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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
Several Canadian
Towns in Panic
Reign Of Fear Caused By Recent
Fires Spreads Through
Out Province.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)

OTTAWA. ONT, February G.-The
reign Of fear caused by the disastrous
fires which destroyed the Parliament
Buildings and two war factories. is
spreading throughout tho province. ac-
cording to all news Tonight. De-
spite requests from municipalities and
owners OF munition plants. however,
General Sir Samuel G. Hughes, Min
istcr of Militia. announced that troops
VIII not be employed 10 guard thcsc
buildings. He declares that munition
plant owners should make their own
ARRANGEMENTS: for protection. Fircmcn
digging In the ruins Of the Parliament
houses to-day discovered the body Of
Is. Il. Law. member for Yarmouth. II
was in n telephone booth. The death
list now stands at eight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
SPECIAL GUARDS ASSIGNED
no BUILDINGS IN GUELPH

GUELPH. ONT, February G.-Af,er
tn" fire az tho Iardinc inunition plant
at Ncspeler yesterday. warnings we're
received by the chief OF police that
an attempt was 20 bc made 10 destroy
the winter fair buildings in this city
that nov are occupied by the military
and the a,inories where two batteries
are housed Special guards were as
signed 10 these points. as we'll as To
several Of tho factories in the city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
LEOPOLD TO COMMAND
BnNnrlan Prince VIII Lead German
Turkish, Attack on Surg Canal
In spring.

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.
LONDON. February 6.--Princc Leo
pold, of bavaria. will command tho Ger
man Turkish attack on the SueZ Ca
nal. according to the Munich Kuricr
lie has studied Egypt thoroughly in
preparation for tl:is offensive. The cx-
petition is expected to start in ,he
spring. the paper says. and Prince
Lcopold's army will hc altogether com
mandcd by German officers who are
preparing for the expedition in Con-
stantinoplc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
TWENTY-SlN PERSONS
RESCUED FROM TREES
TAFT NOT TO GO TO CHICAGO
Reported nv ItclinTulshinE Any Desire
To ReprcScnt Connecticut nt Re
publican Convention.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

HARTFORD. CONN. February O.
According TO a report from New Haven
to-day. former President William How
ard Taft, now a Vale professor, has
relinrushcd any desire he might have
had to represent Connecticut in the
Republican National Convention at
Chicago ne,t June.
Professor Taft, who has been promi-
nently mentioned as a delegate AT large
from Connecticut, said over the long
distance telephone that lie did not care
to comment on this or any other politi-
cal topic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
No NEW DENELOpuENTS
IN SUBMARINE, CRISIS

BERLIN. February G tvia I.ondonj.
There were no new Berlin develop
mtnts to-day in the Lusitania crisi,.
or ms IT, perhaps. il more correctls
characterized. the submarine crisis.
Since the crucial factor apparently
concerns less the question of repara
tion and n formal regret for the sink.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
AS NINE. THEBES SEES 1T
PrOphetcss Predicts Victory for Allies
fu March. and Wars End tn
September.

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch. ]
PARIS. February G-'Thc famous
French prophecies. Nine. Thcbcs. TO day
made the following prediction:
~ great victory for the allies will
come in March, and the war will end
in September.
Tho Kaiser will nave a tragic end.
lie Will probably commit suicide This
year
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
E. H. HINTON DEAD
Chnirmnn of Sonthcnstcrn Freight As
ISOLATION Dies I'm Hospital, Fol-
lowing OpcraftOu

ATLANTA, GA. February G.-E. Fl.
Hinton. chairman of the Southeastern
Freight Association. died at a hospital
here to-day. after an operation. Mr..
Hinton. who was ffty-two years old, is
survived by widow and four children.
He was born In Madison County. Miss.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
War of determination
for German Species,
Says Rudyard Kipling
Large German Warship
Sunk in the Kattegat

COPENHAGEN. February q tyia
London. February ..-A large Ger
man wnrShip hns hccn suni< in the
knttcgnf, between the Island Oi
tnrtr nnh the swedish const, accord
ing q" II Copenhagen dispatch. quot
ing the newspaper IIrtSfnEor Avis.
The dispatch says Il IL supposed
the vessel struck - mine. Wireless
calls for help were hcnrd. but these
ceased after II time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
Crew Of the BaIgOwntr. With Exception
of Second Mnfc. Reported
SnSed.

