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RICHMOND, VA? THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915.

THE PROGRESS OF WAR

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"DRY" LEGISLATURE

SLOGAN OF LEAGUE

Kvery Address Hinges Upon

This Determination of Anti

Saloon Forces.

GETTING READY FOR FIGHT

Williams, Ellyson, Cannon and

Other Prohibition Leaders

Sound Keynote.

I Special to The Tlmea-Dlspatch. ]

NORFOLK, VA . March 17.?With

' very address hinging aroun'l nn ox

pressed determination to elect a "dry"

Legislature and "dry" executive, the

second day's .session of the fourteenth

annual convention of the Virginia

Anil-Saloon I.carua came to a close

to-night, with the address by Dan Mor

gan Smith, former general counsel of

tiie Model License League of America,

hut now orator for the National Anti

Saloon League. At the afternoon ses

sion the league adopted th?* new con

stitution of the natlou.-il organization.

A? the morning session Virginians

prominent In Stnte politics traced the

'?ourse of prohibition legislation iti Vir

i: Inin.

" ?ne of the features of the meetlr.fi:

tonight was the raising of $4,000 in

pledges to ko towards rtixeiluR a part

of the $14,000 deficit of the league.

A number of individuals pledged from

$100 to |200 each. The remainder wns

made up in church and county pledges,

and a large number of small individual

? ontrlbutlons and pledges.

I)r. W. Anbury Christ Inn, of the exe

cutive committee took the floor and

asked the convention to make tip the

deficit In order thnt the league might

not he hampered with the deb" in ihe

' omlng fight to elect a "dry" Legisla

ture. He snid thai the notes for the

debt were being carried personally by

members of the executive committee

NO IflVT IS (ilVKX OK

I'M KSIDKVTl M, MIMIVKK

I'p to to-niirht no hint of the presi*

? i< tt11ft 1 nominee hftrt been given. It

was stated that the nominating com

mittee hart not conn1 to an agreement.

;<!iil that another meeting of that body

*i!l i>" held before the morning ????

?ion to-morrow The league will liolil

three sessions to-morrow.

The newly formed Antl-Prohi bitlon

League was mentioned incidental^ by

i number of Kpeakeru.

> me of the strongest and most ap

pealing artdrcsHes of the convention

was made by Mrs. S. Ilortense Hopp,

of Shenandoah, Va., at the afternoon

session.

"The Lord turned the wicked ui>siUe

down in Virginia. in spite of the Local

Helf-iJovernment LcaRue, in spite of a

few weakened preachers, and in nplte

? ?f the liquor interests and their

friends." said Mrs. Hopp.

The only Kent of business transacted

?' t the afternoon session was the adop

tion of the constitution of the Anti

Saloon league of America, which was

adopted by the national convention in

? 'olmnbus, <J . November IS. 1M

( IIII.MIIKV IIA I.Ml* V (I I (ICS

IV I'HOII III ITION SII.M.iH

An unusual feature of the <onven

tion was a chorus of 103 children be

tween four and twelve years of age,

under the direction of Mrs. Hugh Simp

i;Ins. county president of the Norfolk

?'aunty \V. T. I*. The children

marched t<> the platform ami sung "A

Saloonless Nation in 19L*0." and ?b they

marched out they sang with the con

gregation the following to th?- tune of

Tlpperary":

It's a long way to prohibition

It's a Ions way to go

It's a long way to prohibition

To the fairest land we know.

-So It'a Brood-by local option,

High license we'll not spare

It's a long, long way to prohibition.

But we're almost there."

Mrs. H. M. Hoge, president of the

State W. C. T. U., tnado a short talk

>n the work of the organization In tho

?leotlon. and Mrs. Helen H. Oreen.

rftato press superintendent of the W.

<\ T. U., spoke on "The power of tho

press and how to secure this power

'or prohibition."

