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ITALY EXPECTED TO MOBILIZE

FOR WAR WITHIN A FORTNIGHT

Italian Patriot Garibaldi Predicts Prompt Action by Govern

ment or Revolution Will Follow French Aviators Make

Several Attacks on Alsatian Town of Eichwald,

Across the Rhine From Neuenburg Daily Ex

cursions Made Into Alsace and Into Baden

Efforts Directed Against Ger

man Fortifications.

GREAT BRITALW STARVE OUT GERMANY

Prohibition Against AH Foodstuffs for Enemy to Be Formally

Proclaimed Edict Will Go Into Immediate Effect in Re

taliation Against German Submarine "Blockade"

German Staff Reports Repulse of English Near

St. Eloy and Capture of Important Polish

Town of Plock Advance in East

Prussia Continues.

GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS DEFEAT

RUSSIANS WITH HEAVY LOSSES

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London. Feb. 16, 4:46 p. m. The prohibition against

"foodstuffs destined for Germany will be formally proclaimed

by Great Britain either tonight or tomorrow, according to pres

ent expectations, and the government's retaliatory measures

against the threatened German submarine "blockade" will go

into immediate effect.

Berne, Switzerland, via Paris, Feb. 1 6. French aviators j

have made several attacks on the Alsatian town of Eichwald,

across the Rhine from Neuenburg. Daily excursions into Al

sace and into Baden have been made for some time but particu

larly efforts are being directed against Eichwald on account of j

the location there of German fortifications of greater im

portance. j London, Feb. 16, 4:36 p. m. The prophecy that Italy

would mobilize her army within a fortnight was made here to

day by Riccotti Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. He said that un

less the Italian government decided to participate in the war,

there would be a revolution.

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Berlin, Feb. 16, by wireless to London, 6:10 p. m. Re

ports from the Carpathian mountains to the Pester Lloyd of

Budapest, Hungary, say that the Austro-Hungarian armies

were everywhere successful in their offensive movement in

Dukla Pass. The total losses of the Russians in the Dukla Pass

Y battles in the last few days, these reports say, were at least

50,000 men killed or wounded. In a single attack the retreat-

j ing Russians left 1 ,200 dead on the field.

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Berlin. Feb. 16. by wireless to Say-

I; villc. The German staff today gavB

I out a report on the progress of the

1 "war, reading as follows:

j "Western theatre of the war. Th

s attacks of the enemy upon the trench-

! es taken bv German troops from the

English near St Eloy were yesterday

repulsed; otherwise there have been

jig Important developments In the

1000 Prisoners Taken.

' "Eastern theatre of the war: The

fighting and the pursuits on and be

yond the east Prussiar frontier arc

proceeding very favorably. In Po-

' north of the vistula- c;ermau.

tToops have occupied Bielsk and

Plock after a short engagement. About

1000 prisoners were taken. South oi

the Vistula there have been no im

Tortant developments

"Foreign newspapers are publishing

the most absurd stories concern in g

(Immense German losses in the fight

dng to the, east of Bolimow, Russian

Poland, which began in February. It

(can bo said that the German losses

dn these attacks were small in pro

portion to the successes attained.

Forecast Dastardly Deed.

Berlin Feb 16. by wireless to Lon

don 11.30 a. m An official state

jnent reading as follows was issued

In Berlin today : , .

'Inasmuch as it Is to the interem

of Great Britain that conflicts arise

between Germany and neutral pow

erB It is thought in German shipping

circles that English submarines, in

order to bring about this end. ma;,

purposely sink one or more neutr.ii

ships. It is known also in the ship

ping circles that Great Britain has

laid large quantities of mines arouno

German submarines."

Petrogrud. Feb. 16, 6 17 P no --The

completion of several lines of rail a

from Warsaw to points lead ng to

the polots on the Austrian fron r

of Eastern and Western Gal cla wWctt

Is expected to be completed VUDin

0 fW weeks, is designed fifM"

Russian forces that mobility wMcn

apparently Is necessary to cope

the kaleidoscopic changes that tub

German and Austrian armies mane

to fcuccessfully. .

Working Day and Night

Work on these lines is belnfi rushed

day tad night and the first bnu. h W

th. vicinity of San Is

In operation by the end of J3SJ

An agreement has been reoc bed b

the German and Russian ncelloms

through the American ,h

all German! who are not flttedJJ

perform military service be perm' tea

to leave Russia, and take with them

, 2ny amounl dj money w f" ASUt,V0

do no i carry ou

goldcoln.

the present time these men have been

held in concentration camps.

