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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
STEAMSHIP OF 7.175 TONS
Reported to Have Been Sunk-Two
Other Vessels Torpedoed, One
Without Warning.

London.-Lloyd's Shipping Agency
just announced tnat the British steam.
ship Worcestshirs, OF 7,175 tons gross.
is reported to have been sunk. Lloyd's s
also announces that the British steam.
ship Valdes, of 2.285 tons gross, had
been torpedoHd and sunk without
warning Two members of the YES
sells crew were killed and nine are
missing. The captain and others of
the crew have been landed.
Later the sinking Of the British
steamship Rosmdalen, of 2,548 tons
gross, was announced.
The Romsaalen was 300 feet long
and was built 1T West Hartlepool in
1895.
No late movements of the steamship
Valdes have been recorded in the mar
itime registers. The vessel was built
at Stockton in 1914 and hailed from
Liverpool She was 255 feet long, 40
beam and "a feet deep.
The Worcestershire was on a voyage
from Liverpool to Rangoon, India, and
sailed from Suez January IL She was
ASP feet long and was built in Belfast
in 1904. Her owners were the Libby
Steamship Company. of Liverpool
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Flour. hav and Grain

Flour-Winter patent $9@95O, win
ter fancy $S.5O@9, winter family $50
$50, winter extras $7@750, low-grade
$6.50@7, hard patent $9@950.
COrn-No. 8 white $1.0701.07E, No.
yellow $1.O7@1.O712, No. 8 mixed
H.07@1.07H, white ear s1O601.08.
Hay-No. ] timothy $15.50016, No
2 $14.50@15, No. 3 $13@13.5O, No. !
clover mixed $3.50, No. 2 $14.50 No. l
clover $175O018, No. 2 $14.5O.
Oats-No. 2 white 6466419c, stand
ard white 630631ac, No. white 62h
@63c, No. 4 white 60062c, No. 2 mix
ed 62k @63c, No. mixed 61@62c, No.
mixed 60@61c.
Wheat-No. 2 red $1.90@1.92, No. 3
red $1.S401.89, No. red $155@1.7O.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
44c, centralized creamery extras 41c,
firsts 39c, seconds 35c.
Eggs-Prime firsts Acc, firsts 41c,
ordinary firsts 39c, seconds 3Sc.
Live Poultry-Roasters, 3 lbs and
over, 22c; broilers. " lbs and under
Bic; fryers, over IL Id, 23c; fowls. 5
lbs and over 1912c, under lbs, 192c;
roOsters, 15c; young stays, 18c.
Live Stock
Cattle-Shippers $8@1O.50, butcher
steers, extra $975010.25, good to
choice $S.7569.5O, common to fair Sc
@8; heifers, extra $S.75@95O, good to
choice $S@S.75, common to fair sea,
7.75; COWS, extra $7.75@8.25, good to
choice $6.500750, common to fair
$5.60@625. Gamers $4.50@5.35; stock
ers and feeders $508.
Bullsx-Bologna $768, fat bulls $50
$50.
Calves-Extra 1875, fair to good
$12.50@13.50, common and large Sc
@1O.
Hogs--Selected heavy shippers
$12.70, good to choice packers and
butchers $12.65@12.70, mixed packers
$125O012.65, stays $7.5O@10.75. com
mon to choice heavy fat sows $500
IL, light shippers $11.50@11.S5, pigs
(110 lbs and less) $8@10.50.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
REPORT DEUTSCHLAND
AND CREW CAPTURED
American Transport Engineer Says
British Have Taken Four Hundred
Enemy Submarines.

Baltimore, Md.-That the merchant
submarine Deutschland has been cap.
tured and that he saw her in Plymouth
harbor with 1856 other German subma.
rines was the statement here by Will
liam Palmer, second engineer of the
American transport liner Mongolia.
Palmer said that the British had cap.
tured 400 enemy submarines and that
1877 of them were in Plymouth chained
together and in the center of a huge
network of chains attached to buOys
and wharves. Captain koenig. com.
mander of the subsea freighter, and
his crew, are in English jails, said
Palmer. The Mongolia left Plymouth
January 27 and arrived at New York
February Z. Palmer was formerly an
engineer here with the Chesapeake
Steamship Company. Photographs OF
the Deutschland wrapped with the
chains which held her to others in the
harbor were on exhibition, Palmer
continued, and it was generally known
in shipping circles that the freighter
had been captured. Where Captain
Koenig and his crew were detained he
did not know, but said all were put
into Jail as soon as the vessel was
brought to port. He did not learn how
the Deutschland was captured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
.LANSING'S TWO STEPS
ARE FAVORABLY TAKEN
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS STILL
HOPE TO AVERT DIPLOMATIC
BREAK WITH AUSTRIA.
Secretary of Embassy in Berlin Is
Transferred to Misunderstanding
of $25o,o0o To Aid Hebrews.

