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VOXs. XLV NO. 33.

TEUTON ARMIES

lil GALICIA ARE

Oil DEFENSIVE

Germanic Forces Reported t Being

Attacked Along the Sereth,

Prath and Dniester

Riven.

BUKOWIlfA IS AGAIN MENACED

One of Important Lines of Com

mnnjcation Interrupted by

Russians.

FRENCH WORKING IN DITCHES

FETROGRAD (via London.), Feb.

18. The Russian offensive, which

has been indicated in the reporta ot

the last few days, ia maturing

rapidly over the whole Galiclan

front.

The Germans, according to ad

vices front the scent ' ot hostilities,

re on the deef naive on three im

portant rivers the Sereth, the

Prnth and the Dnier. Czernowlts,

capital of Bukarolna, ia again seri

ously threatened by the Russian ad

vance east of Rarahche, aa well as

by th Russian crossing of the

Dniester at Uacieczko. where .their

troops are firmly entrenched. This

move also had the effect of inter

rupting one of the most important

lines of 'communication between the

armies of Generals Pflanzer and von

Bothmer.

A third Important Russran advance has

been worded near Zale faesyky. where

a fierce -counter attack is declared to'

.have been succeWful In routing the p-

utostng fortes and demoralising the Hun

AXg.

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garian troop 10 sucn an extern initi mry

retired t a new line four mllea to the

rear. In addition to there breachea an

nounced to have been made In the .op

polling lines, the Russians Have been

active Immediately to the northward of

Tarnopol. where . they have moved

slightly forward.

While It la admitted that these opera

tions hav no Immediate strategic value.

It Is believed In military circles here that

the new RuHlnn offensive has prevented

the (Serinans from withdrawing troopa

(Vm this front. thereby leneenlna rbi.

ch.iTe f JuCcessfui attacks pn allkd

lines elsewhere .. '

Tl..' jnlthvcUe on the Dvlnsk front re

mains In German hands, but the mild

weather1 of the "t mont-.i, tnreatenlna

vlth Inundation. the tranches built by the

t'.r im. na on marshy ground. .Is serioUnty

hf.nd'capplnir their ef foils to mow for

ward. Prisoners report that a great num

ber of French prisoners are employed In

the construction ...of drainage" work.

Braun is Charged . ...

WitK Violation of ;

Neutrality Laws

CHICAGO." Feb." 13. Charges of violat

ing the neutrality laws and Impersonat

ing a federal officer were placed against

C. A. Braun. when he was arrested here

today by representatives of the federal

bureau of Investigation. The government

of flilale would not reveal the allegod

acts tipon which the first charge was

ascd.

It was. announced that Braun has

caused Internal dlsenlons In the local

branches of tte Teutonic Bona of America

and that he has been Investigating; neu

trality and Mann act cases under the

guise of a representative of Hlnton O.

Clabaugla chief of the Chicago olflce of

the bureau of investigation.

Braun denied the charges.

Heir to Big Estate

is Also Wanted on

Charge of Forgery

CHICAGO. Feb. 12.-Keith Edward

DuJrymple, 23 years old, waa surprised

, yesterday by the police, who told blm

he waa the heir to a $4o0.00i) estate In

Port Allegeheny, Pa., and was surprised

again today when he waa further Identi

fied as being man wanted In Milwau

kee for passing a forged check. Accord

ing to the police Dalrymple admitted the

second Identification aa readily as he did

tha first

Trowbridge, Poet and

Author, Meets Death

ARUNQTOX, Mass.. Feb. It John

Townaend Trowbridge, poet and, author

of stories for boys, died tonight. Death

was caused by bronchitis, which de

veloped from a aevere cold contracted

a few weeks-ago.

The Weather

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precipitation depar-

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'oinial temperature 13

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To'al rBlnfall nim-1 Marcb I..C9 Inehes

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FORCES CUT AS

BUSINESS GR0VS

Authorities at Washington,.. Take

Advantage of Hibh State of Ef

' ficiency at Omaha Postoffice.'

