't FINANCIAL EDITION '' i s v r. .STRA. NIGHT feftger NIGHT EXTRA netting v . K.X'rUA n JLmv Ik JL JL X ;jL gj&Z-lgP -L. ,VOL. III. NO. 137 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, .1917 OorimonT, 1017. 01 this I'cbmo Lrron Counni PRICE TWO CENTS v -v iSO g c 1LS0N PLANS BOAT SPEECH1 ITTHECAPITOL 111 opiirtK in Uiungieas lNUAb Week, Asking Full Powers PRECAUTIONARY MOVE President Hopes to Forestall Misunderstanding Abroad. Await Vienna Reply LONDON, Feb. 21. lo "The submarine menace is grave and in growing. It is not yqt solved, but I m confident measures now being dc tlscd will gradually mitigate its seri tusness," declared Sir Edward Carson,' First Lord of the Admiralty, today. The Cabinet Minister made this state- t tnent in connection with the prcscnta- VifitM nf Ifin tinvnl fcaf imritpti in flip Ifntmn Vtt Commons. One of the provisions of rtlie bill was for an increase of Ilntam's I: tailors to 400,000. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. President WH- i.ion has definitely decided to go before Con- I'fress next week nnd nsk for power to em s', ploy whatever agencies necessary In any liemtreency that might arise after the ad- rejournment of that lioily. This was learned Kin high olTlcial c'rcles today. although no P" formal announcement was made Tho President believes that In adopting 1 this courso he will do over) thing possible to avoid a widening of the breach between K this country nnd Germany. It Is his con- Tlctlon that such a movo would not appear is hostile In tho eyes of llerlln as the call ing together of Congress In special session If once It had adjourned. That It Is Impcra- nl tlvc that tho President be clothed with am- f plo power to act quickly when tho expected imergency arises Is recognized In nil quar- K ters; but It Is generally felt that the course Isle has decided upon offers the smallest ele- Mnent of danger. Iv i.-nn iru THAiviVf! It was also learned that there is a strong .possibility of President Wilson openly ad- '.TOcatlng the Immediate passage of universal military training legislation, secretary nt War Baker has nn nppolntment to sec tho P President later, nnd officials look for action within a short time. 'l Meantime the Austrian situation, admit tedly serious, remains unchanged. The State Department had no information on tho Impression created at Vienna by Ambas sador Penflcld's aide memoire of yester lay, but thero was stilt high hope that Aus- ktrla would not abandon assurances given months ago that cruiser warfare rules would tM obeyed. i No change of policy regarding armed ships has been announced. It could not bo learned hero whether tho American Line In today dispatching one of Its liners the Mon golia unarmed Into the barred zojje acted hrlth any assurances from this Government. the abandoning of the St. Louis's sailing led to belief here that that vessel, one of jtihft. finest In the country's mail service, li might be needed later for naval nuriioscs. fit' .. . ' U-UOAT JSSUH On tho heels of the sinking of the .Dal- rbtattle there was a general tightening ten- islon all along the line, as tho real danger tain shifted from collateral Issues, such as ;the Yarrowdale prisoners, etc., back to the fundamental Issuo between Germany and tho United States the U-boat decree. -.. ' f SCRAP OF PAPER" ISSUE NOW BEFORE AUSTRIA .BEflNB, Feb. 21. The Amerlcai request nat Austro-Uuugary set forth her exact ,tll. .J- .1-- , fnnmio mi me nuuinanno war aim an nounce her adherence or abandonment of Sis' principles laid down In the Ancona case ua, now under consideration by Ktnperor Karl and the Foreign Office, says a dis patch from Vienna tod.iv. K.A It Is accented ns n. fnrecrnnn rnnrhialnn In 1'dlplomatlc circles that Austria-Hungary I' can do nothing more or less than support Ifethe declaration of ruthless submarine war l,fare Issued by Germany on January 31. - inis is uone, it was pointed out, Austria yiungary will be put In tho position of set jtltig aside the guarantee previously given Ithe United States that no ships would bo punit