WEATHER FORECAST ;,
North Carolina Probably r snow
. interior: ram on ine coast .io
. . Al L . A
i
Ult ana ounae,. wuiucr iumibmi.
gour.h Carolina Rain, turning to
crl0W tonight; cold wave in interior;
Sunclny, snow.
FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE 1
; VOL. XXIII, NO. 353.
WILMINGTON, t NORTH CAROLINA, iSATURpAX AFTERNOON, DECEMBER, 29, 1 9?fcA
PRICE : FIVE1 CENTS!
COLD SNAP HITS
Esther Cleveland to Wld British Army; Officer
... V?-'
''SUNK
IsilillitlllSllE 11EDIII01!
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DIRECTOR-EEBEBIll r. . .: !
MIOB GATIIERINe. f lr&3FW i
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SEGTIEfN
corny
EASTEflN
OF W
BY DESTROYERS,
A Cjret Blanket of Cold ir
-Hangs Low Over the
.. Seaboard
i COAL SHORTAGE
1 CAUSING SUFFERING
I nseltied Conditions re oaid
to Have Forced King to
Give Up
ALLIES GIVEN TEN
BAYS TO ANSWER
Trotzky Says Russia Will Con
clude Separate Peace If En-,
tente Doesn't Join Negotia-j
tions Submarine Sunk
Railroad War Board at Work
on General Scheme of
Qperation
BETTER CONDITIONS
WILL OME SLOWLY
(?- Associated Press)-.
Kins Ferdinand has abdicated the
Rumanian throne in favor of Crown
Prini Charles, according to persis
tent rumors in Petrograd. Official
csr.tii'Uiat i";i. however, is larli'.'T.
"i -it t Il ciinrl ii inn cinrl -a nnliti. 1
in Rumania were reported early vum w ctuici Ejtpcctea co Le
this week in dispatches from Petro
rad and the Bolsheviki government
received information that there had!
been a revolutionary plot against '
Kins Ferdinand. The Rumanian-army j
has been inactive since the Russian
armistice and peace negotiations j rPT1proi ,nM,t tmtov ooCQk I Cleveland came to London in June of last year, after having qualified as i
tilities. Bol- ,. - , . , I nurse and instructor of the blind, and took up work as a volunteer at Si
Many; Cities With Little Fuel
; ---Snbw Storm Raging in
Northeas No Immedi
?ty"ate Relief vProniised
' Kfiy , .58?iateil Press).
' Wasliiagton, Dec. 29. A great, thicks
blanket -of intensely cold air, lying
slugisfily over the country from the
t.upper: Mississippi . valley to the sea-
thn?rd has 'plunged thn whole Eastern
I tHon of the United States into a
Icoid snan froni which the weather, bu-
j'rc.'u foresees no immediate relief. !
i - While record low temperatures may j
' b shown in some places the cold gen-!
('Milly does not equal that ; of th mid-1
December snap, but it is none-the-'ess i
effective as an agent of distress and:
SHINS FAVORS
PEB
PROHIBITION FOR
AM I
1 TROOPS
Uestroyers. r annmg and INieh- 1 1 v r
olson Made Quick Work of y' H'
; ::theEnemy ( ) ;
ABOUT TOATTXckSPi??
MERCHANT FLOTILLA
Recent Order Was as Par as
He Could Go Under Pre
vailing Conditions '
! Destroyers Gqt Busy as SoonV-''1 ';
as r-eriscope w as oignrea,v-.
Crippling the U-Boat,Cus-'
ing Crew to surrender "
t By Associated Press.)
MATTER IS NOW
r Washington. Dec. 29. Full detaUs A;
' j of the abstraction by American' dvW-S". I
jctroyers of a German submarine HndS-.i
UNDER DISCUSSION
the capture of its crew, made, public
FY-C1a i rr -i trn I I . M 1-1 X.
x: OA. ii ii uava tic is l cyuLidi- -kii,
ing With" French Govern- The incident was reported November -;; , :
today by,tbe Navy Department, shdsf
that the- destroyers Fanning' "and
ment on Means for
Prohibition
! 24, but few facts were given.;
. DenartYnent's stofv of the affair 'indi-i':?''- i
I merchant ship flotilla convoyeuj ; by, v ,'
(By Assoclatea fiess).
