT SENT TO PRES
IDENT WILSON.
Text of Teuton Order Does Not In
clude Seas Directly Adjacent to
Any Neutral Country.
Western Nctrxpaprr Union .Ni w* Service.
Washington, Feb. 8. Germany’s
proclamation of a war zone in the wa
ters surrounding Great Britain and Ire
land, contrary to first reports, does
not include the seas directly adjacent
to any neutral countries In Europe.
The official text of tin* proclamation,
received from Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin by the State Department, and
made public reveals that the areas di
rectly Imrdering on the territorial wa
ters of France and Great Britain are
held to be in the zore of operations
within which neutral vessels may be
subject to the hazards of naval war
fare.
The original wireless report staled
that shipping north of the Shetland
islands and for thirty nautical mfles
along me Dutch coast, "would be en
dangered in the same way" as the wa
ters around the belligerent territory.
The oficial text, after pointing out
that the waters surrounding Great
Britain and Ireland, including the Eng
lish channel, were to be considered
within the zone of war, says, however,
that the * routes of navigation around
the north of the Shetland islands in
the eastern part of the North sea and
in a strip thirty miles wide along the
Dutch coast are not open to the danger !
zone."
When officials of the State Depart
ment received the text they immedi
ately sent u message of inquiry to de
termine whether there was not some
slight error in translation of the lust '
phrase "not open to the danger zone,”
hut said luter they had no doubt that
the particularization of these routes
meant they were the suggested routes
for neutral ships, and that shipping to
Norway, Sweden, Denmurk and Hol
land was not affected by the proclama- j
tion.
Crosses Irish Sea Flying U. S. Flag.
London.—The British steamer Lusi- '
tania of the Cunard line, which sailed
from New York Jan. 30. and arrived at
Liverpool Saturday afternoon, flew the |
American flag from the time she '
passed Queenstown until she entered
the Mersey.
This is vouched for by American
passengers who crossed on her. Ac
cording to a statement by Will Ir
win, an American welter, the Lusi
tania carried the regulation large
American flag at her stern, with a
small American flag and mail pennant
at the forepeak. Former United
States Senator Lafayette Young, an
other passenger, while he did not, per
sonally, see the flag flying, said it
was acceptepd as a fact by all on
board.
MRS. GEORGE A. CARLSON
Mrs. George A. Carlson, wife of the
governor of Colorado, has been ap
pointed by him to the position of "as
sistant governor.*' Her chief duty
will be to look after legislation con
cerning women and children.
Five Packing Firms Fined $125,000.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Five big pack
ing companies were adjudged guilty
of violating the anti-trust laws by the
Missouri Supreme Court. Each was
fined $35,000, which must be paid by
March 11. The companies adjudged
guilty are: Armour & Co.. Swift &
Co., Morris & Co., Ilammon Packing
Company and the St. Louis Dressed
Beef and Provision Company.
Shafroth Wants Mining Stations.
Washington.—The hearing on the
bill which will give Colorado two or
more mining stations took place be
fore the Senate mining committee.
Senator Shafroth submitted an ex
tended argument for the measure.
Bomb Wrecks Coal Camp Store.
Trinidad. —A dynamite bomb was ex
ploded on the roof of th » store of Do
menico Ferrl, a prominent Italian
storekeeper of Starkville. It partly
wrecked the building. ’
XUUUtT COUNTY TRIBUNZ.
BABY SAYRE, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
More is the latest addition to the White House family, Francis Sayre, with
his father. Francis Howes Sayre, and his distinguished grandfather. President
Wilson. This is the little fellow’s first photograph
LACK OF MONEY
CLOSES STORES
MEXICO CITY BUSINESS PARA
LYZED FOR WANT OF "OF
FICIAL" MONEY.