without warning and that all passen gers would- be' given an opportunity to wcape. Kionouicj Austr a-Hunirarv back un the German submarino war. which Is annar. ntly Inevitable, It would Imperil the rela- : lions between thatcountrv and the lJnit,i I states to a grave decree, according tn leplnlon expressed In diplomatic ' circles. Austria-Hungary would be put In the posl- on ot supporting tho nets of a Govern ment whose diplomatic illations with America have already been severed by the "y i.aiiuu. it Austria-Hungary shows her determl- Utlnn .n ..... ... , ,.. .w.. m ti iii uccoru wun uermany on Continued on Tase Helen. Column Three l TJHE WEATHER FoniiOASi' For Filatc'nftla and victnitvPartlti "! toniglt, with owcst temperature mf thtrtvtuo degrees; Thursdaifunset g. and wanner, with' probabtu tome Pf rain: moderate variable winds, be nino castcrw. I.K.NGTII OF DAY. irllri... S:4n B.Tn. I IfAon rlBA.. -nn n et....,S;Ci p.m. I Moon outhi.l2:07p!m. tl,. UEMWARE RIVER TIDE CHANG , CJlESTNtlT BTRBBT iwter.,l?W .m, :Hlb wttr,.,t-47p.m. irrr' "- -j w!i""tj''i LOUD MAUMADUKK FURNESS Ho in studying the port of Phila delphia in the interest of n great English ship-owning corporation. ALEX AND BAKER MEET AGAIN TODAY Pitcher Will Make Final Ef fort to Settle Salary Dif ference With Phils' President CHIEF BENDER RELEASED i - - Hy KOI1KRT Y. .MAXWELL (.'rover Cleveland Alexander, the much-sought-for circus performer and hcadllner in the hold-out league, will make a final effort today to settle his little salary argu ment with tho Philadelphia Haseball Club. Homo tlmo this afternoon be will meet President Baker and Pat Mornn In tho former's office and much talking Mill result. Alex Is firm In his demands for n f 1 5,000 salary, and Uaker, likewise, Is adamant. It is doubtful If anything will be done, but both sides will have another opportunity to air their views, and perhaps n, foundation will be laid for peace overtures In tho fu ture. Although. Alexander Is caroing around a plaintive plea from Bill Pickens to Join his circus, It Is believed that ha has an Idea that matters will be fixed up In a few days. When niked of his plans this nmrnlngjie said : "If 1 sign with the Phillies I shall stay in this city until tho team leaves for the South. If not, I suppose' I shall have to take a trip to-Chicago and see what this circus contract amounts to." Other holdouts, however, nro rapidly falling iuto line and a flock of contracts has arrived in the Phils' ofllce. Papers bearing tho signatures of Joe Oeschger, Eddlo Burns, node Pnskert and Kppa Ri'xey have been carefully filed away, and Fred Luderus and Gavvy Cravath have accepted tho terms offered by tho club. Their contracts are expected In a few days. Stock and Whltted, however, hnvo not yet signed and nothing has been heard from them. Eddie Burns attached his signa ture to a two-yenr contract this morning. Chief Albert Bender, one of tho greatest twlrlcrs of his day. was given his uncon ditional release this morning and tho fa mous Indian now Is on his way to tho Wg league exit. Bender did not show- up very well last year nnd with tho large number of new. twirlerB on tho stafT. Put .Moran decided that ho could not use him this season. Bender has not announced his plans, but probably will seek a. managerial berth In the minors. PIGS IN CARS TOO LONG; B. AND O. MUST PAY $1600 Verdict by Agreement Against Road in Sixteen Cases; Acquittal in Six Others Penalties of fUOO wero Imposed upon tho Baltimore and Ohio llallroad Company .. .... lij.n nlrUlnRnn In the TTnltPfl louuy mj uune,w -...... .. ... States District Court for violations of the Federal law against tho detention In rail road cars of hogs nnd cattle for more than twenty-eight consecutive hours without proper rest, feeding nnd watering. The Government brought more than twenty-five complaints and Instituted ns many civil actions to recover tho maximum penalty of 1M0 In each case. Through an agreement between Assistant District Attorney Ilobert J. Sterrett and counsel for the railroad, verdicts In favor of the