With the American Army in Franco, the destroyers. :
ctnffm-inp- in mnnv innniiHoa whoro! 'naay, ucc. s. uenerai Feishins:. The wavy Department s run story
there: are coal shortages, intensified) in' an interview with correspondents ? the incident follows: r ij!:
hv .the innrefl.sAd diffirnHiP of rflna.'-w ,r iv 1.,.. !' "At about 4: 10 p. m., while escbrtinss V J t
lay Efforts to Clear Up
Congestion Experts
Called Into Service
oortation and communication
In-the language of the weather
"harps, an "anti-cyclone" is T"espor.
stble for- the change. This is nothing
7ess than an extraordinarily high ba7
rometer touching this morning as high
a 31 inches, something ' seldom sren ;
ii ennvnv PnTSWnin TnVid T.nnmis ' . V ' '
the sale of all intoxicating liquors to lookout of the Fanning, slghtedV liSMf.'-!
American troops, which he favors, is Ismail periscope some distance off. the feV IJ
being discussed with the French ?ov-'Port bow, extending" about a foot out Z:,
Prn,noi,f tto OTni,ir,fl,i v-.,.,., ot the water, and visible for. only ;&?:
der prohibiting the sale cf all intoxi
Washington,
-Director
fnrnnil ir to iTrorrl Vi net il it foe
sheviki and German propagandists j Iing a. staff of advisors and executive
have been reported working among1 onicers to assist in administering
the Rumanian-troops. the railroads as a national unit, He
r : i rr . T iu XT f r
n.u.-.Ma. ufuu iiuuav iuiu iiib fQT.Q j tu tj t
counsel for the Shipping Board, and
Interstate Commerce Commissioners,
Anderson. An
council of workmen's and soldiers'
delegates, would be forced to con
clude a separate peace with Germany
unless the Eentente Allies join in the
peace negotiations within 10.. days.
The Bolshevil: Foreign Imister an-
The engagement is announced of Esther, daughter of former President
Grov-r Cleveland, to Capt. Bosanouet of the. Coldstream Guards. Mis;:
a
St.
Dunstan's Home for Blinded So'diers. Sho made her debut in 1912.
announcement of
plans is expected soon.
nounced that he officiallv wiU ask ..w-iu w
the Entente power whether .".they wotk on general scnemeM ;opera?
nil join in tne peace negotiations: tlon. A few reports reaching here
Aa advance guard of German peace ' today told of first efforts by local
emissaris has arrived in Petrograd. ! . ,
shortest, routes.
A cold wave accompanied by snow
in many localities probably would
Great Britain and France, through
Premier Lloyd-George and Foreign
Minister Pichon, have replied inform
ally to the -cace proposals enunciat-
pH hv Pfiiini ('rprnin fnr the ppntral
powers. The German terms are de-prevent a ntceable improvement in
clared to be insufficient. -The Brit- freight congestion under-government
ish National Labor Conference has j operation for, a week or more, out
voted to continue the war to makecials said It was understood today
the world safe for democracy in the . 4 ,
fnmro Fnroim n.5oo 'f ! tnat Mr- McAdoo would use the Tan-
Lous departments of the Interstate
Cmmerce Cimmission to execute most
of his orders, and would form an
advisory cabinet including represen
tatives of the War and Navy De
partments, the Shipping Board, the
TROUS FIRt
AT BURLINGTfl
! f XPLANATIOK Bl
! RED CROSS HEA
The "Fire
Destroyed '$200:000
Worth of Business Prop
erty Early Today
(By Associated Press).
