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WIN THE FULL LEASED WISE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS STON-eALEM JOTTRNAT TIIE WEATHER CLOUDY' 8 PAGES TODAY PUBLISHED AT GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY OF THE CAROLIN AS VOL. XIX, NO. 42 JOURNAL S CIRCULATION GUARANTEED WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1917 BTST ADVERTISING MEDIUM PRICE FIVE CENTS PRESIDENT MAY GO BEFORE CONGRESS BEFORE OVERT ACT IS COMMITTED BY GERMANY PHEPARATIDNS EVENTUALITIES ARE GOING STEADILY ' i (By The Associated Press.) -r i -r , 4 ij ' i i i Washington, Feb. 14. Filibuster- jMUCIl J.mjXirtanC'e AttaCneU ! Inp by Republican Leader Mann to- t night against- a bill to give Denio to the Work OI the Collll- i rr'- instead of a Republican, a non- salaried membership on the board of roTof Ynfirvnnl DofpriSP I governors of the National Soldiers' cu oi axionai .utunst, Home kept the House in SPS!,ion un. TtTi i it ij- i -l ! til near midnight, caused scores of VV niCn IS IlOlaillg Uain ! members to be haled from bed. the , i aters and churches by the Sergeaiv SCSSIOHS At-'Arms and gave rise to widespread reports that Congress was dealing j with a new International crisis. COMPLEX QUESTIONS AS TO ARMING SHIPS: Reports of the Sinking of American Schooner Not Add Greatlv to the Tension; Goods in the Ports , Piling u (By Th Associatr Press! Washington, Feb. 14. The steady accumulation of violations of Ameri can rights by Germany made it ap pear possible today that President Wilson would go before Congress to ask authority for further protecting lives and property without waiting for a serious disaster which might shock the country. There were no in dications, however, tha'. he believed the time for such a step had come, una it again was stated authoritative ly that he would move deliberately and with . full appreciation of all the consequences involved. .-, Official report of the sinking of .he American schooner Lyman M. j.iw In the Medi'-rrn.ne;iii. by an Austrian ..submarine, added only slightly to the. tension, for while the act In believed to have been illegal, no lives were lost and the vowel ap parently-was warned. The Incident was not looked upon as one in it self sufflelrnt to hurry the develop men. of '-'te situation. Goods Piling Up Preliminary reports began coming to government departments showing the piling up along the Atlantic sea- : hoard of goods destined for export to ', European ports. No perious effect i from this condition will be felt, how ever, until lapse of sulflclen' line for ships remaining In American ports to have gone to Europe-end return ed. While only approximately 10 per cent of American commerce with Ku rope is carried on American ships the failings of vessels of other nation alities in many instances have either j been cancelled or postponed and therefore he resul's of the ruthless ' submarine campaign in time will re- suit in far reaching disturbances of . the industrial life of the United States. ! Preparations bv the government - for an:' eventuality sMIl are gotnr forward wi hout interruption. Much importance is attached to the work of the council of national defense, tvhlnh la hoMitlcr dnih- sessions for the purpose of learning at flrrt h:'iil from Americans of experience what provision must be r.iad.i to co-ordl nate American resources. K. H. Stet- i tlnus of J. 1'. Morgan Company. Xew York, "as again hpfrru the council today furnishing information gained fruni experience as head of his firm's hug" transactions in wnr orders for the F.rtente Allies. It was state.l dur'-ig the day that It was en'lrely possible the govern ment would lake no erepi toward ac tually furnishing arms to American shins unltra and until the President decides he should go before Con fress. Complex Questions Artw While the Htate Department takes 'direct to Palermo, without touching the position that the government has! at, any other port. The cargo was the right to furnish the guns, other questions which make the question more complex have arisen. The great est of these in the determination of the President lo do nothing which might give Germany the excuse in any trouble which may follow to place : the responsibility upon the Onlted States. Counsel Treariway advises that ; th schooner Law was sunk by a sub-, marine without flag, probably plac- ing aboard a bomb after the vessel ; had been stopped. The reports in- i dlcate that the vessel was illega lly unk, as her cargo of lumber is not considered .contraband - by-this govt j rnmtnt and That thtt reencnijert 