Government wert taken today In sixteen cases, while In six others tho ver dicts were given for tho railroad. Tho remaining cases will bo disposed of later. In each of tho sixteen cases Judge Dick inson ordered Judgment for 1100 In favor of the Government, or an aggregate ot j-1600. SUES RAILROAD FOR DAMAGES 'Firm Seeks $1G02.C0 for Loss of Nitric Acid In Freight Yard The destruction by fire of 115 carboys of nltrlo acid while lying In the yard of the Lehigh Valley Jtallroad at Perth Am boy N. J- on September 6 last, resulted In a suit being flled against the railroad today by Harrison Bros. & Co., Inc. the owner, to. recover 1002.60, the value of the chemical. It Is alleged that the fire was due to the rough handling of the carboys, which caused acid to leak out and oxldUe and burst Into flame. It Is further alleged tbflt tt rturoa, wan bcihouj '"'!" '" BILL HOLLENBACK OUSTED , AS COACH OF SYRACUSE Football Tutor Discharged Following Investigation by Chancel lor Day SVHAflSi:. N-. v. Feb 21.--Hill llnl lcnlinck, rnni-h of the Syracuse t'tiKersltj football tram, today was illsclinigrd by tin faculty, following an Inxestlgntlon b Chancellor Day. It is mid that a strlki' nt the plaers and ndverce comment on the pait nf iniiinlurnl alumni were respon sible for the action, llnllenbnck hjs signed a contract for UU? and probably will be paid In full CAPT. THOMAS F. LONGAKER, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DEAD Attache of Electrical Htircatt and for Many Years a Clerk in the Custom House t'nptn'n Thomas V Longaker. "lx tl Wat veteran and clerk In the Electrical Bureau, died today nt Ills home. T.'O North Fortieth stree,. nflrr an Illness of thice weeks, lie was seventy-nine years old. Capinin l.nngaket, wbo served through out the civil War. was 'wounded at tho battle of Fredericksburg and made ?n ou- inlile leiord as a soldier, llo was a com pany commander In tint Seventy-second Pcnnsjlvunl.t Volunteer Itcglmciit. Captain Lnngaker was born In Mont gomery County. He was a. member ot ti A. 1! Post No. ;t, and took nn mtlve In terest In nimy matters. Illness prevented him from matching In the parades of wel come for the Philadelphia National Guard regiments returning from the Mexican bor der. Ilo had been emplojed In the the op erating room of the Electrical Bureau fur a jear. previous to that having been for fifteen ears a Custom House clerk, llo In survived by two brothers and a daughter .Miss Mae Longaker, Captain I.ongaker was a widower. PERSHING SUCCEEDS HIS DEAD SUPERIOR OFFICER Appointed Commander of Southern De partment of United States Army, Vice Funston WASHINGTON'. Feb. 21 -- Brigadier Gen eral John J. Pershing, whu commanded the' American punitive expedition In Mexico, to day was appointed to succeed the lato Gen eral Funston as commander of tho Southern Department of tho t'nlted States Army With Funston' death two days ago, Brigadier General Pershing automatically assumed command of the depjttmcut. To day the appointment by Secretary of War Baker makes him tho Southern Depntt menf? permanent commander. Pershing's promotion was decided upon at yesterday's meeting of tho Cabinet, and announced at the War Department this afternoon. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PROFS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Wife of Dr. Milton F. StaufTer Injured, Together With Husband and Dean Laura II. Carnell Dr. Laura II Carnell, dean of the Tem ple l'tiicrslty, nnd Prof. Milton F. Stauffer, head of tho business school, and his wife were badly shaken up early today when a trolley car struck their automobllo nt Six teenth street nnd Montgomery avenue. The motorcar was whirled completely around and hurled upon the sidewalk, toss ing tho automobile party violently against tho sides of the car. Doctor C.irnell and Mrs. Stauffer were the most sexerely in jured. Whether or not any bones were broken has not been determined. Doctor Carnell Is nt her home, 21 3i! North Camac street, under the care of a physician. Mrs. Stauffer also was taken to her home, 2238 NoVth