Burlington,. N. C, Dec. 29. Fire
Colonel Anderson Tells About
Automobile Incident -Trotzky
Skeptical
(By Associated Press).
Petrograd, Friday, Dec. 28. Colonel
;r. winter weather. This condition,;
mevailmg over a great territory,
means that an area of high atmos.-
i phere pressure, impregnated with cold.
has suddenly settled down over the
Eastern section, and by its superior
weight , and force had crowded out to
sea. the low pressure area which con-j
tained all the warmer aij;, . Around
the edges of the high pressure area
there . is rain and snow,, but the. whole
great mass has settled so. sluggishly
and gives so little disposition to move
oa and give place to warmer airs, that
the weather bureau warns the coun
try it may not expect relief for three
or four days at least.
In the South there has been snow
ra the .Middle Atlantic coast "-district
! cants except light wine and beer and
few- seconxfe-' The Fanning immedK
the conditions prevailinj
ately headed for the spot and ' About
threft Tniniitp'H n.ffpr Wie Tierisr.one had ' -i
in France I been 'sighted, dropped: a. depth ch&TSQ,'.:;
, .. . , . , Tne isicholson also speeaed to tne pc-:v5..
which caused u to be drawn as it was.filtioa of the submarine which-appear:
"The question of prohibiting thCsalpJed to be heading toward merchantC
of all Intoxicants to American troops .vessel in the convoy,' and -dropped; axifr
is under : discussion with the French other depth charge. At that monient-
early, today destroyed the buildings j Anderson, head of the Red Cross J.Iis-
occupiea Dy tne Williamson uompaTy,
Inc., wholesale grocers, and the Cov-
future. Foreign policies of the
French government were approved
by the French Chamber of Deputies.
Only in Palestine has there been
narked nhting activity. North and
Northwest of Jerusalem, British
troops, aft?r repulsing four Turkish
attacks, attacked the enemy and j Fuel and Food Administrations and
pushed them back 2 1-2 miles on a the Federal Trade Commission. Legal
front c: n-ne miles. Turkish losses phases of government operation have
are reported to have been heavy and - been studied carefully by the legal
among thf prisoners taken were
German.--.
Artillery duels occupy the opposing
arm it- ;i the Italian wi.-a Western
front-, (j;. the front in France the
German artillery fire has been heavy
around Si. Quentin and in the Ypres
sector, a German attack in Lorraine
was broken up by French gunfire.
A shnii tired by an American pas
senger steamer is believed to have
hunk ;t German submarine near the
British i-i'-s Thursday. Gunners and
passetm---; uou- the oeriscone - of a
and the second shot from
rploded and threw debris
;h marine in the air. The
' ! was not seen again.
submai ;:!(
the urn.-,
from the
CHICAGO JURY TO
INVESTIGATE MEANS
G:y Associated Press)
Vjast;.-i p.
'1 ')-'-, in connection with
Means was recently
-c. 29. Grand jury in-
certain transactions o'
fans, business adviser of
-eitiiii
f "''."
who.s,
acinic-, :
oi .,-;-,
Hoync.
''"ilin.-t
'inder scrutiny, chiefly the . so
,llef '-nnd will of James C. King,
Mean.-,
jurv.
bureau, headed by Joseph W. Folk,
and many questions- remain to be
threshed out between the railroads
and the government administration,
before a smooth working plan is de
veloped. The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has nearly 1,800 employees, in
cluding several hundred experts on
specialized lines, to be placed at the
disposal of the Director-General and
carry out his orders.
The Senate Interstate Commerce
committee today decided to continue
its plan to investigate the railroad
situation under the Cummins' amend
ment. Members of the comittee
agreed that the investigation would
be purely-academic, but decided that
any information obtained would be of
benefit in considering legislation
carry out recommendations by the
President in his forthcoming address.
What scope the investigation will
take was not decided upon but fheni
bers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission as well as representativ
es of the railroads will be called.
