'to lEueninn NIGHT EXTRA feftner m NIG EXTRA tvOl, IH.-NO. 140 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1917 CortKMMT, 1917. Bt Tltr. ri'BLIC LKnqtR t'OHTAM PRICE TWO CENTS iTION'S HEADS QUICK NEWS BRITAIN TO USE HUGE LINERS IN INTINUE TALK y ON FOOD CRISIS BLOCKADEDASH . gam i ii1; Ai ill v.V! R. T,sl-kn4--n Olil egress cuaiw ivcucx While New York Gives It 3ns of supplies IIto aid metropolis nrt l.-1 r fit ivor Miccnei s committee RpDump Commodities on fit Markets at Once 1EAD TRUST CHARGED II " - ..." ... .. nois Representative Has Per- fwhal Knowledge, He Says, of Nation-Wide Plot Congress and the executive branches rki Government, although annarent- Kwideljl at odds on the means, today rm!crl relief soon to the nrosont hlili it of livintr. rHouse leaders planned to nush the MW,000 appropriation for a Federal in Rwtigation and Senator Lewis urged 1111 vJW r.ii.i hut; J. ICOIUUJIL tU e foodstuffs illegally stored. While Washington is talking, New rk.is acting. The Mayor's commit his bought a solid carload of smplts lie sold at low rates to the npprk- Elie'mctropolis also has bought mil Ks'oi pounds of rice to dump on the lEepresentative Henry T. Rainev. of Inpis, in Washington, declared he had Itrsonal knowlenVn of n hrnml tnui 'fermed to keep up prices. CONGRESS BADLY SPLIT 4 ON FOOD RELIEF PLANS WASHINGTON. Fob. 'I.-Snm ilonnii. Ko to reIIeo the acute food situation In Bltwuntry may be exnected within n r, IQoternment oniclals said toda.v inferences between tho President, mem- ; f hi Cabinet and Acting f'h.iliman rfp. of the. United States Shipping promised to brine concerted Bnwm. wctlon, along different lines, liumedl-' Miri:uu ine ioou crisis. totny General Gregory, who sayi his wiftit has been continually at work reeks on the high cost of llvlnir nnos- 'romltes an Important announcement Federal Trade Commissi,.,! nn.i nfl. BCnt nf Ai.rlriiltni-A ... ,., l a, , -- . .ui.u.c- ate iiiuftiiij, iie- Mrytf)lanS Willi, Waiting fnp -..,,,..,,.. gtl,orfvhelr $400,000 appropriation r'e- r "'" oiaiuiiK an inquiry. ',WWe divergence of opinion among con- ""mi, it-auers as io now to meet the I ISSUe. hnwmpr. YViroatono in tin .... i'.Pproprlatlon. Tt een threatens to r,rller measures of any kind. al of tho fight on the food sltua- inomisea io develop In the House. Htntathe Hnrlntnl U!ia Avnnntn.1 In .. UtlCe his nmamlmnnl fn 4 1. (Inn nnn froprlatlon. j? LEADERS mviDKI IM nhftllmto Ctnn.1 l.r ... ttnin 1 - Wn Committee In refusing the appro ptlon s now followed by Senate chief- jjiwno, wnue agreed that homething Vi be done, are admittedly at wide Wee as to methods. ator Lewis, Administration v. hip. I to DUsh Ills nliin Itt rnnfUnHnir nnl.l. Ve products, lmlit in iniaftnn ,. i... Welling them to the needy. pi purchaFe of Breat supplies for dla- Conllniifil on ran Four. Column Ms I PLACED IN SENATE REVENUE FILIBUSTER PWblicans, Full of Talk fainst Bill. Threaten to Force Extra Session gASHlNSITON-, Feb. 24 The Hepubll- uusier against the Administration wncy revenue bill In the Senate showed pn of abatement todav. Both sides Eppared to make a night of it. Lead 9i their cots made up for spending the lt the Capitol If necessarv. and relavs Mranged for carrylnout the wearing jnuvesses, wueh BtiU in an Incipient stage, the -emea on n fair road to sue W, odds being offered at the Canltol I?' f an extra session. The rtepubll- rj" "' Insisting they merely wanted ni me revenue bill to "a thorough B. but the. ......... nHl ...lit. - ." nun jiiiiiicu .iin Patently to take up all of the re- -.cii norKing days before aa- HE WEATHER FORECAST fMadttpMa and viclnltuFalr to. find Hunildl): colder fnnlnhl 11-ilh Vtmpcratuie alout tucntwflic dv uvnimucd vioderatetu cold Hun j or(Au'e( wind. I.kSqth ov day W. J:j;a.m.Moon rl.. 7-J1 s.m, '.. a,4j tj,m .Moon Hull. HrVII n tn WrtB IHVEn TID.B CHANQES fjilOj'ttl'S l."h wtr.. :4 P.m. jVivJSia.m.llAiw