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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
BILL WOULDALLOW $1OO, O,OOO,OOO FUND
 TO PROTECT TRADE

Washingto February 27.-The text of the bill drafted by the Senate foreign relations commit- < tee to carry out President Wilson's policy of armed neutrality follows:
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled:
 That the commanders of the crews of all merchant vessels of the United States and bearing the registry of the United States are hereby authorized to arm and de- fend such vessels against unlawful attacks, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized and empowered to supply such ves- sells with defensive arms, fore and aft and also with the necessary ammunition and means of making use of them, and that he be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such other instrument talities and methods as may in his judgment and discretion seem necessary and adequate to protect such vessels and the citizens of the United States in their lawful and peaceful pursuits on the high seas.
 WOULD SPEND $10O, 100000
 "The sum of s1O0, 100000 is here- by appropriated to be expended by the President of the United States for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing provisions, the said sum to be available until the first day of January, 1918.
 For the purpose of meeting the expenditures herein authorized, the Secretary of the Treasury, under the uiI Iection of the President, is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the United States and to issue therefor bonds of the Uni ted States, not exceeding in the aggregate $100.OO0,OOo, said bonds to be in such form and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Tone of His Address Made Before LegislatiDe Body Is Stern as 10 Realities, But Optimistic as 10 the
 Ultimate Result
Germans Will Fight to the End

Berlin, February 27Beginnng his address in the Reich stag Chancellor von Bethmann- Holweg said:
 ''Whe soldiers the front stand in the drumre of the trenches and submarines defyng death hasten through the seas while home have y no other-task but produce cannon ammunition and food and to distribute vcuas with justice in the midst of this struggle for life and for the future of empe nen sed to the extreme there only necessity of the day which dominates all questions of policy both foreign and do mestic-to fight and gain victory
 The chancellor pointed out that the German nation in the Rechsag's last vote granting credits demonstrated the world its readiness to continue the struggle until its enemies were ready for peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
American Sailors Captured Bu Raiders Are StiU Held, Due 10 Rigid Quarantine
Men Brought to German Pos. on Yarrowdale Cannot Be Sent Home Yet on Account of Breaking Out of Infectious Disease at
 Place of Residence
R. s. CROSS
c3m1nll1GN4Aau16H

Berlin Februsy 26.Wia Sayville, February 27-The re- lease of the American prsoners brought to Germany the steamer Yarrowa although ordered sometime the Overseas Agency no be carried out for the moment
 an infectious disease been discovered at the place of their residence.
 As the outbreak the maady necesates quarantine affecting the number of about to leave Germany the Overseas Agency that the delay the departure of the Americans the interests of neutral countries The hope expressed that the quarantine will be of short duration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Weather Forecast

Washington, February 27.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississipp: Cloudy Wednesday and Thursday. probably rain and cooler Wednesday in the interior and in south portion Thursday
 Georgia: Cloudy Wednesday and Thurs day probably rain and colder Wednes- day.
 Florida: Generally fair Wednesday,; Thursday probably rain and colder in north portion, partly cloudy in south cen tral portions.
 Tennessee: Cloudy Wednesday and Thursday probably rain and colder Wednesday in east portion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

Berlin February 27(Via Sayvle )Chancellor Won Beth Howeg, in his speech the Rechstag today said in gard to establishment of the barred around England
 France and Italy and to the received from neura to the communication made by the entente powers;
 We by underestimate the difficulties caused to neutral shipping and therefore try alleviate them much possible But also know that all these difficulties after a caused only by Engands tyranny of the We w and shall break this enslavement of all nondescrp Eng fish trade. We half way all wishes of the neutras that be complied with But in the endeavor to do go beyond the limits imposed upon by the evocabe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
GRAVE SITUATION

GRAVE SITUATION
 Washington, February 27.-Germany procra situation in complying with re- peated American demands for release Of the Yarrowdale prisoners is bringing the controversy to a state of extreme gray itY.
 The Yarrowdale case has been source of growing concern and indignation among officials, some of whom are con- vinced that Germanys intention is noth- ing more nor less than to hold the Amer ican seamen as hostages pending a de- cision as to peace or war
 Such an act would be regarded here as a fragrant violation of international law and treaty rights and an open insult to the dignity and good faith of the United States.
 Although no official advices reporting the retention of the seamen had reached the state department tonight. another in quiry regarding them was sent through the Spanish ambas ssador in Berlin as soon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
ARMOR PLANT BOARD
 TO REPORT APRIL 1
This Is Opinion of Admiral Fletcher. Claims of Gadsden Are Heard
 at Rome, Ga.

