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WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Gore
was blocked In the Senate to-day in his
attempt to introduce a bill f%orbidding
the issue Of passports to Americans for
travel on armed merchantmen Of bel
ligerent nations and also In his en"rt
to Introduce a resolution
expressing 1t to be the sense OF Com
eress that Americans should no, take
passage OH %bclligerent ships.
Senator Brandegce OF Connecticut
Republican. objected to the introduce
ton OF the two measures. for which
unanimous consent was necessary.
vice-President Marshall ruled that
the measures should not be introduced
except "in the absence of objection"
and that debate was not In order. he
fore the incident was settled an agree
ment was reached By which the two
/ measures will he introduced tomorrow.
senator Gore is not hopeful OF pass
ing either OF them through the Senate.
hut he explained to-day that he believed
In the principle and felt IL his duty
to 20 on record by Offering them.
Cores New R~esolutiOn.
Senator Cores bill was get out In
4 lull III lHk Sun tIlS HlDI iIk MS
concurrent resolution In as follows:
Whereas a number Of leading
Powers OF the world are now en-
gagged In a war OF uneXampled pro-
portions. and whereas the United
States is happily at peace with all OF
the belligerent nations. and whereas
IL Il equally the desire and the In
terest OF the American people 10 re-
main at peace with all nations. and
whereas the President has recently
offered fresh and signal proofs OF
the superiority Of diplomacy TO butch
cry as a method OF settling internal
,ional disputes. and whereas the
right OF American citizens to travel
on unarmed belligcrent vessels has
recently received renewed guarantees
OF respect and i~nviolability, and
whereas the right OF American citi-
zcns 10 traycl on armed belligerent
vessels rather than upon unarmed ves-
sells is essential neither TO their life,
liberty or safety. nor to the indcpcn-
denco. dignity or security OF tho
United States. and whereas Congress
alone has been vested with the power
To declare war. which involves tho
obligations Ia prevent war by all
proper means consistent with tho
honor and vital interest OF the ma
ton now therefore he ii
Rcsoirrd. ny the Senate. the House
of Representatives ~concurring. that
il In the sense Of the Congress. vested
as 1. Is with the sole power To- de-
: clare war. that all persons owing al
leg!ance to the United States should.
in behalf Of their own safety and the
\ vital interest OF the United States.
forbear 10 exercise the right to travel
I as passengers upon any armed YES
sci " any belligerent Power. whether
such vessel he armed for offensive or
J. defensive purposes. and II Is the FUR
ther sense Of the Congress that no
passport should be issued or renewed
4 by tho secretary Of State. or bv any
y one acting under him. to he used by
any person owing allegiance to the
United States for purpose OF travel
t upon any such armed vessel OF a bel
l~igerent Power.
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Early In the day Il became hoiseu
.,ou, that Chairman Flood had been
called ON IN. telephone by a nIember OF
tho White House staff, who Is salo 10
have informed MIR. Flood that the ifes'-
dent had no desire TO confer Nfth 'he
spok.sinen of Congress At this time.
This rouse the rcvoltcrs to great IN
diruation and the lid blew on "hen /.
became known that the White House hau
failed TO maxi. response up 10 . o'l":N
Ia IN, request ~ speaker clark ina ne
and Ncssr-. Flood ard ki'chin h' re-
ceix,d by the President, that th.y ihlEht
.>ul,iu the case from the ~standpo'h' vi
the House.
Sneaker ,iarh's telephone message was
SEM to the White House at . o'locN,
u,,r an hour later 4 was acknowledged
by Secretary Tumulty, Mr.. luinul'N :
message said that lac had received the
reoucs, of the speaker. Mr.. Cars "alten
p,tleutlv for word inviting him ana MS
two colleagues To go to the "h't. iio"s.
10 take up the question III coh'roNe'ss
with the President. :.
Abau, : 80 the House ADJOURNED IL
a. thc custom of the Speaker to perform
IN. of adJourn!nG the House
himself. bu, to-day ne delegated the dutI
"a chairman Flood. The Speaker walieu
an MS office for word from the Nhlt'
House. 30 far as is known Mr.. CIafF
eyinccd no displeasure over the delh!
hu, his friends showed anger over '"'
incident.
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mated II, Generals instilled II and EN-
peror preached II. The whole people were
taught that war was a normal state OF
civilization. hat the rust OF conquest
and the arrogance Of race were the
most precious Of the virtues. On this
Dead Sea fruit the German people nave
been fed for a generation until they are
rotten to the core"
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MORGENTHAU SEES LANSING.
I IN In ssndOr silent an Conference
tails on Wilson To-day,