1-11 1 A i nf the sea that a war craft must show ! It flar hefnr taklner hostile action i was violated. Most serious of the asnerts of the fl !I JJL ,, thP., th. .,,.,! rase marine was Austrian. In replying to the queries that 'will be seit to Vienna as to the fac s of the sinking. It Is thought more thin probable that Austria may make some statement which will precipitate the expected break with that country. j The question of the armament, of j American merchantmen seemed to be i temporarily disposed of today by the official statement that there were no fun In the country to be had by ship owners unless the government provifl- j ed them, and the strong intimation ' that the President expects to ri . be fore CongreHs again before cominlt tlng the government to a policy of famishing - arms. Will Mukc Peremptory Demand The re-detcntion by Germany of 72 American sailors brought in as pris oners on the prize ship Yarrowdale will reeult in a peron.pto.y demand for their release within a few days. Reports from the outlying possessions of the United Stales as to the treat ment of Gorman crews tacre. s.ro coining In rapidly ami cnmo'.ote i statement on that subject will be sent ) to Germany as soon as possible, tic- (Continued on pate Six) House Kept in Session Until Near Midnight By Minority Leader F11ibucrs Against Bill to Replace Republican With Democrat on Soldiers' Home Board As reported by a majority of the military affairs committee, the oil! would have relieved Fred J. Close of .ISALE OF ARMY RIFLES Helvering of Kansas, a Democrat, as j his successor. Kepresentative An thony of Kansas, objected, declaring that last July the committee , had JJlUithe place. An argument followed! nd Representative Man started a filibuster o prevent a vote. Speaker i Clark ordered the arrest of absent members after persistent ,poi Hs of i no quorums, and Hergeanth-at-Arms Cordon began summoning them by ! telephone, messengers and de;)rtles. ; Announcement in various theaters j that members were wanied Immedl ; a ely nt '-he House, coupled wih re ports earlier In the nay of Mm fir I pedoing of an American ship, started i wild war rumors, i- ' Between roll calls, the Hon? and " spectators In the gallery wei enter, lained bv choruses, led by Uoirf !'. tattves Meeker of Missouri, and Bur nett of Alabama. When '-he majority decided ilnaily ;o adjourn for the night, the pre ' vior.s question had been ordered p ting the bill In position for a vote to ; morrow. MURGUIA GOES IX IH RSI IT OF SALAZAR ,n T. 7 : . . ., i.uniiuctiou w ith Cuba and intimated ; .lureMexico'Teb "-General VTV .y .h.t evolution was not j .lose MurgilbVleft Jus lt teday tU "e 'Ja sales' reports of the ?: r,.irtondsk:lA?heZT- i B.owtn iTzy z&uUm the terri ory recently evacuated by '"17 : the American expedition. Mexican l 'f," Jfn,. sr . official- here claim that the govern- : " the military department, was Were ment is thoroughly In earnest and ; 'nd.cation that any warlike move has given its military commanders as being prepared In connect on ' every facility k commands In the I wlln ,the ""'"lon but Vecause of the wav of men and material experience gained In two previous n- ;d f "'fn ana materlal- . i terventlons, military opsratlons could American Schooner Lyman M. Law Sunk By A Submarine Crew, Inilmllni; ZWht Americans J Glided; DM Not C:tr.v C'ontra- . band; Sunk oflf Coae4 of Carolina (By The Associated Press.) London, Feb. 14. The American ; schooner Lyman M. uw was sunn ov ; submarine on Monday, according to a .mspaicn irom me niejar. Agency Ro.tic. The veiv, Including olght Americans, is reported to have been landed. Destroyed By Rom It Washington, Feb. 14. Consul Treadwnv, at Rome, cabled a, report today indicating that the American schooner Lyman M. Law was not tor- j pedoed, but was destroyed by a bomb ; placed on board by a submarine. His ' renort said the submarine apparent ly was an Austrian but flew no flag. Xw Contraband Aboard Bangor, Maine, Kel. II. The 1 schooner Lyman M. Law, reported i sunk on Monday by a submarine, sail j ed from Penobscot Bay on January ; 6. with 60,000 bundles. of lemon box : shonks. There was no contraband aboard, according to the T. .1. Stewart Company of this city, the shippers of the cargo. The schooner was to go valued at $31,200 and was Insured. Sunk of Coast of Sardinia flora Feb. 14. The American schooner Lyman M. Law was sunk on February 12, off the coast of Sardinia bv a hostile submarine, says a Ste fani dispatch from Calgllari. Sardinia1 todax. The vessel was loaded with Agricultural machinery, the dispatch adds. The