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VOL. XCIX--KO. 39.
TWO BRITISH STEACZRS
MANNED BY AMmiCANS SUNK BY
GERMAN SUBP
. - - " ' f . t - s-.- v
Whether There Has Been Viola
tion of Neutral Rights or
Pledges, Not Decided.'
REPORTS YET TOO; MEAGER
Evidence is That the Rowanmore
Was Doing Its Utmost J Es- :
cape When Fired Upon. "
MARINA WAS NOT WARNED ?
w i
Seventy of Crew of the Latter Re
ported M3asin.'.'.r;!..L!.
" """" " . ' : V c
Washington, October 30. - Pre
liminary reports 'of the sinking by
German submarines of the British
steamers Marina and Rowanmore.
partly manned by Americans, were
too incomplete tonight to enable
officials at the State; Department
to form an opinion as to i whether
there had been a violation of neu
tral rights or of pledges given the
United States by Germany.
Secretary Lansing declined to
comment further- than to , admit
that the reports appeared ino re se
rious than the usual rouine dis
patches announcing the destruc
tion of belligerent merchantmen,
and that full information would
l -a j '' a '-. i- l. -,nunemen .-s, . a, - vena-ana ueorge
be awaited with. lntereOft itsLRoers. Ndtioik.v Andrew- orie-.
face, the case of the Marina re
ported by Consul Frost at" Queens-'
town presents the gravest situation
that has arisen since the .sinking
of the channel liner Sussex, which
brought the American and German
ueramenis to tne verg! ot a
break. . H "
Sunk Without Warning f
Although he cautioned tlrat his in
formation was purely, "provisional,- the
consul cabled that the Marina, a horse
transport with a mixed crew of British
and Americans, was reported - sunk
without warning by (Herman submarine
gunfire 100 miles wejst of , Cape Clear
and that 70 of the crew of 104 were
missing. Press dispatches have indi
cated that the missing men might reach
shore in their boats latrr Another
message from Mr. Frost said members
of the crew of the Rowanmore, includ
ing Americans, had been shelled in
their boats while abandoning the ship
after being chased by. a submarine for
minutes. .There were, no casualties.
Was "t a Transport. ' -:
According to the Newport, News- ag
ents of the Marina's' owners the Don
aldson Line, the vessel, with same 50
K man-horse herders aboard,. was not. up-
ulo iiiinoo guveiuiiicui
as a transport but was' engaged ih her
ffsular trade as a freighter, and. car
ded horses for the Allies 'as part of
"er general cargo. Under Such circum
stances she would be entitled to all the
"nmunites of any other belligerent
ned merchantmanand an enemy de
stroying her and her contraband cargo
uld be required to malte due pro
visions for the safety of the ship's com
vwy unless she was sunk in the act of
attempting to escape, . ' ;
Apparently all depends upon the ac
ura.cy of the fire reports, whether the
iarina actually was- attacked without
cn rfmne or whether she -is to be re
Hrv; as only another of the scores of
hn carriers that have -gone to the
uUom as tVi. nn ,
. iMuii ui men BKipers
shen!rate efforts to .outrun enemy
Con"",1 a ful1 rePrt has come from
lh Frst ,no step will be taken by
e Mate Department. Frost TirTegard
p, S a thorough investigator and has
Jed a part in determining the 'facts
- -nan v
of the most important subma-
fine
IniHoT.ti. : i -. .1 - ' i .
