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Without Warning.
NEGRO FROM THIS
CITY ON ONE SHIP.
Consul r rost Makes Keporfc On
The Sinking of The Crispin
and The Snowdon Range
9nmf Amprirans Arp fitill
AmnnThe Missing Sev-1
pral Spampn Kilted in Fn-1
gine Room.
(By Associated Press.)
i
Washington, March Jl.-Two Brit-
ish. steamers, the Snowdon Ranga and
the Booth liner, Crispin, both with
Americans aboard, ot.whom a number
are unaccounted for, were reported to
ihe State Department today to have
been sunk without warning by a
On the Crispin the torpedo which i
struck the engine- room killed five
men, two or whom are believed to.wni fnmlsh 2ft5vmiite nhvsiciana toi
have oeen Americans..- rv . .. x
Consul Frosfrsat'eenst6is? - fre
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Crispin, said: f 1
to UvePrior M6 Soer
without warning, 14 miles off -Hook
Head, 7:15 p. m., 29th. Sixty-eight
of the ship's complement of 112 were
Americans. Two -boats missing, not
improbably lost.
Torpedo struck engine room
hnnrH e,Vlr rvloiTi VilUno- five moTl
or v.nom two believed Americans.
"Submarine not seen, but wake of
torpedo seen by Americans.
' Vessel carried gun- and wireless.
Latter was wrecked by explosion.
"Weather moderate, wind, overcast
sky, very heavy ' swells.
"Vassel sank slowly, but return on
board not feasible owing to heavy
sea.
i. . i j. jii. m i i j
v u...Vx, j
ed at Queenstown, including captain,
chiPf .tpwrrt Ptorinarian and
i 1 1 1 1- nil t t i i i iu u ij r u i v 1 1 1 w mi i
stewaru, veterinarian,. ana
Americans. R. H. Elser, Newport I
News; Carl Larkenson, Augusta, Ga.;
James Smith. Baltimore: Bland Tins
ley, Philadelphia; R. L. Hayes, Cov-
jngton, ; James - Franklin, New
York city; George Keilly, Baltimore ;
George St. Armand, Worcester; Har
ry Davis. Baltimore; John Williams,
Xewnort News " I
"Other boats believed landing Mil
ford Haven and elsewhere."
The dispatch from Liverpool report
ing the sinking of the Snowdon Range
follows:
"British steanjer, Snowdon Range,
Philadelphia te Liverpool, with gen
eral cargo and powder, one gun aft,
torpedoed without warning at . 8:45
a. m., March 28th. 35 miles from Hol
ly Head. No vessel in sight, seai
cairn, weather hazy, no resistance,
submarine submereed at time of at-
tsrv xt mi, lriii v.,r vninoinn ra.
i uu. xvxiiC yjj ."'1"owu I
ader of crew took to
uuing james arroii, jsnuaaeiyuw,
George Alexander, colored, 36 Bla-
fpn r,f-AAi TXm XT t ' T2iiTf i
ThiH Tv.i'nAiv. -.rAKr.T.n
hebalt, Philadelphia, native-born
n. kj., ouiu
.raiiXnomS S i""". but will give Present yZWVgZtf SSS'SSr'?
r , . . his u itimated suiport if war is de- 18 months and had a great supply Oi.
Submarine emerged showing Ger- j decided upon senator Stone said he muniUons ann explosives. On sight
man flag, shelled Snowdon Range, 'did not know the President's program, ing a merchantman, the raider hoist
inen boarded ana removed provis- . ,j kh nv, w,,.-roIS . Aqo- mhlcn ma rp-
ions and detachable brass, placed
bombs, vessel sunk.
"Crew
picked up'at 6 p. m., taken
to Holly Head.
A dispatch from Swansea said the 1
co5i(Ptor f m.fcni -tho ' r0nnrfn ;
that 49 Americans from the British j war resolution, but if war is decided are the following: Gladys Boyle, 3 -eaitio
steamer, Crispin, had been upon I'd like to see any one go farther 269 tons; Charles Gounod, sailing, -3,100 1
J'inuea at Milford Haven, no aaai-;m
tion?.i Atiu of tho fttnWn(r of thfl
Cris
Pin were given.
