l'HE FULTOU COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest Happenings Gleaned
From An Uver ins State.
LIVZ fXTES AND COMMENTS
Falling Into a reloader at the Le
tlfb Lcul it Navigation Company'
Jlaulo bluiage plain, Adam Schils, of
Lufurd, wad crushed to death.
Voters of Steelton will be asked to
approve an eighty thousand dollar loan
turn Summer. The loan Is for paved
atreeta, motor fire apparatus and gar
bage collection.
An lncrea.se of five per tent In
wages has bean granted to Delaware
& Hudaon freight clerks, foremen,
delivery men, station agents, bajgaye
men, a..d messengers.
W. W. Ingrnham, aged twenty-seven,
civil engineer employed by llie Erie
Railroad, shaped cfT a bridge at Co
lumbus and was killed. Injraham'a
liuuie was in New York.
A receptacle containing polish ex
ploded on a stove Mrs. Martin MoAn
drews, of ML Carmel, was cleaning
at her homo and burned her probably
fatally.
O. E. B. Malchorn has been elected
chief of the Steolton Ore department,
succeeding John Shupp. G. F. Kramer
eni John T. Eroscy have been cbo'sen
as assistant chiefs.
Without regaining consciousness,
Mrs. Margaret Corbett, of Carlisle,
who was burnrd when her clothing
caught fire as she was preparing din
ner, died In the Todd Hospital. She
was busty-seven years old.
C. M. SnnruT and Crover Keller,
workmen employed in a tannery at
Confluence, were placed in quarantine,
suffering frcm anthrax, said to have
been contracted while handling skins
which came from China.
The State Threhermen's Associa
tion adopted resolutions pledging sup
port to the State Highway Depart
ment In eiforccment of the traction
engine law. II. II. Brubaker, of
Rohrerstown, was elected president.
Suit has bren entered In Dauphin
County Court by J. L. Freedman
against Miss Bertha P. Roth for re
covery of an engagement riir.;. F.eed
ran, who Is a ea'eman, alleges that
he returned Miss Roth's ring when the
engarenient was ended, but she failed
to send back his ring.
Mrs. El!zrb-th Batek. forty-two
years old, of South Bethlehem, while
crossing the Linden Street grade
rrosring of the Phi'adelphla & Road
Ing Railway, on her way to visit her
son, was struck and Instantly killed
by a train. The body wa3 discovered
some time afterward.
State beekeepers will have their an
nual convention in Lancaster March
3 nd 4 r.rd discuss legislation which
wi'l be arked to rid the apiaries of
fnrel;rn dienes. The honey industry
of the State is estimated bv State Zo
otoi'ist Surface to be wonh a million
dullars a year.
Fifteen miners were killed and fifty
three injured In the Tenth Bituminous
District, Including B'air and Cambria
Counties, last year, according to the
report of Mine Inspector Joseph Wil
liatr.n, of Altoona. One man out of
every ZOi erp!oved In and nrotind the
nines met with a fatal accident, nnd
one nut of every 103 was hurt. Three
millie.n six hundred and thirty-eight
thousand six hundred and thirty tons
of coal were produced.
Mrs. David Faulkner, ored twenty
fi.ur, and her three small children
were burned to diath and four other
persons were badly hurt when fire
der troyed the Faulkner home at Du
bois. The woman's husband and his
sister In-law, Mrs. Eerlha Faulkner,
fired twenty-two, were badly burned,
rnd their condition is critical. The
fire was caused by the explosion of a
can of kerosene oil which Mrs. Faulk
ner was using In an attempt to hurry
fire..
To better carry on soil improvement
work throughout the Eastern and New
England States, an Eastern office of
the Soil Improvement Committee of
the National Fertilizer Association has
bren opened at 1428 Munsey Building,
Baltimore, Md. The main office of the
committee Is at Chicago. Melvin
Ryder, assistant editorial manager,
has been placed temporarily In charge.
The work of the committee Includes
lecture and demonstration work, the
preparation and distribution of bulle
tins, and co-operation with agencies
Including government, state, county
and commercial, which have for their
object the advancement of agriculture.
