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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
NAVAL BATTLE OFF
THE SCOTCH COAST
GERMAN SUBMARINES AND BRIT
IsH PATROL. boats ENGAGE
IN SHARP FIGHT.
Two Patrol Boats Are Reported to
Have IBeen Sunk--Part
of the Crew
Rescued.

BERLIN. July 2s.--The Dutch
newspaper Handelsbalde reports a
naval battle off the Scotch coast
betweeen several German subma-
rines and the British patrol boa,s
Eellen, NutteR, Onward and Eve.
The Nellen and Nut.en were sunk.
Three sailors were killed and the re-
n;ainder of the crews after being
rescued by Dutch fishing boat off
Dcggev banks and landed on the
Scotch coast. The other two patrol
boats are supposed to have been lost
with their crews.
Four German torpedo boats
brought up two British trade ships.
II is understood that three OF those
rescued from the Mullen and Nut
ten died OF their injuries.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
GEN, VILLA IS BEING
DRIVEN INTO 4 TRAP
HIS CAPTURE BY CARRANZA
TROOPS Is IMMINENT, AC-
CORDING TO REPORT.
Carranxa Officials Say Reports That
villa Is Moving Toward Tor
reon Are Ritliculous-
Waiting for Reply.

MEXICO CITY. July 2s--Pancho
Villa is being driven into trap.
Ten thousand Carranza troops are
driving him and his capture is i'm
minent.
This announcement was wade to-
day in reply to rumors from the
United States border that the bandit
chief is moving toward Torreon.
"such story Is ridiculous said
one high official. villa cannot
move TO the south
A reply TO the Carranza note sug-
gesting joint commission for the
settlement of the border trouble is
expected from the United States
hourly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
NEGRO IS FORMALLY
CHARGED WITH MURDER
AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST HOCS-
TON WAGNER IN JUSTICE
COURT AT DALLAS.
Grand jury DeGins An Investigation
or the Case-Negso Prays He
May Not he Hanged.

DALLAS. Texas. July 2S.-An af-
fidayit charging Houston Wagner
with the murder OF Miss Zaola Cram
er on March 26 was filed in Justice
Barnett's court today. Wagner is
the negro who confessed "Wednesday
to the murder of the nurse. The
affidavit was signed by Detective
Frank Smith. IL sets forth that the
negro. with malice aforethought,
did kill. by choking ard strangling.
Miss Zaola Cram March &c"
The grand u. N an inyesti-
cation of the Is. y today In
stead OF takh negro to the
grand jury room, on the third floor
OF the court house. the grand jury
went to the county jail to question
the negro. In the jail Wagner
pleaded with the members of the
grand jury to help keep from being
hanged for the murder. which he ad-
mitted he committed. He got down
on the floor and prayed for his life.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
ARMY IS HELPLESS
on THE TEXAS ROAOs
IN CASE OF RAINY WEATHER on
LOWER RIO GRANDE TROOPS
COULD NOT BE MOVED.
Motor Trucks Bog Down in the Cen.
ter of the Roads and Block Traf-
fic-Compared With Euro
pean Roads.
BY William G. Shepherd.

MERCEDES, Texas, July 2S.--An
army of fifty thousand, including
New York. Illinois, Virginia, Iowa.
the Dakotas, Indiana and Nebraska,
lies as helpless in the muddy low
er Rio Grande today as an angle
worm in jug Of sorghum molasses.
In the dispatch car of Lieutenant
j. II. Muncaster. chief of the new
motor car machine gun squad, with
Sergeant Wallace of the new squad
as driver, | rode fifty miles on the
lower Rio Grande front yesterday.
The folly of equipping an army
with motor trucks after the Euro
peon fashion and not having the
roads OF Europe was seen every hall
mile. / tried to imagine was rid
ing along one OF the several Euro
pean fronts. Such site on Euro
pean front would be uncommon.
When began this trip | knew
many of the regiments We're absolute
ly horseless. In case of sudden
movement of troops it would be nee
essary to transport all the supplies
on motor trucks and the troops would
have to go on trucks or on foot.
Seven miles from Brownsville We
found a three-ton truck blocking the
road, mired in the mud. and two 9TH
er trucks behind it. IL there had
been ten thousand men behind they
would have been held up as we'll.
1t was not the fault OF the truck
which rested on its axles with its
wheels whirling in useless mud pits,
and this in the middle OF the road.
All European roads are paved in
the middle with stone SO that a mid
road blockade would be impossible.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
DESPERATE F|GAT|hG
STILL IN PR0GREss
BRITISH FIGHTING IN THE OuT-
SKIRTS OF LONGuEyAL AND
BEYOND DELVlI.l.E.
Claim Is Made that strong German
Countcr-tttacks Are Rcpsllstsd.
The British sue
eessfuI.