SURPLUS IS USED ELSEWHERE

Every little while the Omaha post

office gets boquets as a model of

efficiency, compared with other

offices, but it is a surprising fact

that the authorities at Washington

seem to have taken advantage of this

high state of efficiency to cut the

force of clerks and carriers "all the

traffic will bear," and the surplus

earnings of the Omaha office goes

to keep up other parts of the postal

service where there is a deficit,

Out ot every three donarsre

ceived at the Omaha postoffice two

are sent to. Washington, and only

one dollar is kept here; to pay the.

expenses of running the office. ?

During the first six months of

1614 the gross receipts ot the Omaha

office were $692,5"9.91end during

the last six months 'of' 1 H5 Hby

were $ 1 an' increase of

$78,785.47, or morethan 11 per

cent. ':- -'Vf;. v '

Jnjnatlce ofCottdlttotie. .

.' Tet in this rim 'period the. number of

employes of the -Omaha office -was -de

creased. . During the first .named period

there were 201 clerks and MS carriers

and during the latter period there" were

1S2 clerks and 187 carriers, ,

Receipts show the following remarkable

Increase:

Six months ending

January I, MS M.R.-

July 1, 1918... .774.W ,

January 1, 114..'........ cr.'.l

Ju!v 1, 1RU 't,5Tl

.January I, 1A15.".. ....... TI3.4S2SJ ,-

juiv l, mi ;j3,srr

January 1. IMii, '..i.ooi.JH

During the last Christmas rush The

Omaha" office .flip a ted and Installed a

new system t ..ldlins; Ingoing and out

going parcer post" mail that' haa rovolJ

t Ionized this part of tLe work..

A syatem of bins .and shelves was sr-

ranged in the basement and , the work

systematized so that there waa no con

gestion of packages at all, where. In for

mer years, the parcels bad accumulated

In immestae quantities, whlifn were not

entirely disposed of for four or five days.

This system has become a model to be

Installed In other offices.'

Ran ploy ea Cat Off.

. The Injustice of the conditions In tbe

local office is apparent. If the number

of employes had been Increased in pro

portion to the Increase of the business, as

Indicated by the receipts, there should

now be twenty-three more clerks than

there are and eighteen more carriers at

tached to the Omaha poatofflce.

Employes of Omaha postoffice and

postal receipts:

Postal

Clerks. Carrier. Receipt.

Jan. 1, 1913 IK ir.? ,-. .

July 1, 1P1.I ltr H7 ti.774 M

Jan. 1, 1SIJ4 191 f,i fc".2

July 1, 1914... m lit .579.91

Jan. 1. l!i: li . it 71 2.4.2

July 1. l!Hii J4 K7 ;:.'.!. 79

Jan. 1. 191 19.' 187 ' 771,SiS.a

Bo put it down that what effisluncy the

heal poatofflce haa (achieved Is In spile

of the handicap put on it by the depart

ment at Washington. -

Goethals Says Government Has

Been Looted by Joint Land Board

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The liberality

of various Joint land commissions in set

tling claims for property taken in tha

'anal sone haa robbed tha United States

f million of dollars, General XloethaU

0 'ay told the houso interstate com

n erte committee in urging the passage

f the Adamson bill to force the com

mission to settle for lands on the basis

f their value when the treaty was en

tered Into with Panama In lwa. rather

tlan their Increased value, as ha b,een

the custom.

All of the land . In the ten-mile s rip

(-long the canal subject to claims would

not be worth more than Sl.WO.too at l's

0S value, flic general tald. but It ia likely

to coat I17.co.cno or t;g.0o0,ooo at the rates

which have been tald.