(i0 .iiiuiuamy ine aesiruc-
Ame the Lusita-nia. Affidavits of
rican survivors "are expected from
ttlm within a day or two. .
v Officials are Optimistic
mem f the omcials of the, depart
,i ' a''e inclined to be very optimis
n ' lhey Point out that time after
Pear ti 1 accounts have made, it ap
leg aI1 rhat the ship had , been sunk-il-the
sy an(1 that in every instance since
d tT,UHJex complete reports have prov
viola!!, r laws or Plejiges had been
iet y the submarine destroyer.
aua(?PrKtively liue importance is
l)eCai t0 the case of the Rowanmore
attest U ls admltted that the vessel
after a t0 escaPe and , only hoverto
her emS for 50 minutes and having
as tenns sear shot away. There
ciaicU.,heavy fog at the time, and offi-
f0r innk it would have been easjNl
their v strcken sailors leaving
at ti vlc,cu HniP to nave imagined
in tw subraarine was sending shells
lrenL,,r directin. This . opinion is
asio?t tne ia.ee mat no one
'-W SUNK WITHOUT WAHIVft
Lor , REPOBT REACHING LONDON
wr.don, Oct. 30.-The American ' em-
I 'es L received a report; from
Queen., rrost- American : consul at
Wil v.W?' that the British steamship
oeen sunR without -warn-
Continue on Page Eight).
I; .
R1NES
SEVERAL TAR HEELS WERE
ABOARD STEAMSHIP MARINA
WHEN THE VESSEL SAILED
Pletcher Sedberry, Fayetteville; J. C. Baird, Jr., Charlotte, and F. 0.
Davis, Wake Forest, Among Fifty Who Signecl as Horsemen
I at Newport News Vessel Declared to Have Been a
.- - Bona Fide Merchantmen of Donaldson Line.
Newport News, Va., Oct. JO. The
steamer Marina, reported sunk with
out warning by gunfire from a Ger
man submarine Off the Irish coast with
th loss ofsever'al American lives, was
a bona fide merchant vessel, according
to agents of the Donaldson Line here,
and was; not- in the service of the Brit
ish government. The Marina sailed
from this port for Glasgow, October
25, with 50 Americans aboard, carrying
a number of horses and a "general car
go, most of the Americans having sign
ed for the round trip as horsemen.
."The vMar.ina was- one of. our regu
lar steamers plying between Tiere and
and Glasgow,'? it was said today at the
offices of the agents, "and was owned
and operated as a merchantman by
the Donaldson Line. - She ; carried gen
eral cargo and sometimes 'horses for
the British government - but she had
not been commandeered and still re
tained her character as a merchant
man.'." "
, , List of Americans Aboard.
Following are the Americans, all
white, on board the Marina when the
vessel sailed -from here: '
F. H. Smith, Philadelphia, foreman;
J. S. Clarke, Richmond, Va.; J' H..
Robbins, Richmond, Va.; William Cul-
len, ; Phlladerphia,; assistant foreman.
Horsemen
Springfield -o.; ; T . " - S-. Hamlin, Edgar
-Mille rand Charles Horky, 'Baltimore ;
A. T. Wence, Sheridan, Wyoming; H.
B. Sinclair,; J. Arnold, F. A. Arnold
and Andrew- G. -Robinson, Baltimore;
James F. Foley, Salem, Mass.; James
Bridge, Salem, Mass.; George W.
Wheeler, Lancaster, Pa.; T. E. Engle,
Baltimore;1 J. J. Harrison, Philadel
phia; Eddie" Martin, Chicago; Charles
Hines and Walter T. Blainey, Balti
more; John H. Olsen, Boston; R. F.
Clarke and N Little, Chicago; F. C.
Davis, Wake Forest, N. C; Harry F.
Jones," Baltimore ; Tom Anderson, Ok
lahoma; E.--W- Ryan,. Baltimore; Ed
Kildal, St. Paul, Minn.; M. L. Hunt,
Baltimore; John J. Rylley and L. Har
vey, New York; P. D. Brown, Upper
ville,,Va.; Edgar Scherrer, Washington,
p. C. ; J. Hancock, Washington, D. C;
J. R. C. Brown, Washington, D. C;
H. B. Middleton, Fredericksburg, Va.;
H. B. Bennett, Richmond, Va.; G. M.
Hauz, Norfolk; Thomas J. Brannigan,
Charleston, S. C; Jack Davis, Roanoke,
Va.; Robert Harris, Robert Barton,
Richmond, Va.; George Fletcher Sed
berry, Fayetteville, N. C; J. C. Baird,
Jr., Charlotte, N. C; Daniel P. Thomas
and John P. Thomas, Wilmington, Del.,
and George J. Lancaster, N. Y.
