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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-13
SENATE PASSES VERY I'M
PORTANT AMENDMENT
PROVIDES for Employment of All
Necessary Measures to Stamp
Ont Pest

Washington, Feb. 12.-The senate
mas just passed an amendment or
importance to the cotton interests or
the South, by which it is hoped TO
control the ravages OF the pink cot
ton boil worm.
IL is provided that to enable the
secretary of agriculture to meet the
emergency caused by the existence OF
the pink boil worm of cotton in Nex-
leo, and the movement of some zoo
carloads of cotton seed from the in
rested districts in Mexico to milling
points in Texas and elsewhere. and
to prevent the establishment OF such
insects in other places by providing
/ Tor adequate inspection and for the
employment of all means necessary
under rules and regulations to he
prescribed by him. to prohibit the
movement Of cotton and cotton seed
from Mexico into the United States.
including the examination OF baggage
and railroad cars, there shall be an
propriated $4,000.
1t is also provided that mills may
! NC inspected anywhere In the United
States where Mexican cotton has been
taken; the secretary of agriculture
may supervise the destruction OF
such seed and the thorough cleanup
OF the mills and premises. He may
also conduct local surveys and in
spections Of cotton fields in the vicin-
ity Of such mills and ports of entry
in order to detect any instances of
local infestation. Further he deter
mines and conducts such control
! measures as may be necessary to
stamp out such ipfestation.
This is one OF the most far-reach-
ing and important matters of tho
kind ever before considered by tic
federal government and practically
places every cotton field, storage
warehouse and cotton mill in the
United States under the direct con.
troll Of the United States department,
! of agriculture.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-13
TUBERCULOSIS WON
OVER DEATH CHAIR

Oshining, Feb. 12.-John Carni-
vale, convicted of murder in Brook
lyn and said to be the first man to
die in the Sing Sing death house from
natural causes, succumbed last night
to tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
Guardsmen on the Border
Learn Germans Are Aetna
as Officers for Carranza

That a number of Germans are sery-
ing as officers in the Carranza forces
in Mexico was learned by members of
units of the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia during their service
on the border in Arizona last summer
and fall. They received reports from
across the border indicating that Ger
mans are serving in the capacity of ar
tillery officers in many instances Off
GERS of the regular army stationed at
border points touched by the local
Guardsmen made no secret of the fact
that they knew Germans were in the
Carranza army.
of the National Guard of the District
OF Columbia thrown into actual con-
tact with a German serving with the
Mexican forces. and this was when six
members of Field Hospital No. !, sta
toned at Warren. Ariz.. crossed the in
ternational line at Naco while on q
sightseeing expedition and entered
Mexico They were arrested by two
soldiers attired in the uniform of Off
GERS in the Carranza army One was a
Mexican and the other was German.
and spoke with a decided German ac-
cent. He served as interpreter for the
field hospital men when they were
taken before Maj. Garcia. commanding
the forces at Naco. Sonora and uues-
toned why they had crossed the line.
The German officer accompanied the
taken to the international line and
turned over to soldiers of the Arizona
National Guard who were on guard
duty on the United States side
Evening star., 1917-03-01
GERMAN PLOT WITH MEXICO TO CONQUER
UNITED STATES WITH THE AID OF JAPAN
REVEALED in FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER.
Carranza Was Promised "Lost Provinces of Texas New
Mexico and Arzona--- Tokio's Goodness Believed to
Have Frustrated Plan.

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Mexico and arizona
Evening star., 1917-03-01

without demurrer for the safe conduct
to Germany of the large body of Ger
man consuls in the United States who
accompanied Count Won Bernstorff. But
never before had the department been
confronted with a demand for safe con-
duct beyond the borders of the United
States for consular officers of a bellig-
erent bound for new posts.
Reason for Not Helping Consuls.
Therefore. Secretary Lansing without
hesitation declared that it was none of
the business of the United States gov
ernment to protect these German con-
suls beyond the jurisdiction of the
United States: nor was it incumbent
upon him to appeal to British and
French governments for any such meas
ure of protection for the officers of the
country which they were fighting.
He took the ground that the German
consuls were free to leave the United
States by any door they chose and a
similar request was the only one he
made in regard to the American con-
suls in Germany.
The facts developed in connection
with the German intrigue now make
clear that Secretary Lansing had an
facilitate the transfer of German con-
suls into Latin America, based on his
prospective. active and dangerous
agents of the German government in
the plan to array the governments of
Latin America against the United
States in event of war between this
country and Germany.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
House Provides For Immediate Con-
sideration of Bill Giving Pres
ident Full Authority.
Senate Republicans Abandon Filibuster in
the Emergency Confidence in
Japan Asserted.

