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; • I ■ • , 1 I • GENKRAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. A petition asking the impeachment of Judge George A. Carpenter of the United States court al Chicago has been filed with the house judiciary committee by Representative Tinkhain of Massachusetts. Mr. Tinkhain tiled the petition at the request of Christopher F. Sweeney of Boston, one of his constituents, who charges Judge Carpenter with improper practice in connection with the Rock Island railroad receivership. Mr. Tinkham has told the members of the committee that he is not sutli-j ciently informed in the Rock Island case to say whether or not he believes the committee should act on Mr. Sweeiicy"s petition. The island of Marketi, in the Zuider Zee. fifteen miles north of Amsterdam, has been inundated by tin- severe storm thai is sweeping the North sea. Huge waves are rolling over Marken. Those persons who failed to escape have taken refage in the lighthouse, and fear is felt for their safety. Fresh breaks in the Zuider Zee dikes are occurring almost hourly. No loss of life has been reported thus far. though several tow 11s are Inundated. The flood] was approaching the northern suburbs of Amsterdam today. Freibergs dance hall .now known as the "old Vienna" and the rejuvenated bright spot of the Twenty-second street levee, was jarred from end to end Saturday night when a bomb was exploded in the rear of the building. The slnwk was felt in Colosimos noted cafe of the red light district. where windows were smashed and guests were in a panic until reassured. Farther toward Tweaty-flrst Street the "Blue Ribbon" ale and saloon was jolted so heavily that glasses were bounced oil the bar and windows were shivered. Lively artillery actions along nearly the entire western front Indicate that the Germans are about to resume the offensive actions which were baited by heavy wind and rain storms several days ago. Several violent infantry clashes have occurred on the British front within the last twenty-four hoars. Preach and Gu man troops have clashed in upper Alsace and around Arras, and there was increasing artillery activity on l oth sides around Arras last night and early today. Secretary of State Lansing, it is reported, is resentful .f the inference that the administration has changed front on the question of armed merch- anttnen. It is said that be attributes the dissemi-: nation of this impression to Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, and that, as a result! relations between the two officials arc close to the breaking point. This report, however, was denied tonight by Mr. Lansing. An Italian aerial squadron raided I.aiba.h capital of Carniola. Austria-Hungary, Saturday. Bombs were dropped on the town, and thev tire thought to have done considerable damage. Austrian aero planes ascended and six of them surrounded otic of the Italian-- and brought him to earth. Ten more groups under the Lord Derby conscription scheme will be called to the colors March is. it was announced yesterday. These groups include all mi married men of the age of twenty nine years and up- ward. The Germans have built lag new snsissilsia and arc preparing to renew submarine warfare on an aggressive basis, according to the Geneva newspaper Journal de Geneve. New votes of er.dit amounting t . approximately ,000,000,000 will be ask.,1 by Premier Asquitb of the house of commons on Monday.
