The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 February 1915 — Page 1

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BRITAIN TO DRAW COILSONKAISER Food Embargo on Germany to' Be Drastic. RETALIATION ON SUBMARINES Winston Churchill Says Undersea Raisers Will Be Guarded Against— Llcyd George Reports War Will ‘ Cost Allies $10,000,000,000 in Yeai — Allies to Back Each Other. LONDON — William Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, stated in the house of commons that Great Britain has prepared a plan ta pievent the importation of food stuffs i’l neutral ships to Germany. He also anncuneed that effective means would be taken to meet Germany's new naval policy as regards British mercantile shipping, saying: “England.'s reply to the German threat will not be ineffective. We shall see to it that Germany is not permitted to adopt a system of open piracy and ujur<her ” M-. Churchill declared' that Great Britain entered the war as well prepaied for anything that might happen as Germany. Since the outbreak of the war England has lost sixiythree ships exclusive of mine trawlers, according figures he gave. Speaking of the country’s general naval policy he said that the new dreadnaughts are being equipped with 15 inch guns which are equally as powerful a$ the present maximum of 13.5 Inch and are much more destructive, die added: “The British navy itself could, under certain circumstances decide the Issue of this war. We are not going to stand idly by and see Germany carry into effect her threat to play the pirate’s part and raid English shipping. It is probable that a new plan of action will bring the full pressure of British naval power to bear upon Germany.” / Mr. Churchill hinted that England might decree a formal blockade of all Geiman seaports. He said that Britain’s naval losses during the war hay* fc., been 5,500 officers^ana,men^ ? Germany Allies to Sp|nd slo,ooo.oc<}ooo. Another important development of the session of the commons was the announcement by David Lloyd George, the chancellor, of the arrangements made at the recent conference of the financ ministers of France, Russia and ireat Britain in Paris. He said that the expenditures of the all’es on the war during the present year would be two billion pounds ($lO,000,000,000) sterling, of which Great r Britain would spend more than Russia or France. The war, Mr. Lloyd George said, is the most expensive in men, material and money that the world has ever knewn". He asserted that Great Britain finance the war for five years out the proceeds of her investments abroc-I and that France could do the same for at least two or three years. Russia is in a different position because, although rich in natural resources, her financial arrangements are not so productive as those of her allies. . THREE MORE PLEAD GUILTY Hcosiers Who Admit Part in Ballot ° Frauds Now Number 87. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Three more names were added to the list of those pleading guilty to the federal indictment charging conspiracy to ) corrupt the election of Nov. 3, 1914, in Terre Haute, Ind. Thomas Brady and Jack Stingley appeared before Judge A. B. Anderson and changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty and Harry Hickman, indicted 'Dec. 24, who evaded arrest until yesterday, when he was taken in custody at Mecca, Ind., third to plead guilty. This makes a total of eighty-seven who have pleaded guilty and twenty-nine not guilty. KAISERI£EKS $1,250,000,000 Financiers Summoned —Hopes Krupps Will Subscribe Liberally. LONDON, ENG. —German financiers ba\ e -been summoned to a conference in Berlin with the finance ministei who considers that a new’ loan of $1,250,000,900 is required for the continuance of the war, says a dispatch from Amsterdam. It is hoped that a large part of thia lean, the message adds, srill be subscribed by the Krupps and other leading German firms in exchange for new army contracts. copper shipmentlsseized Metal Packed in Casks Labeled “Bu' . ’ gar” Held In Copenhagen. COPENHAGEN — A large shipment of copper, packed in casks which were labeled “sugar” and put aboard the steamship Carmen, was seized here. The copper was consigned to a German firm. The shipper and the captarn of the vessel were arrestel. -i' < * 1