Shocked and by revelation of Germanys attempt to
unite Japan the United States Congress
and began swinging into ne
behind President.
their general hbuster ana gave
democratic their the President IN
national emergency.
House. without roll call and under special provision io
Floods bill to clotne INC
authority deal with the German submarine menace
amng under tor vote after
three President Wilson, however will insist on
nstumentaies proposed IN the
bill pending in the SenatSSN
REPORT OF INTRIGUE FULLYFcONFIRMED.
Full official Germanys revealed by the
the White House. State
and On the floor of the Senate
Secretary Lansing official statement made clear that the
United believe Japan had knowledge OF the scheme
or would part He also expressed the confidence OF the
government hat Mexico would take part
The Japanese embassy official declared that
under no would Gany proposal considered
the Toxic government; allegiance of Japan the
entente alliance and friendship for the United States
The astounding character of Germanys
overshadowed other considerations in the
today -
Baker President Wilson today and
ation He would reveal the subject they discussed
Evening star., 1917-03-01
Fall of Town Appears Immi~
nent-Germans Admit Sys- I
tematic Withdrawal.
G0MMECOURT TAKEN =
IN BRITISH ADVANCR
Villages of Thilloy and Puisieux$
au-Mont Also Captured-Gains
Registered Elsewhere.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -
PARIS, March 1.-The Germans haves
already fallen back behind Bapaumea
and the fall of tho town is imminentA
according to information from the fronf
which has reached military circles here,
Tho new German line is said to rum
along the road from Bapaume to Per~
rome and some distance in the rear OF
the former town. During their retire-
ment the Germans have systematically
destroyed their dugouts and provision
depots and rendered their trenches uses
less.
An Australian patrol in one place
found a chain stretched across ravins
and discovered in time that 1t was cons
nected with a mine at either end. The
German artillery fire is said to have
been notably feeble during the recent
retreat. but heavy guns are reported
still in position at Bapaume, mounted
on rails
Encounters between French and Ger<
man patrols took place last night in
SAGE, the war office announced todayi
Prisoners were taken by the French in
these operations.
Germans Admit Withdrawal. Il
BERLIN. March 1. by wireless to Say<
ville.-German Amy headquarters toe
day announced a voluntary and syste<
matte withdrawal of parts of the Ger<
man advance positions on both banks
Of the Ancre, on the Franco-Belgian
front The withdrawal, 1t, was -aA~
nounced, was effected several days ago.
the movement being concealed from the
British. The statement reads:
"On both banks of the Ancre several
days ago, for special reasons, a part
Of our advance position was voluntarily
and systematically evacuated and ths
defense has been placed in another pre-
pared line. Our movement remainsd
concealed from the en- emy. Rear guard
posts. acting carefully. hampered his
troops which only with hesitation
hEhfin6, the strip of land which wa6
abandoned by US and which is lying In
ruins.
yielding in the face of a numerically
superior attack. as had been ordered
these minor detachments inflicted -conS
siderable sanguinary losses upon the
enemy, and up to now have captured
eleven officers and 174 men and four
machine guns and today still dominate
tho field in front OF our positions"
British Occupy Villages.
LONDON, March british troops oe<
cupied the important village of Come
mecourt yesterday and captured the
villages of Thilloy and Puisieux-auA
Mont as we'll. advancing their line
more than half a mile to the northeast
of Gommecourt. This announcement IL
made in the official report from British
HEADQUARTERS in France last night
which also records several raids OF
minor Importance.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
MEXICAN OFFICIALS SAY p
GERMAN MOVE is VAIN

MEXICO CITY. March Most of the
Mexican officials here declined today to
discuss the effort of Germany to in
volve Mexico in a war with the United
States, except to say that they thought
would be neutral
Evening star., 1917-03-01
STORY OF APL0T
ST|RS THE SENATE
Debate on Lodge Resolution
|nquiring if Associated Press
Story Is Authentic.
AMENDED AND REPORTED
TEXT OF LODGE INQUIRY
AS TO ZIMMERMAN NOTE.