Park aenue, for treatment. The motorcar was taking Doctor Carnell and her friends homo from tho annual play of tho French class of the Tcmplo I'niverslty, at tho Bellcvue-Slratford. The chauffeur, who was not Injured In tho col lision, was turning tho corner at Sixteenth Mreet when the trolley car, approaching rapidly from tho west, struck the automo bile. LITTLE ITALY MOURNS AT MRS. VITO'S FUNERAL Many Attend Church Service and Fol- low Body of Lcvatrice to Cemetery Four carriages wero used today to carry tho flowers In tho funeral procession of Mrs. Theresa Vlto. lcvatrice of Little Italy, who was killed last week by a trolley car while hurrying to assist nt the coming of tho stork nt a neighbor's house. At' least BOO Italians attended tho funeral bervlces for Slgnorn Vlto, which wero con ducted by Father Isolerl. at tho Catholio church of St. Mary M',,BLi!,.on "Jo l'a"' Montroso street below Eighth. There -the lino of 100 automobiles and carriages Jour neyed for mass from tho Vlto home, at 726 Carpenter street, after which the procession went to Holy Cross Cemetery. Mrs.' Vlto was killed nt tho Junction of Seventh and Carpenter streets and Pass, yunk avenue by a northbound Seventh street car. She became confused in her haste, witnesses said, EIGHT MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE IN AMMONIA BLAST Workmen Engaged in Repairing Tanks at Dairy Flee When Explosion Shakes Neighborhood Eight men employed In tho Ice plant of the Harbison Dairies, nt Abigail and Aniber streets were nearly Suffocated by ammonia fumes this afternoon, when one of the tanks which was being repaired exploded. The men fled In all llrectlons and succeeded In getting to the street. The explosion was heard for blocks and for a whllo a mild panic prevailed. The explosion was caused by heavy air nre'ssuro which came Into contact with one of the condensers attached to one -of the ammonia tanks. .... , , Stablemen who heard the explosion, and who were almost thrown from their feet' remained at-their posts until they" succeeded getting' i v nu.ra. w- ;y ', "-? WOMEN GATHER INN.Y.F0RNEW FOOD PROTEST Ask City to Appropriate Million and Sell Food stuffs at Cost MAYOR TO MEET RIOTERS ..T MRS. JULIAN HEATH President of the National House wives' League, who has called on President Wilson to relieve the food situation in New York. Vegetables Have Soared to Unprecedented Mark NEW YORK, Feb. Ul. ALMOST unbelievable increases in . prices of vegetables were an nounced today by Commissioner of Weights and Measures Hartigan fol lowing an exhaustive search and study of market conditions. Vege tables have formed tho East Sido's chief diet for months, mjnt having long since outdistanced the slender purses of the congested tenements. 1 y m- - m iflrmrflWMii 'l I A ITlrft A ear tli . nun. SI 4.00 S'J.nO 100.00 1 1.00 3.TO 1.C0 1.00 'J.00 5.00 1.75 1.00 1.50 Onions (100 lbs.)... Cabbage (ton) Turnips (barrel) . . . Carrots (barrel) ... Spinach (barrel) . . . Parsnips (barrel) . . CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Declaring that the United States is confronted with a "national emer gency," President J. P. (iridin, of the Chicago Hoard of Trade, today wired presidents of all eastern railways, sug gesting an immediate embargo on all commodities excepting foodstuffs, coal nnd other things accessary to sustain human and animal life. (Jrillin also ad- dressed an urgent message to Chairman IJ. II. .Meyer, of the Interstate Com merce Commission, asking for relief. NF.W yoitlx. Feb. 21. -Thtcateniiig a repetition of the Paris bread riots of 1701, several hundred women began gathctlug nbout City Hall at noon today for' the sec ond food demonstration In two das. Not en masse, but In little groups of four and flvo they came straggling Into the , plaza nnd took their stand beforo the City Hall steps. Thero was llttlo of tho loud slnleklng nnd moaning which maked jesterday's demonstration, but thero was mnro of the low murmurlngs ot throats of violence, spoken for the most part In foreign tongues. Mayor Mltihel sent nut wonl that ho would meet a delegation of thiee of tho women, nnd Mrs, Ida Harris, president of tho Fast Side Mothers' Vlgllantn Society, was chosen ns chairman of the represen tatives. Mrs. Harris said she would present nn ultimatum to tho Mayor, demanding that he at once take steps for an appropriation ot n million dollars for tho purchase of food to be sold nt cost to the housewives. On Saturday, Mrs. 