POOR NEED ASSISTANCE
| *
CARRANZA DECREE NULLIFIED
CURRENCY ISSUED BY ZAPATA
AND VILLA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.—Business is paralyzed
in Mexico City because of the decrees
of Carranza which have “nullified” the
currency issued by the recent Zapata
and Villa administration
Banks and the principal stores
closed. If assistance is not at once
given to the poor, most serious conse
quences may be expected.
Advices to the Stato Department arc
that Carranza is shipping supplies out
of the city and that "articles” of prime
necessity are dally getting scarcer.”
Reports to the State Department
show that the Zapatistas are growing
stronger daily around Mexico City, aud
that they are expecting to be joined
very §oon by large forces of General
Villa, which have left Iraquato and arc
marching on the capital. It is expect
ed the moment this junction is effected
Mexico City will again be In the hands
of Generals Villa and Zapata.
A dispatch from Vera Cruz says that
General Villareal, who has been ac
cused of cooperating with Villa, is still
in jail at Mexico City.
The American embassy at Mexico
City will not go to Vera Cruz on the
invitation of General Carranza, who
has asked all foreign diplomats to go
to that point.
General Villa’s announcement of his
assumption of the “executive power”
in Mexico was confirmed in official re
ports to the State Department from
George C. Carothers, American agent
with Villa, and by Enrique C. Llorente,
representative hero of General Villa. :
Advices concerning military activity
in Mexico received by the State De
partment told of the recent defeat of
Carranza forces at Monterey.
New Postmasters for Colorado.
Washington.—The Postoffice Depart
ment announced the following Colo
rado postmasters: Buttes, El Paso
county, J. F. Evans, in place of J. S.
Vaughan, who resigned. Flat Top,
Washington county, Mrs. Lily Jackson. |
This is a new office and Mrs. Jackson |
will be the first to occupy it.
Moffat county, Frances M. Willis, in I
place of W. B. McClure, who resigned.
The department hits just rescinded the
order issued recently for the discontin
uance of the postoffice at Glendeney.
Larimer county. Changes in the sites
of the postotfices at Fort Logan and
Paudo are announced.
Norman B. Ream Is Dead.
■’ ‘ «. n«am i o ucdu.
New York. —Norman B. Ream, finan
cier aud uuector in many railroads,
hanks and industrial corporations, died
here ill a hospital.
Five Caught in Mine Cave-in.
Butte, Mont. —Of five miners caught
by a cave-in in the Gagnon mine here
of the Anaconda Copper Company, the
bodies of two were recovered, two
others were rescued barely alive, and
died, and the fifth, Richard Rogers,
was entombed under tons of rock, but
conscious
Widow of Stonewall Jackson Ill.
Charlotte, N. C.—Mrs. Mary Jack
son. widow of the Confederate general,
“Stonewall" Jackson, is critically ill at
her home here.
CARLSON AT CHEYENNE
ADDRESSES WYOMING MEN IN
STATE CAPITOL.
Governor Declares Interests of Wy
oming and Colorado Are Identical
in Nearly Everything.
Western Newspaper Union News Ser\ W
Cheyenne.—The Wyoming and Colo- j
rado Legislatures sat in joint session
in the hall of Representatives of the
Wyoming Capitol and heard addresses
by Governor Kendrick of Wyoming and j
Governor Carlson of Colorado, which
dwelt on the common interests of the
two states. The Colorado governor,
several other state officials and legis
lators. arrived from Denver and were j
taken to the Capitol, where the joint j
meeting was held. At 12:30 o’clock
the Iwo legislatures and the state of- |
ficials attended luncheon at two ho
tels, while an hour later the visiting
women were entertained at the execu- j
tive mansion by Mrs. Kendrick.
“The interests of Wyoming and Colo
rado are the same," said Governor j
Carlson, “in relation to the federal ,
government. On some great, inter
state problems the two states must!
stand together, or they will fall.” The j
Colorado governor referred to the la
bor problem of Colorado and said that
Wyoming was confronting the same
Problem-
Governor Kendrick’s address was a
humorous relation of the common in
terests and friendly rivalry of Wy
oming and Colorado.