The text OF the amended Lodge
resolution follows.
"ResOlved. That the President
be requested to inform the Sem
ate. II not Incompatible with the
public interest. whether the note
signed 'Zimmcrmann' published
in the newspapers of the morning
OF March LIST. inviting Mexico to
unite with Germany and Japan
in war against the United States,
Il. in his opinion. authentic and
is in the possession Of the gov
ernment of the United States, and
II in his opinion. authentic. to
send to the Senate any further
Information in the possession Of
the government Of the United
States relative to any activities
Of the imperial German govern
ment affecting the international
relations Of the United States"
Evening star., 1917-03-01

The communication of Germany to
n,.x;o
unfinished todsv u.s bro,,eh+ I'm :, ~.
Senate when it convened bv Senator
oa ,, ;.s,s ,..
proposing 'hal tne Fresideht INFORM
the Senate If the note signed "Zimmer-
mann" is authentic.
Sara+or Sto,. raona,t.a g.. ,, a..
ro.a1,,tio .,aws ~ 49,,
.ions commit,s. w,tbout ory ins.-,.-
,ions .s ~ ,,b.n - ,hou,d r.nr, rh,,
was auop'eu os uhahihious cou4Sh~
and few hours later the committee
ordered a favorable report on the reso-
,,,,,on ,,+ar ,h.ne,ra
'u.,o"' ai.ei sing aie" "o'uS
Inc committee amended the resoiu-
tion slightly, striking out the provision
asking the President for information a.
~.
into possession of the United States.
""so' y. VIZ eihia informed
Ne "'ie seh-
nav 'NN oS 'ne COL
ue"' ~ s'"'e 'ia' 'iie account oi 'he
oS INC
ieS' 90 eiaiiS eof
ie''
Other Information Wanted.
senator Lid oiiette Oh Wisconsin sald
he would not object to passage Of the
Lodge resolution providing it was
,oa o.. ,s1, III. pras;a.n+ o..
when the zimmerman note mad come
into possession of the United States
government
"I. 10 +ire- ..id sen.torI, Eo,,.tta
that we should kho" now long the
President or any branch of the eox
ernment has had the document in his
nossession
Senators Reed and Hardwick object ed
to hasty massage of the Lodge resoIu
tion snd had II reread
Senator Lodge added TO his reso,u-
tion a clause requesting that tbe ca
ate he sunnIied with ali Other inforr,a
tion eardine this rnattar 20 80 10
oU III. ,'.;tb the n,ihIin ~. ~ ~. III
h'iS III est
Entitled to Have Foot,
Senator Lodge declared that when ",
.t ,.,.t,.r ....:. 49,,
sie"' "Ssoeidlieh ike
the Associated fress put forward seri
<,;,,,t.h f.o., ST., ~
foreign affairs of Germany inviting
Mexico and Japan to unite tn make w,r
on the United States If w,s +;,,a ,ha
Congress and the neon1a .bo,,a 10 -,
formed of the matter"
While Senator Swanson was assur
~ s,a,. ~ snn', o"a. ne vas autnorlzed
sociated Press was correct full onr
firmation was being given officially at
tne ni,e house ana STATE Department.
crat. obiected to immndiate nn,s;a ga, aenno
tion Of the Lodge resolution and other
senators urged him to withdraw it.
senator WORKS, republican. Of Cali
ior ma rs"eo tha' IL shouid De adopt
ed.
IT IS eXceeoinsiy important. said
ne, INA, we nave eNpllcft information
whether the PRESIDENT: at the time he
asked 1oheress 10 CONFER extraordinary
powers upon MN. knew or these con-
dltlons as disclosed IN the newspapers.
II the PRESIDENT mad the information
at that time IL was due congress and
the people or me onlted states that he
circ,m c,1uu stances That mieht anec, ~ the the
Evening star., 1917-03-01
German Activities Along Border.

