wvr w NIGHT EXTRA vSTR4 ittietwtg NIGHT EXTRA V VOL. III. NO. 141 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2(5, 1917 Corinoiil 1017. rt hie I'iulic I.rrotn CourAM UF'INANCI A-L EDI'iUON . Tf A. " "V A - . -m. -rfS. -4 Jk. . a s a 11 pii iniTr c ARMED FORCE, WILSON'S THKEAT IN BERLIN iKUT-EL-AMARA FALLS BEFORE BRITISH DRIVE SfMesopotamian Strong hold Retaken After Long Campaign fiPTTPTfK TM T?T?.rTPTV. AT at cwnn. irxTTiup t jtt m ALiuiiu uimiivii Uiixili !f Haig's Troops Press Toward Bapaume as Germans Re ft tire on Ancre OCCUPY MANY POSITIONS Seize Serre, Miraumont, Petit Miraumont, Pys and Other Points LONDON, Feb 2G ftut-el-Amara has been tecaptuml bv British forces Chancelloi of the Exchequer Andrew Bonar Law made tho announcement thli fternoon In the House of Common. He said tho Turkish parrison was In full retreat. 'The whole enemy's positions at Kami Al Tit and Kut-el-Amar.i hae been seemed" the Mesopotamlan statement announced. Kut itself is automatically ours Prisoners taken numbered 1730. Tour uns, ten machine guns and three mine throwers wore takpn nmi muni. ,1,1,.,. . n IwTmaterlaL and supplies captured Tho flght- flEg now bccomoH niipn j? A statement Hum the BrltiMi Mesopo tamia!) expedltlonarj force Sud.iy night had !ta a measure prepaied Iceland for the long-expected and devoutlj wished for vie- Ltwy at Kut It m then Mated that t,ie arks fn the cltj had been practically sur- itminded, Kut-el-Amara held a sentimental nlne tn n Ertfand becauso It was the sceno of Gcn- lri iownshends heiolc stand against the .Turkish forces early In the war General Townshend surrendeied to tho iTurklsh forces April 28, 1916. He had held the stragetlc position for HI da.vs against ill assaults his small foices making a tie- iBienddUS fight acnlnst rri halmli,,, .,.., jrlor Turkish assailants ine exact fono which was ihn" int hi ll lurrender has never been matin inihlip 11 ms known that there were 5S1 ottkers BRITISH ONLY FOUR MILES FROM BAPAUME LWith thi; biutish ar.uh:s afield. Feb. 20 Bapaume on which the Germans lavished kpeat defenslvo works and which thev have fcouen declared -would fall only "after the greatest price ever paid by a victorious tnij. is now directly threatened by the imtest German retirement since "t.i. Htlonary warfare" began more than two ,Trs ago gfc Cultlng In their newly won possession of ijuc.i Historic towns ns Mliaumor.t. Petit i"muimont and I'j?, the British foices m today eplorIng the e.act limits of ;" German reheat. fhe British, on the Ancin P.lmr ir. .,, !fbout four miles west of Bapaume. their r-:W" obJctlo of this front. The town has ln shelled by British guns until It Is n IMss of ruins, Tho Germans hae been fall. m back methodically under tho pounding . the British artillery. Dispatches from Jne front today said that much of the recent Jlhtlng along tho northern end of the eomme has been rari'loii nn n nicht -. i .thick fog where it was almost Impossible l!?ee.the object of .attack until one was Wit upon it. German prisoners, taken around Irles. )f that German officers belle e that the British and French nlnn fn ronon- tl, EOltlme OffensIlA at h nnln) ,vI,a If ,.1. fcft off in December, when mud and storms .VUtftn rn,l tn ni,.in 6 While the French ni'tlllrv lias hipn ICtiVft Ulaatil-,,,... .i- , .1.- v.-,.,-,. KL l??en the inltlatUo on tho Sommo and iitclsl ns to push " tnrol,sh t0 a K,Xhe three obJeetlcs of tho Anglo-French K, ki e bommt front were Teronne, fmoles and Bapaume. Combles Is the only Contlnnsl on Tare Two, Column Tour 1 THE WEATHER FOHEOABT MFor PhUadeJttMa nnd ulrtnUu Pm7. v tome light rain tonight, with lowest yt'ature alaiU jortv degrees; Tuesday Wng, with ranldhi talllnn tcrnm-ratum- J touthwest ulnda tonight, lecomlng unweat 1'..: LKN'OTit nr tiav il'.".t","i,:?i,'m' I Moon rliei. S. in a.m. "" B:48p.m. I Moon aeta,.10:Sl cm. VCL.MVAKI; ItlVKIt TIDE CHANGES CUCSTNilX HTItPBTT ' Wattr ., j n,.m I T,ow water, .12:1R B.m. tr..0.01 a.m High water. 