An interesting address on "Posters,

?nd How to t'se Them," was made by

Mrs. Lillian Shepherd, State secretary

of the W. C. T. U., and Mrs. J. C. Kelly

spoke on "The Children?How Can

They Help?" Mrs. Kelly spoke espe

cially in favor of the organization of

l*oynl Temperance Legions.

Mrs. Amy C. Weech, one of the State

organizers of the union, made an in

teresting address on the work still to

><o done, making this statement about

blind tigors:

Tho blind tiger Is not the product

? f prohibition, but of the liquor

t in file."

.11 IKiK MATITIX WILLIAMS

AGAIN SOrNIJS KEVXOTE

The keynote of the convention was

gain forcibly sounded at tho morning

esslon, when Judge Martin Williams,

atron of the enabling act in the House,

?ated forcibly:

"The dry forces secured the best bill

i ey possibly could from the Legisla

' 'ire, and now the people <if Virginia

.ire determined to elect n Legislature

that will make the. State dry for all

ine."

Lieutenant-Governor J. Taylor Rlly

n presided at the morning session,

and the meeting was opened with re

ports from the ofllcers. The report of

ti e executive committee was made by

l?r. James Cannon. Jr.. and a report

was also made by Jjr. David Hepburn,

assistant superintendent. Tho report

,.f the treasurer. S. p. Jones, showed

the cost of the State-wide campaign

to have been $84,450.17. The present

ndebtadncss of the league, as shown

by tho report. Is $13.0"?0.

J. \V. Hough, president of the league,

.nnounced the following committees:

Credentials?Pavis Hepburn, Spencer

Cogers. T. K. Johnson. \\\ \V. Ttoyall

and J"'. W. Moore.

Nominations?.1. Sidney Peters. A. T.

Lincoln, J. K. Cooper, Georgo VV.

(Continued on Second Pas*.) '

REAR-ADMIRAL DROWNED

Wtlllatn J. tiro iron, of DrltUh Navy,

FallH Overboard from Ship.

LONDON. Maroh 18.?Rear-Admiral

William J. Grogan hao fallen overboard

from his Bhlp and has been drowned,

according to an announcement by tho

admiralty. The nam? of the ship Is

not given. Rear-Admiral Orogan wont

on the retired list seven years ago, but

entered the actlvc service at tin- com

mencement of the war.

LABOR GIVEN VOICE

(?rnntcd Shore In War Council* on Hf.

milt of I'rcsent Cnreat.

[.Special Cable to Tho Times-Dispatch. 1

LONDON, March 17.?'Labor trouble*,

which Lord Kitchener recently <'on

fessed were seriously Interfering with

tho production of war material, have

reached such a pass that the govern

ment to-day called a conference be

tween 100 representative lenders of

trftdes unions and members of the Im

perial Defense Committee. The confer

ence was attended by Chancellor Lloyd

(Jeorge and by naval and military ofll

cers of hl?h rank.

As a result of this conference, organ

ized labor will, hereafter, have a direct

voice In the war councils of the em

pire. It was decided to appoint a com

mltte* of sever labor officials. repre

senting all Motions of Industry, to set

an an advisory committee to the zot

ernment.

The national conference of the Min

ers' Federation, held In London to-day.

decided to demand an Immediate ln

1 Tense of per cent in wages to cotti

ipensate for the increased cost of living

I due to the war. The conference repre

sents 800.000 workmen.

A strike of 150 Btevedores at the

London docks hss thrown 2,000 other

'dork laborers out of work. The steve

dores demand a "war bonus."

HUSBAND GETS IT ALL

1 Court Snj* \\ Ifc Hun No IUght to Krult

of Her Toll.

(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]

WHITE 1'LA INS. N. Y.. March 17.?

Everything that a wife ?-Ams belongs

to her husband, according to a ruling

i handed down by Supremo Court Jus

tice Morschauscr, In the ais" of Lud

wlg Kuenstler against lsln wife to-day.