The Investigations of the American mill
tary intelligence officers and the secret
service along the. border have disclosed
many German activities there which now,
in the light of these revelations, can be
assigned to their proper places in the Sc
auence of events.
At Columbus, N. NJ. It is charged that
German influences were responsible for
the Villa raid, with the object of forcing
intervention by the United States, which
was expected to draw the attention OF
tions, and, consequently. cut down the
munitions exports to the allies.
The army intelligence officers are in
possession of information which seems
to imply possible connection of Theodore
Kock, or Kouch, German vice counsel at
Parral, Mexico, with the attack by Mexi-
can troops on the American cavalry un-
der Maj. Tompkins while. In pursuit Of
Evening star., 1917-03-01

ed by Germany" with the organized
disabling of German merchant ships
IN American ports, at a prearranged
signal from the German embassy here
some of them even before the break
was an accomplished fact.
American officials are equally in
terested in knowing what reception the
startling disclosures will meet in Ger
many and what will be the effect on
the German people if they are permit
ted to know about them.
The evidences at hand are that if
Mexico, as Germany suggested. COM
municated to Japan the proposal for an
attack on the United States, it met
quite contrary to what Berlin had eX-
pected. 1t is thought here that Ger
many's announcement that she intend
ed to withdraw from the Pacific, as part
OF the making of peace, was carefully
planned long ago to attract Japan to
Germany's schemes with the prospect
not only of occupying the German
possessions in the Pacific, adding to
her domination of that great ocean, but
of settling the long g-standing friction
with the Cpited States.
Mexico Reverses Her Attitude.
Observers here believe that the
breakdown of the scheme so far as
Japan was concerned was signalized
when the Mexican government sudden
" reversed it's attitude and announced
that it had no intention of cutting Off
the British supply of naval fuel oil. as
had plainly been indicated in Gen. Car
ranza's proposal to make peace in Eu-
rope by cutting off exports of food and
munitions from neutrals.
Aside from the plan to ALLEVIATE Japan
from; the entente and turn that country
against the United States. the plot to
embroil Mexico in "a war against the
United States. which was to have gen
eral financial support from Germany,
commands chief attention because it is
regarded as proof of long-smoldering
suspicions of German activities to stir
up trouble elsewhere on the western
hemisphere, where the United States
by the Monroe doctrine is morally obll-
gated to maintain order.
Reports of German submarine bases in
the Gulf of Mexico. hints of possible Ger
man influences behind the uprising in
Cuba, repeated assertions that German
influences were playing upon all revolu-
tionary factions in Mexico with the sole
purpose of embarrassing the United
states reports of resentment being stirred
nm against the United States in Colombia,
which already has grievance because
or the partition of Panama the recent
,,urcha Sc by the United States of the Dan
isa West Indies for the openly announced
reason that the United States could not
afford to have them fall into the hands OF
a hostile power-all these things, i'll the
opinion of officials here. take on a de-
cidedly definite form with the disclosures
made in Germany's Instructions to her
minister in Mexico.
Evening star., 1917-03-01

Thinks Japan Had No knowledge
Secretary Lansing authorized this
statement:
I've do not believe that Japan mas
had any knowledge of this or that she
would consider any proposition maze
by an enemy"
AS to Mexico the Secretary sald;
we have confidence that Mexico
would not be a party 10 any sun IL
avreement in view of the friendly re-
J.tions existing between this govern.
ment and the de facto government Oh
Mexico.
Secretary Lansing took great care
TO exonerate both Japan ana Me@ico
and said this government hao no
knowledge that the proposal had peeh
conyeyed through Mexico to Japan.
In view of the fact that the plan was
not to be presented until 1T is certaliI
with the United States" 1t was not Ger
tain, Secretary Lansing said. that the
matter had been officially presented to
Gen. Carranza at all
Instructions Reached Mexico.
7, is~known definitely, officials said,
that at~Zimmermann's instructions reach
ed Count Won Bernstorff here in Wash
ington, that he forwarded them to
Mexico City and that they reached the
German minister there. At this point
the trail of official certainty is lost
to view.
Secretary Lansing fatty refused to
give any indication of how the in
formation came into possession of the
United States government. on the
ground that it would endanger the
lives of those concerned For obvious
reasons, which he could not amplify,
he refused to discuss the source i'll any
. way
Ambassador Sato OF Japan was In
formed OF the possession of the text of
Germany's proposal by this govern
ment yesterday afternoon, when he
called at the State Department to see
Counselor Polk.
officials here expect Japan will well
come the opportunity to reiterate her
allegiance to the entente alliance and
that the occasion will be taken a
means of cementing relations between
the United States and Japan.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
British Occupy Villages.
Germans Are Believed IL
to Be Shortening Line; ?
Fighting Has Been Hard