W,sUl>GTpE, Fob IL Henry Nor
rontUau ~ N"V York. l'nitcd States
Amtassolor to Turkey. arrived In WASH
lGa'on today for conferences with Ircsi-
ICrt N3i@.U and Secretary Lansing, ~.
vas with MIR, Lansing gnm" time this
mo,ulug, hu', mindful of the injurctIpns
to "giy nothing he declined :, disclose
ans Of the Information he had TO re-
port,
Tive Ambassador will confer with the
Preside mt 10 morrow.
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Senator Gore'a resolution. being con-
current. will not require the signature
Of the president. II passed. its effect
will No merely To express the sentiments
Of Congress on the question Of Aurri-
cans travelling on b~elligcrcnt ships.
In a statement given to the press.
after he had failed 20 get consideration
from tho senate. Senator Gore said
'Of course. | do not know whether the
nations are merely snarliug at each
others heels. | think that upou the
surface I can catch a glimpse Of a
danger signal. ] think that | can sec
a buoy upon a rock, 1t seemed 10 me
that the ship OF state is drifting or
driving heidlong upon the breakers. ]
do not say deliberately. but ! fear
directly Upon the breakers.
IL know that tho American people.
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Senate Blocks Gore Plan
TO End Armed Ship 7ravel
Author of Resolution Will Get Another Chance To-day
Believes Ship Of State Is Drifting or Rush.
ing Toward Rocks Of War.
PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST BREAK, HE SAYS

with practical unanimity. favor reace
and oppose war. Tho browning glory Of
the present Administration is the fact
that the President, in the midst OF the
most delicate and difficult circum-
stances. has kept the peace. lie has
practically secured recognition Of the
principle that unarmed merchant ships
shall not he destroyed without notice.
This is the greatest triumph which
diplomacy has achieved In modern
times. and It puts to shame the bloody
triumphs and trophies of war.
Between an armed merchant ship
and an unarmed merchant ship there
Is u fundamental difference or fact and
character. against which II Is futile to
close our eyes. We might as we'll shut
our eyes AT noontime and assert that
II was midnight. You cannot alter a
fact By merely ignoring IL.
war Move Not Jsstiaed.
81 doub, II Germany will consen, TO
v~ouchsafe immunity to armed merchant
vessels. ! do not believe that public
opinion In the United States would
justify a war with Germany on account
ot her refusal to grant safe conduct to
such ships
1T may lie that American citizens, as
a survival OF the times when pirates
and privateers infested the sea, have
the technical right to travel on armed
merchant ships. out OF respect for their
" safety, or out of respect for the
peace and welfare Of a hundred million
OF their fellow citizens. they ought TO
forego the exercise OF such a hazardous
right.
The best peace insurance and the
best preparedness against war which
the United states can adopt for the
present is to war; those citizens who
are unwilling upon their OWL motion 10
forego the exercise OF this right. to alb
stain from placing the nation IN such
serious peril.
What Senator. what Congressman,
would he willing for his own son or
daughter to embark upon al armed
merchant ship Of a be'ligercnt: ought
no; the Government exc Use the sam.
timely p~recau,ipn In behalf OF It's owr
c!tiz cnship when II can do so without a
sacrifice OF real national honor or rea
national dignity"
The progress Of civilization has con
sisted largely OF Withdrawing from th'
individuals those rights or privileges
which ere Incompatible with the para
mount interest Of organized society. Tn,
right OF duelling was defended In Con
grcss upon exactly the same principle
and with exactly the salne argument
which 10 are employed by mock hero
ism IA defence Of the dangerous an,
perhap. deadly right OF the American
citizen to exercise his choice 10 trave
upon AN armed bclugercnt vessel rattle
than pon IL neutral vessel or Il vesse
flying his " flag.
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WAR ADJ
IN DANIELS'S PAPER