Rome, Ga. February 27.-The board which is to select site for an armor plate plant for the navy spent today at Rome hearing the claims of Gadsden, Ala, for the site Tomorrow Rome's ad- vantages for the plant will be presented and sites will be inspected. Admiral Fletcher said a final report might be expected by April 1. Members of the board will spend tomorrow night in At lanta and then return to Washington before making a final inspection of west ern sites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

to give up her submarine methods. If these arguments are correctly reported by Reuter-, then l must decide to pro- test against them. For more than a century friendly traffic relations be- tween us and America have been care fully promoted We honored them-as Bismarck once put it-as an heirloom from Frederick the Great Both bene- fitted by 1t; both giving and taking.
 THINGS HAVE CHANGED
 Since the beginning of the war things have changed on the other side of the waters. Old principles were ing the Mexican troubles. President gress declared that he intended to fol- low the best usages of international law by a prohibition of the supplying of arms to both Mexican parties at war against each other as a duty to his neighbor One year later, in 1914, these usages apparently, were no longer con- sidered good. Countless materials of war have been supplied by America to the entente and while the right of the American citizen to travel without hin- drance to entente countries and the right to trade without hindrance with France and England, even through the midst of the battlefields, even the right of such trade al we had to pay for with German blood---while all these rights were jealously guarded, the same right of American citizens toward the central powers did not seem to be as worthy of protection and as valu- able"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Nh Shin Naws Civou

Mobile, February 27.-The collector of the port has issued notice that ves- sells in movement through Mobile will be kept secret. The action was taken upon instructions from Washington. No information about incoming or outgoing vessels will be disseminated. regardless of what country foreign crafts are ply ing between.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Wounded Russians Killed

London. February 27.-Sixty-fve wound ed Russians. homeward bound from Ger many were killed in railroad wreck near Homsleden, in northern Sweden,
 on Monday evening, according to Co., penhagen dispatch to the Exchange Tele- graph company. The train was derailed and four cars wrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

scribe and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 3 percentum per annun.s ss, i. l.i,i ei
 PLACES PRICE LIMIT
 Provided that such bonds shall be sold at not less than par, shall not carry the circulation privilege and that all citizens of the United States shall be given an equal o portunity to subscribe there,sr, but no commission shall be allI d or paid thereon. that both :..-in- cipal and interest shall be pA-able in United States gold coin ,i .he present standard of value Ind be exempt from all taxa>,ol and duties of the United States as we'll as from taxation in any form of all state, municipal or local au- thorities, that any bonds issued hereunder. may, under such condi- tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. be con vertible into bonds bearing a high CT rate of interest than 8 per- centum per annum if any bonds shall be issued in the United States at higher rate than per- centum per annum by virtue of any act passed on or before December 31, 1918.
 M'ADOO GIVEN POWER
 "In order to pay the necessary expenses connected with the said issue of bonds. or any conversions thereof, sum not exceeding one fifth of l percentum of the amount of bonds herein authorized to be issued, or which may be converted, is hereby appropriated, to be ex- pended as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.
 "The President is authorized to transfer so much of the amount herein appropriated as he may deem necessary not exceeding $25,- 100000 to the bureau of war risk insurance. created by act of Con- gress, approved September 2, 1914, for the purpose of insuring ves- sells, their freight. passage, moneys, and cargoes against loss or dam age by the present risks of war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Hopeless Deadlock Develops

