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.U-B0AT THREAT
NOT MADE GOOD
Ruthlessness Fails by so Per
Cent. to Sink 100000
Tons in Month.

LONDON. March 3.--Germany failed by
a margin Of trifIe more than SO per
cent. to make good her threat to sink
1000, 900 tons of merchant shipping dur
ing the first month OF ruthless submarine
warfare. according to figures the abso-
lutte reliability Of which Is vouched for
here.
Submarine succeeded in sinking dur
ing February 100000 tons Of shipping, in
round numbers. This total exceeds by
only 100000 tons what the British Ad-
niralty expected would be sunk during
that month II ordinary submarine war
fare had been continued. II is not tre-
mendously in excess of the 846.656 tons
sunk in December and 322,167 tons In
January, before the restrictions were
removed.
One ship only is reported to-day as
having been sunk. though this may be
accounted for partly by the fact that the
French Admiralty has decided to issue
announcements of losses weekly instead
of daily. According to Reuter- despatch
this ship was not only neutral but was
in the service of the Government Of kins
Constantine of Greece. the kaiser's
friend.
The steamship Proconnssos. 2,769
tons, had been requisitioned by Constan-
tines Government to go to the United
states for 5000 tons Of grain to assist
the popula ton Of Old Greece. which is
under the Allies blockade, She had been
returned recently 10 Greek registry after
a brief time under the French flag un-
der the name of the Nerdun
American Consul Swain at Southamp-
ton has obtained affidavits from -four
Americans in the crew Of the British
steamship Belgier. the sinking Of which
on February 23 of Lauriat, France. has
been reported. The four Americans
Isidor Frank. Percy Craig, DE Witt
Stevens and Daniel Gathill. are reported
not to have charged any violation OF
pledges by the submarine commander.
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SAY STONE LET OUT
DEFENCE SECRETS
Anger Felt in Washington at
His Speech in the
Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 3.--Naval officers
and Administration officials are incensed
at Senator stones disclosure In the SEN
ate debate to-day that the navy had
planned equipping merchant ships with
light submarine chasers to guard them
against submarines in the prohibited
zones.
They regarded It as fortunate that
more Of their plans had not been dis
closed in the heat of the Senator's op.
position to the armed neutrality bill
but were chagrined that so much had
been said, especially in view of the fact
that the Senate only recently, Mt the
request of the military departments
passed a bill making 1t crime to pub
lish the Governments secrets.
Secretary Daniels was In the Caplto
when Senator Stone made his statement
but refrained from making comment
Naval officers v'arc not so reserved.
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WASHINGTON, March (Sunday).--
The naval appropriation bill was sent
10 the President shortly after l o'clock
this morning, when final Congressional
action was taken, the Senate agreeing to
the conference report previously ac-
ccpted by the House.
Conferees on the s535, 200. 900 naval ap-
preparation bill agreed on a report last
night reducing the extra number of sub
marines to be built from nifty to twenty.
all to be constructed on the Pacific coast.
That would make the total number of
submarines provided for in the bill
thirty-eight.
The Senate conferees yielded the pro-
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CORRECTLY QUOTED.
American Reports Of Note Are Cor.
robOrated In Berlin.

LONDON. March 3.--Dr Zimmermann's
irtsurtcions to the German Minister to
Mexico, as published in the United
States, are admitted In Berlin TO have
been correctly quoted. according to a
despatch to Reuters from the German
capital by way of Amsterdam. The des-
patch quotes the following telegram re-
ceived in Amsterdam from Berlin on
Friday and which was apparently sent
by the Wolff Bureau. the semiofficial
German news agency
"The American press contains reports
about instructions from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to the German Minister
In Mexico city In the event that Ger
many. after the proclamation Of unre-
stricted submarine warfare. failed to
keep the United States neutral These
reports are based on the following facts :
AFTER the decision had been taken to
begin unrestricted submarine warfare on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-03-04
JOHN D. GIVES
ACRE ESTATE TO SON
Will Quit POcanticO Hills
Save for Visits. Owing to
Death of Wife.

