iSSBwwwwS'SSiiij'' jmimmMwi.1 '! wnnm mmmrmwrim --U'4 "tt!-'miii ? -Hv i-wg lyyfrnyy1 EVENING- LKD8EE-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 131G. U S. TO ACCEPT LUSITANIA TERMS BERLIN OFFERED , Senator Stone Says He Be lieves Controversy Is Set '. tied; Others Not Sure BREAK IS NOW KEMOTE ACCUSE GERMANS HERE OF PLOT TO INVADE CANADA Would Blow Up Welland Canal to Halt Munition and Food Shipments GERMANS LOSE AFRICAN COLONY 7" BOUGHT MANY RIFLES WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. ' Acceptances by (ho United States of the latest Herman stieRestlons for n settle ment of the Lusltanla controversy wero I forecast in olllclal circles todaV. I -,'Tho, chief optimist was Mcnator Stone, t of Missouri, chairman of tho Senate For eign ltelntlons Committee. Following a conrciencc at the State Department mid White House, Senator Stono expressed the belief that tho Lusltanla danger was passed.' Ho said: "My Impression Is that tho Lusltanla case Is settled." Other ofTlelals would not jro so lar. The President has not yet determined on his course of action. OHICIals expected he would wait until the whole matter had been, threshed out nt tomorrow's Cabinet meeting before announcing any policy. Meanwhile, ho and Secretary Lansing wilt discuss every phaso of the Gorman offer and determine whether by ncceptlng It further decisions of International moment bo prejudiced. The one other outstanding dovolopment of today was an Indication from Secre tary Lansing that he Is docldedly Irritated over tho reported declaration of llerr Zimmerman, German Under Secretnry of Foreign Affairs, indicating that the United States had Increased Its demand during tho negotiation. Secretary Lansing, In this connection, permlt.cd himself to bo quoted as follows: "This Government has not Increased Its demands In the Lusltanla enso as set forth In the notes of May 13, June 0 nnd July 21. I-doubt very much If Doctor Zimmerman over made stu-h a statement, for ho must know It Is utterly false." Secretary Lansing stated very frankly he. had not yet succeeded in making nn appointment with President Wilson. Ho added that he probably would see him tonight, Until ho doea heMvlll not hold nny further conferences with Ambas sador von Bcrnstorft. The Secretary In sisted, however, that no deadlock existed. He could not say, ho explained, whether n. further conference will be necessary after the President reaches a, decision in tho latest German proposals. Until tho President reaches- a -let-lslon. Secretary Lansing said, he could not Indicate when the Stato Department will give out the statement ho promised to make summing up tho Lusltanla situation. White House sources today depre cated the action of certain German ofll clals In indicating that tho contro versy 1b settled at this particular stago. It was pointed out that In International questions of this moment prematura an nouncements might work great harm. It Is understood that discreet hints to tho effect had boon given to tho Ger man' Embassy. The main factor standing out today was that the danger point of an ultimatum to Germany has passed. Kvcn if this Government rejects Germany's latest sug gestion!! further diplomatic exchanges are certain. COL. HOUSE CONSIDERS MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL Denies Hurried Departure From Ber lin Was at President's Call PAIUS, Feb. 7. When asked today If he considered his return mission a suc cess, Qolonel E. M. House, special diplo matic agent of President Wilson, replied: "I am entlrelv HatlsfliMl." Colonel House will go to .LotS&n o!l1 morrow where he will again fconfSr will? members of the British cabinet" before sailing Jor New York on tho