'The Joint land committee we have

bad aeveral of them have taken fie

ground that aa we are a bit republ o aid

tl.ey are rather poor, we should pjy

liberally for their lands," the general

sad. "As a consequence te ltM

1 ave e.treejed very mu.li tlioae of li i.

and aa time goes on land enema ft gnt

more and more valuable. Private airee

mtnls that, were made for the sale of

OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING,

Pulled Out of the Valentine Box

DEMOCRATS FUSS

OVER INVITATIONS

State. Qwnmittee .Unable .to Decide

Whethher to Take Te with

Jacksonians or Dahlmans. -

CONVENTION TO BE AT HASTINGS

Drat those "Jlnis" and "Jacka!"

Were it now for the bobbing up

of these knights of the Dahlnian and

Jacksonlan clubs, respectirely, ' in

Omahar all memories of the' demo

cratic state central, committee meeting-

at the Paiton hotel yesterday

might-be raen'ioriea ot a party loung

lngr lw rose-hiteiowerB of harmony.

' "We have leen invited to apend

the evening at.tbo Jacksonlan' club,"

rrjj-y.--iipeegue announced near

the close of the meeting when all

waa about to close harmoniously.

"Huh," gruated Charlea B5. Fan

ning. "'Is that a democratic club?"

Ttujre ,were some big "haw-haws," and

somerihe- else asked. "Where do they

meet?'' ; - " . '. ; -t ; '.

' When 1'thls' was explained,' a taw other

details were Attended, to,' whereupon Joe

Butlcti duly coached b Chariey Fanning

and others, grtt up and eaU. " f ; " J 1

'rre lioapttaiU vOffererf. ' t

. "I ba Ph rerdestd.bn behalf , of the

Pahdnan club to extend to the state com

mitteemen, the -hospitality f the Dahi

jnan club durJtig their stay in the city."

"Is that a democratic dub?" piped an

obscure Jsoksonian voice.,

"1 they furnish lodjrlng?" Inquired an

up-to-date 'kommltteeman.

ftight then and there adjournment was

dedared, for- the few dosen committee

men who had. come In with hearts full

of harmony were in danger of wrecking

(Continued on Page 'Two,..Co'lumn Two.)

French Capture :

German Trenches

: V . Near Massiges

PARIS. ' Feb.' 12.-Vla London.)

Further fighting in Champagne i the

French war office announce tills after

noon, has resulted In French forces se

curing possession of certain trehchea oc

cupied by the Germans. . i

BERLIN. .Feb. 12. -(Via London.V

After a violent artillery bombardment

on th greater part of the Champagne

front. Krench Infantry ' made an attack

yesterday afternoon. The German war

office announced today that the French

penetrated German positions near Mas

siges over's front of. about 3t yards.

The atatenynt follows :-

"Western front: After a most violent

artillery- bombardment on a areat part

of our front In the Champagne the!

French toward evening made an attack

to the east of the Maiaona I Cham

pagne farm, which la northeast of Mas

plgea. They penetrated our positions

over a section of not -quite 200 yards.

"On Combres- ll we occupied the

edges of a crater made by the explosion

of a French mine In front of our

s.ienchea,

Kastern front: At several points we

repulsed advancea by Ruaalan patrols and

other small detachmente.

"Balkan front: The aituatlon ia un

changed. land to us are abrogated and the owner

go to the Joint land commlaalon and

Hey get additional fund from it. The

aituatlon now ia rather acuta.

"It la rather hard to stay there and

see our government robbed the way It

l as been tn the past."

Asked for apeclflc. Instances, General

Goetiiala aid (hat In one case where a

parcel of land was wortii tl a hectare in

1 and an aKreemcnt had been enterel

Into that It aiinuld be paid for at thU

rate, the owner 'took the matter to the

Jplnt land commission and obtained ii

a hectare. Chairman Adamson spoke of

a caae where laud that had sold for 1.5")

had been taken In at t3,'iuo by the com

mission, and the general aaid he, too,

I ad heard of It.

The Joint commission coiicta of two

Panamanians and two American.