Review of War Situation.

London. Feb 16, 12 noon. The gen

eral offensive of the Teutonic allies

along the extended eastern front is

continuing successfully on both

flanks, judging from reports reach

ing London, but without any visible

forward movement on the front to

ward Warsaw or in the Carpathians

The Bucharest report that the Aus

trlani have reoccupied Czernowitz.

the capital of Bukowina. has not been

received from any other source, bu'.

Petrograd admits officially that t h -

Austrians still are advancing in Bu

kowina in considerable force and that

desperate fighting continues In the

passes of the Carpathians where tho

Russians are claiming minor success

es resulting in the capture of men and

munitions of war

In East Prussia the Russians have

not yet gained their fortified lines

and the German advance, while not

checked, seems to British observers,

to be progressing with less speed

Paris reports from the western

front that the sole activity consists in

artlllerv engagements in which the

guns of the allies have been success

ful in silencing batteries northeast of

Ypres and destroying German trench

es at Beaurains. i

In dlplomutic circles the replies of

Germany to notes from neutral pow

ers concerning Germany's proposed

marine war zone are awaited with

Interest; Great Britain's reply con

cerning the use of neutral flags is

gen secondary lmiortance. The

German press is hinting that satisfac

tory assurances by Great Britain on

the question of neutral flags would

constitute the best safeguard to Amer

ican shipping

Folkestone, via London. Feb. 16,

9 fi5 a. m. Two Incapacitated German

officers and Qlnet) two soldiers who

hi , been prisoners of war sailed to

day for Holland where they will be

exchanged for British wounded

j FRENCH VICE CONSUL FREED.

Rome, Feb. 16. A telegram from

I Hodiea Arabia, says that the Turkish

authorities acting on the request of

the American embasasdor at Constan

I tinople, Henry Morganthau. have

treed the French vice consul, who

has been detained at Sanal, 100 miles

Inland from Hodiea. Tho vice con-

- sul was permitted to return to tho

; COast and was taken away by the

t French armored cruiser Duplex,

i Mr. Morganthau was assisted by the

1 Italian representative at Hadiea as the

i United States has no consular agent

there and Is unable directly to look

o after French interest.

CAPTIVE GERMAN OFFICERS BEING LED TO STAFF HEADQUARTERS

The French infantry by a brilliant

charge succeeded in capturing a trench

from the Germans. They made pris

oners of fifty men and two officers.

PRISONERS A R E

BEING EXCHANGED

British and German Wounded

Are Being Sent to Their

Homes.

Amsterdam, via London. Feb 16

9:55 a m. The actual exchange of

wounded British and German prison

era of war, who have been incapaci

tated tor further us is under way.

A train carrying seven British offi

cers and ninety-three soldiers, blind or

maimed arrived today at OldenzeaL

There the train was transferred from

German to Dutch, but the German

ambulance staff remained on board.

The men were weary but cheerful at

the prospect of returning to England.

RAIDS INCITED

BY THE PRIESTS

Mohammedans Preaching

Holy War in Albania Turk- j

ish and German Agents

Direct Movement.

Paris. Feb 16. 4 45 a. m. A N'ish

dispatch to the Havas Agency says

"The Albanian raiders have been

routed and driven back across the Al

banian frontier. Mori complete in

formation is that the Albanians wore

led into making the raid by Moham

medan priests and adversaries of Es

sad Pasha, the former minister of

war. by preaching a holy war The

movement lt being directed by Turk

ish and German agents."

DEATH CALLS AGED

CIVIL WAR JUDGE

Ottumwa. Ia., Feb. 16 Judge Hen

ry Tiny Caldwell, a well known Iowun,

died at Los Angeles, Cal.. Monday.

He was appointed Judge of the dis

trict federal bench by Lincoln and

served for nearly forty years, resign

ing in 113 He wai elected to the

Iowa legislature but resinned his seat

to serve his country In the civil war.

