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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1015.

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.. a- . .. -? v.- \#>eL \em irk -leraer ? it? and H?>l>ok??l

PRICE ONE ( FA'!' ,n,',T0,>7.,VrwHiRKUr?o?ivr?.

LEITER TO TAKE

STAND; MAYBAI

WHEAT SCANN

Deputy Attorney Gene

Sees Speculator. Wh<

Agrees to Testify.

BREAD DEALERS SAH

TOBi: INTIM1DATI

Prosecutor Finds Witnesses I

luttant I urthcr to Accuse

Bakers o? Conspiracy.

Joieph Uiter, the ?frsin specula

? bo ?7 Otta ate ?7tcn,p:c?l to cor

tt? ?h*?t msrket. Will he a witnes;

the inquiry ?< th? Attorney ?.rneia

???ter-nin? wh?th?f 'he Increased pr:

of bread, flour ?nd wheat have b

do? to any criminal conspiracy. I'cr

Attorns? General Alfred L. Becker

turned from Washington last ni

?ft?r ? long conference with Mr. l.r

itid ??id that he WO?ld testify Tr.da

fle It the or.e mai in the coun

?heie teel tsenj the Attorney lien?

?-?i steel e?xi?at to get. It is une

??.cod that he may make senaatie

????closures M to the recent bull no

mm*. ?I the wheat market and it? i

(MM

"1 r\re" Mr. Leiter to make a ?

illuminating witness." saul Mr. Bee

lut night. "I talked with him for

hour ?nd ? half and found him exce

ingly well informed as to the wh

situation. He knows the game all

?sy from the farmer to the cxp

market ?nd beyond. In his opinion

present rise in the price of brea?!

?!u? p?rt!y 1o natural and partly to a'

tl causes. The fact that he im

none?! artificial cause? is sigint'icant.

fathered the impression that he !

Iieved some one was gott:ng more <

of the market than his rightful shan

perhaps severa'

Wa.-h'r.gtcn Mr. Becker c<

ferred with the statisticians in the I

partment of Agriculture and the ?

perts in the bureau of eh en

that department. Professor Wesslil

,,' -a?,, ehemistry bureau, will testify

the hearings here next week. Th?

appeared to be ne great fund of ac<

rat? information or statistics in the /

raj* Department.

fctetr. Afraid to Tesl.f*

*A J. \\ :. V I?e Ford, Ass

arney, ?ho wa.- a.-signed yi

terdmy" ?o co opera'e with Deputy A

torney ?.rneral Becker m the investi?;

I m the price of hie?

?i conf?ente.! . ?th the difficulty of g?

ting witaessei te appear for exatnin

tion. Iiiforma*.ion received by the Di

trict Attorney's office leads to the b

lief thai some of the desired witness

las*"? bet ?t?td. 1 urthermoi

l?verai re'? 1 baten ?ho made cor

plaints ,%r. holesalers show?

? iieinciinal by their ori;

mal itatenents.

ii eases of a

leired violation of the anti-trust la?

by ? . ere issued I

th? -. .,,y. i

only foui tances did the wi

'a' -? .? - te rasp?n*

'?'? ??I :- her? denied the

could c\. information which the Di'

Wet Attorney had reason to belie*?'

they t

Pending the resumption of the heai

inss lui fore Refer?*) Nusi

h?um in th.- Attorney General's ir

quiry. Assistant District Attorney P

rord is makanj. a careful study of th

evidence hiought out at the last heal

ing relative to charges of alleged coei

fion of small dealer- by th? drivers o

the Ward Baking Company. Mr. D

Iaord .-aid yesterday that he had no

>et decided whether he would pre?en

the e\ ?dente to the grand jury.

line Points of Law Raised.

"I do not mean to say that the ??..

Mee -ubmitted by the Attorney Den

er?l wj!i gap ihow a plain case of vio

lation of the ?Donnelly anti-trust law

restraint of trade.