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GREENSBORO WOMEN
STAND' BY PRESIDENT
"
(By Associated Press ) I Senate would be left to some other raider's .order to -halt and attempted don March 31.) The proclamationrof
Greensboro, N. C, March 31. A ! Senator acceptable to the President to escape1, ? The captain finally sur- CzerI n the Austro-riungarian Minis
jn.sage was sent President Wilson and the" committee. , l; rendered after four i members of her I . - t .fi
last night by the Women's Club' of Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, net W 5 7
Grpan0K io.?. 0Txf ne i tu tr or,!, iafn; stnnp has told the-his assistant. had been wounded by j Fremdenbfedd that the Entente could
Ambers to any steps the President ' President that he opposes a war. deirnjachine-gun-fire. The Lady Island
"light see necessary to take in,, the ' claration, and it 1 appeared probable. wasi loaded with 4,500 tni3 of s,usa
P'osent crisis, following.
ous passaged the resolution a'the next ini line on ithe Democratic rates and Gbarlea Gounod with, 4,100,
inc. tinp- hold ?at infrrht .'Ridp mi?ht hfi r.hosenJ ' , tons of grain.;.-. - : V ;
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...
' Charlea E. Hughes will appear as
chief counsel tor Mayor Mitchell, of
New York, next Tuesday when the
State Senate begins - its investigation
of the mayor's conduct in relation to
Senator. Robert Wagner. The Senator
has. retained Samuel Unleomyer.
citizens of chicaco todav held a'
Patriotic demonjstration which is to'
j conclude tonight with a mass meeting, j
The day was set apart by Mayor Wil-J
jliam Hale Thompson, as ."flag day,"l
'and thousands Of the National emblern'mi nnn r-t nrnnn
,hung in the down-town -district and in 1
the residential sections.
Thp Rt T iiiis tpa'm .oP .thft National
irt AmBripin' JriajniPs,.nliiV: tho 'flrat'
games of the city series at the Am-,
sub-jerican League ark in. that city this
I
rhe Vanderbi Medical Department
the UnUed-Statea avy according to.
v - 1
recently received a letter from W.'bg - fa g Atlantic and'
Na' .M'ft as many competent :
Physicians as possible. . 1
The Filipino Press is a unit m sup-,0""" !CMC,a iaix Colonei siocum has consented to give
porting the appeal of Secretary of the ler (Sea Eagle), a formidably armed consideration to the claims of Wil
Navy Daniels for recruits for thein-1 craft operating with tne same success mington, and says that if he is cOn-
star-eriCan navy. Mr. Daniels' message
V,T H TtI ?1
papers and has resulted in many
ipirios offering themselves at the re -
cruiting station.
More -than ten thousand first, second.
and third class postmasters were plac-
ed under civil service today by execu-
tive order of President Wilson. In-'
nnmbents of office are not affected, but'
I . '
in the riitnrp wnpn va.rancies occur as
. f . -poination or re.i
the result or ueatn, resignation or re
moval, the civil, service commission
u.v v - -
" " - (
will hold open, competitive examina-
itions. The name of the highest eiigi-
Die canaiaaie win men u suummcu
to the President. No person more than
W years of age shall be examined.
WILL SUPPORT
THE PRESIDENT
Says Senator Stone, But
poses. Declaration or tLX-
istence of War.
(By Associated Press.)
Woincrtnn Mnrnh 31 Senator '
g. ' - rel Wed by a. subnaarine.
...' wi "oiio
J17:,::
tUUitjr Ull I-IXC lutci uavivuai ouuawuji
and saia mat war appears proDaDie;
f " m, , m.
. - ... .
greSs to promptly express its convic-
g promptly express t .. , -
"i have "not changed my position nor
convictions since the armed neutrality
resolution before the ... Senate", ; said "
Senator Stone. "I will vote, against a'
uacamg.. uy.-u x-coCixV ,
i unlimited prosecution.", . L
The Foreign Relations - Committee
will meet at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
of the day the President addresses
Congress. - i
Senator : Stone intimated.;that - the
hftTTdHT, of war. resolutions' in, ! the
side, might be chosen.
mm
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC
Loaded With Mines and Sup-
plied With Provisions For
Many months.
AUIVIOILK. Vr oniTO
CAPTURED BY HER.
ti i. i o o
ne lgn DeaS JlllCe
cember- Large Quantity
of Grain Destroyed
Prisoners. "
(By AsSociatea press.)