'rof. Henry O. Bell, chief agronomist,
was formerly professor of agronomy
and manager of farms, Unl.-erslty of
Maine. The greater part of his time
will be given to work throughout the
East and New England. Clyde A.
Waugb is manager of the editorial de
partment. In starting a fire to thaw a frozen
pipe, the hone of John Morris, In Al
toona, was set ablaze and the Qro com
municated to threi other houses. Five
families, comprising a total of thirty
people, wore burned cut The loss
was 15000.
Bitten on the right wrist by a rat,
Rebecca Sullivan, aged nine, of Al
toona, bad the wound cauterized at a
nottplUl. She attempted to pass from
one room to another at her borne when
tiia rodont attacked her.
7,000,000 TREES
FOR REF0RESTRY
Over 13,000,000 Seedling Trees Are In
the State Nurseries experiment
In Foreign Plants.
Harris-burg. Officials of tho State
Forestry Department estimated that
over 7,000,000 young trees, about bait
of the number in tho State's twenty-
four tree nurseries, would be used lor
reforestation this year, forming the
most extended program of the kind
ever undertaken by the Common
wealth. The bulk of these trees will
be planted on State forestry reserva
tions and on new auxiliary reseno,
and a large portion will be given free
to persons desiring to use them foi
reforesting. The free distribution will
not be for ornamontul or shade plant
ing, but only for deve.opment of
wooded areas.
Over 13,000,000 seedling trees arc In
the State nurseries, and of those to be
distributed this year 4,750,000 are two-
vcarold white pine, 800,0n0 Norway
spruce, with pitch pine, sugar maplj,
Scotrh pine, houey locust mid other
native trees.
The State also Is experimenting
with Japanese larch and other foreign
trees, with a view to utilizing them in
refure :tin. When the trees available
lur this year's plant in ? are set out,
over 2'A'O.OOO trrei will have bi en
used in reforesting in this State.
pfrr.a. Farmer Raise More Hags.
Pennsylvania is raising more hugs
and potatoes, according to the statis
ticians of the State Department of
Agriculture, who note from county re
ports that there is a big demand for
more seed potatoes and that a bigger
tcrcage than known for many e.irs Is
!v?ir.g outlined for the tubers, In spite
of the loss sustained last year. There
are signs In every county of an in
creased acreage, says a bulletin of the
department, ai.d farmers no longer are
confining themselves to exchanging
with neighbors they are out to buy for
seed.
In regard to the hnrs, the depart
ment bulletin says that thirty-five
counties of the State now have more
hogs than at this time last year, Mon
rce nnd Sullivan having six per cent
more; Chester, York, Snyder and Clin
'on, Ave per cent., and Blair, Centre,
Armstrong, Carbon, Clarion, Hunting
dun and Lancaster, four per cent. In
crease. The only counties showing a
narked decrease were Montgomery,
Juniata, Erie, McKrnn, Venango, Sus
quehanna, Fulton and Montour.
Schuylkill county got the best prices
for Its pigs last year, $13 being re
ported, while Philadelphia reported
$14.70. Berks got an averace of f 13 90,
md Alleghery, Somerset and Clearfield
an average of ten cents less. In
Franklin and Greene, only 3 was the
price cbtained, with J 9.30 In Indian. i,
j.C5 in Crawford and $9.70 in Cum
berland. Intoxication Mo Ground For Clemency.
Lieutenant Governor Frank B. Mc
Clain, chairman of the State Board cf
Pardons, declared that pleas that a
person was drunk at the time he com
mitted the offense would have no
weight with him. This statement fol
lowed recommendations for mercy by
counsel for several applicants, or. the
ground that the men had been intoxi
cated at the time of the crime.
"There are entirely too many pleas
of that kind," said Mr. McClain, "and
I absolutely refuse in this case, or in
any other, to consider that plea."
Counsel for Arden Lozier, of Wayne
county, Just had made a plea for clem
ency for his client on the ground of
Intoxication.