Mr. De Foul, "but we shall detei

m Hie that fact between now and Tue?

dey ?nd make our icpoit to Disttic

Attorney Perkins. ! he evidenc?

brought out by Mr. Becker raises som?

under the cot,spin?, j

statute v r eh demand careful consider

?tion. \\ other com

llsinti ?i th? ?Ace which ?e are in

?estigat ? g

Despite th ? genera, advance to six

bread, ? ere aie large quantities

?' it lor sal" a' five and even foui

lUt ihr city, ac?

cording to si collecte?! by the

Bureau of Weight? and Measures. In

'he la-t three ?eyi i ommissioner Bar

gai 'i inspectors have four.d more

than s?\a?n hundred bakers in the

greater city who a'c selling wheat

oread at

f ttfiegetl itpul of ahe>e shops

i? more than TOO.UUd loaves a day, he

Mi?i- Mon , hundred baker,

*'th an aggtegate output of SSflQO

waves a Jay. were found who were

?wling lo? a trots 114 to 18

ettneei m weight ?1 ? These

Me a!) comparatively small retail bak

There in- ah.?.it 2,700 of them all

mu\ in the city,

tun.

**y that one case liai been discovcre?)

?f a baker ? V ?. ?r?t using "white sand."

er itjinr ,,,? 0| eryatai, I? make hii

hatvei Ugigh more. He will be prose

? beetoi ? ind five ca-e?

yesterday ??hire leaves wire marked

M ounces ?ml w.-ighe?) onl) 10

The get eral welfare committee ?f

ta? Hoard of Aldermen met yc.-t? nlay

jo coiiMdei the ordinance nit rod vu ed

*T Alderman Frank Dow ling providing

**?' ? Mandai?I loaf of bread in New

?Ofk. It was derided to hold a public

hearing on the subject in ?he alder

??nic chamber on ?Vcilnesday after

"?son ('?ommUsioaer llartigan of the

?ure?u ol Weight! and Measures die

fussed the matter with the committee.

I ??.. Mandard l.oave?.

|t ???? d?cide.l to amend the oi

fowling resolution, calling for a pound

\**t ?? the ?tandard, nd make both a

-?ounce loaf and a 16-ounee loaf ?he

?tsndards. This was ?l????r because the

*>*'er?ge 10 cent loaf -old throughout

'"* city weighs from 1 i?i 20 t?i "<-rs

?nd the average 6-cent l??af from 11 to

> ai.iaa.urd ou ?.atar A. ?uiuau? ?

mi

U. S. NAVY COLLIER

TO PASS WAR ZO?

The Jason Otic to Cross Ai

Prescribed by German De

cree in 48 Hours.

' rara T.-? ,*> .-?? Bursau 1

Washington, Frb. 19. Within

next forty-eigh* hour? a vessel of

l'nited Staters navy, thr collier Ja?

will traverse the war 7one decreed

lirrmnny on her wav from B?rcc!c

S?,;iin. to Bristol, England, with an

hil?it for the I'anama-Pacific Exp?

tion at Ssr. Pranciaco.

Ihr .lason ?a the* mos- modern 1

of collirr sfloat. and her lines

peculiar und rr-mliY diatina*eiaba1

lhc Navy Department, therefore,

not eonceined ?< to hrr (safety fr

submarine attack, but la h little afr

?hat she may strike one ?if the cont

runes. At the same time no ord

nave been sei t tri the Jason to rhai

bel rouis*.

WHITMAN-DOING hT$ BES

Applies Lincoln's Remark

Own Work in Office.

Watertowa, V Y.. Fob, It. (?oven

Whitman addressed the Lincoln Leaj

at the annual banque', here to-night

"Public officials always know what

tifrht," he said, "but it often tal

courage to do what is right. It tr

niean loss of friend?, it may mean ci

?"silure, but tho lesson l.inci

'.a'.ighi when lie ?-aid. 'I do the very hi

I know hu?.' should never be forg

1 ten.

"I know the thing? that were si

, last October when ?t a?ked your si

port." continued the Governor. "T

party is endeavoring to give to t

slate the kind of administration

j promised. There are petty different

I but they are not of principle?. T

disagreements are onlv in non-ess?

tials."_

ZAPATA IN OPEN

BREAK WITH VILL

Southern Mexican Leade

Declares Rival Has Vio

lated Pledge.

