NITHER HOSPITAL
HP TORPEDCEL
Germans Forget Their Pledge
to King Alfonse.
ALL ‘NOUNDED ARE SAVED |
british Ship Of Mercy Attacked And
Sunk While Displaying All The
Lights And Markings Required
By The Hague Convention,
Bristol, England.—The hospital ship
Rewa was torpedoed without warning
an hour before midnight on January
4 and sank within an hour. Accord
ing to custom, the vessel was lighted
up after dark Friday evening, so that
there could be no possibility of sub-
marines mistaking her identity.
The torpedo struck fhe vessel with
a terrific crash and effective |
that was no saving
her. There were board, in
cluding bed-fidden and a numbe:
of soldiers suffering from
The lights on the hospital ship were
put out by the the explosion
and the wounded and sick
grope about in the dark for thelr cle
ing. Many of them wert
in their queat and
ship without clothing
boats and on they
no protection the
wind.
All aff and
the members of the crew, with the ex
was 80
chance
5650 on
there of
30
malaria
force of
had to
wt by
unsuccessful
to
leave the
rad t
While in the
rafts
from
the patients, the £hip's st
santian f ¢}
ception of i
in 1
killed
rescued
They
was sins
IT 06
Lascars, who
f
by the explosion, were
from the
boats ani
had hardly left the Rew
3 1
on even Keel, wi
v1 or 14 - orl
nly phinged forw:
rescued
befor
vivor
Swan:
cloth
wers
pital
The tori
»
removed
went Ai
painted on he
rectly
TO CONTROL OIL SUPPLY
Be Under Fuses! Administratia
With Special Man In Charge.
Washing
reaa
prepa
win
supply
A man
charge
public wit}
Governn
well
plated,
JONES SURVIVORS CAPTIV
John F. Murphy And Albert De Mello
Prisoners In Germany.
Washington. —Twr
destroyer Ja
Dex ember 6,
in Germain
Throu x1
has learned
Mello, seaman,
Francis Murphy,
De Mello's address is 121 H
#treet, New Bedford, Mags
whose name was
“Marfee,” lived
Newport, R. L
and
cook
thaw ay
Murphy,
given
52 H
Jo selil
previously
at avenue,
LOSE TEETH TO ESCAPE DRAFT.
Reports Reach Easton Of Cowardly
Slackers In Talbot.
Easton, Md.-——Raports reached Eas.
ton that a number of young men in
diferent parts of the county were
having their teeth pulled out in hopes
local exequption board for physical dis.
ability. It is sald that one young man
had 15 teeth extracted.
ALIEN MAYOR TAKES CHARGE.
Injunction Proceedings Filed, But
Mil'sr Steps In.
Michigan City, Ind. Fred C. Miller,
alleged enemy allen, assumed office
as mayor of this city without opposi-
tion. No word had been received ax
to the progress of injunction proceed.
ings begun at Valparaiso by persons
who objected to the fnetallation of a
“German” mayor
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DRAFT LAW 15
United States Supreme Court
Holds Congress Has Power.
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Opposition Would Rob Gov-
ernment Of All Au-
’ thority.
act was upheld as constitutional by
the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice White, who delivered
the unanimous opinion, in a brief
statement declared that after consid
ering the various contentions the con-
clusion had been reached that
them were imaginary
real.
The decision resulted fr
13 cases
most
rather than
ym the ap
peals of
lective
Now
from
victions under the se
fre York,
Minn«
act, five coming i347)
three from Ohio, fou
»
sota and one from Georgia. Cons
tutionality of the act was made the
basis for all of the appeals
All Must Serve Sentences,
New York
Kramer, Morris Beck-
Alexander Berk
The first
The
those
cases from were
of Loui
er, Emma Goldman,
Mever Gi
ware convicied
man and aubard
four
induce other
of habea
fy Friuli er . !
yr refusd 0 register o une
er Conspiracy Charge.
Tr tha
GE €
Doesn't Cov
3 x
a iW € t
hos
COLD POLICEMAN SAVES BANK,
Had Cone In To Get Warm
Enters.