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

Muzzles for cats during night hours have been proposed by Assemblyman Walter E. Savags at Meriden, Cenn. Mrs Anna Muller of the Humane so- ciety protests they will hang them- selves and besides, she says, they cry through their noses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
"BONE-DRY" BILL STRIKES A SNAG
 M CONFERENCE
Senate and House Committees Cannot Agree On Postal Appropriation Which Carries Reed Amendment and This May Have to Run Gauntlet of Another Vote in Both
 Houses

Washington February 27-Prohibon to the front in the House again today stirring furore that promises to envn the remaining days of the session with of the most stubborn fights waged the issue in Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
GERMAN PREMIER SAYS SUBMARINE
 WAR IS SUCCESS

Berlin February 2-Via London In his address to the Recsag today Chancellor Won Bethmann Holweg that the obtained in the submarine warfare already had much surpassed the expectations of the German navy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

children, aged and i'll of a nation num- bering 70,000,000 people in order to force them into submission"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28

scribe and to bear interest at a
 rate not exceeding percentum per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
Local Data

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Queens County Goes In
For Extensive Farmingj
Labor the Big Problem

Oueens County has decided not to waste ~
ofecial time on back yard farming, and with
five tractors IL viii attempt TO produce sucn
substantial crops as corn. barley ana WhlVc
beans The policy was agreed upon Ees'cI
dav at a meeting Of farmers ana clllIenS
called together IN the Long lsland Wy
Chamber OF Commerce by Park 'omihs-
sioner John r. Weier.
II was decided yesterday 10 turn over 10
erpcrienced Queens County farmers. or other
p-actical farmer from Other borouRhS' -
much vacant territory Is could be pIeuHei'
Tine farmer is 20 bus his O"n seed pay hlS
own labor and receive the extra prohts Una Z
viii come with the free use OF more lahd'
such "a ulan will produce more positive re-
s,,lt. il was agreed. than boy turning land
and seed over 20 experienced hands.
The great problem Will De ln gaming SUI
fcIent labor 10 cultivate the extra land
The SalyEtiou Army has offered To ara l'
svpplyiag labor and an Italian mission IN
Astoria. In touch with many men and women
Who learned farming in Italy, has guarantees
10 supply men and women farmers.
The first steps toward organizing queens
IN an agricultural basis viii be taken by
three committees appointed Yesterday nN
Cour,issioner Neicr One committee VIII
mako 3 complete survey Of the borough 70
Ica~r lo,g much vacant land Is available .
another will seek 90 provide loans Where lhe
.armer has insufficient capital. ana a tnifd
viii see that seed fertilizer and. II possible
labor. are available. Every farmer IN the
county Is urged 10 attend mass meeting IN
the town hall az Jamaica Saturday night 10
deyelor, the food plan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Hard Coal Miners
Gain 20 Per Cent
Average Increase
$4,000 Workers Affected
by Largest Raise in In
dustry's History

An average wage increase Of 90 per
cent, the largest ever granted 70 the
$4,000 miners in the anthracite fields,
was agreed upon last night at the con-
ference in the Hotel Continental be
tween the operators and representa-
tives Of the United Mine Workers Of
America. A similar increase WAS
granted the miners in the bituminous
fields of Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania last week
John P. White. president OF the
United Mine Workers, issued a state
ment in which he declared the two
agreements insure industrial peace in
the basic industry Of the nation" dur
ing the present crisis.
The anthracite agreement, which
represents az aggregate annual in
Sc in Aees OF 5000, 900. will add
si.ty See,y IN the retail ton price Of
prepIre1 SIZED hard coal. according 10
the ogrl's"rs.
rt+.tGcrease granted the anthracite
-nItrns - not fiat one. II ranges
fre1' u 20 80 per cent II does not
paSle,6ut a bonus, but permanent ad-
'iGag n TO the present wage rate. 70 re-
~ n in effect until April ], 1918, when
re bituminous contract expires.
Men Of all classes paid by the month
and pump men receive an increase OF
Is cents a day. Contract miners and
laborcrs gain an increase equivalent
TO II per cent. Breaker boys. aged
men. slate pickers, jig runners and
spiral workers will obtain 80 cents a
day additional.
~ feel confident" said Mr.. White,
that the agre6men will alleviate the
skyrocketing cost Of food and cloth
ing sufficiently TO tide the anthracite
workers over ar unprecedented crisis.
"The signing has been accomplished
without threat, suspension of work,
strikes or interference from any out
side source other than the recognized
councils for wage adjustments proyid-
ed for in the joint wage agreement.
What better recommendation can
the opponents Of trade unionism seek
10 convert them TO the sane policy Of
collective bargaining than IS typihed
bv the agreement reached by the an
thracite and bituminous coal industries
in our present crisis ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Nassau County Women
Census Takers Praised
Party Intrusted with Count
Because of Organization,
Members Are Told

