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Decision Reached After Con
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WORK FOR NAVY YARDS
II League Island Will Be Called
Upon lu iieip ouiiiuy
Armament
WASHINGTON, March 7. Formal an
nouncement by the President that ho will
lmtruct Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
, irm" American merchant ships Is expected
within a few hours
The President, It became known today on
hlihest authority, lias been told he lias the
t power to make such an order
j Immediately the order Is Issued Secretary
Daniels will Instruct commandants of navy
L Jirdi at Boston, Philadelphia, San Fran-
,y ciKO and other yards to Issue the guns they
" hae available. v
In the meantime arrangements for addl
1 tlcnal armament will be rushed to cg,mple-
tion.
The President's decision was reached
ihortiy after a conference at the White
House today with a number of Senators.
He conferred also with Secretary Lansing,
whom lie had instructed, together with At
torney General Gregory, to prepare for him
a formal' opinion as to whether he had
power to go ahead wltlrhls armed neutrality
tans for protecting the lives and property
f American cltjzens, despite the filibuster
that deprived htm of congressional sanction..
Following hts conferences the President i
Is aald to fiave wasted no time in reaching
a decision. , .
It is said he decided suddenly not to
v await a change of rules by the Sehate,
' which were designed to eliminate the un-
limited debate rule and thereby make cer
tain the passage of a resolution identic
tilth that which the "willful few men" killed'
17 at the close of the session that died at noon
h 'Sunday.
'Strike Postpones Manchuria's Sailing
NEW YOniC, March 7. falling of the
Atlantic Transport liner Manchuria, which
Ij.JUev'the American flag, with a full cargo
T nt mall fn. T",. ..,..,. .. t.i441nl.&lr mnct.
K. Wiled lodav vh.n Ifift memhars. of her
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lav sw citi on smite lor a seveniy-uc pc.
fccent Increase In wages. The demand was
l'maav according to officials ot tho Interna-
!;Uonal Mercantile Marine, on account of
lywbroarlne dangers.
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The Japanese steamship Hudson Marti reached thjs port today after
havinjr been held, for more than a week -by a German commerce de
stroyer in the South Atlantic. In the circle is T. Takeshima, the captain.
Below, right to left,' are Y. Hayshi, chief officer; T. Minami, second
officer, and A. Kato, a member of the crew.
WRATH OF NATION
CENTERS ON STONE
Clamor Grows to Oust Head
of Foreign Relations
Committee
NEWSPAPERS ARE BITTER
WASHINGTON1, March 7.
A bitter fight against rcnaminc William
J. Stone to chairmanship ot the Foreign Re
lations Committee will be mado by members
of his own party despite tho heretofore In
Uolable seniority rulo that has always pre
vailed In such matters.
One iof tho most prominent Democratic
Strators' who was ono of tho leaders In
the fight In behalf of tho armed neutrality
measure is authority for this statement.
However, ho admits tho fight has as yet
taken no definite shape.
The Washington Times carries probably
the most unique of all editorial denuncia
tions of Senator Stone, for his stand against
the President's armed neutrality.
The Times recently eliminated Its 'en
graving plant and adopted a rule to print
no pictures except line cuts in advertise
ments ), yet it ran a half totio of Stone In
the body of an editorial headed "An Edi
torial That Needs No Heading." Just above
Stone's picture was the following:
Treason against the United States
shall consist only in levying war
against them o'r In adhering to their
enemies or in giving theiri AID and
comfort. Article III, Section 3, Con
stltutlon of the United States.
Just below Stone's picture was printed:
Expert officials of the Navy. Depart
, ment have devised a scheme or program
for placing on board thu merchant ships
when they go out from our ports, and
as part of their equipment, two or moro
small boats, submarine chasers., hav
ing unusual speed capacity. The plan
Is to have these. boats, which shall be
public boats, lowered to the surface on
reaching a xone of danger. They are
then to hover about the merchant ship,
scout for hostile craft and attack when
seen. Senator Stone In his speech In
the Senate on Saturday.