LONDON. February 6--The British
steamship BalGownie. .06I tons gross.
has been sunk The crew. with the
exception of the second officer was
saved.
The Balgownie was built i'm Aber-
deem in 1850, and was owned hy the
General Steam Navigation Company.
Ltd, of London.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
Earthquake shocks Recorded.

WASHINGTON. February Dds
tinct earthquake shocks. about 4 800
miles distant from Washington. were
recorded on the scismoGrnphs at
Georgetown University to-day. begin
ming at 81? j.. NJ. and continuing un-
til Il. NJ.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
TENTATIVE DRAFT
Of GERMAN REPLY
IN WILSON, HANDS
Expected to Confer With
Lansing Over Lusitania
Question To-Day.
INDICATIONS NOW POINT
TO EARLY SETTLEMENT
Foreign Office Goes as Far as
1t Possibly Can to Meet
Demands Of U. S.
NO OUT-.iND.OUT DlSANOWAL
With This Exception, Germany Con-
ccdcs Every Desire OF Ameri-
can Government.
NO our-ANp-our DlsAvowAL
With This Exception, Germany Con-
CcticS Every Desire OF Ameri-
can Governments.

WASIIINGToN, February '.-r"csi-
don't Wilson and Secretary Lansing
are expected To confer tomorrow on
the lttcst tentative draft Of the COM
muuication by which tic United states
hopes To bring the controversy over
the Lusitania TO Il satisfa ctory end.
Indications for an carly settlement in
tho case were received Tonight from
various diplomatic and official quar-
tcrs.
The President has had tGr tentative
draft before him since Friday ni"ht.
In it. the German officials say, the Bcr-
lin Foreign Office has gone rs far
it possibly can to meet the position OF
the United states From rish dipio-
natic quarters Tonight came the
statement that Germany believes that
she has. with the exception Of making
an out-and-out Gisavowal of tho I.uSi-
tauia sinking. which she coEsii"rs inn
possible conceded every desire Of the
United states. and that ihc tentative
proposal materially strengthens tho
assurances already given in the ucsn-
tiations over the sinking Of the
steamer Arabic /; Is also claimed that
the tentative proposal covers all trn
fundamental issues involved in the con-
duct OF submarine warfare
1t is explained that direct dis
nvowal of the sinking o. the Arabic
was given. because that act was in
violation Of the Instructions given thu
commanders OF submarines. In the
case OF the Lusitania, however, the
commander acted in compliance with
orders The general orders not to sink
wi
was disclosed tonight by high an
thority, on the day after the Lusitaui:i
went down. II was said that Germany
withheld announcements of the fact for
stra tcGical naval reasons.
CANNOT DISAvOW ACT
ORDERED COMMITTED
The position Of the Berlin officials
is said Ia be thf.t the act OF a COM
mandcr of Il submarine can he dis
avowcd. should he violate, disregard or
have failed to receive instructions, hut
that IL government cannot disavow an
act which was committed in accord
arcc with its instructions and for
which Ii Is RESPONSIBLE.
In the latest proposal there Is no
attempt to deny responsibility for the
sinking Of the 1.uSitapia. but Germany
assumes liability for the American lives
lost. offers reparation by the paymcnt
Of indemnity, and assures the United
states tha, the killing "f Americans
was without precedent. The Gestruc-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
THREE STEAMBOATS, READY
TO CARRY WORKERS TO SAFETY