Vienna.-Despite the fact that some
of the newspapers are taking gloomy
view of Austro-American relations
and the situation brought about by the
severing Of relations between the Uni
tied States and Germany, official cir
cles in Vienna are inclined to believe
that the situation is not entirely hope
less. This also is the view of Frederic
c. Pentield, American Ambassador,
who is doing everything possible to as
sist in reaching friendly solution of
the situation.
At this moment there are two indi-
cations, though possibly they are of
little weight, which permit of the con-
clusion that Washington is not contem-
plating an immediate break with
AustriaHungary.
One is the transfer to the Embassy
here of Joseph G. Grew, former Secre-
tary of the Embassy in Berlin, who
arrived here from Switzerland to as
sumo the duties of Councillor of the
Embassy, post which is vacant at
present owing to the illness of Ulysses
Grant Smith, who is in the United
States.
The second indication arises from
the fact that Secretary of State Ian
sing wired here on behalf of various
Hebrew charity organizations, the sum
of $250,000 the amount having been
donated by American Hebrew socie-
ties. At the Embassy here the opin-
ion was expressed that the United
States Government might not have
transferred this sum had a break be-
tween Washington and Vienna been
even tentatively decided on.
At the Foreign Office no conjectures
are INDUCED in regarding what the
near future may bring The fact that
the two governments are unable to
communicate their views more freely
than the present conditions permit
has made the exchange of opinions
slow and unsatisfactory.
The Austro-Hungar1an Government
as a result remains in almost total
ignorance of what measures are need
ed in order to meet the views of Pres
ident Wilson and his Cabinet. The
impression here is that in Washington
it is believed the dual monarchy will
recede from the position taken jointly
with Germany regarding submarine q
warfare.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
INQUIRY TO BERLIN
WASHINGTON ASKS NEWS OF
AMERICAN coNsULs IN
GERMANY.
EIGHTY-SIX ARE MISSING
Demand for Freedom of Yarrowdale
Sailors Withheld Pending Official
AdVlces as to Their ReIease-iJo
Break With Vienna Government.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The situation
of American citizens in the countries
of the TeutOnic allies became the prime
consideration of the United States in
the German crisis.
An inquiry was dispatched to Ger
many on Friday asking where and
why American consular officers had
been delayed in their departure.
The demand for the release of the
Yarrowdale prisoners was withheld
from delivery to Germany pending Of
flcial adviceS as to the release of those
70 American sailors. The German gov
ernment announced they had been
given their liberty.
The state department showed con-
cern over the delay in the departure
of the American consular officers.
Eighty-six American consuls, with
their families, and many private Amer
lean citizens desiring to leave Germany
were reported ready to start for Swift
zerland on special train early this
week.
Ambassador Gerard from Berne
notified the state department that the
train should leave "Some time this
week." Since then nothing has been
heard from the trainlOad of AIneri-
cans.
On the other hand, a telegram con-
tanning assurances by the German
government that American consular
officials and their families would not
be obstructed in leaving Germany,
was sent to the department by the
Spanish embassy.
While the tension In the interna-
tiOnal situation was considerably les
Sened by the unofficial reports of the
release of the YarrOwdale prisoners
and the reports of concessions granted
to Minister Brand Whitlock and Ameri-
can relief workers in Belgium, the
state department continued Its efforts
to assure safety of Americans III Ger
many, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The state department took occasion
TO deny formally that all American
citizens had been ordered out of Aus
tria. Unofficial dispatches from Paris
TO that effect were branded as false.
1t was pointed out in official circles,
however, that the time for advising
them to depart was passed and that
Americans now were seeking not ad-
vice. but the means of getting out of
the Teutonic countries.
All of these matters We're discussed
by President Wilson and his cabinet.
No announcement was forthcoming
after the meeting however. and MEM
bers of the cabinet declared the situa-
tiOn was unchanged"
The question of arming American
merchant ships for passage Of the war
zone remained in allegiance.
1t was understood, however. that the
navy department had submitted plans
for arming ships with 500 reserve guns
already allotted for that purpose.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22