The Nassau County Woman Suffrage
party was entrusted with the work Of
taking the war census in Nassau be-
cause of their efficient organization,
Frank l.. Croker, chairman of the Mas
sau County Defence Committee, told
the suffragists during their convention
at Long Beach Yesterday.
1T would take men at least ten days,
and probably longer, to whip into shape
a system for the work" Mr.. Croker
said. The Suffrage party has this sec
ton so mapped out that there is a com
petent staff ready at a moments no
tice. And the fact that you would do
the work without cost to the state was
a factor"
The convention at the Nassau Hotel
was presided over by Mrs. Raymond
Brown, county chairman. Mrs. Norman
de r. Whitehouse, Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, Miss Ethel Watts Grant, Mrs.
Frederick Edey, Mrs. James Lees Laid
law and Mrs. Brown spoke.
The work of taking the census is
highly important to the suffragists,"
the chairman said. 1T will undoubted-
ly have a great influence on the cleo
ton next fall"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Weather Helps Wheat
Acreage of Food Crops Is
Steadily Increasing

Washington April % Favorable
weather for the winter wheat crop pre-
vailed in practically all sections Of the
country during the week just ended.
Seeding Of spring wheat made good
progress. except i'm the Red River Val
lev. and preparations for corn plant
ing progressed fayorably. The Ma
tional Weather and Crop Bulletin an
nounced to-day that reports show de.
cided effort 20 increase the acreage or
food crops in many sections Of the
country. although the scarcity OF labor
is marked. c1 T..
Warm weather in Central and East
am districts caused q rapid advance IN
The development OF vegetation. Farm
work was delayed in the Northwest due
70 cool and wet weather. Good progress
was made in cotton planting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26

City Wants Vacant
Plots for Gardens

Frank l.. Bowling. President OF
the Board OF Aldermen. yesterday
issued an appeal on behalf Of the
Mayors Committee on Food Gar
dens to owners Of vacant property,
asking them to register with the
Park Commissioner OF their Dor
ough their vacant lands available
for cultivation, and to specify the
size Of the land, for which no
payment will be made.
The Park Commissioners and
telephone numbers are:
Manhattan and Richmond-Ca-
bot Ward. Municipal Building,
Worth 1850. The BronX-Thomas
". white. Claremont Park, The
Bronx. fremont 2G4O. Brooklyn
Raymond V. Ingersoll. Prospect
Park, Brooklyn. South 23OO.
Queenstown +. Weier. Forest
Park. Queens; Richmond Hill 23OO.
All citizens are asked to regis
ter with their respective Park
Commissioners for service in gar
dens. The registration should
state whether the applicant wishes
to till land or to work for some
one else. and whether compensa-
ton is desired. Housewives are
asked TO save the eyes OF pota-
toes for seed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
May Mobilize
Motor Trucks
In Food Work
Government Is to Open Auto
Transport Office Under c.
F. Clarkson To-day