Stop Water Suit, Offer of Wyoming.
Cheyenne.—A proposal that the
Colorado-Wyoming water suit, which
is now pending before the United
States Supreme Court, shall be
dropped has been made and is being !
considered by Governors Kendrick of .
Wyoming and Carlson of Colorado.
The proposal wAs suggested by Gov- ,
ernor Kendrick at the joint banquet of i
Colorado and Wyoming legislators and
other state officers in Cheyenne on
Saturday evening.
Kills Neighbor in Duel; Surrenders.
Carlsbad, N. M. —Felix Miller and
Charles M. Acrey met on the prairie ;
: on horseback near here and, following
a quarrel over school lands, opened
fire at each other, Acrey being killed.
Acrey reached for his gun during the
argument but Miller was the quicker;
Miller fired three shots, all taking ef
fect. Miller immediately telephoned
! Sheriff Allen Stewart, who placed him
under arrest.
Asks Rule for Ship Bill Vote.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Formal notice
j in writing «.uat he would seek a cloture
| amendment to the Senate rules to end
1 debate on the administration ship bill
' at 2 o’clock, Feb. 19, and cause a final
vote to De taken three hours later, was
given by Senator Reed when the Sen
ate had been in continuous session for
more than thirty-six hours.
Wilson to Visit Fair March 21.
Washington.—President Wilson told
Senator-elect Phelan of California that
he had definitely decided to leave
Washington in time to reach San Fran
cisco March 21 and that he would send
a member of the Cabinet to open the
Exposition Feb. 20.
Mrs. Berry’s $12-a-Week Bill.
Phoenix, Ariz.—A bill making it a
misdemeanor to employ any woman ,
for less than sl2 a week is being pre
pared by Mrs. Rachel Berry, only
woman member of the lower house of
the Arizona Legislature. This will in- i
elude domestic servants, and, if enact
ed, the law will give Arizona the high
est minimum wage for women in the
country. Mrs. Berry holds that less
• than sl2 a 'week for women is inade
. quate to meet the necessary cost of j
• living and maintaining health and mor- j
ality.
REPORT 15,000
GERMANS SLAIN
IN FUTILE ATTEMPT OF KAISER'S
ARMY TO TAKE CITY OF
WARSAW.
TURK ARMY RETREATS
BULGARIA GETS $30,0000,000 FROM
TEUTONS TO INCREASE ARMY’S
EFFICIENCY.
.Western Newspaper Union Newn Service.
London, Feb. 10. —The German com
mander at Bruges. Belgium, has or
dered all the consulates there to haul
down their Hags and remove the coats
!of arms, according to dispatches re
i ceived here. The consuls, the dis
j patch adds, Including the representa
tive of Turkey, protested, but the or
der was enforced, In some case, with
violence, and, in addition, the consuls
were compelled to surrender all their
arras.
Greece has already replied to the
German memorandum to the effect
that she expects Greek ships to be
protected by the regulations governing
navigation on the high seas and coasts
not effectively blockaded, while Hol
land and the Scandinavian countries
are taking steps for joint action.
I The American steamer Wilbelmina,
with grain aboard for Hamburg, has
arrived at Falmouth. It was thought
possible that she had been ordered
there by one of the British patrol
ships, as the British government had
! announced its intention of preventing
: her from proceeding to Germany, and
of submitting the question of her car
go to a prize court. A dispatch from
Falmouth, however, says that the cap
j tain of the Wilhelmina declared he
' had proceeded to that port of his own
; free will.
1 Outside of these questions of inter
national law. the chief interest lies in
the fighting in the eastern zone, the
operations in the west having lapsed
; into a period of calm, with only a few
( small engagements on narrow fronts
which can have little effect on the
campaign as a whole.