Al the lcvce are three steamboats,.
one OF which is ready TO carry the
workers To safety, should they lose
their battle with the Hood. They are
living in The second stories OF their
homes and in box cars on the levec.
To-day the river rose two-tcnths of
foot, To 5j.7 feet al Arkansas city
and is still rising slowly tonight.
~ Lake Village the flood water rose
at the rate OF half an inch an hour to-
dag. y; Gaines Landing. four miles
north or Lake Village. 400 persons were
on the lcvee to-nigh, without shelter.
Residents or Lake Village Went in
boats 70 the courthouse to-day, where
they planned to send a rescue fleet of
rowboats TO Gaines Landing.
IN Clarendon, on the White River,
where the levec broke last night. water
is six feet deep in the highest portions
Of the town. The river had attained Il
stage of 37.4 feet and still is rising
Little is known OF conditions in the
rural districts Of the Hoodcd area. but
there seems little doubt that many who
refused TO leave their homes in face
Of repeated warnings have persisted.
No SIMILAR CONDITION
EVER BEEORE OCCURRED
Fred j. Henry, OF Washington, ID. G.,
mcteoro!oeist in charge OF the river
and Hood division OF the United States
Weather Bureau. VIII" is in Little Rock
declared that n condition similar 10
that which now exists in Arkansas has
never before occurred in the history
Of the Weather Bureau
Heavy snow. followed by thaw. and
heavy rains in Illinois and other
Northern States have caused a rise in
the upper Mississippi River" he said
The Ohio was flooded in its lower
course. and general rains in the val
i"ys OF the Arkansas. Red. Write and
other tributaries o: the Mississippi have
flooded the latter river until it will
require nearly a month for the water
TO ran out. The swollen condition of
the Mississippi has made the Arkansas
River flood much more disastrous than
it otherwise would have been"
1'WENTY-SIX PERSONS
RESCUED FROM TREES
Twenty-siy persons have been
rescued from trees near McGehce. west
of Arkansas City, by motor boats sent
from Monroe City. La. The town of
Monroe has never before been flooded.
Reports from Northern Louisiana
said that the Ouachita and smaller
streams are rising rapidly. although
tho expected overflow from the Arian-
sas and Mississippi which will drain
in that direction. has not become APP
parent yet.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
RELIEF FOR POLAND
AS REMOTE AS EVER
No Agreement Reached Between
Belligerents for Aiding Civil
ian Population.
MANY OBSTACLES IN WAY
Sir Edward Grey Explains to
Herbert c. Hoover Attitude
of Great Britain.
MANY OBSTACLES IN WAY

LONDON. February G.-Thc Foreign
OfIic" has given on: a letter from Sir
Edward Grey. Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, 10 Herbert c. Hoover. chair
man of tho American Commission for
Relief ia Belgium. and the cahlegramS
exchanged between tho Polish relief
societies OF Chicago and Premier ~
ruith, which indicate that no agree
mcnt has get been reached between
'hc bcll,gcrcnts for the relief Of the
civilian population of Poland
Supplemcnting this correspondence.
IN" Associated Press has been pi,.u q
letter from MIR. Hoover. which resulted
IN the reply published by tn" Foreign
Office. The correspondence on tho sub
j'ct leaves the problem of feeding po-
land unsettled. and confirms ,hc opinion
IN wcl!-informcd relief circles here that
any agreement which would enable rc-
lief 10 be carried on is remote as to
make II extremely iinprobablc
Discussing Sir Edwards letter, Mr
Hoover said:
"Sir Edward Greys letter has beer
referred 20 Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin. with the hope that IL will fur
Hish :, basis for negotiations Nmeri-
cans interested in Polish relief work
must however. bear In mind that all
allied shipping Is SO preoccupied in al
lied transport that without tho benevo-
lon, assistance of some neutral govern
rnent in providing regular shippin =
service for this purpose. II would be
:mpracticable 10 do anything in a sys-
tnrnatic order. even if all th. multitude
of other di;'iculti.s We're overcome"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
AN ONLY RE OBTAINED
ny IMPORT FROM OVERSEAS

1T appears to us that deficient fats
beans. some breadstufs. etc. together
with condensed milk for children can
only be obtained by imports from over
seas. for which there would seem 10 he
a route practicable from the Western
Hemisphere. To sweden. with trans
shipmcn; thence via Danzig or iibaU.
We would not undertake such a task
without The approval and cooperation
Of the allied governments.
'In making provision for food sup
plies for these people. we should need
not only to rely on charity. but to as
scmblc all the economic resources Of
Poland and its institutions in much the
same manner as has been done in Eel
GUM. and we should need the permis-
sion of His MajcSty's government TO
facilitate exchange and banking opera
tions.
The painful gravity of the situation
in Poland cannot be EainSaid. nor need
apologize for the interest this organi-
zation has taken in the Polish people
in addition to our other very utterly
grave responsibilities. We have no de-
sire 10 add to our burdens, but If four
months service in Belgium has com
mendcd us to the various bclligcrcnt
governments, il is our duty to use the
confidence thus acquired in behalf of
the Polish people. and ! wish to add
that if the allied governments are pre-
pared to assent to such relief measures
and If any other institution can he
summoned TO take their execution. this
commission would be glad o give any
advice arising out Of it's experience. or
alternatively. we should be glad Ito in
corporate any such body in any organi-
zltion we might set up"
GREy's LETTER TO HOOVER
GIVEN OUT HY FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir Edward Circy's letter to Mr..
Hoover. given ont by the Foreign Of
flee for publicat ton, follows:
Dear Mr.. Hoovcr,-I have carefully
considered your letter OF December 90.
regarding the proposed scheme for the
relief of Poland. In the face of ac-
cumulating evidence of German and
Austrian requisitions in Poland. some
mention OF which you will find in the
inclosed teleEraphic correspondence
with Polish organizations in tho United
States. ] fear IL would he impossible
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
QUESTION or INDEMNITY
ENTIRELY DISAPPEARS