'Harris said, "fiO.OOO women would assemble nt tho City Hall so that city officials may hear their walls of protest against food costs. City Hall doors, lint o been locked riming the day nnd nil precautions taken. Mayor Mitchel said ho would not com ment on the food situation until nfter'he had conferred with a delegation of house wives this afternoon. Ho did state, how ever, that ho was In favor of municipal retail markets as a temporary relief. ' The Mayor was considerably lucpnscri be cause he had been criticized for being at a preparedness luncheon nt the Astor Hotel yesterday, whllo tho food "riots wero going on. "The people of this town are very much more likely to bo crying for bread If we do not have national preparedness," said the Mayor. In an urgent telegram forwarded to Presi dent Wilson today, Mrs. Julhrfi Heath, president of tho National Housewives' League, called upon the President to use his "great Influence to nllcvlate the situation." It Is the hope of the housewives that the President will use ids Influence to get an appropriation from Congress for a Federal ,lfMJtlon .of, .(food costs. QUICK BONDHOLDERS BUY IN MISSOURI PACIFIC FOR $16,151,00 ST. LOUIS, l'cb. 21. The Missouri Pacific Railway was sold this afternoon for $1(J, 15 1,000. The property was bought by Kobcit 1. Nellsou and Duncan A. Holmes, both of New York, representing tho reorganization committee of bondholders of the road. They were tho only bidders bidding Just above the lowcbt flguic set by the United States District Court. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SEEKS $25,000,000 NOTES Ni:W YORK. Feb. 21. Southern Knilwny Company has sold It J. 1 Morgan cc Co., First National Bank nnd Natioual City Bank $25,000,000 two-yar five per cent notes to be tinted Match 1. Titcf notes will be secured by the depos-it of development and general nioit. gngebouds with tho usual margin. A syndicate will piomvitly hi formed in connection with the sale of notes. NO HOPE FOR COMPULSORY TRAINING BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Universal military service legislation will fall of passago nt tho present session of Congress, Senator Chnmborlaln,' father of tho movement, admitted today. A great drlvo will ho started, ho nald, early In tho next session to put the measure through. INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS AT HONOLULU RUINED WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. F.ery one of tho eight German vessels warhonnd at Honolulu wns ruined when this country broke diplomatic relations with Ger many, tho Department ot Commerce was olllclajly Jnformedtoday LACKAWANNA LIFTS WESTBOUND EMBARGO NKW YOHK, Feb. 21. Tho rHawnrp, I.ackawnnna nnd Western Railroad has lifted its embargo on all westbound (less carloads) freight shipments from Now York nnd nil other points on Its lines destined to points west ot Buffalo. Also It has lifted embargoes on all westbound (less carloads) freight from connecting lines cast of Iluffnlo for points west thereof. .-)00 DIE, 1300 HURT IN RUMANIAN TRAIN WRECK MOULIN, Feb. ,21. Five hundred persons, mostly Rumanian refugees, Wero killed nnd about 1500 others weto Injured In n train wreck near Chlrurcha, In northern Rumania, says tho Overseas News Agency today. Tho information Is attributed to a dispatch In the Ilusslan newspaper Rus.skoyc Slovo. Tho train Jumped tho track nnd llro broke out in tho telescoped cars, exploding a great quantity of ammunition on hoard. HOGS SELL AT HIGHEST PRICE IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Tho price for hogs today smashed nil ptevlous high quota tions hy nearly a quarter of n dollar when tho