with lances, their faces stamped by a
boot heel"
Quoting from diaries. said to have
been found In his Investigations. PROF
Morgan writes. still according to the al.
vertisement In MIR. Daniels's paper. or
"thc most damning proofs OF a policy.
Of cold blooded murder OF wounded and
prisoners Initiated and carried out un-
der orders of superior officers
The Morgan report also cites many al
legged instances OF attacks on girls and
young married. women. No hesitancy
IL manifested. apparently, In giving de-
tails. Attacks upon the honor OF women
BY German soldiers, he says. have been
SO frequent that II Is impossible to es-
cape the conviction that they have beer,
condoned and indeed encouraged by
German officers.
"Abused by H0rdes Of Men,"
There IL very strong reason" he
goes on. ito suspect that young girls
were carried of TO the trenches by
! iicentious German soldiery and there
abused by hordes Of savage and licen.
tious men. need not go on with this
chapter OF horrors. To the end or time
IL will be remembered. and from ons
generation to another In the plains OF
Flanders. in the valleys Of the Vosges
and Oh the rolling fields OF the Marine
the oral tradition Of men will perpetuate
this story Of infaimy and wrong.
THE Germans have broken all laws
human and divine. and not ever the
ancient freemasonry Of arms. who's.
honorable traditions arr almost as ole
as wal itself. has restrained them II
their brutal and licentious fury.
at IL useless TO attempt to discrim'
mate between the people and theiI
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A
Ambassador MOr6enthau

Under the auspices of the Mayors Committee, the
citizens of New York will participate in a greeting to
AmhcHrc', ." Morgenthau, Just returned from Constants
nOplc on leave of absence. at the Great Hall of the Col
lege of the City of New York, l39th Street and st. Mich
olas Terrace. on Saturday afternoon, February 26, at
3 o'clock.
Mr.. Cleveland H.. Dodge as Chairman of the Citi-
zens' Committee will preside. and brief addresses will be
made by the Honorable John Purroy Mitchell, Mayor of
the City; Bishop Greer, Hon. Oscar S. Straus, Rabbi
Wise. DR.. John II. Finley, President Sidney E. Mezes
and Ambassador MOrgenthau.
The Columbia College Glee Club will sing and Pro-
fessor Samuel A. Baldwin will preside at the great
organ.
The Public is cordially invited.
Entrance at Gate, l38th Street and Convent Avenue.
r. FULTON CUTTING, Chairman.
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cepted as convincing evidence there
could be no break between German,
and the United States over the ques-
lion OF armed merchantmen.
In these quarters the conclusion was
accented as "A fact that President Wilson
would not think of carrying tn, issue
with Germany to the breaking point with
o badly divided Congress on his hands.
This view WAS accepted here as fore
shadowing the one that the German
Government itself will take. and 1t Is .x-
pcctcd the developments of the last few
DAYS will at once he reflected in a iirmer
stand by the Berlin authorities than they
have yet taken on the submarine issue.
The feeling IN the House against the
Administrations was intensified for "a time
to-day by what some members feared
was a deliberate exhibition OF indiffer-
enc, on the Presidents part to the ac-
~tivities of his party leaders in the House.
Speaker CLARK t~elephoned to the White
House and asked for an appointment
with the President for himself. Majority
Leader kltchin II Representative
Flod " the Foreign Affairs Committee
to explain the situation. They waited
for several hours without any sa;isfac-
ton from the White House. and then
left the Capitol. 1t developed later.
however. that the President had retired
10 his library for the purpose or irAft-
ing his letter to Senator stone. ana
had left strict Instructions II a he was
not TO he interrupted.
Washington vas beginning to-day 10
co, some real light on The remarkable
situation tina; has developed IN I?ngress
There IN no longer any doubt that the
nanicky condition was caused by Iresi-
dem, wilson's own words TO the Congress
leaders when they called on him last
Monday night. The President. irritated
NV criticisms and the suggestion OF the
Congress leaders for legislation. talked
with the utmost ~frankness and with con-
siderable heat. The members OF Congress
left the White House taking the fTesi-
dents words literally and at once con
veyed them TO their colleagues at the
Capitol.
Trics 70 Soothc Rebels.
When the President realized this
novninr the effects of his u~ttorances. he
.nnarently moved Immediately to allay
the fear that was evidencing Itself II
Congress. lie had Secretary Lansing
and other Cabinet officers 40 what me!
could do TO convince the belliEerents OF
Canitol Hill that things were not IA
dark as they seemed.
In other words, the President. havinf
started "a nllZt III
called GU. some OF the volunteer hre'
men in his cabinet with buckets o.
water 10 dou@e II.
The letter. which tho President mad
public tonight. probably will go a goot
WAYS in checking the revolt. "hlie !
ylycs evidence Of great firmness on M
mart. 4, also presents a more hopeiu
outlook than the congress leaders nat
ob,ained from their recent cohtcrehe
with Mr.. Wilson. ,
Furthermore, the evidence which !
holds Of the Presidents intention 10 as
scrt the rights OF the Inlteu S,a'e
a,at,s, Great Britain, as we'll as Ger
many. Will tend to improve the situa
ton. ~
The President will meet Speake
clark. Majority Leader kitchin an
R~.nrescntative Food early to-morru'
morning for a further conference on u
situation.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-22
Double Docket and Record
Crist of DEGREES Mark
O0dFridQy in DiUOrce Court