CLEVELAND, O., March 7, Calling for
a national movement to oust Senator Stone,
of Missouri, as chairman of the Foreign
Itelatlons Committee of the Senate, Cleve
land newspapers today declared such a move
is necessary as a "preparedness measure,'1
The Cleveland Plain Dealer today,' re
ferrlnr to Stone as one ot "the Kaiser's
dozen." says:
As long as this Senator from Missouri-retains
the committee chairman
ship America's armor of defense against
the aggresslbns of Germany will be
materially weakened. In times like
.ikiaa it Is hli-lily important
.UHktM man' at -the head of,t
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FALLS AT MEET
Lewis, Trades School,
Breaks Old jlark in Great
Indoor School Events
MILE RECORD EQUALED
COMMERCIAL .MUSEUM, March 7.
Track competition of the keenest naturo
as the closing e cnts were on at tho annual
Indoor championships of tho Philadelphia
public high schools. The light for team
honors dwindled between West Phila
delphia, Central and Northeast when the
winners of tho shot-put wero nnnounced.
"Hob" Lewis bioko Into tho scoring for
Trades School by winning tills eveu with
a record throw of il feet 7i Inches. Cen
tral High managed to seoro one point lu
this event "t Ing with West Philadelphia
In tho point siorliiR at IE. Northeast, with
their captain st'Ill to appear in Inte events,
ran behind (Jcrmantown In tho scoring at
this stage. . '
Captain Mclllnger. of Central, by taking
second place In the broad Jump, gavo the
Mirrors a temporary lead, but this was soon
overcome when Walsh, considered the best
scholastic distance runner this season, fin
ished ahead of tho Held In the two-mile run.
Turner, of West Philadelphia High,
equaled the Indoor scholastic rccora dj
winning the mile run In 4m, B2s. This
mark was mado In 1011? by Harnier, ot
West Philadelphia. Last. year the mile
run was won by Harmer In the time of
4m. 22 1-5".. hut the record was not al
lowed, as the armory track measured sev
eral yards short In the various events.
Uy placing two men In tho mile, and
with Captain narron winning the hur
dles,' the Speed Boys took tho lead, Cen
tral following cloeeb.
Lewlu the Trades School man, smashed
the shot-put record of 39 feet 9 Inches
when ho hurled the 12-pound weight this
aftornoon for a distance of 41 feet 7i
Captain Dewey Itodgers broke the stand
Ing broad Jump iccord with a leap of 9 feet
9 Inches The former offlclivl record was
mado by Stockle, of Central, with a leap
of 9 feet 5 Inches, In 1915.
There were at least 3000 young blue
bloods of the prep circles present when the
sterling athletes mobilised for tho trial
heats In the dashes. Tho Meadowbrook Club
track served as an Ideal runway for the
youngsters, probably, several of them had
never sprinted over a banked speedway
T"' officials of thedmect constructed a
tiadded hairier at the finish of the dashes
and hurdles' In order to protect the track
men from falling at the conclusion of the
heats over the short distances. The cot
T men In the recent meet found great
rtifflculty In checking themselves In the
short space following the course.
r!FTY-YAI DASH
wirai heat Won by Melllnuar. Central) c
..J'Jiiii Northaaat.-Tlma Ba.
on;5nd Vat-Won by Vook Central -lllshl
JonS Mitchell. Houthcrn. Tlma. da.
rwrd heat Wen Y Hchofleld. Nurtlwaitt see
nd ArnrosV. Central lllih. Tim, Ba.
0 Kourth fiiat Won b) lr r. West Pbllad.l.
nhlaj ISconrl. Washington, Northeast, Tlma.
FifU "beat Wen. to" Qtflnai Wfl PbtlsAal.
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DEBATE RULES
FIXED TO BALK
FILIBUSTERING
Plan to Let a Two-Thirds
Vote Limit Debate Is
Approved
MEASURE TO BE RUSHED
Will Permit Confining Argument
to One Hour for Each
Member
WASHINGTON, Maich 7
President Wilson today approved the bi
partisan lampaign In the Senate to prc
cnt a recurrence of filibusters such as
killed his armed neutrality bill In the final
hours of the Sixty-fourth Congress. He
conferred at length with Senators P.ecd, ,
Owen. Wals.li. Swanson, HoUo Smith and I
James, and sanctioned a plan to bring up
tho modified cloturo proposal in the Sen
ate tomorrow. At that time Senator
Walsh will be placed In the chair tempo
rarily for tho purpose ot rushing the lc
form Into effect.
Immediately after their conference with
the President at tho Whlto House the Dem
ocratic Senators went into conference at
the Capitol with the Republican members
of the joint committee appointed by tho
two caucuses, nnd It was slated that an
agreement on tho proposal was reached
without delay.