State Society To Action.
Heads of the departments of the
State Government, who compose the
Executive Committee of the Pennsyl
vania S'ate Society, ho'd their first
monthly meeting for discussion of mat
ters pertaining to the State Govern
ment and were addressed by Gover
nor Brumbaugh, who praised the ob
jects cf the society nnd urce.l thr.t
tho meeting? be used to-develop co
operation between the departments
and as a clearing hcuse fur ideas, and
that efforts bo made to avoid "lost
motion" and duplication in administra
tion. 6taff Officers Of Guarl
By dectlon of the Governor, Adju
tant Ceneral Stewart announced the re
appointment of the following staff offi
cers: Colonel Horace I Ilnldeman, com
missary general of subsistence; Col.
Harry C. Trexler, quartermaster gen
eral, and Colonel II. S. Williams, chief
of artillery.
George N. Deltrich, Hazleton, was
appointed first lieutenant and assigned
to Company G. Ninth Infantry. Hazle
ton, and Captain Paul V. Heff.ier. Com
pany F, Eighth Infantry, Huntingdon,
was placed on the supernumerary list.
Elk Distributed By State.
The State Game Commission an
nounced that ninety-seven elk had
teen brought from the Yellowstone
Park to be placed In the State's game
preserves. Twenty-five of the elk
were placed on the preserve In Potter
County, twenty-four In Cameron Coun
ty, twenty-five In Carbon County and
ten on the line between Forest and
Warren Counties. Seven have been
shipped to Altoor.a to be placed with
r,Ix elk donated and will be distribut
ed by the Blair County sportsmen
The remain'!"? six have bosn added U
the herd In Monroe County.
Fine To Take Matches Into Powder
Plants.
The Stale Industrial Board an
nounced a ruling making It a misde
meanor for any one to carry mutches
into a powder plant. It Is said thai
the regulation that matches and light
era should not be taken Into tuch
plants haa been violated. Th3 new
riling makes the pennlt) a fine of not
over $100 or not over a icouth la prU
on or both.
DE
STAND
L
f.'o Compromise in the Armed
Ship Controversy.
BEn.'.'STOHFF SEES LAMSIKS
Cerman Ambasador Afterward Notifies
His Gcverninent Of Stand Taken
By United States As Outcome
Of Latest Lusitania Note.
Washington. The United Slates, In
Its submarine controversy with Ger
many, will accept nothing nhort of a
full and complete agreement covering
all the points for which It has con
tended as to assurancei that the war
fare In the future will ba conducted in
accordance with the established prin
ciples of International law.
In announcing th.-.t fact Secretary
Lansing let It be known that the State
Department considers Germany's dec
lnratlr.n of Its intention to nlnk with
out warning after February 29 nil
armed merchmt ships of the Entente
Allies to ho inconsistent with the as
scrances previously given this Gov
ernment by the Berlin Foreign Oflleo.
The tentative communication (li
stened to end the Lusltunla case, rtil!
In tho possession of Secretary Lan
sing, will not be formally accepted
until such assurances regarding the
future are given, although llie com
munication In so far as It relates to
the Lusltanla itself is acceptable.
Holds Up Ancona Settlement
State Department officials also con
sider that tho Austra-Ilungarian mem
orandum regarding armed ships is not
in accord with the nssurancrs given
by the Government In the negotiations
over the sinking of the Italian steam
ship Ancona. Consequently final rct
t'enent of the Ancona ense, onco post
poned because of the d--ubt regarding
the circumstances of the sinking of
the Btitl:-h steamship Persia, probably
will be withheld until Austria gives
plrM'ar n-surances to those now ro-
QttesteJ from Cermnny.