liner Rotter dam, on February 19. Colonel House has seen President Poln care. Premier Drland and other members of the , government, but declined to dis cuss the nature of his mission. It Is regarded as significant that Colonel House curtailed his visit to Germany Just at the time when President Wilson was making truculent speeches which wero supposed to bo aimed at Germany. When asked why he had left Berlin so hurriedly Colonel House refused to admit that he was In nny degrco responsible for tho recent utterances of President Wilson. "It Is true that I left Berlin rather hurriedly," the envoy admitted, "but the facts of the case are that I began to get lonesome for America and decided to speed up my business." NEW YOUK. Feb 7. That tho Germans In the United States plan to Invade Canada, destroy tho Well and Canal nnd prevent shipments of food and munitions to iMiglnml are the stnrt llng charges made by Canadian secret service ngents, according to" tho Now York Herald. Other facts revealed by a secret Inves tigation which has been carried on for weeks In this city and In Connecticut t In- i cludo the nmazlng development that tip- proximately 200,000 rides havo been pur l chased by Germnn agents here nnd that these weapons nro being sent by stealth to the northern border for use when the tltnn comes to strike the blow ngalnt" Canada. It also has developed that during tho last six months scores of trained German nrmy officers have come to this country In tho guise of Belgian refugees and Scandinavians, and that they organized secretly largo companies of Germans with tho avowed purpose of making a raid upon the Welland Canal. It Is said by Secret Service agents of Canada that many thousands of men have been enrolled. Another Important development Is the statement of a man conversant with the situation thnt nearly one-third of the munition contracts entered Into by the Allies with American manufacturers actu ally have hern let to Germans under ns suincd names, nnd thnt the munitions havo been stored uwny In places not yet discovered by Canadian Secret Service agents. Tho munitions, consisting of sholls, shrapnel and Immense stoves of rifles, have been paid for with money de posited In vnrlou.i banks In this city by well-known agents of tho German Gov ernment. That the raid of this nrmy of Ger mans was designed to be carried out within tho next two months was tho statement made by one Canadian author ity last night. According to tho director of a leading munition plant, whoso name cannot be disclosed nt this time, not a single rllle contracted for by the Allies In 1915 was shipped to Europe prior to i last Novcmbci. What beeamo of these! rifles tho Canndlnn authorities nrr bend ing their brst efforts to learn, hut thus far, It was admitted last nigh', every effort to get reliable Information has mot with failure. i a ejsfY. ovmt4imWmmXS$l INDIA r , 1 TMmmMsk mm in ALtics NWD& m wf&J B CONTINUAL' AVANZATA DEGLI AUSTRO-BULGARI SULLA BASE DIVALONA Si Dice Che Austriaci c Bulgari Hnmio EiTottuato il Col- legamento a Nord di Fieri GERMANIA E RUMANIA About 15,000 of tho Kaiser's troops in the Kamcruns are rcportctl to havo crossed tho border into Spanish Guinea, leaving the territory in the hands of tho Allies. Tho map shows the changes thnt havo taken place in African colonics since the war began. Germany now retains a foothold in East Africa only. KAISER LEADS GREAT OFFENSIVE IN WEST Continued frnm 1'nite One scientific aluminum paint which renders them as nearly Invisible as posslblo. Each of the new hnlloons can romnln In the air for 12 hours and can rise to nn altitude of 12.00J feet within a spaco ol loss than ten minutes. The nrmament consists of