620pm. JMPF.IIATUKK AT KACII HOUR i HOI II IT?TiT"gT ;iT " JTk 42T 4S j "oST-Wl nMT63"i "' I PRESIDENT SEEKS SANCTION, CLAIMING AUTHORITY ALREADY, ' TO ACT ON U-BOAT SITUATION' Addresses Joint Session of Congress, Re questing Plenary Powers in Event of Precipitate Act, "Which Has Not Yet Come" Believes Country May Trust Him to Preserve Peace Possible, but Sees His Duty and Intends Doing It. Would Arm Merchantmen War Depends Wholly on German Course WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. President Wilson today addressed a joint session of Congress on the international situation, asking authority to use armed force to maintain this country's neutrality in the face of the German U-boat campaign. Diplomatic means, the President said, had failed adequately to protect American rights and property. Specifically, he asked authority to arm merchant vessels. The President's address was us follows: "Gentlemen of the Congress: Jg "I havs again asked the privilege of addressing you because we ate moving through critical times, during which it .seems to me to be my duty to keep in close touch with the houses of Congiess s,o that neither counsel nor action shall run at cioss-purposes between u.. "On the 3d of February, 1 officially informed you of the sudden and unexpected action of the Imnerial Cerman Government in declaring its intention to disiegard.the promises it had made to this Go eminent in April last, and undertake immediate submarine operations ngainst all commerce, whether of belligerents or of neutrals, that should seek to appioach Great Britain and Ireland, the Atlantic coasts of Eutope, or the haibors of the eastern Mediter ranean and to conduct those operations without regard to tho established restrictions of international practice, without tegaid to any consideratons of humanity even, which might interfere with their object. That policy was forthwith put into practice. It has now been in active execution for nearly four weeks. .A.MrJKlCAM GOJ1MEKUE HIT BY KAlDSr, j.mWtitl f "Its piactical results are not yet fully disclosed. The commerce of other neutral nations is suffering severely, but not, peihaps, very much more severely than it was already suffering befoie the first of February, when the new policy of the Imperial Government was put into operation. We haye asked the co operation of the other neutral Governments to pi event these depredations, but pu xul iiuiiu ui uicui nun uiuuKiii ll wiau iu jum u in uiy luiiiiuuu Luuiau ut , pction. Our own commeicc has suffered, is suffering, lather in appiehension than in fact, rather because so many of our ships arc timidly keeping to their home ports than because American ships have been sunk. "Two American vessels have been sunk, the Housatonic and the Lyman M. r Law, The case of the Housatonic, which London firm, was essentially like the case of the 1-rye, in which, it will be re called, the German' Government admitted its liability for damages, and the lives of the ctew, as in the case of tho Frye, were safeguarded with reasonable care. The case of the Law, which was carrying lemon box staves to Palermo, disclosed a ruthlessness of method which deserves grave condemnation, but was accompanied by no circumstances which might not have been expected at any time in connection with the use of the submarine against merchantmen as the German Government has used it. "OVERT ACT" HAS NOT OCCURRED "In sum, therefore, the situation we find ourselves iu with regard to the actual conduct of the German submarine warfare against commerce and its