wtr U:0Ui,ni. r"ATUKK KACII IIOUK -L-W I 471 481 4S' I VICTIMS OF BURNINO Florence Okeson, six vears old, was burned to death and Violet Okeson, eight years old, was seri ously hurt in attempting to rescue her sister. The accident occurred at 124 Gaunt street, Camden, today. FLAMES ROB PARENTS OF THEIR FOURTH CHILD Girl's Dress Takes Fire as Mother Watches at Dying Baby's Side Another one of the Okeson children died today and still another Is dying. Six-year-old Florence Okeon died In the Cooper Hospital. Camden, of burns received last night while her mother, Mrs. Mary Okeson, 124 (Jant street, South Camden, as watching at the bedside of her two-year-old baby George, who Is In the last stages of tuberculosis In the West .lersey Homeo pathic Hospital On the leceipt of the mes sage that her little girl had been fatally burned when her dress caught fire In the kitchen of the Okeson home, tho mother, herself a cripple, hurried to the other hos pital The tragedy accentuated the sorrow that has pursued the family of T.ewlj and Mary Okeson ever since they were married twelve years ago. Nine children were bom to them, but the wages of the husband.- who is a printer and what the neighbors call a "good, fair, steady man," did not Increase with the growing cost of living. Money Intended for the rainy "day was taken by Illness; three of the children sickened and died and the mother n crippled by iheu matlsm. The baby, four-month-old Mar. who died of tuberculous, was buried three months ago, Todaj'8 deatli leaves four children In the little four-room home: John, ten; Violet, nine, who Is housekeeper for her crippled mother; Albert, eight, also a cripple, and Bertha, three. The children are undersized and wizened, for no small wonder. They have had no fresh vegetables since summer, no fresh meat for months Perhaps their cheeks would filfout If they had the air and play that belong to children and better food than bread, Jelly and condensed milk for breakfast M'FADDEN, FIRST CITY TROOP HEAD, TO RESIGN Ranking Officer, Who Has Had Commission for 21 Years, Will Retire Captain J. Franklin McFadden, who since May 20, 1910. has been ranking officer lu the First City Troop of Philadelphia. Is about to relinquish his command. News of his contemplated letlrement be came known after the nnnual Washington's Birthday dinner of the troop last Thursday night. Captain McFadden will go upon the nonactlve list of the troop. Captain McFadden has served In the First qity Troop for thirty years. He was elect ed to membership January 3, 1887, and for nine yeata was an enlisted man, and for twenty-one years a commissioned officer. H assumed command of the troop after hl.i election to succeed Captain John C. Groomo when the latter was aflvanced to the rank of major to command the nrst squadron, First Pennsylvania Cavalry. Captain McFadden, who Is a cotton mer chant, lives at Nineteenth and DeWey streets, and Is prominent soclallj-. He Is a member of the Hlttenhouse. "or lunt. Philadelphia Country. Racquet. Habblt and Merlon Cr'eket Clubs, and Is an alumnus of tho University of Pennsylvania, class or '8- He Is also a director of the Philadel phia Trust Company and of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, The troop Is one of the most exclushc social organizations In the city and num bers among Its members scions of the city's foremost families. It Is separa e from the military organization, the on y connection being that one must belong to the military organization In order to belong o the socal one. The troop has taken part In every war the country has ever had except the Mexican War. when no volun teer cavalry was accepted, and ranks ; h (5h among all militia cavalry units of the C0ltntIsy'the oldest military organization in ,r the United States, with a continuous military reco.d. It was organized Novcm t" 17. 