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SH|PbU|LDERS
SLOW IN BIDS
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
TO PLACE CONTRACTS
Made Wednesday by Navy
Department Want
Fast Cruisers.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-Anoth,
>er attempt will be made tomorrow by
the navy department TO place con
tracts for the construction of 35-knot
scout cruisers without invoking the
presidents authority to require pri.
vate builders to undertake the work.
While congress has authorized seven
Of these vessels, deemed absolutely
essential TO the efficiency Of the fleet
only one has been contracted for up
TO this time. Bids have been adver.
tised three times and congress has
raised the limit of cost from $1,000. 900
to $6.000,000 but the department was
without information tonight as to the
number of shipbuilding companies
that would respond tomorrow.
Bids for six scouts. 10 cost six mil.
lion each, exclusive Of armor and
armament. will be opened. The Seat,
tie Construction Company undertook
the construction Of one at S5,000,000
before the cost limit was raised.
Secretary Daniels probably will
place contracts this week also for
five battle cruisers to cost s19,000,000
each exclusive Of armor and arma-
ment. They will be built on basis
Of ten percent net profits to the build,
ers, and will be distributed among the
plants SO as to obtain the quickest
results.
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More Railroaders Ratify Strike Plans;
President Wilson Expected TO intervene
Japanese to Honor Ambassador Guthrie By Sending
Body to United States on The First Glass Cruiser Azuma

are massed with floral offerings
from Japanese dienitaries and
Japanese and American organiza-
tions. Japanese officers and Amer
lean military and naval attaches
constitute the guard Of honor.
It was unofficialIy announced
today that the first class cruiser
Azuma probably would be desig-
mated to transport the body Of the
late ambassador to the United
States.
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HEAVY DAMAGE
IN INTERIOR
WEBSTER SPRINGS
SECTION HARD HIT.
Hundred Passengers Were
.Marooned in Flood All
Night Near Belington.

ELkINS. ". Va, March 13.-Ma-
rooned all night in five or six feet
Of water. two miles north OF Beling-
ten. about 100 passengers on-a Grafton
and Elkins passenger train; south
bound on. the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, suffered severely from the cold.
The tracks in many places along the
line were under water, the engineer
being able to pass through all of them
until he reached this point when the
fire box was flooded and the engine
killed" 1t was Ten hours before the
water receded sufficiently to permit
firing Of the engine and getting up
steam The train reached here at
$50 o'clock this morning, twelve
hours late.
The Tygart Valley river reached a
stage of 17La feet here at eight o'clock
this morning but since it has been
slowly falling.
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The HoIrIy Record.

At 3 a. NJ, with 81 feet 8 inches.
on the marks, hare, and rising one
inch an hour, it;was expected the:
river would be stationary within
another hour. Z:
The Wheeling district this morning
is in full and condplete possession OF:
near-flood-witl; the stage at the
wharf at 3 A. IT.; "a feet inches,
and rising at the' rate of l inch an
hour.
1t is expected tl,at the river will be-:
come stationary here within the NEXT
hour or two-it had ceased rising at
Steubenyille early: in the night, and
local riyermen expected the crest to-
be reached here about midnight. but
Continued 81 rage Eight,
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THAW A LUNATIC,
COURTS DECISION

PHILADELPHIA. March 13.-Narry
X. Thaw was today adjudg"d II lunatic
by the common pleas court oC this city.
and under the law cannot hc taken /"
New York on rcquiSttion 10 stand trial
on charges of assaulting Frederick;
Gurnp. Ir. g. high school student "t
Kansas CITY. Mo Thaw viii h" kept in
ST. Mary's hospital here pending his RE-
inoval 10 Pennsylvania asylum.
The courts action WAS based on ia"
report presented today by a iunacy com
mission which yesterday TOOK III" t"$ti-
,nCnv Of Thaw and his mother
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SECOND REGIMENT
IN THREE SECTIONS