Washington. April 25.-Plans for the
mobilization Of the nations motor car
resources for the governments food
campaign were discussed to-day at a
conference az the Department Of Agri-
culture.
The meeting was attended by Coker
2. Clarkson, secretary and general man
ager Of the Society Of Automobile En-
rlneers; George ". Durham. president
OF the Society Of Automobile Engineers;
Alfred Reeves, general manager Of the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
meree. and II. !. Hornlng, chairman Of
tho tractor standards division Of The
Society Of Automobile Engineers,
The chief subject was the use OF mo-
tor tractors ln increasing production
Mr.. Horning explained the importance
OF motor tractor standards and laid
manufacturing plans before tho confer
cnce based upon "a year Of cooperative
study with officials OF the War Depart
ment Plans for the substitution OF
motor trucks FOR freight service in the
TRANSFORMATION Of food over short hauls
will be formulated. q,
A motor transport Office. an! ated
with the Council Of National Defence!
viii be opened tomorrow in charge OF
Cokor F. GARRISON, who has been desig-
mated chairman Of the motor truck
military standards committee and Al
fred Reeves. The committee will stuoy
application OF motor tractors and trucks
10 The production and distribution Of
foodstuffs and will further make rec
concentrations 20 the council regarding
gasolene specifications and seropiane
standards.
Nr. Clarkson stated to-day that ono
~ the chief functions Of the new motor
committee would be the encouragement
Of tractor farming 70 secure quantity
production Of food staples. u Will CO.
operate with Quartermaster General
sharp in the organization Of volunteer
motor transport companies for. tho
regular and reserve branches Of the
army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Banana Used as
Potato Substitute

The banana is now the Boston sub
stjtute for the potato. In order to
prove the nutritive value Of the fruit
and TO demonstrate its worth as a sub
stitute for the potato, officials of the
United Fruit Company have invaded
Boston and Worcester and are holding
banana demonstrations. A test IS SAID
70 have shown that when bananas have
hoor nceled in warm water and then
boiled for twenty-five minutes they
- an excellent mealy food. Drawn
with butter and seasoned with salt and
nepper they are not unlike mashed po--
tatocs A fruit expert has said that
there is the same food value IN ten
dozen bananas as in three pecks OF po-
tatoes. and that the current prize OF
bunch Of bananas containing that num-
Der is about $3.50, or about half the
Price Of the potatoes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Mrs. Volck to Get Decree
Referee Decides Against Son
of Nine. Da Cana

George J. Gillespie, as referee. yes
terdav recommended TO Justice Finch
that divorce be granted Mrs. Elise
Holmes Volck from Morris Roderick
Volck. son Of Nine. Da Cana, wife Of
the Brazilian Ambassador at Washing
ton
The testimony involved young
woman living at the Great Northern
Hotel. where Volck had an apartment
A feminine voice heard IN the Nolck
rooms caused the management 10 make
an investigation. which resulted in the
election Of Nolck, the woman and her
mother.
The Volcks have two children. Morris
Rodcrick Nolck, jr- SIX years old, and
Elise Holmes Bates Nolck, four. Nrs.
Volck placed the former in the custod<
Of Nine Da CANA because OF her grr,.t
attachment for him. He is TO reE1ir
nnder her guardianship until g
twenty-one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Cleveland Labor Man
Guilty of Blackmail

Cleveland. April 25.-Charles Smith,
business agent Of the Building Trades
Council, was found guilty Of black
mail. and John G.. Owens, secretary Of
the Cleveland Federation of Labor,
tried with Smith on the same charge,
was acquitted by a jury in Criminal
Court late to-day. The split verdict
was returned by the jury after TWEEN
ty-seven hours deliberation. The trial
of the two labor leaders lasted eight
days
Smith and Owens were tried joint
" on the charge Of demanding $4,000
from f. A. Collins. construction super
intendent for John Gill & Sons Com
pany. contractors for the new Guardian
Building, and threatening TO call a
strike if the sum was not paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Interned Aliens to Work
On Westchester Farms

Arrangements were practically COM
pleted Yesterday by the Westchester
County Committee on General Defence
to have some of the aliens informed at
Ellis Island work on farms in the
county.
Commissioner Frederick {. Howe has
been trying TO find available farm land
equipped with suitable buildings. Two
such properties have been obtained by
the committee. One was offered WITH
out cost.