Rv 'r?:-?tar" 'i T>? Tribune ;

El Paso. Tex., Feb. If?. By declarii

' himself supreme in control in Mexi

General Francisco Villa has angen

(icneral Emiliano Zapata, and will ha'

*o rifht for ' control of territory

Southern Mexico from which he wit]

drew when he evacuated Mexico Cil

Advice? from the south to-day se

i th? breach between Villa and Zapal

is a* g-r*a*> riow as .1... between Vil!

and Carranca. Zapata says he and Vill

a?ieed thai neither should assume ai

"y and '.hat .Villa not only h?

broken thi? promise?, but hss tried I

take territory which right fully is hel

by Zapatiste .

Zapata's effort to retake Mexic

City, the advice? pay. was due to hi

rie.ue to hold the capital against hot

Villa and Carranza and to carry ou

i his original plan of establishing a gov

' eminent over which he alone could ex

erciae authority.

With an army which Carranza ofti

eial declare numbers more than 2t,00(

General Maclovo Herrera renewed to

day his general attack on Monterey

which is held by Villa troops, ande

1 ? ?ai Felipe Angeles. Reinforce

menta numbering 4.500 men. unde

Generals lliginio Olivo and l-'ortunati

Znasuo. were added to Herrera's fore

to-day. and the assault on the city ii

being made from three sides* with a.

tillcry, eavalrv and infantry.

Vera ClM advices to-night say Gen

1 eral Ohregon, the Carranza commande!

at Mexico ( ity, has driven the Zapa

tistas from all of the suburbs witl

heavy losses.

Zapata forces at Zoquitian and Te

huacuaii. near the city of Pueblo, have

been attacked and routed by Carran

zistaa undei ('eneral Melasco Cavaza

The Zapata troops were moving to re

inforce Zapata's army before Mexicc

City when they were attacked.

Official Carranza advice? from Gen

eral i (breg?n say he is holding Mexici

CitT, and that conditions there ar?

rapid]) mproving.

PAYS $22 50 FOR CHAT

Los Angeles Woman Has

'Phone Talk with Albany.

lai?.? Angele*. Ptb. 19. For the Brat

? ine I n-? An?eles talked to an Eastern

?eacoast state on the telephone to-day.

in her suburban home .n Whittier. Mr.-.

Marguerite Hamm, widow of a former

Mexico City banker, held a three-min?

ute conversation with a woman friend

in Albanv. and said she heard her as

wrll n- if she had been in the same

room.

"Her voice was a? plain a? I ever

heard It," said Ml Hamm, "and I rec?

ognized it instaiitlv."

The little ?hat cost the Western

woman 182 10. _

PRINCETON MEN

TO HEAR SUNDAY

University Doors Closed to Him.

but Evangelist Will Speak

at Church.

I ?, | a ' . !? ? ;

Philadelphia, Feb. 19. Although the

doors of Princeton I'mvcrsily are still

closed to Billy Sunday, he will speak

in PrincetOB to the students on March

?. He will speak in the Eir.-t Presby

te-lian ( hurcli under the auspices of

the Pi m? ee Theological ISciiiinhry.

The invital -ued by the Rev.

Dr. ? hail's Cidman, professor in th<*

<iv.

Tin Piral Presbyterian ( hurch has

biTii el' .ii. Ill K.rdinan said, berai.

President Hibben had refused the Sem?

inary permission le u s Alexander Hall.

"There Is no unpleaaantaeaa between

llibben and the aeaaiaai,

faculty," asserted the professor. " l'h>

seminary ?"?I the univer-.it> naturally

differ in their point of view, We ?rr

dOUal) itlad ni a chance tu a ?

tudenl an opportunity to hiai J

I Mr. i-undaj." ?

SHUT MALTBIE

OUT OF P. S. (

STAR CHAMBl

Associ?tes Clipped

Authority. Declares

(ommissioner.

WILLIAMS TOOK

SECURITIES WO

?Millions Involved in Gas

Kleetric Cases Decided b\

"Inner Circle."'

How he had been deprived of I

of his most, important v.ork in

Public Service Commission ami lin

it? his participation in the private

ferences was told by Commissi

Malthie to the legislatne investign

committee yesteiday.

In the last year, the Commissi?

said. Chairman McCall h?d taken a

from him a number of cases, inc

mg those pertaining to the issnanc

new securities a matter in which

is considered an authority. The la

were turned over to Commissi?

