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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
SIG .OOo, 900 EXPORTED IN MARCH
Cotton and its By-PrOducts Principal
Articles.

GALVESTON, March 31.--The for
eign export trade from the port of
Galveston during the month of
March, principally cotton, wheat. cot
tonseed cake, hav. spelter ana scrap
iron, was valued by the shippers at
approximately SIG 900. 900. Accord
ing to unofficial figures from mani
tests filed at the customs house ami
reports to the statistical committee of
the Galveston cotton exchange. there
have been exported approximately
1919 bales of cotton and $500 ,26O
bushels of wheat during the month.
principally to England. owing to the
difficulty of compiling statistics under
the new form of export declarations,
1t is necessary to give the figures APP
proxmately.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
ASSISTANT CASHIER IN JAlG.
Fort Smith Banker Unable to Make
$4,000 Bond.

FORT SMITH. Ark. March 3l.-E
Mayo Dickinson. assistant cashier of
the American National bank here, was
lodged in Jail tonight on failure to
provide 100000 bond on charges Of
misappropriation and embezzlement,
+. A. Ball. cashier, and Andrew $.
Dowd. assistant cashier, who with
Dickinson were arrested for the sec
ond time yesterday on similar charges
and their bonds raised from S25, 900
to $4,000, provided bail and were re-
leased from custody. The American
National was closed last Saturday, ma
tional bank examiners alleging that
s2O5.0OO of the banks funds had been
misappropriated.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
NAVAL DEFENSE
FROM ALL SIDES
Secretary Daniels Discusses
Building Program From
New Angles.
SOME NEW PROPOSALS
Refers to Famous Report OF
General Board in
1908.

WASHINGTON. March 31.-Secrc'
tary Daniels touched on all sides o'
the naval preparedness program III
continuing his testimony today before
the house naval committee. lie pro,
posed various notifications III ana
additions to the five-year bulluins
program endorsed by President VII,
son, including elimination cnlirely oi
the provision for great seagoihg SUD
marines in the 1917 estimates. Thirty
|. type or * type boats may pe t"'
number agreed upon.
Other new features proposeu pS
Mr.. Daniels We're:
Construction of great dry uock a'
Norfolk and possibly at Philadeiphia
Establishment of "A marine, ava
ton and submarine base at san
Diego. California.
Study of the Pacific coast to de-
termine the best location for an ad.
ditional navy yard there, probably al
Los Angeles or San Diego:
Expenditure of S1I5,oOo TO ciea'
the approach to the Charlestoh' D. ~
yard for heavy draft ships. >.
Authorizing the rank Of full ad,
miral for the chief of operations and
fixing his powers by law on an equal
ity with those of chiefs of bureaus.
Famous Report.
In connection with the building
program Mr.. Daniels made public the
famous report of the general board
in 1903 which set continuous build
ing policy for the navy for the firsl
time and aimed at battleship fleet
of forty-eight by 1921. If it had been
approved, he said, the United states
navy would have reached second
place among the powers of the world
and remained there.
As an annual building program the
board proposed two battleships, one
armored cruiser, three protected
cruisers, four scout cruisers, three
destroycrs and two colliers.
The secretary also presented
table of the worlds naval tonnage
which showed that Germany and the
United States passed France in naval
powers about the same time, in 1911
According to these figures the United
States navy never has been in second
place. France dropping from second
to fourth at that time, while Germany
became second and the United States
third
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
PREVIOUS RECORDS SHATTERED
Exports and Imports Greatest In
American History

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Ameri-
cas- exports and imports both were
greater in February than in any prev
ious month in the countrys history.
Figures assembled today in the bur
eau of foreign and domestic COM
merce show exports had total value
of 1886. .525. exceeding by fifty
million dollars the record set last De-
0cember. Imports reached S1?4,OOO,-
900.
Total exports for the first eight
months Of the fiscal year were valued
at $2,S56.30l $40. indicating in the
opinion of depar.u ent of commerce
officials, four billion dollar total for
the year. A favorable trade balance
of s1,295.2 462 is shown for the last
eight months.
Gold imports in February are given
as six million dollars and for the eight
moths $32S.054, ,0C0.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
His Orders.