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FANNY CROSBY Blind Hymn Writer Who Dies in Her Ninety-fifth Year. ..Jr MW ® JT / BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer whose “Rescue the Perishing,” “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” and many other hymns have. had an extremely wide appeal for more than a half a century, died at her home in this city. She would have been ninety-five years of age on March 24. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR. Thursday, Feb. 11.—Beginning with the approach to Koesnigsberg in East Prussia and ending almost on the edge ‘ of the Rumanian border at least six battles are in progress. From Warsaw comes the word that the Germans have eyacuated the important city of Lodz and have retired toward Kaliscz on the Prussian border. There is no doubt that the fighting in the Carpathians is continuing now with all the bitterness that has marked it for the last four days. Here the Russians are falling back before the superior numbers of the enemy* but are fighting every inch cf that frozen, snow covered retreat. e j? ', —There (?n be nc i§ ihAjf*lhi*ltai>' situation of the eastern war zone is rapidly developing aiul Aiit of it will come the decision whether in the near future Germany is to capture W"rsaw, cut off the Russian base of supplies with a large slice of Russian Poland territory or whether Hissia is to overrun the Capathians. kweep the Hungarian plains, swing | south toward Vienna, sweep northw&t toward Koenigsberg and East Piussia and assume the mastery of that important theater of the war. I This much of the struggle is known: Thr Russians have retired from East Prussia before an enornuus force of Germans. v Reports from Petrograd concede or claim that the Russian aefyantage in the Carpathians with Dukl\ pass on the north has been maintained. Saturday, Feb. 13.—Again all Germany rejoices. As the new-s tontinues to arrive from the East Prussia front it becomes more ana more apparent that the Russians again have lad their offensive completly crushed. Their retreat from German territory is described by officers as “dangerously near a rout.” The Gerriian general staff places the number of prisoners at 26,000, with many guns and machine guns and large quantities of war materials. The Russians have resumed the battle of Dukla Pass, fighting mostly with the bayonet, according to the latest advices received here. During the struggle the Austrians are reported to have lost 8,300 in killed and wounded and 1,000 prisoners. They have been driven back as? far as Zboro, where the conflict continues. Fighting has been resumed on the Dunajec and the Russians have advanced a\ far as Kroscienko. i , Sunday, Feb. 14.—The whole Russian general staff in Bukowina has been captured, according to dispatches received in Budapest. The reports say the Russians were surprised in the town of Raudatz and orders for a I hasty retreat were given. The Austrian ! onslaught broke through the hastily prepared defense of the Russians. Members of the staff then surrendered. The French war office statement says the Germans continue to bombard Nieuport, their trenches in the dunes and the city of Ypres. From the Lyr. to the Alsne there were intermittent cannonades, the report says. In Champagne there has been quite intense activity on the part of the Germans’ artillery upon the French front before Rheims. The French fire tipon the German trenches appears to have I accomplished good results. • The official statement from German headquarters says their troops took the village of Norroy to the north of Pont-a-Mouson from the French and captured Hill No. 365. In Poland; the repbrt says, the Germans are making progress on the right bank of the Vistula in the direction of Racionz. On toe left bank of the Vistula there I is nC change to report.

BRITISH “DIVERS" IN BALTIC SEA Berlin Warns English Submarines May Sink Neutral Ships. GERMANY WOULD BE BLAMED 600,000 More British Recruits Arrive in France—Albanian Raiders Driven Back Over Serbian Frontier —Germany Asked to Spare Roumania— Bomb Kills Bulgar Aristocrats. BERLIN — The Tageblatt dis- ’ <cusses the question whether British submarines are in the Baltic. Well- . informed sources, it says, furnish communications that leave little doubt that the recent attack on the German cruiser Gazelle was undertaken by large modern submarines manned by English crews. . British Plac e Mines For “Divers’*. BERLIN — The official statement reading as follows was issued in Berlin: “Inasmuch as it is to the interest of Great Britain that conflicts arise between Germany and neutral pewers, it is thought in German shipping circles that English submarines r in order to bring about this end, may purposely sink one or more neutral ships. It is known also in the shipping circles that Great Britain has laid large quantities of mines against German submarines." €OO,OOO More British in France. NEW YORK — Paris mail advices received here are that the first troops of the new Kitchner armies are jiow arriving in France in numbers estimated at 600,000 “The Canadian forces that have been drilling at Salisbury Plain are now in France,” says the correspondent. Albian Raiders Repulsed, PARIS — A Nish, dispatch to the Havas agency says: “The Albian raiders have been rotated and driven back across the Serbian frontier. More comprehensive information shows that the Albians were led into making the raid by Aus trian priests ana Mohammedan adversaries of Essad Pasha, the provisional president, by preaching a holy war. .”