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lf , v' .V". ls-r:yi - ; . t -- t I '4 THE WEATHER. Fair and cooler Thursday. Friday fair. v . . C PACE in a Newspaper la like land. Your crop depends upon the soil and the character of cultivation. A TTT 4 TOL. XCVU-KO. 138 TWO GERMAN AIRMEN IN BRQAEy THE COAST OF Ki Two Women and a Child In jured "Shattered Glass" Only Material Damage. AIRCRAFT MAKE ESCAPE French and Germans Engaged in Furious Combat Between Lens and Arras. Russian Front Active, With In tense Bombardments. London, Feb. 9. - Two women and one child were injured this af ternoon when two German sea planes raided the Kentish coast, dropping bombs. Three missiles fell on the outskirts of Eamsgate and four near a school at Broad Stairs. The material damage is said by the war office to have been confined to the shattering of glass. Attack at 3:30 In Afternoon. The attack was made in broad day light. At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, two seaplanes were reported approach ing the Kent coast and a few minutes later they flew over Ramsgate and Broad Stairs. A number, of 'naval and military aeroplanes and seaplanes as cended to attack the Germans, but they immediately retreated. As no engage ment between the airmen has been re ported it is presumed that the Germans made good their escape. Of the four bombs dropped in Broad Stairs all fell near a school house. Three of them exploded. The county of Kent forms the south- eastern ejrtrejnii funning north to the Thames. It- in. eludes part of the city of London. This portion of the English coast was the object of the last German attacks by aeroplanes made on - January 23 and 24, in which one person was killed and six were injured. Furious Fighting In West. The French -and the Germans have been engaged in furious combat on the sector of the western battle front be tween Lens and Arras, where recently there has bee"n great activity. Berlin reports that to the west of the town of Vimy the Germans captured' French po sitions over a length of 800 yards. Paris admits that the Germans, after the explosion of two heavily charged mines, got a foothold in portions' of a French trench but says that they were driven out by hand grenade attacks. Southwest of Vlmy In the vicinity of the road running from NeuVille to'The lus. the Germans discharged another mine and then essayed an infantry at tack against the French.'which was re pulsed. ...... Paris also reports that the French in a grenade attack .drove the Germans from a small post -Jjetween Soissona and Rheims and that the French bat teries have badly damaged German or ganizations in the forest of Apremont, southeast of St. MihieJ. Russian Front Active. Nothing new has come through con cerning the situation on the Austro Italian line in Belgium - or in Asia There the Russians and British at var ious points are engaged with the Turks. v ' Two women and one child have been injured in a daylight raid by two Ger man seaplanes which dropped bombs on the outskirts of Ramsgate and near a school house at Broad Stairs, in Kent1 county. Southeast England. Owing to ill health. General Horace U Smlth-Dorrien has given up his com mand of the British forces in East Af rica. He has been succeeded by the Boer General Jan Christian Smuts. Great Britain's reply to the Ameri can government's protest against the British blockade has been delayed and possibly will not be sent to. Washing ton during the present month. FIRST DAY NEEDLEWOBKERS STRIKE IS WITHOUT DISORDER. Forty Thousand Garment Workers Ex pect Early Increase' In Wages. New York, Feb. 9. The first -day of the strike of approximately 40,000 :nee dle workers for increased pay and bet ter working conditions passed without disorder. Three girls were taken into custody for obstructing traffic by. their distribution of circulars urging support of the walkout. Their fines of ? 5 each R'ere paid. -All the afternoon and early evening ere devoted to registration. A de termined effort probably will be made tomorrow morning to induce the girls ho have not already quit - work to join the strikers. VOX HEYESTLOW HAS FEARS. lt Representatives May Submit to Demands Limiting Submarine Usage. Berlin, via London, Feb. 9.