SAN ANTONIO. Ten. March l".--or-,
,Icrs for rehabilitation of tho Second
Vest Virginia Infantry at Huntington,
instead Of Charleston. We're recorded TO-
night. The regiment will cntran at noon
tomorrow for Huntington, via New pF-
leans and Lexington. Ky. Several days
;.r" expected 10 b" required for muster
ing out the troops. whose tour OF duty
nI' tho hordrr has covered about six
months. Col. l.. Y. W. kcnnon. COM
unndcr of tn" First Brigade. will accom-
rany the regiment /" assist in the must
rriug out. TIL" trains Will run in three
{ 4 OF ions Of ahnnt $40 mon each.
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TOXIC, March IL (Monday).-
AS a special mark Of honor to the
late George w. Guthrie, American
ambassador to Japan. the emperor
is expected to detail a Japanese
warship to transport the body to
the United States. The official
announcement, designating the
warship, is anticipated with great
interest, because, broadly inter
preted, it will be specIa' mani
festation of friendship for the
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American nation, especially as
Japanese warships are at present
occupied in patrol duty in the
Pacific and indian oceans.
Great numbers of persons have
visited the American naval hospi-
tai. where the body lies in state,
the closed coffin surmounted with
a beautiful wreath from the en-
. peror The diplomatic corps sent
silver wreath designed by Jap
anese artists. The reception rooms
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,, ~ th. Entc;1ircuc.r.

SpI ca. - the Tnic:iircucsr.
BALTIMORE. MD, March IL
Intcrmaticn that a strike would be
call d among the train1nen caused
great surpr. Sc at the csntral offices
Of th2 Ba timore s. Ohio today. Or
ictals said that they had accepted
the statement Of tle brotherhood
l aders issued a<:cr conference of
th, cn:efs ir Cleveland last Satur-
cay that 40 action of the kind
: would bs ker during an impending
international Crisis.
No special steps have been taken
oy the Baltimore 9: Ono looking 20
prevention of p walkout. The Of
flcdals nre not worrying, anG are re-
lying upop the attitude of a large
percentage CT th.:r men, as express.
Cd last September, tn t they Wood
remain loya: 20 the railroad and re-
have % teopardize their positions
and thu security which their faini-
Les enjoy.
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RAN the STATE OF
WASHINGTON AWHILE

OLYMPIA. Wnsh., March l2.-An
armed man forced his way into tho Of
flee nf Governor Ernest LisIer lOdav.
anL was III ,otmpl"i" charge for half an
hour before h" surrendered. Governor
Lister had heard Il disturbances outside
his uffIre and went ln an adjoining room
lust before tho man entered. Whom
taken in charge by tho sheriff the man
said his nanlr was Charles l.. Wagner
and that he was Just 4 wandcrcr."
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Belgian Relief Ship
Sunk By the Germans

LONDON. March 14.-1:06 A.. NJ
The Norwegian steamer Lars Faste-
macs Glars Fostrnes) bound from
America for Rotterdam with grain
for the American Relief Commission,
for Belgium has been sunk without
warning outside the blockade zone.
according to the. Norwegian Mercan-
tile Shipping Gazette.
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Accept Waqe Bonus.

NEW YORK, March 13.-CrewS Of
American Line steamships are willing
to accept a war bonus" of 90 per-
cent wage increase offered by p. A.
S. Franklin. head of the International
Mercantile Marine Company. 1t was
announced today by Gustave A. Braun
secretary Of the Atlantic district of
International Seamen's Union. The
men demanded Is percent.
Besides the wage bonus. it was stat
ed. the proposition guaranteed the
seamen insurance Of personal effects,
provisions for their families and de-
pendents and their return to this port.
Braun asserted the union disapproved
Of the action Of those members of the
crews who had threatened to strike.
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GERMAN
Raider in Indian Ocean Sinks
Jap Ship Chased y
by Cruisers.

TOXIC. March 13 (8:45 p. N.Y.
1T is officially announced that a
converted German cruiser has
been sighted in the Indian ocean,
and that it now is being chased
by Japanese and British warships.
The German has sunk japan
csc freiehter.
VANCOUVER. B. c.. March 13-
Cable advices from Japan received
here today by the Canadian News. &
Japanese newspaper, stated that 4
Japanese steamship of about 3.115
tons had been sunk in the Indian
ocean by a German commerce raider
No details were given.
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B. { D. MEN Of
THIS SECTION
WERE NOTIFIED
CONFERENCE WITH
ROADS THURSDAY
Brotherhood Men Declared to
Be United In Favor
of Strike.