In addition to forcing si'tllenu nt on

tr in valuation, the Adamson hill would

temilnate tbe Joint commiss on sis

months afu-r the IM passed. Power o'

settlement would be vested In the

Panaira Itailway company but owner

would bo given the rlchl to appeal to the

cat.al sons goiernor.

FEBRUARY 13, tWO-SIX

WEDS MAN WHOSE

LIFE ME SAVES

Rose Wolf Comes Thousands of

Miles to - Marry at Her

Former Home.

HUSBAND MUST 00 TO WAR

Rose Wolf, once known as the

beauty of tbis city's night cafe life

and at the age ot 22 "the woman in

the case," a few years ago in the

nirsterious death of a wealthy live

atock commission man here, has be

come the wife of Captain Donald 8.

White of the Royal Northwest

Mouated police of Reglna, Bask.,

Canada.-

' To Reglna Miss Wolf went event

ually to escape from reminders of

her experience In Omaha. While

there she saved Captain Whlte'a

life when be waa injured by a man

whom he had attempted to arrest,

according to the story he and bis

bride told 'fflends in Omaha. '' She

hauled him fifty ". miles overland

through, a blizzard -In order to set

medical aid .and tor her brave act

TR8" British government, ga ve rier a

gold njpdnttv-Jfr addition she won

a buabanfl.-iithough; her4 foflf that

death ni'ay agan out short her hap

piness,, may. be", correct...,, , , .,

.The. glrL brought her afflunced

husband to Omaha to be married.

They secured, a license in county

court and the ,ceremony was per

formed by Rer. t. A.- High, the

Anti-Saloon , league superintendent,

in hla office..-. Although a turn of

fate haa , brought . happiness , and , a

wealthy and distinguished husband

into' her'aad nr; her parents, Mr.

and Mra., Peter Wolf ot Omaha, did

not attend the weddine.

Captain nd Mrs. White left im

mediately after , the wedding fo.' a

honeymoon trip, not revealing their

destination to friends.1

Mtit'fid to 'War.

It tiaimplrts.- too, that Captain White

haa recolved ' notice that he will be ex

pected to go to Europe aoon to fight In

the trenches-for. . England.. . hi native

country. Hla' departure for the tattle

f:eld is expected to cut abort the honey

moon. . ....

""".My evil fate wilt not allow you to live

if yju go to war." aald Rie Wolf, pled

l:ic with her husband net to leave h'.T.

Tiie strl spoke truly when me rcfened

to an evil fate wnlrh apparently had

ehndowxri her life.

In when vn waa an lnexj erienced

lilrl. she met lula Wolf, commliulou man

and rai.ch owner. At I o'clock '.he norn

ng of June 20, three years later, neigh

bor rear 'S Fouth Els'.iteent.i tireet,

telephoned the police th.-it a man waa

lylnrf . In the stioct groaning. Officers

went tc tl.e rnene and found Wt.lf fatal'y

wou.ided by a revolver bullet. lie aald

hishwaymcn had shot' him ,hcn ho le-

iated them.

Leadia Doable 1.1 fe.

It wan discovered that, all hough Wolf

had a wife and children, he had heun

leaciiuu a double Ill's and that Iiosu Wolf

had been keeping a second home for him

at 62. fcouth E'giittciiiii Eticet. Ilia death

waa followed by tha discovery that he

estate was worth f :.. Of this $.l,O0u

Wis In Insurance, part, of which he had

recently taken out.- The t ace woe gener

ally believed to be one of murder and a

coroner's Jury rctui-ncl a verdict to thut

effect. j .

Miss Wolf's youth and unusual brauty

anC the notoriety v hb.li tie death of her

paiamour had brought her, n,adc the cJi I

for a lonr time a marked figure In the

cafes and scene of night 11 fo In tho city.

Then the faded from view and until her

present reappearance, was forgotten by

Omaha. ,

War Flyer Deserts

In New Aeroplane

BKRLLV, Feb. 12 By Wireless te Hay

ville.) The Bwlaa newspaper, Tliurgauet

Zeitung, says the Italian aviator. . Da r

bati, who recently landed In Swltserland

wtth a new aeroplane, made a record for

deserter a the first soldier to desert by

li said the Overaeaa New agency, "The

fact that Burba tl i a deserter ia plain.

