Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-03-15

              Republ LATEST WAR NEWS THE WEATnEIt Fair tonight. Friday raltt. rain or snow north, rain south portion warmer,. The Republican's war news la right op to the Uut minute, every day. Vol XXX, No. 241 WOOSTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAR. 15, 1917. HPT mm WoosTER Dai ICAN TffiSABL IB WILSON PLANS TO GIVE FACTS TO CONGRESS r Details of Algonquin Sinking and Other Hostile Acts to be cut ud to Legislators. ) HY JOHX EDWIN XF.VIX Washington, March 15. President Wilson will present all of the facts covering Germany's submar ine actions to congress when it con venes in special session next month. This will include the record of all assaults upon American rights. The report will deal with every single instance upon which Germany's ruthlessness has endangered or cost American lives and American property. The crowning assault, the sinking of the Algonquin, flying the American flag, will be detailed. It also is possible that the list of outrages will be increased before April 1G, when congress reconvenes. Congress will then decide what additional steps shall be taken. It n-lone, of course has-the power to declare war. The president's power Is limited to the maintenance of armed neutrality. That he now is doing. It can be safely stated that no. American 'merchantman' will en- M I- - 1. 1 ... . . ci uib Murreu zone i roui now on with the consent of .administration officials unless armed with powerful guns and with men at their posts ready to protect theiiii , The Algonquin, officials sav, very likely would not have been sunk had she been armed, In the opinion of many uuiuiuitt, me mnKiug 01 me Algonquin under the circumstances already reported was "an act of war". However, until the president defines his position when congress meets, it Ib not expected any official expres- Kini.e aejiarunem nas maae n piain 'that the "facts speak for themselves' ana there is no effort made to ex cuse the action of the German sub marine commander. Captain Nord-) tiergs impv statement .that the Algouquin was complete stopped when the first shot her, three previous ones bavins; missed her. and that the firing until the vessel was abandoned, is character here as "highly significant '. Jt shows 'conclusively tiiat the reports from certain Scandinavian countries that Germuny actually had modified her mibmaVMno campaign is untrue It also shows, officials say. that no American vessel, whether a freighter or a passenger liner, can hope to make a British or a French port miles urepared to defend its rights to Ball the open seas. The state department today--with the preliminary report of Ambassador Gerard before it. and with full knowledge of what was transpiring in Berlin available through- the Swiss minister, again made it plain that at no time has it received any word Germany contemplated ay change in its subnrihine policy. He-ports that Count Von Bernstorff was to throw his influence on the side toward a return of former cruiser warfpre by submarine, is generally discredited here. Oft'it ials say that while the count might decide to do so. the advocat? of ruthlessness nre so firmly entrenched in German official control, that a change of methods seems entirely impossible. In connection with the break between China and Germany, officials today pointed out that the greatest significance of this action lias been overlooked. That is the Japanese influence Rt ill dominates, in China, and that the break conclusively sets at rest for all time the reports, artfully spread by Gennanv that Japan was weakening in her ardeuev of support of the entente cause. thTgetting-well STAGE OF GRIP Most Dangerous Period-How to Gain Strength. The long pull in getting over U grip demands that all the organs of the body be kept tn their best working form, not only to drive out the poison left, by the grip genu, but that the patient "shall regain strength as soon aw nosiM to moid fiii-ther attacks result lug from the poisons in the; system, paralyzing the greater part of the tissues of the body and the organs which they compos. 'Forced nutrition in a means toward good health after the grin as ft is n nKsns wf preventin the entrance of the grip genii to the system. Father John's Medicine treat. erio and builds up the body because It i all pure nourishment Rnd free from opium, morphine, chloroform or other, poisonous drugs. Father John's Medicine has bad 60 years' success for colds aa4 throat trouble, cough and eore throats, and as a tonic and body builder. - ' BRITISH G AIN NEAR BAPAUME London, March 1 5 Gei'nan troopp are savagely resisting the British advance at the very gates of Papaume. Dispatches from the front today. however, aserted that the British are pressing steadily forward. The fall of the much sought stronghold is believed to be only a matter of hours. At .cverv point along the line that extends from Bapaume to Arras the Engli.di