Williams, who was said to have

sei.ed that the commission wantc

charge in the method of hand

them. Mr. Malthie declared the Ci

ful principles he had worked out

been violated, and he felt constrai

to write dissenting opinions when

cas? came before the entire comr

tion.

Despite that fact, the Commissic

did a cood deal of work, as indie?

by his own figure?, which showed t

eut of "110 hearing-? in the la-1

months of 1014, 116 had been held

him. Out of forty-nine opinions ha

ed down twenty-eight were credited

him.

Malthie Slighted Often.

Then there was the "freeze o

from ?he confidential relations w

the other commissioners. In the 1

three or four months, the witness si

chairman McCall and Commission

Wood and Williams had sot into I

habit of holding private conferences,

which he had not been invited a

as to the details of which he has Y

no information. It wss the "int

circle," according to William Hi

ward, counsel for the commi' e?.

Overnight Mr. Malthie had chais

his Tiews as to when the work of cc

structinr* the new subways might

taken out of the hands of the comm

sion and turned over to another bo?

(in Th.ur.-day the Commissioner tes

ficd that, while in theory the ci

should do its own construction work,

did not think it a good idea to take

out of the hands of the commissi

until the present dual system was net

ing completion. Yesterday he volu

tanly stated that he had learned th

the work of drawing plans for the ik

work was so far advanced that it mig

be done within a f'W months surely

six months. In reply to questions, 1

then .-aid he did not see why the co

Struction work could not be put in tl

hands of a separate board to be a

pointed by the Mayor within a sho

time.

?'orne persons thought this mig!

signify that Mayor Mitchel, with who

the Commissioner is close on trans

matter?, h?d decided he was prepare

to take over the construction work,

report spread around that they ha?l ha

a talk overnight. This was denied b

both officials, however, and it is undei

stood the Mayor is still not convince

that he wants to run the risk of ?stun

ing the responsibility for not delayin

the completion of the subways b

taking control of the work through

board to be named by him.

Mayor Mitchel to Testify.

Next week Mr. Mitchel will have

chance to give his views on that propo

sition on the witness stand. He will h

followed by Controller Prendergast am

President McAneny on the same sub

ject. Frederick W. Whitridge, pie>i

dent of the Third Avenue Railroad, wh?

ha. persistentl? defied the commissior

and gloried in it will also he ? wit?

ness.

"Wasn't it customarv when a com

missioner was assigned to a matter to

let him go through with it and make a

report?" asked Mr. Hay ward, leading

gently up to the way in which (.'ommis?

sioner Maltbie had been deprived of

his duties.

The Commissioner replied that it

was, but recently cases assigned to him

had been given to the whole commis?

sion on rehearing. Heforc that some of

his cases had been given to other com

missionere.

"This change took plate about a year

ag"." tie nid. "Lp to that time all

the capitali7Htion cases were referred

to inc."

Among th" ??.p.tal; ??non ?a-e- taken

'torn him the ? ommissioner mentioned

the Astoria C?as Company, the New

York Edison Company, the ? consolidated

('as. Company and the Dry Dock Rail?

way reorganisation.

"Who did they go to?" asked counsel.

"' om m i.'?s i oner Williams."

"Why did you ssk to be relieved?"

"I did not."

"Wh? ?lid II ?"

"I he chairman."

"Was there any di.-cusrion when the

chairman took the ca?es away from

>.?u

Importan! < ase? Shifted.

' I nrie WaU not."

"P.d you say anything?"

"1 did not" a pan c **th?l ; , not in

? h mil i '? n

"Hud C?mmiasioner Williami hewn

any aptitude In such i? ?

"He hail sh?wa RO inteic-t in them."

"Wh?t ?sa: 'h?- in M lie Bjed them?"

"I ha\e nothing but he?r?ay on that.

( oniintssioiicr Bustle told me of a cou

\ei.ation he had ?ith Commistie?et

Caallaued em ?as? a. columa I

<

'

Gary and Perkins Tour Workshops

With Deaconess Who Founded Work

T i

Visitors Go in Limousine

to See J,000 Destitute

Assisted by Method

Thai Began with

but ?lleven Men.