1771. Hnd fought at the battles of Tren o n apd Princeton. It escorted Genera Washl gtou on his public appearances In this c It mi from that time has always claimed and held the richt to as escort ,a8?SThuayrban,luet -n were iiiescnt. io all of whom their commanders announcement cms as u complete surprise and occasioned universal I egret. Afterglow " by George Allan England, the Sequel to 4 Beyond the Great Oblivion," Begins on Page 5 QffiThis Ji tUn -- In iViinhnliiMVwn r - iitfit-f'iWVial''''i' "fiiif JW iff) ' .til ft Vi - r 11 i'ilif'i'l'ii- THlh(iiifriii.fr 1 'hlfitr.i'rft' ''Vrint tn"viia-4 if rt , t,-,i. ', !'..1.,J:,-.i.' V,- f r:u.iiliiJ-j.lAlBi!' ' ., " .dH 11 MORE SHIPS SUNK;RAIDERIN INDIAN OCEAN Seven Dutch Vessels Be lieved Victims of Mines or U-Boats CAPTAIN AND SIX MEN DIE Four British Craft Destroyed by Rover and Submarines I.O.VDO.V. Feb. 24 Woven Dutch ship., with a total of more than 2T.O0O ton, were victims of the "barred zone" Thursday; It was stated to day They were the .aandyk, .Voordcrdyk. Kemland, Gnnsterl. Jacatra. Menado anil Bandoeng. The seven ships were sunk at western approaches) of the Ihigll-h Channel. Four were homeward bound with full oaigoes It was authoritatively stated that all ar rangements for their pasage through the danger zone were In the hands of the Hutch authorities. '.Wither the Hutch rjovernment nor the shipowners lequested nr received Information from the British Admiralty as to their courses. The Holland-America l.lne was owner of two of the Inst ships. The money loss entailed by the destruc tion of the Dutch ships Is estimated at from $11,000,000 to $12,000,000. Only one older day havn rjerman submarines taken a big-' gcr toll. The British steamship Ciienadler lias been sunk with the loss of seven lives, the cap tain arid six members of the crew. Lloyd's reported today. ' The British steamship Trojan Prince al. has been destrojed by i Herman subma rine in the barred zone waters The Biltish steamship Helglei. leported sunk by Lloyd's yesterday, carried a cargo valued at $1,000,000, It was stated In marine circles today The destruction of this ves sel was one of the severest blows sustained by marine Insurance underwriters since Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare began. A dispatch fiom Toklo says a German sea raider has Invaded the Indian Ocean, where It has alieady sunk at least two ships. Both of the destrojed vessels were of British nationality, the dispatch said. Cable dispatches describing the sinking of the seven Dutch ships do not mention' whether the vessels were victims of a Ger man submarine or-of mlnes."-lt has been the British Government's custom merely to announce the "sinking" of a ship, although In several cases recently the method of this sinking has been added. It Is barely possible that the Hutch ves sels were sunk by mines laid by the Brit ish, although this Is unlikely In view of the spot whero the ships were reported de stroyed It seems more probable that Ger man I'-boats waiting off Land's I'nd and the Scllly Islands to prey on commerce for J'ngland were responsible Llod's lists two British steamships named Grenadier, the larger of" 1004 tons, registered at Newcastle. 'and owned by the Tyne-Tees St ram Shipping Companj . (he other of .157 tons, registered nt Glasgow and owned by David MacBrayne. Limited From the fact that there were more than Contlniifd on Tiikc Four, Column One GEIVERAL FUNST0N LAID TO REST IN PRESIDIO Impressive Military Honors at Funeral of National Hero in San Francisco SAN FHANCISCO, Feb. 24 With an Jmprcsslve military ceremony the body of "Fighting Fred" Funston was laid lo iest In the national cemetery In the Presidio today beside that of his little son. Ailhur McArthur Funston The solemn booming of the minute gun, the clear, bugled notes of "taps" and finally the three crashing volleys of rifle fire over tho grave of the nation's