SEDBERRY ADVISM) MOTHER HE
: WAS GOING ON A HORSE SHIP.
(Special Star .Telegram.)
" Fayetteville, N. C, Oct. 30. George
Fletcher Sedberry, reported to be on
boajd the Marina when it was sunk off
the coast of Ireland, Is the son of Mrs.
ARE CONFIDENT THAT
MR. WILSON WILL WIN
Outlook from Washington is for
President's Re-Election.
Democrats Sure of the Senatte, But En
tertain Some Apprehension tor
Safety of the House, Repub
licans' Chief Hope Now. '
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 30j Demo
crats .in .Washington tt day are confi
dent that President Wilson' will be re
elected by -an overwhelming majority.
Chairman , Doremus, of the Congres
sional campaign committee, and Col.
Robert Newman (Savoyard), are con
fident that not only will Mr. Wilson be
given another four years in the White
House but that the House and Senate
will be . Democratic by an increased
majority. .
There' is no " doubt " that the present
outlook points to victory for Mrfi Wil
oiitlook1 points to victory for Mr. Wil
cerned there J is little, if any, reason
to believe that it will be Democratic.
Every report so far received in Wash
ington" indicates that the Republicans
are making inroads dn the Democratic
majority ' and unless something 'drastic
is "done the Republicans have an excel
lent chance of taking over the lower
branch of Congress after March 4, 1917.
But Doremus and the rest of his political-workers
and r advisers are not
idle. Doremus, , who by the way. Is a
well Informed and intelligent states
man, still believes he will br able to
maintain' y a slight majority in the
House. -' '" "' ' ' "'-"
He'ls wp'f king" day and night Tor bis
(Continued on Page Two.)
WIMIIKGTON, C,
PARTLY
IN A TL ANTIC
H. O. Sedberry, of tthis city. He was
last heard ' from by his relatives here
when his mother received a letter
written. a"t ""Newport News oh Septem
ber 20, in whicn he said, "When you
get this I will be on the way, to Egypt,"
explaining that he was going on a
horse ship. The name of the ship was
not' given,' but" the Martha according to
a dispatch from Newport News, sailed
from that port on September 21st. That;
together with the information contain
ed in a newspaper dispatch that he
was onboard the Marina, , is all that
the members of -the young man's, fami
ly here know of his lata movements.
1 Before leaving for the war zone, Mr.
Sedberry held a position as proof
reader on the Raleigh News and Ob
server, having left here in June to accept-the
place. ------ -
.A brother, Mr. H. B. . Sedberry, was
formerly employed as a drug clerk by
Mr. J. Frank Jarmah, of Wilmington,
but .left several months ago to go to
Bfadenboro.
OlOHBT M. PARKER T STJJMP
MICHIGAN FOR MR, WILSON
Other Progressive Leaders t Accom
pany Him on Special Train
Chicago, Oct. 30. John M. Parker, of
Louisiana,, Progressive party . nominee
for vice-president, will campaign in.
ning Wednesday, November", l.'- With
him will be a number or btheT"Prbgres
sive leaders and the party will travel
by special train:
Tomorrow night, Mr. Parker will ad
dress a mass meeting in," Chicago.
Among the pther" Bull Moose leaders
who will .speak at the . Progressive -Democratic
rally; in Chicago will be
Francis J. Heiney.o California, for
mer Judge Albert D. Norton!, of Mis
souri; Matthew Hale, of Massachusetts;
E. M. Lee, of Indiana, and Mrs. An
toinette Funk, of Illinois.
CONTRACT FOR DRYDOCK AT
NORFOLK NAVY YARD AWARDED
Price is Les Than 93,000,000 Congres
sional Limit fSMMMMMK).
