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GOOD EVENING Rosy reports come from Washington today the submarine -but neither Germany nor Great Britain has yet confirmed what it is su'd may be done. Thirty-second Year, No, 2. MAY BE SPEEDY AGREEMENT IN SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY WHICH WILL PRESERVE ALL THE RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND END THE CONTENTION ENGLAND MAY CONCEDE A POINT It Is Believed Great Britain Will Promise That None of Her Vessels Traversing the Atirntic Will Le Armed, Which Will Greatly Help Settlement. Washington, March an agreement will be speedily reached which will preserve all of the rights of the United States under international law and at the same time end the so-called submarine controversy was broadly hinted in official quarters today. It was stated that Great Britain will within the next few days, deliver her promise that none of her vessels traversing the Atlantic will be armed.

Only such vessels as traverse the Mediterranean will carry guns and they will be specifically pledged to use such armament only in defense. At the same time Germany placed before the United States a detailed explanation of the reasons which constrained her to order armed merchantmen sunk without warning. This explanation reviewed the offers previously made by Germany to ratify the declaration of London and again charged specifically that the "illegal" British blockade by which an effort "is being made to starve Germany out," was entirely responsible for the use of the submarine against British vessels. While making no promise, it was accepted in official circles that Germany would willingly refrain from using submarines against anything but warships if England would modify her blockade to follow the lines of the declaration of London. It is understood that the British offer not to arm any vessels in the Atlantic trade would have been presented before now, but it was withheld until after the president had won his fight for nou -interference by congress.

Officials look for its receipt speedily and it was believed that it would be made the basis for a renewal on the part of the United States of its efforts to secure a modus vivendi between the warring nations for the "freedom of the seas" that would have an excellent chance of success. Until it actually is received, however, officials say they could not discuss it. GERMANY'S DETAILED GERMANY'S DETAILED EXPLANATION Washington, March United States today received from Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, a complete detailed explanation of its orders to submarine commanders to sink armed merchantmen without warning. This explanation covering the German side of the controversy was explanatory of the announcement previously recelved by the state department from Berlin and according to the ambassador was intended to clear up what has been considered 88 doubtful points by the United States, and e8- pecially to show that the new plans of the German government in co way abridge or conflict with the assuranc given to this government. The ambassador was with Secretary Lansing less than five minutes.

On leaving he said that he believed the communication would make plain just exactly what Germany planned to do. He said that he had asked secrutary Lansing for permission make the document public and that having been granted he would do so shortly. "This communication," the ambassador explained, "is Intended to set forth the German position in the armed merchantman controversy. It 13 in no rose a new order or orders, but is simply an amplification of the orders that went Into effect on the Arst of this month." Following is the text of the memorandum handed Secretary Lansing by Count Von Bernstorff: "The imperial German government, on account of the friendly relations which ha always existed between the two great nations and earLestly desiring to continue them, wishes to explain the boat question once more to the American gov. ernment.

At the outbreak of the war the German government acting upon the suggestion of the United States, 1m- mediately expressed its readiness to ratify the declaration of London. "At that time a German prize code had already been tasued, which was entirely--and without modification based upon the rules of the declaration of London. Germany thereby proved her willingness to recognize the existing International warfare which ensured the freedom of the sea for the legitimate trade of neutral nations, not ouly among The Home Paper of Mansfield and MANSFIELD NEWS MANSFIE' D. OUTO, WEDNESCAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1916. FOURTEEN WHEN HISTORY SHUDDERS.

(Copyright: 1016: By John T. McCutcheon. 1 THIS IS MY MONTH! I'LL DICTATE CHAPTER TWENTY OF THIS STORY!" MARCH 1916 MARS CRYAN AND WILLIS Hold Twenty Minute Couversation at Capitol Today, Columbus, March 8. "Hello Frank," said W. J.

Bryan this morning when he shook hands with Goyernor Will at the state house. "Why, hello, there, Mr. Secretary," replied the governor. The former secretary of state spent nearly twenty minutes conversing with the governor. Shortly before noon Bryan left for Ada where he speaks tonight on "Militarism." A similar address was warmly received here by an audience of 6,000 persons last night.

After the conference Governor Willis stated that politics was not mentioned. A variety of topics was touched upon including that of spelling bees. MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR A 7-Year-Old Girl is Fatally Shot by Foster Father. Washington, March Mistaken for a burglar Della Taylor, 7 years old, was fatally shot by her foster father, Arthur Grey, at the Grey residence at Zediker, three miles east of here early this morning. The child died an hour after the shooting.