Deaeonea ? harlotte l'ojd, of S

Bartholomew's church, had her day c

triumph ;.e terday. A small, d?licat

woman, in the nunlike garb of her ol

See, she doe not seek triumph". Hu

the ?lay was her= nevertheless. Sh

led certain powerful men of th

Mayor's Committee on Unemploymen

on s five hour tour, and Ihey

tartled e; ' hal preat thing

hase been able t<? accomplish througl

adopting her p'rm for relieving uiirm

ployment

Klbert H. Gary, chairman el ih.

committee; George W. Perkins, ene e

the chief money getters of the move

men', an.i City < haniberlain Bruer?

were the ones who visited fhe twelvi

workrooms they have established ir

imitation of the one Misi Boyd s.tartec

for St. Bartholome? '.-. They looked al

their work, ?ailed it good, and gave th?

credit to Mill Boyd.

It was an impressive tour. First

there \v?n Mr. Gary in his limousine

with chauffeur and footman in uniform

FORTY SUBMARINES

NOW FIT FOR WAR

To Tribune's Disclosures Is

Credited .Atlantic Flotilla's

Sudden Improvement.

?Trll ?????? I -'??': '

W ? hington, Feb. V.r. The n?vy has

now more than forty submarines in

commission and ready for instant u-e,

either for manoeuvres or war, accord

iiif* to Secretary Daniels.

As late as ia?t October the condition

of the submarine flotilla was such that

only a single craft on the Atlantic sea?

board eould b< trueted to acquit her?

self with anything like efficiency. This

fact was first pointed out in The Trib?

une and later conlirmed by statements

from the commander in chief of the

submarine flotilla and from Rear Ad

niral Fletcher, commander in chief of

the Atlanti.- fleet

It was these disclosures which con?

centrated the work of the navy yards

on the rehabilitation of the flotilla, ?nd

to-day's announcement is the result.

NEW YORK TO WAIT

FOR 60 AMERICANS

Liner's Sailing Delayed to Take

On Passengers to Arrive

from I ranee.

I 1 r - 'f. Ii- 1 -

I ??m. Feb. It. Through the special

efforts of the American r.nibas.sy in

?1 1 ? he embassy here ity

American? in th? rranch capita! ?rill he

sl>l? t?? catch the American liner \< ?

York, ?ailing for Mi u '?? ? row.

The v ? \..', ?rill be held several

hours to ?.-i?.?- ?in opportum'v f?

I'-' ?ngei to reach l.i\erpool. The

roundabout erosaing is the cause of th?

?I. la).

I . New York ?ill carry ? good com

plemenl of r:'" engers for ?his season

?f the year. If th.re la any fear of |

Germes torpedo** il is not reflected I

ai pr?tent b> tiie proipective passen-'

$10,000 DAILY NEEDED

TO GIVE IDLE WORK

By GEORGE W. PERKINS.

If U costing us over ?...000 a dav

(o run th? workrooms ?e have ?n

operation no?. It won'i hr long be?

fore wc will need 510,000 a dav. If

e*nl> people could realize ?vhal good

ihev can du this way! I have passed

the hal anel got $110,000, but if is

hard. Some men nay the plan is un?

economic, (hat it is not business. I

a*4. Ihem for suggestions for a hei?

fer plan. Wc will he ??lad to adopt

an...

\\ c I hink we have ? plan that

keeps people at work, without of?

fending 1'ie labor unions. It helps

bol h (he unemploted and the pour

who get our product*. Bui. above

all. we need more monev.

fur coats and turbans of fine gray fur.

At eich of the workrooms the footman,;

with a fur tobe over his arm, opened,

the door. Then came Mr. Perkins, with

two limenaines sud hi? chauffeurs.

Albert and George. There was still a

fourth limousine, bearing the youthful

figure of the City Chamberlain. Each :

had in his car a number of others in-'

TO PLEAD FOR SLAYER

Father Oashin Will Appeal to

Governor for Clemency.

Salvntore ('ainpanella, broth?>i' of

little Merit Campanella. who last week

begged Distrieet Attorney Perkins for

i le money for her father, condemned to

rjia for the killing of his wife, yester

Jaj received a letter from Earner

Caahin. chaplain of Sing S.ng prison,,

?eying tha' tin- latter would mak* a

personal plea to Governor Whitman

lency fer Campanella.

