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.iGHT ON "PORK" BARREL
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J tSHtNOTON, April 2. Unes were
ihrwn In Congress today tor a battle
jrsyat1 over river refeulatlbnn between the
ftppoftera of the Humphreys - Itansdell
t mt' rind the ndvocatoa of tho Newlands
"BriUBsard bill. , ....
tho tfewlfUidB-Broussard bill, drafted
alonp lines recommended to the President
by. Secretary of tho Interior Lane. Secre
tary of Commerce ttedfleld and Secretary
6f .Agriculture Houston, was Introduced In
the Senate today by Senator Newlands, of
Nevada, and (n a condensed form In the
House by Representative Grosser, of Ohio.
Tho total appropriation made In t the bill
Is $60,000,000, of which J25.00O.00O Roes to
tho lower Mississippi and Illln6ls lllvers.
The bill also appropriates B,000,'O00 to
tho Ohio; $5,000,000 to4the upper Missis
sippi J $6,000,000 to tho Missouri, the Ar
kansas, fled Itivcrs and other tributaries
of the Mississippi; $6,000,000 to the At
lantic Coast and Gulf lllvers; $5,000,000
to tho Columbia ahd Snake lllvers ;
$5,000,000 to tho Sacramento and San
Joaquin lllvers, ftand $6,000,000 to the
other California Ylvers and tho Colorado
River.
The measure nlso would create a Na
tional Waterways Council, putting river
regulation In" tho hands of the War, Inte
rior, Commirco and Agriculture Depart'
merits, with the doslpn of ollmlnatlnK the
'pork" In r(vcr Improvement appropria
tions by Congress.
After falling to ngrcc with" Senator
lUnsdell and Representative , Humphreys
on tho river regulation legislation, Sena
tor NowlandB today gave out a statement
denouncing the Itnnsdcll-Humphreys bill
as a "pork-barrel" measure.
BERLIN MAY REPLY
TO U. S. IN 24 HOURS
Contlnurd from I'iibp One
arrival of the latest American nolo. They
now argue that Germany may gain by
limiting her submarine operations In ac
cordance with President Wilson's de
mands, They take the-view that If Gor.
many yields, President Wilson must then
of necessity tnko sharp action to bring
England to batik for violations of Interna
tional law,
Tho Tageblntt, commenting In a Inte
edition on tho return of the Chancellor,
says It may assume that the conferences
have Ueen concluded nnd that ofllclnls Will
now turn their attention to drafting Ger
many's leply,
Tho Local Anzelger by special arrange
ment has reprinted the exclusive Inter
view granted by Admiral von Holtzen
dorff and printed In tho Evenino LnDonn
on Friday, but withhold comment.
Though tho Tagllcho Itundsclmu, Count
von Itevcntiow In the Tages-Zeltung and
,a few other harsh critics of America de
mand that Germany go no further In her
concessions to America, the majority of
the Influential papers, as well as practi
cally all the Liberal and Socialist organs,
urge the Government to avoid a break.
The Vorwaerts Informs Its readsrs that
"this tlir)e the American note Is by no
means an American bluff,"
Maximilian Harden prints a remarkable
article In hk weekly magazine upholding
president Wilson's stand, both with re
gard to munition shlpnient and to tho
submarine controversy. Harden taunts
President Wilson's Germnn critics with
tho reminder that In all modern wars
Germany, though neutral, supplied war
munitions to the side that had tho money
to buy.
None of the newspapers published reg
ular editions today on account of the con
tinuance of the Easter celebrations. The
streets were thronged, but the public was
most calm. There wero no anti-American
demonstrations whatever.
TENOR OF GERMAN REPLY
KNOWN AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. April 21. There were
Indications In olllclal quarters today that
the tenor of Germany's forthcoming reply
to the United States demand considering
submarine warfare Is known. A long
message from Ambassador Gerard Ib be
lieved to have conveyed the Information.
Whether Gerard's advlees support un
official reports of many kinds that show
likelihood of German concessions to tne
American view, could not be told. No
word of the actual contents of his report
was available.
This week. It is expected, will see the
arrival of the German reply Itself. It Is
considered possible that Gerard has for
warded tentative suggestions of the Ger
man Government, the latter seeking light
UVii lUO ICtCJllUII BUUl DUtjt,CSllUJlB WUUIU
Tecelve If embodied In the formal reply.
