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iimm'i-wwwwi i1 ipi'wiwpiiHWPwww' iwij p'ljjBwiwiippiyj)! IWnW vs 1 mtTt yt; 4 i. r-sA' FINANCIAL EDITION NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA ituenma VOL. 103 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. CoriRirmr, 191(1, Bt tub Public Redoes CouriM. PRICE ONE CENT mi imwww igwuHWJMmpiwptjHpiwiwPn wwww rfyb mrager $5,000,000 IN WAR STUFFS ALLIES AND 43 SHIPS BURNED; PLOT SUSPECTED Brooklyn Fire Sweeps British uratt, wrecking Tons of Cotton, Oil and Explosives Two Lives Probably Lost in Spectacular Blaze a Leaps to Docks and Endan i gers Wnoie waier rruin Federal Inquiry Is Ordered ft W- NEW YORK, Feb.

big Brlt- Mh steamships, laucn wmi mumuuiin unu supplies for tho Allies; 40 llBhtcrs anil "rr nil nml Hllfills and 11 dm Kntiih rtrooklvn water ifront, wcro destroyed enrly today by fire WhICll IS DOIieveu iu iw" from a bomb plot. The total loss Is estimated at jb.oou.uuu. n.Ulel. miinHtmiH Ktlln. Ilin T-1M.

a win xjwunii larlo. was badly damaged, but tho flro on this ireignicr mm v.rf rad for live hours. The steamships Bolton Castlo and Pa yne, owncu oy mc vc.u wept and wrecked by tho flames. Thousands or ions oi war iimiuuuua itored In pior No. 3G wcro burned.

Ailmini1 on ftvnlfmlnn. nil IPfl by cotton and oil, spread so rapidly that the firemen wcro unnoio iu uucun. no progress. TWO seamen iiro iiiiaaiuh. TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED, camltli nt IVin Pnnlllcv nnil Mm.

Kmlth wcro Injured so badly they rrolnbly will dlo. Sixty naked seamen, who leaped from id. uhlns into the water, wcro picked up tugs and flreboats. The Are, which is tno niggcst yet ui- nlnMnfn In thtci vtMnlfV. was one of tho most spoctacular on the T1 l.t....

Vn f1ftmm .,1 (1knnfa tl.all- lll'AQ nlT.M thft fi piles of gasoline and ammunition whllo fljhtlng tho conflagration. As tho flames i rtacncu mo nneiia incro wero cxpiuaiuus jfbleh sent clouds of smoko high nbovo wo ruariiiH uuuiua. Mrs. Smith, wlfo of tho master of tho Faclfle, foil Into tho Ice-coated water, and hftt. fciiahnnrl iilllinitfli fill ffrltlir tl f1lla cited arm, leaped after her.

Tho three rrciBiitcrH, ino smallest cu wklAk vna flltn inna Itftfrlntl Vnm tfp in i the lone pier, when tin explosion occurred inoruy Dcioro ciock. FLAJtES SPREAD Instantly tho nler was enveloped In dimes, whllo nutomatloflre alarmn bcRan taundlng In linlf a dozen flro stations. Wth land Ilremen and lire Boats responu- as quickly as possible, but before they etched tho sccno tho nlor was a mass of flames and tho tiro wns crawllnfr over the Pacific and Bolton A column of flro moro than 100 feet high lighted up the water and shoic. Within a few minutes nftcr the out- iburit thcro wns a series of sharp detonn- tioni and theso continued until artcr the (Ire was under control. The Bellaglo, which wan nearest tho open channel, had Just caught llro when the tiny tURboat Botnnla got a.

lino on Jhoard and began towing her towaril tho jEUtuo of Liberty whllo Uio seamen on hoard fought desperately to extinguish tho names. Meanwhile three other tugs and a dozen flreboats were engaged In roeculng women ind children from tho burning lighters. Police reserves, called from four sta- 'tlons, took charge of tho rescued, most of Whom were In their night clothing. The Bolton Castlo nrrlved from Manila itveral days aco and had finished unload. 1S her cargo yesterday.