Washington, Oct. - 30. The contract
for constructing the 1,000-foot drydock
at the Norfolk navy yard was awarded
today to the George Leary Construction
Company, .of New. .York, at a price of
$ 2,442,594. The limit or cost fixed by
Congress was $3,500,000.
The basin will ,be. 1,020 feet . long
over all, with a minimum width of 110
feet, and a draft of 40 feet, three inch
es. It wiI be ; long enough ,toaccqm
modate the: new battle cruisers, which
will .be 850 feet oyer all. By the cpn
struction'of an tn-gate it will be possi
ble to. divide, the .basin into. two smaller
docks when its -full length ' is hot
needed. ...
FOR LONG DRY SPELL
Saloons Close With Their Stores
Practically Exhausted.
Right of Citisens .to Keep More Than
Amount Stipulated In Prohibition
Law Is Yet to e Tested.
Busy Day Yewterdny.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 30. With but
one day left in which intoxicating bev
erages may be sold legally in Virgin
ia, reports from all sections of the
state tell of vast quantities of liquor
being stored away In the homes . of
cltlsens for future use. In Richmond
today hundreds of moving vans and
delivery wagons have formed an al
most endless procession and thousands
of gallons have, been delivered to pri
vate homes..,
' The right of citizens to keep more'
than the amount stipulated in the new
prohibition law remains to be tested in
state tells the same story of liquor
being stored away in large quantities.
When the . saloons ' and other liquor
houses closed their doors tonight their
stores were practically exhausted.
Many already, have closed because they
have nothing more to sell.
In Newport News and some of the
smaller towns, all Hallowe'en festivi
ties have been officially postponed or
forbidden, in order; to. avert, disorders
incident to , the closing the saloons,
in Richmond the, officials have declined
to lnteriere and"' Jlallowe'en revelers
will be unrestrained. , Church'es andTe
ligious .societies ..will. hold.-prayer. meet
: (Continued on Page Two.)
VIRGir
HANS
STORING
TUESDAY MORKI1STG,
SAYS DURATEOtl OF
Von Hindenburg Says Situation is
as Good as Possible, and All
Will be WelT in Future
OUTLINES PRESENT STATUS
Do Not Think of Peace; Absolute
ly Decided to Continue the
War, Says Von Ludendorf.
Berlin, Oct. 30. (via Sayville) "The
situation is asgood as possible, and all
will be well also in tne future."
Thus Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
chief of the - German general, staff, de
scribed the present war situation to a'
representative of the Vienna Neue
Freie Press,. '' " whom . he received at
headquarters in the presence of Gen
eral von Ludendorf, first Quartermaster
general. As j to the duration of the
war, Field Marshal . yon Hindenburg
said: . ; r .
"That depends upon our enemies.
Prophesying, doeo not pay; during a wtr
one had belter leave it alone. It is
possible that the. year 1917 will bring
battles which ,wlll decide the war.
However, I do not know and nobody
knows. I only know that we will fight
this war to.va final decision."
General -von Ludendorf here added:
"We do not think of peace. We are
absolutely decided to .continue the war,
as is .shown with sufficient clearness
by the measures of - the allied (Teu
tonic) army - commands." ..
This interview with the chief of
staff was given out. today by the Over-,
seas News . Agency , fot publication. It
continues. -" .; ' .. r ' '
? "The correspondent, in? turn reported
to : Field Marshal von Hindenburg on
gary, ' aeciaring ii-was t one xi conn
dence and satisfaction, but that, as
everywhere, the send of the war .was
wished for.f The field marshal replied:
AH Wish for Peace.
