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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Tlie third unit of physicians, nurses and supplies to be sent to Germany by the American phy-sicians expedite n committee will leave Chicago today. The physicians — Drs. J. R. Buchbinder, Gilbert Loewe and H. M. ltichter — will establish a hospital in Silesia, on tile east battle Croat. The hospital will have 4."» beds. The physicians Bad two nurses. Miss Louise BgVl and Miss .May Con-narel. will leave New York Thursday on tlie Oscar II. Miss Bete has resigned from the county li Mt-tal. Miss Ceaaard has been employed by the city health department. With all tear of German raiders removed from the Pacific, the Canadian Pacific lias been notified that its two big liners — Empress of Russia ami Empress of Asia — have been released from service as auxiliary cruisers. They will be returned to the passenger service in the Pacific in April. The two Lin pre tea are among the few of the two large liners Dying the Brii.sh dag that are always available aa auxiliary cruisers, being constructed as much for sea lighting as for passenger and freight service. The American suggestion that the submarine has created new conditions if warfare is denied by the British, lor tile reason that the l-hoais have now reached llir- size of 1.000 toils, and With a aarface Sinn! of twenty knot* are prepared to overhaul practically any kind of mercliann en. Nor is the argument that the submarine is at the mercy of one shot from the liner accepted, because the merchantmen meat Brat get bet range, and this is an exceptionally difficult thing to do. Wiiile no papers baTe been signed, it is reported on good authority that the sal. of the Pennsylvania Steel company to Charles M. Schwab for 8,000,000 virtually lias been arranged, subject to approval of the boards of directors of the Pennsylvania and Heading companies. The terms are iSJl a share for preferred stock and tM a share for e ninion. payment to be made iu twenty-year Ave per-cent. collateral trust bonds. A letter received by a prominent Chicago attorney yesterday from a high quarter in Washington said that Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, Whose Bp-jKiiiitment to the federal reserve bank board wis hold up by the United States s -nate, is under consideration by the president for appointment ..s see, iary of war to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Lindley M. Garrison. Silk valued at ,500,000, said to be the large-t ami most Valuable shipment from Japan this year, passed through Chicago yesterday ell route to New York. The silk was stored in two special trains of thirty four cars and was brought to this city over the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paal rtilroad. each train running on passenger schedule. A regal proclamation will be issued within a week calling ail single men into the army, according to reports in London.