several small cannons, ma ehlne guns nnd about a ton nnd a half of explosives. (JERMNS HAVE NEW GAS MACHINES ON WEST FRONT POLITICIAN IN ALLEGED FRAUD West Goshen Assessor on Trial Breaking Election Laws for WFtT CHGSTKU, Pa., Feb. 7. Asses sor Stephen Peoples, of West Goahcn township, who also hns a position as n State road supervisor, was placed on tvlal In court here today, charged by Or. Bay ard Kane, of the same township, with violation of tho election laws. Peoples had selected days for sitting to enroll the voters of tho precinct, but sev eral of them rtpplled and found him ab sent, It being alleged that he was at work upon a road contract Instead and had af tcrw. rd collected fees from the county for work he did not perform as assessor. Teuton Papers Predict New Outbreak of Submarine War AMSTERDAM. Feb. ".A new mnchlne for he transmission of poison gases has Just been devised and Installed in tho trenches on the west front by tho Ger mans. Improvements also have been made In tho artillery which makes special training necessary for the gunners. It Is believed that the O'rmtiiid are awaiting a strong cast wind before begin ning an offensive with clouds of poison unses from their new appatatus. Another burst of German submarine activity is Imminent, says tho Cologne (Germuny) Volk tfoitung. This paper de clares that England will experience the effects of a further submarine surprise within tho next few days, nddlng: "Everything America does and which English diplomats work day and night BULGARS CROSS GREEK LINE; BEAT FRENCH BACK Continued from 1'axe One principality of Transylvania, Inhabited largely by Rumanians. The Marmornltz correspondent of tho Chronicle reported a sudden concentra tion of Rumanian troops along the Hun garian frontier within EO yards of the Austro-Hungarian lines. AUSTRIAN'S FOUR MILES FROM ALBANIAN CAPITAL Italian Cabinet Holds Special Meeting as Menace Grows ROME, Feb. 7, Durazzo, capital of Albania, probably will be occupied by the Austrians before many hours. Austrian cavalry has reached the Ar zenl River, four miles northeast of Du razzo, according to dispatches received here. It Is awaiting the arrival of the main body of Austrian troops, which crossed the Illver Ishnl early Sunday after defeating a Serbian detachment The Serbs are falling back to the south to escape envelopment by Bulgarian forces, at Elbassup. Improvement in the weather conditions, that nearly for two weeks have hampered the Austro-lfungarlan operations. In Al bania, lid 'permitted a resumption of activities.- Small Serbian forces on tho southern bank of the Isml opposed overwhelming numbers of the enemy, but after a battle lasting eight, hours the Serbs, were com pelled, to retreat toward Durazzo as a haven.- A long Cabinet meeting was held here on Sunday, at which the situation In Al bania was again discussed. FRENCH FAIL TO. HOLD ARfiONNE MINE CRATER Germa8 Drive Foe Frqm Position They-Captured, Berlin Says UbJPtLIN. v Feb. 7 VIoleni artillery duels are' rasing In Artois and south of tJM KQnim& River rhr German War Office In an official K if ptjitsmfrnt today declared that big gun nuei DI a nerce cnaracter are in progress between the La Baee Canal and Arras, la Argonne the French occupied a mine crater, but were driven out by the Ger m.ns. .The oUpwipa; Is the text of the official reports "Flflrce- artillery battles are proceeding between the La Basse Canal and Arras, as wll as south of the Somme River. Th enem; has violently bombarded Lens tsetse last dfjrs, ' t , , , WJjp the Argoan thj Vjwh occupied a $ orator at Hiil N Jfc gortheast of Ij ' Sm W4--. hut wtr drive, oqt Imroe u&iiito' W a. $uAtr-attek, "DISAVOWS" EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT ONE ON LUSITANIA CASE : . 