LONDON. july 2S.-The same dos-
|perate hand to hand fighting IN
which the British wrested Pozieres
from the Teutons is succeeding To-
day in the outskirts OF Longueval
and beyond Delville, northeast of
that place, as we'll as In the Foreaux
woods,
General Haig reported that in one
OF these clashes---at Delville---his
troops were successful.
The Berlin statement insisted thar
lighting is still in progress there and
that the british attempt was broken
down before the German positions
Haig also claimed further gains
|around Longueyal and Pozieres. An
other. report had II that strong Ger
man counter-attacks. presumably d.
rected at the trenches newly won
|by kitchener's men. had been beat
len off with heavy losses to the Teu-
tons.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
BRITISH SHIP CAPTAIN
|. EXECUTED BY GERMANS

BERLIN, July ~. (DelayetD -
oaptaln Chas. Pfyatt of the British
merrhant steamer BrusssNs was en-
Uated today for ''franctifeur." a
WINE against an armed sea force.
oa an order of the field court OF the
Aa'y corps, according to official dis
'S'enes received from Bruges today.
The death sentence was imposed
'eeaase, although Pryatt did not be-
rng to the British forces. on March
80 1915, his steamer tried to ran,
'~ herman submarine U-33. Pry-
''' MS first officer and first engi-
s'' iater received gold medals from
s hn'ish admiralty for .brave
1act and their names were men,
''''eo In the h3use of commons.
r'aa was captured later. The
sace Of death was confirmed and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
MEXICAN POLICY ISSUE
IN PRESENT CAMPAIGN

co WAS dictated by ANY sinister In
fiuence, corporate or otherwise. T.
contrary to the facts. Our interest
i'm Mexican affairs results solely and
exclusively from the on-administra-
tion OF American relations with Mex
leo and the various factions In thst
country. The weakness OF the VIII
son administration in It's slealings
with Mexico is now fully before tho
American people and Is a vital issnc
In this campaign.
1T Is. therefore. not possible Tor
the democratic party to evade the tc-
sponsibility for conditions in Mexi-
co sy ascsibing ultcrior motives. The
issue Is plain and clenr cut u h
one OF the principles of tho rcpuh-
lican party To insist upon thc fan
protection Of American citiseus and
American rights"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July 2S.--Twenty-
six persons died here during the
night as a result OF terrific heat
wave which has been sweeping over
the prairie states for the past two
weeks. reports To the coroner stated
today. This brings the total number
Of dead In Chicago rs result of the
heat wave To fosry-four daring the
last twenty.four hours.
The total number of victims was
lied to forty.seven ON reports
Minneapolis, Rock Isand and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

sky. Through field glasses tnou..
ands of befurrowed slopes piowed b,
French shells could be distinctly
seen. The shells exploded after
ohurning the ground into irregular
rows.
Prom Hill i.r we mao,ei In a
round about way behind the line Ia
hill $40. which the French lombard.
eel yesterday. Fresh shell crater,
marked the daisy and poppy fields.
Below spider web of trenches led
to fort saavilIe. Nearby was another
hill bombarded to brownish soil.
Through field glasses the German
lines near Froide Terre and Than.
mont were discenible. They were
marSed more plainly by lines Of
sl.rapncl exploding in the sky than
the earth. Later we visited the Ar
ganne forest.
Troops go to and from the tren-
cics in auto transports. bodies Of
recruits Unanswered ON the hillside.
being schoolesi in grenade attacks
end bomb throwing. Little Serbian
ponies loaded with machine guns
scurTied here and there.
French women and children
working in the fields or playing
the streets. Here and there soldR
were burying ammunition or buh
ing store houses. The Germans AZ
pear to have enormous supplies.
The versiun operations may be
said to have gone through two
stages. First, everything above the
ground has been swept away. Sec
ond, the German advances have
cleared the strongest points held by
the FRENCH.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
rrrroNs ARE MASTERS OF
'"n .,n, srTrATION AROUND
nrsIEGED FORTRESS.
CAN CAPTURE CITY
IN. Germans Dominating the
vi rIty They Are in rositio" 70
rorce Its surrendcr-fre-
vent French Aiding.
n, KARL ". aCKERsiAN-