The question of indemnity TO Ger
many has disappeared by the force
OF facts II She claims one. il Will
be cheaper To continu. killing. If
she demands peace without indemnity.
returning TO the status quo. what guar
antcacs will there he that as soon as
civilization is disarmed she will not
throw herself on US again! The moral
law directing her life compels her to
do SO.
THAT Is why her ships cannot be
allowed 10 go TO sea again She can
not wage any more war than she is
now wagiue, because She is engaged
on all possible fronts. She can de-
fcud and consolidate her conuues'S
hut what good is consolidation wien
she perpctually hes to throw men into
the fringe Of fire burning all around
her?
.Nllah has decrced that she shall per-
!sh by her own acts. from the corsc
qucnccs of the law that she professcS.
and through her own temperament. II
the allies had won five or six months
ago. they would have left Germany
still capable OF reGainmg her lines.
No German, will remain. This
may sound eXtravaGant, but all that
Will remain will he Il few peoples liv-
i"g on the eternal defensive In moral,
social and political trenches. Grant
that everything in Germany favors n
defensive impossible to break: an in
i'uM of foodstuffS, which cannot be
stopped; people indefinitely enthu-
siastic for war. Even then we must
hold on. Franco, who has paid the
flesh OF hey flesh. England, with her
100000 losses and about TO pay more;
Russia with her dead impossible to
count.
GALL. RATS BEFORE Us
IN THE SAME DITCH"
MI the rats are before us in the
same ditch. and as far as England and
the empire are concerned, we can put
as many men into the lines in France
Ia hold the Teutons as the French
have,
Regarding the financial situation, if
were Younger. ! would sa? an IN
mense wave of prosperity follows every
war, hut I leave that thesis To people
twenty years younger, and accept the
commoncr belief that universal ruin
awaits us. But when the whole woild
ia materially ruined. each nation will
be as rich as Its neighbor imagine
that in England. where small s.b-
SCiibeTS are not numerous, tain
proportion OF debt Will be simply cf-
faced or rcpudated for the very just
reason that mct. rich enough to lend
big sums 10 the state are rich enough
to lose them. IT is immoral but We
should only laugh, and so would even
the rich men thus forced to lose Per.
hapS they would receive titles OF no.
bil'ty. "A compensation that would he
an admirable and practical apotheosis
for our national sncbbery.
Anyhow. wc shall see funny finances
and the spectacle OF Central Europe
administered like an estate for he
benefit OF France, Russia, England
italy. serbia, Montenegro. Japan, AUS
tralia. New Zealand. Canada. South
Africa. India and Eele ium
Those who till the SOIL will lie rich
after the war: those who do not Will
be poor but there Will he more Ger
many.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
SUGGESTION IN REIIiLE'
OF CIVIL. POPULATION

Aii. Hoover's letter 20 SIR Edward
Grey. dated December %. follows
'Sir.-knowinr your keen desire TO
mitigate in every possible way human
suffering arising out Of the war feel
justified in bringing before YOU a sug-
gestion in behalf of tho civil popu!a-
'ion OF Poland. attach hereto a
petition which tho commission has re
ccived from the large and representu-
tive relief committee in Warsaw. and
also q report made as q result of per-
sonal investigation, at our instance by
DR.. Vernon Kellogg. until lately direc-
tor in Belgium OF our work there
No added words OF mine can darken
tho picture Of Misery and despair which
these statements depict. representing
as they do what would have been the
fate Of Belgium but for the relief ar
forded under int"rratioua! auspices,
with Eour earnest support have had
some informal conversation with the
German authorities. who have assured
me that thcr. arc cereals and potatocs
avaiia bl" in Poland and elsewhere from
which by mobilization ana organized
distribution some sort OF minimum rate
can be provided other items of
dietary do not exist In Poland ana they
are critically necessary to prcscrv.
health TO the strong and life 10 tn"
weak. and to foref. nd from the whole
population already incipient famine aud
diseases. The shortage OF thes" par
ticular commodities in general leaves
no hope of help for Poland from tina;
quarter.
Il am assured by the German au-.
thorities that protection Will be af-
:orded 10 local and imported supplies
for The exclusive use OF the civil popu-
lation. and also that every facility will
be afforded this commission in It's task
OF organization and distribution under
proper guarantees.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
FAVOR CHILD LABOR