are on the offensive today. The Germans are slowly falling back covered with terrific artillery fire. Belief is general that one of the greatest, if not the greatest, battle of the war is at hand. The retiring movement begun by the Germans some days ago has now carried them further back than it is believed they at first intended to go. Bapaume is s'king out of the battle line like the' apex of a triangle. When Ua-paume falls. Fssarts, Buequoy and Achiet le Petit will also come into British hands. A REVOLUTION IS PREDICTED Working Classes of Germany to Cause Trouble if Peace is Loner Delaved. New York, March 15. Industrial revolution among the working classes of Germany, if peace does not come soon was forecasted here today by A. Curtiss Both, America vice consul at Plauen, Saxony, which is perhaps the greatest factory center in the empire. Both painted an alarming picture of the situation in the working districts. "A second peasant war may be added Jo the miseries of central .Europe, if the working clashes are much further galled by starvation, overwork and loss of dear ones," he said. "The living standard of the German working classes is now on a ,,ar wjth that af the Asiatic eol- i'S. .. "The workers of Saxony, at leud. are becoming restive. For the last year at least they have been overworked and have had to subsist sole ly on potatoes, turnips, bread anr salt. 1 have frequently heard the emperor soundly berated in Plauen shops. "Saxony has borne a large share of the war suffering. The Plauen regiment, for instance, has been wiped out and replaced six times since the war started. Once one of the world's greatest industrial centers. Saxony lias been reduced to a pitiable condition." BERLIN VIEW OF SUB WARFARE Berlin,. March 13. -"Lloyd-George himself has little or no hope of meiting tie submarine danger successfully by the efforts of the British navy," said Minister of Finance Ilclffcrieh today in an interview with a Hungarian correspondent. "But even if Lloyd-George's effort should accomplish the impossible until thi' next harvest, K'ngland is confined to her imports as never before and this is where the Y boats must strike a deadly blow. With lii.; rigorous import restrictions. L'oyd-fleorge himself is establishing a blockad" against England after I'.ngiaiid's blockade against German v''as ruled. "Germany may lie of good cheer when England's boasts, are silenced." U. S. TROOPER HELD AS SPY OF GERMANY Kl Pan. Texas. March 15. Mili-!ar. authorities today were exa tiling closely letter.; and papers found in tin possession of .Sergeant Alexander J'ruchter. of K troop, Seventeenth 1". S. Cavalry, held on a .-harM" of desertion and suspected -if activity in behalf of Germany. Frucuter. paid to be of German birth, has been under surreilluiice and with him a German civilian. ho has been familiar with th soldier.The p-ipr? are said to consist largely of letter-", the wording of which has aroused suspicion. IUVK A UHOI.K WAK Colembu, M&rch 1.". A dozen 'Kings.'' two "Kaisers." no "Queens" 15 "Fishers" without any " Fishes" re found in the February edition of the Ohio State Unirerslty directory jn.t off the press. STORY OF HEROISM TO AWAIT WAR'S END Loudon,; March IT..--Among the stories of heroism and valor that w'H come after the war is one that is officially described as being "the most gallant ever performed.' All Fnelund is wondering what it was- The hero is Commander Gordon Campbell. Two years ago he was the first officer on an old destroyer which amounted to little. Now he has been promoted over tho heads of 700 senior lieutenant commanders and decorated with the Victoria Cross and the I). S. O.. Wr.r department officials refuse to reveal Campbell's deed. "When the war is over it will be read as one of the most thrilling stone ever told," said one official REFUSE TO ACCEPT OBREGON RESIGNATION Mexico City, March. 15. General Mvato Obregon's resignation as minister of war, and commander of Carranza'H army, will not be accept ed for the present at least. This was learned authoritatively today when President Carranza reached Mexico City from Querctaro. GeneralCar-rar-za wants his war minister to re main in office until civil life is a-gain normal. An immense throng greeted the first chief upon his arrival. Thousands crowded the station and cheered as he alighted from his train. Ambassador Htnry P. Fletcher has ?ent Carranza a message of congratulations on his electoral triumph. Captain Frank K. McCoy the American military attache, paid a visit to General Ohregon, conveying a warm message of good wishes from Major General Hush L. Scott, chief of staff FIVE HUNDRED DENIED VOYAGE p- New York, March 15. Five hundred Americans in Chfristiaua, Norway, seeking passage home on th Norwegian steamer Krislianaford, were left stranded there by an order of the vessel's owners refusing passengers because of Germany's "war zone" edict. Bearing 5(iii tons of cargo, but no passengers or mail, I he vessel is off quarantine today, and reports seeing no submarine on the trip. William 10. .Cadmus, an American exporter who went over on the steamer with merchandise for Nor way, returned on it as a stowaway. On learr.'ng the company was refusing passengers, he hid away. DEFECTIVE ALIENS EXPENSIVE TO OHIO Columbus, March l.V T. K. Da-vey, chairman of the state board of administration is authority for the statement that more than $ l.Ooo.uoo annually is spent by the .