Salvatore and his brother Ignace ?

n ade affidavit? to District Attorney j

I'orkins yesterday that they were able:

to care for little Marie. They asked

lor her release from the Children'-? So

?lety, and an application will be made

to the Supreme Court.

a

DETECTIVE IS CLEARED

Wife Fails to Prove Non Sup?

port or Inhuman Treatment.

Jaetica Glecerieh yaeterday decided

n favor of Detect.re Lieutenant Ber

lard McCenvilla in the separation suit

irought again-' him by Mr? Priscilla

lii'i or.'iHe. Mr?. HcCottville seed on

i.e grounds of iiiliunian treatment and

n sufficient sunnort. Justice Giegerich

?aid that neither was proved agains?

he police official.

Al the trial McConville showed that

ie had triad to conciliate his ?rife, but

hat their daughters, who, he mid,

aaeed the family difference?, stood in

he way of a reconciliation.

ERIN'S GREEN FLAG

TO PROTECT VESSELS!

i,.

London. I eh. P.?Slcamship com?

panies tmd'ng from Newrv have

decided that their ?.hips ?hall fl.

the Irish flag. The? think that sn>

outrage on lhis flag would ?rouse

strong feeling among ihe Irish in

Amenta.

Inspection of Twelve Places

a Triumph for Quiet

Woman Who Devised

Practical Way to Re?

lieve Unemployed.

terestod in seeing just what was going

on. Some carried cameras and some

paper and pencils.

"I started my workroom December 3

with eleven men," Miss Boyd said, de?

scribing the plan. "The city took it

over in January, and there are now 500

men employed. We give them 10 cents

an hour und their lunch. They have

live hour? work a day. This gives them

i-noiigh to keep body and soul together

and some timo e?ch ?lay to look for

better work.

"They are mostly making and rolling

bandages and dressings. This product

we give to the hospitals which care for

the pt i'. Others, under competent in?

structor?, arj learning to cobble shoes,

repair cat e chairs, weave blankets and

do other work. We got the use of this

building through the kindness of Dock

(ommissioner R. A. C. Smith."

It was the workshop of the depart?

ment, at Fifty-sixth Street and North

R ver. One floor had been handed over

( ontlaued an pase 3, rolumn I

BERLIN WOMEN

FIGHT FOR FOOD

Riot at Markets When Potato

Supply Gives Out?Am?

bulances Called.

'B> CattS t" The Tribun*. 1

Copenhagen, Feb. 1?. Turbulent

scenes took place to day in the Berlin

markets. Crowd? of waiting would-he

purchasers found, ten minutes after

the opening, that potstoes were unob?

tainable. Th- frantic and famished

women, who formed a majority of the

crowd, simply cleared the stocks from

the stalls without payment, seizing

other articles of food exposed ?s well

as potatoes.

The interior of the great building

'Oon looked like a battlefield, and there

were many wounded, for whom ambu?

lances had to be brought.

Fearing repetition of these scenes,

the maximum price of potatoes has

been increased, ?n inducement to

farmers to send in larger supplies.

NEUTRAL SHIP SUNK;

CREW IS DROWNED

London, Feb. 20. The Norwegian

st. ?mer Nordkyn has been sunk

through striking a mine near Bornholm

Island, in the Baltic Se?, according to

a dispatch from Copenhagen to the

Central New?,. All of the crew were

drov ne?i.

-

Woman Burns to Death.

M ?? Bridget Iielany, seventy year?

ol?l, was hurned to ?leath last night in

her home, a? 9? Jettweo? Avenue, Ja- ?

maica. lier brother Patrick, two years ;

older, was s?ved by a pulmotor after

being overcome by ?-moke. The pair

had ?i\?d in the httle house for up-1

?aid of thirty years. '

' a

SUBMARINES CUT OFF

BRITAIN FROM EUROPE;

NEUTRAL TORPEDOED

Cross=Channel Communication Stopped on

Second Day of Germany's Under-Sea

Blockade of Island Ports.

NORWEGIAN SHIP STRUCK OFF DOVER

Belridge Beached at Walmer ? Trench Vessel

Dinorah Also Hit, but Towed Into Port

Many Sailings Are Cancelled.