5 Germans Have Three Equivalents, but Pages of the Book Seem to Be Torn Out, Say Savants on International Tangle "In the bright lexicon of youth tliero Is no such word as 'fall'!" This is one of those sentiments thnt one voices every morning as ho under takes physical culturo exercises to reduce the size of his girth. Ho says It as he bends from tho waist without bending the knees, In order to touch the Iloor with his linger tips, and If ho Is very fat, there is much grunting and puffing and con siderable pain in calves of the legs. The Germans havo a variation on this old saying. It goes like this: "In the bright lexicon of youth there Is no such word ns 'disavow.' " Savants and students of German lan guage and literature smiled at the Idea of the Germans disavowing the word "disavow." They said today that thcro was such n word In German, thnt there were nt least three such words, nnd tnat If the Germans wanted to dlsavo-v the sinking of the Lusltanla it would not bo the German language that would keep them from doing It. They were Inclined to believe that It would bo because they did not want to use the perfectly good equivalents for the English word "dis avow" thnt might continue to disavow "disavow." They might say "nlcht anerkennen," which, according to the dictionaries, has tho sense of "not to know," or "not to acknowledge," and also "to disown," by refusing "to know" or recognize. Or they might say "verwersen," which means "to throw" or "to cast away," "to repudiate," and so "to disavow." The German word "Iaugncn" carries the idea of "denial" and "disclaiming" nnd "dis avowing." So they agreed that tho Germans wero not without equivalents for the thought expressed by "disavow" and that there must bo other reasons for their failure to find the place in tho book. MOTEIjVJLTON philadelphia INV1TK8 YOU TO ITS SPECIAL LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY NIGHT Theru will be danclnc on our perfect ttnnr unci, an ulways, tho perfect Walton ruiHlno und Bervfce. Table r.'nv;ittorin may be made by phoning l-'llln-rt S.'ilS. IHUK.Ni: G. MH.I.KIt, Manager C- a MDMDUAL LIUGM 5M0P ill cAicnclS !iil.il w .&. w- TH!-3 'muti ii I mu n LEFT OVER. LOTS IM L1MGERIE AMD 0EGUGEE I jjjjiiHl ji iirtXa If Pif ill! WyAiiJ ffly&ss-iFr r- rrSSiWSJir'VjV.a rr0"lr! -"Maii&vl flOTlVITTttlK BbWISCM Ha, for arises from tho strivings in mako a submarine war Impossible for Germany. England will bo less successful than ever during tho next few days. The German people nro supporting the submarine war fare with the same enthslasm nnd de termination that they did nt the out break of tho war." ItOMA, 7 Fcbbrnlo. lerl si rlunl' II Conslgllo del mlnlstri, che dlscusao dl nuovo la sltunzlone in Albania. Per due setllmane II cattlvo tempo ha rltnrdato t'nvnnzntn delle fore alls tro blllgare nell'Albnnln. ma ora, essendofll H tempo rlstablllto, gll austriaci hanno pas sato II flumo Isml ft nord cd a nord-cst m Durazzo. I'lcroll rcpartl serbl tcntarono dl ostncolaro t'avnnxatn degll austriaci, ma dopo una battaglla dl otto oro furono rontrettl a rlplogarn su Durazzo cho o PoblcUlvo Immcdlato dello forzo austrla che. Qui si nspetla cho Durazzo sarn' occu pata da tin momento nli'nltro, glacoho tin dlflpncclo dice che rorrtl dl cnvallcrlo, fonnantl l'nvanguardla dello forze alts trlaehe, sono gin gluntl ai flumo Aracn, eh- o' ad nppena (lunttro mlglla da Du rnstzo. Qucstl rcpartl aspetUino 1 nrrlvo del grosso per contlnuaro la loro mnrcla e passaro II iltlmo. Ii forzo scrbo rlplo gano n slid per evltnre dl essero avvllup patp dnllo forzo bulgaro operantl da El- bassan. La sltunzlone In Albania va dunnue nv