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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. WMm caJta from a*a 20,000-ton White stnr lknsr OttfJe, stating tint sh" hail struck ■ mine in tlie English lliniuu-1 and was sinking, were ]n -kc l up on tlie night of February 14 l y the Americ.iii limr Philadelphia. ■ -online to officers of tlie latter vessel, which arrived at New York yesterday. Owing to the distance intervening between the Philadelphia and the Celtic and the danger of submarines, the American liner made no effort to reach the sinking ship. The Celtics vvirtless operator said they were making every effort to get to shore. Tlie Philadelphia was only an hour out of port when she lucked up the call. Th.- Celtic left Liverpool for the Cuited States just a few hours before the Philadelphia sailed. BbC headed northwest after leaving the Mersey. intendiig to go to Northern Ireland. She carried a crew of 33.~ men. but no passengers. Officers of the Philadelphia declared they tattered the Celtic went to the bottom, as she was out a good distance. With Austria on the verge of supporting Germany to tlie patet where its relations with the Vnited States may lie terminated shortly, with Turkey showing evidences of German pressure to the same end. with the demand of this government for the release of the Varrowdale prisoners not met so [at as official reports go and with the German submarine campaign daily accumulatini; impetus in violation of the Sussex pledge to this government, nobody in responsible quarters can be found who is at all optimistic over the outlook. A dispatch from Havana says that amnesty was offered yesterday by President Menocal to all rebels, except certain leaders, who lay down their arms within a stated time. This, it is believed, is the last opportunity for a peaceful end to the revolution, in which the government already apparently has the upper hand. All the leaders of the insurrection except those escaping for active service in tlie field seem to be behind the bars. The explosion in ammunition factories in Dresden at the time of the Christmas holidays was the KMal st il—ltl r of the kind that has occurred anywhere since the war began, according to a Central News dispatch from Christiania. More than 1.000 persons were killed of 30.000 employed in the wrecked factories. Kmperor William visited the si BM on the following day. The proposed bill to empower President Wilson with the handling of international affairs after the adjournment of congress, was blocked in the senate yeattadajr by the judiciary committee. The law. as proposed, would have given President Wilson the power to detain ships engaged in commerce with bcliigen nts by employing the army and navy. It was announced yesterday that Chicago needs 32,tM cars ;.nd that all influence will be brought to bear to compel all railroads to sto; all shipments except food and fuel. Prices of table neeessi ties, including eggs, vegetables, hams and bacon. took a new jump at Chicago yesterday, as a result of which housewives face shortened menus. Administration leaders at Washington did not hesitate yesterday to aaj that the relations between the 1nited States and the central powers of Europe, growing out of Germanys submarine warfare, are at the most critical stage since the European war broke out. According to Alfred Noycs. the English poet. Great Urituins anti-submarine fleet consists of 4.000 private yachts, whalers and fishing vessels, manned by 00. KM men. and this force has destroyed SM German submarines. Approximately 2.000 persons were killed or injured in a recent railroad accident near Chirurcha in Bartkero Koumania. according to Hussian newspaper accounts. Five hundred persons were killed instantly, it is asserted. The police of Youngstown. Ohio, claim to have evidence of a plot to blow up the big plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Two Turks, carrying large quantities of dynamite, were arrested on suspicion. Tlie arrest of a number of leaders of the Irish volunteers and others figuring in the Irish uprising of 1910, is reported from London. The nr-l sts include a number of prominent Irish writers. President G riff in of the Chicago Hoard of Trade has urged that an emb: rgo lie placed on all commodities except foodstuffs, coal and other necessities of life. Itussia, it is said, will buy large quantities of supplies from Canada. including ice-breaking steamers, locomotives and other railway mat-rials. New Hritain. Conn., is under martial law following nine simultaneous fires in different parts of the city Wednesday night. A Keuters dispatch from Athens says that food riots among workmen had led to the closing of all shops and the custom house. Newspaper reports from Bcrlia predict that a breach of r lations between Washington and Aus-ti ia is inevitable. The American Kaihvay Association Commission on car service has ordered the railroads to facilitate shipments. The Interstate Commerce Commission has taken action to insure the delivery of food supplies to all citi"s.