? . . ? Tft? Triions )

London, Feb. 20.- With the stoppage of all cross-Channel traffic and

the suspension of the services to Flushing, Groat Britain is to-day virtually

I cut off from the rest of Kurope. This is the salient development of the

? German tiav.il policy which was announced to take effect on Thursday, the

torpedoing of two merchantmen yesterday affording earnest that the

German threats are to he followed by ex-scution.

The merchantmen attacked were the Norwegian owned tank steam?

ship Hclridge. New Orleans, for Amsterdam, with a cargo of oil, and the

French steamer Dinorah, Havre for Dunkirk.

An official statement issued l?y the Admiralty last night says the Bel

' ndge was struck by a torpedo tired by a German submarine near K??lke

stone. Pieces of the torpedo, it is asserted, have been found on the ship.

The Relridge was beached at Walmer wit1- ner forepeak awash. Latest

advices say that after her crew of nineteen nad been landed she was floated

and that arrangements were being made for her to proceed to Thames

Haven convoyed by a tug. It is understood that the cargo of the Bel

ridgc was Ameri? an owned.

The Dinorah was torpedoed off Dieppe by the German submarine

i U-16. but was towed into port before she could sink.

The 'cross-Channel service? from Irish to British ports are (akin***

no notice of the German blockade.

.As yet, no retaliatory measures against the German submarine and

mine blockade have been announced.

BRITAIN TO MAKE I

FOOD CONTRABAND

Decision Announced to

Take Wilhelmina Cargo

to Pri7ae Court.

London. Feb. 10. The British gov?

ernment announced to-day that it had

d"-:i|ed *hat the esrgo of the American

steamer Wiliielmina should be held for

the decision of the priie court.

The announcement of the govern?

ment's decision was made by Sir Fd

ward Grey, the British Foreign Secre?

tary. It seems to make clear the pur

po~?- of (?rent Britain to declare all |

foodstuffs for Gerstnny contraband, as?

well as to fore?h?dow other reprisals. :

In his note Sir Kdward ?irey, after re-,

viewing the German methods of war?

fare and denouncing them as absolute

violation.--- o( ??" international usage.-?,

saw- :

"If, therefore, lis majesty's govern?

ment should hereafter feel constrauwd

to deelere foodstuffs absolute contra?

band or to titkr ??ilier measures for in?

terfering with (?orinan trade by way el

reprisals, they confidently expect that;

such action will not be challenged on

the part, of neutral states by appeals i

to laws an?! iisagi's of war whose valid

Ity rests on their forming an integral

part of that system of international

doetrine which, as a whole, their enemy

frankly boasts the intention to disre?

gard, so long as such neutral states

cannot compel the German government

to abandon methods of warfare which

have not in recent history been regard?

ed as having the sanction of either law

or humanity."

Great Britain's reply on the Wilhel

mina case, which was handed to-day to

Walter Hines Page, the American Am?

bassador, was as follows:

"The communication made by the

United States Ambassador in his note

to Sir Kdward Grey, of the 16th inst.? ,

h?s been carefully considered and the

following observations ?re offered in

reply:

"At the time when his majesty's gov

e-nment gave directions for the ??eiz- '

ure of the cargo of the steamshio Wil?

helmina as contraband they had before

them the text of a decree made by the

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USEOFU.S.FlJUf

UPHELD BY BRITISH

But Any Intention of Mak?

ing It a General Prac?

tice Is Denied.

London, Feb. 1??. The British For?

eign Office this evening issued a note

in reply to the representations of the

I'nite?! States government coneerning

the use of the American flag by British.

vessels. Its salient passage is as fol?

low-?:

"The obligation upon a belligerent

warship to ascertain definitely for itaelf

the naiionalit\ and character of a mer

a hant vessel before rapturing it and, ?

fortiori, helore ?inking and deitroying

it ha? been universally recognued. If

that obligation is fultiiled. the hoisting

of a neutral flag on ?hoard a British

>essel cannot possibly endanger neu?

tral shipping, and the Bri.irah govern?

ment holds that if losa lo neutrals i?

caused by disregarding this obligation

it is upon the enemy ?easel disregard?

ing and upon the government giving

ordern that il should be diaregarded

that the full responsibility for Injury to

neutral? ought lo rest."

