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A om the mid- way to write ry that they the last one d forward. to warn you. vill ‘be here rsian shrug- ook off ithe iiform with talks. ling oriental New Jersey ot my rugs. untry, where y is not com- to your ex- on. I have ow all about The whole y's game in e thinks you ® here, for a y this morn- ould not tell 11—80 soon ¥ l. But cam d lady? No. he evening.” . I am im- abrielle care ) longer mar- ant to meet 3ut first—my 11d I interest ly in my na- Couldn't use I would @e. serve me. I rs. That 9" weave. Only turned back [t was true, t the time of farco. The 8 serving a That after- 8 there any- t? Jephson ind his serv- nd his heart EE Rg GERARD SCORES HOSTAGE THREAT — Berlin Is Told Correspondents Won't “Be Sandbagiss” ENVOY NOW Ii SWITZERLAND Kaiser's Foreign Office Made Demand That Germans 8e Unhampered in Event of War. The Germans’ attitude in endeavor- ing to induce Ambassador Gerard to sign a protocol reaffirming the old- time treaties with the United States regarding mutual protection of nation- als in case of hostilities and the hints of possible detention of American newspaper men as hostages was un- dcubiedly influcnced by alarmist d.g- pa.cies freia ihe United States re- gard.ng treatment of German it zens and property there,-a corresp.nd ni i from Berlin who has reached C.pen- | hagen is able to state. ‘The protocol which Couat Mon.eg- las, head of the American department | of the German foreign office, submit- ted to Ambassador Gerard on the part of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, con- tained besides a formal re-ratification of the treaty provisions of 1799 and 1828 regarding mutual treatment of nationals caught in a belligerent coun- try in case of war, a number of im- portant additions and expansions. Ii provided that merchants should be al- lowed to continue their businesses and retain their residences until the end of the war unmolested; that no law affecting the validity of contracts should be applied to Germans in Amer that all patents should be inviolate— a question of importance in view of the high value if not the indispensa- bility of certain German patents in the manufacture of munitions and ex plosives. Quite as trenchant in its bearing on the pending prcblems was the pro- vision of an instrument which Ambas- sador Gerard was asked to sign speci- fying explicitly that not only enemy property as such should be exempt from seizure or restrictions in its use beyond those applying to all property, but that enemy ships in ports of the opponent should not be seized during the war nor forced to leave port un- less to sail under safe conduct and guarantee of exemption from seizure by the allied belligerents for a home | port. Provision also was made for a safe conduct when it was necessary to move ships from one port to an- other in the same country. The proto- col forbade explicitly any internment or restrictions upon the liberty or movement of enemy nationals within the limits of the opponent country and for confirmation of certain articles of The Hague convention, particularly as to treatment of the personnel of enemy merchant ships captured or caught within an opponent country. Ambassador Gerard's refusal to sign the treaty after he had ceased to perform his ambassadorial functions or to telegraph for instructions unless he was permitted to use code led Count Montgelas to hint that a re- fusal to sign the protocol might ma- terially affect the status of Americans in Germany and their privilege of de- parture. He mentioned specifically the American correspondents whom Ambassador Gerard desired to take eut with him and whose fate was ap: parently thought to carry particular weight in American public opinion. This intimation of the.possibility of detaining’ Americans even under. the status of a rupture of diplomatic re- lations, not war, and the use of news- paper representatives as supposedly important pieces upon the diplomatic chessboard, caused Mr. Gerard. to. de-, lore Toundly that he:doubted whether! any of the newspapermen could be “gandbagged” or be influenced in any way by -censiderations of personal safety or conveniece, and that he must ‘persist’ ih his earlier ‘expressed stand- point regarding these negotiations. Jah Shel [HepB NO SEIZURE OF DEPOSITS suavoll nt chuoke—bHs poviinios Ih Washington Issues Statement to Calm tHiA fon on Foreigners,, -, A statement, 1c government has no intention of seiz- ing bank deposits or ot ‘belonging’ to ahy ‘foreign ’subject— ‘éven ithe évefit ‘of ‘Wari was’ ‘Wy tHe! state department) with the ap- proval of President Wilsem> 1°70 #3 “The 'statemént: was prompted by the’ anxiety! of German - subjeets. in some’ sections regarding savings deposited apd by the many, reports in circulation regarding the intention of the govern ment concerning war-bound vessels in American ports. It makes no°specific reference to’ the’ 'Prisstan-Anterian treaty''of 1828, which provides for the immunity of such property, but which fas been:regarded as of doubtful val idity, saying merely that the govern: ment will in no circumstances take advantage of a state of war to take possession of property to which inter- mational understanding and the recog: pized law of its land give it no just elaim.” : The decision ‘is uhderstodd to be in furtherance of President’ Wilson's de termination ‘that there shall -be noth: #g in the conductof the THitted States to warrant criticism,’ rathér than in: dicative ‘of any specific inclination tg ‘acknowledge the validity of disputed provisions of the old treaty. tA nF Bern shy ® * * * * * * * * * * ic# or to Americans in Germany and | , * * * * * * * * * * giving assurances the | Photo by American Press Association, ADMIRAL SCHEER. * * % i ® % % % * **% * KAISER MAY MODIFY U-WAR; CALLS COUNCIL. An important conference has been called by Emperor William presumably to discuss the submarine question, says the London =~ Exchange Tele- graph company’s Amsterdam correspondent. the Exchange Telegraph com- pany’s Amsterdam correspond- ent. ! . Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor and high army and navy official, will at- tend, and it is reported, adds the correspondent, that the pos- sibility of negotiations with neu- trals for modifying the terms of the recent German memo- randum will be discussed. * * %* 3 % % kx % % % %¥ * Xx % ® | | | ARLE AES ERE EES EEE SUBMARINES DESTROY SHIPS AT RAPID RATE Million Tons a Month Being Sunk—In T0 PROTECT LIVES 1S WILSON'S PLAN Armed Forces of Country Will i cabinet ! sary for him to take this step, al | though officials generally believe Ger | m:ny already has proved conclusively i that she will preceed with her pro | gram of ruthless submarine warfare | in spite of the warning of the presi | sacrificed, the { mediately in the protection of Ameri . an actual declaration of war. THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA. HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED OFFICIAL NAVY CENSOR Be Used If Needed ee NO WAR DECLARATION STEP President and Cabinet Decide Definite- ly on Action If “Overt Act” Is Com- mitted by Germany. President Wilson has framed a defi- nite course to be pursued in case Ger- many commits the “overt act” men- tioned in his address to congress. He will not ask congress for a declaration of war, but will do just what he promised in the address—ask that he be allowed to use whatever measures he deems necessary to protect Ameri- can seamen and traveless. It was learned definitely after the meeting that the presiden! has not decided that it will be neces dent. In the event of an attack upon a» American ship or upon any ship up: which American lives are wantonly president, it was learned, will go before congress ni demand that military and naval forces of the United States be employed im- can lives and property. This woulc result in a state of war, but would | place upon Berlin responsibility for, The last cabinet meeting revealed that President Wilson's ministers are well satisfied with the progress made toward placing the nation in a state: of preparedness for every eventuality. | All reports that the work, planned months ago, is going forward with the: utmost co-ordination. Immediately after the cabinet meeting President Wilson made arrangements to go tc the capitol. With the car at the White House door, however, he sud- denly changed his mind and called Senator Shafroth of Colorado over the phone. Then he abandoned his trip. President Wilson plans to visit the capitol and executive departments frequently from now on whenever he Four Years Seas Would Be Clear of Vessels. Germany’s U-boat warfare continued with the success of the first four days would destroy within a short time a great part of the world’s merchant tonnage. Officials estimated that vessels were being sunk at the rate of nearly 1,000,000 tons a month, the amount German naval authorities set as necessary to starve the British isles. At that rate it would take just four years to dev‘rov ‘ho tennrgo of th entente wo (—-47 €70 060 inpi—'f al the work, «Ll. ventured into the war zone. . Ship mannii turer and neuiral work on merchon! Tips. Vegrelg hov been standardized and it is almi~e’ impossible to have made anywher~> ship of special construction. The Bri ish government is having built great steel cargo ships, all alike, and of the simplest construction. TWO