Under tho new rule, upon a two-thirds
voto debate may bo limited to ouo hour
for each Senator.
Shortly after the Senato met nt noon.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, introduced n
resolution to readopt all the lulcs ot the
Senato In effect before March 4, except rule i
22, establishing the order of motions. The
resolution provides for the appointment ot a
commltteo of seen four. Democrats and
three Republicans to rcv.se ine rules ot the j
Senate. Senator Walsh tooic the floor to
deliver a long set speech on the relslon of
tho rules.
WILSON MOST DISHONEST
OF RULERS, SA Y GERMANS
BERLIN. March 7 Calling President
Wilson "the most unjust and dishonest man
who ever was" head of a great nation," the
Lokal Anzelger made a vitriolic attack upon
the President's Inaugural address.
'Exactly tho same day, a hundred )cars
ago, James Monroe was Inaugurated presi
dent," said tho Lokal Anzelger. "Ills suc
cessor, Wilson, In tho Capitol at Washing
ton, tore to pieces tho document upon which
the foreign policy of the United States has
been based for the lo'sc hundred years
the an-called Monroe dnctnn.
'The wholo speech is nothing else but
an attempted Justification of the. new law
Continued on Tate Tire, Column The
President's Peace Efforts Indorsed
PITTSBURGH. March 7. Resolutions
strongly Indorsing President Wilson's peace
efforts and declaring that war can only
confuse mutual understanding between na
tions, were adopted today by the National
Federation of ltellgloua Liberals In session
here.
THE MARTYRS
OF ARMENIA
A description of tho atrocities to
which they have been subjected by
the Turks, written by
VISCOUNT BRYCE
former British Ambassador to
United States, will appear n
morrow's
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BASKETBALL SCORES
Cnmden High. 55; Mooiestown, 28. rinnl.
Ticcclnvood Scliod, 10; Abinptou High, 15. Tinal.
Lnnsi'downp H.'S. Boys. 17; Banks's Business ColleRe. 10. First halt
R0UGERS BREAKS 220-YARD MARK
Hodgeis. Novthi'nst High raptniu, bioke the 220-yard hidooi
sclioUbtJc lecold by covcilug the dlfctrtnce in 23 3-5 beconds. beatlnr
the tccotd hv Biuce Buuulng. 25 iicc'inds, iu 1014.
TWENTY-SIX SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK
LONDON. Mnich 7. Twenty-six merchant vessel have been
.unk by mines or submailness during the lost week, the official
weekly announcement of sinkings tiy the Admlialty said this atter
noon. MEN0CAL TROOPS CAPTURE REBEL CHIEF
HAVANA, MaichT.
Piesident Menocal, and
Government troops..
DEFEATED TURKS FLEEING FROM CAUCASIAN FRONT
l'ETJSOGUAU, Miueh 7. Capluie of Atadabiul summit In the
lUro'tlou uf Hainrulau fiom thu 'luika ami hot pur&uit of tho it
treating i-ui'iuy uaa annoi.mcd Cum the. Citteai.iim flint :u an o.
t".,il it.-ttniint tonljjlit. The Tiuisf, it vat. 55ld, 'vere I'M.-CiUny
tow? id Kanravt'i-.
INAUGURATION EXPOSURE INCREASES WILSON'S COLD
WASHINGTON'. Mttri'h 7. -President Wilson i.s confined to lib loom with a
cold. H linn been troubling him for home time. On Monday is wh aggravated by
exposure to the vlml ami tl.impiie.ss, when he hum .compelled repeatedly to lift
his hat in i espouse to cheers and when" ho s.iluted eneh American flag carried
past him nt tho levlewlng stand. After his conference today the President vent
immediately to his room and was oulered by Doctor Grnypun to remain theie.
JEWISH WOMEN START PALESTINE RELIEF FUND
.luvtlMi women of the Zionist organizations ate holding a two-day "self-sacrifice"
campaign in various paits of Philadelphia for medical lellef .of suffering, people
lit Palestine. The women of the "lladassuh" uic in charge of the movement today,
and tomoriow the Council of Jewish Women will iccrlxe contributions. Tho col-,
lectlng headquuttci'H are at Sl Chestnut stieet and nt tho Jewish synagogues at
Broad and Toil; htieets, llroad and Diamond streets, Thlrty-tlrst and Diamond
streets and llroad stieet and Columbia uvenue.