The railway executives here today
in letting their decision be known.
ington Hardware Company, entailing
a-loss estimated at ?200,000. This m
cluded the contents of both stores, the
stock . being almost entirely destroy
ed. The telephone exchange, ad joinmg
tho burned block, was damaged- to
some extent and the telephone
ice wa interrupted.
The Williamson Company owned he
building1 it occupied and the other
structure was the property of N. S. I
C
to
district, was under control at 10:30
sion to Rumania, has telegraphed from
Jassy to American Ambassador Fran
cis an explanation of the Col. Kolpash-nikoff-Rostov
automobile incident. He
declared it was intended originally to
send the automobiles to Jassy but
"suddenly conditions developed here
vv V hich indicated it might be possible
fur the entire mission to leave at
once."
settled weather will prevail tonight:
jand Sunday In the South Atlantic and
hi the coastal districts of the Middlo
Atlantic. States. Cold wave warnings
have been issued --for interior South
Carolina and Central Georgia.
Suffering in New York.
New York, Dec. 28. With the mer
cury close to the zero" mark arid con
government," said .- General Pershing,
"but, of course, there are difficulcies
here in France that do not exist in the
United States. The general order is
sued December 18 was a long step to
ward the prevention of drinking
among our men.
"It was not . by any means ' intended
to convey an injunction to the Ameri
can troops to drink light wine md
beer, but quite ' the reverse. It was
."'-e
the submarine's conning tower ap- - ...
peared - on the surface between; the ';,r'- ,
Nicholson and the convoy and .''thV.i1
Nicholson fired three shots from her.Vi' -':.
storn gun. The bow of the submi- .
miB rauie up rapiui. out) was. uuwu -. j
by the stern, but righted herself and." ;, -
seemed . to increase her speed. ' Thei, I
Nicholson cleared, the Fanning,. headrf: .i I
ed for . the U-boat, firing, irdmr tne ;
how gun. After the third shot they.:;, 1
crew of the submarine, jail cameoa,;.1'" , f 'j
arawn- to . conform to French rseula-
"it stated omy tnat light wine and marine ..surrendering at:.4:zs m.:t--,t;
beer would be permitted, and prohib
ited the purchase of and acceptance
of gifts of whiskey, brandy, cham
pagne or similar beverages. It order
ed that all drinking places , where such
articles are sold. be forbidden Amer
ican soldiers. It is the same regula
tion made in France by the British!
, i ne v anning approacnea : tne suo
marine to pick up the prisoners, both;- r
destroyers keeping their batteries :
trained on the spot. A line was got
to the submarine, but in a few min
utes she sank, the line was let go and -
the crew of the U-boat jumped into" ". ,'-'v
tinued cold weather nromised for tho!army and by the French
next two days, New York's coal "Although I am heartily in favor of
shortage again became acute today ! Prohibition for the American Expedi-
and caused considerable anxietv. itULl? biiuauon in trance
Concord. N. C, was ask
: by State's Attorney
bearing on the transac-
; 'made no concealment of their feeling
that government operation is a ftep
j toward government ownership, an!
'made clear they felt that the stock
holders would demand it.
i : )
ave been forged by
' i e presented to the grand
"On December 5 conditions - became
ardway: The fire, which threatened acute,' the telegram adds. "It then
) do further damage to the up-tpwn d tJat.it mi ht be necessary
istrict, was under control at 10:30 . t.a QofL of tho nfl rnt5S nU
after the Burlington firemen had been f0 eave Rimania brtne southern
augmented by Other nearby fire nght-..oute with the motor transport. I in-
ers- Istructed Col. Kolpashnikoff to take
s-ri t .ir m trw i automobiles to Rostov, intending
COLD AND CLOUDY ' to have a unit s southward by motor
FIRT OF" THF WPFiCUrom there. A few days later condi-
rmai r lSrltL vv.ssrvj tions changGd for the better ai)d !