There had been a burglar Zediker and Grey slept with his rifle beside his bed. When his adopted daughter, walking in her sleep rattled at his door he fired through the door, the bullet striking the girl in the head. Grey collapsed when he heard the child scream. He was not arrested. Hamburg Liners Taken Over.

Lorenzo, Marquez Portugese East Africa, March Hamburg liners that have been here since the war began were taken over by the Portuguese government today. Their officers and crews, numbering 400, were interned. The ships are the Admiral, 6,455 tons; the Essen, 876 tons; the Hot, 4,750 tons and the Kron Prinze, 5,689 tons. Strike Rioting In Spain. Madrid, March rioting broke out here last night and was still in progress today with troops fighting the mobs.

Up to the present time five strikers have been killed and 16 wounded. Six soldiers have also been injured. John Jones, Corner Storekeeper John Jones kept corner grocery--just an ordinary, every day grocery store. He did not get ahead and only made a bare living, One day Jones decided to liven business up a bit and sought advice, A friend showed him how to take advantage of products that were being advertised in the newspapers. He was induced to put these newspaper advertised products in the window and use them for business pullers.

Business began to get better and before long Jones became an enthusiast on the subject of co-operation with newspaper advertising, THE WEATHER Washington, March -For Ohio: Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday fair, warmer in west portion. PAGES Price 2 Cents NDICTMENTS RETURNED AGAINST STEEL COMPANIES SIX OF THEM AND ELBERT H. GARY AS CHAIRMAN OF STEEL CORPORATION, HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR EAST YOUNGSTOWN OUTBREAK. SIXTY-TWO COUNTS IN THE CASE Alleged Combination to Fix the Price of Labor by Gary and the Steel Companies Said to Have Stirred Up the Unrest and Rioting. SEE FAILURE OF THE SCHEME themselves but also with belligerent countries.

"Great Britain on the other bana, declined to ratify the declaration of London and after the outbreak of the war began to restrict the legitimate trade of the neutrals in order to hit Germany. The contraband provisions were systematically extended on Aug. 6, 20, Sept. 21, and Oct 29, 1914. On Nov.

3, 1914 the order of the British admiralty forlowed, declaring the whole North sea a war zone in which commercial shipping would be exposed to most serious danger from mines and men of war. Protests from neutrals were of no avail and from that time on the freedom of neutral commerce with Germany was particularly destroyed. Under these circumstances, Germany was compelled to resort, in February 1915, to reprisals in order to fight her opponents measures, which were absolutely' contrary to international law. She chose for this purpose new weapon, the use of which had not yet been regulated by international law, in doing so, could and did not violate any existing rules, but obly took into account the peculiarity of this new weapon, the submarine boat. "The use of the submarine naturally necessitated a restriction of the free movements of neutrals and stituted danger for them which Germany intended to ward off by special warning analogous to the warning England had given regardIng the North Sea.

"As both belligerents-Germany In her note of Feb. 17 and Great Britain in those of Feb. 18 and 20, 1915-claimed that their proceeding was only enacted in retaliatton for (Continued on second page) PFEIFFER CASE Ends Suddenly, Judge Giving Platetiff Husband a Divorce. Akra March hardest fought divorce case in Summit county history or perhaps in the whole court annals of Ohio came to a sudden close today when Judge E. D.

Fritch granted a divorce to Jacob Pfeiffer, president of the Miller Rubber compauy, from Mrs. Sadie Pfeiffer, who to get her maiden name of Sadie Harrington. Conceived by German Emperor to Encircle Verdun and Capture Joffre's Army. AT LEAST THE FRENCH WAR EXPERTS SO HOLD What Some of the Military Men and Others Think of the Situation. Paris, March German gains at Forges and Fresnes, milltary experts are confident that the kaiser's grand scheme to encircle Verdun and capture General Joffre'sarmy is doomed to failure.