When
O00 he
robbed
bone,
a
nes and
The
{wo cor
mpa
wa
robbed
niens
n a limousine
CHAMBERLAIN GUILTY.
The Murder Of Mis Brother.
Dr. Asa W, Cham
was found guilty of the mu
his brother, Albert, and
to life imprisonment
Chamberlain still claimed his
cence, and will carry his case to higl
courts Both the Chamberlain:
came here from lowa about three
years ago, The state contended the
Goochland, Va.
beriain
ger of
gen
Dr
tencesd
his body and buried it on a farm, pos
session of which was alleged to have
been the cause of a quarrel between
them.
RATIFY DRY AMENDMENT.
Both Houses Of Mississippl Legisia.
ture Act On Federal Bill
Jackson, Miss Fifteen minutes aft.
er the subject was presented in Gov.
ernor Bibo's message to the state leg
islature, both houses ratified the pro
posed prohibition amendiient to the
Federal Constitution. "Only eight dis
senting votes were cast. The Miesh
sippl assembly is the first to eci on
the proposed vmendment.
[EUTON PEAGE
Peace lerms.
Premier Declares Wrongs Of 187°
Must Be Righted, Italy's Demands
Satisfied And Small Nationalities
To Select Own Government.
The British Prime Mi
Lioyd George, set fortl
war alme more speci
greater length before
delegates of the trades unions
had ever done before In
the speech was a reply to, and
the German peace
voiced by the spokesman fo)
Powers at Brest
con f¢ rence
London.
David
Britain's
at
ister,
Great
fically
the
than
effect,
a rejection of,
and
he
terns as
the Central the
Litovsk
The
British
British
of
by th
Re
three oints
lated
Minister, are
of
treaties; territorial
dinal p
1Erme, &8 enund
Prime
oh
ed
the san
bas
gelf-determination
settlement
on the 1» it of or
consent of the
of an
limit armaments
probability of war
Having first declared that
i war of aggress
Ge
the governed:
international
and
tion organization
to diminish the
it was not
ion against Germany
or the rman people, and
breaking up of the Germ:
or the di {
integration of
the objects
NEW MISSION
FOR
CAPTURED 114544 IN YEAR
British In Same Period Lost
Te Germans
28.27%
Tha War or
TURKEY'S PEACE TERMS
Of Dardanelles
Russian Evacu:
passage
feat
Turkish
a,
are provided
fo
rms
in
pre.
according to an Ex
¢ ™ 7 *
Of peace 1«¢
ist
ange Telegraph dispatch from Pet
Turkey, it is provided, i= to
retain her active army in consequence
of the continuation of war against the
entente
rograd
BRITAIN LOSES DESTROYER.
Warship Torpedoed And Sunk In
Mediterranean,
London.-—-A British torpedo-boat
has been torpedoed and
the Mediterranean sea, ac-
cording to an Admiralty ammounce.
ment. All the officers of the destroy.
er were saved, but 1¢ members of the
crew were lost,
sunk in
KERENSKY SERIOUSLY ILL.
Reported To Be In The Last Stages
Of Lung Trouble.
London.—Former Premier Kerensky
of Rusein, is near death, according to
reports reaching here by way of
Switzerland. The Russian leader, who
has suffered from lung ailment for
several years, is now sald to be In
the last stages of the disease.
dd
RESIDENT
RESTATES
AR AMS
14 Conditions Under
Which Peace is Possible.
FRANCE
Peace or War.
Germany Must Right Wrong of Taking
Algace-Lorraine — Complete Evacua-
tion of Belgium-—Removal of All Eco-
nomic Barriers—Equality in Trade.
Washingion
of
giatement of
Jan
War
declarations
Jldoyd
HreRer
presen
recent
miler,
George, President
ed to Congr
world a declaration of
Bed i«
i would be posable
pe ace :
tocrocy
The Pr
restoration
for
dom
reduction
tees for
tween
of
i
posed
govereignts
it dealt
foot of
ad oocupied-—ever)
3 every point of van
as a permanent addition to their
territories and their power
it {2 a reasonable conjecture that the
the more liberal statesmen of Germany
and Austria, the men who have begun
to feel the force of their own people's
thought and purpose, while the con-
crete terms of actual settlement came
from the military leaders who have no
thought but to Keep what they have
got. The negotiations have been bro
ken off. The Russian representatives
were sincere and in earnest They
eannot entertain such proposals of con-
quest and domination.