The views of the United States !
were txp'aintd In detail by Secretary
Lansing to Count von Ecrnptorff, the
German Ambassador. Tho Ambassa
dor was informed, It was Indicated at
the State Depnrlment, that the Unltol
S ates fVsr,. the Ge-"'an dee'aratlcn
rernrd'ng armed merchant ships to be
codified.
it was dec'ared at the department
that at no time had sucgertlons been
.inde to the Cerman Government
which would have led it to Issue its
latest memorandum. This Answered 1
statement made ty German officials I
that the American memorandum to j
tho Entente Allies su.-eUing a modus j
Vivendi for the disarming of merchant
ships was the direct cause of Germany ;
issuing her declaration. From other
sources outside the department camo
the Information that the department
had been advised Informally of the
Cerman intentions In this respect.
Considering Britain's Assurances.
The State Department Is carefully
viewing from various angles the assur
ances given In the early days of the
ver by Great Britain to the effect
that the guns on her merchant ships
wou'd be used only for defensive pur
poses. It was admitted that the de
partment has In Its possession Infor
mation charging that since the assur
ances were given certain British mer
chantmen have used their armament
for offensive attacks on German sub
marines. The Information came
through German sources and Is not
rerardci as being conclusive evidence.
Officials are now awaiting the ro-
co'pt of what Germany alleges to be a
ropy of secret Instructions given by
the British Government to the com
rr tinders of merchant ships. This
document nnd others appended to the
text of the German declaration have
been nailed from Berlin.
BANDITS KILL 23 RANCHEBS.
Maltreat All Females Over 10 Years,
El Paso Hears.
El Paso, Texas. Twenty Mexican
ranchers In the State of Uurango were
killed by a band of 400 bandits that
appeared at Bancho San Juan Feb
ruary 1, according to a messenger that
reached here bearing messages from J
an American to local mining men. I
The messenger stated that the 1
bandits marched to the Slero Prleto
district and were not mo'e3ted by
small Carranza forces at Santa Bar
bara and Parral.
These advices reported that each
ranch en route was Ie-oted and females
over 10 years old were maltreated,
their male relntives being forced wit
nesses. ASKS ARMY OF 230.C0O,
Hoke Smith Presents Bill For Clx-
Year Enlistment.
Washington. Increase of the Beju-
lar Army to 20,000 men was provided
In a bill Introduce 1 in the Senate by
Senator IToke Smith, of Georgia. It
was immediately referred to the Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee, now
engaged In redrafting the Chamber
Iain omnibus army bill. The temi of
enlistment would be six yearj, tvo
yrars with the colors and f.iur years
in the reserve.
WANTS MILITIA AVIATOP.S.
West Virginia Adjutant-General Asks
For Volunteers.
Charleston, W. Va. Adjutant Gen
eral Bond has mailed a circular lotter
to every militia command In West Vlr
pln'a asking for a volunteer to t ike up
the study of aviation.' One man fron
the West Virrlnla National Guard will
be given CO days of training In this
branch of the service under the di
rection of an aeroplane concern, It
wan announced.
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ALLIES' 1HIII
THEIR RIGHT
Po:i:ion Taken by U. S. Under
Internat.onal Lav.
ARKINC MEHCHANT SHIPS
Cermany, However, Will Not Dis
regard Assurances Which Have
Deen Given To the Amerl
can Government.
V. ashington. The United States, it
is said on high authority at the bia.o
Department, concedes that the Enu-nlo
Allies are within thoir rigula under
prevailing International law in arming
merchant ships for defensive pur
poses, no matter what cond.tions exist
on the seas. Consequently it is ad
mitted that should tho Allies decline
to adopt the American suggestion to
disarm merchantmen, founded pri
marily upon a desire to save the lives
tf Innocent non combatants, this gov
ernment cannot announce its approval
of tho intentions of tho Teutonic pow
ers to torpedo without warning after
February 19, all armed vessels, al
though various high olllclals are con
vinced that tho position of Germany
and Austria ij justified.