"That we all- wish; understand this
well. - The, Austro-Hungarian people
have accomplished their full duty dur
ing this war, and have made all the
heavy, sacrifices which are necessary,
but still sacrifices must be made, lest
those already made, have been made in
vain." . t ' . B
General von Ludendorf-Interjected:
"Tell yourv Austrian, .friends that
there, is only one ' efficient means for
ending the war, a firm will to end the
war by . victory. Every soldier and all
Others must 'wdrk' together; they .must
realize that no.. way but war leads to
peace. Munition is not all; not gre
nades, but the morale of the troops
brings the final decision and the morale
of. the German and Austro-Hungarian
troops ls 'superior to that "of all- our
adversaries.' - - -
"Asked whether there was any chance
that war would be culminated by a
decisive blow, General von Ludendorf
said: .' ." . .
"Perhaps." The trend of events must
show this; prefer to make no state
ment." . . -- .
As to whether the .Russian masses
shall be exhausted. Field Marshal von
Hindenburg replied: ' -
"No Numerical Superiority."
'They are, already becoming so; the
Russian arnVy commanders have char
ed themselves with that. There is n.o
doubt also that new masses will grow
,up. In -Russia. : But that makes no dif
ference. We,; too, have enough men
Germany has a profusion of reserves,
and in Austria-Hungary the reserves
are by no means exhaused. We never
were afraid, of the Russian numerical
strength. We know no numerical su
periority. "The new Russian armies are as good
and as bad as the former,. The main
quality of the Russian soldier is blind
obedience. He nakes no progress of a
military kind; only the Russian artil
lery has become more efficient 6'n ac
count of instruction by French - and
Japanese officers, who partly command.
But our artillery remains superior.
"During a certain period the Russians
had more munitions than they formerly
had. Their munition, supplies now have
become diminished because of the end
of importation by way of Archangel
and Vladivostok."
But One Programme. .
Asked whether in the opinion of the
chief of staff, the termination of the
war was only possible Jn the East,
Field Marshal von Hindenburg replied:
"People 'don't know what nonsense
they talk. One does a great injustice
to- an army . commander by attributing
to him a programme. He certainly has
in his head a plan of war, a general
view of war. But there is. no prepared
(Continued on Page. Two.)
Both The Deutschland -And
The Bremen : Lost?
Geneva,' Swltz., Oct. 30, (via Paris).,
The National Zeitung, . of Basel,
prints the following concerning' the
German -I submarines .Bremen and
Deutschland: ' . r
"Both' the Bremen and the
; Deutschland have been lost either
captured or sunk. ,TJie,Bremen .neV-;
er reached Uhe United States ; nor
returned. The Deutschland durinsr
herseconid trip across the" Atlantic
lh September under the name Weser
also disappeared. . Submarine ;
was- sent in. aearoh -of- the vessels
but found ; np trace, ot them. . The.
loss of the, two commercial aubma-;
rlnes has not yet "been officially ad-
IRDEPENDSM
TEUTONS' ENEMIES
OCTOBER 31, 1916
GERMANS SUGCEED
SOUTH OF
E
Recapture Parts of Their Former
" Trenches, Taking 412 French
men Prisoner.
FALL BACK NORTH OF RIVER
Teutons Continue Advance in Dobrndja
. Region Russians Fail in Volhy
. nla to Break Lines, Suffer
ing Casualties.
Petrograd, via London, Oct. 31 The
Russian, Serbian and Rumanian forces
In Dobrudja have assumed the often--
slve, according to the semi-official
nevrs agency's- Odessa correspondent.
.'In a vigorous counter attack,
launched wfth huge effectiveness, the
Germans facing the French south of
the Somme river in France have been
able to re-capture parts of their for
mer! trenches north of LaMaisonne.tte
and. in the region of Biaches. In addi
tion.' 12 Frenchmen were made prison
er': by. the Germans..