John d. Rockefeller has given to his
son his 5000 acre estate at Pocantico
Hills, near Tarrytown. He plans In fu-
ture to spend no more than an occa-
sional week or SO there, according to
statements made yesterday by reliable
friends.
The death Of Mrs. Rockefeller, with
whom he had spent so many hours wan
dering over his broad estate, led to Mr.
Rockefeller's determination TO divide his
time between his place at Lakewood.
". j.. and Cleveland. Ohio. Since her
death the big place has held too many
memories for him, and when he left to
go to Lakewood shortly before Christ
mas he had then determined not to re-
turn.
The loss of his close friend John p.
Archbold gave extra force to his deter
minaton. Mr.. Archbold lived so close to
Mr.. Rockefeller that he could visit him
often, and his death broke one more tie
that had held Mr.. Rockefeller to his
Westchester estate.
John u. Rockefeller. Jr.. has closed
his own home on his fathers estate and
has moved into his fathers mansion on
Kyk-uit Hill. When Mr.. Rockefeller
left before Christmas ne said he would
only return for week or so now and
then to visit his son and his grandchil-
uren' OF WnOm ne Is very rond.
Mr.. Rockefeller is now in Florida. and
it Is expected that when he returns he
will visit his son at Pocantico Hills. to
play few rounds Of golf with some Of
his old friends. But even golf Is begin
ming to lose interest for him he finds II
increasingly difficult to achieve half a
dozen holes each morning.
He has spent many millions Of dollars
on Pocantico Hills. His home cost 81 ,000.-
600 and the land several times as much.
He was continually making improve
ments on 1t. and this kept hundreds OF
men and teams at work. His payroll for
the place was $4,000 month usually
He had little else to occupy his mind
and it was his hobby to lay out new
roads, rearrange the shrubbery and dc
other expensive work on the place.
John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. is enthusias.
tic over Pocantico Hills and lives there
| nearly all the year. travelling daily to
New York and back. 1t Is believed he
will take a more lively interest In local
affairs than his father did. He is very
popular with the townsfolk OF Tarry-
| town and has a wide acquaintance there
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UNDERSEA CRAFT TO BE
BUILT ON PACIFIC COAST
$35OOO,O 900 Emergency Fund Retained by Confese ses-
House Passes Resolution for $15O,00O,00O
Bond Issue-Bill Goes to President.

vision for enlarging the Charleston, S.
c.. dry dock. The conference report does
not reduce the total appropriation ma
,eriaily. as the s35,000.000 emergency
fund applied in the Senate bill toward
immediate construction OF submarines is
retained.
The separate resolution for bond
issue of S150,000.000 to provide for
Fastening construction Of naval vessels
was passed by the House without op-
position.
The conference report on the naval
bill was adopted by the House at 1880
this morning on n viva voce vote, with
one dissenting voice.
Democratic ana Republican leaders
agreed to recess until 10 o'clock this
morning.
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CUBA GRABS GERMAN.
treats Him for Taking Notes On
Northern Coast.

HAVANA. March 3.-A German named
A. Haue was arrested to-day at Puerta
E,speranza. on the northern coast Of tho
province OF Pinar del Rio and about
thirty five miles west OF Bahia Honda,
where the United States once proposed
TO build a naval station.
Haue was taking notes. which he de-
clared were for use In writing booklet
on Cuba. The authorities Of Pinar del
Rio will make full investigation.
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Doctors Leave Germany.

COPENHAGEN, via London, March s.
American hospital units from Deutsch-
lcylau and Graudenz arrived here from
Berlin tonight but without three nurses
whose examination at Warnemuende was
not finished in time for them to catch the
Danish ferry. They will arrive to-mor-
row. The arrivals here included Dr..
Renkenberger Of Los Angeles. and Drs.
King, McGarvey and Herman Of New
York, and Nurses Bowman, Jansen and
Nordstorm, all Of New York.
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TEUTONS IN CANAL ZONE
U. $. in 1911 Refused Railroad
Concession to German Omeers.

PANAMA, March 8.--There Is no sub
sanitation here of the rumors that there
is German submarine base in the
Gulf Of Daricn.
In 1911 corporation financed by
German capital applied for concessions
for railroad from Darlen to the Canal
Zone. The United States Government
having expressed opposition to such con-
Cessions they were not given. Three
agents 1f the company at that time ad-
mitted in dispositions filed in the Canal
Zone court that they were officers in
the German army.
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FAIR ON INAUGURATION DAY.
weather Forecaster says II Proba-
bly, VIII he Colder,

WAsHINGroN. March 3.-"Proba bly,
colder and generally fair" was the ON
cial weather forecast tonight for in
auguration day, but the Weather Bu-
reau explained that conditions could not
be foretold accurately because OF the
uncertainty of movement OF storm
centred over the Mississippi.
Another day of rain or snow for the
capital was forecast for tomorrow.
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9 RUSSIAN SHIPS SUNK.
Victims OF Submarine That Was
Lost. Says Berlin.