Inasmuch as the Swiss government im

mediately complied with tha request of

Italy to retuin the pilot and eeropUne."

It was reported from Geneva on Feb

ruary 4 that an Italian obser -it Ion aero

plane had landed on Hwiea territory after

being fired un by Hwlaa guards.

SKCTIONS FORTY IWUKS.

LUSITANIA CASE

STILL HANGS FIRE

Berlin Foreign Office Fessimistio

as Note from Bernstorff

Received.

"LOOKS RATHER' . FAVORABLE"

BERLIN (Via Londonl, Feb. 12.

A message from Ambassador ron

Uernstorff relating to the Lunltanla

negotiations which arrived yesterday

waa the subject of deliberations to

day between Dr. Alfred M. Zlmmer

inann, under secretary for foreign

affairs, and Count Montgelas, head

of the American section of the for

eign office and other experts on

American affairs of the foreign of

fice. The message was submitted to

Dr. Gottlieb von Jagow, secretary for

foreign afflara, on hla return from

the headquarters of tho general staff

thia morning.- . ,

Officials of the foreign office and

others connected with . tho govern

ment were reticent about expressing

an opinion on Ambassador von

Dernstorft's message, but an air. ot

pessimism la', noticeable VaVo'ut" the

foreign office. f

Dr. Zlmmermnnn ia credited wfin

the remark that tbe situation looks

fairly favorable.

Benson Argues for '.

Deeper Channel to I

New York Navy Yard

i WASHINGTON, Feb, 12."I Insist, as

a representative of the Navy depart

ment," said Rear Admiral Henson, chief

of operations, before the house harbor

committee today, "that as long as we

ive a navy yard at New York with

dry dock facilities, there In pressing

prcesslty that we should be able to get

there with our battleship unit r all con

ditions." The admiral snhl both the New York

navy yard and Long Inland Hound were

of paramount Importance strategically.

Improvement of the channel between

Governor's Island and the Ilattery to a

thlrty-flve-foot depth end l.OOO feet width

and (he channel to the new na . y yard, at

an estimated cost . of 1777.000, was being

dlacusand by the committee.

President Wilson by letter Joined in

recommending the improvement. Secre

tary Tumulty wrote that the president

believed that the pending liver and har

bor bill should carry an appropriation for

the Immediate Improvement of the East

river and that the president felt that the

matter wa of much Importance In Its

relation to the question of national pre

paredneaa. French Extend

the Saloniki Line

Nearly to Veria

PARIS. Feb. 12. -The Snlonlkl rorre

ipondcnt of the Petit I'arlxlan telegraphs

that French troops crossed the Vardar

river on February 10 and are now en

camped on tho right .hank of the river

and In the region of Janltsa and Veria.

The town of Veria I an Important rail

road station on the lire between Halonlkl

and Mouastlr.

The region alluded to In -the above dla

patch Is to Hi northwest of Topsln on

the Vardar river, fifteen nillea northwest

of Kalonlkl, at which point the line of

defense of tho cainp of the a 1) lea at e'a

Innlkl begin. The line ascend the Var

dar to Karasuli. from which point It

weep In a semi circle tp the southeast,

cni looing Falonlkl.

U. S. Asks Bids for Service

on Eight Aerial Mail Routes

WASHINGTON, Feb, U'.-Aeilal mall

service to htclatcd points in Alaska a ml

MaHsachUHett la contemplated by th

Pooiofflce department. Lida were asked

today for servile on eitht routes, seven

of them In Alaska. October 1 Is named as

the date fur their starling.

If the sen ice is aucceskful. t I an

nounced, a gradual expsonon w II follow

to other routes, v. lien transportation Is

slow and Inadequate.