effects upon our own ships and people is substantially the same that it was when I addressed you on the 3d of February, except for the tying up of our shipping in our own. ports because of the unwillingness of our ship owners to lisk their vessels at sea without insurance or adequate protection, and tho very serious congestion of our commerce which has resulted, a congestion which is growing ranidly more and more seiious every day. This in itself might presently accomplish in effect what the now German submarine orders were meant to accomplish, so far as wc are concerned. We can only say that the overt act which I have ventured to hope the German commanders would in fact avoid has not occurred. "But while this is happily true, it must be admitted that there have been certain additional indications and expressions of purpose on the part of the German press and the .German authorities which have incieased rather than lessened the impression that, if our ships and our people aic spared, it will be because of fortunate ciicumstances, or because the commanders of the German submarines which they may happen to encounter exercise an unexpected dis cretion and restraint rather than because of the instructions under which those commanders arc acting. "It would be foolish to deny that the situation is fraught with the gravest possibilities and dangers. "No thoughtful man can fail to see that the necessity for definite action may content any time, if wc are in fact, and not in word merely, to defend our ele mentary rights as a neutral nation. It would be most imprudent to be unprepared. "I cannot in such circumstances bo unmindful of the fact that the expiration of tho term of the present Congress is immediately at hand, by constitutional limitation; and that it would in all likelihood require ah unusual length of time to assemble and organize the Congress which is to succeed it. I feel that I ought, in view of that fact, obtain from you full and immediate assurance of the authority which I may need at any moment to exercise. CLAIMS AUTHORITY TO ACT IN CRISIS "No doubt I already oossess that authority without special war.rant of law, by the plain implication of' my constitutional duties and powers; but I prefer, in the present circumstances, not to act upon general implication. I wh to feel that the authority and the power of tho Congress are behind me in whntovcr it may become necessary for, me to do. We are jointly tho servants of the 'people and must act together in their spirit, so far as wo can divine and in- "No one doubts what it is our duty to d6. We must defend our commecre and the lives of our people in the midst of tho. present trying circumstances with discretion, but with clear and steadfast purpose. Only the method and the extent remain to bo chosen, upon the' occasion, if occasion should indeed arise Since it has unhappily proved impossible to safeguard our neutral righfs by diplomatic means against tho unwarranted infringements they are suffering nt the hands of Germany, there may bo no resource but to armed neutrolity, which wo shall know how to maintain and for which there is abundant -American precedent. , "It is devoutly to be hoped that it will not be necessary to put armed of "The Aftergjo;" Seguel tpK tBeyond the Great Oblivion," Appears in if was carrying foodstuffs consigned to a Contlnurd on race Two, Column One CRISI DUTCH FEAR BERLIN PLOTS TO FORCE WAK Sinking of Ships and En trenching of Troops Taken as Signs COVETS -STORES OF FOOD l.O.VPON", Teb SG Conviction grew In Great Britain today that (lei many deliber ately planiud the torpedoing of the revrn Dtltih ships leported to have fallen victims to Herman ' nithlet-sness " The belief was based on tho theory that (Jenn my. her belt tlsht