Gerard,' It Is said, is certain to be advised
that anything short of compliance with
the United States demand that submarine
warfare against merchantmen cease until
new methods are devised and ratified will
be rejected by this Government.
In this connection it Is understood Ger
ard has been authorized to make clear to
Germany, lf there Is any doubt, as un
official advices Indicate there may be
that the United States does not ask aban
donment of all submarine warfare; that
only abandonment of such warfare against
merchantmen is asked; and that such
abandonment shall continue only until
Germany has laid down new methods that
meet with United States approval.
In the meantime, however, the signifi
cance of the President's suggestion In his
note that submarines cannot, by their
very nature, meet the requirements of
arutser warfare, is not lessened.
' Germany Is expected to understand that
unless she can make an unexpected
demonstration of ability to operate sub
marines legally against shipping, such op
rations must cease entirely.
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BITTERLY ATTACKS BERNSTORFF
ROTTERDAM, April 24.
Dutch papers print the contents of n circular issued by the Germnn
Humanity League in which a bitter attack is made against Count von
BernstoriT, German Ambassador to tho United States, and others. In
part, it follows 1
The speech of President Wilson in the American Congress
and the pastoral letter' of Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Ma
Hncs. i constitute evidence whereon Uvcry German caring fpt
honor and justico may strike a blow against such infamous
scoundrels as Admiral von Tirpitz, Count von BernstoriT nnd -General
von Biasing, the German Governor General of Belgium,
as well as their agents, who have disgraced the nation nnd
branded us with crimes without parallel in ancient or modern
history. Tho international law codes, the laws of hospitality nnd .
the usages of war ns well as every decent obligation of human
society liave been spt at nnught In the United States by Count
von BernstoriT.
SUPPORTS WILSON'S STAND
Maximilian Harden, editor of
Die Zukunft, in Berlin, under the
caption "If I Were Wilson," has
written nn editorial indorsing
the President's last note to Ber
lin. Tho fact that the German
Government has permitted this
editorial to pass uncensored is
considered significant.
It Is ncccpted everywhere as a fact that
It there Is a single violation of the Amer
ican rights while the present negotiations
are on, that so soon as the proof Is In tho
hands of tho State Department, a diplo
matic break Will be ordered. Officials did
not try to disguise their belief that, this is
the most serious outstanding danger at
the present moment.
So. far ns the question of getting Amer
icans out of Germany In case of a break
Is concerned, officials Bay thore Is no
need to worry on that score. Emorgoncy
arrangements were made by Ambassador
Gerard at the time the .Lusltanla was
sunk, and these arrangements continue In
effect. Tho Berlin Embassy has plenty
of emergency funds on hand. Uut, ac
cording to nil advices reaching hero.
Americans consider themselves perfectly
safo under present conditions, and are
showing no desire to leavo Germany nt
all.
ARMY AND NAVY LINES
ARE BEING TIGHTENED
All Leaves of Absence Can
celled and Secretaries Pre
pare for Any Emergency
WASHINGTON, April 21. Activity In
army and navy circles Is growing Increas
ingly feverish.
Today leaves of absence of 4.1 naval
ofllcers were canceled by direct orders of
Secretary Daniels. At the samo tlmo In
structions wero iBHued that no additional
nppllcntlonH for leaves will be considered
at this time. Lenvcs to army ofllcers were
canceled last week and all commissioned
personnel of both the army and the navy
are under orders to report to regiments
or ships.
In addition the Uyo departments are In
'touch with all retired ofllcers, so that In
case of need they can bo called to active
service Immediately.
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
WON'T SHIELD VON IGEL
Attaches Can Be Arrested if
Criminal Offenders, Attor
ney General Rules
WASHINGTON, April 24.
Attorney General Gregory today ruled
that diplomatic Immunity from arrest does
not extend to cases In which n diplomat
Is guilty' of criminal offenses against tho
Government of the United States. Tho
ruling was made at the request of De
partment of Justice officials, who nre
handling tho case of Wolf von Igel, ar
rested on charges of being Involved In the
plot to destroy the Wclland Onnnl.
Secretary of Slate Lansing today sent
to the Department of Justice a formal ro
quest that the Department return to
Count von Hernstorff, tho Gorman Amlms
sador, tho papers seized when von Igel
wns arrested In his New York office.