BOARD OF TRADE

BUILDING BURNS

Omaha. Neb Feb. 16. Fire early

today destroyed three upper stories

of the Board of Trade Building, a

city landmark, causing a loss of $100,

0i0

The flames originated In the kitch

en of the University club on the top

floor. The Scblltz hotel, adjoining

the Board of Trade building, was

threatened for a while

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STEAMER MAKES

MAIDEN VOYAGE

New York, Feb. 16 -The new An

chor liner Tasonnla arrived here to

day on hr maiden trip from Glasgow

and Lrvorpool. She waa built at Glas-

1

The latter are being fed to staff head

quarters for a cross-examination by

the commander. Army men secure

much valuable information from pns-

uow and ia of 14,000 tons She

brought T83 passengers and more than j

1 3,000 sacks of mail Thomas Wil

liams, a native of Wales on his way

I to Canada, jumped overboard during

; the voyage and was lost

FINEST SANITARIUM

IN WORLD TO OPEN

Chicago Feb. 16. The. Chicago mu

niripai tuberculosis sa.iltarium, teri

cd by experts the largest, finest and

most comprehensively equipped in the

world way dedicated today. Accom

modation for 660 persons will be

ready within a month, and eventually

950 beds will be installed.

The patients are to dwell in cot

tages. The buildings, which alone

cost $2,400,000, have been completed

after four years of work.

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NEW JERSEY TO

VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE

Trenton. N J, Feb. 16. The sen-

rue tooay passed me woman suitra1"

amendment to the state constitution

17 to 4

The house passed the resolution

two weeks ago and both houses hav

ing acted favorably on the resolution

last year, tho question will be sub

mitted to the voters next September

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YOUNGER MAN

NEEDEDFORPOST

Aged Belgian Minister to Holy

See to Be Succeeded by Well

Known Statesman.

Rome, Monday, Feb. 16, 7 45 a. m.

It Is explained seml-officlallj in Vat

ican circles today that the resignation

of Baron DErp, the Belgian minister,

(accredited to the Holy See. should

not be interpreted as evidence of a

lack of cordiality between the church

and the Belgian government Mon

;Mgnor Tacci. the papal nuncio to Bel

gium, is remaining at his post, while

Belgium Is sending to Rome to take

the place of Baron D'Erp, M Vande

heuvel a well known statenman, who

is persona grata to the papacy.

Baron D'Erp is advanced in years,

and it Ib felt that more could le ac

complished In this post by a youngor

statesman

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PETITIONS BEFORE

THE CITY COUNCIL

The city board of commissioners

last night took up ten minutes' time

in attending to the regular business

of the meeting.

Petitions for are lights on Thirty

first street and Euclid avenue, and

on Thirty-first street and Ogden ave

nue; were referred to ibn snperin

1 tendent of streets as was also the

petition of property owners in West

Ogdeu asking that steps be taken to

care for drainage water that has re

cently accumulated there.

The petition of property owners

for watermain extensions on Ogdeu

avenue, between Thirty-fourth and

Thirty-fifth shetx was referred Lb

tho uperintendent of waterworks.

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oners by clever questioning. An in

terpreter of the French army i$ seen

at the extreme left.

SEVEN ROADS

ASKADVANCE

Companies Doing Business in

Iowa Want Two and a Half

Cent Rates.

Des .Moines la., Feb. 16 Officials

of seven railroads doiug business in

Iowa were here today to present to

Governor Clark and the legislature a

formal request for an advance in pas

senger fares from '1 to 2 1-2 cent3

a mile.

The officials who form the party

represent the following lines. The

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; tho

Chicago (;reat Western,; the Chicago

Rock Island & Pacific the Illinois

Central; the Chicago. Milwaukee &

j St. Paul, the Chicago Northwestern

and the Waterloo, Cedar Falls &

; Northern Intnirban.

STEEL COMPANY

REFUSES TO BIO

Turns Down British Order for

Drop Forge Shells for

"Humanitarian Reasons."

Pittsburg, Feb. 16 Because of "hu

manitarian reasons,'" one of the lar

gest local steel companies asked by

the Pittsburg foreign trade commis

sion to bid on a contract to furnish

part of an order of 1.000.000 drop

forge shells valued at $4,000,000. want

ed by the British government yester

day declined to make an estimate. At

tached to the blueprints returned to

the commission by the company was

a note which read

"For humanitarian reasons this

company finds itself obliged to refuse

to consider the contract"

The value of the contract' offered

to the company was estimated at

$450,000.