State Department officials now are
engaged In trying to determine Just
what will happen when the command
ers of German and Austrian ub
marines begin to put their new Instruc
tions Into effect. It Is said, too, that
the United States in tho noar future,
may make some Inquiries as to how
tho Central Powers intend to deter
mine whether merchantmen encoun
tered by their submarines are armed
In response to Inquiries regarding
this aspect it was said by high Teu
tonic authority that the Cerman and
Austrian governments would, under no
consideratltn, disregard the assur
ances which have been given to the
United States in regard to the conduct
of submarine warfare. Attontion was
called particularly to the fact that the
German government had assured the
United States that liners would not te
attacked without being warned. Those
assurances, it was said, bad not boon
nnd would not be repudiated, and for
that reason liners In service botveen
the United Stales and Western Europe
would not be attacked without warn
ing, evon If they have defensive aruia
men'. abrard.
Toutonlc ofTlrlnls were Inclined to
believe that such an issue would not
arise as Great Britain has ngrecd that
its ships entering American waters
shall not bo armed. In both diplo
matic and official cicles doubt even
was expressed that the new policy
would In the slightest way affect con
ditions in the Atlantic, although It
was admitted that should the Italian
government persist In arming its mer
chantmen difficulty mitht arise In the
Mediterranean.
FARM-LOAN BANKS.
Administration Bill Favorably Reported
To the Senate.
Washington. The administration's
bill to establish a system of land
banks, drafted by a Joint congression
al committee, was favorably reported
to the Senate, but with radical altera
tions by the Banking and Currency
Committee. The Joint proposal for a
board of live commissioners to control
the system was discarded by the com
mittee In favor of control by a treas
ury department bureau, to ba knowrt
as the Federal Farm Loan Bureau,
under the general supervision of a
federal farm loan board, tho latter con
sifting of the secretary of the treasury
and four presidential appointees.
THEATRE FALLS; 10 CIE.
Numerous Others Injured In Collapse
Of Opera House.
MexU, Texas. Ten persons were
killed bere In the collapse of the Opera
House building, which was followed by
a gas oxplorlon and fire that for a
time threatened tho business section
of the town. Nuineroua persons we.-e
Injured.
CHUBXH BELL STOLEN.
Taken In Dayllg' t Under Noses Of
Lookcrt-On.
Hopklnsvllle, Ky. The church bell
of Highland Chapel wa-i stolen Satur
day in daylight, with several people
'ocking on. The bell was lying on the
ground while a new platform to hold
It was bning built Two well-dressed
men In a buggy stopped at the gate,
'ooked It over and 0 tally loaded It Into
the vehicle and drove off.
MIKE
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WILSOrJ HOW CUT
Gives Permission Id Use His
Name in Oh.o Pr.nury.
NOT TO ENTER ANY CONTEST
Announcement Of tlie President's
Determination To Sect Rcnvimiu
tion txpected To Cirny
Nat.wiiul Situ-tion.
Washington. President Wllron con
scuted lo.uially ljr i.ie liiol Line 10
ti.o use ut u i nai.ie uj u i ivsiuo.u.ul
eaud.dale iu lnu culiiiiis c. unpawn. At
li.e Mil. ie tune l.e ikc.u. ed ue ,.m "en
tirely unwilling to euu-r nuu i.ny cu
test" lur ieiiui.iinai.uu.
Mr. Wilton's Ulc.j. alien was made
in a letter to too o.tm cieei'.ary oil
atate, who had wr.Ucu Ilia, tu.idmule
tor delegates lrom taal oiae to lue
ll.lliullltl L'ullV'eUllblU Udol b.fi'y tLe.r
eiioices tor l-retudunl by i to.uary 'ij,
aud that uo I'tejiUeiuial end. dales
could Le mimed in tuut twi..i.cuou
Wittiout their consent.
lu bcveral other states where no
such requirements are unpjsed Mr.
V. icon's name ulrcuuy h.ia bn-u plaeed
on pr.mary ballots, and Ins melius
Generally liavo taken it lor granted
ui i.o wouid bo a cauJiuaie il con
vinced there wnj any considerable
popular demand lor it.
'i'uo I'lOoiuent wa.- formally notified
of the requirements of liie Ohio law
last weelt and he wrote Charles Q.
j.ildebiand, bocretary oi Stale, aa fol
lows:. "I am inclosing to you a letter tho
occasion of which 1 dare say will be
guiio obvious. Friends in Ohio have
culled my attention to Section 41i54 of
the General Code of O.no, as amended
In 1911, with regard to p.-nnary elec
tions and have requested that 1 indi
cate my willinjues to have uiy name
used.