-.late to maintain foreign-bom defectives in the institutions of Ohio. .Stricter immigration laws should have barred these, persons, according to Da-vey. "At the Clmelund state his-pital. more than half the inmate are aliens." said Davey. "More than 23 per cent of our $4.ihmUmmi annual expense is expended onfor-elgu-horn inmates. Prohibiting the immigration of unsound aliens would eliminate this expense." HIS PATIENCE ENDS AT DEFICIT REPORT Wa-ihing.oii. Manli 1 ..- Mr. King, t-esi.ieiit nt the Washington Kail way and Kelrtrjc Co. is not a selfish man. even if he did hire h !ot of strike-breakeis when the Washington Kailway conductors and1110-torui'.-n wi nt on strike. "I don't mind the new rnmlm-toi turning in no c-h".. said Mr Krn; today. "But I do draw the line at one who reports h ifeficit." JURY FINDS MEN DESECRATED THE FLAG New York. March I'. After fivt hour- debate, weary jury today found the Rev. liouke White, l.'d-wsrd Ames, ami Aiieu.-.tus Jleiikel. 2;!i'y of desecrating the Atiiitiran fX in burning it last June in a "iiielting pot" along ith the flags of othpr nation, to show their faith in iut.irDationalisni." Clemenc? for the men was urged. Fight other defendants ho participated in the "melting pot" ceremonies, weredischarged. BERLIN HEARS RUSSIA IS IN A REVOLUTION Berlin. March 15. Petrograd is in the throes of a revolution that threatens to sweep over the Russian empire, following a Ftruggle between the Russian duma and the imperial family. At the orders of the duma several ministers have been imprisoned. The above news was received in this city by the Trans Oceanic news agency. . PRESIDENT NOW ABOUT HIS ROOM Washington. March 15.--President. Wilson was so much improved today that he is again able to sit up in his room, lie was not permitted to pee callers, however EIGHTY PENNSY. MENRREASED Lima, March 15. Eighty Pennsylvania railroad employees were released this afternoon and were paid off in full, It was denied that f this release had anything to do wfth a proposed railroad strike, but t was stated that the men were released following a general policy., lof retrenchment on the, lines wes; of Chicago. DR. GRAYSON IS NOWCOIMIED ,. Washington, March 15. The senate today confirmed the nomination of Dr. . Cnry T. Grayson, the President's physician, who was appointed medical director of the navy, with the rank of real admiral. The confirmation of the Grayson appointment has been bitterly fought for weeks. SAGAMORE, 5,000 TON SHIP, IS SUBMARINED Ihedoii. March 1.V -The Warren line sti'Hirship Saga more, fly iug the British flag, Boston to Liverpool, has been sunk by a submarine, according to an announcement made at the office of the owners, Furnesw, With A.- Company, in this city, to-dav. The announcement confirms he report circulated yesterday slat-ijig that the British freighter had been torpedoed in then unrestilcted undersea warfare. PROMINENT LAWYER A SUICIDE TODAY Chicago. March 13. Kudolph Mat., who plunged 'to death from window of tie- Belmont hotel in New York early today was a member of the firm of Matz, Fisher and Boy-den, attorneys lore, of which Walter L. Fisher, former secretary of the interior is a member. He luis been sutfering from melancholia for some lime. Physicians warned him to take a. rest. Mr- left here last Friday accompanied by his wife, hi sister-in-law and a trained nurse. CAN WALK THREE MILES Troubles of Hcail. Moiliath, i;;cs. ( lion All lieituittil. . To ln,k at Mi laxid T. lien, union, of piingiicid. Mabs., one would fd . "be I:, as sound as a nut." And so lie is, thanks to the new oiiitnnation of puntyin ;nilbuilding-up treatment embodied in Hood's h'arsapanlla and I t pt iron Pills. Mr. KciiiMigturi i;; one of tin- brM known men jn the S'a'e. bavins her" for 21 years jn the J-'fafe Ilnn.s. in B'.rton is Senate Doorkeeper and Sei geam at-Arti;.-.. II- uio an no inn- syi,ii toms abo'it hi-i he;iit, stoiiiiirh and digesti organs. H:-, old flietul. Sen-K.r Cef rre ". Putman of Lowell, urged hfui to take ,i course of Hood's Sai ;phi ilia and Peptiron Pills, which Si" did. and now.- "( nevei felt l,et-, m all my life. I can walk from my house down town and back. 1 1-2 miles each way," , These inediciue are obtainable from every druggist. Why not begin this sensible treatment yourself today? !SAYS SYSTEM WOULD SAVE $200,000 YEARLY Columbus, March 15.