It was charged that Mrs. Kuenstler

saved money she earned >y working

In a carpet factory, and boujiit prop

erty which she had put in f.jc hus

band's name. The couple sc-./-rated,

and now she wants the property back.

The court replied:

"L'nless there Is a specific contract

or agreement between them, allowing

the wife to engage In separate busl

I ticHH, and keep her earnings for her

self, the husband Is always entitled to

all of the earnings of the wife, as well

as her services during marriage."

DID SHE SING OR RECITE?

On Annvtrr Heata Remilt of 8. P. C\ C.'a

( bm ARnlnnt ICddy Kay.

I Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]

XKW YORK, March 17.?Eddy Foy Is

.n trouble again. uno w<-ek ago he

was arrested on the lime-honored

charge of allowing his seven little

Foys to work behind the footlights ?

an act which the S. P. t\ held cruel.

He bent that charge, but lo-dav he

was arrested again in connection with

the rendition of a certain popular song

by his fourteen-year-old daughter.

Mary. The question at law is?did she

sIiik it or recite It? Foy says the lat

ter. The S. 1*. C. C. says she sang1 it,

which, for a child, is unlawful Foy

was held for trial.

PRZEMYSL HARD PRESSED

Captured I.ettera Shon That Food in

Fortrea* In Scanty.

[Special Cable to The Times-Dispatch.]

LONDON. March 17.?A Central News

dispatch from I'etrograd states that in

formation to the outside world is being

conveyed from I'rzemysl by alrBhip.

! An aeroplane, according to the dls

j patch, makes dally trips to the Car

pathians.

I Recently, It Is reported, owing: to de

! feots In his motor, the aviator waa

compelled to abandon the mall he car

ried, and 3f>,000 letters fell Into Rus

slon hands. They show that the strict

est economy of food Is insisted upon in

the beleaguered garrison. The reason

given is that it will retard the sur

render of the fortress.

1- ONE SOLDIER, COUNT HIM-1

Onlj Adjutant-General l.eft of West

Vlrglnia'ii National (iuaril.

CHARLESTON, W. VA? March 17.?

The National Guard of West Virginia

will consist of only one man after .Tune

i 30, unless steps are taken to borrow

i for Its support. Governor Hatfield

! vetoed a $50,000 appropriation by the

| last Legislature for maintenance of

the National Guard, btit signed one pro

; vlding for the salary of Adjutant-Gen

cral .John C. Bond.

"THAT'S STRANGE"

Mr?, l"d in on Surprised That She

Contdn't Votr for Hualiand.

WEST ORANGE, N. J., March 17.?

A new suffrage possibility Is suggested

by the action of Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, j

who voted at the school election on

Tuesday night, and then wanted to

cast a ballot for her husband, who was

"too tired to come to the meeting."

When the clerk told her she could

not vote In her husband's staed, sho

said:

"That's strange."

TAKE-CARE OF DANCERS

Health of Women Tollers Mny I.nok :

Out Cor Itself.

[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]

ALBANY, N. V., March 17.?Better'

look out. for the health of the young j

girls who spend most of their idle hours

one-stepping and dipping, than to waste|

the time on the working hours of fac-i

lory girls, according to Senator G<'orgo'

F. Thompson, In defending a bill he has

Introduced exempting wome.n employees)

In canning factories from tho eight-1

hour law*

ENGLAND EXPECTS j

ANOTHER PROTEST

Believes Assurances to United

States Will Not Be Held

Wholly Satisfactory.

NO SURPRISES IN REPLIES

Contents of Various Diplomatic

Notes for Most Part Had

Been Known.