SPANIARDS DRIVEN

OUT OF BADEN

Geneva, Fob. 16 via Paris. 1 50 p.

m. Seventeen Spaniards of means,

expelled from Ixirraeh. in Baden, by

the German authorities, arrived in

Geneva yesterday.

The Germans have expelled also

several hundred citizens of ueutral

countries. Swiss. Italians and Holland

ers from Alsace. They have taken

them to Wuerttemhergj in Baden,

where they will be quarantined for fif

teen days b fore being allowed to re

turn to their respective countries.

JAMES EADS HOW I

IN SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco. Feb 1 6. James

Ends How nf St Louis, wealthy lead

er of a migratory laborers' associa

tion, arrived here last night to per

fect arrangements for the annual

meeting of the so-called hobo conven

tion" It is planned to hold a four

days' session beginning tomrrow.

"Many of the delegates are heins

held up at thf border and may not

here on time to attend the opening

session,' said How.

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GERMANS EAGER

FOR ZONE EIGHT

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Beginning of Submarine Oper-1

ations Awaited With Great

Excitement in Berlin.

WILL DESTROY SHIPS

Doom of Neutrals Is "Fairly

Certain" Consider Proper

Warning Was Given.

Berlin, Feb 16, by wireless to Say

ville. The commencement of opera

tions in the waters designated by the

German government as a war zone is

awaited here with the greatest eager

ness as well as with much curiosity.

It appears likely, however, that It

will be some days after February IS

before any news is received Indeed,

the Germania in an article which Is

reprinted by the Norddeutsche Allge

raein Zeitung sas It may be ten or

fifteen days before the public la in

formed. It warns its henrers not to

place credence in rumors, but rather

to wait for official reports which will

be based on reports of commanders

of submarines.

The Germania considers the possi

bility that neutral ships will be de

stroyed as fairly certain, ' but de

clares they have had a proper warn

ing There are no indications as to th

tone of the German note in reply

to the American representations

which may be delivered today.

The newspapers give much space

to the German victory in East Prus

sia, whose most pleasing feature, from

the Berlin viewpoint is that it virtu

ally clears the front of hostile forces

MAYOR RETURNS TO

: HIS OFFICE IN THE

CITY HULL

I This morning Mnyor A Q Fell at

I tended the meeting of the board of

city commissioners, the first time

since his Illness about threp months

ago. He stated that he hoped to

be able to attend regularly to busi

ness. The mayor says he has nor.

regained his original strength and

that it will be Impossible for him to

spend more than a few hours in the

office each day, until his recovery la

complete

Respecting the action of Commis

sioners T. S. Browning and Chris

Flygare in relation to the granting of

a license to the jitney bus people, tho

mayor said that it met with his ap

proval, and that he considered that

proper steps had been taken. It is

his belief that the service should he

permntrri oniy unuci iruiouum

At the close of the meeting this

morning representatives of the Na

tional Tube company furnished a sam

ple of 22-inch water main pipe with

a view of furnishing it to the city for

the water main extension from Told

water canvon to the artesian flowing

wells near Huntsville. The interior

of the pipe is made of steel and the

exterior covered with composition

that is represented to be proof

against corrosion The company has

pipe ranging In size from 22 to 30

inches. The commissioners advised

the gentlempn that they would be giv

en consideration when the city de

cides to make the extension

The new pipe line will cover about

five miles, and It is the opinion of

the board of commissioners that three

miles of the distance should be laid

with pipe about 24 inches in diame

ter the two mils leading from t li

wells to be laid with 36-inch wooden

stave pipe. It Is said that the grade

from the wells to the power dam Is

slight and that water flows sluggish

ly so that the pipe should be larger

than that below the dam.

Mayor Pall stated this morning that

the matter of making the water main

extension is yet under consideration

and that mans details ill have to be

worked out before building operations

can be started He is of the opinion

that the financial end of the question

will perhaps be among the most vex

atious as there are no funds at this

time with which to make the improve

ment The cost will approach $100.

000 and the mayor can see no way to

raise that amount of money, except

by bonding the city.

OWNERS OF

OELGIAN LAND

London, Feb. 18, 4:16 P m. Th

question of the ownership of land and

houses in Belgium will be settled by

authorities of Belgium after the close

of war Foreign Secretary Grey told

the House of Commons thi afternoon,

in response to a request for assur

ance i hat property which the Germans

threatened to transfer away from Bel

gian refugees unless they returned to

their country would revert to its true

owners.