Tbe Mctjuchu'tta rouie Is (ion- New

Bedford to Nanturkct, fifty six inilea and

return, partly overland ami paitl) over

water,

the Ala.,kn route forms a connecting

SING LB

HEROIC STATUE OF

L1NC0LNJJNYEILED

Exercises at Chicago Union Stock

Yards Exchange Principal Inci

dent of the Day.

NEW YORK EXCHANGES CLOSE

CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Unveiling of

an heroic statue of Abraham Lincoln

marked the celebration of Lincoln's

birthday in Chicago. The statue,

which bag been placed on a sunken

lawn at the stock yards exchange, is

the work of Taul FJelde, a Norwe

gian sculptor, and waa purchased by

dime contributions from virtually

all employes at the Chicago Union

Stock yards.

Sprlaafteld Snapeada flaalaeaa.

' 8PM NO FIELD. III., Feb. It Nearly

all buildings were closed here today in

honor t the 107th birthday of Abraham

IJncoln, ., Pprlngflold'e greatest oltlien.

The state house wss practically deserted,

Tbe day's ..program Included a public

meeting .this afternoon. ' with Senators

tfberman and Lewi the chief apeskets.

New York Girhsage Close.

NEW YORK. FVb, U-Uncoln's birth

day, was obsorved here today by the

aloelns of tha New York Btock exchange,

tha Consolidated. Btock exchange, the

Produce exohange and the Cotton ex

hangs, Jlosl of the banks In tho city

also were closed, as the day is . a legal

holiday. ;

4'ongresa pbserree Day.

'WASHINGTON,1 Feb. ll-Llncoln'a

birthday was obxerved in congress today.

The senate, after sn hour's session, ad

journed In rctipect to Lincoln's memory.

In the house speeches on the fife of Llii

coln were made by Representatives Rod

enherg s.nd Wheeler of Illinois, and Lin

coln's Gettysburg address was read by

Representative Russell of Missouri.

Prince Joachim and "

Princess Marie to

Be Married in March

LONDON. Feb. i:. A dlwpatch tc the

Exchange Telegraph company from Am

sterdam a that Rmperor William has

announced hla dnc'slon that tha mar

riage of Prince Joachim Is to take place

at Potsdam on March 11.' 1 '

The engagement of Prince Joachim,

youngest son of Emperor William,- and

Princess Marls Augustine, daughter of

Prince Edward of Anhalt, waa officially

announced in Berlin October 14. 1!;5.

Prince Joachim, who was K yesrs old

last December 17. ia a. captain In the

Fourteenth regiment of Hussars, In the

Foot Cuurds, the Grenadier Guards and

several other military organisations und

Is the only unmarried one. of the em

peror's six sons. Princess Marie Augustine

Is a n'tce of the reigning duke, Frederick

II of Anhalt, and waa born June 10, l-5t

Admits Diamond

Robbery to Save

Man Suspected

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l.".-A man who ss

s.ltcd he Wis John Boon of Baltimore,

yid., told-the police here today that he

and another nan. hom he named, had

robbed a Kanaaa City pawnbroker named

r:teln on the night of February 4 of $19,000

worth of Jewelry.

A man to whom the unset diamond

were given to pawn was srrested In Kan

sas City for the robot ry, Boon said, and

It wss to free him tli.it Boon gave him

self up.

Boon aaid he had served two prison sen

tences at Flagstaff, Arls., for robbing a

saloon at Yuiiia, and trat he had met hla

confederate In Ban Fialiclaco.

link from Si-ward to Nome, tlience to

Fairbanks and buck to Valdes. Moat of

them rail for a aervlce tle a weea

throughout the year: On some of the

routes the cost now Is as high a ilOO.iloo

a year and In int r s x wuek Is reiulrtd

to make the trip. The aeroplane contracts

sllow two days for most of toe trips.

The longest route, Valdes to Pairhanka.