OHIO GUARDS KILLED press Hits Truck In Texas. Private Charles Haton of Company 'L, Fifth Ohio Infantry, and Sergeant Karl Eisenhart of Company K,:Fifth Ohio infantry, were killed when the “Golden State Limited” on the Rock Island, from Chicago, struck a motor truck in which they were. riding to | BI’ Paso; Téx., Private Baton was from Conneaut, O., and Sergeant Eisenhart from Cleveland. : : Private Rudolph J. Smith of Com- pany. K,. ‘Fifth Ohio infantry, and Private Dan N. Toomey of Company, injured that they were reported to be in a dyingicondition following the ac- cident. ‘Ten others were slightly in- jured.. ihiroqs al #1 $0 Erle MAN-AMERICANS es Through National Affianée: ifasddd || * Resolitions oindorsing the! action of Président »Wilsonidin! severing cdiplo- matic, relations «with - Germany and pledging. its. loyalty to ther United | States. were adapted by. the German American National. Alliance at a meeting in Philadelphia... .. ‘*1t was also decided that in case ‘of Epostnnities to “forni regiments of Ger nan:Ameriéans®'dnd to turn (8ver to ithe | Atherican’ Red Cross “funds for which the alliance has been collecting for German war relief. The meeting, which “was held behind closed doors, was attended i-by . delegatés - from twenty-eight states, hastily called by Dr. Charles J. Hexamer, the . presi dent. The alliance is said to have a membership of 3,000,000. tnt ened French Wheat ‘Crop Large. . There’ is reason: to: hopeithat the wheat crop -of France:is not so poor as was first feared. The large acreage planted in the autumn and the propa- ganda of the ministry of commerce have materially improved the situa- tion. ~“It' ‘is algo ‘believed that .good crops will be produced from the sow ing of epring wheat. \ — AE t= «1 the allied’ | counire; are ru hiner: velop. L, Fifth Ohio’ infantry, were so badly” ‘RédpY s or other property | 3,000,000" Pledge Loyalty’ to’ ‘U.S. desires information quickly or wants] to take any steps in connection with] | legislation. It was said officially today that no surprise or alarm need be felt if the president suddenly gres to the capi! tol at any hour of t > day or visits any member of his ca. net. So many pending questions have to be Aken | up that the president has found it too slow to call to the White House all] the men he desires to see. There was a lull in the rush of war-! time activity in Washington today. | | The routine emergency preparations i i jt the war and navy departments con: have been held under heavy fire, it is | tinued, but there was no ‘undue excite-| geclared. Two enemy seaplanes were ment apparent. Secretaries Baker and! proyoht : Daniels did not visit their offices dur- ing" Sunday. state department went over the de- partment dispatches, but said that the Manola report from Consul Frost was the only matter of importance re- ceived. - 4 3 Administration leaders made ready’ for a preparedness drive on congress during this week, when the navy and army appropriation bills, the adminis- Two Others In Critical Condition; EX '( {ration emergency bill and minor pre paredness measures will be taken up: Congressional leaders plan to’ rush consideration of all these Measures to meet any emergency “which may de- _ The same speeding up 'senti- ment will prevail at the“war and navy departments, “where minor construc tion and repair matters have! been ed tirely sidetracked to concentrate the | government energies on‘direct and im | mediate preparedness construction. 1 Meanwhile © peace . propagandists throughout the ' country have begun a, well-organized campaigh directed to- ward influencing the ‘administration and congress’ to prevent ‘actual hostili- ties. Following the leddrof William ‘Jennings Bryan, many ‘peace organiza tions have started ‘writesto your con gressman” campaigns; and a:flood of peace petitions and letters suggesting ‘means of avoiding “war is = deluging today anncunced a mass meeting. to- night to discus peace measures. The ! “the ‘fire was due, I ‘believe, te announcement of the meeting sét [ [ forth the following program: :~’ “To urge congress to defer until the ' js? skid Mr. Humphrey. i ‘We hav we- ig over the settlement of internal instibéen manuidcinring munitions fo tional disputes. which cannot be solved 'sgverdl n months; by peaceful means. . Fyre gones. wrriaty Ami ¥ IJ aE “To submit the question of a dec: | In spite of Mr. Huniphrey's theory laration of war to a referendum vote lof spontaneous combustion, ‘| agents of ‘the department of justice and “United ‘States “Marshal Joseph Howley announced that an investiga- of the peonle.” CHECKING UP FOOD SUPPLY Government. 