The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-03-05
Secretary is Delighted With
Friendly Tone, But Can't
Divulge Contents.
HOUSE WOULD HOLDUP
ALL U. S.. SHIPMENTS
Resolution Will Keep All Loaded
Vessels in HarbOrs During
War.
(By Cable to The Tribune).

Washington, March 3-Germany's
reply to the proposals of the United
! States to her for a cessation of sub
marine attacks on merchant vessels,
and the removal of floating mines, has
been received by the State Depart
ns.nt, ard the officials were impress
ed favOrably.
Secretary Bryan announced that the
text OF the not is not to be given out
at the present time for the reason
that the questions involved are still
und,r discussion by Great Britain.
Berlin, March 3-Two spies have
been sentenced by the Supreme Court
of the empire, one to serve six and
the other eight years imprisOnm mt.
They were found guilty of transmit
ting military secrets to the French at
Belfort.
Washington. March 3-The ship
purchase bill was killed in the Senate
today when Weeks read list of twen-
ty Republican Senator's who said they
were ready to speak two or more
hours each to prev ent the passage of
the bill. Senator Fletcher withdrew
tn, conference report of the measure,
saying it was hopeless TO get a vote ct
this time.
Washington, March 3-The House
today adopted resolution authorizing
the President to prevent the clearance
from any American port of vessels
lOa64d with coal or supplies TO h
ligerent nations. 1t is believed that
this Will help the President in MAIN
tanning the neutrality of the United
States.
London, March 3-Two more forts
guarding Dardanelles were silenced by
the AnglO-French fleet according to
a dispatch from Athens. They are re-
ported TO have advanced two miles up
HeliespOnt straits, destroying Ham,
madieh and Tchemerlik forts, and de-
molishing three torpedo boat destroy
ers.
Paris, March 3-3n official an
nOuncemcnt made tonight, states from
the sea to Aisne there is cannOnading
of varying intensity. The Germans
bombarding Rheims at
using incendiary shells. Tn,
French are progressing in the Cham
pagne region.
PetrOgrad, March SIT was official
ly announced today that in the GrodnO
region and on other sections, the whole
front of our troops continued to make
progress. The village of kerjen was
carried by storm, in which were cap
tured ten officers, several hundred
soldiers and two machine guns.
Berlin, March "a semi-Official an
today says King George
of England has postponed proposed
trip to the continent, apparently on
account of the German submarines.
the items in a report from
it is said that part of the
English army refused to cross the
for fear of submarines.
Dill. M,roL TLo CO.. of Ct,:,-
er Brothers of Prague, have address,
ed a petition to Secretary of State
Bryan, signed by number of Ameri-
cans, with the view of securing a
safeguard for a cargo of victhals
bought in the United States and cN1-
veyed to Europe on an American ship
for Americans living in Austria.
Berlin, March 3-The Kaiser has
given S12,50O to the German Red
Cross for the benefit of the German
civil prisoners in France.
Geneva, March 3-An Austrian
fleet, consisting of six Austro-German
supmarines, accompanied by several
torpedo boats and torpedo boat de-
srtoyers, left Pola, the Austrian naval
base, at dawn yesterday for the Medi-
terranean, bound for the Dardanelles,
according to the Telegrsaf, which
bases its report upon what ii charac-
terizas as information received from
reliable source from Trieste by way
Of Innsbruck. The fleet is said to have
been last reported off Corfu.