Sho carried a "bit ui do, ui wuom 40 wcru v.jiilivDa uim ii bngllshmen. Tho Chinese seamen be- Icame panic-stricken nnd. Jumped overboard nun screams oi irigni as mo explosions irew mora nnd more violent. Deputy Fire Chief Lally, who arrived Continued on Tage Five, Column One COLD GONE, MERCURY RISING Fair Wcathor Follows Higher Temperatures; tho Forecast The two-day cold wave has bid adieu to the city and nation, and the country today Is literally "dry." Warmer at sunrlso than It was nt sun. let yeSterilav InAnv.

tnr Ihn frat tfmn Jit 4S hours. Rnw 11 rlnA In lAlnnnrnllirn fcibove freezing. It was 30 degrees at 8 Mclock this morning. 21 degrees warmer Flhin at the same time yesterday, nnd by fvyn me mercury was wen on Its way tno irigm mark. Bnow and led THlCh hava rlnnAH th rttv h(nn In Rnelt.

i. oen no precipitation in ino lilt 24 hniim tfl tt.A nnxntrt. avnnf a 'jriCO of rain at BlnKhamtnn. N. and I trace of snow In tho extreme north-weatem corner of Washington State, f'BMied as remarkable In view tho moderating weather that prevails all sections.

S-'ino forecast la fair tonight and to. Wpirow, slightly warmer tonight, with winas, mostly soutnwest. The (VWeat lemnAmlltrA Innlvhl If la unl.l be about 32 degrees. 8pllt Rail Caused B. and O.

Wreck WA8IIINOTOV. P.h 1X IS4? Publlc today Belnap, t.J I 'I'vlslon of safety of the In. ik Commerce Commission, states lQM InVAStltrntlnn nf lha wMnlr wlilnh LKcurred nn tha nniHmApa nn nku iioii. tnn at near Washlng- pru su mat, shows the accident au to a split rail, which separated, Viii a iracK. une person was fni Injured In the derailment a double-header freight train.

I THE WEATHER ii FOR EH A ST X' Flit- f. "ueiuiKi ana vtcwitw mtrr tontoht, with lowest temper-tna about2 degrees; gentle winds ouuinwest. tor details see page 17, LOST AND TOUKD aosr. In Merlon. Saturday WH! um ISth.

A auitable r.ward will rerrut Tfautn. Kl reward I niurniH tn 1153T TSVriia Ljt amj y0aa4 Ada Ilfo Fads About $5,000,000 Fire on Allies' Steamships Total loss in ships, war munitions nnd docks estimated nt Two British steamships and their cargoes complete wreck. A third considerably damaged. Forty lighters, with cargoes of oil, cotton nnd shells burned. Two lives probably lost, one a woman, wife of ship's captain.

Two senmen missing and probably lost after leaping from their ships. Pier 3G, with a vnst amount of freight for tho Allies, destroyed. Daring deeds of shore nnd wat firemen, who went among burning vessels, laden with high explosives, with shells bursting on overy side. Federal investigation of alleged anti-Allies plot ordered. FLAMES SWEEP FALL RIVER FOR $2,000,000 LOSS Sixteen Buildings in Business Centre of Town Are Razed ONE BELIEVED KILLED FALL RIVER.

Feb. 16. After nn nll-nlght light against a $2. COO. 000 fire, which swept tho business district of this city, destroying about one-third of It, tho combined flro-flghtlng npparatus of New Bedford, Taunton and Newport checked tho llnmcs early today.

Starting from nn explosion In the basement of tho Stclgtr department store, at Spring nnd South Main streets, tho flames took every building, 1G In number. In the square, including tho Lenox Hotel, and Just missed tho City Hall and St. Mary's Cathedral. Tho principal buildings destroyed Include tho Edwnrds, Kllnt, Campbell, Lenox, and tho homes of many largo business firms Including Cobb, Bales and Yerza. Michael O'Rourke, watchman In tho SEelKer Building, said ho heard a dull roar, when ho was on tho top Moor.

It seemed to come from tho basement. Running down tho stairs ho was met by a rush of flames and as the telephone connections wcro burned away ho was forced to dash Into tho street to glvo tho alarm. This delay gave tho flro such a start that tho building waH a furnnco by tho tiine tho firemen arrived Snow-covered roofs and good pressure wnB nil that saved tho city from an oven greater conflagration. A shift of tho wind early today turned tho flames toward tho congested tenement district, whero a largo mill population lives, but they were checked beforo reaching tho dwellings. At 2:30 o'clock this morning tho flro was reported under control.