vlclntmdosl rnpldamento alia sua faso rls oltttlva, giacche' si ritlenc che lo forze nustrlaehe marccranno sublto da Durazzo contro Vnlnnn. LA SITUA'IONE T.V KtlMANIA. II comunlcato ufflclalc pubbllcato lerl sera dnl Mlnlstoro delta Gucrra nnntincla sempllccmento cite, art eccczlono ill nzlonl dl nrtlgllcrla, non si e' nvuto nlcun cho dl Importanto sulla fronto Italo austrlaca. II Secolo dl Mllano pub ..lea tin dls pacclo, rltnrdato dalla censitra, cho dice cho 1 govern! dl Berllno o di Vienna hnn no formnlmento notlllcnro al govern! rUmeno cho essl rlguardano como attl o.itlll 1'elezlono dl due ir. dentistl delta Trnnsllvanla nlla Camera del Doputatl rumena e ta vendlta dt 80,000 vagonl di grano ftll'Inghlttorra, 11 governo rumeno rlsposo cho la costt ttlzlono rumena non gll pcTmetlova ill nnntillaro I'elcilono.dcl due deputall trnn sllvanl o di qualslasl deptitato Irredon tlsta so non nuando questo clezlonl fos sero lllegall. 1'er quantlo rlgunrda la ven dlta dl grano all'lnghllterra si trntta sem pllccme'nto dl una qulstlone cconomlca e nnturalmento lo atitorlta' rumene uevono salvngUdrdnre gll Intcrcssl economicl del paeso cho governano. Intanto si dice che truppo btilgare o turcho vnnno coneen trnndosl nl confine delta Itttmanla. Olungo notlzla cho lo forzo nustrlaehe o bulgaro hanno effottuato It loro col legamento In Albania cd hanno gl.v at taccnto un reparto mlsto dl Itatlanl e serbl che, dl fronte a forze stiporlorl, na dovuto rltlrarsl su Fieri, a circa 10 mlglla da Vnlonda tjucsta notizin o ni fonto atlstrlaca. Notlzlo dlrctto glunto n lloma dlcono Invcco che lino squndrono dl eavnllerla auslrlnca ha occupato II vlllagglo al bancso dl Krojn. a circa 12 mlglla it nord-cst dl DurnZzo, ma che to truppo llntlnnn minlln rll Ess.1l! non SOPO tl- cora venuto a contatto con gll ntlstrlarl ed I hulgarl. . , Ncll'lnterno dell'Albnnla si hanno ferocl combattlmcntl tra nlbanesl crlstlanl c muflsulmanl, cd I bulgari hanno recltttnto bandn alhnnesl annate. tTlTlclall bulgari cd nuslrlacl si sarebbcro datl, si dice, ad organlzzaro mnssncrl nolle pnpolnzlonl nlbanesl. Pare Intanto che forze Itnllano contlnlilno n sbarcaro In Albania per op porsl alt'avanzata degll austro-bulgarl su Valona. ' LA SKODA DISTItUTTA? Un dlspacclo da Uticarest dice cho la I grando offlclna Skoda, la fabbrlca dl nrtlgllcrla dell'lmpcro nustriaco, cno sorgo n rilscn, Doemla, e' stat.a In parte dls trtltta da una terrlblle esploslone. 11 dlspacclo Invlnto da llucarcst nl Secolo dl Mllano dice: "Secondo Informazlonl glunte qui da fonto degna dl fedo nel famoso arsonale nustrlnco Skoda si c' nvtitn una torrlhtn rsploslotio dl mcnlllte. Tro edincll dclle of flclno compresn qucllo cho era usato per la costruzlone del grossl cannonl tdraullcl da .101! mlllltnetrl, sono saltatl in nrla o l!Ci pcrsone sono pcrlte nel dlsastro." Lo ofTlclno Skoda sono Ira lo plu' rlno mate del mflndo c, dopo le Krupp, lo plu' grnndl che gll Impcrl contrail possedevano. SI era spenso detto che I grossl cannonl cho rldussero lo fortezzo francesl e bclgho ernno delle nmclnc Skoda o non Krupp, como si supponovn. Un telegramma da Monaco dl Havlcra dlro cho 1'aerodromo dl Jnhatinlathal o' stato dlstrutto da un Incendlo cho ha dl vorato ancho scl o novo aeroplanl cho si trovavnno ncgll hangars. atkutcryfor! Gnrrison Short of Pootj! X ' lurK Var1 wiucu ncportg CONSTANTINOt'Ll-VpJ llrltlsh troops besieged- In tti 5 potnmlnn town of Kut-el-Amar, Turkish forces, nro short of fooa an munition, nnd will bo compellf.i iJVl inn. rtrinr,U . CV by tho Turkt.t.!ST render very soon ndvicca received by tho Turkish "Si Onice. 3j A dispatch from Dagdad mi.. .Ml .t VHAhH... .. .... LO U1U.I M.-Hi ...I.. u.-n;.