Remember said the sergeant mo
one is allowed to disomunt without or
derS"
Murphy was no sooner in the saddle
than he was thrown to the ground.
Murphy yelled the sergeant, when
he discovered him lying breathless on
the ground, you dismounted."
81 did"
Did YOU have orders?'
IL did"
From headquarters, | suppose."
NO, sir, from headquarters.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
HOSPITAL SHIP Is
SUNK IN BLACK SEA

PARIS. March 31.-G0:45 p
m.)-The hospital ship Portugal
has been sunk in the Black sea
by a German torpedo boat or
submarine with "a large number
of wounded aboard, according
to an announcement of the off
cial press bureau tonight. II is
said that the Portugal had Red
Cross signs coLspicuously dis
played.
The Portugal was owned by
the Messageries MaritNnes of
Marseilles and had been placed
at tie disposal of the Russian
government. Tho Portugal was
t44 feet long ard had a gross
tonnage of $3.50 tons. She was
built in 1887.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Clerical! Submarines

Church service was over, and three
prominent members of the congrega-
ton walked home together. discussing
the sermon.
81 tell YOU" said the first. enthusi-
astically. Doctor Blank can certainly
dive deeper into the truth than any
preacher ! ever heard"
Yes" said the second man. "and
he car stay under longer"
"Yes," said the third, "and come up
drier."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
What MisIcd Him

When Walter Scott was boy his
teacher asked him to give the part
of speech with the word with.
IT'S noun said young Scott.
You are very stupid" said the
teacher. How came you to say such
thing?"
Il got it from the Bible. SIR" said
the future novelist stoutly. There's
verse that says they bound Samson
with withs'."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
NaIfcasancc I'm Ofricc

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March al
Articles of impeachment charging
Judge Jesse Edgington of the Shelby
county criminal court, and u. Newton
Estes, attorney general of Shelby
county with malfeasance and mis-
ieasance IN office, were presented to
the Tennessee senate TODAY bv "A com
mittee representing the house of rep
resentatives. April "a was fixed as
the date for the hearing before the
senate. Both branches OF the legisla-
ture adjourned tonight.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Socialists Ruled Out

BATON ROUGE. La. March 81. -
secretary of Stat Millsaps announced
today he had ruled off the ballots for
the state election ia April the names
OF Candidates Cor state offices which
the Socialist party sought to nominate
by petition. Mr.. Millsaps said the nom
ination papers did not contain one
thousand names as required by law,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Revenge on Great Britain
Was His Prime Motive,
He Declares.
ARRESTED AS A SPY
English Held Him in Jail
for Long Time. Then
Banishcd Him.

,r,,,rc no, Nt,,o,, - i,c,rirg
LEW rs, bel' March Sl'-' curing
that attempts would ne hauc To res
cue Ernest schiller. the young Ger
man stowaway. VINO, singlehanded,
~ r.,,,.,. ,.,,,. A.,
capture" '"' '' ''''" '''''''''
oppo and terrorlHed nor crew Oh -
men on the hish seas lhst Wednesday
nlEht' detectives t"n,Enl LOOK nT",l
Ter from his cell where ne VIII be
taken by tram TO New YORK, ih' "c
tectiNes declared they hao received
positive information that a'tsliipts
would be made To rescue inc prisoner
and with the consent pl thc local
authorities they decided ne wouId nc
safer in New YORK Schiller hihiseli
readily consented 10 go, saying th"t
he would 90 anything TO Keep oul ol
the hands OF the !lltlsh oili,ialS'
During the afternoon Scuiller "aS
given hearing pelolc JuStic' W
the peace ana h'""" uc'"l''" So
nent as to ms mo'lN's II, s''il,,lF
Mhat II" ,crH'Vu " ro,
dition. RcVcnS" against hlS'nnu 'ol
arrestlne hln as u SPY Hs M'i' "' '',' Nv
Spolis L' cNPeCteu =" ppt"'" -, ,;,'''.,
,la' ia co. @ r,,.,mir ,m w. .aid whether
thc four men hc had picked to ac-
company him had abandoned the en-
tcrprise.
His Pals Crooks.
..r,o,. vo,o ro, ,,crm,ns" Schu-
t, da,J,,od 81 vns tha oulv Ger
~, ,nno,nod and only for INV hard
i,'1i' ,,nuid have turned n better
,y,ci, man tho Noowe did when she
cnnturod tho Appnm was terribly
band;connrI NV donending on buns
and crooks to assist me.
ain maxine war on England | am
puiItv of nothing more than "A breach
~, the neutrality laws Of this coun-
,r, wos peaccfullv practicing my
urofossinn nt textile engineering AT
ItrlI I,nrlond. when the war broke
nut 4 friend of mine was arrested
with SIGNALLING with calcium lights to
mo raidinp Zcppclms lie was shot
ana was arrested. had committed
no oftonse. hut | was shut up in a
dirty iaiI and greatly humi,ia'cd al
though there was no evidence against
me"
Schiller here halted his recital long
| enough to request assurances that
This government woud take charge OF
| the case and that he would not be
surrendered to Great Britain.
Thcn Bau;shcd Him.
fIo was told that would be decided
later. Continuing he said:
| II told the Hull officials that II
| they persisted in prosecuting me on
account of my German nativity they
would have to pay for 1t dearly. They
| could find no excuse for shooting me
| so they punished me by eXiling me
| from the country and so | came To
/ America. ! finally went to Boston
/ where | secured employment with a
I textile company.
/ "All the time was thirsty for re-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Hcnllng Suggestion.