It was said a fireman named Sawyer had been electro- cuted, but early today tho police had been unable to confirm tho report. One hundred guests at tho Lenox Hotel, a four-story brick building, which was swept away by the names, were forced to fleo Into tho snow filled streets In their night clothes, WOMAN OF THE MASK, OF SVELTE FORM, GIVES CHESTNUT ST. A THRILL Who Is She? and Echo Answers, Who? Widowed by War and Wishes to Conceal Identity From Friends ANYTHING FOR A JOB! "The woman of the white who Is she? She has been In three different hotels In the last 24 hours and today, when Bhe ventured out on Chestnut street, business paused and traffla stood still. But the story behind the mask has been brought to light. It begins In the battlefield of Ypres, crosses the Atlantic, extends to the big cities, here and the end Is yet to come.

Robert Louis Stevenson or Ilonore Balzac could not In their wildest flights of fancy pen a more picturesque romance than that which lias been lived by "Dorothy Kensington," she of the white mask. The name, she admits, Is assumed. It "very possible from the contour of her face and the luxuriance of her golden hair that the mask conceals blue or violet eyesv Her figure Is what the novelists call "svelte" and her well mod. ulated voice helps to bear out the story that she belongs to exclusive social circles. Accompanied by her brother, "Forbes Kensington," she came here yesterday.

She said her chief object vas to remain In seclusion. But unfortunately tbey se-lected a section of the city Ill-suited tpr such a purpose, When the masked visitor sought admittance to tho Bellevue-Stratford and the Hotel Majestic, the while mask made the clerk pause awkwardly at each place. They then discovered that there was not the slightest possibility that a single room would be vacant for some time. There was a quick consultation and finally brother and sister were wbJsked off to the Adelphla Hotel. The bustled In quickly among numerous guests and while Mr.

Kensington was placing their names on the register with the word London after each, she of the white mask was nonchalantly gazing-around. wlUi her back to the clerk. They darted Into an elevator and ar-' rived safely In aulte 1604-1906, mask and alt fa be Bure. the elevator boy and a few bellhop gave them "the once over." but quickly forgot all about It and no Inquiries were made. When a visitor called, both the lady of CsnUaucd as I'o Celtxan ivvjr.

MYSTERIOUS MAID tmS-. xliiiiiiiiBk- rKVfiJr iiillllllllllllllllllllfe Ik ihfew. -J' IS i jigsaw v' Hi i' New 5 Ti i ifi i This young woman, who calls herself Mrs. Dorothy Kensington, widow of a British lieutenant, killed at Ypres, Belgium, is nt a hotel in this city after vainly attempting to obtain rooms in two other hotels. She is accompanied by her brother, who calls himself Forbes Kensington.

She wears tho mask, she explains, because she does not wish her identity known in social circles in this country. BRITISH ATTACK POSITIONS LOST SOUTH OF YPRES Desperate Battle ill Rages for Possession of Lines Near Hooge a NEW TROOPS UNDER FIRE BERLIN, Fcfc 16. Attempts by the English and French forces to recapture positions taken by the Germans have all been repulsed, the German War Office announced to-day. The following official statement was issued: "English troops yesterday made three attempts southeast of Ypres in an attempt to recapture the position we took from them. All were repulsed.

We took 100 English prisoners. "In Champagne the French repeated their attempt to regain positions northwest of Tahurc. They met with the same failure as on previous days. LONDON, Feb. 16.