crew of twelve, of w hich eight were Americans.' says the message, have been landed at Cagllarl. ' TRKMENDOr BFSIMvSS ., BYKMvCTUICBO.TOa " - ' " OJy The AsKKHted Pr-i.) TPrk. Feb 14. Grosn busi- ne.s amounting to $26,000,000 was by tha K'eotric Boat Company Kid at the beginning of this year orders on hand amojn cd to t $2?. MO, (100 It. was announced ;iere ' tonight. The company reported net earnitif-s during' 191 of $7,012,084. . ' Entrance to Santiago Harbor Ordered MmediTy , - . , The army Is neither liberal nor con- By The Associated Press.) , ! seryative." ' ' fiantlae-o. Cuba. Feb. 14. Bv or-' ders of the military commander of Fantiago, the entrance of the harbor has been mined. All ships entering this'port are reques ed to take a pilot as soon as they reath Cuban waters. This order. It is explained, has been issued for purposes of. protec tion. LKS P.VRCY SIGNS FOR ROUT WITH GIBBON'S 'By Tie Aciaterl PreM.) Vtw York. Feb. 14. Les Darcey. the AiiKl-allan middleweight., gignert ar lcles here tonight to fight Mike Gibbons. Id Milwaukee, April in, for a purse of 50,00, to be divJied erun.iy. - - 1 LANSING SENDS A SECOND WAHN TO CUBAN PEOPLE Again Warns That United States Will' Not Regard as Legal Any Govern ment Set up by-Violence; , Assumes Proportions PRESIDENT AFFIRMS -p n rni 1 p;i',,c ;ir.rl ul UlOUbdliU I. Ill h -1UU 2,000,000 Rounds of Am- munition Sold to Cubans by War Department; No Doubt of Zavas' Election (By The Associated Press ) Washington. Feb. 14. Reports tell ing of the spread of the liberal revolt in Cuba aroused such apprehension here today that Secretary Lansing ca bled a second warning to the people of the republic that the United States would not regard as legal any gov ernment set up by violence. The mes sage went to Minister Gonzales at Ha vana and to every American consul, to be circulated all over the island. Mr. Lansing pointed out the re sponsibility oi toe United States In i oe lnauguraiea in onei urns wuuoui ! much renewed study of plan. ! Secretary Baker announced that i with the approval of the President, a i deal had been closed yesterday for the sale of the 10,000 army rifles and 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition to the Cuban government. Negotiations for the purchase had been in pro gress for several months. The Pres ident Is authorized bji statute to ap prove the sale of arms and ammuni tion to Cuba, whose soldiers are the only ones In the world other than Americans who carry the United States army Springfield rifle.. Shipments of the guns and ammuni tion will be hastened. Official news from Cuba convinced the 'Administration that the rebellion already has assumed large propor tions. Developments of the movement were reported from widely separatod points and the Cuban government's call for volunteers served to support the succeses claimed by the rebels. Reports of the special election that was announced for today In Santa Clara, and which wait expected to de termine beyond doubt the winner of the Presidential election, had not been received at the State Depart ment late today. N. Information already received from Cuba has made it appear that. her was no doubt that Dr. Alfredo ayas, the liberal candidate, was elected. One suggested cause for the present uprising was that it had been pre cipitated by the President when he ordered the arrest of several civilians and army officers on the charge of complicity in a plot to depose him. The plan of the liberals Is said to have been to resort to force on May 20. If Menocal on that day refused to relinquish the presidency. Late today an appeal was received from Mrs. P.ita Castellanos. In New York, urging the President to inter vene in nenair or ner son. a young lieutenant, who Is renorted to hsv been sentenced to death on the charge of complicity In the plot. Min ister Gonzales in Havana was in structed to make an investigation of the circumstances. It became known after the termi nation of the warning to the Cuban people that s similar warning was sent to every Central American coun try after the overthrow of Gonzalei In Costa Rica.