Early this morning it was as
serted that orders have been
received by Wheeling district
members Of the four railroad
brotherhoods to be in readiness
for the carrying out of the gen.
eral strike order, which is ex-
pceted to be effective the coming
Saturday on some roads, and
progressively on all others by
Wednesday Of next week. These
orders are declared to have been
received by members Of the
brotherhoods employed on all Of
the railroads entering this dis
trict - the Baltimore & Ohio,
Pennsylvania. Wheeling & Lake
Erie and New York Central
{lake Erie, Alliance G. Wheel
in9.)
mARrlNs5URG, W. Va. Mar.
13. ~ Railroad employees here
were notified today by heads Of
four railroad men's brotherhoods
to prepare for a strike beginning
Saturday. March II. at p. m.
The order directs. it is said, to
discontinue freight service im-
mediately and passenger service
five days later unless an agree
ment is reached between the
brotherhoods ard the railroad
companies.
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Webster Hard Hit.

WEBSTER SPRINGS, w. Va, March
13.-Floods caused by heavy rains has
resulted in Webster Springs being
cut off from the outside world since
Saturday. Lowlands are flooded by
Elk river which is The highest in ten
years. and every bridge and trestle
in this vicinity on the West Virginia
Midland railroad las been swept
away. Railroad officials declare that
CONTINUED On Page Eighty
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OVATION FOR GERARD
IN THE SOUTHLAND

SAvANNAH. Ca. March L.. .lam2s
w. Gerard rurmcN American :,lmhaSsn-
dor to Germany. PASSED through here
early tonight with Mrs. Gerard and n
party Of Americans returning from
Berlin to Washington. The HmhnSSn-
doris trip through Florida and G"orgi:,
cities today WAS marked h5' a series Of
patriotic demonstrations and nni>y ova-
tirns in his honor
Mr. Gerard will reach Washington "a
morrow afternoon. lie said iu'la% ,hI.
il he CnI permission al the stat" tie
partmcnt he would break his lu,S
silence on conditinnS in Germany.
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"NOTAING TO IT."

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 13-
Vance c. Mccormick today denied a
rumor that he would be named to sue
reed the late Ambassador Guthrie at
Toxic, There is nothing to It." he
said
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by the Ertish forces against the Ger
mans III thc-oper2 tt"n.s which have as
their object the capture of Bnpaume
andN n general bending back Of the Ger
man line eastward in th" S0mne and
AnCry regions Of Frame.
According Ia The British war office
communication. under another of the
terrific british EnmbardmcntS the Ger
mans hay" abandoned their main defcn-
Sivr system west uI HApaumc on Il front
of three Mni Il hall miles 10 = depth Of
a mile Thu nrivHir" gave King Georges
troops the village 1T GrcvilicrS and tho
L0upart wood. bringing the advanced
British forces al the former place to Il
Scant mile ami half from the north
western outskirts OF Lapaunr".
North of tn" Ancre the left wing Of
the British IN This particular operation
has bent back thj. German lin" on 4
front uf Il mile east and northeast pf
GnInm.cuurt and dNSn,n"whul straight tened
out The curve "Xirn'!ing from ftSSarts- :
Les l@,IcQuuy To the region northeast -!
PuiSlruN Al Mont.
tn the north Of this region. III the
vicinity uf Arm"ulirrC$. SuuChcH and
Nruvilic ST. NaHSt. and southwest Of
N,llyr I'hup"llr. III" Germans threw
forward raidinE parties. bui all 81
these met with r"Pulsr. according 10
LuuGuu except in The last named sec
tor. where tn" t;ernans reached the
British trenches and made prisoner at
SnInn Of IN" occupants.
Elscwhcr" on the line III France therc
have been only artillery engagements,
which wrc especially. severe i'll cham
purnc on the sectors of Mals"ns DE
{ t'hampngn" and MHssigcS ami at vnri-
Gus points on both sides Of the Meusc
in the region OF Nrrdun.
The Turks evidently are beng given
no rest h.. thr British operating against
them lorIhwHrd from Bagdad along the
TigriS river. After III" capture OF lag
dad on Sunday tho l;riLiSh cavalry kept
IN the heels nf TN" rctrcaiing Turks
and occupied the, tUwE OF kaZimain, ilv':
miles TO thu. north. taking more than
10u prisoners. GunbuaiS are proceeding
IN thn river in pursuit Ot the Turks.
Although he Turks for more than two
weeks before ;hS fall of BaSdad had
been destroying o.: removing everything
of value from the city. General Maudc'
the British forces, report
ed the capture nf large quantities ol
arms and ammunition.
Considcrn hlc lighting has again brok-
en out in Galicia and in Macedonia be-
tween Lakes Ochrida and Prrsba, ac-
rnrding 10 tho German war office, IN
the former region north OF tn" Hlochoti-
railway th1 Germans IN raiu
ON Kussiam positions captured J23 RUS
SLAMS and thirteen ct their machine
guns. and near ErzHZany and along the
river ais" made gains ana
tnok more than 80 prisoners.
In Macedonia tho French eSsaIed an
attack between Lake OChrida and l-aks
prnsba. but were r"pulscd. says Berlin.
In tho AuStro-Ttaliau theatre the ar
tiIIrrv Of both sides continues to carry
out homha rdmcnts against opposing po-
si,ions. and raiding parties are sti'l ar
tive. , ,,,.s
stranded on til" Dutch coast.
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CHATTER DEFEATED