"1 accordingly take the liberty of
sending you the Inclosed letter as for
mal permission undor the statute."
Tho letter the I'lCoidont Inclosed
was as follows:
"While I am entirely unwilling to
enter Into any contest for the Presi
dential nomination of the Democratic
party, I am willing to permit tho use
of my name that the Democrats in
Ohio may mr.ko known their prefer
ence In regard to that nomination.
"In order, therefore, to satisfy tho
technical requirements of tho statutes
of tho State of Ohio, I hereby consent
to the u?o of my name as a candidate
for the Presidency by any candidate
who seeks to be elected a delegate to
the National Democratic Convention
which 13 to assemble in June next."
The President takes lie position
that the voters will have to determino
whether he will make the raeo for the
Presidency In 1916 as the Democratic
candidate. In a letter written to A.
Mitchell Palmer, then a rcpresentativo
from Pennsylvania, before his Inaugu
ration, Mr. Wilson made it plain that
he would only be a candidate again
If tho Democratic voters desired IL
CDITOR CETS LIFE SENTENCE.
Killed Editor Of a Competing Paper
In a Dispute.
Turvls, Miss. Dr. Samuel E. Rees,
editor of a weekly newspaper here,
was found guilty of the murder of
Wiley A. Blackburn, editor of a com
peting paper, last October and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Black
burn was killed in the courthouse after
a dh-pute with Rees over bids for
printing.
THE BULLDOG OF THE NAVY.
The Battleship Oregon Placed On the
Retired List
Vallejo, Cat. The battleship Oregon,
Bulldog of the Navy, went on the re
tired list when she was turned over, '
without formality, to the Naval Militia
of California at the Mare Island Navy
Yard. She gained fame by a cruise
around Cape Horn which ended in the
battle cf Santiago July 3, 1898.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAINE.
Sailors' Graves Decorated and the
Cuban Charge Speaks,
Washington. Tho eighteenth anni
versary of the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine In Havana harbor w,is
observed here Tuesday with the usual
annual everclsos at Arlington Ceme
tery, which include placing floral doco
rations on the graves of the sailors
who went down with the vessel. Among
the speakera waa Dr. Joaquin R. Tor
riJbaa. the Cuban charge.
8
FO
BELGIUM
ASSURED
OF ALLIES' FAITH
f.'cwTreaty Guaranteeing Inde
pencence and Indemnity.
THZ FCmT.L ANNOUNCEMENT
Seelclcn Cf the Entente Allies Con
vcyed To the CJclgian Foie.gn
Office Dy Ministers Rcpre
centing All the Allies.
Ilavro. The allied powers signatory
to the tix-aty guaranteeing the inde
pendence and neutrality of Belgium
have decided to rs.uew tho agreement
not to end Liottilltiej until the political
a".J economic Independenco of Bel
Cium Is ro established and tho nation
.s Indemnified for the damages suf
fered. This derision was communicated to
the Eo'tiium Foreign Office by tho
Ministers representing the Entente
Allies.
Russian Minister Spokesman.
The UuHslan Minister acted as
.i-pokesmnn, addressing tho Belgian
j Minister for Foreign Affairs as fol
i lows:
I "Tho allied powers plgnatory to the
treaties guaranteeing tho independ
ence nnd neutrality of' Belgium have
decided to renew today by solemn net
the agreements mndo regarding your
country, which lias been heroically
faithful to Its international obliga
tions. Consequently we, tho Ministers
'oi Trance, Great Britain nnd Russia,
duly authorized by our Governments,
j l.ave the honor to make the following
declaration:
" 'The allied and guaranteeing pow
ers declare that when the moment
comes tho Belgian Government will bo
called upon to take part In peaco nego
tlatlcns, nnd they will not put an enif
to hostilities without Belgium hav
ing reestablished Its political and
economic Independence and having
oretl amply Indemnified for damages
Rt-.fferrd. Tl'ov will lend their aid to1
Belgium In order to assure its financial
and commercial restoration.' Tho
Belgian Foreign Minister, - Baron
Ecvens, replied:
"The Government of tho King Is
profoundly grateful to the governments
of the threo powers guaranteeing the
independence rf Belgium of which you
nro reprerentntlves for their generous
Initiative In making known today this
declaration. I thank you heartily In
Its behalf. Your words will have a
vibrating echo In the hearts of Bet
plans, whether they are fighting at
the front, suffering In their occupied
country or awaiting In exil and all
with the same courage the hour of
deliverance. The new assurance which
you have just given will confirm their
unshakable conviction that Belgium
will be restored from its ruin and re
established In Its complete political
and economic Independence.