uuru TIE GERNaS ARMY
vrrORE vERpUN. July "a wa
r.~,,n Amsterdam and London July
.s-1,ermany's mastery here az
,..-,.u has robbed the French or
.s.,r greatest chance to cooperate
!. ,be allied drive. II the French
...,.o.s had not been under attack
ce,,rans the troops under the
.....o,or could have hammercu
.,multancousIy with the British
thrnst.
With the Germans now uom'"at-
,ue the city the German offensive 's
m, a question of whether the Ter
mans cau take yerdun. but whether
they can prevent the French from
:. n,,ug reserves to the aid OF the
u.,,,sh in their offensive against
the Teutons.
From my talks with officers and
man I find difference Of opinioh
AZ IN the ending Of the war. Ihe
helief OF all was best expressed ny
vmnp officer who said the war
uouDd last long time.
For ten miles on each side OF the
German trenches the face of the earth
h.s literally been blown off. u Is
uot.marbed with shell craters and
IN some places there are vast holes
from thirty to fifty feet deep.
Fighting has gone ON under
ground as well as above. universai
respect Is accorded the French for
der bravery in Underground fight
ms.
aFench bravery is what has pre-
vented the Germans from capturing
the city," said an officer to me this
morning.
Today from the SUBMITS OF hills
III and $40 the progress OF the
artillery attacks ON the hills OF
Fui,le Telre and Thiaumont could
be plainly observed as well as de-
tails Of the small infantry attacks.
For fourteen hours newspaper
correspondents were permitted TO
walk and ride along the enormous
-
battle field. From observations
made ON this journey and from talks
with the men who do the fighting
the correspondents are convinced
that the British offensive has not
affected the German position here.
Preparations before Verdnn aave
heen temporarily halted only by
orders from German headquarters.
At dawn this morning ! motored
toward the battle field from hill III
and viewed the famous left bank OF
the Meuse. Forges was in ruins.
Here is dangerous grounds no
mans land where no one is permit
ted to enter. The towns here are
IN ruins. In the distance Dead
Mans Hill was plainly discerni-
BE. Its brownish summit was
fIecked with the white smoke of
shrapnel shells exploding in the blue
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

NEW YORK, July 2S.-The first
formal Indication that Mexico Is to
he made an issue ON which the rcpub-
lican party will assail the Wilson ad-
ministration In the present presisicn-
tial campaign was contained In
statement issued today by Chairman
Wilcox of the national republican,
committee.
The statement denied that the re-
publican party's criticism of the
handling of the Mexican problem
was dictated by xny sinister influ-
ence. II bitterly assailed President
Wilson'S administration of Mexican
affairs. The statement follows:
EVERY statement made In news
papers and elsewhere to the effect
that the attitude OF the republican
party toward the situation In Mexi'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

ctIns warning mothers to watch the
mix given their babies.
MIX dealers wetv warned that
they would lose their licenses u milk
was not pastcurixed.
Thousands of tons of icc have been
given away In the poor districts.
~ EIpaso AMI Brownsville the
Thermometer registered ~ and NJ
san antonio Il stooti at ~. ~ New
6rlcans the temperature registered
so. The lowest temperature OF the
day was nj BOSTON and San Francis-
a., where Il registered 00.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
BRITISH CLEAR
OELv|[LE WOOD
GERMANS HAVE nEEN DIs1vRx
OFT TIIIs POSITION WITH
IOss OF PRISONERS.
GA|Ns FOR british


LONDON July ~. - IsrlsInh
troops have driven tlse tsesmans 90
~ DelviIle wnosls. arcor1lng 10
report received from. General Hatx
tosias..
eOac hunsIrcsl and sixtyAhsre
prisoners were captasesi ard the
whole of uclvtIlc woods h ours"
said General flaig's report. 1.-TWO
German counter attacks wevr l,eaten
etc with heavy losses 70 the enemy. /"
Further pspgrc~s WAS made -
LonKncvar' was announced BY the
british commansicr in chief WIN
also reported additional gains near
l'oxicse~.
Near Ncuve Chapclle, he reported,
small parties Of Germans entesesI
tho british front trenches It two
points, hut were driven osst BY i'm.
mediate counter attacks.
Norshcass os souchcx and clse-
where altiIlery comhats wrrr -
ported.
Until today the british tsoops =
fighting to push through 70 tho
Poxicres sector hAve bccn going Mp
Hill. rosiay they have the sdva,a-
tagc Of fighting frnnl nboyc osl The
enemy ON lower sround. The Bsis-
ish Also have the advantage a u.
tacking the enemy under natures
cover. the tieenians havlng been
oustesi fsum the concrete nnd steel
trenches coustsucsed IN sise l0ae
months Of the deadlock.
Foremost among tho sIlss<lsant-
ayes of the Britlsh n the fnct tllAt
the kaiser Il making snperhnsnan
effort 10 stop further breaks In his
line. Large reserves hare been
stripped frSn other German fronts
TO he used against the lsfftista.
verinn dispatches say that sIsc
German attari< there has wanesi 70
ordinary assaults INSTEAD of the
holocaust of flames from artillery fire
with which the trench welr tieIuged
the past six wceks with practically
no infantry attacks.
Military experts here agree that
the kaiser Will make desperate
attesnp to win hack the ground
wrung inch by tnch fFnns his snl.
dlcrs by. tho british.
An ndvnnce mach farther from
roxicrcs to Bapaumc by the british
would he menace to the German
troop. In the angle. possibly fore.
ing their retirement.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