- de Mola Makes Statement Santiago. Cuba, Feb. 14. The mlli- tary governor of Santiago, Major Lo- ret de Mola, made the following statement tonight with reference to ;he revolutionary movement: "The forces in amis are against the rule of President Menocal who, I failing to respect the constitution of i Cuba, Is utilizing the army for the purpose of obtaining his re-election. . T" 1 J . . t . . n , U anviir la in mslnlaln xne governor aeciareotnai ne oia not wish bloodshed, and guaranteed the lives and property of all. regard, less of their political affiliation. Complete order is being maln aln ed in Santiago and business continues as usual. POPE WILL APPEAL FOR JOINT ACTION (By The Aasocisted Press.) London, Feb. 14. According to an I Exchange Telegraph message from The Hague,. It Is reported from Mun ich that the Vatica.i has informed the Nuncio at Munich Unit the Pope con. templates an appeal to all neutral ;ov-ei-nmenta to take Joint action in fav or of peace. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION D LL E Bill W .Submit the Con stj ynal Convention f Action to the People at ' .e Next Ocirra! Elec tion; Little Debate NOTE EXEMPTION BILL PASSES HOUSE Would Exempt Notes and Mortgages to Amount of . $3,000 When Given For Purchase of Farm Humes Onlv 14 More Days (Special To The Jburnal.l Raleigh, Feb. 14. The House voted M to 11. for the Stubbs bill for a constitutional convention to be call ed and the bill goes to the Senate. It would submit the question to the peo ple, at the next general election, the vote to be "for constitutional con vention" and "against constitutional convention." At the same time, the people would, under the bill, vote for delegates to the convention, elec tion to be effective if the call for the convention carries. This would as sure active advocates of the proposed convention In the persons of the can didates for membership in the pro posed convention. There was comparatively little de bate, the principal speech for the convention being by Stubbs. Roberts, of Buncombe, Introduced and asked the Immediate passage of a bill to authorize lAsheville and West Ashevllle to extend suffrage to wo men lii municipal elections, speaking strenuously for the measure and be ing a general demand In the two municipalities. Crier appealed to the House to not do such a thing ss "re move Buncombe county from the op eration of the constitution." The bill failed 46 to 38. The House passed the Beasley bill to amend the constituents to exempt farm loan mortgages to $3,000 after receiving a special message from Gov ernor Blckett urging such immediate action. The Senate passed. aftr long de bate, the Rrenizer bill providing for construction tl inter-county toll bridges with an amendment confin ing Its operation ae to tolls to cqun tiee bordering bn.fsth Tadkln and Catawba, rivers. r . 1 ' Final reading was riven the Clark bill for semi-annual $400,000 State (Continued on page slx.l E RAIDSIIFRAiE Reach German Third Line Trenches Northeast of Arras; Germans Take Russian Positions (By The Associate! Press.') Carrying safe conducts from Great Britain and France for himself and party, Count von BeriiHtorff, the re tiring GPrman ambassador to the United States, has started on his way for Berlin. After touching at Halifax for an examination of her cargo by the Brit ish authorities, the steamer Frcdarlk VHI, on which the Ambassador is a passenger, will sail for Copenhagen whenre the party will make their ay into Germany. British Continue llalds On the French front the British in the Ancre and other regions continue to make raids on German positions. Wednesday's most successful opera tion was northeast of Arras, where King George's men entered 250 yards of German defenses and reached their third line. Many Germans were and some prisoners and a machine gun were captured. The Ancre raid was southeast of Grand Court, where a strong position was captured. Ger man trenches on the Somme and northeast of Ypres also have been en tered by the British. All along the remainder of the front, there have been artillery duels a,nd bomb dropping exploits by avia tors of both belligerent groups. Germans Take Russian Positions In the Roumanian theater near Mfst Canestl, the Germans have cap- t (Continued on page Six) Announcing DOLLAR BAY WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21 PASSESTHEHOUS BRITISH IAIBICAN NEGRO HELD FOR fif THE MEXICANS Captured on American-j Owned Ifanch in Mexico;! i Believed Three Mormons,' Taken at Corner llanch, are Held for Ransom SALAZER COMMAND MADE THE RAIDS U. S. Cavalry Troops Go to Border, But Have Not Crossed Into Mexico; Reb els Will Select Provis ional' President (By The Associated Press.) El Paso. Texas, Feb. 14. Jose Yne Salazar, with his Villa command, oc cupied Ojitos, an American-owned cat tle ranch in Mexico, 45 miles south west of the Corner Ranch, yesterday. One American negro is being held there for ransom and three American Mormon cowboys who were captured during the raid yesterday on the Cor nor Ranch also are believed to be