beloved soldier, stirred an assemblage of nearly 6000 per sons. At 10 o'clock this morning the body of General Funston, which lay In state In the rotunda of the City Hall last night, vvat placed on a caisson draped with American llags. Two regiments of Infantry stood nt "present arms" while six soldiers carried the casket out of the building. In front of the City Hall the procession it 3000 men was formed Major General J. Franklin Bell, personally commanding the two regiments of Infantry, rode Imme diately behind the casket. The honorary pallbearers were: Hear Admiral William F Fullam, I'. S. N . Brigadier General William I. Selbert. Brigadier General II. K Kvans. Brigadier General Oscar F Long, Brigadier tleneral John P. '"Vlsser and Colonel Benjamin Al void. In the funeral column were eighteen com panies of artillery, several companies of marines, Spanish AVar veterans, veterans of fotelgn wars, national guardsmen, cadet corps and several squads of city police. From the City Hall the procession inarched up Van Ness avenue to the First Presby terian Church, whero the Rev. William Kirk Guthrie preached the funeral sermon. Six eeigeants again carried the casket to the caisson and the cortege moved out Van Nesifavenue to the Presidio. As the procession entered the Presidio a cannon boomed. At Intervals of one minute for a peilod of thirteen minutes, the cannon spoke the major general's salute. Then as the casket was lowered Into Its grave a bugler sounded "taps." Again came a Balute of thirteen guns. Then stepped forth m firing bquad and three volleys crashed a last farewell. Meanwhile the city of San hranelsco vir tually suspended business. By proclamation of the Mayor all city and public offices were closed and many business houses shut their doore. 1 1111111k. ": " .im IjjjjjjjjjjjjjjT "?lvS t 1 1 ll X " ! i MME. SCHUMANN-HKINK The noted singer wan seriously in jured today in St. Louis when n trolley car collided with her taxi cab. SCHUMANN-HEINK HURT IN TAXI WRECK Famous Contralto's Ribs and Arm Broken and She Suffers Internal Injuries ST. LOflS. Mo,' Feb. 14. Mine Schll-maun-llelnk, famous contralto, was sei lously Injured today ns n result of the wrecking by a street car of the tatlcab In which she and Miss IMIth l"vans, her ao canip.mlst, were riding. .Mine Schumann Helnk suffered fractuies of two ribs, a deep laceration of the right arm and piohahle Internal Injuries. Miss l'nns was unhurt. Tho attending physician says thrf singer's condition' Is serious and an engagement here tonight has been canceled. FIRE SWEEPSASYLUiU CAUSING MADMEN'S PANIC $100,000 Loss Suffered in Part Destruc tion of Illinois State Hospital Near Peoria PHOBIA. 111., Feb. 21. File destrojed one building, partly wrecked another and dun aged three olbeis at the State Hospital for the Insane nt South BartonUlle, seven miles Irom Peoria today, Tho loss Is esti mated at more than $100,000 I anln broke out among the 3000 paUenH at tho Institution, but the :ifin nuises man aged to tiansfer those from the imperileu bill ding to others, outside tho track of the flames Two hundred patients worn te Icustd that they might aid in lighting th lire and removing property lo safety TORNADO CUTS FATAL PATH IN GULF STATES Nineteen Persons at Least Killed in Storm Hundreds Are Injured ATLANTA Ga . Feb. 24. The Gulf States( emerged today from the severest tornado nf the jear and early reports that reached Atlanta Indicated nineteen persons were killed and many Injured In the collapse of buildings. Dispatches fiom Sylacauga, Hollins, Midway and Stewardsvlllc, Ala.,' reported that seven persons lost their lives, most of them school children, who were trapped In wrecked classrooms. Four negroes were re ported dead at Whlttsett, Ala. At Llthonja. Ga , telephone messages coming In over hastily reconstructed wires gave two negroes dead In early reports, while six children