Resclved To Fight On,
"I am certain to express their senti
ments in telling you that you must
have complete confidence In Oh, ns wo
have cenfidence In our loyal guaran
tors, for we are all resolved to con
tinue tho struggle energetically with
them until the triumph of the right,
for defence of which we f aerifleed our
nolvcs nfter the unjustifiable violation
of our beloved country."
Tho Italian Minister told Baron
Ecvens that although Italy was not
among; the powers which guaranteed
the Independence, and neutrality of
Ec'glum, ho had no objection to the
foregoing declaration. A similar an
nouncement was made on behalf of
the Japanese Government
Neutrality Pledged In 1831.
By llu treaty of London, signed No
vembT 15, 1831, the neutrality of Bel
gium was guaranteed by Austria, Rus
sia, Crent Britain and Trussia.
In 1839 another treaty was signed,
which was subscribed to also by
France, " providing: "Belgium shall
form nn Independent and perpo'ually
neutral state. It shall be bound to ob
serve such neutrality toward all other
states."
It has boon reported unofficially on
several occasions recently that Cer
many desired to conclude a separate
peace with Belgium, restoring tho oc
cupied territory nnd pnylng an in
demnity in return for certain commer
cial advantages. Official denial of
these reports, however, was made last
week by tho Belgian legation at Lon
don. In connection with these reports
significance wos attached to the ap
pointment on February 4 of Earl
Cttrzon nnd Gen. Sir Douglas Haig,
commander of the British forcos on
the Continent, to visit King Albert of
Belgium on a special mission, the
nature of which was not disclosed.
O. T. MARYE RESIGNS.
Ambassador To Russia May Be Sue-'
ceeded By D. R. Francis.
Washington. David R. Francis, of
St Louis, former Secretary of the In
terior and former Governor of Mis
souri, is understood to be under seri
ous consideration for appointment as
i Ambassador to Russia to succeed Geo.
T. Marye. It Is not known whether he
, will accept the post if It Is offered to
j him. Mr. Marye's resignation has not
yet been accepted, but it was stated at
the State Department and White
House that It undoubtedly would be.
BACHELORS ARE CALLED.
London Posts First Proclamation Te
Volunteer.
London. The first proclamation
calling up unmarried men eligible for
military service tinder the conscrip
tion act wa3 posted at Wallasey near
Liverpool.
A plant has been discovered In Cuba
bearing fruit like figs In which files
lay Urulr eggs, to be batched by the
sun.
TURKS A
T
Russians Go Wild Witt Joy ct
Success at Erzcrum.
FIERCE CATTLE RIPOSTED
More Than 40,000 Turks, 110 Gunt
end War Stores Are Repcr.cd
Ccpturcd Caves Egypt
and Persia.
Petrograd. Tho greatest demon
stration since tho capture of Przomysl
occurred in Potrograd, following con
firmation of reports of the capiure of
Erzcrum.
Great crowds marched through the
streets, waving the Russian colors aud
chanting hymns. Thousands attended
Te Deum services in the grcr.t Kazan
Cathedral, while other thou.nnds.
standing outside In the snow, offered
up prayers for tho Grand Duke
Nicholas, again the national hero.
' Frcm army headquarters Emperor
Nicholas sent a mc t.?aje of congratula.
tion to tho Grand Dul.a.