: To the nor ,th of the river,' however,
boththe "Frn and the British suc-
peefled in a4yancing their lines, 'the
British between Les Boeufs and Morval
and - the French northwest of Sailly
Sailllsel. In, the latter engagement 60
Germans were captured. 4"
While In the Dobrudja region pf Ru
mania the Teutonic allies are keeping
up their advance, on the Transylvan
ian front1 the Rumanians are still fight
ing hard in the Prahova valley and the
Jiul valley, where fresh gains have
been made .by them. In the Rothen
thurm pass region, Berlin records , a
new .suecessfor the - Austro-Germans,
but admits that southwest of the Szur
duk pass thev Rumanians have forced
the' Austro-German columns to fall
back. '
In massed formation the Russians in
iVolhynlar to the .west of . ,Puetonyty
again endeavored " to- break- the ' ,Teu
tonic line only again to-be ; defeated
with heavy casualties, actording to
Berlin- Another Russian attack east
of Szelzov also was . repulsed by the
Germans.; - - '
Heavy Fighting in Serbia.
Heavy fighting is still going on at
the end of .the Czerna. river .in. Serbia,
the French and Serbians Vbeln. engaged.-
there with the Germans and Bul
garians. Berlin reports that all the . attacks
by the Entente forces in this district
thus far have failed. ; On - the :Dolran
front the British have, raided a German-Bulgarian
position? inflicting con
siderable casualties on the occupants
of. the trenches.?"
GERMAN AVIATOR KILLED AFTER
SHOOTING DOWN 40 AEROPLANES
Berlin, via Sayville, Oct. 30. Captain
Be'elka, .the famous German aviator, col
lided with another aeroplane in the
course of an aerial combat o,n October
28 and on landing behind the- German
lines died as a result of Injuries On
October 27th Captain Boelke had shot
down his fortieth hostile aeroplane:
Field Marshal Van Hindenburg, chief
of staff, sent the following telegram
to Captain Boelke's father:' " ""
- "I am deeply moved by the death of
your heroic son under such painful cir
cumstances. I knew him "well and ap
preciated his services highly, I send
you an expression of sincere st condo
lences. The aviation service has lost
its most successful aviator, whose
memory is imperishable."
GREEK STEAHEH INK7
Rescue Ships Warned by Subma
rine to Keep Off?
Such la the Report From Athen t la
Said Government Will Prbteat to
Germany About 200 Lives -Reported
Lost. .
Athens, Oct.. SO, (via London). The
torpedoing of the .Greek steamer Ang
heliki on Saturday-near Piraeus, with
many Greeks aboarC, was carried out
Without warning, it is stated here. This
action is believed to indicate that, since
the capture of Constahza the German
submarines have obtained a new sup
ply' of benzine, enablying them, to re
sume operations in the Mediterranean.
'Greek naval officers are; particularly
bitter that the attack - seems ' to have
been made within .Greek territorial wa
ters, only a few miles .from' Salami si,
where a formidable allied fleet has been
stationed since. September lu i
Vr'l'he loss of life is now said to reach
200. The submarine, it is further stat
ed, ".warned ships endeavoring ' to res
cue the Greeks to;; keep off. .' '.
. London, Oct. 30.-kA dispatch to Reu
terei from Athens says: :
"V'J"The Greek rgbvenyhep.t will; protest
to, Germany. against "the slnjclng' of the
steamer Anghejlkl- Telijbo unions
at Piraeus, have decided to strike ; an
less they are guaranteed; against' the
sinking of Greek vessels." "
SOI
WITHOUT
AMY WARNING
MEXICO RAPIDLY
BECOMING NORMAL
Social and Industrial Conditions
Reported Improving at
a Fast Rate.
COMMISSION 'S STATEMENT
Summary of Improvements Presented
to American by Mexican Com
missioners Expected to Ad
journ Next Friday.
Atlantic City,. N. J., Oct. 30. Normal
social and industrial conditions through
out Mexico are rapidly being restored,
according to a ".formal statement by
General Carranza's representatives to
day to the American members of the
American-Mexican joint commission, in
session here. A summary of improve
ments was presented -in reply to a re
quest by the Americans to the Mexicans
to give their reasons for believing that
the Car ran za government is growing
in strength. -
Another communication placed be
fore the Americans by the Mexican
commissioners was the telegram from
General ' Aguilar, Mexican minister of
foreign affairs, . denying Mexico City
was to be evacuated and insisting that
undue importance should not be given
reports that Villa forces had defeated a
"small detachment" of General Ozuna's
army in a "skirmish" near Chihuahua.