The whole incident is full of signifi.
eance, It fs also full of perplexity
With whom are the Russian represen.
tatives dealing? For whom are the
representatives of the Central Empires
speaking? Are they speaking for the
majorities of their respective pariia-
ments or for the minority parties, that
military and imperalistie
which has so far dominated their whole
policy and controlled the affairs uf Tur
ad
the Balkan
obliged to
ich
ABKO-
Etlates w
becotie their
reg
onferel
Teu-
Mocrs
ve heen holding with the
and Turk atesmen
in « ciosed, doors,
the been audiencs
leglired
then?
those
whom have we been
listening
ning
To
intention
who the spirit and
of the Ger
man ninth of July
last, epirit intention of the
Libera! lenders and parties of Germany,
or those who resist and defy that spirit
and intention and insist! upon conquest
Epeak
.
the resolutions
oi the
Refchetag
the and
Or are we listening.
in
contradiction?
in fact, to both, unreconciled and
open and
These are
hone! eas
very serious and pregnant
questions, Upon
the answer LO them
depends the peace of the world
But whatever results of the par
leys at Brest-Litovsk, whatever the con-
fusion of counsel
utterances of the
the
and of purpose in the
spokesman of the Cen
tral Empires, they
have again attempt
acquaint the
ed to world with their
objects in the war and have again chal
ged their adversaries to
thelr objects are and what
would
they deem ju
no good reasor
people
tain their utmost hope of
ordered peace
£11 ¥ yw
i OE ORS
permit hence
understandings of any
of conguest and aggran
one by 20: 820 {2 also the
of secre! covenants enfered into in
! particular Governments
unlooked for
peace of the worle
fact, now to
public man whose
not still linger in an age
and gone, which makes it
possible for every nation whose pur
poses are consistent with justice and
the peace of the world to avow now or
at any other time the objects it has in
view,
We entered this war because viola:
tions of right had occurred which
touched us to thé quick and made the
iife of our own people impossible un-
less they were corrected and the world
interest ©
likely at
to upset
It is this
of ¢
thoughts do
that is dead
BOM
the
happy clear
ays
the view very
currence. What
war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to
ourselves,
made fit and safe to live in; and par
peace-loving uation which, like our
own, wishes to live its own life, de
termine its own institutions, be assured
All the peoples of the world are, In
effect, partners in this Interest, and for
our own part we see very clearly (hat
en he done to of
ible progra
1. Open «
arrived
private
of
iO
view,
Absolute
the
ile
’
walers, alike
cept as the seas
or in part by ! ional action for
the enforce
nants
4. The removal, so far as possible of
all economic barriers and the establish
me: international
Cove
ment of an equality of trade conditions
wmong all nations to
peace and associating themselves for its
maintenance
4. Adquate
taken that
reduced
domestic safety
A free, open-minded,
impartial adjustment of
the consenting
guarantees Eiver
national armaments
to the lowest point consi
with
and
iy
sirict
claims, based upon a
of the principle that in determ
such questions of sovereignt
terests of the populations
gt have equal rights with
EOY
ne
stnbarrassed opport
developn
passage
all nati
aniees
132 At dependent
should be erected, which should include
the territories inhabited by indisputab
ly Polish populations, which should be
assured a free and secure
sea. and whose political and economie
territorial integrity
international
Polish State
ACHES {0 Lhe
independence and
should be guaranteed by
covenant
14. A general association of nations
must be formed under specific cove
nants for the purpose of acording mu-
tual guarantees of political independ
ence and territorial integrity to great
and small States alike
In regard to these essential rectifiea-
tions of wrong and assertions of right
we feel ourselves to be intimate part
ners of all the Governments and peo:
ples associated together against the
imperialists, We cannot be separated
in interest or divided in purpose. We
stand together, until the end.
For such arrangements and cove
nants we are willing to fight and to con
which this program does remove,
nO A
Experiments have been successfully
Scotland, with electrical overhead
discharges as affecting the growth
of crops