BERLIN, by wireless. March 3,-Ninc
armed Russian steamers were destroyed
by the German submarine which re-
Gently was sunk near Hammerfest. ac-
cording to Christiania despatch in the
Ncre Zuricher Zeitun0. as quoted by the
Overseas News Agency. These vessels
are said to have been purchased in
South America by Russia.
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FOOD LIMIT FOR LONDON CAFES.
Enough 10 Ne Allowed Only for
Averake Portions.
spscia' csok psspsscA to THE srs.

HPec1uE tdOlt VsSbdEcN 70 THE Sun.
LONDON, March 3.--I,ord Devonport.
ue food controller. plans sweeping
s-neme Of rationinE the cafes and hotels.
heretofore the chief offenders against the
FOOD limitations.
lie plans to allow each establishment
ntl amount Of food and materials sum-
',eht to give average portions to patrons.
mus stopping complications In dealing
WY W.n each customer. This II called reg
uiation at the source. go
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British Predict Terrific Out
break of German Intrigue
in Two Weeks.
"FRIGHTFULNESS" PLAN
Little Confidence Felt in Lon
don That Wilson Will Take
Extreme Steps.
>Dec,ol ,ob'e Despatch 10 THE suN


LONDON, March 3-As a result Of the
ndisnation aroused by the revelation
or fermany's plot to unite Japan and
Meyico against the United States, an
oi1cial quarter always reliable. is au-
thority for the statement that the United
States may expect within two weeks
a terrific outbreak of German plotters'
work.
Official sources have intimated for
some time that Germany had afoot a
plan to inaugurate frightfulness in the
United States, but that extreme caution
might forestall il.
1t is stated on authority that the
United States. with the aid Of Great
Britain, nipped a completed plot to blow
up the Tampico oil wells on the Mexi-
can coast. which are Of vital Importance
not only to Great Britain but to Ameri-
can war vessels.
Intention Of PlOttera.
II is understood that the plotters in.
tended to dynamite the oil pipe line
which runs three miles into TuXpan
bay. allowing deep draught vessels to
load without crossing the bar. The
British Government also requested the
United States to prevent certain Ger
mans from carrying out a plan for the
general destruction OF the Tampico oil
wells.
All the evening papers bitterly de-
nounce Germany's attempt to seduce
Japan. The Erening STANDARD says:
1T looks as IL war between Germany
and the United states would be precipi-
tated by perhaps the meanest. most
treacherous and at the same time the
clumsiest piece OF villainy cogitated by
e,,~ lnN- ,P Ni,a
Italian republics"
, Grim satisfaction In expressed pri-
vately because the now absolutely con-
firmed German plot to bring in Mexico
and Japan reveals the plan to invade the
Mississippi Valley through Mexico. thus
showing the pacifist middle West that IL
really is in greater danger than any sec
tion Of the United States, although it
considered itself the safest.
Zimmermann's Explanation.
Herr Zimmermann's wireless explana-
I tion of his plot is regarded as an effort
to muddy the waters of Congress IN the
last hours OF the session and an attempt
to prevent decisive action In support OF
the President.
There is little confidence felt here that
| President Wilson will take extreme steps
| even II war ensues. Since the United
States broke relations with Germany Sc
rious consideration has been given to the
question what America Is likely to do II
she enters the war. AS the United States
! approaches nearer and nearer to the
brink Of war the feeling gains ground
that even If the United States comes In
the military results will be unimportant
Interest in what the United States does
! is due largely to the dramatic fact that
the country Is on the verge OF war al
the very moment Congress expires.
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''AuEusta SpeciaI' daily Via SOUTHERN
RAILWAY SYSTEM. Ly New York l;0s p,
NJ. Compartment, drawing room, sleeping
and dtning cars N. Y. Once. 26< Fifth Ave.
--Adr.
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FIORIDA-CUBA-CA RESORTS
Savannah, Atlanta, Birmingham. Finest
steel trsiIis. seabosrd Air ZINE. 1854 B'way.
--Adrerttsc,NeRt.
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ETORIDA's FINEST TRAIN IN SERVICE.
The IN. y & Florida Spectai' leaves cal q
p. N. Daily. Atlantic Coast Line. ilss Bw way.
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Asheville-In tho Heart Of tho Blue Ridge.
The Land OF the Sky Write for booklet
Of Information. Reached by SOUTHERN
RAILWAY SYSTEM In 90 hours y Y,
once, a6i Fifth Ave.--Adr.
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Leaders on both sides of the Senate
made extraordinary efforts 10 prevent
the paciast group from carrying it's pur-
pose. but without apparent succesa
Suggestions of compromise were made
and as last resort Administration
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
TELLING TIME AS YOU RUN
Nashville (Tenn.) Has Installed Clock
for Those Who Wait Till Last
Minute TO Get Anywhere.