Fighting Bitterly

i for Strategic Points

pilOM one ??nil of tlir lone umI

crn battle front lo tlir other llrl

| Kinnn, l-'rrneli, llritlsli nml (irrmnnn

lire IlKlilIni; Mllrrly for utrntrjjle

point*. prcpnrntory (o Ihr nrrnt ef

fort In Ik- mnde iTlirn tlir roiulu

nrr dry. Munition* huvr liorn

brought np, nml tlir mrn nrr rrndy.

l-'rrncli siihtiihch nrr reported in

| ?'linnipn(jnr, pn rtlruln rl y ?round

I'rrt lie*. uhrrf Important trcnelir*

lunr lirrn en pt u red, iim nell nn n

hrltrlil vrhlrli ilnnilnntrn h Inrxr *??

tlon of Krnuml. In nn nttrmpt tn

rrguln thin bright, n iBtlNtlirm rrgi- ,

inrnt, Mtipportrd liy thr ^iinril, tio

llvrrrcl n \lolcnt eniintrrnttnck, In

which, accordion tn tlir I'rrncli at1

oonnt, thrrr wrre frrv mirvlvom.

'I'hr ItiiNNlnnH In I'olnnd nrr con

ducting an ni'tlvr ranipnlcn nlonpr

both limikN nf thr Or* ye Ifiver, hut

tliry nrr lielnji inrt by thr tirrnian* !

with equally har<t blown.

|

'I'liruuRli thr Chnnorllor nf thr Kx

rhrqurr, thr llrltlnli Kovrrnmrnt an- ]

nounrrN that It Intrndn to tnkr ovrr

factorle* In KnK'nnri for thr purponr !

of fnrnlnhlnjf war nnppllcn.

A Dnrdnnrllrn dlnpntch reporta the

I nun of thrrr mine nireeperw and one

nnlllnK vennrl nnil rnnNldrrahlr dam

nice to n flrltlnh rrulurr In thr tlKht

Inic In thr ntralt.

LONDON, March 17.?Sir Kflwsrd

Grey's replies to the American notes

on the tise of neutral flag's on British

merchant vessels, and the prohibition

imposed on foodstuffs destined for

Germany, in which for the first time

Great Britain definitely announces her

intention to "establish a blockade,"

again have brought the diplomatic

question to the front in England.

The replies, published here with the

American -notes, contained no surprise,

for their terms have been for the most

part known.

Assurances that neutral shipping

I will he Interfered with as little as

possible, and that neither ships nor

I cargoes will he confiscated, it is felt

here, should go a long way towards

? meeting American objections. Ilow

j ever, another protest is #.\pected.

Even these diplomatic questions, on

which so much depends, only momen

tarily distract attention from battles

In the east and the west, the opera

tions against the Dardanelles, and the

I activity of German submarines, which

took additional toll to-day.

While Karl Kitchener, Secretary for

I War, and other Cabinet ministers are

j bending th?-ir energies towards in

| creasing the output of war material

and are encouraging recruiting. com

plete optimism prevailed.

i VICTORIES OF ENGLISH

BOUGHT AT HEAVY COST

! Victories of last week entailed heavy

. sacrifices. and that the casualty lists

must Increase as the war progresses Is

fully realized, hut everybody in Eng

' land bello\es that when the time comes

i for the "big push," there will he no

| turning back.

j The armies of Belgium, Great Brit

ain and France are fighting for the

points which will be of the greatest ad

vantage to the ariny holding them

when the advance begins. According

to the French communications, the Bel

i gians continue to improve their posi

1 Hons In Flanders, and the French to

! the north of Arras and in Champagne

| have added eminences to their gains,

which are of some Importance.

The French and German oliicial com- |

: munications, however, are so contra- ;

j dictory that it is difllcult 10 decide |

j whether any change is being made gen- |

erallv in the disposition of the oppos^- !

ing armies. j

The optimism which pervades the !

western allies is shared by the Rus

sians.

Petrograd correspondents of London |

papers lead the public to believe that I

big events are impending. It is ap- '

parent that the Russians again are on

the move, particularly at Smolntk, on !

the River San, where it emerges from I

the Carpathians; while in Bukowina, i

according to unofficial dispatches from |

I Bucharest, tho Austrlans have been de

; fcated along the entire front.