front lack of food, has for a Ioiik lime looked loiiRlnKlv al comfortable, well-fed Holland and her .icrcs under cultivation, and deliberately soukIU to (one the Xethei lands Clovernmcnt Into war i-o tint hc mlKht raid this Moichouse of a nation This assumption. II was pointed out would explain the m.vstcrlous iiKi.'slnp of l.irt;o (ici m,iii forces on the Dutcii border tnd the action of tho Ceimaii suhmarliitn In not living up to n rate-conduct granted bv Ueilln to the l'utih vessels Holland now1 believes it understand why two months aRi (ittmanj besan marslilR troops near the frontier and nppu'clate.s the menace In widespread rumors that lliece troops luivu uitiiillv constructed lienches paralleling the line Public In dignation over the linking of seven Hutch f nntluurri un Tact. Tour. ( ul 11111 11 ljp "rsssfmmmimmfzgjmmsr.: -Lzi " "" oos&Ji&Ss AjbmMuve - 1 "" vUfttfoS,i.t.J. U.s-- - -v , ,-v j - . itvinKiiWSTamH)W?T &'V4&t&&&-2 Tlie vessel, one of the largest in the transatlantic service, was sunk off the Irish coast today. The Laconia, a sister ship of the Franconia, is of 18,0!)!) tons displacement, and is the biggest victim of the German subma rine warfare since the new decree was announced. She mailed from New York to England February 18, cairy- ing pas.sengeis, mail and cargo. BRITISH AND GERMAN FLOTILLAS IN BATTLE Carson Announces English De stroyers Are Undamaged. Teutons Craft Shell England's Coast LONDON. IVb. 20 British ile-ttojers met a (Icrmin destiojcr squadron between 11 o'cloik and midnight Sunday night In a heavy engagement Iu tho North ,Se,i, Mr I'd ward Carson, I'lrst Lnid of tho Admi ralty, announced in Common this after noon. "After a heavy engagement with gun nnd torpedoes out ships remained undam aged," lin said ' The ettcnt of the enemy damage Is unknown. "Anothet force of enemy destrojers shelled Broadstalrs and Margate, but fled beforo our destroseis arrived on. the scene." U. S. FREIGHTER ORLEANS REACHES FRANCE SAFELY Will Dock at Bordeaux Tomorrow. White Star Liner Lapland Arrives at Liverpool 1'AItIS. Feb :o The American froighter Orleans has en tered the Glrdnde Ttlver and will dock nt Bordeaux tomorrow. Her entry Into the Glrondo means sho has successfully passed the clanger of the German submarine zone. NKW YORK. 1'eb 20 The White Star liner Lapland arrived at Liverpool safely Sunday afternoon, a cable to the local offices or the line an nounced today. The French liner nspagne arrived at Bordeaux at 0 p. m. last Friday, according to a cable received at the company's office here. New Lawy,s Admitted to War Tho young lawyers sworn In by Court No. 1 and to whom certificates were' Is sued by Clerk John L. Burns art) John W. Hoffman, Jr., Walter E. Schemes, Walter II. Chapman, Thomas A. Logue, Francis nrearly, Thomas J. Marshall, Samuel Knox White, Walter Bernard Gibbons, C, Har rison Lund. Jay 11. Leopold, Francis B. Mallon, Charles A. Donnelly, John A. Boyle, Arnold M. lilumberg and Julius J, Levis. EXTRA FIFTEHIT OF T-ACONIA SURVIVORS LANDED i.ONDON. Feb. SO, riftccn survtvots of the Xaconia nliendy have j.'rti Jniuled, accoic'ug t tcpoils fiom Quceiistown late thl nfttinocn. Some, anioiif: the othets now being brought to fcltoic, wrro said to be injured. BRITISH 'WIN THE WAR" LOAN TOTALS $7,564,750,000 LONDON, 11. 80. Engnlnd's "win the war" loan subscriptions totalled l.ai2,S30,()nO pounds (nppioxlmatoly .s7,r.lM,7:0,0U0) of now money. Chancellor Bonar Law announced in Contiuoub today. BIG SPANISH SUBMARINE SAILS FROM NEW LONDON NEW LONDON. Conn.. Teb. 20. Tho bis Spanish submaiine Isaac Teral, teccntly completed in this countiy. sailed today for Spain, convoyed by the Spanish steamship CJnucUo Lopez. BERNSTORFF HELD UP TILL WEDNESDAY HALIFAX, Nl S Feb. 20. It if, not believe heie that the liner Fredeilk VIII will be able to leave for Copenhagen before Wed nesday. She spent today taking on coal. Her depaitmc depends, it was Mated, upon the completion of (his wotk which is piocccding fclowly. THE CUNARD LINE STEAMSHIP !SS$mTTOS!TO 1 ' , a . ' - S,fAifW.'