Rio Janeiro,; March 31. A new Qer-
t ciai4 ko uu guaiu iju buc nuiui aca,
sen(toO-: or nore merchantmen to
the bottom. - t
Accoraing to survivors rrorn tne
1 - X,.. ,!
, wlvinced that. -citv is the la-ifl nlarf
UStlUfi pi CUCWSSUI , m-3
1 n ttmmh VA.f lir atii ti r rr 1
cuMJr bUiUCU..
a German port after playing havoc,
with snipping in tne same waters.
News of the activities of the raider j
was brought to Rio Janeiro by the!
French bark Cambronne which arrived
here yesterday. She had on board ,
285 men from the crews of vessels I
.. o i-
buuh Jj lur uccauici. l
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Tne uamDronne encountered me
s. x. 01"
raider on March 7, at latitude 21 souta,
- .
longitude 7 west, a point in the At
lantic aimost on a line with Rio Janei
f , . ... , - -
r. and about two-thirds of the way
jto the Arican coast. After survivors
'had heen put on the Cambronne she
Was ordered to proceed to the coast
of Brazil, a voyage of 22 days.
Ar.pnrdine to the Jornal Do Brazil, t
the raider was loaded with mines
which explains the destruction of ves
sels off the coast of Brazil. The com
merce destroyer is reported to be arm
ed with two guns of 105 millimetres
and 10 machine- guns. The vessel has
Op-'three masts and is equipped with wire
jless. It& crewconsists of b4 men
under the command or count UKner.
According, to the refugees, the raider
left Germany on December 22 escort-
wn' initimaint.hair Teen made as
'k7' te VaTlor while!
iwmv fr VtMt, ' i
iney were pnsouwu uiBiaiuBi.. mcjr
'v0 nam nf aa Shadier
j..- : 41.. :j rm.,T :
placed by the . German ensign when
er prey.: was ithin reach of her
;gunsr - : monge . refugees are two
women, the wives; of two of the cap-
tainsTOf the sunken ships. . .
Among the ships sunk by the raider
"ZWAZr. T-i;, ti son
Dupleix, 3,000 tons;-Lady Island, 4,500
tons? oRocheaucauld,. -3,050 tons;
the Canadian; schooner Perse, 50 tons,
and the Antoinene, 4,uuu tons. .
- The IHongarth; which was on her
way frm Montevideo to Plymouth,
with 6.5Q0 tons of grain, disobeyed the
T
Wilmington Is ig-GiAnlivlr
ered as Mobilization Cami);
- t or IN. C. Soldiers; :
BUT BUSINESS MEN S ; S
-MUST ACTINC
High . Army OfficIJVIlg
tt? Consider Wilmington's
Cfm-ouial&leaf B
I Thing For Cit-r-Actiori
Needed. ... ; '
(By W. E. Lawaon.) . ' :
Raleigh, N. C, Matc ': 31 Wil
mington has chance to ,b chosen; as
the:place..fthe-moba
PTitirP Nnrtf, f nmHtf wKoi
the 'order for the spleWtinn nf Thp
site having been received- in -Raleigh
yesterday from the Wari Department
by Gol.-H. J. Slocum, detailed by the
department as senior . xpustering-'but
officer. . 1 v, '
Thanks to the efforU:CMr;'-aiae
P. Gause, Jr., pronlmentrjarchitect' f
Wilmingtoji, who happened to be. in
Raleigh at the time,, Wilmington 'bli,,"
been given an opportunity to . be- cm.
sidered. It is now up to the "Chamber
of Commerce and the ' btfsmess ' men
of the city to put forth the proper
effort. Mr. Gause has inadiJi- an - en-
a ii jr ' s-- . .
j gageraeni. wiin ;oionei jsiocuni' ior ;a
Wilmington delegation, for .tomorrow-
mington. The Chambertof "Comniea
has already wired that sifeis ayaV
able and that the troops are wanted
in Wilmington, but still . more ;xnuist
be done if Wilmington is to-le-winner.
. It will be neceasarr for acom
41141, ice,. wili tun uwmiwtijWBaK
The order from;-the War Depart-
of Raleigh, Salisbury, Goldsjoyoand
Morehead City, bnt through thefforts
vi axx- c uvuuiacu w
proposition until late 4ast night,
-; - - "
1 m'K;i;n4.; , 4 11.. x.. v,
m recommend to the War De
partment. His recommendation will
very likely be adopted. . Raleigh prob-
ably will not be considered on ac-
count
of the
soil, which causes a
muddy condition in rainy weather.