RUSSIAN ATTACK ON VILNA
FRONT FAILS, SAYS BERLIN
Petrograd Claims German Scout Party
Wns Annihilated in Forest
HBRLIN. April 24. "South of Lake
Narocz (eant of Vllna) an nttnek by a
llusslan battalion broko down In front of
our obstructions." says yesterday's ofllela.
report on tho eastern campaign. The
enemy suffered heavily. Klsewherc, with
tho exception of local outbursts by ar
tillery and some patrol encounters, there
Is nothing to report."
PBTnOfJRAD, April 24. "In tho course
of tho day," says yesterday's ofllclal re
port on tho Kuropean campaign. ' a
party of German scouts north of Lake
Vygonoskoye (near the centre of the line
between the Nlemen and tho T'rlpot)
crossed the Itlver Schara (tributary of
the Nlemen) and plunged Into the forest,
whero thoy were surrounded by our troops
nnd all killed or taken prisoners.
"On Krldny we destroyed an Austrian
post near Khrclsh, north of Cznrtorysk
(on tho Styr, In Volhynla). In the region
of Sopanoff. north of Kremenetz (on tho
Oallclan-Volhynlnn frontier), the enemy
exploded three mines nnd attempted to
occupy the craters, but were driven away
by our fire. We occupied the craters with
out suffering any losses.''
ALLIES TELL U. S.
BLOCKADE IS LEGAL
British and French Envoys
Transmit Notes Refusing As
sent to American Contention
WASHINGTON, April 24. Urltlsh Am
bossador Sprlng-Illoe today delivered to
Secretary of State Lansing Knglnnd's re
ply to the American note protesting
against the alleged lllegnl blockade. It Is
understand that French Ambassador Juhxc
rand also transmitted a note from his
Government, stntlng that France Is In
agreement with Kngland.
Tho Urltlsh note, It Is understood, Is a
refusal to acknowledge Justico In the
American argument nnd n contention that
the Urltlsh blockade conforms to recog
nized International law. Precedents laid
down by the United States In her blockade
of tho Confederacy during the Civil War
are contained In the Urltlsh argument.
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SLAVS ON WEST FRONT.
MAY BE SENT TO VERDUN
Continued from I'ncr One '
the attack of the French, although very
determined, broko down under the fire i
of the Germans. I
The War Ofllce report Indicated that I
tho counter-offensive of the French on !
the Verdun front Is becoming stronger.
Another attack was delivered by tho i
Kngilsh nt St. Kloi, West Flanders, but
It was repulsed by the Germans.
Artillery was more active on the whole,
of the west front. Following Is the text
of the ofllclal report:
The nrtlllery was more nctlve nil
nlong the front. At several points tho
Germans carried out successful patrol
operations.
South of St. Kloi, English detach
ments, which tried to advance, wero
repulsed by our lire.
"West of the Jleuse Itlver, on the
Verdun front, the French made at
tacks with hand-grenades against
our forest positions, northeast of
Avocourt, but were repulsed. An
attempt by the enemy to advance
east of I.e Mort Homme (Dead Man's
Hill) failed.
A strong attack by the French at
Thlamont farm broke down.
English biplanes were put out of
action In an air engagement, east of
Arras. The occupants, all officers
were captured.
The positions remain unchanged on
the eastern and Balkan fronts.
Will Try to Fly Across Nation
SAN 1)1 OO, Cal., April 24. Oscar
Brlndley, Instructor nt the United States
Army aviation school here, announced to
day ho would attempt a (light from either
San Diego or Los Angeles to New York
city to demonstrate an electric automatic
stabilizer. Tho fllgl,t will begin' about
May in. r
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BREAK WITH U. S.; UNCERTAIN
HOW TO YIELD WITH GRACE
WASHINGTON. April 24.
Ofllclal Information reaching Washing
ton Indicates German othcalls do not want
break with America. At the same time
U Yaveau that they are In a quandary
Kow to meet, at the same time. America's
4eraand4 and the popular desire in Ger-
.. tAriv 1er tvmtfnulnsr submarine warfare.
f nitni tnu u'prA ItfarnMl tnHnv frrtm n
Wch official source. The advices forwarded-
ttpm Berlin were described as
squaring with the recent Interview with
Admiral HoUzendorfT, chief of the German
Admiralty Staff. Jn this Interview, the j
Admiral said Germany could make no i
more concessions to America, but that Qer
many positively did not want A break with
tbe Culted States.