. ..' Hi ' -IS.. . $m- ' - ''r-'.rftsft M'ADOO ASKS FUND FOR GLOUCESTER ALIEN STATION WASHINTO.V, 1'eli .'C -Tho Kecietaiy of the Treasury In a communication to Congress toikiv uhvl ilia tho last nppioprlatiun for the completion of the immigration .station .it (iloiuoster, N .1 . be increased to $230,000, making the limit of cost foi liiiikhiK,' and sites $020,000. SENATE HEARS STATE'S INCOME TAX PROTEST WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 I'OMilutions of the I'ennsjlvania Legislature pro icstltiK against tho lnhciltanco tax ami ocess jnoflt tax sections of the pending te venue measures vvue presented In the Senate toda.v byiSmulnr IVnrose MAGISTRATE CALL'S RIGHT FOOT AMPUTATED Magistrate Joseph Call's light font was amputated Just above the angle this afternoon at his homo In an attempt to suffering jrom blood poisoning. Following tho opeiatlou, surgeons said It had been miceossfii'. Several weeks ns hiugcons amputated the Maglstiate's left leg nt tho knee. SUGAR BILLED TO ENGLAND BURNS IN NEW YORK N11W YORK, Feb 26 I 'lie started today aboaid the sugar-laden British ship Uajsuia nt her pier In liiooUljn and did $100,000 damage to the caigo. The fire Is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. ITALIAN WAR LOAN TOTALS 2,200,000,000 LIRE ItOMC. Feb. 26 Official announcement was made today that subsctlptlons to the new Italian war loan total 2,200,000,000 lire, of which 470,000,000 Is new money. "CHIEF" BENDER EXONERATED A Coroner's jury today exonerated "Chief" Charles A. Bender, 3515 Noith Judson Ftieet, fiom all lilamo in causing the death of John J. Curran, thirty-two Seals old, 1501 Fall mount avenue. Curran died Februaty 15 In St. Joseph's Hos pital from Injuries btiffeied when ho was knocked down by an automobile driven by the baseball pitcher. UNCLE SAM LEARNS HOW TO MAKE ROQUEFORT CHEESE "WASHINGTON. Feb. 2C On the heels of nn elght-j ear-old investigation, the Department of Agitculluio announced today that It had discovered the secret of making Itoquofort clieesev Department experts claim that they now can make better Roquefort than old man Hoquefott himself. A 1 eduction in Roquefort prices from eighty to twenty or thirty cents a pound Is expected to lesult fiom tho department's dlscpvery. LINE TO SOUTH AMERICA PLANNED HERE A steamship lino between this city and South Amercla will bo Inaugurated, according to nn announcement made by tho Luckenbach Steamship Company. Davis & Co., 124 Walnut sheet, are tho local representatives, and the pioneer vessel, the American steamship l'lelndes, will sail from Philadelphia about March 6 for Buenos Aires, Santos and IUo de Janeiro, $135,000 SOUGHT HERE FOR AMERICAN AMBULANCE Kfforts to ralso-$135,000 for the American Ambulance Field Service In Franco have been started In l'hlladelphla by John II, McFaddcn, Jr., who has returned from two yoarH' service at tho front. Ambulances ate needed to replace old machines, and It is hoped that the money will be raised in six weeks, LACONIA r " .-.. -.