--r. int.tHu Hum ine cotnms tho beloTguered troops, sent in SV lief expedition that has tried n I.S1 roach Ktit-ol-Amarn. for nsslstance, nppoalcil rM.ii.Vt, saying that th. rX force was on tho verge of starvallnS'-!i that the supply of ammunition. J.W1'! -& tvrttlld tfiel ntltt, n tunnlr Dysentery nnd typhus fever 2 to have caused tcrrlblo havoc nmm, English soldiers, live tompornry hiull. being crowded with the Buffering. , ALLYWARSHIPSWA1 FOR ANOTHER APp French and English CruiJ bniu to lio violating Three?! JMno Limit NOm-'OLK, Va., FtV'.ij becoming to mo reports received tt shipping olllces here, not only' a'l Virginia cat)es being closelv naiMiuiil Allied cruisers, hut the fact thatath.1 h.IU 11... I. Avlnt. t V..t.. , ."1 cording to theso reports, there art til luruiKii iiumuiB, imiu rucopnizea ftl I jirittsn cruiser c;aronin, and a iks-M guaTOiiiK me Huuiimrii cnnnncl, mIIrJ IU UV J'lt'ULtli - - U "In patrolling tho coast ycslerdjT'i last nlglit both ships wero Inshnd an extent that unquestionably' tuM them well within tho limit," said ifcj I'llUli Q W&MA'J'' Swirling, pausing; swirling along" again, the lliMmntWWfi music dances under my hands I ' mmsmSkW y.iujr Kyr ? (,' WW " Ju4 T tf j ol ii . . . ir Important Swirling, pausing, szcirling along again, tlic music dances under my hands I T SIT at my Pianola playing the 'Whispering- Wind JL Mazourka' by Wollenhaupt I who have never learned a note of music ! And I do not sinSply 'sound notes.' I play with feeling and expression. People listen to me with rapt faces and closed eyes. I execute delightfully playful little passages where the wind seems actually to dance among the leaves. I soften indescrib able little runs by just a natural easing of my feet upon the pedals. I dash into a dizzy scamper down the scales by simply following with my Metrostyle pointer along that waving red line which is marked so clearly on my music roll and which indicates for me the perfect music time of this beautiful piece. "The Themodist causes the rushing, dashing melody to sing forth from the delightful embroidery of its ac companiment. The sustaining Pedal device gives the beautiful sustained effect just where it belongs, without a thought from me. "I am putting temperament, feeling, emotion behind this exquisite pianoforte music by the few simple devices on the Pianola, whose use has been so easy for me to learn. "Ahl it is wonderful, this Pianola, which allows thousands who have never learned music to play the world's piano masterpieces with art, with finish, with deep musicianly feeling. Never had I thought when hearing player pianos before that the real Pianola could be so different." :DflG PIANOLA You should understand that there is but one Pianola; it is made only by the Aeolian Company; is handled in this city by ys; and is obtainable in the folloxvinn models; The Stelnway Pianola The Wheelock Pianola The Stroud Pianola The Famous Weber Pianola I Prices from $550 Moderate 'Monthly payments Enables you to pfay the piano -well We want you to come to our store nnd hear the trenulne Plannin' Tt. Aiia Company who make this wonderful instrument have developed it 3o that every ono .,. tv.uj ii, wen, unrein ji amers irom the host of player pianos which attempt" to imitate it. We are the representatives in this City for the Pianola, and we handle no player piano but the Pianola line that wonderful jjroup of instruments embracing the finest pianofortes in the world at their respective prices, combined with the genur ine Pianola action, The Stroud Pianola Price (550, C. J. HEPPE & SON 1117.1119 CHESTNUT STREET 6TH THOMPSON STREETS Comrtaht, tftf. Th Aolian Company I
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