The race seems to be between
Morehead City and Wilmington, with
the chances favoring Morehead City,
unless there is a determined and con-
xj
itviicu
movement in Wilmington
to
secure the setectionof that place.
Mr, Gause, was told last night in
his conversation with Colonel Siocum
and other Army and National Guard
officers that if the brigade is assem
bled at present strength it will mean
the gathering of 5,000 men, and if at
war strength 8,000 men, and stables
fnr hmrsps and mnlps Thpv
would be A Wilmington from one
week to several months, depending
upon developments in tha interna
tional situation.
: Mr. Gause was told that the site
will require about 600 acres; must
be well drained; on railroad with
storage facilities for 150 cars; near
Street car line; b3 supplied with sew
erage and lights and water for both
bathing and drinking purposes. Col.
Siocum wants to see maps, showing
-
location nf town, accessibility bv rail-
Ue- commUtee wyibe expected -to
l tuu data as, to tne . claims of - Wii-1
roads, location of street car line, num-jnew
ber of wagon roads and kind of wagon
roads leading into towns; also con
tour map of grounds, showing eleva
tion, class and kind of soil, drainage
facilities, kind of water available.
Must have target range of 1,000 yards.
, , ... , i j -kw iuAi.
f :oiotipi s ocum roia mr. liause inai
. - . . , ,
if the data submitted by the Wil
mington delegation looked good he
would consider Wilmington, and be
fore making recommendation would
make a personal visit to Wilmington.
He said the fact that Wilmington is
hn one corner of the State would not
be against Jier. Mr Gause has i sug-
s nmuu ao , v
the place recently purchased by Mr.
Hugh MacRae for manufacturing en
prisesl The next -move is up to the
business men of Wilmington. Wil
mington may not be selected, but it
seems that the prize is worth , going
after.
Peace Conference.
(By Associated Press.) '
Amsterdam, . March 31 (Via
Lon-
conclude an honorable, peici with the
Central Powers at any time ad that
Central emnirea for
the proposal of the central emplresor
peace conference still held good.
." " 'U'f i "-UL il, 1,1, .' i . I. .ii.i. .U-.'.v-jrJ-!
Wiiisiiii
Sill
aiaggermg:; gures r rom
It RiianBaMtt&w EnEr'-i; :
; Newrk;arcJhe
the British . fiical year a,od- th los-
ing of, subscriptions, to - th new Ger-
todajv brtoging into the limelight the
1 sta.rin8r totals of cash spent oa ihe
war tiis far by thes5 two belligQrr
enws a . . .; , . :-v- i . a
England - has spent more thanOer
many her ttota.?daU':being' nearly
$9,06Q,PQO,000, or -l$,759,24M0u.- Eng
land estimates v shells spending -;aD-
proximately 25,80T,7Qp , a day? in her
fight to' whip German. . . -" -V-'U
iircludes rthei $4,000,000,000 - sought ;in
the hew German loan, subscriptions
for- which; closed today.-' v-
-,v It was last December that the: BHt- J
isjn i Councillor i? pi?; the-0 Exchequer
asked for thd latest $l,948,00O,OQ0, At
the-same uifle.tho call went out for a
of rltisb subjects under arms and in
training up to 5,000,000.' Germany - has
apptpimately: 10,000,OOQ men . unde
:arni and :,ln traini?, -jZ. . u -;ir . '
England iestimateathallaaf
.Casualtlesr for;'ialJ ?bejiigtaia&
.killed, wounded: and missing siheetho
beginning of the war to date atfe esti
mated at approximately 23,000,000
men. Df - these casualties, Germany
has suffered slightly more than 4,090;-
000, England slightly more than
2,000,000, France about 3,500,000. -
It is estimated that England's in
terest' on her present war debt for
one year is well over $200,000,000.
Germany and France face deficits in
proportion to this.
For months Germany and England
have been mobilizing hundreds -of
thousands of women to work either
directly behind the, fighting lines,
elsewhere along the fronts or at
home in what is known as civil war
service. The voluntary period of en
listment for this service '.expires in
Germany today,- and tomorrow com
pulsory serViee will be inaugurated.
POLES JUBILANT
). OVER SUB. RULE.