In Northern Poland isolated actional

j are being fought from the Nlemen1

| Iilver to Przasnvs?.. The big battle ex-'

| pected there has not been given by'

Field Marshal von Hindenburg. who is ;

thought to have attained his object:

<vhen lie extricated his forces from the!

forest of Augustowo.

It I'SSIAN AltMV WOHKlMi

Al.O.VtJ ni.ACK SKA COAST;

The Russian Caucasian army is

working along tho Rlack Sea coast,

and has taken the Turkish port of

Archava and repulsed the attacks of

the Turks, who still are operating on

the fringe of Russian territory.

Ry publishing a casualty list to- i

night the British admiralty confirmed j

reports from Athens that the cruiser J

Amethyst made a dasii into tho L>ar-j

dandles and was struck by a number!

of sholls. It is presumed here that1

Viee-Admlral Cnrden sent the cruiser!

on this risky mission to unmask nnyj

concealed batteries along the straits'

and which the allied fleet had not de-|

atroyed when they bombarded the for's. j

Naval experts say the" Amethyst's

success proves that heavily armored j

(Continued on Third fago.)

DIPLOMATIC SLATE CLEANED

BY PUBLICATION OF NOTES

Birdseye View of Turkey's Historic Port

^myrn. Oener&J Vrs w oJCAiy S-feLrlzor* * ?

Commander Peirce, of the nliied squadron operating against Smyrna, havinR made a demand for the surren

der of the city and his demand being refused, has contin ned the bombardment of the Turkish port.

DEFEND THEIR CONTROL ;

OF STEAMSHIP COMPftNY

Southern and Atlantic Coast I-ilne

Say It Is Not Competitor of

Railroads Owning It.

ROME RAILWAY HISTORY

I

Alfred P. Thorn Tfclb* Ho^r Southern

Railway Originally Was Driven;

Into Water Transportation Bust- j

ness to Defend Territory.

ISpecial to The Times-Dispatch.]

"WASHINGTON, March 17.?Legal j

representatives and traffic officials of .

the Southern Railway and the Atlantic 1

| Coast Line, joint owners of the Chesa- |

| peake Jiay Steamship Company, plying j

I between West Point, Norfolk and Bal- j

j tlniore. appeared before the Interstate I

j Commerce Commission to-day and de- I

fended their right to control the bay

line under the terms of the Panama

Canal act. They held that the bay

boat line is not a competitor of the

railroads owning It, anil that Its term

inus to the north is not the same as

the railroads', and that the boat line Is

operated for the benefit of the public

I by providing through joint rates from

Baltimore to the South and West

through West Point and Norfolk.

TIIOM AMI HAMILTON

MAKE STATEMENTS

Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for

the Southern, and Alexandor Hamilton,

counsel for the Coast Line, made pre

liminary statements, outlining the at

titude of their clients. Mr. Thom

delved Into Virginia railroad history,

and told how the Southern Railway

was originally driven into the water

transportation business. Back In the

early '80s. he said, when the South

ern was known as the Richmond and

Danville, the Baltimore and Ohio was i

planning to get a foothold in the South \

by seeking possession of the Virginia |

Midland from Washington to Danville.

To protect itself and to secure a con

nection with the Pennsylvania through

the Baltimore gateway, the Richmond

and Danville (now the Southern) was

forced to buy the old York River

! Steamship Company, plying from West

Point, Vn . to Baltimore. Later, he

said, the Baltimore and Ohio was

j blocked in its move to enter the South

ern field, and the Richmond and Dan

j ville Company pot control of the Vir- j

i ginia Midland.

"I wish to say that the Southern

Railway has no wish to continue the i

j boat line ownership," said Mr. Thom. i

| "It does not wish to stllle competition j

with itself. All we want is the.con

j tltiued exlstenco of the steamship line

from Norfolk and West Point to Bnltl- j

moro upon the same efficient basis I

which it Is now maintained, f make i

this statement upon the authority of

the president of the Southern Rail

way."