The foreign secretary added in this

connection

"This is one Question among others

in which we belles e the result of th"

war will make justice and right pre

vail."

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MANY SHIPS ARE

IN WAR ZONE

Twenty-seven N. Y. Steamers

Due in Restricted Area on

and After February 18.

FOUR FLY U. S. FLAG

Five Carry Passengers New

York Maritime Records

Show Ships in Danger.

New York. Feb. 16 Of the steam

ships clearing from New York within

the last two weeks, maritime records

show today that twenty-seven are due

to be within the war zone declared

by Germany around Great Britain on

and after February 18, the day set

to establish the war zone. Four ships

of this fleet are American owned and

fly the American flag and five of the

steamers carry passengers.

The four American ships are the

Sungra, which sailed for Gothenburg.

February' 42; the Gushing, which

sailed for Copenhagen, February 6;

the Kansan. which sailed for London

on the 8th. and the Philadelphia of

the American linn, a passenger-carrying

ship, which sailed last Saturday

for Liverpool.

The four other vessels carrying

passfnsers are the Adriatic ( British

of the White Star line, which should

reach Liverpool late on the 18th or

on the morning of the 19th; the Nor

wegian steamer Bergensf jord, bound

for Bergen, the ('unurder Orduna

British) due at Liverpool about Febru

ary 25th, and the French liner Nia

gara, which sailed Sunday for Havre.

All the essels were heavily laden

with freight. The Philadelphia car-

' ned 250 paeseugers, the Adriatic 400.

;?nd the other three liners had fewer

passengers aboard.

Boston Sailings Reported.

Boston. Feb. 16 Sn British steam

ers which vailed from here within the

last fortnight are not due to roach

their destinations In England or Scot

land before February 18th.

Only one vessel, the Pretorlan. due

to arrive at Glasgow February 18th. J

is carrying passengers. The other

ships are freighters, their cargoes f

consisting chiefly of foodstuffs. They

include the John -Uakke. due at Man

chester February IS; the Devonian,

due at Liverpool February 20. the

Nina, due at Manchester February 21;

the Anglian, due at lxndon February

82, and the Leo, due at Glasgow

r hruary 21.

Traveling From Holland Difficult

I-ondon. Feb. 16, 10 29 a m.--Traveling

between Holland and Eng

land is becoming difficult. All pas

sengers leaving Flushing. Holland,

fur Folkstone arc required now to

have their passports vised by the

English consul The only boat leaves

early in the morning. Most ot tub

passengers from Germany and Bel

gium reach Flushing late at night,

consequently they find difficulty In

Mia. i it.... HnMinKn cnnnter-

hUJUf, iUCI v

signed without waiting over a whole

day.

The rumor that the Dutch steam

ship line would discontinue it6 Flush-ing-Folkstone

serv ice would appear to !

be without foundation. The company

officials have announced they will

continue their vessels regardless of

the danger from German submarines.

POTATO PRICES

ARE INCREASED

German Bundesrath Plans to

Prevent Feeding Potatoes

to the Stock.

FODDER IS SCARCE

Use of Salt Limited Sale of

Distilled Liquors to Sol

diers Prohibited.

Berlin, via London. Feb. 16. 3 38 a,

m.The Bundesrath has increased

the maximum price of potatoes from

four marks ($1) to five and three

fourths marks ($1.45) for fifty kilo

grams (110 pounds ) It was feared

the former low price, in view of the

scarcity of fodder, would result in

farmers feeding to their stock pota

toes fit for food.

The Bundesrath set a maximum

price of ten mark3 ($2 50) for early

potatoes harvested between May 1

emd August 1". The purpose of this

action was to encourage gardeners to

devote a large acreage to early pota

toes Another decree of the Bundes

Imtli limited the amount of malt whlcli

Imav be used by brewerB after April 1

to 60 per cent of the former quan-

tlty. . 4.

The military commander or tbe

province oi Brandenburg has prohib

ted the Sale of distilled liquors b

saloons to soldiers of any rank In

uniform The action was impelled

bv tbe fact that previous warnings

'have not had the necessary success."

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SIX OFFICIALS ACQUITTED.

Fast St. Iouis. Ills.. Feb. 16 SU

former officials of East St. Louis were

a, quitted bv a jury today of charges

involving the misappropriation of

$100,000 in city funds.