The telegram added there were suffi
cient government troops at Chihuahua
to overcome any Villlsta force.
The joint commissioners met today
without Luis Cabrera, head of the Mex
ican commissioners, who had not yet
returned from New York. No reference
to the statement issued at Washington1
and credited to Mr, Cabrera in w$lch
American government - officials were
Criticised for alleged laxity in the en
forcement of neutrality laws, Was
'made at .the conference. Equal official
disregard of the interviews credited to
caotnet was displayed. - Tnat tne con
ference Will be "continued- here later
than the end 'of the week appeared Im
probable today. The joint commission,
it is believed, 'will adjourn on Friday
until after the- election, to reconvene at
Washington.
The .statement issued by the Joint
commission Concerning improvement in
conditions in Mexico said:
"In every city in Mexico, municipal
elections have recently been held, so
that today1 all Mexican municipalities
are under their own elected mayors and
municipal councils. In each of the
states, a federal judicial system has
been established and federal judges ap
pointed . In all the states a large num
ber of g'rammar schools have been
created and in some states five times as
many such schools are in existence to
day as there were a year ago .
"In the state of Yucatan alone over
2,000 public schools -have been estab
lished in the past year. -
"Throughout Mexico numbers of pub
lic works are being cohstructed two
lines of railroad, many wharves, roads,
pine lines, "river and harbor improve
mente. ' "And most of: all, a gradual change
has been- going' oh from the military
system of government to a civil basis,
excepting where there is a state of
quasi-war. " - -' -
"The Mexico City-V era Cruz railroad
has been turned over to its' owners at
their request. - The government has re
cently had delivered to it 20 locomo
tives, 500 box - Cara- and -SO - passenger
(Continue on; Page Eight).
TARIFF THE THEME OF
HUGHES OHIO SPEECHES
Replies to the President's Speech
of Saturday Last.
Characterizes Adamson Act and Under
wood Tariff as In. the "Whimsical
Domain of Topay-Tur-Tjdom,"
Columbus, O., Oct. 30. Charles E.
Hughes tonight' replied to President
Wilson's speech at Shadow Lawn last
Saturday. Mr. Hughes referred to the
occasion as a "little festival of self
glorification among our opponents, in
whioh they celebrated the birth of
freedom and described themselves- as
the generous forces of the age and
world.". -p ... ,
"The eulogy needed one further
touch'" Mr. -Hughes declared, "and that
was to celeurate the policy that led to
the slaughter at Vera Cruz and Car
rizal." The nominee characterized the Adam
son law and the Z Underwood tariff
measures as being "in the whimsicaf
domain at topsyturvydom." He re
ferred to the Democratic claim that
business had been, placed on a different
footing, adding ."and it is a very slip
pery footing. -
A long torchlight parade blocked the
entrance to Memorial hall and Mr.
Hughes was nearly two hours late In
beginning his Address.- ; Some of the
audience had been jn their seats near
ly four hours. . - t - sr - ;
As in prevjous speeches, today in the
state; Mr;' Hughes made the - tariff ; his
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STATEMENT MADE
"No Postscript or Amendment of
the Lusitania Note Was Ever
Written or Contemplated."
BRYAN ALSO DENIES STORY
President Asserts That No Threat
of Resignation Was Ever
Made by Cabinet Members.
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 30. Presi
dent Wilson tonight characterized as
"untrue" the.statement made by Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu
setts, to the effect that the President
had seriously considered adding a
weakening postscript to his Lusitania
note. .