Determined to regain the trenches which tho GermanB captured southeast of Ypres, Hrlthli troopers are making strong counter-attacks -with Indications of completo Miccess, -nccordlng to reports received today. A vigorous nrtlllery clucl has been In progress over the grenter part of the Ypres front, with tho Gorman guns keep-Ing up a steady stream of shells Into the ruined city of Ypres. The German attacks Indicated that tho Teutons are again enguged In a desperate Continued on Taae Four, Column blx AZI0NI D'ARTIGLMIA DALV0DHALCARS0 Opero di Fortiflcazlone Cam-pale del Nemico Distrutte dal Fuoco delle Batterie Italiane II rapporto del generale Cadorna pub-bllcato a Rotne questa mattina annuncla che I'azlono dl urtlglleria sulla fronte dell'Isonzo contlnua va intenslflcandosl In alcunl settorl. Speclalmente vlolenta essa c' stata da parte delle batterie Italiane nella zona montuosa a nord Tol-mlno, doye trattl dl opere dl trlncera-mento auetrlacho sono stall dlstruttl, sul Carso, dove altre trlncee nemlche sono state rovlnate le truppe che le occupa-vano sono state costrette ad abbando-narle. AU'lnfuorl questa attlylta artlglleria null'altro annuncla II rapporto del generate Cadorna, ad ecczlone delle Imprese degll aeroplanl austrlacl In Val d'Adlge sul Tagllamento.

I vellvoll austrlacl hanno anche at-taccato lerl mattina la cltta dl Rlmlnl, ma non hanno avuto It tempo dl farvl serll dannl, easendo statl attaccatl mes-si In fuga dalle batterie special! Italiane. che ora evldentemente vengono dlstrlbu! Ite lungo tutta la costa adrlatlca. Due perscme sono rlmaste ferlte a Rlmlnl. (Legtrere In 6a paglna Je ultlme plu dettagllate notlzte sulla guerre. In Rail-ano.) Fresh Air Saves GUI From Gas Opening of ber bedrqom windows to have fresh air while she slept saved the life of Edna Mae Smith.

4234 Mark it street When she went to bed last night she left the gas turned on by mistake. and but for the open windows, the police say, he would have been asphyxiated. She was revived with a pulraotor at the-jfrsabyterlau Hospital. IN WHITE MASK r.vs YS -S ROOT'S ATTACK ON WILSON HIS CRY OF BATTLE Speech- to Republicans Makes Foreign Policies Keynote of Campaign TARIFF GETS RAP, TOO NIJW YORK. Feb.

16. Tho battle-cry of tho conservative wing of the Republican party for tho coming campaign has been sounded. It wns accepted In political circles today that tho speech of Ktlhu Root last night before tho Now York State convention, In which ho bitterly nttacked tho Wilson Administration's foreign policy, tho Democratic tariff and denounced the Administration ns generally Incompetent will servo as a teutntivo platform upon which tho Root followers will go before the peoplo in tho coming campaign. Dealing with the Lusltnnla negotiations, Mr. Root declared: "No man can draw a pistol who dares not shoot.

The Gov eminent that shakes Its flut first and Its finger afterward falls Into contempt." This quotation. Sir. Root's friends said, may bo expected to bo one of tho most prominent that will 'bo used Iu tho coming fight. The former Senator declared tho Administration to be "blindly stumbling along the road that, continued, will lead to Inevitable war," Mr. Root pledged the Ropubllcan party.

If returned to power, to a foreign policy "frank and fearless and honest" and leaving' no doubt anywhere "of America's purpose to protect her Independence, her territory and the lives and Just rights of her citizens under the law of nations." He vigorously denounced the Wilson policy of dealing with Mexico, but the Continued on I'aae lite. Column Two ONE HURT WHEN FAST TRAIN HITS FOUR CARS Conductor Injured, Others Shaken Up in Wreck at Corn wells One man was Injured and others were badly shaken up today when a fast freight train, bound for this city, crashed Into a string of four steel cars at Corn-wells, above Andalusia, smashing one car, derailing 12 loaded box cars attached to the locomotive and blocking traffic on tho New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad for hours, It was the second wreck within a week near Cornwells and the third since November, Failure of the brakes to hold the four cars, which drifted from a siding, Is thought to have caused the wreck. The Injured man Is Frank Ammerman, of Mlddlebush, N. conductor of the freight train. His back was Injured when his train buckled.

After receiving first aid treatment, he was sent to his home. Engineer M. 'Qerhune, of Newark. N. and Fireman W.