'The Germans are methodically trying to pound their way to victory with masses of heavy guns, but as they advance they find the French positions stronger and stronger and fresh artillery has been going to the front for a week to reinforce the French batteries. The fact that Verdun is nearly two-thirds surrounded by German troops is not regarded as significant in military circles for it is believed that the Teutons have advanced about as far as they will be able to go west of Verdun, which is the only point where the kaiser's forces may move forward to close the gap in Lue circle. It has been shown that the Germang cannot advance from St. Mihiel to close the hole in the ring, making it necessary for them to move southward along the west bank of the Meuse or in the Argonne if they are going to carry to a successful conclusion their enterprise of surrounding Verdun. The southernmost point attained by the Germans in the Argonne is a position southeast of La Chalade and the distance from this place to St.

Mihiel 1s 8 miles. Hill No. 265, south of Forges, the farthest south to which the Germans have moved on the west bank of the Meuse, is 20 miles from St. Mihiel. Thus, if the Germans are to close the gap from La Chalade they must advance 34 miles, driving the French from powerful positions; if they try to forge the ring by moving south from hill No.

265 they not only have to advance distance of 28 miles, but to silence six or eight of the most powerful forts in eastern France. The total of the German advance on the west bank of the Meuse yesterday was not over 200 yards, according to dispatches from towns behind the front. Lieutenant Roussett, writer on military affairs, declares that the German attacks have not only be(Continued on fourth page.) FEEL SECURE AND WILL GO ON To Further Conferences With the Germans on Submarine Warfare of the Future. SOME OF THE FEATURES SOON TO BE PRESENTED Points of International Law That Will Be Entered Into In Discussions. Washington, March state department resumed operations today.

Secure in the knowledge that congress will make no further effort at this time to interfere with the executive handling of the controversy over the submarine warfare owing to the decisive votes against "warning" resolutions in both houses Secretary Lansing began preparations for his next conferences with Count Bernstorff and Baron Zwiedenik. Translation of that part of the German appendices held by Germany as justifying renewal of the submarine warfare against armed ships were before the secretary and his chiof assistant counsellor Polk. They must now determine whether the charges made by Germany that Great Britain herself has violated international law in the orders issued 11 merchant commanders are well founded. It is expected that Secretury Lansing will see the German ambassador seen. Although no offcial annonacement has been made known it 1g expected that the posttion of this government will be that the agreement suggested for the settlement of the Lusitania and Arabic cafes is unsatisfactory "because partly nullified by the notification that international law will not be observed.

in dealing with enemy armed ships." It has been understood here that Count Von Bernstorff was in possession of further instructions from his home government which would open the way for the continuAlice of. the formal negotiations. These have to do with the limitation of defensive armament and especially deal with the manner in which vessels are to be manned and armawent placed. In the identical note sent by the United States to the belligerents on Sept. 19, 1914, which was drafted by Mr.

Lansing, outlining the position that this government assumed in permitting the clearance to vessels armed for defense the limitation was made "that the vessel is manned by her usual crew and the officers are the same as those on board before the war was declared." Germany declares that this rule is violated on every vessel that has cleared from this country since the war began. The only armed merchantmen cleared have been those going to the Med(Continued on second page) Youngstown, March Gary, Ag chairman of the United States Steel corporation, and the Republic Iron Steel company, the Youngstown Sheet Tube company, the Carnegie Steel company, the Brier Hill Steel company, the Youngstown Iren Steel company and the United States Steel corporation, as corporations, were indieted here today by the grand jury probing the disastrous riots at East Youngstown Jan. 7. The strike outbreak at that time resulted in a property loss of $1,000,000 and week's stay here of several National Guard regiments. Indictments against Gary and the steel companies were returned for conspiracy to fix the wages of labor and to fix prices of iron and steel products in the Mahoning valley.

The jury also found that strike guards employed by the Youngstown Sheet Tube company fired the first shots which led to the reign of lawlessness which resulted in three regiments of the Ohio National Guard being ordered to Youngstown by Governor Willis. separate counts were returned in the indictments against Gary and each of steel companies. According to Prosecuting Attorney A. M. Henderson, efforts will be made at the trial of the cases to show that the alleged combination to fix the price of labor by Gary and the steel companies brought about the unrest among laborers which resuited in the strike riots.

Under the law Gary, if convicted, may be sentenced to a maximum of one year's imprisonment for each of the 62 alleged offenses and could be fined a maximum of $5,000 for each offense or a total or $310,000. The minimum penalty for each offense charged is a fine of $50, or a workhouse sentence of six months. Penalties for violations by the corporations are a maximum fine of $5,000 for each offense or a minimum of $50 for each offense. According to Henderson, a separate civil suit probably will be commenced to dissolve the alleged unlawful combination. The court could not order a dissolution in the present criminal proceedings.