NEWARK. O.. March 13. - The pro-
pnsal of a charter form of government
for the city Of Newark was defeated to-
day by a vote Of l107 against $50.
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THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Marc

"RoHINo OTV' .. o. WdrCH w.
Forecast:
OHIO-Rain south, rain or snow
north Wednesday; Thursday. local
SHOWS and somewhat colder.
WEST VlRGINfA-Rain Wednes.
day; Thursday local SHOWS and colder.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA -
Snow or rain north, rain in south
Wednesday; Thursday, local SHOWS
and colder.
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ANOTHER BIC
BRITISH CAIN
IN THE WEST
GERMANS ARE DRIVEN
BACK ON WIDE FRONT
Repulse Extends for Depth Of
a Mile Villages
Occupied.

LONDON. Mar. Is UQ:41 p. IN.
The official report from British
headquarters in FRANCE announces
the abandonment by the Germans
of their main defensive system
west Of Bapaume. on front Of
three and one.half miles. The
British troops drove back the Ger
mans rear guard 10 Il depth Of
mile and occupied Grevillers and
Loupart wood.
LONDON. Mar. l3 Q0:10 p. m.)
A further retirement OF the
Germans on ii front of between
1000 and 5000 yards and to an
unknown depth is reported by
Reuter-. despatch from the British
front in France. The movement
was still in progress when the
despatch was sent.
The British have gone right
through strong German positions
in Loupart wood and seized the
village Of Grevillers (west Of
Bapauma.) The retirement fol-
lowed "A heavy British lombard
ment and was made under cover
of haZy weather.
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Prench Comment.

rARlS. March Is. 1855 p. m.-"'rhc de-
cision OF the United States to cannon
ade German submarines is the final act
and practical conclusion OF the notes
of May. 1916" says the Temps. 1T is
a fact without doubt that the armiug
of merchantmen and the perfectly natu-
rul instructions they have received fore
cast the probable opening soon Of hos
tilitics.
Germany is the witness Of having
with its own hands destroyed in the
I-nItsd States the strongest situation
over possessed by any European Coun-
try. The moral effect for the entente
is considerable. as Is the reinforcement
Of the surveillance Of IN" $raS.'
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Loft. Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN (vin Londonl. March
49, $50 y. m.-Count Won crnstorff,
former German ambassador TO the
United States und his party left Coprn-
hagen On L special. train at T:i1 p. IN.
for Berlin 1t is uncertain when the
train will arrive because OF ice condi-
tionS. which have made all ferry traffic
highly unsatisfactory for, the last week.
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On Armed Liners.