- Ohio tax payers could bo saved fully $200,000 a year were state offices systemized, politics eliminated and 1.000 employes dismissed, S. D. Webb, state civil service commissioner declared today. AVIATION SERVICE TO BE REORGANIZED Paris. March 15. The aviation service of France probably will be reorganized' as a result of the resignation of General Lyautcy minister of war. Tho dissatisfaction ex pressed in the house of deputies by Deputy Angles is expected to crys tallize sentiment for a change. Tho opposition to the Brland ministry believes that Germany has not been made to feel the full force of France's aerial nctivites. Further ..development and the immediate production of n large number of new planes is desired. TWO AMERICANS ARE PRISONERS Is Asserted They Will be Fore-ed to Remain in Germany ' Till War is Over. Amsterdam, March 15. Two American citizens are being de tain-ed in Germany for the duration of the war, according to despatches reaching here today from German sources. They are August Homing," u Chicago bookkeeper, who went to Berlin tp represent the National Radiator Co., and tho other is James Moore, otto of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Storskog, which was sunk by a .German submarine. No reasons for their detention was contained in the advices reaching here. Ilenning is said to be in Berlin and Moore in an internment camp. ,''''' NEWS NUGGETS New York --Seventy-eight, year old Patrick Hughes begged the judge to let hi in go home because he feared "Papa might he won led." His lather is ninety-nine and works as a lather every day. supporting the family. Cambridge, Mass. Bare male egn are taboo. Harvaid students sans trousers, sans about' everything save a Tittle cheesecloth, planned aback-lo-nature dance, but authorities clamped on the lid. Tlaleilon, N. .1. - ( lnlercd to help his mother wasli dishes, 13-year old Raymond Canove went to the cellar and bunged himself. BERNSTORFF TO TALK TO KAISER Claimed he is TooPro-American to Suit Some of the Radical Citizens. London, March 15. - Count Von Bein.stoiff may confer with the kal-,sei today, acrording to a despatf h from Amsterdam. The former inn-lia sador to the I'. S. is lepoited to have demanded an immediate audience with the emperor as soon s he leai bed Bet lin. One report rcachitu; London today j t.ited that. Bern! toi ff's talk with the kai ei inay rciult in important min-I' li rial changes in Washington. 1' has become known sili'e Berifilorff's je'iiin that marked fooltx-ss cxiMs bet : t en him and icveial for-ign o!-hce nfllcialK. ' The fol lil'-r eiWi i.-uinierstood to hold certain olhcials responsible tor bloikit.i; his effort.; to maintain fiiendly rehitions tie-Iwien the C. S, and ( lei ma nj . His rrpoit to the kaiser, it. is understood will inve hii side of this controversy IMPROVEMENT MEXICO Washing'ou, March 15. Official inhumation teaching the state de-pa'tiiietit today indicated a geneial improveiiunt in the conditions thioughout Mexico. AmbasHadoi Fletcher reports that the majority of the larger mining properties are now in full operation and that there is si feeling of optimism throughout . i ...... 1-l.fl , ,1 .1 nanar -11 IM-ll- 1 ir I.U u II 1 1 J . ii'- win F"C"' -" - " 1 ... .ikriii-n onrl I cy nan ueru tuuirij iumi"i. . ,1' In its stead metals backed oy goiaision ouiu oe uru w reserve is now in use. BOTH SIDES MAKE AND ADJOURNME A H M 1I7UFM DE 4 1. HI. uIlEill rLnvL 10 IIVI LU 1 Uil W Yr.rk Mnrph 15 The threatened naa tion-wide railway strike the transportation of the 11 i i i ed to nave Deen aver tea. Alter me rauruau . magnates and the brotherhood representatives , had conferred for two hours each side withdrew and went to their respective headquarters where the propositions that were exchanged were being: considered this afternoon. The railway managers and the representatives of the men will meet this afternoon, when the result of the separate conferences will be reported. : President Wilson has strongly impressed on, both sides that he does not desire any strike at this time, and that he wishes each side to use every effort to see that a strike is averted, on account of the critical condition of our freight af-fairs. "".'' v'- : It was plain to newspaper men that after the conference between the opposing factions this morning, there was a general belief among officials of both sides that there would be no strike; and that it was the general belief of both sides that tentative propositions by both sides would be accepted. BRITONS VERY Submarine Keport, With An-nouncement ol flans to Combat Menace, Satislies ting-land. London, March 1 5. Britons read with keen satisfaction today the ol- iicial assertion that, the first six weeks of intensilied German submarine warfare " against merchant shipping has proven a failure so far as "bringing i-.ngiunci to ner Knees concerned, A wave of 'general relief which has swept the nation for the last month and a half has been severe on British complacency. Steady progress in bringing the submarine menace under control was repotted