^s'T^"* I** 1 ** being directed by Turkish and Oww... Asked to Spare Roumania. MILAN — As a result of reports that Austria was about to invade Roumania, ssys the Coriere Della Sera, the Italian government has asked the governments at Vienna and Berlin to give assurances that no attack will be made on Roumania. Bulgar Aristocrats Slain by Bomb. BERLIN — Two members of Sofia’s aristocracy are reported to have been killed and ten others injured w’hen a bomb was exploded at a masked ball attended by representatives of the most exclusive society of the Bulgarian capital. Advices received here say those killed were the son of a former war minister and a daughter of the present war minister. ANOTHER PROBE IS STARTED The Senate to Inquire Into Activities for and Against Ship Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C.—lnvestigation of all charges of influences at work for and against the administration ship bill was ordered by the sehate. Administration Democrats and fllbustering Republicans unanimously voted for a resolution to look into charges of lobbying by the so-talled shipping trust, and to a inquiry into any negotiations by officials to buy belligerent ships. . Vice President Marshall at oipe appointed Senators Walsh, Sigmons, Reed, Burton and Weeks, thred Democrats and two Republicans, t« make the inquiry. “OUT!” BAWLS FATHERITIME “Billy” Sullivan Is Given Unc4iditio nal Release From White fox. CHICAGO — Billy Sullivin, the veteran catcher, was given hi unconditional release by the White Sox. Sully had been connected with the Chicago club for fourteen years. He jumped to them in the spring of 1901 from the Boston Nationals. ; During his prime Sully wis consid- ' ered the superior of all catchers, the only man compared to himiat all be- ’ ing Johnny Kling, then of /the Cubs. Sully hasn’t done much playing the last three years, but alwa>i in condition to jump in when He acted as manager of the setond squad I for several seasons on trip. SWEEPING HOOF QUARANTINE ‘ All Northeast Part of Uaited States Is Included. I I WASHINGTON, D. C. Foot and . mouth disease quarantine regulations t wbre extended by the department of I agriculture so as ’to include all the > territory east of the Mississippi and ; north of Tennessee in a restricted J area out of which no shipments of live stock, except for slaughter with- > In forty-eight hours, will be permitI ted to the south or west

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X A -t- -W- AA- .♦ lIMNtSTiTENEWSi —♦♦♦♦♦— * f Grasshoppers :in Indiana. PETERSBURG, IND. — Two unusual events : occurred near here. Elisha a farmer living three miles north of this kity, while crossing a weed field ! ssw a big Kansas grasshopper hoppint about. At first h e thought he was breaming, and in order to convince l|is\friends of his veracity he went to his home near by, obtained a bottle ana captured Ilf- ; tecr grasshoppers khat were more than an inch ‘ long 1 He took- great pleasure in showiig them to his friends. The snow has be< n off the ground only a few days, ams where the grasshoppers came from Js a mystery. Old Injury Proves Fatal. LAFAYETTE, IND. — Mr. Marquis W. Kirkpatrick, fifty-two years old, for twenty-five yeark a railroad mail clerk, was taken suddenly ill while in charge of the postal: crew on an eastbound Wabash fast mail train and died a few hours la/ter in a hospital in Danville, 111. He was injured in a wreck on the Wabash railroad at Attica in October, 1913, and had suffered from spinal trouble since that time. His death is attributed to a blood clot on the brain. He was president of the Lafayette division of the Railway Mail clerks. His body was brought here for burial. Newspaper Locates Heir. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — Harry Greves, paper mill engineer here, Working for $2.25 a day, received word frem St. Louis, Mo., that he was heir t'. a SIO,OOO legacy left by a relative. Groves was located through a newspaper clipping that told of the search for an heir, who thirty-five years ago was placed in an orphans’ home at Columbus, O. A friend he made while in the home saw the item in a St. Louis paper .and mailed it to Groves. Ho left for the west to claim the legacy. Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 16.— Owing MaQy Families Thankful. FORT WAYNE, IND. — Owing failed to materialize, the local rivers did not reach as high a flood stage as had been expected. While they went to a stage of 16.5 feet, it had been expected that they would go over the 17 foot mark. Families were driven from a fewmore bouses, but iV- thought that Vir.