Four witnesses were put on the '

stand. They were: Key Compton, of j

Baltimore, president of the Chesapeake j

Steamship Company; W. P. Tayloo, j

traffic manager of the same steamship j

line, ami Lincoln Green, one of the!

freight experts of the Southern; R A. j

Brand, vice-president of the Coast Line. |

I.INK IN COMPETITION

W I'I'll OTHER HOl'TES

Mr. Compton, the principal witness,

showed that as a result of the South

ern's ownership of the bay line n low

through-joint rail-and-water rate and

service from Baltimore to Cincinnati

and Chicago had been established over

the bay line to West Point and Rich

mond, and thence over tho Chesapeake J

and Ohio in competition with tho Penn

sylvania ami the Baltimore and Ohio. 1

He also stated that the Southern and

Coast Line furnished the Chesapeake i

line <!'? per cent of Its traffic. He said

that without thi- co-operation of the

railroads the Chesapeake line could not 1

be maintained. Mr. Compton and In- \

lerslate Commerce Commission Special j

(Continued on Third Page.) 1

GERMAN CONSUL IS HELD

ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE

Alleged to Have Bought to Influence

Employee to Sell Business Se

crets of Employers.

HE MAKES EMPHATIC DENIAL

WllIfatii Mailer and Secretary Al

leged to Have Tried to Purchase

Proof That Seattle Firm Is Build

ing Submarines for England.

SEATTLE; WASH.. March 17.?Dr.

William Muller, Imperial German con

sul at Seattle, and his secretary, B. M.

Schultz, were served with notice of ar

rest to-day at the consulate. They are

charged with conspiracy in attempting

corruptly to intluence John Murdoch,

an employee of the Seattle Construc

tion and Dry Dock Company, by in

ducing him to sell business secrets of

his employers.

Consul Muller and his secretary are

accused l?y the State of Washington

of offering Murdock a cash considera

tion to supply them with information

bearing out Ambassador BernstorfT's

charge that the Seattle corporation

was shipping knock-down submarines

to the British government.

The Information against tho German

representatives, filed by Alfred II.

Lundin, county prosecutor, Jointly

charges them and Dan Tarnlsasky, a

free lance detective, with conspiracy.

Consul Muller denied to-night that

he had any agreement with Murdock

or the detective to purchase anything,

nor did he arrange to have them steal

papers from the construction company.

He declared that Taroiisasky told him

that he had Information that subma

rines were being built here for Kng

land, but that he had dealt with the

detective only so far as was necessary

to determine the truth of the report.

The consul expressed confidence in a

dismissal of the charge against him.

Ml'ltnOrK AM) DKTKCVIVR

IIRl.I) OX I.AUCRNV ril.VIUJR

Murdock and the detective were ar

rested last night on a joint grand

larceny complaint, and Murdock, who

will he the State's principal witness,

was released under $1,000 ball. War

rants for the arrest of Consul Muller

and his secretary were served through

their counsel.

Murdock, in a statement said to have

been made to tho prosecuting attorney,

said the negotiations for the delivery

of the Information said to have been

sought by Consul Muller still were

pending when he was arrested. lie

had originally demanded $1,000, ho

said, but later agreed to accept $1,000.

Nine original bills of lading were

recovered from under the mattress of

Murdoch's bed by the prosecuting at

torney's office.

Tho purport of these hills has not

been revealed by any of the principals.

President .1. V. I'atorson, of tho dry

dock company, snys his firm Is not

building submarines for the British or

any other government at war

QUARANTINE VsDECLARED

llorldn Tnkes Slops In Prevent Foul*

nnd-Moudi lllseane.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA., March 17.?