kins said, she had worked as a sales
lady to support herself and her baby.
A year and a half ago she made
complaint against her husband. af-
ter she had learned OF his wherea'
bouts. and he was convicted of non
support and sent to the Detroit
House OF Correction for So days. The
husband now Is in Kent City. she
told the court. He will be ordered
TO pay alimony OF So a week.
DEGREES were granted in the cases
OF William 7. and Eva A. Quart.
Mary and DR.. Harry f. States. Lew
is NJ. and Elsie King, Mabel r. and
Arthur r. Hilkert. Regime S. and
Leonard De Vine. Bertha and John
II. Kloppenberg, Anna and Scott d.
Reiter, Martha and Paul Kapecha-
gen. Paul c. and Martha Schultz,
Annie and Benjamin Tonkin. James
and Elizabeth Homalya. Jane and
Harry y. Mcdonald, Gladys and Jay
b. Taylor, Oliver. Jr.. and Martha
Watrous. Bertha and Earl Cawkins,
Zella and Bert Badgley. Mary and
James G. Brown, Lilly and Fred
Franklin.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-22
General Won
DER C0LTzDEAD
German Field MarshaPs Death
Will Be Severe Blow to
Turks

LONDON. April 22.-The death
OF Field Marshal Won Der Goltz.
commander-in-chief OF the first
Turkish army, and supervisor of the
sultan's military forces. will be a
severe blow to the Ottoman armies,
English military men said today.
An Amsterdam dispatch reported
that Berlin ofiicial message an
nounces that Won Der Goltz died of
spotted fever at the Turkish army
headquarters.
By many military critics, Won Der
Goltz was regarded before the war
as Germany's greatest soldier, de.
spite the reverses suffered by the
Turks In the Balkan wars after he
had reconstructed the Ottoman
army. He organized Germany's de-
lenses along the Russian border and
II was popularity believed would
lead Germany's armies into Russia
when the war broke out.
Won Der Goltz was a bluff war.
rior who feared no superiors. He
was not in good favor with the
kaiser, II was generally understood
in Berlin. After serving a brief
term as military governor OF the
occupied portion of Belgium he was
sent to Turkey. where he became
active minister of war and super,
vised the reconstruction of the Oar.
danelles defenses.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-22

q. W. Dtckipssa. general manager eS
the Michigan state fair. ts expected
20 return To Detroit today from
ing OF the Michigan agricultural
fair commission. OF which he is
member.
Charles kisuss. az M. 23i: Russeii-
St. reported ts the police that TIVE
brook-ave. and the Grand Trunk
railroad. Friday night. and after
Knocking him To the pavement.
ri1ed his pockets OF sss.
Robert Ce.w.y. he.d OF the Belle
from a trip to Baltimore bay. where
he caught eight quiilbacks. which
he brought back with him to the
aquarium. He has been trying to
get this specimen for over four
years.
.safety-arst" moving pictures will
show In = vivid manner trsfnc
dangers OF the streets at a meet
ing Of members OF the Committee
Detroit In the Board Of Commerce
April IS The meeting Will be TO
complete the working organization
of the committee.
judge Murphy issaea IN order. FRI
Pattern Makers association OF De-
troit from picketing at the pisnt
of the standard Pattern works. No.
~ Forrest. east. Tne peutiou wan
presented by Edward G. Roney. at
torney for the company.
slt seems 90 nae ~ 20 JeMersen-sve. In
either the most spoiled or most
petted street In the city,. said an
angry motorist this morning. In
every season OF the year some
parts OF Il are torn up. IL seems
as though they might use the street
part OF the time at least for other
purposes besides blocking traffic"
ArcAie Rsereslec.. - years old. OF
Ne. 73l FPank1on-st., drove hts nst
through q stained glass window IN
the bull pen" of the Hunt-st., po-
lice station, Friday night. and re.
ceived a deep casa IN the right
wrist as result. He was taken to
the city receiving hospital. where
seven stitches were taken In his
arm. lie was being detained as n
"Goiden rule" drunk when he broke
the window.
Detective Lester Potter had been
looking for . tan overcOst stolen
from the Grimshaw a stevens
haberdashery store. No. 515 Wood
ward-ave.. for several days. Fri
day afternoon he appeared In Judge
Jenries court as witness and
recognised tho coat on Roy quinn,
OF No. 90s Wabash-ave.. who was
on trial on q larceny charge. An
other charge was placed against
Quinn.
4 motion for . rehearinG 81 the art
Wsmseum case was denied by the SUI
The Detroit times., 1916-04-22
City News in Brief