market opened at $12.95 per 100 pounds. Pigs wild at $11 per hundredweight. Tho latter price Is the highest since the Civil Wnr. AMERICANS FROM GERMANY REACH DENMARK WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The State Department today was notified that tho following Americans have renched Copenhagen from Germany: Mr. and. Mrs. Conger nnd child, Carl I.uetcke, John McCnll or Glcrs, Confidential Clerk Charles II. Achenbach, Fred Aclicnb.ich, special commissioner, Treasury Department, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Carl Klchcnlierg. $800,000 ASKED FOR MOTHERS' PENSIONS The l.cglslatmc has asked tin iippinprintlon of $500,000 to carry out the pro visions of the mothers' pension net in Pennsylvania. Governor Brumbaugh has declared In favor of tho appropriation. Tho bill was Introduced by Representative Vlckerman, ot Allegheny County. PENN TO CONFER DEGREE ON BELGIAN RELIEF LEADER Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of tho Commission for Relief In Belgium, will bb honored by the University nf Pennsylvania nt tho annual University Day exercises tomorrow with the degreo of doctor of laws, according to announcement just mado hy Provost Smith. Mr. Hoover Is n graduato ot Lcland Stanford University, California. BRITAIN SEIZES ALL STOCKS OF LEATHER WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.--Consul General Skinner has nd vised the Stato De partment by cablo from London that tho British War Ofllco Is taking over possession of lenther stocks In Kngland. "Wnr Ofllce," paid Mr. Skinner's message, "takes possession of nil leather, finished or. unfinished, nnd Intends to tnko possession of nil such ns can bo produced prior to March 31. Order applies to vegetable tanned hands, butts, backs, half backs and sides." Mr. .Skinner's dispatch ndded that Great Britain also has requisitioned nil unsold Btocks of raw Jute In tho United Kingdom and will tnko possession of all unsold stocks arriving nftcr February 17. GUNS MOUNTED TO PROTECT CHESAPEAKE BAY NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 21. Two five-Inch XMU v-..-.- " i..io.i lust Inside the capes of foundations for the big guns. Two companies of artillerymen will bo stntloned at Fishermen's Island. "BONE DRY" GEORGIA IF REED BILL PASSES ATLANTA. Ga Feb. 21, Governor Harris told a delegation of Prohibitionists, ho would call 'an extra session of tho Legislature to pass a "bono dry" bill should tho Reed amendment to the postal bill, now before Congress, becomo a law. Tho Reed amendment would make It a crime to ship liquor into Stntes which prohibit its manu. faeture or sale. Georgia laws now permit receipt of two quarts of liquor or forty eight pints of heer or ono gallon of wlno ove,ry thirty days. MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS BACK WILSON'S STAND DETROIT, Feb. 31 Michigan Republicans in ptajo convention here pledged themselves t ?WTa peniuo, jrrcsiueiu y ' -- . ............ (Ln.1 nn,1nls to NEWS guns liavo ben taken to Capo Henry neon ana iopgrfM 'ana to rnceant ,Br Wt.'v.lUk - -' -"" l. -,';'. BIG TRANSPORT AND 11 VESSELS li T4-i iti fTtAmtian . . I LKIIAT VII TIM V -"m ""r" "Crowded Italian Steam- hJfe ship" Torpedoed in Medi- H AI11nntlt T)a1u C1ax '., lui i aimaii, jjurini oaya LINER OCEANA XS SUNK M Two Armed Craft With Supplies for Salonica Among Those Submarined PARIS. Feb. 21. 41 Hie slnkinir of five shin9 was offi- V cinllv announced here today. They were " , JS me iUinns, bkoRiand, Giuseppe, (iuido rr aim jcosaiic. (lhe foregoing merchant ships wero apparently sunk by German hi$ submarines In the barred zone waters. Heretofore, Paris has kept silent on lost ships.) s i.nvnnw rt. t 'S . . . " - is J lie uritish saihnR ship Ccnturian, ri .nor, . . , . .. . . ,,S jo. o tons, nounu irom l'cnsncola, ia 'Al fnr I.nnrlnti linn VitiAti ottHb t 4l kni.l ' ",Sfl - "'"ivhi uviii ouiin in iuu uauru zone, Lloyd's announced today. Her crew was saved. The Ccnturian sailed ' v&3 from Pcnsaeola on December 31. BERLIN, Feb. It. Sinking In the Mediterranean of n "crowded Italian