If you are in the habit Of being late
for work, or are in the habit of wait
ing for the last minute In which TO
catch your train, you know how you
scan the corner clocks as you fly by.
Nashville. Tenn, appreciated the
need of an efficient timepiece that
could be seen at considerable distance.
80 that instead of having the usual
circular dial with revolving hands the
time is shown by white figures, %
inches high mounted on endless fiex-
ible bands, which move across the face
of the clock. changing every GO seconds
These figures show at greater dis
tance and are read much quicker than
the hands OF aA ordinary clock. At
night the figures are Illuminated.
1t is operated by a system OF
weights, aggregatipg several hundred
pounds, which are automatically wound
up by electrical power. There were
many mechanical difficulties TO con,
front and to be solved on original
lines, for this clock as It Is has had no
predecessor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
NapoIeon,s Divorce.

Napoleons divorce civil act OF
the empire. was pronounced before
the grand council held In the Tuilerles
on December IS, 1909 and the next
day the senate confirmed 1t. To re-
move all religious scruples, the court
of the bishop Of Paris met and pro
nounced the marriage with Josephine
null, this action being taken on Janu'
airy IA, 1910. The civil marriage Of
Bonaparte and Maria Louisa of Aus
trla, April 1. 1870 was witnessed by
the college of cardinals, save only two
who We're too infirm to be brought tO
Paris. The attitude of the church was
manifest at the religious marriage.
Not a cardinal was present, although
they said that their absence was an
empty form due only to the circum-
stances that Plus VII had not approved
the divorce
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
FOUND NEW USE FOR PUIPIT
Sections Wife Was Greatly Excited
When Parson Arrived unexpect-
edly to Hold Services.

Canon shearme, In his '1.lvely Rec
objections, tells a good story OF
brother clergyman In remote parish
who turned up unexpectedly TO hold
service at one OF two churches he serv-
ed In. Greatly to the reverend
gentlemans surprise, the sections wife.
who acted ms caretaker, appeared great
ly troubled at his unexpected advent
on the scene, begging him II he must
hold the service that day at All events
To forego the sermon.
Naturally he inquired the reason
why.
"Thereupon." writes Mr.. Shearme,
"the old woman became more yehe-
ment and excited.
"'Passon passon. dear, II you must
preachy, will you preachy from the
readin' deskY
"But whyg asked he. rs there any
thing in the pulpitY
Jaw dairy mel Passon dear. don't
zee go near it whatever. Oh, why did
you ever come todayY
"She clung desperately to his coat
tails, beseeching him to 20 no further.
Come. Sally. Insist upon seeing what
Is in the pulpit
"'Well, passon--but there, / don't
'ardly know how TO tell zee. Wen. pas
son, II you must know, I've got the
turkey 'en in the pulpit. and he wunt
'atch out afore next Sunday o."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
Why He Joined Air Service.

Few men, l am sure, would confess
to so strange an immediate cause for
Joining the aviation service as that re
lated to me by Drew, as we sat over
our coffee and cigarettes, on the eve
ming of our first meeting, writes james
n. Hall in the Atlantic He had come
to France, he said, with the intention
of joining the Legion Erangere as an
infantryman. But he changed his
mind, few days after his arrival in
Paris, upon meeting jackson of the
American Aviation squadron, who was
on leave after Il service Of six months
at the front. II was all because of the
manner in which Jackson looked at Il
Turkish rug. He told him of his adj
ventures in the most matter-of-fact
way. No heroics. nothing of that sort
He had not glimmer of Imagination.
he said. But he had way of looking
at the floor which was Irresistible.
which fascinated him with the sense
Of height He saw towns. villages, a
network of trenches. columns Of toy
troops moving up ribbons Of road-all
I'm the patterns of Turkish rug. And
the next day, he was at the headquar-
tiers of the Franco-American corps. In
the Champs Elysees, making applics
ton for membership.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
Boy Scouts Deserve Support
of AL Loyal Citizens