°oe ,1 2- e Who have driven out soon, as the rivers are falling. Farmer Dragged to Death. BICKNELL, IND. — A. J. Baker, fifty-nine years old, a farmer living three miles south of Sandborn, was found dead when the team he had been driving dragged his body heme. He had been to Sandborn and is £aid to have been drinking. The lines were wrapped around his body. He had fallen from the wagon and was slowly dragged to death. Makes Wire Fence for War. KOKOMO, IND. — Kokomo, Ind., will supply, the “war lords” of Europe with' deadly barbed wire to be used as fortifications. The wire manufactured in Kokomo has barbs more than one inch long, wound on a one-eighth inch steel rod. The barbs are plated in sets of four, one inch apart along the steel core, the points standing out at right angles. Veterinarian Denied Pay. KOKOMO, IND. — Deciding that the state should pay for expenses resulting from the quarantine caused by the hoof and mouth disease the county council turned down a request for an appropriation to pay H. G. White, veterinarian. White was appointed deputy state veterinarian and h’s wife has been doing clerical work for him. Burns Building to Kill Self. RUSHVILLE, IND. — Greely Ferguson, fifty-four years of age, was burned to death in an outbuilding at the county infirmary, which he is believed to have set on fire to carry out a suicide threat. The building collapsed and it was impossible to rescue him. 1 Ministers to Be “Squared.” COLUMBUS, IND. 4- Direcqrs of the Bartholomew County Fair Racing association tyve decided to istue two season parses to each of the ministers of the county and to locate the “midway” in an isolated part of the grounds. i Train Kills Indiana Man. KENDALLVILLE, —. Henry F. Rumps Sr., sixty-two years old, a builder and contractor, was killed by a train while picking up coal along th« New York Centtal tracks. The widow and three children survive. Shops to Open March 1. LAFAYETTE, IND. — The 600 employes of the Monon railroad shops here received. wc”d from the general offices of the company tn Chicago that the shops would reopen March 1. Killed by Fall From Train. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — W/ ter Beck, twenty-four, of i was killed here when he fell ty* t ' Pennsylvania freight train. A • - - > —■, . . A A

INDIANA LANDMARK BURNED > ■ k Prosecutor Seeks Cause of Desiree* I tion of Centerville Court House. k RICHMOND, IND. —As a result of the destruction by firq of the ninety-eight old building at Centerville, Ind., which was formerly the court house of Wayne county before the county seat was transferred to Richmond, and the burning of two t business blocks and a residence adt jcining the court house, Prosecutor W. * W. Reller has begun an investigation of reports that the conflagration was the work of an incendiary. A deputy ? state fire marshal arrived at Centerc ville to assist in the investigation. 5 The total loss in the fire was $28,000. Oliver P. Morton, war governor of Indiana, practiced law for ihany years in the old court house. The building was the targe’ of a cannon manned by irate Centerville citizens when it vas seized by a posse of Richmond men to transfer the records to the new court house at Richmond. In ■ recent years it has been used by a hardware firm and by a secret society. FELL ALL OVER EACH OTHER i ■ Smallpox Victim Causes Panic on Street in Vevay, Ind. . VEVAY, IND. — While many hundreds of farmers thronged the streets here Henry Konkie, fifty years old. of Moorefield, with his face broken out with smallpox, appeared in the midst of the crowd and - created a panic. Perscyis fled in all directions, falling over each other in the mad scramble to escape contact with the diseased man. . Health Officer Earl L. a H. Bear instructed Konkie to leave Vevay immediately, but Konkie refused to go,, threatening to “knock off the official's head.” Deputy Sheriff William Floyd took charge of Konkie and started him home in a buggy, following immediately behind in another. • Floyjd quarantined Kankie’s home and is now on guard to see that the quarantine is observed. WHAT TO DO WITH PRISONERS Contracts for Indiana Convicts- Expire and Law Ends Employment. JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — The steady increase in the number of inmates of the Indiana reformatory during the last year or so is causing some concern to the management of th v institution and the problem of providing the men with work is also pressing. Assistance in solvit**^*^— 4 i s ..^ n^sgu^ c fer , s y ‘“D. cS' Peyton, general superintendent. j Next November the last of the ebntracts for convict labor will expire, never to be renewed. This is with the Indiana Manufacturing company, makers of hollow ware, and they employ nearly 300 men. What to do with these men is a problem, as all the trade schools are about full. HOOSIER ENDS LIFE IN HOTEL Victim Is Harry C. Basler of Indianapolis—Wife HI at Home! I CHICAGO, IIAa — Failure of attempts to arouse a guest registered as Harry C. Basler, Indianapolis, caused a maid and the house detective of the Brevoort hotel t| investigate. The man was found Ifing l across the bed with a small vi*l showing traces of a reddish liquid in his hand. Doctors said that the mtn had been dead some time. j