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PREPAID | KEYSTONE PARAGRAPHS | Carnegie Steel company officials are taking no chances or damage to their | property in the Braddock district; since the severance of relauons wih Germany. ‘rhe Union railroad bridge, | ‘spanning the Munoagahela river irom | the: piant oi he odgar ‘fuou..m | works on the north bank of the ver | to the south bank, has been brilliantly illuminated w.th hundreds of incan- descent lights and guarl; have been placed at each end aid are patrolling the bridge. No one aout businecs an older type, the British admiralty announced, struck a mine in the Eng- lish channel Thursday night and sank. All the officers and all of the crew, ex- cept five, were lost. The British troops have captured Sailly-Saillisel, on the Somme front in France, according to an official Brit- ish communication. British troops have captured Ger- man trenches on a front of more than three-quarters of a mile in the Somme line, constituting what is character- ized as a “strong system” lying north of Beaumont Hamel. An attack was made on the Italian lines east of Gorizia, the Rome war of- fice announced. The Austrians were repulsed at nearly all points, and such portions of the front lines as have not yet been reoccupied by the Italians down in the vicinity of i German troops attacked and pene- “trated Russian trenches near Stanis- lau, Galicia, but were ejected by a counter attack delivered by Russian | reserves, the Petrograd war office an- nounced. ; . On the Black sea three enemy schooners loaded with corn were sunk by a Russian vessel mear the Ana- tolian coast, the statement says. Only minor operations along the | nasa and Rumanian fronts are re ported in the late war office state- ments. UNION SWITCH TO REBUILD | New Shops to Replace ‘Burned Build: °F CffgsLitioss Nearly $6,000,000. Lift was officially announced that re- building of the fire-swept plant of the Union Switch. and Signal company at gin at once. :The loss by the fire is {loss is fully. covered by insurance. ,. The Union Switch and Signal com- house" interests reéently, ‘Mr. Humph rey becoming president. Mr. Humpi- ‘Tey * ‘emphasized: that ¥ithere | starting of the blaze. spontaneous ‘combustion, and ‘there i ’ no’réason ‘tor any théory of imeend a: and: .péveriiin the ‘shops destroyed: Our;munitions plan “To warn Americans out of danger : was separated from the machine shop group.’ . tion probably would be instituted. China Backs United States. is allowed to pass over ihe bridge. Fire in the Fort Pitt plant of th: Aetna Cheinical company, near Walk ers Mills, again wrecked the “T N A drying department, destroyed by fatal explosion two months ago, and burned to death Joseph McDermott, aged forty-eight, a wealthy oil man who went to work at the plant as guard merely “to have something t do.” Two other men in the building with McDermott escaped. The dam- age was several thousand dollars. The Sproul investigation resolution, which provides for a probe of the Brumbaugh administration, was called up in the state senate on final passage and was opposed by Senators Burke, Snyd.r and -vVare and advocated by Senators Le:by and Snyder, Schuyl- kill, who denied the resolution was aimed at any particular person. The resolution was adopted on final pas- sage by the senate by 29 yeas and 19 nays. Negotiations are under way for the purchase by J. V. Thompson, reputed agent for the H. C. Frick Coke com- pany, of 242 acres of coal land and surface, one-half mile south of Rices Landing, to be used as one of two openings to the 12,000-acre tract takzan o.e: by Frick from the Thompson in- tc ests. within the last few months. The option price is $60,000. A police surgeon in Philadelphia has made another examinction of Harry K. Thaw, who cut his throat four weeks ago, and reported » to detective headquarters that Thaw ir 3 to bi me A mI TEC RLS en A i on it tdi | Williams & EE Bloti.zie a wits angi pressing... up money in the cash’ registers. Coffee, sugar, eggs and crackers were taken from one place. In the other cuts of steak and pork were stolen. numbering Austrian coal miners, | nearly 1,000, drew their savings from two banks in Midland following a re- port that the severance of diplomatic relations with Austria would mean conficcation of their money by the United States. Cutting a piece out of a plate glass window in the jewelry store of O. N. Bros., in South Main street, Butler, thieves took several trays of watches, chains and charms and escaped. Their loot is valued at $600. Sunday night was the coldest of the winter at Bradford, the thermometers registering 26 below zero. There was much suffering owing to" the low natural gas pressure, used principally for fuel. Potatoes retailed at $3 a bushel in Philadelphia