Phoenix. Arizona. of one dead NJ
each place.
No let up In the heat Is promised
BY the weather bureau. The bureau
prcdision for the middle west Is
"rair and continued high tempera.
lures"
business houses are trying 10
close nm hour earlier. so intense l.
the heat that contractors win not
let their Iaborers work for fear of
heat prostrations.
The health department issued hull
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
Negro Woman Kiilel.

MARLIN. Texas. July While
returning from church Wednesday v
night. some negroes who live four
miles south Of here engaged In an
alteration. and an a result Rosalind
McGec. aged IL, is dead from knife
wound and paralee Hood IL in jail,
charged with the crime Tho knife
blade severed the jugular vein ard
death ensued Immediately.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
FUNSTON URGES ROAD
REPAIRS N MExICO.

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. July 2s
General Funston has repeated TO the
war department his recommendation
that $4,000 be spent on rebuiIdin.
aud repairing Gen. Pershing's sup
ply road from Columbus. ". NJ. to
Colonia Dublan, II became known
today.
Gen. Pershing recently requested
tho money and his request was en-
dorsed and forwarded to the war de-
partment by Gen. Funston. No ac-
ton has yet been taken.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
FORT WORTH FIREMAN
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE

FORT WORTH. Texaa. July 49,
j. +. Sadlcr. a city fireman. wa
eicrtrocuted while removing burning
nay from the basement OF the v. r,
Turner home. 1900 III Paso street,
yesterday evening at O'Clock.
A pulmotor was put into use with
IN few minutes after tho accident,
but all hope was given up after an
hours work had failed to revive the
man.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
EMPLOYMENT OF GCNMEN
ORDERED DISCONTINUED.

NEW YORK, July 2S.-Poliee
Commissioner Wood notified both
the strikers and employers in the
strike zone in the Bronx TO dismiss
tho service of gangsters. The police
fear the hiring of gunmen OF all sorts
will lead u reign of error In
which the gangsters vii se-ze upon
the opportunity to even up theis
own personal and gang scores.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
CH|lO KILLED WHEN WAR
PLANE STRIKES AUTOS

ONTARIO. Cal. July 2S.-One
child was killed and its mother. MRS
C. A. Stoebe, was seriously injured
when Lieutenant S. H. Wheeler.
United States army. was attempting
to rise in a war plane near Mesa to-
day. The machine crashed into a
line of autos and four machines were
wrecked.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

The Lewis machine gun was ir-
vented by an American army officer
but was turned down by the United
States government. England adopt
ed it after the war began and 1t is
now recognized as the greatest ma
chine gun ever invented. The .fnit-
ed States is using a gun of Frent n
patent which is very unpopular with
operators.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
PARTY OF FIVE MOTORISTS
WE'RE THROWN FROM AUTO,

HOUSTON. Texas, July 2s..--Hen-
ry Ferguson received slight injuries
when an automobile In which he
anu a party of four others were rid
ing ran into a ditch and turned over
on the Cypress shell road between
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
THE SUBMARINE BREMEN
IS REPORTED CAPTURED

PORTLAND. Maine, July 28.--A
telegram saying the German under
water merchantmen Bremen. had
been captured and was being towed
into Halifax was received in this city
today from Canadian source believ-
ed to be reliable.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
MOST OF COAL STRIKE
CASES TO BE DISMISSED.