Anxious Mamma-I.ittle Dick il
upstairs crying with the toothache.
Practical Papa-Takc him around
TO the dentist
Il haven't any money"
You don't need any money. The
toothache will stop before you get
there"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Got Him Guessing.

why these cloves, my dear?"
II thought you were fond of them"
explained the innocent young bride.
You seem to partake of them down
town every day"
Then he looked fixidly at her, but
couH arrive at no conclusion as to
her motives.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Not DiscOnccrtcd.

"You have an unusual name,"- said
the saleslady. II didn't catch 1t
quite
"My name is Smith.
She was equal to it.
How do you spell it?" she cooed
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Langford Beats Clarke.

ST. LOUIS, March 3l.-Sam Lang
ford of Boston knocked out Jeff
Clarke of Joplin in the fifth round of
scheduled eight-round bout here to-
night Langford weighed 1870 pounds
and Clarke l75.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Medical Expert Claims Pat
ten Product Not Ben
eficial.
TESTS ON ANIMALS
Medical Authorities and
Books Quoted by
Both Sides.

CHICAGO, March 31.-Thc weight
to be given the books of medical
authorities will bo determined on
A., M, ,i, 90 to,,,
'oIiuaH ",e,' y ~ =, o,inst
"a, ra..en anu a,oai a. ,,sn, - ,ia5 vii
tiie a 'i,a' IT. ,i,,i,,tis,. don,,nd
~ ~ resu,iieu' non ine pi'i a.'''''rt
soVo'oVv ,n u"'' I, ,t'a n,,,,i;na,ion in
NJ, w"s s''ia ,"r nf ,,tacts on
.i .,ie nssor,at t ~, Tha,,anonaa Msdi.
.i,e i p,ouuv. " ,od 'm ' h,' ,ho Patten.s
'''rr n l,',patinr ,,,s raisod dur;nc the
,os,impr Inc Iues,f0ir nf nr "' Srthmr s Losven. %
,! ,.s..",o"! VI r,,';,.ar'i,', 90 >,.;sconsin
,i,, nui, oh 'ne sartad liz ho,iof in nhar'
'N,no'i,,,io.'i mno' i, $50 ,nndo an apimaIs
lilacoiosioai 'es'a s ',,auJ i'I,a "a ona,i,,aI,
mr. affirmotivoIv DR. Loevenburt
A. s,if;ad tb,t .bc nroduct of the pat
TONS was not only moi beneficial but
evon vicious hecaIIse II was wrong. he
.,id to encourage the public to take
reoularlv any Iinuid which contained
so mucI aicoboi He said he had
ovnoriwcnted with tbe product on a
dop He said thcre was nothing in
the wine of tberapeutic value except
traces of iron and that n woman
would bave tn drink two and n half
oaIIons Of tho mixture three times n
dav To hanefit from the iron
x,a..,,.,., u.., ,,,,,,.,s
"If you found medicine was not
beneficial to lower amman Wouio
you know II was not peneicial TO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
The Iartl, Rolls.

VICTORIA, b. G.. March 3l.-Two
earthquake shocks were recorded on
the seismsgraph Of the observatory at
Gonzales Hill today. f. Napier Deni-
SON. superintendent, estimated the
disturbance to have occurred about
three hundred miles away.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

81 saw baby today that gained
twenty pounds in two weeks on ele-
plants milk.
Whose baby was it?"
'"The elephants" Journal of Race
Development.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
90 Sni inc AlOno

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Presi-
dent Wilson left Washington late to-
night with Mrs. Wilson on the naval
yacht Mayflower for weekend trip
down Chesapeake bay.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
His Reason.

why did YOU take off your droop-
ing mustache? | don't think that
mustache catches germs?"
II don't know about germs. II did
retain too much soup, however"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Meet III San AufOni0-

DALLAS. March 81. - The Texas
Democratic state convention will be
held at San Antonio, May 20. The
state committee met here today and
made this selection.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Fifteen Cents a CoDy.