To guard against tho Introduction of

foot-and-mouth disease into Florida,

the State Board of Health to-day de

clared quarantine against all States be

lieved to be Infected Those States In

clude: Connecticut, Delaware, District

of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland. Massa

chusetts, Michigan, Montana, N'ew

Hampshire, N'ew Jersey, N'ew York,

ohlo, Pennsylvania, Ithodo Island, Vir

ginia. Washington and Wisconsin,

POMS UNITE TO CURS

JAPAN'S GREEDY PUNS

England nnd Russia Take Steps to j

Protect China From Extreme

Demands.

UNITED STATES ALSO ACTS

Tokyo Told It Must Stick to Text of

Original Communication as to Fu

ture Moves in China, Under Penal

ty of Diplomatic Rreak With Allies.

PEKING, CHINA. March 17.?Of-,

flclal information reached Peking to- |

clay that thn Husslan ami British am- |

baHsadors at Takyo called upon Ilaron '

Taknalci Kato, Japanese Foreign Min

ister, on Saturday, nnd informed him

that if Japan persisted in pressing

upon China demands beyond those con

tained in her original communication i

to the powers, it would he difficult for

Japan's allies to negotiate diplomati

cally with her in the future.

It Is understood that on the same

tin j', the United States, acting Indepen

dently, although possibly after consul

tation with another power, informed

the Japanese government that certain

of the Japanese demands were not in

consonance with treaty agreements be

tween China and the United States.

ENGLA.VD AND AMEIIICA

IX THOnOUGII ACCOIID

American and British opinions

throughout China are in concord on

this matter, ns voiced privately, semi

officially nnd by the press. The Jap

anese demands have been discussed at

meetings, and protests have been sent

to their respective governments by both

American and British associations.

The opinion As expressed by both

Chinese and foroiBn diplomats that

Japan will withdraw a substantial pro

portion of her demands because of the

attitude of the powers, who have |

called China's attention to the fuet |

that she has no right to make a treaty

with Japnn contravening existing

treaties with them.

The Japanese minister to China, Kkl

: 111 ok I, sustained Injuries yesterday by

! 11 fnH fro'? ,llf< horse, and his condition !

; will prevent the holding of conferences I

for a few days. |

? \VASIITXCSTOJV i:\i:HTI\o

... ,... ,TS II3T I.M'M KM R

WASHINGTON*, March IT. ? it Is ad

mitted. by State Department offirlals

that since the beginning of the nego- J

; nations between China and Japan tbo

lilted States government has quietly

been exerting its influence to have1

; the Japanese demands ameliorated nnd i

, to prevent any infringements of the !

j rights of America either under treaty 1

; or the provisions of general Inter- I

I national law.

j These representations have heen j

made In Washington to the Jnpaneso

ambassador, as well as in Tokyo nnd

? Peking. Officials here have refrained I

j from making public any of the va- I

, rlous steps taken to safeguard Amer- I

, lean Interests. They preserved tbo

same attitude to-day when shown the

| latest news dispatches from Peking.

I hat the British nnd Hussion nmhas

j sudors have served any such notico

j upon Japan as that her future dlplo

f ma tic relations with the two coun

tries would be Jeopardized by her per

sistence In certain demands upon

China, was believed to he a rather

stron:.' statement of tho facts. th?ugh

the officials admitted lack of informa

i tlon.

It was stated that there had heen

no consultation between the American

and British governments regarding tho

effect of the proposed Japan.so de

mands upon existing treaty obligation?.

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(Special to Tho Tltnea-oispatch 1

N13W YORK, March 17.?Twenty

five dollars is the. price of a pretty

girl, according to a local detective here

to-day. who swore he purchased a

nineteen-year-old girl for that amount

from Louis Abrams, twenty-five years

old, a reputed ."white slave dealer."

UNITED STATES

LEFT TO DECIDE

GRAVE PROBLEM

Will It Acquiesce in Form of

Blockade of Germany An

nounced by Allies?

WILSON HAS INDICATED

HIS NEGATIVE ANSWER

Another Strong Protest Undoubt

ably Will Be Forwarded by

Washington.