U CM inilea. The extremo time limit of

ix weeks o.i some of t'.ie route I- re

quited beouLse mall sometime hi to

be routed vit Seattle.

Poktuianter General Kui.es jh In s been

lasturcd. It waa cad today, tfcat capital

already Is rousliloilug hid aril that esti

mates are being niado.

COPY FIVK CENTS.

ENTENTE ASKING

LANSING ABOUT

SEA PROPOSALS

Diplomati Make Oral Requests for

Information v About Memoran

' dum on tlie Status of

Armed Ships.

EXACT POSITION NOT DEFINED

No Formal Announcement Expected

Until Written Replies Com

from Interested Nations.

GERMAN AND BRITISH VIEWS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.Diplo

matle representatives ot the en

tente allies have made oral represen

tations to Secretary Lansing regard-

Ins; the American memorandum to

their governments suggesting tha

disarming; of merchant ships and

suggesting that armed merchant

men entering American porta might

be regarded as warships. Although.

the State department declined to dis

close the nature ot the representa

tions, itls believed Secretary Lans

ing waa Informed that the entente

government was unwilling to accept

the auggestlon.

It U considered doubtful that tha exact

position ot the United fUatea will be de

fined until after formal replies to the

memorandum have been received. Th

texts of the notes from Germany and

Austria handed to Ambassadors Gerard

and Penfleld setting forth the intention

of those governments te, treat armed

merchantslilpa as warships alao are being

awslted. Bo far, it was said, the repre

sentations ot the entente representatives

had to do sololy with the American mem

orandum. A high official todsy declared It waa

not fair to say at this time that the views

of the Vnlted Htntea on armed merchant

vessels were absolutely in accord with the

views of Germany and Austria.

There are strong Indications, however,

that various high officials consider tha

position of the Central powers well

founded In view of the r hanged condition

of kra warcfara.

Aareea With Aanerlcaa I deaf

. BERLIN. Feb. 13. -(via Loadon.V-Tha

Berlin ' newspapers publish dispatcbea

from .the United States announcing that

It Is expected that the Washington ad

ministration wilt soon issue a warning to

Amorloana not to travel on merchant

men which are armed. Th newspaper

say that this anuounuiifmt 'comes) -a St

timely moment to confirm tha hopes" en

tertained in Germany tbst th sew poltor

enunciated in the German tnamnranduro,

which declares that armed mefohantinea

will be treated by Germany after Feb

ruary 29 aa warships would be found to

conform to the revised, ideas of the Amer

ican Department ot fcitaie on tha conduct

of submarine warfare and hence tend to

implyfy in the future tha situation be

tween Germany and America on this

issue. .

Qaestloa by Croat Britain.

' LONDON, , Feb. II The Mancheates

Guardian, In an editorial on tha German

memorandum regarding armed merchant

men, says:

"Germany's announcement of its inten

tion to treat armed merchantmen aa

warships after March 1 ia to be read In

connection with the proposals which th.i

United States government recently mad

te the belligerents."

The editorial argues that Washington

proposes a bargain, tha entente side of

which Is clear, namely tha surrender of

tha right to arm merchantmen, but th

German side of which Ia not clear. -Th

United State therefor," It says, "cast

only think It reasonable If we ask bjr

what means it wilt guarantee that Gar.

many and Its allies will carry out theia

part of a bargain. . Presumably Uaej

United States has mad or will make)

suggestions to meet this difficulty."

Hopi Incident is

Much Exaggerated

WAKHINGTON. Feb. 11-Indlan Sup

erlntendent Runk at Tuba, Arls.. today

reported to ("a to Bells, commissioner ol!

Indian affairs, that th trouble caused

by the killing of a Navajo Indian re

cently while resisting arrest had been

greatly exaggerated and that there waa

no Indication of an uprising. Superin

tendent Runke reported that his investi

gation disclosed that th man waa re

garded as a bad Indian, mentally un

sound, and that he had made a vlclou

attack upon the policeman attempting to)

arrest him.

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