From a staf Correspondent Of the Associated
Press.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, February 2S. via London II
p.m.-Gommecourt. one Of the German
strong points which held out against the
fury of the British offensive launched
last July is the latest of the French vii.
lages to be yielded by the Germans, whose
retiring movement began a few Gays ago.
Gommecourt has been the nose Of the
salient jutting into the British lines for
months and its occupation marks the
giving way of what was regarded as the
northern hinge of the German line. which
is now swinging back. and lends further
color to the theory that this is but the
first step toward shortening the line in
the Arras-Somme region.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
Explosions in Bapaume.

Meantime the British have approached
to within a mile of Bapaume in which
town further explosions have been heard.
I. is reliably reported that the famous
Banaume clock tower, long spared by the
British artillery. has been blown up by
the Germans In fine weather the British
nave been able to read the hour by this
clock and picture the German activities
about the tower The weather today was
dark and gIooEy. and these observations
could not be made. The clock towers at
Acbiet LIE Petit and Buquoy have also
been blown up. the Germans apparently
being determined to leave nothing behind
which by any chance could be made avail-
able for observation purposes.
Ever since the beginning of the Ger-
man withdrawal the British advance
has largely been won after severe
fighting The Germans appear to have
nicked their best men and officers to
cover the retreat, these being left in
ma chine gun groups approximating
ninety men. protected by high velocity
guns far in the rear and linked up with
the retiring headquarters by telephone.
Find Many German Dead.
There was particularly hard fighting
.bout Puisieux au Mont. and when the
pritish entered they found many Ger
man dead. The Germans also adopted
their favorite practice OF necessarily
shelling the evacuated points. They
noured perfect streams of shells into
Irles. Miraumont, Serre and other viii
Lagos today from far-away "heavies'' |
mounted on railroad trucks, and light .
err caliber weapons, which seemingly |
were doing the double duty of shooting /
off reserve ammunition and wearing |
out before possible aban- I
donment.
1t was with a sense Of immense graf /
iication that the British officers led |
their troops through what once had |
been a beautiful park surrounding the
chateau of Gommecourt on the way to :
occupy that town and points beyond.
Tho assault launched against it last
July was one of the most vicious. Of tho J
war, the casualties on both sides being
very heavy. The assault was repeated
Evening star., 1917-03-01
WEATHER.

Cloudy tonight: temperature near
freezing; tomorrow fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours,
ending pm: Highest. SO. at | 80 am
today; lowest, SO, at am. today.
Full report on page 81.
Evening star., 1917-03-01
Mann Back Of Measure.

at is well known" Mr.. Mann said,
.that / have done and will do every
thing in my power, to keep this coun-
try out of the European war and the
peace settlement that is certain to fol-
low it's end. But 1 do not see how
IT is possible for patriotic nation to
refuse to give the President at the
time of this crisis power which he
asks and which is provided for in the
pending bill.
II recognize the fact that those op-
posing this proposition are filled with
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Evening star., 1917-03-01

Sworn Net Circulation. Month Of January.
1917, Daily Average ez.7BSp sunday. GOOSE
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-15
Diet. Exercise or DEATH!

An eminent medical authority writes
that most Of our city folks die Of thick
ening Of the arteries or Of kidney dis
ease. The kidneys become clogged and
do not filter the poisons from the blood,
and one trouble follows another, high
blood pressure damages the heart, arteries
and kidneys. Usually its danger signals
feet or ankles, rheumatic twinges OF
spots appearing before the eyes.I -,
"The very best remedy is this: Eat
meat but once day or not at all. Plenty
OF outdoor exercise, and drink pure
water frequently. Before meals take q
little Anuric, the great uric acid neu-
trailer that is easily obtained at the
drug store. When you have dizziness,
chil1s or sweating, worry, or dragging
pains in back, try this wonderful enemy
to uric acid, which DR.: Pierce OF Buffalo,
N. Y, discovered and named Anurlc'
Anuric, more potent than ithia, dissolves
uric acid as hot water does sugar."