preme court. Thursday. Last Angus,
the court decided that the city
could not appropriate money Tor the
was only a semi-public institution.
Judge Carpenter fled applications
for "A rehearing OF the case. Mean
while, provision was made 70 tax
care of the museum by sending the
budget through the recreation COM
mission. IL is not likely that the
estimators will hesitate TO pass this
item.
The police are seekt.g . you"G msn
whe hss beew playing what might.
by stretch OF imagination, be
sro%'nehps eaasd prAsifiss visitor. IN Detroit fail
to see where the laughs come In:
According to the managcments OF
the Hotels Statler. Pontchartrain
s.sn .a csslaf sent 10 the dsrent hos.is s
for persons who did not order
them. saturday morning. Henry
Miller. playing at the Detroit opera
houss rses,vsd Ssnd'e iSr.
which he did not order. Clerks In
several stores described n we'll
dressed young man who has been
ordering the goods sent to the dif-
ferent celebrities c. o. d.
Com pIaInins 70 state Labor Conmis-
sloner James W. CunniwGhan that
freight handlers for the Grand
Trunk railway in ignorance OF pres
ent labor troubles among the
freight handlers of that road. nve
men have been provided return
passage to Chicago by the Illinois
state labor commission. The men.
upon their arrival here. were with
out funds, and they reported their
plight at once 10 the labor commits
sioner. who acted promptly. The
Illinois commissioner Immediately
sought out the agents who had sent
the men TO Detroit, and they fur
nished the money for the return
passage.
ITO get out one issue Of q magaslne
such ns the Curtis Publishing house
sends out in one month with the
equipment used by Benjamin
Franklin. founder of this publishing
house. would take 20 years." says
Charles :. Crosman. OF the Curtis
organization, in an illustrated lee
ture In the Detroit Museum OF Art.
Friday afternoon. He came under
the auspices OF the bureau of COM
mercial economics at Washington
and interested a large audience in
the inner workings OF this great
plant. Pictures OF the complicated
machinery (which never makes q
mistake" were thrown upon the
screen. Every process OF the man
ufacturc OF magazine was partial
ly shown as were also the parts Of
the plant devoted TO the welfare
and recreation OF it's employees.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-22
ACT OF CHEWING
RELIEVES WORRY
AND DEPRESSION

In a remarkable analysis OF gum
chewing. DR.. Anna Dwycr, chief
physician of the morals court OF
Chicago. states that IL Is a physical
impossbility for worriment and de-.
preston to come upon an individual
who Is using chewing gum.
"The brain centers,' SAYS DR.
Dwyer. "are so situated that when
tho act Of mastication is begun all
sense OF depression and Of melan.
cholia leaves the mind. From q
purely mechanical standpoint worri
mont rs impossible while the jaws
are moving rapidly. When an in
dividual chews gum he. or more
frequently. she, has no concern or
worry for the world.
~ prescribe chewing gum to those
OF my patients who are habitually
depres sed. | advocate IL on ac-
count Of the undoubted benefits II
brings 10 those who are threatened
with nervous troubles.
"The reason fol- this is very OBJ
vious when You analyze the brain
and its contributing blood ana
nervous systems. At the base OF
tho brain is the medulla oblongata,
? shCrt connecting link between the
spinal cord and the brain. Within
this very important section of the
nervous system lie, closely adjacent,
the ccntor3 Of depression, Joy, mas
ticating and digesting. When any
ono OF these conters receives a
stimulus from the upper brain It
becomes excited and sends out a
message 10 the blood supply. There
is immediate response and blood
rushes To the excited center, leav-
ing the surrounding centers sloth.
ful and inactive. The stimulus Of
one center temporarily strands the
others"