lost their lives In George, town, Miss., It was stated Owing to hampered communication with the stricken district It was Impossible early today to get more than bare details of the tornado that swept the States late jestei day. Hundreds nrc reported Injured, some of them seriously, but confirmation of these figures could not be had here. Dispatches Indicated that the loss of life was confined mostly to the poorer district, where houses of fcimsy construction collapsed, The tor nado evidently cut a path directly ncross Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, Ignoring districts on Its edge. England Sings "Hail Columbia" ILLUMINATING article on AN how the break with Germany was received in the British capital, written by Gilbert Vivian Seldes our special correspondent in London, will appear on Monday in the EVENING LEDGER ROCHESTER PASSES WAR ZONE? WILL DOCK -TONIGHT HORDE AUX. nance, Tcb. 24. The American slcamssUlp Rochester was expected to dock heie this rvenliiR, having tnl'ely passed thiutigh the baned zone. 993 OF 1000 TROOPS LOST ON TRANSPORT BEIvHIv, lcb. a 1. Only two men survived out of the 1000 troops itbedlil the Italian tiauspoit Minns, recently sunk by a German tu'mi'iiiir in tlic Mi'dilenancnii, the pic&s btucau announced today. PERSUING SALUTED AS HE TAKES FUNSTON'S POST SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. I'cb. 24. General Periling, who succeed rrj Gcnrr.il l'unslioii a:i commander of the Dcpaitnient of tho Suuth west, airivcd nt licntkiuaitcrs today and was giectcd with a salute nf thirteen guns. All the depaitiuent officcis called in n body to pay thcli ipspects. WANK B. SANBORN, JOURNALIST, DIES OF INJURIES SriilNGl'IELD, Mass., Teb. 21. Frank B. Sanborn, of Coucorn, Hat-?., jotirnnlibt and author ol politic.il tic,i(ibvs ami ebimya, died to iljy ui Wcjitflclil, N. J., from Hie eifecta of nu injuiy reeehfij ui tho Ui'im" r'f Ii'" S""- Viniicis Saiibntii, nrrimliug to wnl receivd heio. HOGS BRING $13, SETTING NEW CHICAGO RECORD CHICAGO, I'd). 24. Ilogw established n new high reconl today, when he-ivles and mixed mjKI on the market lieip for $13 a hundred pounds PENROSE DENIES DROPPING FIGHT ON BRUMBAUGH Senator Penrose In Washington today declared that he has no Intention of nbnndoulng his light for an investigation of Governor Brumbaugh and tho State administration. "As oon ni my duties me ended here 1 shall nurn to Penn sylvania and do everything 1 can to bring about tho Investigation of Governor nrumbaugh and his administration," he Maid, " "I have not ubandoned my plan Li clenn house In Pennsylvania, and no deals are on to stop the inuulrj-." PICKS UP WIRE ON.STREET; KILLED.BY .CHARGE.. SCflANTON, Pa., Feb. 24. John Zlnbrous, forty-five jears old, was electrocuted on his way to work at a local mine today. He found a wire along the sidewalk and picked It up to throw It .nto the stieet. It was heavily charged. Zlnbrous's right hand was burned off. He died almost instantly. MISSIONARY KILLED ON WAY TO JOIN FAMILY NASIIVII.LK. Tenn.. Feb. 24 Itobeit Allen linden. Picsbyterlan missionary at Soo Chow, w.im en louto to Lucerne, Switzerland, to lake his wife and six children back to Chha with him. when he wast Killed on the French steamship Athos, torpedoed in the Mediterranean b a German submarine. He had been a missionary since 1891. when he was graduated from the Southwestern Presbj' terlan University, at Clarksvllle, Tenn. He was born nt Kcatchle, Louisiana, in 186.1. Since 190S he had been an evangelistic missionary at North Soo Chow. In 18S7 Mr. linden mairled Miss Eugenie Clara Jlllbold, of Switzerland ROLLER BEARING PLANT SALE IS APPROVED TRENTON. N. .1.. Feb. 21. Judge nellstab signed nn order in the United Slate-) District Court confirming the f,ale of the Standard Holler BoarinK Company of Phil arielphln to Frank Smith, of that city. Mr. Smith, the nominal put