Petrograd, March 30. (Via Lon
don), March 31.) The proclamation of
the provisional vernment in regard
to the freedom of Poland has been re
ceived with general enthusiasm by
Polish leaders throughout the coun
try. Expressions of opinions obtained
from, S. I. Garousevitch, a member of
the Duma, and I. A. Stebako, another
prominent Polish leader, are typical.
M. Garousevitch said: , j
- "The appeal made by our temporary j
government , has r made an enormous
impression. We Poles were quie sure
that tne first really national govern
ment would j takfe thja- -stand. A fine
j prospect now" 'opens for Poland
'which is on'theeye of resurrection. 1
believe" that in Poland itself, at pre
sent i occupied by German troops, the
declaration of the temporary govern
ment will make the same impression.
Those who formerly stood for union
with the Central ? empires wf now feel
that the ground has slipped ,from be
neath ' their feet. ' Henceforth Poland
will, have the .'opportunity of develop
ing freely and marching hand-in-hand
with Central' empires will now feel
whom it is spiritually akin." ,
FINAL CEREMONIES
AS TO DANISH ISLANDS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, .March 31. The final
act of more, than .fifty years ffprt
to bring the'-Danish West Indies . un
der the American, flag was completed
with formal , ceremonies at the State
Department . today , when Danish Mih
isfer Brun .was banded a treasury
warrant for $25,000,000, the dUrchase
price, - and -wireless message's were
sent,, to the , American arid .Danish
authorities at the; islands to lower the
Danish flag and raise the Stars and
Stripes. .. :- . :
At noon today the new possession
passed definitely and finally under the
authority of the United " States. ;
At 11 o'clock .Secretary, McAdoo,
amid a formal gathering of State and
Navy Department officials, shanded to
Secretary Lansing the treasury ' War-J
5'.-.. H
HE ALLIES
The French intiriue
1 -dgacktThe Gennah -
COUNTERATTACK
'4 :'J
GennansVPesperate Effbrtsl to
RetakeJtost iPSSK5ni?U&::
r aucce&srin-r t nejrt-x
Ftecfe;ledif m
Frenoh trobpli5Ndi
cpnflnuevio ipjis!bacl
erai NtveIle'ss,forcea last nieht north!
east, of; Soisson forcing the hostile
IRHlliABI
BY T
iiiiiiii
line Sack on a 3 1-2-mile front between officials 'iere are mych arouscby
Neuville and Vregny. The, French , Germany's continued attempt to con
forged ahead east of : this line, making .vict the United States of desiring
important, progress and capturing sev- war' and ymtend to, show that
erai points of support, the Paris war 'every possible opportunitywas '- given
office reports. 1 to Germany to avoid it. . America's,
Other hard iiehtine- took nlacp fur- action' they Pint out, foreshadowed
utner nara ngnting toot place tur- in the Sussex note delivered eight ,
ther southeast on the Franco-Belgian months and a half before the German
front, m the Champagne. Here the r
French also were successful, repelling
five violent counter attacks, and pre
venting the recapture of the positions
taken by the French recently west of
Maisons de Champagne. -
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro an
nounce' the sinking of nine or more
merchantmen by a new German raider
in the South Atlantic.
French Successfully Attack.
Paris, March 31. French troops last
night successfully attacked the Ger
man - positions south of the .Ailette
river and made important progress
eastward, the war office announced to
day.
The French advance was scored, to
the east, of he line, running from Neu-yille-Ser-Margiizal
to Vregny, northeast
of Soissons.; A number of points of
support were brilliantly captured by
the French forces.
In the Champagne region five vio
lent counter attacks delivered by the ;
Germans on; positions re-captured yes-1
terday by the French west of Maisons .
De Champagne were checked, the Ger
mans sustaining heavy losses.
The statement follows: ;
"Between the Somme and the Oise
in the sector of Banay there was spir
ited artillery fighting. South of the
Ailette we attacked with" success sev
eral positions t of the enemy; on the
front between Neuville-Sur-Margival,
and Vregny. Our troops made impor
tant progress e.ast Of this line;and bril
liantly "carried several points of sup
port, notwithstanding the energetic.de
fense of the Germans. - ,
"In the Champagne, the Germans re
doubled their efforts against the posi
tions which we re-captured yesterday
west of Maisons De Champagne In
the evening and during the, night, the
Germans made five violent counter at
tacks. These assaults were broken up
rby our machine and curtains of fire
and the Germans suffered very heavy
losses. The number of prisoners taken
was80 of whom two are officers.