Petrograd, Feb. 9.—Kaiser Wilhelm
i sacrificed almost the entire First divi
i sion of his army in a futile attempt to
i reach Warsaw, according to dispatches
fromo the battle front In Poland.
This organization was sent in
massed formation against one of the
strongest lines of Russian entrench
ments and its losses in dead were 15,-
; 000 men.
I "The Division of Death” was the
! name the Germans gave to brigades
| which were ordered to make this des-
I perate attack, because the men real
; izod that few’ would be left alive. The
repulse is regarded as the turning
point in the lutest advance on War
saw’.
London. —The official press uureau
has made public an official dispatch
received from Cairo w’hith states that
the Turkish army is in full retreat
eastward. There are no enemy forces
within twenty miles of the Suez canal,
the dispatch says, except small retir
ing rear guards.
Berlin. —The Overseas News agency
j announced that a syndicate composed
of German, Austrian and Hungarian
j bankers-had advanced ’ $30,000,000 to
Bulgaria.
| This loan is believed to indicate an
| agreement that Bulgaria will join Ger-
I many in the war if Rumania casts its
j lot with the allies.
! It is reported that the money will be
l used in increasing the efficiency of the
Bulgarian army.
Loudon.—The introduction of the
largest military budget in the history
of Great Britain snared the stage in
the House of Commons with a discus
sion of the activities of the official
press bureuu. The task of introducing
the budget fell upon the parliamentary
secretary of the war office, H. J. Ten
nant, as Earl Kitchener, secretary for
war, is a member of the House of
Lords.
The naval estimate issued asks Par
liament to vote an additional force of
."2,000 officers and men. This would
bring up the total personnel for the
present year to 250,000 men.
Priest and Aged Woman Killed.
New Britain, Conn. —A double mur
der, the circumstances of which are
veiled in mystery, was discovered
when the bodies of the Rev. Joseph
Zebris and his housekeeper, Miss Iva
Gilman, were found in the rectory of
St. Andrew’s Lithuanian church here.
There were bullet wounds in both
bodies aud a rope was tightly tied
about the neck o/ each victim.
Legislators Are Smallpox Victims.
—~ a ■ •x.x v, i wiuaiipuA VIClimS.
I Phoenix. Ariz.—Smallpox, contract
!ed by Samuel Briscoe, a representa
tive from Cochise county, whose ali
ment was diagnosed Monday after
, many fellow legislators had visited
: him. claimed another victim in the
! Legislative Assembly. W. B. Lanier,
| reading clerk of the lower house, Is
ill with the disease. Igtuier was in at
tendance ut the House sessions while
; plans for wholesale vaccinations,
which were carried out Tuesday, were
| being discussed.
LATE
MARKET
QUOTATIONS
W*»t»rn N**w»p«p«r Union N»w* Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
Beef steers, corn fed, good
to choice $7.25@8.0Q
Beef steers, corn fed, fair
to good 6.75@7.25
Beef steers, grassers, good
to choice 7.00@7.40
Beef steers, grassers, fair
to good 6.50@7.00
Beef steers, pulp fed, good
to choice 7.00@7.8Q
Beef steers, pulp fed, fair
to good 6.50 @7.00
Heifers, prime, corn fed... 6.50@7.00
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
good to choice 6.25@6.75
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
fair to good 5.75@6.25
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
good to choice 6.00@6.8a
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
fair to good 5.25@6.00 V
Cows and heifers, grassers,
good to choice 5.73@6.5G
Cows and heifers, grassers.
fair to good 5.00@5.7?
Cows and heifers, grassers,
common to fair 3.75@4.75
Veal calves 7.00@8.50
Bulls 4.75@5.7fi
Stags 5.00@6.50
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice *• 6.65@7.50
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good 6.00@6.65
Feeders and stockers, com
mon to fair 5.00@6.00
Hogs.