both parents and friends of the boys?
Study the scout oath and see what
1t must mean to the boys life if he is
true to it. and would it not mean much
to our city and our nation if all men
we're true to its principles?
The Boy Scout movement is the
greatest work, exclusively among the
boys, in the world. In America there
are 100000 scouts. and $4,000 scout
masters and assistants, every man and
boy Ewing under the scouts pledge;
there are thousands being added to
the movement aech year The best
men or the nation are endorsing and
assisting the work, President Wood
row Wilson is honorary president. ex-
Presidents William Howard Taft and
Theodore Roosevelt are honorary vice
presidents. Chas. III, Livingston, Dan
Beard and James West are the chief
executives Can vou find better com
pany for your boS2 Added to these
are the best citizens-the boys
friends who are members of scout
councils, scouunasters and assistants
Cities are becoming deeply interested
in the movement. Churches, Y M. c..
AS. benevolent end fraternal orders
and civic institutions are not only
svmpathizers hut supporters of the
work Burlington. Iowa. raised $1,000;
Pawtucket. r. T., S12,5OOS Minneapolis,
Mimi. 100000 Terre Haute, Ind,
where the Rotary club got behind the
movement, raised $4,000. and New
Brunswick. N. g.. in spite of starting
their final raising campaign on Fri
day April lS. secured $4,000.
The scout movement is nationwide
it is growing. it has been tested, it is
in Chickasha. Stand by it. speak for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
gFEcTER Of GHEAr l-AItEs.
Many a Sailor inaqlnes tie Sees the
Rannockbqrn which Disappeared s.
; IN Mysterious fashion.

One superstition that is firmly
rooted In the minds of all Great Lakes
havlgators concerns the mysterious
wreck of the Bannockburn.
"She was big, powerful frelghter
carrylng 4 crew Of % men. She cleared
Duluth on day In the late fall. What
happened 10 her win never be known.
She went out In the morning, and was
last sighted the next evening. That
was the end. For more than a wear
the chill water of Lake Superior guard
I'D well their secret. Then one day
I'm oar was found floating along the
hnftwcod of the bleak north shore.
"A piece of farpaulin was wrapped se-
rurely around II. and when this was
removed 1t was found that the word
Bannockburn was scraped into me
wood. The oar is all that remains io-
day TO tell the story of the missing
freighter.
According to the queer twist given
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
Enthusiastic Meeting Of Local Troop Held
at Vinca Park Thursday Night
Proves Scout Success Locally

There was a good attendance at Vim
ca Park at the scout meeting Thurs
day evening 1t was a fine demonstra-
tion Of loyalty to the organization and
proved that the greater number Of the
boys have in them the making OF the
true scout When loyalty to the troop
becomes greater than love for the pass
ing play, and the sense of duty mas.
ters the sense OF pleasure, then the
scout has acquired three fundamen-
tails of scout eraft---trustworthiness
loyalty and obedience. and has devel
oped the power of self.denial which
proves that in him is the making of
the man
Parents and friends should encom.
age the scout to be loyal to the organ
ization for to do otherwise is to de-
stroy the foundation upon which is be.
Jag built a character that stands for
true citizenship. Note the scout oath;
ION my honor ] will do my best
Ito do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the scout law;
"2-To help other people at all
times;
"3-T TO keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake and morally
straight"
No higher ideals can be kept before
the boys and it is the duty of the
seoutmaster not only to instruct but
If possible to impart these ideals. and
in this effort should not the scoutmas-
ter have the sympathetic support OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-01
orloinal William Tell sernon.

Still another version of sWilllam
Tell" comes from Denmark. sIhe self
same story is told in the Danish le-
gends two centuries before ii crops
out in the Swiss narrative, and fuPth-
Or investigation shows, according to d
Danish historian, that 1t was borrowed
by Danes, the original apple having
been shot from the original childs
head by a German bowman named
Elgll, when King Nidung sought to test
the mans skill and nerve In that re-
mote story it is related that Eigtl con-
cealed another arrow in his bosom
with which to kill the king If he in
jured his child.