Authorities Jhere think German official-do.-n
will find, a way in which to make
coneecsiona. No report has been forward
ed by Ambassador Gerard to nhaw the ex
act Urns terij3ny will reply. Authorities
ii.KT.Jy have promised to answer at tho
"pirlleat possible laonent Jt was ad
. icMal Herman officials, are bavins a par
iifiUaify difficult time putting Into writing
Mwh j answer aa will steer clear of botn
tflt "Jivli and the deep sea."
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"Lonpr nnd Short Haul" Rule Prevents
Granting P. It. R. Application
WASHINGTON, April 24. The Inter
Mato Commerce Commission today denied
tho application of tho Pennsylvania Ilall
rontl to establish reductions In rates on
bituminous and cannol coal from mines
on its lines and on other rondB In the
Clcnrfleld, SiiowbIiop and Westmoreland
districts to water competitive points on
the Maryland-Delaware peninsula.
These rates would have been In viola
tion of the loni; and short-haul clause In
that they would bo lower than i-ntcs ap
plicable on like traffic to intermediate
points.
Negro Stnbs White Mnn to Death
William Campbell, r,0 years old, who
lived on I.olper's flats, near IMrfystone, Is
dead as a result of a quarrel with Will
iam II. Harrison, a ncKro. Campbell, who
Is white, visited tho home of tho nesro
yesterday. Shortly afterward a fight
started between the two men, which cul
minated in the stnbblnjr of Compbell. The
ncKro was held to await tho action of
the Coroner.
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TURKS IN KUT BATTLE
Moslems Claim Repulse of Rus-
ians on the Caucasus
Front"
HKltNl-3, Switzerland, April 21.
An undated dispatch from Uerlln con
tains the semlofllclal announcement that
the Turkish forces operating nround Kut-fcl-Amara
In Mesopotamia have been re
inforced by n considerable number of
tlermans. '
LONDON, April 24. tlusslnan defeats
nnd repulses t many widely separnted
points along the battle front In Armenia
nnd TaUrus Mountains were officially re
ported by tho Turkish War Ofllce bb fol
low : i
Hostile forces In the- sector of
Motlkl, south of nitlls (In the Upper
Tigris Valley) were compelled to re
treat toward Hltlls; fighting rear
Ruard engagements, says the report.
After four hours' fighting the ene
my wns driven east from Kozma
Mountain, enst of Mush. In engage
ments on Kop Mountnln. near Height
2000, as far ns Aschkata (about 31
miles west of Hrzerum) we stopped
Russian attacks nnd by our counter
nttacks drove the enemy from heights
nnd slopes north ot this mountain.
Tho Russians lost heavily.
'In tho Teliorult region- there have
only been skirmishes. In the DJoviz
llk sector (tho tllnck Sea coastal
mountains) we stopped a hostile de
tachment which was trying to ml
vnnco south from Treblzond, En
gagements nro proceeding between
our coastguard detachments nnd a
Russian detnehment landed nt 1'la
luttn (ton mites west of Trcblzond).
Petrograd, Jiowcvcr. claims that all the
flcsperato Turkish attacks on tho Call-,
casus front have been repulsed with heavy
losses to tho enemy. The latest Russian
report adds thnt the (Irnnd Duko Nicholas'
forces launched n surprise counter-attack
nnd captured an Important .enemy post-,
tion.
Three Thousand Who Go to League
Island See but Little
A secretlveness' nver before shown at
iha Philadelphia Navy Yard greeted 3000
persons who. Journeyed to t,engUe Island,
yesterday to look over Hid big phlps. t
In the past visitors have been allowed
to roam almost nt will about the yard.
Vestcrday, when they ntte.mited tdRO to
the most Interesting parts,thcy were "not
permitted." Tho southern end was pro.
hlblted ground, and no one except 'friends
of officers or irieri on board was allqWed
to go on the big warships. Men were
stationed on the gang- planks to find out
the; business of nil who attcmrflcd to
board.
It waB learned yestcrdny that small
boats aro prevented from approaching the,
wall from- the river side. It wns reported
giant searchlights are to piny over the
waters at night in tho future, nnd guards
will bo stationed nlong tho river.
The Kansas, with a crcW of but 800
will sail May lfi Unless' tlio commanding
ofllcer receives other orders. Tho Kansas
Is shorthanded.
The Oklahoma, the, neW .miperdread
nought. Is being prepared for service, It
necessary. Her crew Is being collected
and trained nt tho Nav'y Ynrd. First
UeVilennlit Kdwnrd A. Ostcrmnti, ot the
Murine Corps, xvho has been hotno on sick
leave, returns to Hnltl today.