chaser, represents about ninety-eight per cent of the ci editors and stockholders of the corporation. The put chase price was $1,000,000. It was stated that creditors of the companj-, which has an indebtedness of $1,600,000, will receive sixty per cent of their claims. GERMAN CURATOR IN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM QUITS NEW yoitlv, Feb. 24. Dr. William P.. Vnlentlner, cuiator of decorative art nt the Metropolitan Museum, who has been fighting with the Kaiser's 'army since the wnr began, has decided to remain In Germany after peace Is declated and, with that Intention, has resigned his position at the museum. His resignation, communicated In a letter, was accepted with i egret by the trustees yesteiday. PLOT TO DESTROY BRITISH OFFICES IN DUTCH TOWN AMSTERDAM, Feb, 24. The Nleuvve Van Den Dag sajs that a plot against the British consulate at Gronlngen. nlnetj-two miles northeast of Amsterdam, lias been discovered. A box of explosives to which fuses were nttached, tho paper adds, were found in the hotel where the consulate Is housed, Five anests have been made. LONDON, Feb. 24. An Exchange Telegraph dispalch from Rotterdam says that the persons who were nnested at Gronlngen admitted that thej tried several times to blow up the consulate, for which they received 2000 florins ($800). GERMAN SAILORS TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP BOSTON, Feb. 24. Ofllceis of the American freighter Allaguash repotted on her arrival from iluenos Aires that the vessel was held up by a British cruiser, believed to be the Earl of Glasgow, off the Brazilian coast on Junuary 23, and two Germans in her crew removed. The steamship was detained five hours. The Ger man sailors had signed at Buenos Ahes.' READY TO SELL ARM TO BECOME MISSIONARY BALTIMORE, Feb. 24. To gain sufficient money to pay the way for himself and his wife through a theological school, that they may become evangelists in fotelgn fields, Sllchacl Hcrbett, of 756 Ramsey street. Inserted nn advertisement in a newspaper here saying he was willing to sell his blood forransfuslon, submit to the amputation of one leg or arm or part with some of his lingers. "SLOW FREIGHT" TO GIVE WAY FOR INAUGURATION CROWD T6 take cate of the heavy passenger traffic during the inauguration, the P. B. nnd W. Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad will not haul any "slow freight" on March 3, 4, 5, 6. "Slow ft eight" means such material as Iron trie, and does not apply to anything perishable. Food and all necessaries of life will go through as surely as if theie were no presidential inauguration. MEDICAL MEN URGE WAY TO KEEP STREETS CLEAN The demand that Mayor Smith enforce tho law to keep the streets of Phila delphia free fiom dltt has been made by n Joint committee on clean streets repre senting the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the College of Physicians and the Philadelphia Pediatric Socletj'. Besolutlons to that effect were adopted by the committee and forwarded to the Mayor. GRAIN FOR PHILADELPHIA HELD UP IN WEST Philadelphia grain shippers and consumers arc feeling the grain tlo-up in the West, according to L. G. Graff, president of the Commercial Exchange of the Philadelphia Bourse. Mr. Graff said that he estimated that 5,000,000 bushels of Brain Intended for shipment through the port of Philadelphia are held up in Chicago. Heavy Freight Fleet to Leave New York, Says Report SPEED EXPECTED TO DEFEAT U-BOATS Six Powerful Vessels Slated for Service to Relieve Food Stress in England U. S. WATCHES SITUATION Administration Fears German Crisis Will Become Foot ball of Politics Ni:w YORK. Feb 24. An attempt to smash the Herman submarine blockade by the life of six of tile biggest and fastest lineis now afio.it as freighters between New Ynik and 1lvcrpool I; planned by Kngland, accoiding to reports In shipping circles here tod a j". The