Hughes, of Railway, N. stuck to their posts and escaped uninjured, although the locomotive crashed full Into the first of the steel cars, scattering Its contents, CO tons of coal, upon the four tracks of the division. The 13 box cars, loaded with merchandise, were thrown across the tracks, completely blocking traffla between this city and New York. From the time of the wreck, shortly after o'clock this morning, until noon west-bound trains were sent over the Trenton "cut-off" and east-bound passengers went by way of Camden, white wrecking crews cleared the tracks The steel cars had been left on the siding by another freight train. In addition to loose brakes, it Is thought the switch became unlocked, allowing the cars on the siding to roll down an -incline ipto the mala track.

LOSS OF GAME BRINGS ACTION ON STADIUM Ask Quick Approval of Plans for $760,000 Arena for Army-Navy Contest WOULD SEAT 100,000 Business Men and Penn Officials Favor Project to Get Big Meets Great Stadium Plan as Outlined Today Movement for erection of largest stadium in the world launched today by Chamber of Commerce nnd officials of University of Pennsylvania. Will have seating capacity of stadium group will also include educationnl building, Greek thentrc, dormitories and union station. Proposed to locate group on property owned by tho city and Woodlnnds Cemetery, ndj'acent to Botanical Gardens of University. Plans for financing project await npproval of trustees of University. Several have already indorsed them.

Loss of Army and Navy game to Philadelphia brought stadium movement to hend today. If stadium project is successful, it is proposed to make a bid for Olympic games and othc great athletic events for Philadelphia. Announcement of the loss of the -Army nnd Navy football gnmo to Philadelphia today brought to a head a movement for the erection of a $750,000 stadium with seating capacity of 100,000 pcrsonH In Woodland ravine, which adjoins the Hot-anient Gardens of the University of Penn-slvnnla nnd Is part of tho Woodlands Cemetery. In addition to tho stadium, tho plans include construction of Greek theatre, nn cducntlonul building and a union station, whero attendants at football games and other big events could bo brought directly to the grounds. Tho stadium plans were prepared by Genrgo 12.

Nltzsche, recorder of the University of Pennsylvania, and thoy have been Indorsed by tho Munlclpnl Affairs and Conventions Committee of tho Chamber -of. Commerce, of which Harry IJ. Fronch Is chairman. S. R.

Clark, secretary of tho committee, announced today that tho Chamber of Commerce 3 only nwaltlng the approval of tho trustees of the University of tho plans beforo It proceeds In the matter of obtaining financial support for tho project. Tho Municipal Affairs nnd Conventions Commlttco hns prepared statement of npproval, which tho trustees at tho University will bo asked to sign within 24 hours, so that tho stadium project may be launched whllo public Interest Is centred upon the loss of tho spectnculnr Army and Navy gnmo to Philadelphia. Tho stntement which the trustees of the University will be naked to sign follows: "We, the undersigned trustees nnd Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania and other citizens of Philadelphia, recognizing the nerd and advantages of big stadium, hereby express our approval of the effort now being made to realize the construction of such a stadium on grounds adjacent to those of the University of Pennsylvania, In accordance with plans outlined In a certain preliminary report nnd plans submitted to various bodies, providing for a stndlum seating from 75.0W to 100,000 (a copy of Continued on Taice Three, Column Two Two Accused of Trying to Steal Auto George Hoffner, 18 years old, of 1121 Hollywood Btreet. and Joseph Ramsay, 18 years old, 2121 North 16th street, were each held under H00 ball today by Magistrate Watson on the charge of having attempted to steal Philip Rosner's nuto-mobile from tn front of the Mercantile Club last Saturday. Tho police of the 19th and Oxford streets station say these boys aro part of a gang of young men who havo been stenllng automobiles for Joy-ride purposes and then abandoning them.

DANGER OF GENERAL DYE WORKERS' STRIKE Employes Walk Out to Help Uniform Scale Movement A walkout, which may dovelop Into a general strike among dyeworkers of this city, began today when employes of four dye concerns left their work and Joined In the movement whlcn alms to establish 30 cents an hour as flat wage for dye-workers as against the present variable wage scae, which averages 25 cents an hour. It Is predicted that before the end of the day several hundred men will have joined the strike. The plants In which the strike has been called are the Continental Dye Works, Mascher and Thompson streets; the Brehm Stehle Dye Works, Trentoq and Allegheny avenues; the plant of Walter E. Knlpe. of Hancock street below Berks, and that of D.