WASH N,iTDN. March l&.-Amcrlca1
diplomats at home waiting an opportu-
nitr tn return 20 posts in Europe VIII
travel on armed m'riCau liners Among
them are Hugh GipS0u. first secretary
of tn" cmba assy VI London. who expects
TO sail on thu first American liner that
starts across the Atlantic.
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American Endangered.

WASHINGTON. March l2.-Sevon
lives were lost and one American placed
IN Jeopardy in the sinking without warn
ing by Il submarine OF the Cunard
freightcr Folio off the Irish coast Sun
day. Consul Frost AT Queenstown
cabcd the state department today this
report:
Seven lives lost in sinking of the
CNlnardcr Folio. out of crew Of IS. Folio
bound New York to -Avonmouth. Tor
pcdocd without warning five miles off
Ram Head. County Waterford. In heavy
fog Sunday. 7:20 4. NJ. DR.. Core and Of
fcers reached Bristol this morning"
A dispatch from the consul earlier in
the day said:
"Cunard non-passenger Folio sunk oft
Waterford tenth. Survivors landed
Dungarron. Sole American. BOATS sur
geon. ". j. Coae. ashville. Tenn. saved
uninjured.
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STATIONS FOR
j. 6. DEFENSE
USE DIRICIBLES
AND AEROPLANEs
Vigorous Measures Are Being
Taken by Joint Army
and Navy Board.

WASHINGTON. March l3.-A Joint
army-navy board is studying tho Allan
tic and gulf coasts preparatory To The
establishment of eight aeronaulic sta
tions, which besides having two diriE-
ibleS and six or eight acrOplancS each
for aerial patrol work. probably will
serve rs bases for tn" new 10 foot
coast scout boats. Of which the navy
VIII order more than n hundred in few
days.
Sixteen dirigiblcs and sufficient
number of SeaplaucS already have been
contracted for. and Officers and men for
the air service arc being selected to be
sent Ia tn" station at Pensacola. Fla,
for training. y school drigiblc for the
station Is about ready for delivery.
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Snow or rain Wednesday; Thursday
local SHOWS ara colder.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-02

Logan Berry Ice Cream. The Pas teurized Milk Co. 4-l-tt
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DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF
 CONSPIRACY PRESENTED
THE NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL ADOPTED FORMAL RESOLUTION FOR PURPOSE OF FOMENT-
 ING STRIKES.

New York. May t.--Documentary evidence that Labor's National Peace Council adopted formal resolution ealing upon affiliated labor org1niza- tions to appropriate money for the sup DOT, of workmen striking for the pur- pose of "paralyhing the private arms aud munitions traffic in this country was introduced today at the trial of members of the council and Captain Franz Rintelen, the German agent at whose behest, 1t was alleged, the coun- cu vas organized.
 Testimony also wa, given that Rin-
 telen in l915 deposited S50S,000 in this country which 1t l. alleged by the government was To be used in @
 nanoing plans to disrupt the mum tions traffic to the entente allies by
 fomcuting strikes. and that more than 1 S1S,N00 was paid out of the fund tn David Lamar, the so-callcd ''wolf of ! Wal street" wbo the government charges acted as Rintelen's chief agent
 1 Nc peace tONNtll iS HllC.Nth tO Hd " N
 been organized by Former Representa- 1 tive Frank Buchanan and H. Rober'
 Fowler and others of the eight de { fendants on trial A transcript of the
 minUtes of the councils meeting held 1, in Washington August 9, 1915, was in ! troduced through the first witness ] Alexander IL. Galt official stenogrl , pher of the meeting
 The resolution presented by Henry E. Martin, one oi the defendants, whc ] was later president Of the council
 read
 Re il resolved, that the officer!
 and executive committee of Labor's
 National Peace Councii are hereby au
 thorized to recommend to all labor or
 ganizatous affiliated with thIs bod, the levying and payment of an assess ment by each member thereof to usC
 in defraying the support of any work fman who may become involved in any strike 2r lockout for the purpose O.