leport Is said to have been brought over by officcis recently arriving from Europe. The fast, powerful vessels are counted on to bo able to elude the subma lines, but will also be well armed for com bat should submerslbles be encountered The ships named are the Cunard liner Aquilanla. White Star liner Olympic, French liner France, Holland-America liner Sta dendani, Cunard liner Mauretanfa nnd the Belgian liner Uelgcnland. Enci.v one of these ships Is new, the oldest being the Mauretanla. Some of them never have been used In transatlantic service, al thoflgh all were built for that purpose. The Statendam passed Into British bands while she was In tho course of construc tion when the war started. The Uelgcnland and Auultanla also were being built when the war started. All were Immediately commandeered for use as hospital ships, transports nnd supply ships. They have been In constant use since the beginning of the war The Aiiuitaula has a tonnage of 45,0(7; the Oljmplc, 4C3G9; Franco, 23,666; Stat endam, 32,500 ; Mauretanla, 30,704, and the. Belgenland. 26,500. Each ship, It Is da- clared. Isxapable of-nialntalnliiR jvjjuttdipt- twenty-two knots an hour, "Operations against them by submarines would be al most Impossible, It Is felt. The declaration here follows clobelj- the speech of David Lloyd George In the House of Commons, In which be said that every step possible must be taken lo avert a des perate situation. M1F MAKE U-BOAT ISSUE FOOTBALL OF POLITICS WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. That the In ternational crisis may become a football of politics was an opinion freely expressed In Administration circles today. The fact that leading Senators admit they desire to force nn extra session, while followers of the President Insist be Is prepared to make any sacrifices to get Congress "oft bis hands," shows the wide divergence In official opinion. Meanwhile the members of both house aie dividing Into camps, with the result that while three weeks ago the President had almost a solid Congress behind Jilm, today the contrary Is the case. And If any drastic measures now are advocated by the Admlnlstiatlon It Is admitted that they will be subject lo considerable debate be fore they are acted upon. The situation Is In part due to the Presi dent's failure to inform Congress of the progress of international affairs. Immedi ately following the diplomatic break with . Germany Congress was disposed to go to any length to support the Administration. Then the nation-wide agitation against war began to .be felt. Many olV'iclals, following this, took the President nt bis word when he declared that only the actual commis sion of an overt act Vvould convince him that Germany was willing to permit a break In the friendship between the two countries. All ejes were focused on the White House. But for reasons that are declared in official quarters to be of the very best no word came. FACTIONAL GROUPING Then tlje general discussion of the inter national situation broke loose In the Sen ate and the House and the breaking up of the membership into factional camps got well under way Today Congress continues tn the dark re gal ding the Intentions of the President. Inspired reports from officials close to Pres-, fdent Wilson Insist that he will take Con- );, Continued on Tase Four, Column Three Prize-winners in the Woman's Page Contest ANNOUNCEMENT of the prize -winners in the $100 contest for the best criticisms of- its wonjen'a pages is on page 8 of today's Euening t&& 2Ji.geifc " The names of the winner3 of the, first prize of $50, of the second prise of $30 and of the third prise of $ft are there published,, The names of, the hundreds, of other women whoM, letters were found so interesting; aa to'merit honorable mention also M I puuiisneu. jf "'" ;im, a '4 ffH K ?.- M , '74 1
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