The magazines hand out advice
AS good as they can make it,
1t seems quite helpful at the price.
Does anybody take 1t?
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

Sufferer-"Gosh. this insomnia's
gettin' worse. Can't even sleep when
it's time to get up.'-Judge.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

The World Want Columns will get
you job.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

Finest reed: heavy roll
on body; sanitary lining:
steel tubing frame; heavy
rubber tire wheels.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
Fine Healthy Child
Convincing Evidence
Simple inexpensive Remedy
Checks Early Tendency
10 CONSTIPATION

About the FIRST thing impressed on
the young Mother is the necessity for
regularity in her baby, which brings
up the question of the most desirable
laxative for children's use.
Mrs. Jesse Richardson, Philpot, KY,
says she has used DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin for the past year and that there
is no medicine in the world like it.
She writes, "My little son, william,
Jr., Just loved il because it is so pleas
ant to take, and everybody talks about
his being such a fine healthy boy"
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
compound Of simple laxative herbs,
free from any opiate or narcotic drug,
and is the standard remedy for consti-
patton in thousands of homes through
out the land. Drug Stores everywhere
sell it for fifty cents a bottle. Get
bottle of this excellent remedy, and
have il in The house. A trial bottle,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
u. OF P. FLAGS LOWERED
FOR DEATH Of L|FSON
Elizabeth Boys Family Orders
Inquest HaIted-Body
Taken Home.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.-Follow-
Ing the action yesterday of the entire
student body in demanding that class
fights be forever discontinued at the
University Of Pennsylvania. an
nouncement was made that 10 fur
ther Investigation will be made of
the death of William Lifson. of Eliza
beth, n. J., who was killed during the
Freshman-S Sophomore bowl fight, held
on Wednesday afternoon on Museum
Field.
Meetings of three of the classes
we're held during the day and in each
instance resolutions similar to those
adopted at a meeting of the Sopho-
r1ores Wednesday night, when 1t was
unanimously agreed to urge the wip-
ing ont of class fights. were adopted
without a dissenting vote
As soon as Provost Smith was ap-
praised of the action of the students
he made the following statement:
"The trustees and faculties of tho
University of Pennsylvania view with
deep satisfaction the prompt action,
upon their own initiative. of the I'M
oergraduates in voting to abolish
hereafter all interclass fights. thus re-
moving absolutely the possibility Of
the recurrence Of such an event as
las Sdddened the Wnole university.
Coincident with the meetings of the
undergraduates, members of the Llf-
SON family announced they would not
permit the coroner's physician, DR..
Wadsworth, to perform an autopsy
The father of the boy, Arthur Lifson,
prominent furniture dealer in Eliza
beth, declared he is convinced his
sons death was due to an accident
and that 1t is the earnest desire of
the family that the investigations be-
ing conducted by members of the
murder squad and coroner's detec-
t.ves be Immediately discontinued.
The inquest will be held Monday.
Provost Smith and Edward Bifson
Il testify and a letter viii he read
om Dr Pfeiffer, chief resident of the
niversity Hospital. who pronounced
the student dead. The jury will then
find that death was due to suffoca-
ton.
The body of the dead student was
taken last night to Elizabeth and the
funeral will be held today. The body
will be cremated and the ashes placed
in the vault of the Lifson family.
The university is now in mourning
The flag over the Phi Epsilon ri
house is at half-staff, and Provost
Smith ordered that this be done with
ell other flags at the institution. A
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

Like cut. No. 13
screw draft, nickel
foot rails and top
ring. draw center
crate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