held for ransom at Ojitos. American troops tonight, patrolled tho border. Interest in Mexican border affairs shifted suddenly from .the contem plated Villa attack on Juarez to thS operations of Salazar and his mounted force. Following the ra'ld ' on the Cor-, ner Ranch, on the American side of the boundary, Salazar's forces occu pied G.litos. taking prisoner nine Mex icans, together with "Bunk" Spencer, an American negro, employed by K. K. Warren and Hons, according to re ports received today. No one was killed when Salazar occupied Olitos. Want llHiioom For Overseer A demand for $5,000 ransom was made upon Bob Morehead, ranch overseer for the Warren interests, and forwarded from Hachlta to K. K. Warren, at Three Oaks, ilich. Reports from Hachlta said Warren had In structed Morehead to protect Spencer and had ordered the ransom paid but agents of the Warren interests said tonight they had urged the ran som be refused. Three Americans hold at ojitos are Andrew Peterson, Burton Jensen, and Hugh A cord. 'Hslsjsar was joined at O.titns by PrttdaiirU) Miranda and his band, which raided the Corner Ranch, ae crrrdlhg to advices from Hachlta. Fear that the men might be executed by Salazar's men were expressed by friends of the Mormon cowboys here tonight. Two troops of the 12th U. S. Cav alry wentt o the border today, but airy went to the border today, but pursuit to the bandits. There also are troops at Dog Springs, Clenegas and at Alamo Hueco. near the boundary. Salazar Is believed to have mov ed Into Western Chihuahua in order to represent Villa at a conference soon to be held somewhere south of Hach lta. Delegates from Governor Ksteban Cantu, of Lower California, Villa par tisans In.Sonnra, a representative of the Villa Junta In Kl Paso, and Sal azar representing Villa, are expected to attend the meeting. Among things to be considered at this conference is the selection of a provisional president for the revo lutionary government, which, It is said. Is to be organized. Miguel Dlax Lombardo. a former Villa cabinet offi cer was said here to have been agreed upon for this position. .- , On the Mexican Side Juarez. Mex., Feb. 14. The four American cowobys captured by Mex ican rebels below Hachita.. N. M., were on the Mexican side of the lino when caught and their captors at no time crossed Into American territory, according to a report received today by Andres Garcia, Inspector general of Mexican consulates, from an agent sent to investigate. Mormon Scouts Cross After the Mexicans (By The Associated Press.) Corner Ranch. N. M., Feb. 11. By Courier to Hachita, N. M., Mormon scouts led by Lem Spillsbury, recently civilian scout in the American expedi tion in Mexico, crossed Into Mexican territory In their search for A. Peter son, Hugh Acord, and Burton Jen sen, the Mormon cowboys missing since the raid on the Corner Ranch. They returned lo the ranch tonight, reporting their efforts were fruitless. CONMTIOX OF THAW IS STILL VERY SERIOUS '.By The Anscciated ?resa.) New York. Feb, 14. Tho District Attorney's office received a letter from Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania saying the condition of Harry K. Thaw was still serious, and asking that any action here be held In aheyancc un til Thaw was able to leave the. hos pital in Philadelphia. Thaw is under indictment here in connection with the alleged whipping he Inflirted on Fred Gump Jr., a Kan sas City youth, on Christmas night. Send Radio Message 112 Miles from Plane (By The Associated Prcsn.) San Diego, Ca.1., Feb. 14. A ,J. Sim on, a radio engineer of New York, temporarily attached to the army avia tion school here, with Captain Her bert A. Dargue as pilot, sent a radio I message from an airplane over a dla- tance of 112 miles to the receiving station at school, it was announced. SPAIMSH CITIZENS IN CUBA ARE WARNED (By Trie Associated Press.) Havana,. Feb. 14. The Spanish minister is reported to have warned all Spanish subjects resident in Cuba that if they take up arms In Cuba they will forfeit their Spanish citi zenship, i Hul DUMMIES ACTED FDR OFFICIALS IfJ STOCK DEALINGS No Way For Leak Probers to Learn Name of Officials Trading During Leak the Period Unless Dummies Volunteer Information TUMULTY'S NAME IS AGAIN MENTIONED Hotel Proprietor Denies the Secretary Gave Him In formation as to Peace Note; Many Brokers are Closely Questioned (By The Associated Pii) New York, Feb. 11. There is no way for the congressional committee inve.