(By .Associated Press). ; I ncelled the order and sent Kolpash-
Washington, Dec. 29. Cold and I njkpff back to Petrograd.
cloudy weather the first half of thei "Tne only reason for ordering the
week, moderating after Wednesday .cars to Rostov was to provide for the
with rain Friday or Saturday, i ; fore-j safety of the units in case ot emer
cast for. the South Atlantic and East .gncy"
Gr.lf States during the week besin- i The statement concludes by baying
nine tomorrow " .that Colonel Anderson had nothing to
. 'do with any political or military condi
tions in Russia, either directly or in
directly. 4
Ravmond Robins took this expla-j
nation to Leon Trotsky, the Boleshev-j
ik Foreign Minister, who is responsi-j
ble for the imprisonment of Kolpash-.
nikoff, and who has made allegations
against the American embassy. Mr.
Robins, who is head of the Red Cross
mission to Russia, took with him a
letter from Ambassador Francis to Mr
Robins, explaining the situation. It
is understood that Trotzky's attitude
toward the new explanation is one of
skepticism.
was said that only two-thirds of the
city's normal daily supply of 40,000
tons was delivered yesterday and the
prospects of obtaining the average
quota within the next few days are
considered dubious.
Weather Bureau officials announc
ed the temperature at 8 o'clock as
one degree below zero "and failing."
and the United States is not the same.
Comparatively -few French people
drink water as we do; they drink wine
instead. This is partly because the
French water supply is not as pure as;
ours. Tencn wine is light and much
less intoxicating than is generally sup
posed. An intoxicated Frenchman is
a rare sight, indeed. French beer al-
c?n ic Hv rt n ' moo r c ofvAn o TVi
.ihal.?" .lh!. w.? which ; French governmeirfsBuertoS'Its I
began early this morning had not ab
ated. A wind of high velocity ac
companied the downfall and was a
factor in traffic delays during the
early rush hours in the metropolitan
district.
Cold Sweeps New England.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 29. The most
severe cold wave experienced in New
England since 1914 swept in from
dires a regular wine ratiop. Obvious
ly there are obstacles to forbidding'
wine shops in the zone of the army
to do business 'at-all, which practically
is what the French would have to do.
Local sentiment will play(a large part
in the determination of the question.
"The same order which forbade sol
diers taking strong drink contained
the most rigid regulations to prevent
V. 1. js ii - i -i -
SERIOUS SHOO
N DM CO
(IHTY
the Northwest early today and caus-it he spread of the social diseases. The
ed widespread suffering because of 'two questions are connected elosel v.
the general lack of fuel. Fronf a max-Thus far the record of the army in
lmum ot J7 degrees yesterday, the
temperature dropped to 4 degrees be
low in Boston at 7:30 o'clock this
(Continue on Page Five).
Walter Cottle Shot G. B. D.
Parker Then Committed
Suicide
ECLARFJ RUMM
TRUE TO ALLIES
both respects has been most excel
lent. It is highly eratifvine to mn arnl
the .water atod swam to the Fanning. v1
" A If Viniirl '. tha roiir nil wnv -lif A T
preservers, a number of them were "
exhausted when they reached the side ;
of the. destroyer. As the submarine.. , . ' ,
sark, five or six men were caught by, y,!
the radio aerial and carried belotv the :
surface before they disentangled -themselves.
Ten of the' men wee so
weak that lines had to be passed, un- i
der their arms to haul them aboard,
One man was in such a condition fbat-v -, - ;-.
he could not even hold the lino thrown
him. Chief Pharmacist's Mate Klzer
Harwell and Coxswain Franci3 O.Con
nor (N. N. V.) jumped overboard after ' i
this man and secured a Jine under his -i
arms. When he was hauled aboard t "
every effort was made to reeusciate ' '
him, but he died in a few minutes. .
The four officers of the submarine and '
the- 35 members of the crew were all ,
taken prisoners.