Good hogs 6.35@>6.80
Sheep.
l.ambs $7.25@8.10
Ewes 4.50@3.40
Yearlings 6.00@7.25
Wethers 5.7. r >@ 6.51-
Feeder lambs, f. p. r 7.00@7.85
Feeder ewes, f. p. r 4.00© 4.60
Breeding ewes 4.25@5.00
Hay and Grain.
(F.O.B. Denver; Carload Price.)
Hay.
Colo, upland, per ton ... .10.00© 11.50
Nebraska upland, per ton. . 9.00@10.0C
Second bottom, Colo, and
Nebraska, per ton 8.50@ 9.00
Timothy, per ton 13.00@14.00
Alfalfa, per ton 7.50@ 8.50
South Park, choice, per j
toil 13.00@13.5C
San Luis Valley, per ton.. 9.00@10.00
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .11.00@ 12.00
Straw, per ton 3.25@ 3.50
Grain.
Wheat, ch. mill., 100 lbs., buying..2.27
Rye, Colo., bulk, 100 lbs., buying..1.60
I(£iho oats, sacked, buying 1.75
Colo, oats, sacked, buying. .1.60@1.65
Nebraska oats, sacked, buying 1.80
Corn chop, sacked, selling 1.55
Corn in sack, selling 1.54
Bran, Colo., per 100 lbs., selling. . 1.25
Flour.
Standard Colorado, net 3.55
Dressed Poultry.
(Less 10% Commission.)
Turkeys, fancy D. P 10 @21
Turkeys, old toms 15 @16
Turkeys, choice 12 @14
Hens, large 15 @16
Hens, small 11 @12
Broilers 20 @22
Springs 17 @18
Ducks 13 @14
Geese 13 @14
Roosters 7 @ 8
Live Poultry.
(Less 10% Commission.)
Hens, fancy 14 @15
Hens, small 12 @13
Springs 16 @17
Roosters 6 @ 7
Turkeys, 10 lbs. or over . . .16 @17
Ducks ll @12
Geese 11 @12
Eggs. *
Eggs, graded No. 1 net, F.
O. B. Denver 25
Eggs, graded No. 2 net, F.
O. B. Denver 14 •
Eggs, case count, less com
mission 6.25@7.25
Butter.
Elgin, higher 32
Creameries, ex. Colo., lb. ..31 @32
Creameries, ex. East., lb. ..31 @32
Creameries, 2nd grade, lb. . . 26
Process 24 @25
Packing stock 17
Fruit.
Apples. Colo., box 75@1.50
Pears. Colo. . ...' 1.25@2.00
Vegetables.
Cabbage. Colo., cwt 1.25@1.50
Onions, Colo., cwt 1.25@1.75 k
Potatoes. Colo 90.. 1.25 *
Butter in Elgin.
Elgin, 111. —Butted at 32c.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKET3-
Lead and Spelter.
St. Ix>uis.—I>ead, $3.67 Ms @3.72 Mi;
spelter, $7.87*6 @8.00.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Chicago. — Butter —Creamery, 24 @
32c.
Eggs—At mark, cases included, 21
@25c; ordinary firsts, 23© 24c; firsts, €
25c.
Poultry—Springs. 16c; fowls, 15c.
Omaha Live Stock Quotations.
South Omaha—Hogs—Heavy, $6.75 ~
@6.80; light. $6.65@6.80; pigs. $5.50@
6.50; bulk of sales, $6.70@6.7o.
Cattle —Native steers. $6.00@S.10;
cows and heifers. $4.86@7.25; West
ern steers, $5.86@7.85; Texas steers, .
$5.75@7.10; cows and heifers, $4.75@ / Y
6.25; calves, $7.26010.25.
Sheep — Yearlings. $7.00@7.90;
wethers, $6.23@6.75; lambs, $8.40 @
8.90.
Price of Flax.
Duluth, Minn. —Linseed —Cash. $1.88
@1.89; May, $1.89; September, S1.89V6.