F. Waters, 53 Wistar street. At the Brehm Stehle plant 45 men and 5 boys, comprising practically the whole force of the concern, participated In the walkout At the other factory the men are leaving as they finish the "lots'' upon which they are working, and before nightfall the majority of the workers will have Joined the strike, It Is said. The strike was called at 1 o'clock this morning by Arthur McDonnell, president of the Dyers and Mercerlzera' Union, after a meeting ct headquarters, street and Kenslnttou avenue. Not wishing to call a Ktneral strike unless the step snouia provo neceusry iu ineir ends, the union appointed committees to present tho demands of the workers to the owners of each of the four concerns mentioned above.

This was done, and when the demands were not Immediately complied with tfef walkouu were erUrd, QUICK MRS. FARWELL RELEASED BY BULGARS ATHENS, Feb. 10. Mrs. Walter Farwell, of Chicago, nnd Doctor forbes, Boston physician, engaged in Red Cross work in Serbia, have been released by the Bulgntian authorities at Monastlr after three months, detention.

United States Consul Kohl nt Snlonica was notified by Bulgarian authorities today that the two Americans are now en route to Sofia. BRITISH AIR DEFENSES NOW UNDER WAR OFFICE CONTROL LONDON, Feb. 10. Announcement was made in Parliament today that the air defenses of England have been transferred to tho contiol of the War Office. Hitherto they have been under the jurisdiction of tho Admiralty.

M. P. INTERPELLATES ON GERMAN NAVAL ACTIVITY I.ON'DON. Feb. 1C.

A ilcmnnd for Information relative to (he destruction of the HiKIhIi Clan MncTuvlsh by the German commerce raldPr Mopwp unil tho cnptiuc of tho Appam Is put up to the Foreign Offloo by a Parliamentary paper filed by L. (llnnclt, an Irish Nationalist member of Commons. Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Minister, is also asked If tho full text of the Admiralty messages sent to the Lusltnnla on her last voyaga was communicated to "Washington. SWEDEN TO PAY FOR PREPAREDNESS COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.

The Swedish Government has decided to aslt Parliament for $6,250,000 to defray tho cost of maintaining neutrality defenses, says a dispatch from Stockholm. BRITAIN'S FOOD COST ADVANCED 47 PER CENT. LONDON', Feb. 16. Since tho war began the prico of food in tho Kingdom has incrensed 47 per according1 to statistics lssitctfjiy tho Board of Trnde today.

However, this Is less than the lncrenso In Berlin and Vienna. According to tho figures, food has advanced 83 per cent. In price In tho German capltul and 112 per cent. In the Austrian capital. COURT RULES AGAINST SUFFRAGISTS SPRINGFIELD, 111..

Feb. 16. The Supremo Court today decided that women liavo no right to voto for national delegates or committeemen of political parties. ,1 DUTCH LINER STRIKES MINE; BADLY DAMAGED LONDON, Feb. 16.

The Dutch liner nandocgn Is reported to have struck a mine In the English Channel last night. A dispatch to Lloyds says thnt the Is badly damaged and that five tugs are assisting her. Tia Bandoeng, a vessel of G831 tons, sailed from Hatavia on December 31 for Rotterdam. Reports of tho sinking of tho steamHhlp Tergestea were confirmed 'today, when 25 members of the vessel's crow wcro landed. BULGARS BAR U.

S. RED CROSS AID TO SERBS LONDON Feb. 16. Bulgaria is carrying out policy of sweeping out tho natives from Serbian Macedonia completely to Bulgarlze tho occupied territory. For this reason the Bulgarian authorities refused to allow tho American Red Cross to carry out relief work In that section, according to Richard Schellcns, an American, of Groton, Conn.

Mr. Schellcns has been serving with Lady Pagct's contingent. Mr. Schellcns, who has Just arrived In London from Uflftnp; brought copies of tho correspondence between Director Edward Stuart, Of tha American Red Cross and helid 6fTlcIalB of tho Bulgarian Red Cross. AMERICANS MAY LOSE MILLIONS ON SEIZED BONDS NEW YORK, Feb.