POLICEMAN ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Policeman Peter Dorsey. of the RIdse and Mldvnlo avenues station, was
acquitted of a eluirge of manslaughter in Quarter Sessions Court tills afternoon
in connection with the death of James .llyrnes. U was alleged that the policeman
Struck llyrnes while the latter was drunk, causing him to fall and suffer Injuiies
which siilequentH rauetl his death in the Philadelphia Hospital.
HOGS QUOTED AT $15.10 IN PITTSBURGH
PITT.Sin'HClIl, March 7.-llogs today leached the highest price eci tecoided
hi the United States when they we.-e quoted on tho lle stock market at $15 lo
113.10 a hundred pounds. This Is fifteen cents a, pound higher "than today's Chi
cago prices
$1800 ROBBERY IN SILK MANUFACTURING PLANT
Thieves who climbed to the fourth floor Inside a lire lower robbed the manu
facturing plant of Samuel Schm.ifr.bath. at 123 South Thirteenth street, ot silk nnd
rllk dresses valued at $1800. The robbery, which tool; place last night, was teported
to the police today, and the department was notified to watch for suspects. It
Is believed two men committed the robber).
READING GIVES ORDER TO BALDWIN'S
The Reading Company has placed an order with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works for five Mullet locomotives and twenty other heavy freight engines. The
Reading has also arranged lo hiilld In its own shops at Heading, Pn ten Pacific
type passenger locomotives and ten heavy switching engines.
LINER BALTIC OFF AMBROSE LIGHT
NHW YORK. March 7. Thu White Star liner Haltlc, about which there
has been some concern because she apparently was overdue, has oeen reported at
Ambrose Light and probably will dock late this afternoon, line officials announced
tills afternoon.
ARMY BILL DEFEAT SWEEPS GUARDS FROM BORDER
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 7. Return of all national guardsmen to their
home station and their mustetlng out beforo April 1 was ordered from military head
quarters here today as a result ot tho failure of Congress to pass tho army
appropriation bill. Dates for the departure ot organizations still on tho border were
set forward several days In the order, loan) s departures, included IJattery C, New
Jersey, from Douglass.
STATE AND U. S. OFFICIALS PROBE NORRISTOWN WRECK
Repiesentatlves of Hie Interstate Commerce Commission, Public Service Com
mlsaion and n committee of Pennsylvania Railroad KlllriaU are at Norristown today
probing the freight wieck ot jcMerdn), when tlnee men wero killed and nix 'or
moro Injured. The probers ore acting independently of Coroner McUlnthery, who
has not fixed a time for Inquost The Injured men In the hospital aio doing; well.
SUES OWNEJi OF DOG THAT BIT HIS DAUGHTER
Suit to recover 1500 damages was entered in Court No. 2 today by Frank
B Amennan, on behalf of hN eleven-year-old daughter, Florence, nfealnst William
Ladlslaw. 224 West Hazzard street, for an attack updn tlio girl by u vicious bulldog
vvbllo Bhe was (n Ladlslavv's home. The girl had been Invited to the Hazzard
street house by tho defendant's mother shortly beforo, the attack too place.
CLAIM $3Q00 FOR CHILD KILLED BY AUTO
Suit to recover $GC00 damages for thu death of their seven-year-old son Louis
was brought by Mr. nnu airs, uurry j. nvuiiiicm heuiusi vnanes is. Pearson this
afternoon In Common Plea Court No, 2. Pearson U necrotaiy-treasurcr of tho
Ontario Land Company nnd llvei nt Wlssuhtekon avenuo nnd Hortter street, Qer
mantown; The boy was killed by tho defendant's automobile or. January 18 last
whllo returning from school. Georgo Dcmmlng is counsel for tho plaintiff.
, ARMY TRANSPORT DIX
HKATTLK. Wash.. March 7.-Tho
Lvl0CK that the nrmy transport DIk
team &nu w " u" ,c "u ; imuvm u t.uifuiv.
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U-BOATS REPORT 204,000 GROSS TONS SUNK
BERLIN. March 7. "From, March 1
jxiflftOiurithat sup tK.VH-ari4;'it
General Gomez, leader of the lcvolt against
his entile staff weic captured today by
REPORTED IN NO DANGER
M'erchanta' Exchange here reported at 10
was returning to Seattlo under her own
lo 3 reports of 8Ubraarnt"'bkv arrlva
tj,
Captain of Hudson
Maru Tells Thrilling ,
Yarn of Capture
SAW NINE VESSELS
SENT TO BOTTOM i
Vivid Details of. Rover's Ex
ploits in Narrative of
Skipper
DENIES SHE WAS MOEWE
Grim Experiences
of Hudson Maru
1 Captured by unknown German
raider two months out from
Bombay. '
2 Held prisoners for more than
' week.