Ruoslan People Stirred.
The conquest of Erzerun, the first
Important Rtwlnn victory since the
retrrat from tho Carpathians bejun
nearly a year ago, has stirrod tho Rus
sian reople to great depths of patriot
ism. The newspapers declared the
Grand Duke's triumph only tho pre
ludo to greater vlctoKos that will
carry the Czar's armies sweeping back
through Poland und Galicla before
summer.
More than 40.QC0 Turkish soldiers
nnd 110 guii3 were taken by the Rus
sians, according to dispatches from
Tiflls. In addition the Russians took
quantities of military .supplies. At
tempts had be?n made to dertroy
these, but tho- Russians moved so
rapidly In their final attacks that the
Turks were unablo to prevent much
bjoty reaching the Russians.
The Turklfh losses in the conflict
that rarred for five days about the
forts cunrding Trzerum are snM to
have ben in the no'ghborhood of
25,000 killed and wounded.
Fierce Cattle Reported.
Tiflla reports state that tho battle
was the fiercest that has ever been
fought about a fortress in modern
varfare. The Turin fought desperate
ly, but one by enc the forts vera taken
b the Russians, who charged with
the bayenct through breaches made
by their artillery-.
'Ctopa Conquest Of Persl.i.
Tho capture of E.zorum means the
collapro of all Turkish p'ans cf con
quest in Persia, military men here
bolleve, and possibly will force the
Turk to abandon their plans to In
vade Egypt.
The Grand Duke's main forces prob
rbly will be halted within tho walls of
Erzcrum for several days, recuperat
ing frr.ni the hardships cf tho cam
paign In tho snows.
'Opens Asia Minor To Russians.
Tnrls. The capture of Erzerum hag
p'ncorl Apia Minor at tho mercy of the
Russians, Id the opinion of French
military experts. The Rusefcns' vic
tory at Erzerum Is called tho most im
portant since tho French success In
Champagne lasts'car.
flEFFERSON DAVI3 HICHWAY. .
One From Memphis To New Orleans
Is Proposed.
Memphis, Tenn. Good rods enthu
siasts from points al-ng tho cast bauk
of the Mississippi river from Cairo to
New Orleans will meet here Thursday
and Friday to discuss routes for it pro
poieJ Jefferson Davis highway. It will
extend from Memphis to New Orleans
and to Eeauvolr, Mississippi, tho home
of tho president of tho Confederacy.
At Memphis the road would connect
with tho Memphls-rnducan highway,
which in turn connects with the trana
continental highway passing through
Kentucky.
INCREASED 3,000 PER CENT.
Barrel Of Violet Dye Bought For $400
Is Sold For $12,000.
Boston. The shortage In dyeatuffs
and the demand by textile manufac
turers for this product was pointed out
by dealers who reported that a barrel
of violet dye bought 14 months ago
for $100, had been Bold here for $12,
000, an increase of 3,000 per cent
IDEAL MAN DISCOVERED.
He Is Bradford M. Fullcrton, Swim
ming Captain At Harvard.
Cambridge, Mass. Tho Ideal tuart
has been discovered at Harvard, ac
cording to the specifications of th
merchant tailors of the United Slates,
lie is Bradford M. Fullerten, swim
ming captain, from Spokane, Wash.
VON PAPEN DECORATED.
Former Attache In" United States Hon
ored By Kaiser.,
Rome. Swiss dispatches report
that Kaiser Wilhelra has conferred th
order of the Red Eagle upon Capt.
Fram von Papen, formerly German
Military Attache to the United States.
ANOTHER WORLD'S RECORD.
Aviator Smith Takes Three Passengers
Up 9,6C0 Feet.
Ban Dlogo, Ca!. Aviator Floyd
Smith, nt the United Slates Aviation
Field at North Island, established what
Is declared to be a world's altiludq rec
ord for pilot and three passengers In
n seaplane by reaching a height of
f,600 feet Smith used a 120 horse
power hydroaeroplane, and was up two
hours and ten minutes.
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