All omecrs leaving the Navy Yard are
requested to leave their. telephone-numbers
with the commanders.
Thornton for Ordnancp Board
WASIUNOTON, April 21. It- was
learned nt tho Whlto House today that
President Wilson hnd decided ,to appoint
former United States Senator John Ran
dolph Thornton, of Louisiana, ns tho .civ
ilian member of .tho Uoanl of Ordnance
nnd Fortification ot tho War Department.
Ho will succeed the, lnlo Senator Francis
M. Cockrcll, pf Missouri.
BUSY
FOUR SHIPS SUNK
French and Italian Vessels Tor
pedoedVessel WHifen Left
Philadelphia Lost
LONDON, April 24.
The nlnllng of four Allied merchant
ships was reported .yesterday. Two are
known to havo been victims of subma
rines, and It Is presumed the others also
were sunk by Oermnn raiders.
The vessels reported torpedoed nre the
Italian steamships Joseph Azost Tchcrzeo
and the French bark Chnnard, of 274S
tbnri gross, which was sunk Saturday
morning. The crews of both aro believed
to havo been saved.
The captain and 16 hands of the British
steamship JFellclana, 4277 tons gross,
hove been picked up by n steamship, ac
cording' to n! Lloyds report. Search ,1s
being made for tho remainder ot the crew.
The' Feliciana Is a total loss. Another re
prirt R.'iys that all of tho crew havo been
saved.
Tho tlrltlsh steamship Tregantle, of Sr.
Ives, ,1001 tons gross, has been sunk, a.
Lloyds' announcement Btntes. All the
crew were saved.
A steamship Jozsef Agost Foherczcg,
owned by the Hungarian Levant Steam
ship Company, Limited, of Flume, Is listed
In the maritime records, which, however,
do not report her recent movements. She
was. a vessel of 2C80 tons gross, built In
1004.
Tho steamship Feliciana arrived In
London on March 11 from Philadelphia,
which port she left on Fcbrunry 22, There
Is no record of her subsequent movo-ments.
HKITISII AGAIN BEATEN'
IN ATTACK ON THE TKJItIS
Brigade Gains Ground Near Kut, but
Turks Retake It
LONDON, April 21.
Further efforts by the British to ad
vance on the Tigris toward Kut-el-Amnrn
have been futile, the failure of an attack
yesterday on tho Turkish lines at Stui
nalyitt being attributed In nn olllclal
statement Issued yesterday largely to
flood conditions which necessitated an rul
vnnco over a very contracted front. Tho
statement says:
Another offlclul statement soys that Inst
week's fighting on the south bank of tho
Tigris, which also was of a serious char
acter and varying fortune, had given Oen
eral Keary's forces a net advance of about
two miles, and It had been hoped that
this success would help Clencral florilnge
break through on the north bank. Ac
cording to tho latest official dispatch,
ifoncrnl Keary's forces wero unable to
make much progress In the present battle.
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The blame for existing evils all rests with the
people, of course. They have permitted the orators
to have their way. Principles have been smothered
in speeches, and the real task of running the
country hag been lost in the confusion of party
rivalry.
The members of the Business Men s Presi
dential League believe it is time to regard
this government a3 a collection of public tasks
and principles rather than qs' a soqrce of sine
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for this mighty business institution of ours
whose governmental problems include
manufacture, labor, transportation, distribu
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besides national defense,, international re
lationships, . and other questions that are
as big as the biggest of ordinary business
interests?
Why, we employ brie whose knowledge is
measured by hearsay and observation whose
contact. with the issues he is to meet is negligible.
And what is the result?
Simply .this: That the pprk barrel, rather than the
flag, is the national trade-mark; that waste over
shadows efficiency; that the aim of partisans is
not to see how much they can put info the gov
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practical, business-dike American voters feel as
we do about it.
It costs a billion dollars a. year ; to run the govern
ment. Experts. have agreed that-thirty per cent
three hundred millions of this is wasted. What
private business concern would permit its affairs
to be so grossly mismanaged?
The latest report of the Secretary of the Treasury
shows that it cost seventy.-two percent
more per capita to run .the Government of
the United States in 1915 than it did jn 1886.
This is no cheap country. It has moneyto spend,
and the people are willing to'spencl' it But the
people want to know 'that hey aVr getting all
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