DR.. Frederick A. Hall, newly Hp.
pointed chancellor of Washington uni
VcrSity. rose to the academic head of
the institution after the manner which
has marked many successful careers
in this country. Where other men
overcame difficulties of humble birth
and circumstance and rose to high po-
sltiOnS in the business world ne has
done the same thing in the scholastic
world
He started work in brickyard. bat
tied his way to an education. and
through that became the head OF
Washington university. At the age Of
twelve he started out to paddle his
own canoe and three years later moved
from New York to Illinois, where he
worked on farm. The struggle was
hard one. but he won.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
VESSELS FACE DANGERS
OF GERMAN WAR ZONE
Twelve Steamers Depart From New
New York-one American Ship
Leaves for European Port.

New York.-Twelve steamships, one
of them flying the American flag, Just
sailed from here, presumably for Eu-
ropean ports. which will necessitate
their passage through the prohibited
zone announced by Germany. Three
vessels that came through the restrict
ed area, one of which was of American
registry, arrived here.
Two of the steamers departing
British liner Laconia. for LIVERPOOL
and the French liner Roma, for Mar.
seilles-are passenger ships Wheth.
er there were any Americans on
board either vessel was not disclosed.
The City of Pueblo was the lone
American vessel sailing to brave the
dangers of the submarine zone. Her
captain, John Z. Willett is 4 New
Yorker, and other officers, 13 in all.
are Americans. while the crew is COM
posed of Russians, Norwegians, Jap
anese, SWedes and Scotch. The steam
ship, which was built in Philadelphia
in 1881, and is of 1924 tons gross, is
bound for Havre, France, with a cargo
of merchandise.
She was cleared by New York
company.
The steamer Moreni, from Mediter-
ranean ports, was the only American
vessel arriving here. The other ar
rivals were she Penistone (British),
from Bordeaux, and the Liege (Bel.
gian), from Rotterdam and Cardiff.
Besides the City of Pueblo, the La.
coma and tha Roma, the sailing were:
Verdi tBritish), Liverpool; Kansas
City (British), Bristol; Feltria Brit
ish), London; Kaikoura (British), Lon
don; Bjorhstjerne Bjornson (Norwe.
gian); Chile (Danish), Moorish
Prince (B1itish). kawachi' Maru Jap.
anese), LAndudno (British), all pre-
sumably for European ports.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington. - Administration lead
ers in Congress have already made
plans to place behind President Will
son, at his request, all of the power,
authority and financial support of the
United States in any move he may
consider to be necessary 20 meet the
German crisis. Legislation will be
framed along lines suggested by the
President. giving him authority to use
the armed forces of the nation to pro-
tect American rights on the sea dur
ing the coming week.
The Presidents friends will try to
rush these bills through the house and
senate before the Sixty-fourth Con
gress dies, March 4. With the author
iZation for the use of the nations war
making machinery will go a great
emergency budget to provide the fl
nancial fuel the machinery will need.
The details of the legislation which
the President desires will be worked
out by the Administration leaders in
Congress in conference with the Presi-
dent and his advisers. The house and
senate leaders are prepared to have
President Wilson appear before a joint
session of Congress as soon as posi-
BILE and outline his demands.
There is considerable concern among
members of both house and senate as
to just what form the Presidents re.
quest for authority will take. The
form of the legislation, they declare,
will have much to do with the time
Congress will need for its considera-
tion. For this reason the leaders be-
lieve the President should announce
his demands as soon as he can.
The President made it clear to his
Congressional advisers that he desires
greatly to avoid an extra session of
Congress, and that he therefore be-
lives Congress should vest him with
full and complete authority to take
any steps necessary to meet any situa-
tion that may arise after March 4.
The reluctance of Congress to pass
blanket legislation delegating author
ity which it considers its own prerog
ative may cause opposition to this
course Therefore Administration
leaders in Congress believe that with
but two weeks of the session remain
ing, the President should get his emer-
gency program before Congress at
once. The President has been closeted
in his study hard at work No an
nounCement as to what are his plans
was forthcoming, but it was under
stood that he was working over his
emergency plans preparatory to sub
mitting them to Congress.
The State Department has pointed
out that up to date the ruthless war
fare had failed by wide margin to
destroy shipping at the rate of a mil
lion tons month fixed by the Ger
man Admiralty when the campaign
began. With the American freighters
Orleans and Rochester in the neigh
borhOod of the war zone, however,
Washington is awaiting anxiouslv for
reports of their progress 1t was
stated that the sinking of either one
of these vessels, without warning,
would make the situation still more
serious.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
BLOCKADE CAUSES FAMINE
In Greece, Where Poorer Glasses Are
Living On Herbs and Grass
British Are Blamed.