Henderson has engaged Attorney H. H. Wickham, of Youngstown, to aid him in the prosecution of the cases. The indictments were returned in Judge W. S.

Anderson's court by 15 men who had selected Robert Kerr as their foreman. The report ended the grand jury session which has been on since a week after the riots. Eight indictments were returned against men charged with participating in the riots. This brings the total of men and corporations indicted up to 110, according to Henderson. The grand jury during its four months term examined a total of 562 witnesses.

More than two-thirds of these were called in connection with the strike riot cases. The report scored Mayor W. H. Cunningham of East Youngstown and the police force, asserting neither made any apparent honest effort to check the strike mobs. A tribute was paid to the police of Youngstown proper where it was said the police handled tho trouble admirably.

The grand jury which was out thirty nine days found that foreign influences did not enter into the cane of the riots. The report made these findings as to the cause of the riots: The evidence has developed that Friday, Jan. 7, 1916, was the first day of the Greek Catholic Christmas holldays. Great dissatisfaction existed among the men employed by the varioug steel industries of the valley, not only among those employed in the performance of unskilled or conmon labor, but among of the better paid wage earners well. During all day urd night of Thursday, Jan.

6, 1916, thousands of men were congregated at the various gates of the plants of th eltepublic Iron Steel company in Youngstown: and the Youngstown Sheet Tebe company la Last Youngstown, and particularly at the gates of the latter plant. So far as we have been able to adduce from the evidence, neither the mayor nor the police force of East Youngstown made any honest effort whatever to disperse the mob. "We find that on Thursday night, Jan. 6, 1916, various protests were made to W. H.

Cunningham, mayor of the village of East Youngstown to close the saloons of the village, but that he failed and refused to do so until about 4 0. 4:30 p. Jan. 7, 1916, at which time the members of the mob were already so intoxicated and riotous that very little, if any, advantage could be derived from such closing order. "Furthermore, we And that Mayor Cunningham assured the peace officers of both state and county that he had the matter within his control during all of Thursday and Thursday night and Friday, until 4 p.

m. of the latter day, and generally we find that the executive officers of the village of East Youngstown, including the mayor, council and police officers of the village indicated not only during the riots of the sixth and seventh of January, 1916, but for sone time prior to those dates, such inefficiency and disregard 1 for law and order and for legal procedure that they, and each of them are entirely unfit and unworthy of filling the honorable positions which they, and each of them, then occupied as officers of the village. "During the most serious time of. the riot on Friday night one of the guards of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, who with some seven or eight other guards of the company was a member of the local Ohio National guard, came to the armory of the Ohio National guard at Youngstown where there were assembled at that time upon order of the captain of the Ohio National guard some twelve or fifteen members. From that membership of Ohio National guard thus assembled, this guard of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, without the permission of any one in authority but by virtue of ail office held by ihm in the Ohio National guard, ordered ten members of the Ohio National guard to accompany him to the property of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company and assist him in the protection of.

the company property and also took from the armory a large amount of government ammunition. "While there was no intent on the part of this company guard to steal the government property thus taken, or to leave the public entirely without the protection of the local Ohio National guard, yet, we believe that such conduct on the part of the company guard is decidedly censurable, especially in view of the fact that it made it impossible for either the sheriff or captain of the local Ohio National guard to mobilize sufficient soldiers to make an attempt at suppressing the riot, which at this particular time involved the crimes (Continued on second page PLUNGE INTO TANK Brings Death to Four Men During Evangelistic Service. Connellsville, March men were drowned, another was badly scaided and others had narrow escapes when a roof over a hot well at the Baltimore Ohio railroad shops here collapsed Tuesday afternoon, allowing a crowd of workmen to fall into the well. The dead are Arthur Wagner, Harry Crossland, Harry Lucas and John Borroneo. E.

Mulvihill, who was badly scalded, was taken to the hospital. The men had been standing on the root listening to a sermon by an evangelist and had been warned, it is alleged, that the roof was unsafe. When the sermon was over the men scrambled down from the roof and the commotion caused two sections of the roof to collapse. The hot well, where steam from the shop boilers exhausts, contained 15 feet of water. The wator was not hot enough to scald any jof the men, but Mulvihill is thought to have boon caught by an exhaust.