16, Although some of the banking houses in tho financial district aro beginning tn after a delay of from two to three weeks, letters nnd securities directed to them from Holland and other European countries, which were sent on tho steamers Noordam and Rotterdam, from which tho British Government took tho malls for Investigation, there Is a largo possibility that many of these securities will never find their way to the persons to whom they were consigned, nnd that tho loss will mount up Into tho millions. In many cases securities hnve been extracted from tho packages, so'that incomplete consignments aro being received. Many of the stocks nnd bonds withheld benr Gorman stamps and will bo retained by England for adjudication In a prize court, If not seized as coming from enemy origin. It Is not Improbable that a protest to Washington may bo made. INDIA MUTINY PLOT REVEALED IN COURT SHANGHAI, Feb.

16. Plans for wholcsalo uprising against tho British authorities in India were divulged In a veiled manner In tho English Supremo Court when Slmond Hay Abbass nnd his son, Oswald Abbass, naturalized British subjects, received prison sentences for Illegal trnfllc In arms In violation of tho British defense of tho realm act. The evidence showed that tha father, assisted by his son, engaged In selling to tho armies of Great Britain 15,000 rifles, 1000 revolvers and about 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition, the recipients of which Intended to deliver them In India, Ceylon ind the Straits Settlements with a vlow to their uso in rebellion against tho British Government. GERMANY TO BLOCK ENTRANCE TO BALTIC LONDON, Feb. 16.

The Stockholm correspondent of neuter's Telegram Company states that the Swedish Foreign Ofllce has received tho following communication from tho German Minister: "In a short tlmo shipping obstructlona and mines will be laid out In different plnces outsldo of Swedish Sea territory between 55.18 nnd 55.26 north latitude and12.42 nnd 13 eastern longitude. Aa soon ns further communications aro directed directions to shipping will ba published." CANADA ASKED TO VOTE $250,000,000 WAR CREDIT OTTAWA, Feb. 16. Sanction for an additional war appropriation of $250,000,000 and other measures for raising money for tho needs of tha Dominion's military forces will be nsked by the' Canadian Government at tho present session of Parliament. These financial necessities were announced beforo tha House of Commons by Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance, In, his annua budget speech.

Opposition Is precluded Cy the promise of the Liberals to accept all Government war measures. A new war tax measure, which In all probability will brlpg In additional revenue of about $25,000,000 or $30,000,000, was proposed by Sir Thomas. Tha measure would tax apples, oils, the profits of munitions factories and all Incorporated companies carrying on business In Canada. KING GEORGE TO GRANT AUDIENCE TO COL. HOUSE LONDON, Feb.

16. Colonel E. M. House Is to have an audience with Kine George at Buckingham Palace. President Wilson's envoy has received an Invitation from tha King's secretary and will make tho visit on Friday of this week.

Tho colonel visited the King last summer after he had been in Berlin. Mr. Wilson's confidant has been active this week In secret talks with Cabinet officials and other prominent Britons, but he Is as mum as usual regarding this, LLOYD-GEORGE'S CRITIC FORCED TO RETRACT LONDON. Feb. 16.

Thomas Gibson Bowles In bis Bpeech Monday attack. Ing the Government's alleged lukewarm blockade riolicy, referred to David Lloyd-George, the Minister of Munitions, by saying; "Mr. Lloyd-George, perorates about silver bullets for the enemy and provides golden billets for his friends." Mr. Lloyd-George wrote to Mr, Bowles, asking him: "Will you be good enough to provide me with a list of tho friends I have provided golden billets for? As your remarks will probably have wide publicity, I should like to havo your answer at once." Mr. Bowles replied by withdrawing his remarks, as he said they were liable to be misconstrued.

FRANCE TO SPEND $15,736,000 A DAY FOR WAR PARIS, Feb. 16. An appropriation of 7,817.000.000 francs tor the second quarter of 1916 is provided-in a bill introduced In the Chambar ut Deputies today by Mr. Alexandre Rlbot. Minister of Finance.

Of the amount all except 657,000,000 francs ($131,400,000) la for military purposes. According to tha figures, France expects to spend dally for war purpoa during April, May and Juno a Bum. of money which in normal time would iuikni $16,739,000, It is estimated that is the last quarter of ISU the expeaoUturua uj tha Fraca Government probably were in excasa st day, NEWS.