WASHINGTON-"I going to send
my children to the North Carolina
cotton mills instead of keeping them
in school," was the sarcastic declara.
ton of trade union official, after
listening to arguments by attorneys
and manufacturers before the house
committee on labor in opposition to
the Keating-Owen anti-child labor bill.
Attorney James Emery, whose con-
nection with manufacturers associa-
tons is well known, assured the COM
mittee he was against child labor He
did not approve of it, but
This particular bill is unconstitu-
tional and would never, never be sus-
tanned by the courts.
A delegation of North Carolina man.
ufacturers also expressed their disap-
prevail OF the bill Their main objec-
ton was the ruin it would cause by
putting children on the streets and
debar them from enjoying the happy
life of cotton mill worker. The man
ufacturers deplored the lack of educa-
tional facilities in their state, which
should pass a compulsory school law.
Until that time, saith the manufac-
turers, it is best to keep the children
in the mills, where their interests are
carefully looked after.
The Keating-Owen bill debars from
interstate commerce all child labor
products.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
MAKE WEALTHY PAY
FOR WAR, UNIONS SAY
Trades and Labor Assembly Urges
Confiscation of Property in
Event of Strife

MINNEAPOLIS The Trades and
Labor Assembly has taken a firm
stand against jingoes and militarists
in a resolution demanding the seizure
of property of the rich in the event
of war to balance the workers sacri-
flee of their lives The resolution
reads:
Whereas, The Union League of
New York, body of Wall street plu-
tocrats, has adopted a resolution fay.
oring CONSUMPTION for the people of
this country, and
Whereas, Theodore Roosevelt a
leader among the jingoes, advocates
universal military service for the peo-
pie of this country, and
Whereas, Woodrow Wilson, Presi.
dent of the United States, favors a
citizen soldiory, which also means
military service for the people of this
country, and
Whereas, All of the above believe
it is the duty of the workingmen of
this country to sacrifice their lives in
wars which they do not authorize
through their ballots, and
Whereas, The European war has
finally proven that the people went to
battle while the plutocrats remained
of To oh
tracts and war loans, Sand
Whereas, The supporters of the
so-called preparedness give no thought
to the fact that wars today must be
financed on a tremendous scale, and
Whereas, There is great danger
of the putOcrats of this country re-
peating their scandals of the Spanish
American war, when they sold adul
terated food products at high prices
to the government and mOrtgaged the
country through the issue of war
bonds, therefore, be it
Resolved, That congress is hereby
requested to enact a law authorizing
the war department to seize all bank
deposits over the sum of $4,000 and
all stocks and bonds over the value of
$1,000 held by any individual, all rail
roads, factories, mines, mills and other
means of producing and distributing
supplies of war; the same to be put
at the disposal of the war department
for use in any way it sees fit, with
out compensation to the original own
ers. This will be an application of
the same principle that demands the
workingmen of this country endangel
and sacrifice their lives without com
pensation. And, be it further
Resolved, That copies of this reso-
luton shall be sent to the Union
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
FREIGHT AND
TALK COMPARED

WASHINGTON" Railroads get on
the average 7 mills a mile for NOV
ing ton of freight. The telephone
company charges mills a mile for
CARRYING a three-minute conversation, y
said Congressman Lewis, in a speech
in the house of representatives, last
Monday.
The chairman of the house COM
mittee on labor was discussing gov
eminent ownership of telegraphs and
telephones when he made the state
ment that it costs an American citi-
zen as much for his long-distance con-
versation over the wires, mile for
mile. as it costs him to ship ton of
freight over the rails.
"You may realize how weighty your
conversations sometimes are" he
said. "They weigh about a ton on
the long-distance wires" The speak
er pointed to the benefits derived
from parcel post as a demonstration
of what may be accomplished by the
"postalization" of means of communl-
cation.