Basler had keen ill and unemployed and came to Chicago seeking a position as traveling salesman. Mrs. Besler is ill at her home in Indianapolis I and word was sent not to notify her of her husband’s death. MANY MARRIAGES IN DOUBT It Is Alleged “Marrying Squire’” Is Not Legally Holding Job. JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — Ouster proceedings have been filed against James H. Weir of Sellersburg, the “marrying squire,” charging that he is not a justice of the peace and that his actions have caused a question as to the legality of more than 200 marriages since last November. It is alleged that Weir was elected justice In 1882, but never thereafter, although he served twice by appointment. Peter Werle was elected for the township last November, but did not qualify. Clarence Gwin preceded him. officerevangeTlsmartyr He Sings on Duty at Revival and Resigns After Reprimand. I FORT WAYNb, ind. — Frank H. Wilmoth, a pat Foreign, who resigned from the police rce a ft er being reprimanded for singing platform at the Lyo» revival wto<, on duty in the Tabernacle rendered an ether at the meeting and was greeted with vociferous applause by the 5,500 persova present. The police -hies says that he will accept Wiln^ th,s resignation, but Wilmoth’s frW ds are trying to get him [ back on- force. /Aqults Druggist or Ar«M. ! 4tAZIL, IND. — Dr. Lewia C. charged with setting' ihre to /hit drug store at Bowling Greea last summer, was acquitted o£ arson by a jury in the Clay Circuit court ' j 1 _ ' ' . ** -A---'’ z

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5 ON A RED CROSS TRAIN > Kitchen of French e Hospital on Wheels. 1- » e—- — ■ * Mfeit —jl -w8 ' HwMbO > 3 B rWf -1® IWk.. . a ‘ • • I Photo by American Press Association ; DARNELL TAKEN AS SLAVER • Pastor Arrested in Ghicagoas He Prepares to Wed Missooper. [ CHICAGO- — Rev. James Mor rison Darnell, former'Kenosha “mar [ Tying parstot,” was arrested by fedt eral operatives shortly before noon on a i charge of ;wh*e slavery—violating the Mann act* vis arrest occurred just as he was leaving the Ashland Block, where he hsd been conferring -with his attorney, Richard. J. Cooney. He was ■'taken at once to the federal building and a hearing wa* begun before United States Commisioner Lewis Mason. He was held undev a bond and the hearing was postponed until Feb. 26. The charge on which Je was arrest-' ed was the transportation of Miss Ruth Ruth Owatonna, , Minn., her home. - nd his f »™er pas--.1 to ChL- **’ and then to Kenwn eujfber. Hiuwu ciabaugh, =w4»t of the loctS federal bureau of investigation. the complaint on wnCh he was arrested. HOLLAND FILES PROTESTS Dutch Present Notes at Same Moment Both to Britain,and Germany. THE HAG-UE, (via London). — The Netherlands has maintained, the strictest neutrality by presenting notes of protest at the same moment to Germany and Great Britain, regarding the acts of these governments in respectively declaring a war zone of the waters around the British Isles and in using neutral flags. It was announced that the Dutch minister at Berlin had been instructed to hand the note to he German office, the other note being communicated to Great Britain-at the same time. There has been much discussion of the dangers to be encountered in the North Sea, and Dutch shipping is menaced more than that of any one neutral nation. GREECE BREAKS WITH TURK Hellenic Minister Leaves Constantinople on Account of Insult. LONDON — Reuter’s Telegram company has received the following dispatch from its Athens correspondent: “Difficulties having arisen in regard to the fulfillment of the Porte’s promise of satisfaction to Greece for the insult to the naval attache of the Greek legation at Constantinople, M. Panas, the Greek minister felt compelled to leave Constantinople yesterday, leaving the secretary of the legation in charge of the affairs of Greece.” Germany Offers Truce on “Blockade.” WASHINGTON, D. C— Count Bernstorff, the German ambassador, presented to the state department a note from his government, announcing that Germany stands ready to consider receding from its announced intention of attacking British merchantmen, if Great Britain will withdraw its efforts to prevent foodstuffs from geans to Germany for the civilian population. Shanahan Illinois House Speaker. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — David E. Shanahan, Republican of Chicago. *«a t elected speaker of the house on the sixty-eighth ballot. The breaking of the long deadlock was brought about through a combination ot “wet” Republicans, “wet” Democrats and administration Democrats. House Passes Child Labor Bill, WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Palmer bill to bar products of child labor ■ from interstate commerce was passed by the house by a vote of 232 to 44 after the issuance of writs of arrest j for absentees to suppress a filibuster. | The bill now goes to the senate.