Three piece massive Walnut
Bedroom Suite. Dresser, 20 inches
wide; large roomy drawers,
French bevel plate mirror~-Chlt
fonier. "a inches wide, six draw
ers. bevel plato mirror. Full size
Walnut Bed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

conditions to turn over to the county
the old Hackensaek Plank road
which, starting in Weehawken, runs
west through Union Hill, West Ho-
boken, North Bergen and Secaucus
and which for many years has been
an eyesore to each of the five NUM-
cipalities.
The companies offer to turn the
roadway over to the county for the
nominal sum of 81 and the guarantee
that the franchise of the Public Ser
vice to run trolley cars in the center
of the street shall be perpetual.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
Kaiser Gives Sultan Sword
to Commemorate GallipOli
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. Il. 4:55 a. m.-The
German emperor. according to a Con-
stantinople dispatch sent by Reuters
Amsterdam correspondent. has sent
a sword to the sultan of Turkey, to-
gether with congratulatory mes
sage in recognition of the success of
the Turkish campaign on the CALI
poll peninsula.
AS recognition OF his admiration the
emperor announced that he had sent
a sword to the sultan in order to i'm
mortalize the commemoration OF a
great victory, "a sword which during
war undertaken for defense ard
right shall be pointed at the heads of
the enemy"
In concluding his message the "m
peror expressed the conviction that
Gods help would in the end secure
victory.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
Mime. Heink's Son Sued

PATTERSON. Jan. 14-The trial of
Henry Schumann Heink, Wilbur S.
Crane and r. Stager in the suit for
damages instituted by Albert Fiorillo,
of West Paterson Borough, for in
juries inflicted by the defendants on
his two children, opened today in the
Supreme Court. The children were
injured by an automobile driven by
Heink on September 8 last.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
War=Crazed Elizabeth Man
Is Taken to Morris Plains

ELIZABETH. Jan. 14.-August Os-
senkopf. fifty-five years old, Of 452
Third avenue, who shot and seriously
wounded his wife and then attempted
suicide on December II, was taken
from the county Jail to the state Hos
pital for the Insane at Morris Plains
yesterday afternoon. The man was
adjudged insane by a committee Of
physicians who examined him yes
terday afternoon in the jail.
Ossenkopf was born in Berlin, and
it is said that he had been a soldier in
tho German army before coming TO
this country, about twenty years ago
Constant reading and strdy Of the
European war is said TO have affected
his mind, lie was employed at Sim
gers for many years.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

Heavy Colonial de-
sign; 42-inch top; sub
stantially made and we'll
finished.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
Asks Perpetual Franchise for
Old Plank Road Offered Hudson
sncclnl to the Evenlng stnr.

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 14.-At the
meeting of the Board OF Freeholders
yesterday afternoon a communication
was received from the Bergen Turn
pike Company and the Public Service
Railway Company Offering on certain
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14

students mass meeting. which was
TO have been held during the afternoon
in Weightman Hall, at which Major
General Wood was to have spoken,
was abandoned.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
HOW TO BE SLIM

If you are too fat and want TO
reduce your weight 15 or 20
pounds, don't starve and weaken
your system. or think you must
always be laughed at on ac-
count of your fat, but go to
any good druggist, and set
box of Oil of Korein capsules,
take one after each meal and
one before retiring at night.
Weigh yourself once week
and note what a pleasant and
reliable method this is for re-
moving superfluous fat from
any part of the body.
1t costs little. is absolutely
harmless and | am sure weeks
trial should convince anyone
that it is unnecessary to be bur
dened with even a single pound
of unsightly fat. Schwartz, the
druggist, SS7 Broad St, can
supply you.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-14
BRITISH RA|LWAYMEN
DEFY CONSCRIPT|ON
Declare They Will Resist Com
puIsory Service Plan to
the Utternost.
BY the United Press.

LONDON. Jan. 1.-THE National
Railwaymen's Union. one of the
strongest labor organizations in
Great Britain, today defed the gov
ernment to enact the conscription bill.
In the most drastic resolution yet
adopted by any labor body, the exc
cutive committee of the railwaymen
declared their organization will re-
sist conscription to tho uttermost.
They limited at an immediate strike
of all railway workers of Great Brit
ain if the bill passes Parliament.
UNLESS the government is prepared
to confiscate the wealth of the
privileged classes for the more sue
cessful prosecution of the war" read
the resolution. the railroad workers
will resist to the uttermost the con-
fiscation of men, whose only wealth is
their labor power"
The executive committee declared
the railway workers overwhelmingly
opposed to any form of conscription.
They have not receded one inch. they
said, from the position they took sew
eral months ago when they warned
the government that an attempt to
enforce conscription would be fol-
lowed by a general strike.
The drastic action of the railway
men, coupled with the anti-conscrip-
ton resolutions adopted by represen-
tatives of 100000 miners yesterday,
unquestionably have caused the gov
ernment concern. Premier Asquith
conferred informally today with
members of the cabinet. 1t was
rumored that efforts were being made
to amend the bill, before the final
vote is taken, to eliminate objections
of the railwaymen and miners.