transport steamship." two armed steamships of 3000 nnd 4500 tons: the Italian liner Oceana, 4200 tons: the French steamship Moventaux, 3200 tons, nnd tho French sailing ship Aphrodite, $00 tons, was announced In an official press bu reau statement today. The statement follows: In the barred zone waters of the Mediterranean In the last few days a largo number of valuable hostile ships have been sunk. Among them were crowded Italian transport nnd two armed steamships of respectively 3000 and 4500 tons, with important cargoe's consigned to .Salonica. In addition the following wero sunk: An Italian ocean-going steamship ot 4200 tons; the French Bteamshlp Mo ventaux, of 3200 tons, and the French sailing ship Aphrodite, bound for Italy with GOO tons of Iron. German papers state that tho success ot the submarines Is undoubtedly much larger; as a majority of the underwater boats have JiotyelTepotte'd. " A "'" " ' Lloyd's does not list an Italian steamship named Oceana, but there Is a steamship Oceania, of 4217 tons, owned by I Plt talugla, of Genoa, which may be the one specified Jn tho Berlin statement. Neither of the other ships Is listed, nor Is there npy name In Lloyd's register which might be mistaken for, them. PARIS, Feb. 21. The Matin says that shipping returns for tho week ending Feb ruary IT showed a dally average of arrivals at French ports of 108. The Matin adds: "This U fresh prcof that unrestricted sub marine warfare has In 'no way restricted traffic nt our ports.' XKW YORK. Feb. 21. The Italian steamship Oceania, 4200 tons, one of the ships apparently bunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean, sailed from this port for Gibraltar on January 27. Berlin re ported also tho destruction of the French ship Moventaux. This may .have been the Mont Ventoux, 3200 tons, which was last reported ns having sailed from Car diff for nn unnamed port. ' . TEACHER KEPT MARRIAGE SECRET FOR TWO YEARS News of Miss Ethel Lee Pretty-nan's 3s wcauinp; ureal surprise iu Friends nnd Pupils WILMINGTON". Del.. Feb. 21. Scores of 'friends, nnd hundreds of former pupils of Miss Kthcl Lee Prcttyman, now known as Mrs. Arthur Cleveland Huston, wers , surprised today when they learned for the first time of her marriage two years ago today. Tho news of the wedeng was made pub' tin todav bv tho bride's mother. Mrs. M, J. Prettymnn, 2002 Market street. For ,) four years Miss i-reiiyman laugni scnooi -gji ago today sho sent word she would not be n.A.nnt X.n f.flA nilMnOotoH tllA TPillinn. .Mini .. unjfl ,," ...... 'uw. ... ...,, "yvH desk. ,' MfyS MoniivuliMn M!r PreMvm.in hail enni ,f3l to Camden, N. J., where she nnd Mr. Hus ton were married by the Rev. John Hand ley, a Methodist minister. Following the, wedding thero was a brief honeymoon. Then tho couple returned to Delaware. 'a, lmt limn MIrm Prettvmnn lived nt Newark, with her mother nnd brother, -?jjs the Kov. li. C. Prcttyman, State superln.,ja tendent of the Anti-Saloon League. Mr,jj: lliistnn lived nt Seaford. Del. Tffz Hy diplomatic moes, tho couple hidyjj the brides parents move 10 xnis city,,; a '-a - , 1. 11..., l..l t..aln.J .H.b I '.;( For several months tho couple lived wltl? -the bride's mother beforo she knew of her i daughter's marriage. Mr. Huston' ' "tioarded" at their home. Then it was.' agreed that tho affair would remain -a, ; secret, ns ine yuuiiK utwo iancu iu Jv. . tlnue 'her nchool work, ' . WOULD-BE WAR NURSE ','i ItENIlERED ILL BY SERUM' -- - - ,.. . .. . v-w Now York Society uirl, Preparing t, I Aid Country, Took Antl- , Vv Typhoid Dose , , NHW YOniv, Feb, SlAa the result et Inoculation with typhoid germ In prep aration for Bed Cross, duty in the event of,' war, Mlss,Elsle De Wplf, New "York I girl, is in, ' Her condition U not considered although she is ery weakandwtll , fined to.BrvD.msrila(yL ttMU!LH -m .2-' ."II.B i .13 , h y.sa m - T'X WH - liLV Mt .M of bttfM.. IW ! !"". T.'-'rui!iLi nrc isnti.ui ZT' m PTtt ... i " - t . .M' l :- ... . rr a "' - WS yvvtwm ?, ' i;ii,i.
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