in the official figures. In addition to the aiming of merchant ships, which is rapidly going forward, new "inventions, calculated to give merchant thips "a lighting chance" against the Y boats are being experimented with. Out of the multitude of these new devices it is hoped to obtain a few which Will really prove a capable weapon against the undci-sca Mouvges. Perhaps tn- most promising not-of relief in the entire statement was the a:iicrtion that the government now has iinoer construction almost enough ships to take the place cr those destroyed by the I" boats. It Knglaud can keep her production up it is believed the nation lias little to fear. Approximately sin entv -i -ight . British merchant ships of l.finfi tons or over have been Mini' since the ruthless ntbmarine warfaie was begun. At the beginning of this cir Grrat Britain controlled ;;.7:!1 ves:els ot this class, to that (ierinanv in the tirsl six weeks has destroyed only a little moie than two pei cent nt England's sea cuiliei-. It will take M long time, idlieials believe, for Germany to biing IiiKland to her knee:-, at this late of progres:-. The i, lost i ei ions a pi 1 1 ol thet-it-uation, as seen by the government's experts, is the etfect on the world at large. There will be a teal shortage of tonnage alter the war. if is teared. unless some efiVctie means of combatting the submarine is soon found. Neutral nations. ligures show, hae lo.st almont ;is heavily as England herself. MAT I' CAN NOT ACT Cidui.ibus. March la. So loug as the proposed general railroad stilke is called only on the grounds of hours aud wages, the state cannot act." said Beer her W. Waltmire, chairman of the state utilities commission. A study of the laws defining the powers of this commission shows that it Is powerless to untan-eio snarl:; that will folio wsuch a . , , , . utritp The hands of the commts- ," 7j v 7j a;,io. ol fuel and food supplies. WELL PLEASED PROPOSITIONS NT IS TAKEN TIL , AST TO UADUH 1701) which would tie up all United States, is believ- i a pi ' j-i- - ii j New York, March 15. Tonirbti ;. will mn the crisis In Jthe .tight ot th-railroad brotherhoods lor. ah elght-' hour day. When the foui big chlf . of the brotherhood! "and th ntttlocnl .. , railway confe'rehCe" WnratttB' met H ohr.nt a tahtn at ttlA flffinrt 'Cfintrttl . . terminal. - It seems ; now ' thAt' IU OUIXU11IU UH lltuiu w a - hopeless deadlock. Brotherhood chieftains will proa-' sent their domands, backed by threat to 'call a strike on March 17.-which will have evolved Into a general railroad strike, nationwide by March 19. The railroad executive ' are firm in their Insistence that the supreme court must pass on the Ad ampon eight hour law oerore wey will make any concessions to the employes. While leaders on both sides are expressing hopes for settlement, it la known that both sides look to President Wilson for action who can alone save the situation. Both tho brotherhoods and the executives have indicated that they will welcome action by the president Which will menu the taking over of the railroads and operationunder-military povir. Up to the present tlm the president has given no intimation ol what course he will follow if the seemingly assured deadlock comes. With both sides flinging charges of lack of patriotism at each other it seems that the international situation will play a major role. Columbus, March 17. First step in a general shipping embargo Ot all railroads entering Columbus were taken today in preparation tor tha threatened railroad strike. The Big Four nt midnight Wednesday, stopped all shipments of live stock and perishable freight and officials today issued an embargo against shipments of all classes of freight which could net be delivered by noon' next Saturday. The Baltimore aud Ohio today wag accepting all shipments "subject to delay." Shippers of livestock and pei ishrihl-- and inflammable freight vveie required to give writtenguarantee-, tint they accepted all respon-Mihihtv tor damages resulting from . delay. Pennsylvania and Norfolk and Western officials said no restriction had ye.t been imposed on shipments, hilt were expecting development! during the day. SAYS A CORN ACTS LIKE ELECTRIC BELL Tells why a com is so painful and snyn cutting make theiu tfitiw, Preus an electric button and yon form a contact with a live wire which rings the bell. When your shoes press against your corn it pushes its sharp roots down upon a sensitive nerve and you get a shock of pain. Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow. Just step into any drug store and ask for a quarter of an ounce freezone. This will cost very little but is sufficient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. Afew drops ap plied directly upon a tender, aching corn stops the soreness Instantly, and soon the corn shmels up so It lifts right out, root and all. without pain. This drug never inflames or even irritates the surrounding tissue or skin. .