The President telegraphed to Walter
Lippmann, of New York, editor of th
.New rtepuniic, replying to a message
from Mr. Lippmann regarding Senator
Lodge's statement. The President's
telegram follows:
"In reply to your, telegram let me.
say that the statement made by Sena
tor Lodge is untrue. No postscript or
amendment of the Lusitania note Was
ever written or contemplated by me
except such changes that I myself in
serted which strengthened and empha
sized the protest.
"It was suggested after the note was
ready for transmission that an intima
tion, be conveyed to the German gov
ernment that a proposal for arbitration
would be acceptable.ahd one member of
-the Cabinet spoke to me about it, but it
was never discussed in cabinet meeting
and no threat of any resignation was
ever 'made, for the very good reason
that I. rejected, the suggestion after
giving, it such,. consideration as I
thought every prpgosal deserved, which
touched so grave "a matter. -
"It was' inconsistent with the pur
pose of the note.. The public is in
possession of everything that was said
to the German government.
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON."
BRYAN DENIES THAT THERE
IS TRUTH IN THE STORY.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 30. W. J. Bryan,
former Secretary of State, denied here
tonight that there was any truth in
the story that a postscript had been
written to the Lusitania note advising
the German government that the strong
language of the note should not betak
en seriously and that later the post
script was withdrawn.
"I take it for. granted," Mr. Bryan
said, "that the President will deal with
the matter as he deems wise, if indeed
I any attention need be paid it after Mr.
Breckinridge's denial."
Mr. Bryan would make no further
comment except to call attention to
the fact that his resignation was not
tendered at the time the first Lusitania
note, to which the alleged postscript
was attached, was written but at the
time tthe second note was written,
which was nearly a month laer.
BRECKINRIDGE HAS NO MORE
TO SAY ABOUT POSTSCRIPT
. San Mateo, Cal., Oct. 80. When Hen
ry Breckinridge, who arrived here to.
night from Del Monte, was informed
that President Wilson had termed, un
true the statement made by Senator
Lodge regarding the Lusitania note,
he said:
"Since the President has denied
Senator Lodge's statement, I shall have
nothing more to say about it." .
WILSON
DECLAR
BY LODGE UNTRUE
SENATOR LODGE READS LETTER
FROM JOHN T. L. JEFFRIES.
Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 30. Senator
Lodge, in a campaign speech here tor
night, read a letter from John Temple
Lloyd Jeffries, of Boston, In which the
writer stated that Henry Breckinridge,
former assistant Secretary of War, had
several . times made to him remarks
similar to those attributed to him by
Dr. Charles H. Bailey, of Tufts College,
concerning the alleged elimination by
President Wilson of a weakening post
script from the "strict accountability'
note to Germany.
A letter from Dr. Bailey regarding
a conversation, lie had with Mr. Breck
inridge on the subject was read by
Senator Lodge at a public meeting Sat
urday night and he senator in his ad
dress tonight, said . he presented the
letter ' from Mr.' Jeffries as additional
evidence.
Letter From Jeffries.
The letter follows:
"Dear Senator Lodge: I have noted
in Boston papers your remarks con
necting President Wilson with a post
script to one of the. so-called Lusitania
notes. According to the papers, you
state that the effect of this postscript
was to. vitiate the force of the note, or
purposely to inform the imperial gov
ernment that' vigor displayed in earlier
parts of the note was designed for Anglo-American
consumption solely. Ac
cording to the press accounts, this post
script was added rather surreptitiously
and under star-chamber proceedings,
and was withdrawn only because the
few- manly members - of the cabinet
happened to discover Its existence by
luek and naturally threatened to turn
the government upside down.
"I assure - you, sir, I deeply regret
being drawn. into this affair; but I can
not sit idly by and see you called a liar
when I know your statements are true.
"My .friend", Mr- Breckinridge, sev,
eral" times made to me remarks similar
to. those, reported by Professor Bailey.
I cannot swear to every minute detail,
for my memory is only human; but the
general substance of your statement is
correct to my, personal knowledge. .
"As i have 'telegraphed ' to - Major
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