"After1 being taken on board the7.v. '
prisoners were given hot coffee and
eandwicnes. Though kept;' under strict' '
guard, they peemed contented r.nl aft- " -
ev a short, time commenced to sinj'. " '
To make , them comfortable, the , crow , , -;
of the destroyer gave them their :
warm coats and heayy cloth ricJ ' -
s a testimonial to" the high character! "The German onicers said-the first
ot the American soldier. Everything
possible is being done to protect hih
morals . and his health and to make
him an honor to himself nd his coun
trymen." - : "'
BANKER STEVENS
HAS BEEN RELEASED
' BRITISH LOSS IN PRISONERS. . tf
J, -
! (By Associated Press).
ronu ft r a , . .m.T London, Dee. lo. ( By Mali).
vvivi AKIVII , RHtish nrisoners held by the en-,
STILL NO REPORT
San
fieark-
1 Hy Associated Press).
emv. including those, in Switzer-
Jt, land" total 46.7121 according to an KnP tho harlr
J n f r r i T- ta Oft A ei ' 7 . . "
.-.11Ui, xCAaa, ueu tv. Alter A nffi,.,--! announcement. The oriSr
, (By Associated Press).
Wallace, N. C, Dec. 29. Walter
Cottle,, an enlisted man of the United
States Navy, at home on a furlough,
yesterday,, after he had perhaps fa
tally wounded G, B. Parker, reputed to
be tHe wealthiest manJn Duplin coun
ty killed himself by sending a bullet
through his own brain. The Shooting
'ook-place at the home of Mr. Parker,
; ' miles east of here.,
"fr. Parker was shot three times.
Ou-v bullet entered the breast, another
ho ip and the third in the lower part
O Hours, nn wnrrl ha a heeti .. , j ' rf K A
rerpui r - oners . uiciuue momucia
it,,;,; 7 m the balloon sent UD regular army, territorial forces,,
-"U, -(lav :t mirlnicrhf frnm f Via Hal. . - , j J.1 Jltct Al- J.
"uui - m rnvai na.vv a.iiu. na v ai uivioiuu, i- --
r''r llore' cari"yinS Captain 4. yided as follows:
d' i ' (l'llough. instructor, and sev- 4,-.' . . ,
- .11.-.. 11c uauii ui ineu '
southwesterly direction and in in Germany
m a
ltlay
11-n
Gif n nave been lost in the In Austria..
"8 thf
mnion of officers at the school, In 1 Turkey, ... .
"e far below the border in Mex- In Bulgaria , .' . .
is deemed a slight one, . Total
Other
Officers Ranks
. 1,863 41,836
, 340 1,959
42 586
. v 12 1i.-i
.
Tb. shooting, it was said, was the
putcc ne of a grudge that Cottle had
against Parker who had indicted him
two years ago for hunting on his land
and killing tame squirrels. -
Attack Broke Downw TsT
- - - . (By Associatert i'rt'
Berlin, Doc. 29. An Italian, attack
arainst -the Austro-German positions
oh. the heights east of Mont Toiupa
trtt-ft down . .irjrdrv.. under tne nrc
of the .-Teutons, -it -.was announced of
ficially
(By Associated Press)
Akacc:i,W T r-, Q,i.J Washington, Dec. 29. B. R. Stev-
J ! pns. manflPAr of tho Natinnal r!itv
the Little Nation is No i branch bank in Petrograd, and his as
Ouitter . j sistant, a ; Mr. Link, arrested when
-v- ,
AMAZING FIGURES IN
BUILDING AIRPLANES
j the Bolsheviki seized the bank, have
been , released; American Ambassa-
(By Associate' Press).
Washington, Dec. 29. Amazing fig
ures as to the. number of parts, and
aiiiount. of material entering into con
struction of an airplane have been as
sembled by army aviation officials in
a a effort to simplify construction as
a means of hastening production.