-iK,uriK me iwr un rrrai- dent Wilson's note to the brlliger- ents. tu learn the names of officials who mav have dealt in the stock , , , ., . market under other persons names unless inn dummies themselves come forward and give the luforma- lion, the cominit;ce was Mu at its . , , , . . ,! ..cui.iif, tuuu,. . i tin iiKiui pui)iunt; ui the Inquiry here, the committee has announced, is to get at alllcials, if there are any, who have been profit ing by advance information as to the impending acts of the governmen:. Broker after broker was asked to day whethor there were any persons in official life at Washington among their customers and each one said there was none. L. V. Sterling of Logan and Bryant, In response to a question, said: "You might have the name of ev ery customer of every broker In the United States and not discover such officials if they were dealing through a third party whoso naino alone ap pears as (he customer." ' The puma of Joseph P. Tumulty. President Wilson's secretary, was aguin brought into the Inquiry when .lames It. Regan, hotel proprietor here, was asked the direct, question whether or not- during a visit of Tu multy here December 17 and IS, he gave .Mr. Regan any hint as to . a prospective peace nofe. "Positively not. I wish he had," replied Mr. Regan, who added that he had no discussion with Mr. Tu multy regarding affairs at Washing ton. Mr. Regan donied the minor that he hlniself sold short heavily in United States Steel during the "leak" period. The efforts of tho connnitteo to sift to lie bottom the manner in which K. F, Mutton & Company, brokers, got their forecast of the President's note wero baffled through the absence of Mr. Hutton and H. J. Barrett, members of tho firm. Geo. A. Kills, another member said they were In tho South. It was pointed out by Sherman L. Whipple, counsel for the coin m II tee, that, the testimony of Mr. Hutton and Mr. Connolly um to tha.;. telegram v.as at variance and that the conclu sion was Irresistible that Mr. Hutton knew that Mr. Connolly was mak ing a misstatement." The motion was made by a mem ber of the comml tee that Mr. Hot- ton and Mr. Barrett hn compelled to u,.c.,,. Kafrn it K,,t M U'hlU I noiinced later that such'a step would not be taken. Ho added that Mr. Hutton and Mr, Barreti were the on ly -persons who could straighten the matter nut and that the responsibili ty rests with them as to whether iheir house could afford to leave the .sub ject as It Is. Unless they appeared. Iv so i.I, the committee nnn free to make what deductions it could from ;he circum stances and so report to Congress. . Mr. Kllis said lie would attempt ' to get in loiul with disassociates. KH?rt lo Clone Today After an executive session tonlgh'. ! it was announced that th committee ex peered lo close its public hearings , tomorrow. Further work will be i done by a sub-committee, it was wtat. ed. which will consist- nf the exam- Ination of brokers' statements. of business done for customers during i the period under investigation. In rase anything is discovered by 1 th .fub-cnmmiUee to warrant r- i many in safety. opening of the public hearings, that. I His-cussing the. neutrality of the will be done It was sta'e.l for the i American people, he said that "nat connnittee. It is not expected, bow- urally a person's sympathies ere ever, that further public bearings! 1 , will be necessary. I (Continued on Six) BALLOTING OF ELECTORAL -COLLEGE FORMALLY ENTERED -0JV THE OFFICIAL RECORDS (By The Aociatd Press I Wsshingloji, Feb. I i. -Congress complelrd today tb consti:utional formalities carrying into effect the will of the voters expressed last. No-' vember aud officially declared Wood row WIlHon I 'resident, and Thomas H. Marshall, vice-president, re-elected.- - At a joint, session of the Sena- and House the sealed Vote (van can vassed by States and the result of the I lloting of the. electoral college,) once the deciding factor In presideii- : tlal contort H, but ill recent years only ' a perfnnctlory means of ratifying the popular voice, was entered formally on the official record. The count showed -77 votes for the Democratic nomince.s and 254 for Hughes and : Fairbanks. j The proceeding reflected only In a , mild degree the partisan enthusiasm , of the doubtful days following elec- ! ;lon day in November Announce- . ment of California's 13 votei for Wl- j son brought n outburst of approval ' from the Democrats and there was , applause on the Republican side when Connecticut returned the first OEiSTOBFF HMD L5ST LEAHERICA Steamer Frederik VIII. With Embassy Aboard, Sailed From New York at 4 O'Clock Yesterday; Many Bon Voyage Gifts PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE AMBASSADOR Emphatic in Declaring the Submarine Campaign Will Increase in Intensity When the Weather Gets Wanner (By The Associated frets.) Hoboken. N. J,. Feb". 