Washington.-The Greek Legation,
in a statement issued here, says fam
inc is resulting from the Entente
blockade of the coast of Greece and
the poor classes are living on herbs
and grass. 1t also is declared that,
despite compliance with the ulti-
matum of the allies, there has been
no relaxation of blockade measures.
The statement follows: The Greek
Legation has received information to
the effect that the results of the block
ade of the Greek coasts, enforced by
the Entente allies since December s,
are of the most gruesome character"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
RUSH FOR NATURALIZATION
10 Unprecedented, Officials Say
Thousands of Blanks Printed.

Notwithstanding the two weeks
since the diplomatic break with Ger
many foreigners living in the United
States, notably Germans and Aus.
trians, have flocked to the Courts to
become American citizens in such
numbers that Labor Department Off
cials said the total could not even be
estimated. An idea of the unprece-
dented rush for naturalization papers
is afforded by the fact that on one
day alone more than $4,000 certificates
of naturalization were issued. The
chief rush for papers was reported
from New York, Cleveland St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Detroit ST.
Louis, Cincinnati, Boston and Phila.
delphia. To meet the demand the de.
partment has ordered the issuance OF
more than 100000 blanks to be distrib
uted throughout the country
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Shin Cantain Confesses.

Seattle, Wash.-Captain FranZhel,
fer, the Austrian commander of the
Hamburg-American freighter Saxonia,
interned at Eagle Harbor, confessed
to the Federal authorities that he de-
stroyed certain parts and otherwise
put the machinery of the vessel out
OF commission. He said he acted in
compliance with specific orders given
him by Dr. Emil Ohrt, former German
ConsulGeneral in Seattle. The latte,
is now with Ambassador Won Bern,
stortf on his way to Germany.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
CONSULS INQUIRY
SENT TO BERLIN
DEMANDS TO KNOW WHERE AND
WHY AMERICAS CONSULAR
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
DELAYED.
DENIAL BY STATE DEPARTMENT
That All American Citizens Have Been
Ordered Out Of notwithstanding
Continues Efforts to Assure Safety
of Nations Sons Abroad.

Washington. - The situation of
American. citizens in the countries of
the Teutonic Allies became the prime
consideration of the United States in
the German crisis. An inquiry was
dispatched to Germany asking where
and why American Consular officers
had been delayed in their departure.
The peremptory demand for the re-
lease of the YarrOwdale prisoners was
withheld from delivery to Germany
pending official advices as to the re.
lease of these 70 American sailors,
whom the German Government an.
nounced had been released.
The State Department showed grave
concern over the delay in the depart
ure of the American Consular officers.
Eighty-six American Consuls. with
their families and an unknown mum.
ber of private American citizens de-.
string to leave Germany, were report
ed ready to start for Switzerland on
a special train early in the present
week. Ambassador Gerard from
Berne notified the State Department
that the train should leave some time
this week" Since then nothing has
been heard from the train load of
Americans. The State Department di.
rected a formal inquiry as to where
and why their departure has been de.
layed, through the Spanish Ambassa.
dor at Berlin. now handling American
affairs there.
Continues Efforts For Safety.
While the tension in the interna.
tional situation was considerably les.
sened by the unofficial reports of the
release of the Yarrowdale prisoners
and the reports of concessions grant
ed to Minister Brand Whitlock and
American relief workers in Belgium,
the State Department continued its eff.
forts to assure safety of Americans in
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Tur.
key. Even if official assurance Of the
release of the Yarrowdale prisoners is
forthcoming it was understood that a
part OF the communication sharply re.
futing reports that Germans in the
United States had been mistreated,
might be delivered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Ban On Cable Messages.