3.
Witnessed sinking of nine
British ships.
Bombs were placed aboard
shin. Captain and crew
4.
threatened with death.
5.
Were allowed to make Pcr
nambuco. Brazil, with 235
prisoners crew of raider had placed
aboard.
Details of the sinking of nine British
ships, ot the rescue of women and children
at sea and of thrilling experiences of one
week spent as the prize of a daring German
i aider, became known In Philadelphia today
when tho Japanese steamship Hudson Maru
docked at Pier 39 South Wharves, tho first
tfhip to reach this port after having been
captured.
Manned by a. crew of Japanese, the
steamship was released by the raider off
tho coast of Argentina after 235 prisoner
had been placed aboard her. Orders wcra
given by flcrmnn officers to make the near
est port, which was Pernambuco, Brazil.
' The tales told by Captain Takeshima and
the crew were thrilling, Bombs wf re placed
aboard the ship. Tho men -were threatened
with death.
Captain Takeslilma Is convinced that the 4
raider has not been Identified. He is posi
tive that the ship 1 not the MoewAfebgs
been reported o'n many occasions.
He marveled at the Ingenuity displayed
by the raider. The ship, he said, evidently
had been built for the especial purpose of
preying on Allied shipping on theilgh seas.
Tho raider Is painted a gray-black. Th
funnels and masts are collapsible, so that,
at will, It can assume the appearance of a
harmless- schooner or a heavily armed ship
of war.
The armament of the raider Includes two
torpedo tubes and several guns. Besides, he
said, tho otiicers and sailors are heavily
armed.
Captain Takeshima said that although tha
German officers wewe stern and commanding
they were both courteous and polite.
Captain Tnkeshlma, relating his e.per-
lences, said:
"Wo left Bombay on October 28, "191.
Wo arrived In Capo Town, 'South Africa,
en December 1C. All went well.
"On January C, shortly after 1 p. m,,
the second officer on the bridge sighted
what he thought was a two-masted schooner
about ten miles off on the horizon.
"Imagine our surprise when some tlma
later we saw that the schooner had sud
denly been transformed Into a steamship "
of about 5000 tons. It was almost paralyz
ing. Thu vessel at top Bpced was making
straight for us like some monster hawk:
swooping down upon Its prey,
"Wo realized that trouble was, ahead.
Being unarmed and a freighter, we kept
to our course until the 'unknow n' was with
in half a mile. Then the M. N. signal.
which means 'stop instantly," was run upt
We hauled to."
"Boats wero lowered from the raider and
German otiicers nnd thirty sailors cam
aboard. All were heavily armed. Besides,
they had six largo bombs. They took our
papers and we were ordered to stand by.
Wo expected momentarily to be told to take
to the boats ourselves. The sea, we were
glad to see, was calm.
"After some parley I was informed by
the olHcer In charge, courteously, I must
say. that as long as we made no trouble
the ship would not be sunlc The slightest
sign of trouble meant death on the spot,
we were told.
"We witnessed the capture of nine British
ships off tlie coast of Argentina. IU wa
pitiful. The ship would first be caught.
Then came the boarding. Then the bomb.
Then caino the end. After the smoke had
cleared all that could be seen would be the
ship being engulfed In the ocean and the
small lifeboats bclntf rowed away,
"On January 12 1 was asked how many
men I could feed. M was then that the
235 prisoners were brought aboard. They
were mostly English. It was the most
thrilling experience any of us have ever
had, and wn have had many."
CONNIE MACK WORKING
.HIS YOUNGSTERS HARD
Johnson and Smith Shpw Their Forai
by Putting Lots of "Stuff" 4
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hard dally workout today under hla own?-,' J
aifr-Hon. The boys were ordered out to-th;
park early thla morning and after a Uv
nmetica were put through another s
Taunt in the aftenroon, Mack strung-'
pitchers out In a line and gay them I
t.n,.r of twirling nractlce lth Mr.
Haley doing the receiving, ' for-
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