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: RUSS LOSSES BIG BERLIHEPORTS 50,000 Killed'and Wounded In Carpathians, Is Claim. — NEW SUCCESSES ANNOUNCED Petrograd Estimates of Teuton Losses in Battle Near Bollmow Are Disputed—Kaiser Lauds His Grenadiers in Talk at Lyck—Further Advances in Poland. Berlin, Feb. 17.— (By wireless to London.)—Reports from the Carpai thian mountains to the Pester Lloyd of Budapest; Hungary, say that the , AustrorHungarian armies were every--1 where successful in their offensive movement in ffukla pass. The total losses of the Russians in the Dukla pass battles in the last few days, these repo ts say, were at least 50,000 killed or wounded. In a single attack the ret-eating Russians left 1,200 dead on th-* field. Plock Said to Be Captured. Berlin, Feb. 17.—(8y wireless to oayville, L. I.)—The official statement on the progress of the war, contains a report of more German successes in _ Pciland. Block and Biesk are said to have been captured and 1,000 of the enemy taken prisoners. The statement is as follows: “In the eastern theater A the war: “The fighting and the pursuits on and beyond the East Prussian fron- ' tier are proceeding very favorably. In Poland, north of the Vistula. German troops have occupied Bielek and 1 Plock after a short engagement. About ? 1,000 prisoners were token. South of ‘ the Vistula there have been no im- ’ portant developments. g Report cf Losses Denied. “Foreign newspapers are publishing ’ absurd rtriors concerning immense Gtrn— *• hares in the fightI mg east of Bolir Russian Poland r . t which began r r < I rrary. It can be said that the G, — i losses in these j. attacks wer-' : -i proportioh to } the successes c a'ned. “In the western war theater the attacks of the enen y upon the trenches taken by German the near St. Elroy ! no important developments in the west." Kaiser Praises Grenadiers. Berlin, Feb. 17.—Via London.)— Emperor William, in the course of his latest trip to East went into the town of Lyck Feb. \4, and was enthusiastically cheered bt the German soldiers. As he was leaving the town the ; emperor met a Pomeranian -egiment : of grenadiers, to which he expressed his thanks and appreciation. sa jd i the men had fulfilled his f and shown themselves worthy o\their i forefathers, who in 1870, as wq as 100 years ago, had protected th f a . i therland from the enemy witn*n» same spirit and firm courage. \js . majesty said he, was convinced' fjat i the grenadiers, as well as the who> i German army, would not fail to vanquish the enemy wherever they encountered him. I 1 WON’T SELL WAR SUPPLIES , U. S. Firm Rejects Contract for-“Hu-k manitarian Reasons.” Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 17.—For “humanitarian reasons” the Electro Steel company asked by the Pittsburgh for--1 eigr trade commission to bid on a con- * tract to furnish part of an order of ■ 1,000,000 drop forge shells valued at $4,000,000, wanted by the British gov- * eminent, yesterday refused to make ! an estimate. Attached to the blue prints returned to the commission by ’ the company was a note which read: * “For humanitarian reasons this com- ’ pany fijjds itself forced to refuse to consider the contract.” The value of the contract offerod to tht company was estimated at $150,000. OHIO MINES TO BE REOPENED Operators Decide to Resume Business on Open Shop Basis. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 17. —Eastern ‘ Ohio coal operators decided to open their mines under an “open shop” ’ system. A committee is to visit Sec--1 retary of Labor Wilson to tell him the operators have exhausted ' means to bring about a Operators said they expected to~\ ‘ fortify this statement “by report of ' the federal conciliators,” who tried to “ brihg about a settlement. This re- ' port has not yet been made public. > DEAF SENSE SOUND BY EYE indis Professor Invents “Phonoscope" to Help Hearing, Bombay, India, Feb. 17.—(Via LonI don.) —It has been announced in Lahore that Professor Albe of that city has invented a “phonoscope," the use of which enables the totally deaf to perceive sounds such as speech music by means of the eye.

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