New York.-The sending of mes.
sages to Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba,
Santa Cruz del Sur and Jucaro, Cuba,
has been prohibited the Commercial
Cable Co. announced. There is no com.
munication by way of Havana with
Caimanera or Guantanamo. Mes
sages to Havana are very unrestrict-
ed, but messages to other places of the
island must be in plain language.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Bio Water Main Bursts.

Cleveland, O.-A 36-inch water main
burst at Payne avenue and East For
tieth street, tearing huge hole in the
pavement, shooting geyser of mil
lions of gallons of water into the air,
jolting street car from its tracks and
flooding close OF square mile of ter
ritory. The explosion of the three
foot-high pressure main-35, ,O00, 600
gallons of water-a third of a days
supply-had gushed out of the hole.
More thap 100000 persons were with
out water, while several thousand
homes had no gas.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22

Bsrlin.-German troops in the re-
giCn between Serre and the River
Somme, in France, withdrew from
some of their advanced positions in
accordance with orders from their
commander, says the official statement
issued by German army headquarters.
Seven Entente airplanes were brought
down by the Germans.
Teuton forces stormed the Russian
positions along front of 100 yards
north of the ZlOchoff,Tarnopol rail.
road. in Galicia, says the German off.
clal statement.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Just to Show Them.

''So you have been on Il visit o your
bOyhoOd home?"
Yes" replied the prOsperous-lookins
citizen.
How dear to my heart are t,44
scenes of my childhood when fond rec.
objection presents them to view"
Il know that's what the poet wrote,
but my principal object in going back
was TO show the people there that that
dirty-faced, g0OdfOr-nothing Johnson
boy has amounted to something in the
world"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Prize Court confiscates CARGO.

London.-A dispatch to Reuters
from Amsterdam states that the Ham
burg prize court has confiscated as
contraband one half of the cargo of
the Dutch steamer Bataviar H., and
confirmed the forfeiture of 100000
francs in securities which were taken
from French couriers' bags on board
the Dutch steamer Prins Hendrix. The
securities were consigned to New
York
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
U-BoAT WARS PROGRESS.

Grand total of 12t ships
and tonnage exceeding. $50, PAT
5erlin.-DetaiIs o7 the sinking by
German submari tie of the Italian
steamship 5isagno, of 2,252 tons
gross, in the Atlantic Ocean, jan
uary IL, are printed in the italian
newspaper Idea National, says the
Overseas News Agency.
The foreging Berlin dispatch con-
tains the first announcement to
reach this country of the sinking of
the Esagno. The vessel was last
reported in maritime records as
having sailed from Genoa January
5 for VilIaricos, Spain. The ship
was 3o1 feet long and was built at
Dumbarton in 1884. She was own
ed in Genoa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
u.Roats Lurkinn OFF Cuba.

Galveston, TeXas.-FOur German
submarines arc lurking off the coast
of Cuba ready to begin reign of
frightfulness, should war be declared,
according to the information brought
to Galveston by Captain Mason, of the
American steam schooner FIT. Bragg.
Captain Mason says he obtained the
information in Guantanamo.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22

Indianapolis, Ind-Advocating at
least one year Of military training for
all males between the ages of 10 and
"a years, and asserting that if league
TO enforce peace is formed at the close
of the European war America should
join 1t, former President William How.
ard Taft addressed the State Legisla.
ture in joint session. He urged all
true Americans to stand by President
Wilson and Congress in the crisis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
Plot TO Cripple Arsenal is Scented.

Philadelphia, Penn.-Samuel Jen'
kins, trusted employe of the Govern.
ment, the only man who knew the 10
cation of every motor station and cleo
trical device at the Frankford Az
senal, was brutally beaten down, then
shot to death. Jenkins was killed
within two squares of his. home. Al
the hospital Jenkins got the best OF
the two men who had attacked him
lie was unable to describe his assail
ants. Three minutes after reaching
ae hospital he died.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22

FL Paso, Texas.-SiX hundred cow
boys are reported to have crossed
into Mexico to pursue Mexicans who
killed Americans in the United States
The cowboys crossed at the Corner
Ranch, the report said. Guadalupe, 80
miles east of Juarez, was occupied by
Villistas under Manuel Ochoa.