DENVER. Colo, July 2S.-Attor-
.ney General Farrar OF Colorado to-
day announced that majority OF
the eighty-four cases growing out OF
the 1913 coal strike. now pending
in the lower courts. will be dis
missed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
THE aussAh FORCES
CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCE

PETRoGRAp. July es. - The
Russian advance in the region OF
s.cnseyki and Boidurczka rivers cone
tinnes successfully. .hc war office
declared today. Gains were also re-;
ported In the Caucasus.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

WASHINGTON. July 2s.--Attor-
ney General Gregory expects to make
several speeches in the Maine CAM
paign for the democratic ticket dur
ing September, the dates of which
have not been fixed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

he was shot.
The Brussels. captured by the
Germans. was u 1.3OO ton steamer
belonging to the British and Great
Eastern Railway company. it WIS
one of the best North sea ferry
steamers and piled between mar
" ich. Hook of Hoila:s,. q antwerp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
THE RESIGNATION OF
JAP CABINET IMMlNEhl

TOXIC. July 2s The resignation
of the Okuma cabinet is SAID 10 re
Imminent. Marshal Herauchi is gen.
orally believed to have been select
ed to succeed Count 0kuma as pre-
mier.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
Gun TURNED DOWN BY
GOVERNMENT APPROVED
jGENERAL FUNSTON APPROVES
| LEWIS MACHINE GUN AFTER
INSPECTION.
Gun Was Invented by American Ar
my Officer But Was Turned
Down by the United States
Government.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July zS -,
General Funston, returning from
Leon Springs where he went to in
spect the Lewis machine gun, ex-
pressed approval of the weapon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
llehurne Mayor Dead

cLEBuRNE. Texas. July 2s.--
Mayor Chas. w. Breech of Cleburne
died of heart disease this morning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
Houston and Waller Thursday morn

ing.
The others Ia the car we're Prot
E. ] Hardy. Leo Roberts. Willis
Robertson aud Jesse Haley, all res
dents OF Waller
The live were thrown out. hut
all except Mr. Fergus son escaped with
scratches. Mr.. Ferguson was taken
back To Waller and doctor called
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28

A man can be very learned and
have no sense.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-28
AZ VICTIMS CLAIMED BY
The INTENSE Heat WAVE

TWENTYSx PERSONS CHICAGO LAST NIGHT RESULT
TERRIFIC WHICH is SWEEPING THE MIDDLE
RELIEF PROMISED BY WEATHER BUREAU.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-21
DEMANDS EXPLANATION BRITA|NS
FAILURE TO ANSWER u. s. PROTEST
MUST ALSO AT ONCE EXPLAIN THE HALT
ING OF AMERICAN STEAMER, CHINA,
BY ENGLISH WAR VESSEL AND
SEIZURE OF SO PASSENGERS.
eBy international News service.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-SeCretary Lansing
today announced that he has demanded an exp1a-
nation from Great Britain for her delay in respond
ing to the protest submitted by the United States
against the trading with the enemy act and inter
ference viii American mails. Relations of the two
governments have reached the crucial point where
a definite, amicabe and satisfying understanding
must at once be reached.
Preparatory to another and sharper protest to
England, the state department has directed Consul
General Simmons to forward all available infOrma-
ton concerning the halting of the American steam
er China, by British war vessel which took off
SO of her passengers.
1t is further stated that all efforts by congress
toward retalatOry measures directed against Great
Britain have been suspended pending the outcome
Of the submarine controversy. Senators who have
urged repriSas, this morning said frankly, the sit
uation entirely too delicate a one for congress
siOnal interference Advocates of embargo are be
lieved to have taken the same view and called off
further agitation of the question until some fll-
ture time
Secretary Lansing stated that the failure on the
part of Great Britain to reply to the protest made
by this government is regarded in official circles
la direct affront The language used in the demand
for an explanation is said to be far stronger in
style than the context of any message heretofore
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-21
BERLIN WILL REFUSE TO MODIFY
PLANS FOR SUBMARINE WARFARE
TEUTONS WILL BEGIN SINKING ARMED
MERCHANTMEN AFTER MARCH l WITH
OUT FURTHER WARNING, SAYS
CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS.
(By International News Service.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-It is stated here re-
liably that confidential adviCes recently received
from Berlin announce Germany will refuse point
blank to modify her plans for submarine war
fare and will begin sinking armed merchantmen
without warning after March first.
The state department expects the arrival of of
fetal communications to this effect possibly this
evening. 1t is not at all likely that the United
States will take any further action until a de
veopS where Anne ican lives are jeOpardized en-
dangered.
If such lamelltable crisis should develop, the
administration would necessarily be forced to de
wise drastic steps to meet it.