14. Count Johann H. von Bernetorff. former German Ambassador to the United s,9)(,, .n,i lr j., i j the Scandinavian-American liner ' Frederick VIII. With him was the i !,'"!' n'ps" vo" Rernstorff and nearly. German diplomatic and consular om(.ia,8. The deDa ..,.... wnch . pletea the severance oft diplomatic re- i latlons between the United States and (,r"lan- accomplished quietly and was marred by no untoward inci- dent. Before the steamer departed at 4 o'clock, the former ambassador held a final conference wtlh Minister Rlt ter, of Switzerland, who has assum ed charge of German Interests In this' country. Jinny Bon Voyage Gifts Count von Bernstorff, his wife and other members of his suite received several wagon loads of flowers and bon voyage gifts. The Ambassador was so appreciative that he sent ashore a signed statement through Dudley Field Malone, collector o.' the port of New York, in which he said: "I cannot refrain from a last ex pression to the American people for the wealth of flowers and gifts sent to the Countess and myself. It Is hard to tell of the good will sent us both. No expression of gratitude would be adequate to apeak an afteu- -tlonate farewell." ,. There was many a German etti xen aboard the Frederick VII 1. who. sailed away with tears in his eyes., The ambassador, himself, dnegly af fected, remained away from tu -n of the party as much as he etl4 In the excitement which usually Pr- cedes the sailing of great ocean liner. There were others In the party who tried to do the sumo thing. Some went Immediately to their staterooms as soon as they uhd boarded thetthip early this morning and remBtpud; there unttr sailing lime. Others wal(t.'',' cd off the dock for a final stroll on, American soil. As the shin moved awav from her dock and backed out into the chan nel, the New Jersey shores were dot ted with persons who had been wait ing nearby the better part of the day to see the liner depart. From the war-bound liners lying close at hand signal pennants flut tering, spelling oiit their farewell. Handkerchiefs were waved from the decks of the ship and those on shore saw tho Count and Countess vori Bernstorff emerge from a door with Prince Hatzfeld. former counsellor of the embassy, and his wife. All four leaned far over the rail and waved at. persons standing on the dock. Several tugs blew nhrlll blasts with ! 'hP'r hls!!?H; Tne Th'"11" f Frederick VIII responded. Then the the ship straightened out in the stream and headed for the bay. ac companied by a police boat, which dropped behind as the Frederick gathered speed. To watchers on shore t'ie outline of the vessel grew fainter and fainter in Hie haze, Anally disappearing alto gether soon after rounding the jc of Liberty. At 5:30 o'cloi.k, an hour ano a nan arter leavirg H,tvn. rint von Bernstorff passnd ' ffsmdy Honk end swung Into the Atlantic'-. I'xprcssew Persoiinl Vletr -'' Before lie boardd the aleamjihtp Count von Bernstorff expressed to a, representative of The Associate. Press his personal vjews on the new German submarine operations, the possibility of the United States being drawn into the war, his readiness to retire from active life and the doubts he held about reaching Ger- votes for Hughes. Lcwer demonstrsu lions gree.cd the returns from other ' ,--i;ne. jioo i ri RpwiMon irnae up amm a loud Democratic, response to the ' announcement of the final result. Senator Kern of Indiana, and Rep rei.entatlve Hucvker of diesOuri, Democrats, and Senator Clapp of .Montana, and f tepresentaiive. Mapi " or Michigan, Republican, were the ' tellers. Mrs. Wilson, wife of tM President, watched the ceremony from the executive gallery, and See- v retnrles McAdoo, Baker and Dorflels and . Postmaster General Burleson were In t-he Cabinet bog. v Vice-President Marshall, who pre sided, reques ed at the outset that .' the members and spectators refrain from demonstrations, but Immediate ly afterward he provoked a ripple of laughter and applause by remarking: "P- has been the custom to re frain from signs of approval or dis approval. The reason for this is that the results may not be entirely satisfactory to everybody." When the rlce-president called for the California vote It fell to Repre sentative . Mapes, a Republican, to read the returns from that State. GERMAN El I
Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1917, edition 1
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