this week, an increase of 300 per cent over last year’s prices, and the highest price quotations in that city since the Civil war. Mrs. Samuel Sipe, aged 104, friend of Molly Pitcher of Revolutionary war fame, died at Carlisle. She was born :n Switzerland and had resided in Carlisle for a century. The reappointment of Robert C. Fol- well as. coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team for next season was ratified by the university authorities. W. W. Wolford, aged eighty-one, one of the oldest residents of Tionesta, ‘was killed in a fire which destroyed his home. Hopeless Inquiry. | A stranger was questioning Helen, trying to get her to say her father's first name. “what does your mother call your SDRAPRT 16 wih mA ere “She calls him my daddy.” “Yes, but when she wants to speak to him what does she say?” . She says. ‘659. please." was Hel- Swissvale, near Pittsburgh, would be- estimated. to be nearly $5,000,000. The pany was acquired by ‘the Westing- 1s no ground’ for rumors eirculated:{whil- V } theifirerwas im-progress; that, persoms congress and the White House: i: 4iofiGerman ‘extraction of - sympathies. A local committee representing the iinfluenced by the present internation National Emergency Peace Federation ; al crisis, .had become involved in the special is not yet in condition to be removed | en’s reply. from the hospital. Accordi®g to his| «j don't, mean, when she calls him physician Thaw is improving slowly | gat the office. When she tells him to and may be in the hospital for a|jget up in the morning what does she couple more weeks. = ‘| call him?” : “She says to be ready in about four minutes.” —Youth’s Companién. a] Pome Colonel George C. Rickards has; is sued orders to all captains of the Six- teenth infantry, national guard. of Pennsylvania, to recruit their com- panies up to 100 men. He stated that “recruiting had already been actively begun. Colonel Rickards said that no state on federal orders had .been re- ceived; but-that he ‘was acting on his own initiative. : . Sanskrit. The Sanskrit is the language of the ancient Hindus ~Ito is. not-new spo- ‘ken amg is understood only by the ‘Brahmins and by scholars who have made #-gpecial study of it. © it bears a | striking likeness to the Greek, Latin, German, Celtic and Siavonic langnages, .and, though, Sanskrit is. not regarded as the parent of these dialects, it is looked upon as the language nearest te the original speech of the undivided Aryans. © | Fire. ‘destroyed the ®Schellnammer anpex inthe Exchange hotel, Warren, with a loss of $25,000. Firemen fought the: bleze sin. a stemperature of 12 ;de- greed below zero. A fire wall’ preyent- edsthe blaze from sweeping the block. Frozen hydrants caused a delay in getting water. A scord of guests had ~~“ Pree With Their Gold. ; While gold is now the standard of to flee into the bitter cold scantily at- value throughout the world, din the tired. gee days of oll reece oll andl silver A Eade SRNR SO TERY were « nly used i a decoration i President E. J. Hickson of the Pitts- | of hu when we mid the 3a « awaved the burgh Hickson Bed company at East | rest of Butler received a telegram from Sec- | art . retary of War ~ewton D. Baker ac-| cepting the company’s offer of assist- nl ance of the plant to the government. | OF irs x . The plant js capable of turning out: ie pa ; is ne 1,000 steel hospital beds a day and Tick chimes Fides was pit of tions are being made for mobilization ' Germany. of the: reserve;food supply of the coun- | thé - American minister, Dr. Paul 8S. The Chinese cabinet has indorsed | ¢3R increase the capacity it needed. od il pw gge fv un : a - | e chimney has ren 1 intact. and the American U-boat action against | George Fritz, aged five, son of 2 free has grown up | wich the cem- The cabinet has assured George Fritz. of Canonsburg, : was ter and pushed its brauches through wed i : ‘he top. try’s ‘bread basket-—the.middle west. | Relnsch, that China associates herself | i A nt ha r rn © | with ‘whom-he was playing ran away Love. . This was: learned when 'it became { firmly with the United States. Th mown government agents have been "Chinese government ‘has advised th e Keeping in close touch: with Chicago |Berman’ government that China Wil' | cident. The body was recovered. packers, commission faen and whole ‘break off diplomatic relations if -th salers the past week. Bb ew submarine measures are pursued e | frightened and did not tell of the ac Food thieves entered two business twenty love is a rosy dream, at hirty it is a thrilling reality, at forty it ise ‘calnccontentment, and at fifgy it is & reminiscence. houses on the Northside, Pittshurgh Shade . —— my i a UY matin in Bap ———