-. - w savo tho life of the itaglstiate, who Is J the Illustrate PRICE TWO CENTS LACONIASUNK; 7 AMERICANS ON U-BOAT VICTIM 18,099-Ton Liner Torpe doed Off the Coast of Ireland ; T ONE OUT OP 270 ON VESSEL KILLED Cunarder Largest Prey of Renewed .Submarine Warfare CARRIED CONTRABAND M Vessel Bound From New York to Britain Also Bore Mails. Manned by British NEW YORK, Feb. 26. The Cunard Line officials here offi cially announced the known loss of one life in the destruction of the Laconia. LONDON, Feb. 26. The Laconia was torpedoed without warning. LONDON. Teb. 2. Tho 18.09Ii.ton Cunarder Laconia fell vie-, tlm today to the Oerman submarine war fare, belnff torpedoed off the Irish coatt. Tho vessel was en route from New York to L'ngland. There were seven Americans on hoard. Tho I.aconla is the biggest victim of the German submarine warfare since the new decree was announced. The I.aconla sailed from New York on February 18. Sho carried passengers, mall and cargo for Liverpool. Two hundred and seventy passengers and crewsmen aboard were rescued. The Cunarder was torpedoed Sunday night. Another steamship rescued the 270 passengers. ' A statement this 'afternoon said that a majority of the survivors were expected to land at Queenstown and the otherB at Bantry, Ireland. The American Consul at Queenstown leported the Laconia was sunk about 10 o'clock Supday evening, and iha$J!7S Bur v Ivors were en route to Queenstown. ' NEW YOniC. Feb. 26. Six American citizens were aboard tho Cunard liner La conic when she was sunk. It was stated here this aftjgrnoon by the Cunard Line. Their names weie not immediately available. The Laconia was manned by British of ficers and a British crew. She carried con traband cargo, In addition to malls Her last trip from Liverpool ended here February 14 when she brought across thlity-sevcn passengers. She sailed again foi Liverpool Tebruaiy 18. Captain V. It. D Irvine was In command of the liner. G. Bain was chief engineer; I U K Kennedy, surgeon; W. Ballu, chief ! stewatd, CUBAN TROOPS MOVE AGAINST CAMAGUEY Pujol Camps on Outskirts of Rebel Strongnold After Long and Tiring March HAVANA, Fib. 26. Government troops were encamped early today on the outsldrU of Camaguey, the rebel stronghold where General Jose Gomez first took command of the revolutionists. An attack on th ilty by Colonel 1'ujol, commanding th Menocal foices, Is momentarily expected. The report of the taking of Camaguer last night was premature. The fall cf. tho city was announced In the evening news papers and caused muih rejoicing In Gov ernment quarters. Shortly before midnight President Menocal succeeded In getting Into telegraphic communication with ColoneJ I'ujol and'found that he was then ten miles from the city and moving forwaid steadily, It was necessary to repair railroad bridge burned by tho rebels before reaching the city proper. COP'S BIBLE KNOWLEDGE AIDS MOVING-PICTURE MAN Comes to Defense of Operator Accused of Violating Law by Giving a Show on Sunday Spectators In Central Police Station were Interested by knowledge of the Bible dis played by Lieutenant Jeffries, of the Fif teenth and Locust streets station, who ap peared as a witness In the case of Stanley! W' B. Calhoun, G91J North Tenth street, re- JJ cused of operating a moving-picture ma- '",' chine on Sunday In White Hall, Fifteenth ', and Chestnut streets. ii Calhoun was arrested on the complaint , .,, of thn Itevr T. T. Mutchler. secretary of lh '"'' Vi Sunday Observance Association. Lleuten- iH ant Jeffries rose to the defense of Calhoun. telling the court that the pictures were of a Biblical nature, and that after the plZJ tures were shown religious tracts wag dl- '. v ' trlbuted among those In the audience. Jeis- ' f rles revealed that he was a Bible student. - when he gave the court an accurate desaetoi"'' tion of the pictures. He entertained'1 the ,' ' court with the etory of the 'creation, anal discussed Biblical history dqwn to the blrtfc of Christ. Magistrate Beaton Mid ha coil see no wrong in the pictures, and n re leased Calhoun In Ills own rccognltaitc f a further hearing;, so that the matUr 1 be mora thoroughly lnvetlf;att. 'M '1 r4 &
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