"In Alsace Ammertzweiler we check
ed a surprise attack of the enemy. We
dispersed German patrols in the region
of Pfetterhausen and ibok prisoners."
GOLDSBORO WON
FROM LUMBERTON.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Goldsboro, ?March -31. In the trian
gular debate between representatives
of the Goldsboro and Lumberton High
schools held here last night, the de-1 pectationr. .regarding the - submarine
cision wasawarded to Goldsboro. I war had been1 realized to the' fullsot
Lumberton was represented here i extent. The total of tonnage official
by Miss Evelyn Sentelle and John Mc- ly reported as having been irank tn
Cleod, while'" Henry : George s Epstein February amounting to?l,500 was de
and Mandel Kadis upheld the affirm- stroyed In spite of unfavorable weather i
atiye side for Goldsboro. p land ice floes : '.- nv,,v , i -:
I1 PI1 if K'K:
liS Phi fci I W ili$yii
illiabffii.MJ;:-M
i
i 1 t
United StatesKncw Middle of
JaniiaiY Submarine Pecre
M!PlWL
FOR US MODIFIC ATION
(Von -sBernstorlf iKiterceded
AViGpTOBe
fore .DidplomSfrct ReKtibns
w erejproKen ,M)mfflent
'V.
on
e!j
Zimmermann : t
- ' ' r rXK r't
mu6iniMarcujt4.-rraf cfeiary r ; u
imirnermann's !fspeechtd th&vReich ?t
.8tag:',chargtogh Wnled': STatealWlth
responeibility ffprw&Ht m?c6xxied. r:K
-brouit for)oday for 'the fifst . : :
omciai admisloQ that the ft United t : .
States ! government iknesr, in ; the -told-
die. Of January; thai- the ruthleps' sub - " U? ;
marthe.decree 'twas olbessuedi ajc :v: t ;.
that- after ; it ; is sue Wh'rea j rtava vwwo ' , .v'V
I allowed ; taT elatKe' to kiv6vGe;rmanV n- a
was ; issuea . ana . made ; every-: v. effdrr
V1L" xus ,governnient ,10 nit. re- ,
decree, merely followed but the nol- !
icy then outlined.
Germany, on -the other hand, abro
gated her promises, on seven hours
notice to this government, and then
in the face of certain drastic action
by this country allowed, three days
to pass without any attempt to meet
the United States. ' '
That Germany's decree, was ' dis
cussed two weeks ahead, of its issue
adds new. interest to the" Austrian' sit
uation, for it was just at that time
that Count Tarnowsfci left 1 Austria
for . this country . to become the new
Austrian ambassador: V whether Vien- :
na was convinced that the United
States would not sever relations""
j .whether Austria was a, silent and un-
sympathetic, party to. Germany's ac-
tion, or whether the new ambassador
was entrusted with special argu
ments to present the . Teutonic view
point are not known. '
Great Britain announces an exten
sion of the zone in the North Sea
dangerous to shippings The extension
win do enecuve rrom Apru 1. it has
been decided upon, ini view of the un
restricted of the use by the Germans
of mines and submarines says the ad
miralty announcement. ' 1
American Firemen 'Aboard.
Philadelphia, March 31,- The rec
ords of the British consul general's
office in this city show that three
Americans, all firemen, ; were shipped
from the port of Philadelphia on the
Snowdon Range. They ' were A. P.
Small, : 23 years old, - Philadelphia;
Bert Thimbault, 42, no address, and
James Armine, of Missouri. '
A MASS IN MEMORY:
OFNATIONS AT WAR.
(By United Press.) i
New York, March 3 1-A requiem
in memory of the dead of alL Nations',
at war. will be sung' by a; chorus of
350 voices, accompanied by an orches
tra of 150 pieces at the Hippodrome
here tomorrow night. . . ., , ,.. ,
SAYS SUB WARFARE
HAS BEEN SUCCESS.
: (By. Associated Press.) '
Amsterdam, March -31 ivia ' London
( (Reichstag) In ( a confidential i state
ment to the. . Reichstag main commit
tee, as' reported In ' a telegram front
jatsruu, . v ice Auinirai yon uapene ver-
Berlin. Vice 'Admiral von f!anftiW nr.- : :
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