FAILS A T M A N Y POINTS

This Country's Efforts to Bring Bel

ligerents to Any Sort of Agree

ment Are Futile.

Diplomatic Notes

Are Made Public

fJHE 'Wnshlnnton State Depnrtnient

linn mnde public the nix notes ex

changed between thin country and

Germany, nntl with Great Ilritaln,

relative to nuhmarlne wnr.'nre. the

une of neutral flair*, the removal of

mine*, the qaentlon of food nhlp

mentn and the proclamation of a

blockade by (he nllle*. Heferrlnjc to

thin proponeid blockade, the German

prenn nayn It will nerve to goad Ger

many Into Tv-aglnst a nubmnrlne war

fare frith renolutlon. Three nnhmn

rlnen at various tlmen endeavored to

torpedo the Anchor Line nteamer

Cameronla on her trip through the

Irlnh Sen, to Liverpool from Xew

York. The ?teamer'n npeed raved

her. German underwater craft,

however, have torpedoed three ad

ditional ntenmern.

..WASHINGTON, March 17?-Six-diplo

matic notes were made public to-night

by the State Department, constituting

the entire correspondence of the last

few weeks between the United State*

and Germany and between the Unite I

States and Great Britain and France,

relative to the cessation of submarine

attacks on merchant ships, the ship

ment of conditional contraband and

foodstuffs to civilians, the use of neu

tral (lass by belligerent merchantmen,

the removal of mines nnd the proclama- ?'

tlon of a virtual blockade by the allies

against Germany.

The communications revealed that the

United States, realizing the difficulties

of tho allies In maintaining an effec

tive blockade of Germany by a closo

Kuard of the coast on account of tho

newly developed activity of submarines,

asked that "a radius of activity" be de

I fined. Great Britain and Prance re

plied with the announcement that tho

operations of blockade would not ho

conducted "outsldo of European waters.

| including the Mediterranean."

PnOPOSAl, IS UEJ15CTED

BY RXGLAND ATO AJMLIKS

While Germany agreed. It la dis

closed, to abandon her submarine at

tacks on "merchantlle of any flap" ex

cept when they resist visit or search,

provided foodstuffs were permitted to

reach her civilian population. Great

Britain and her allies rejected the pro

posal originally made by the United

States In an effort to bring the bel

ligerents into an arrangement which

would safeguard the Interests of neu

trals.

Furthermore, the documents show

that the United States asked Great

Britain and France whether the em

bargo on all commerce between Ger

many and neutral countries was to ho

carried out under tho rules of a block

ade or by Interference with ships and

cargoes "as If no blockade existed," tho

two together presenting In the view'

of the American government "a pro

posed course of action previously un

known to International law."

Tho answers from flreat Britain arid

France reveal for the first time that

the allies officially regard their policy

as a "blockade," but desire to refrain

front exercising the rights of belliger

ents under a blockade to confiscate

ships and enrgoes as a penalty for

breach of blockade, substituting pro

cedure In prize courts and compensa

tion through sale of the detained mer

chandise.

The definition of a "radius of ac

tivity" for the allied fleet In European

waters. Including the Mediterranean

is the first Intimation of the geographi

cal limits of tho blockade.

The publication of the correspondence

cleans tho slate of diplomatic notes

and leaves the United States confront

ed with tho question of whether or not

It will acquiesce In the form of block

ade announced by the allies. President

Wilson has Indicated that a strong pro

test will be made.

The notes show the failure of tho

i United States to bring the belligerent*

Into an agreement on the use of sub

j marines and mines, the fixing of a

j definite rule governing shipments uf

conditional contraband to the civilian

I population of a belligerent, and tlii

| abandonment of neutral flaKs as a ru*o

| of war.

OFFICIAL* AHIC IM"7,ZU:0

BY RXfiLAXD'N ItKJKCTIOV

j Officials admitted being somewhat

i puzzled over the British rejection of

I the proposals made by tho United

1 States In this connection. Thoy ob*