Xv hile the present program cannot be
delayed for the result of this investi
gationr it appears likely that a way
vrill be found later to reduce greatly
the number of parts and kinds of ma
terial now needed. , -
These are the things necessary to
bul'd a machine without its engine :
" Nails, .4,326; screws, 3,377; steej
strappings, 921; forgins, .798; turn
buckles, 276; veneer, 37 square feet;
wire, 3,262; varnish,
(fojr dressing wings),
minum, 65 pounds ;l rubber, 34 f eet :
(By Associated Press). V
London, Dec. 15. (By mail.) De-jdor Francis reported today.
spite the armistice negotiations forc: Ambassador -.Francis dispatches
ed - on the Rumanian army by the add nothing to yesterday's ' news
collapoe of the Russian forces on 1 cables on the . seizure ; of the banks,
but said that Stevens .ana his assis
tant after being arrested were carh
ed through the streets' to the bank,
where they were relasd, What ac
tion, if any, bcause of the seizure has
been taken by the American embassy
was not stated. . .
their lianks, Rumania intends to re-ruaiii-i'iie
of the Allies. The Ruman
ian minister. inriiondon, in a state
ment to the Associated Press, says:
"The negotiations that have begun
between .-the; -'Russian .general on the
Rumanian front and the enemy have
resulted only in a suspension of hos
tilities.,. Negotiations for regular
armistice nave proDaDiy noi yet com-14,
menced, and wnen begun Tnust neces- f,.
saniy occuny some time. THREE BRITISHERS LOST.
rlffft-'" is certain that the Russians on!.i' ' ...v , ; 1 v
that front will insist as; the first con-5, (By Associated Press) . -diti5n
'. of a stoppage of hostilities! . London. Dec - 29. Three Brit-
that there shall be no movement of
troops from ' one front to another. 'x v
v 'Wliatcvor happens, even in the
ish torpedo boat destroyers were
sunk through being struck by
t torpedoes or hitting :& .mine 'off -
11 gallons; dope prevailing &uuaxion in : uussiai ivu- -s tne Dutcn coast on tne nignt 01
99 gallons; aluH maniarwin always remain one or tne Decemoer zi', with tne loss or tnir-
Ainesi- and , wiu De; guiaea faDsoiute- w- teen omcersancvisu men, tne a'i-
linen, ; 201 " square feet; -'; spruce,' 244 j ly -by their wishes. She will T never -miralty. announced today, -
denth charge had'- wrecked tbe ; ma
chinery of the submarine and caused
her to sink to a considerable depth. ' -
"The submarine bore no number nor';:
distinguishing mark. Shewas, how-
ever, identified by life b51ts 'and; by
statements of an officer and men oi ?
the crew. One of the-life belts, the"
report ,. said had 'Kaiser' markef or :. 4
one side and 'Go'tt' on the other. .
"The Fanning "proceeded to port and l
transferred her prisoners, under guard.'
As they were leaving in-, small boats .
the Germans gave three cheers. ,The
commanding officer of : the Fanning -.v
read the burial service over the body
of the ded German sailor an.l the
destroyer proceeded to sea' and buried :
him with full military honors.
"In his report, the commander ,of -the
Fanning praises the conduct o? hia t
officers and crew and eives particular ,s
credit to Lieutenant Walter- O. Her-.
ry. officer of the deck, and to Cox"'
swain - Loomis, whq V sighted the peri- v
scope. He also commends' Pharma
cist's Mate Harwell and 1 Coxswain"
ConnOr, . who jumped overboard 1 to
save the drowning German. :.
"The t ! ; British commander-in-chief,
under whom 'the destroyers;, were op
erating,; said this "in his report " to tho
British admiralty:- ; v . - .
; " 'The whole affair; reflects - credit -oh
the discipline and training of the J
United States flotilla,, and added that
the' incident , showed ,' that, the .JFanninrt
is a man of war.in. the-best sense of
the term, well disciplined? and organ r
lzed and ready for immediate action.
He also praises her commander, Lieu-
tenant A. Carpenter, and commends '
Lieutenant Henry Coxswain; Loomis, -Pharmacist's
Mate; Harwell and Cox
swain ',' Connor. - The - British I Admiral v
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