The following is the text of the reply

of (?reat Britain to the Amer can note

a? handed to Walter Mines Page, the

A me i ??'an Ainba- -i-dor, t.,-d?y:

"Th?- memorandum comn untested on

rebruary 11 ?all .?Mention in courte?

ous and fheadly ?omis to the action of

the captain of the British steamship

l.u?itani? in raising the fl?g ?f the

I nite<l States of America ?hen ?p.

proaching British water.?, and says that

toatlaue? <?? pa?, t. column t

Newcastle exchange rates ?how??*!

considerable advances yesterday, soma

underwriter? refusing licenses for es?t

roast voyages, while others asked nota?

ble advances, quoting the shortest

Chsnnel crossing at 20 shillings a hun?

dred guineas; Rouen, 22 shillings per

cent and Mediterranean voyages

Genoai, 41 shillings per hundred

guinea?.

The ('un-rd Line cancelled its ssll?

ing of the Franconia scheduled for to?

morrow, snd the passengers booked

therefor v. ill go to America by tha

Cameronia from Glasgow on Sunday.

The sailing of the 7.eelsnd fr<?m Liver?

pool for Halifax and Portland has also

been cancelled, but In both cases it is

explained that the decision is not due

to the blockade.

There was some uneasiness among

American.* here until the Adriatic had

safely arrived. Mary Garden and hef

sister were amone? the passengers. A*

the Hotel Hitt to-day the singor was

reported ill, though not seriously. Her

sister said the trip had been very

pleasant, except for one bad day.

"Wc had a most uneventful voyage,1*

sha added. "We saw several warships

while crossing the Irish Sea, but no

submarines." At no time was tha

American flrg fle.wn.

A Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen

says :

"Three steamers sailed to-day (Fri?

day i for the United States and three

for the British Isle?. All the vessels

had their names, nationalities and na?

tional colors painted on their hulls, in

accordance with the recent instruc?

tions.

"Representatives of the Danish?

Swedish and Norwegian governments

Will meet here to-morrow to discuss

queutions connected with their ship?

ping in the North Sea."

Rotterdam, Feb. 19. -The steamer

Dganda, from Norfolk, Va., the first of

the Belgian Relief Commission's ves?

sels to arrive here since the declara?

tion of the German blockade, docked

at I a. m.

The captains of all Belgian relief

ships putting into Fa.mouth have been

advised to paint the name of the corn?

mission on the sides of their vessels.

They have been provided, furthermore,

with huge banners bearing the nama

of the commission.

Many Dutch vessels are now in Brit?

i?h waters on their way to or from

ports in Holland. Some apprehen*ie>n

is felt in shipping circles, but it 1a

pointed out that these merchantmen ar?

easily distinguishable, and consequent?

ly it is hoped there will be no untoward

happenings. The reported encounter of

the Dutch steamer Helena with a Zep?

pelin airship in the North Sea and tha

fact that the vessel was not harmed ia

regarded as indicating that Germany

does not intend to attack ? eutrsls.

The government is considering an in?

surance plan for ships, under which

shipping companies will take about 20

per cent of the risk, the rest beinf

borne by the government and in-iuranca

companies.

Paris, Feb. 19. "The linking by Ger

many of merchant ships is simply an

eNtensioti to the sea of her war

ngainst non combatant:? on land." said

\ ictor Augagneur. the French Minister

of Marine, to The Associated Press li>

c?ay.

"Germany." said M. Augagneur, "cvl

dentlv felt the great efficiency of tha

Allies' blockade of German port?, and

the proclamation of a counter blockado

ia the result. We expect merchant %CB

aela to oe ?una. Not. however, as

many a? Germany expect.?. The tor?

pedo is not an infallible weapon, as is

shown in the case of the steamer Di

i.orah. which, after being torpcli ?ii,

?as to.ved into port.

area for protection will bo

taken, the nature of which I am not at

liberty to disclose. Ultimately tier

man submarines themnehe* will bo

sunk, perhaps sooner than they er?.

pect.

"The Germans cannot Justly com?

plain of th? Allies' block?.le of (in,