-r-Count Krnest von-Reventlow, the naval expert f the Tages Zeitung, in an article to I,ay deals with the report contained in Anif-rican dispatches "to the effect that fhe Washington government would not insist, on the words "illegal" or "dis avow" in adjusting the. Lusltania con troversy and exhibits anxiety lest Ger many's representatives- may, despite the non-use of these words,, submit in Principle to demands which might lim 't the employment ; of ' the rsubmarine. This point, he says, and not .a question of formulas, must be decisive. , if DAY May be Ready for House With in Two Weeks or Less. HEARINGS NEAR CLOSE Senate Passes Two House Navy Bills. Feature of House Army Bill will be Proposed Federaliza tion of Militia. Washington. Feb. 9. With President Wilson personally urging both Demo cratic and Republican members of the House Military committee to fasten preparation . of bills to carry out the army's part in the National prepared ness scheme, Indications tonight were that the measures might be ready for the House within, two weeks or less. . Hearings will come to a close tomor row or next day and it is understood the main features of the .bills are al ready being gotten into shape by which it is predicted they will receive vir tuaUy the unanimous approval of the committee. The . Senate committee has already concluded its army bills and will take up. the work of drafting its proposals for the Senate early next week. There also the general outline of the plan to be recommended has crystallized in the minds of the members. ' The. bills of the two houses, it is ex pected, will differ radically and the final legislation' will be worked out as a compromise In conference. -Two Navy Bills Pass. Progress also was made today on navy, legislation, the measures paving the way for construction of battleships 43 and 44 at navy-yards and providing for 300 additional midshipmen' in the by tb'e Senate: They passed the Houde" yesterday-and lack only the President's signature to become law. Speaker Clark, in line with his recent speech in the House advocating that the per sonnel at both Annapolis and West Point be, doubled introduced a bill to day to make such an Increase in the number of cadets at the military acad emy. . Chairman Hay, of the House military committee, and several of his Demo cratic colleagues discussed army plans with President Wilson during the day at the President's suggestion. Tomor row Representative Kahan, ranking Republican member, and others of the minority, will go to the White House on the same errand. It is understood the President was pleased with the re port on progress Chairman Hay was able to give him. It was evident, how ever, in . later proceedings of the com mittee, that" Representative Hay .had not been . swayed from his opposition to Secretary Garrison's proposal for a continental army, which the President warmly advocated during his repent preparedness campaign trip to the Middle West. A witness before the committee said he was opposed to the continental plan. Opposed to Continental Army. "So am I," interjected Mr. Hay. "We all are," Democrats and Republicans of the committee agreed tonight, in say ing that an army bill would be quickly written, although there might be minor details which would take considerable debate to settle. The feature of the House bill, it was said, would be f eder- (Continued On Page Eight). Wante Nitrate of Soda Price Probed ROBESON FARMER URGES GODWIN TO START INVESTIGATION OF "ROBBERY" BY FERTILIZER CONCERNS POTASH. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 9,-r-Repre sentative Godwin has received many letters on preparedness, but perhaps one of the most Interesting came from a . citizen at Lumber Bridge, whose name Mr. Godwin does not care to make public without permission from the writer. This gentleman' wrote Mr. Godwin that the people of the state would be greatly interested f If Congress would start an investigation into the high price of nitrate of soda, because the fertilizer people are talking about selling fertilizer this, spring at $90 a ton. The Lumber Bridge citizen pro tests against the Government standing by and seeing the farmers robbed to this extent. He urges. Mr. Godwin and the rest of the delegation to start an investigation. T rain see why we can't get potash,' itter savs. "because the guano folks sold all they had to the powder mills to kill Germans with, and I don't blame Germany - if they don't let us The farm demonstration, he says, is a farce, because It helps no one except the man who draws' the salary. The premiums offered by banks and indi viduals to boys' corn clubs and others raising farm products have done more to create interest in f farming than all the demonstrators, - r; :V P. R. A. MviLJf vr rminno nun nn Ann V2 DEFENSE BILLS 10 BE COMPLETE SOON WILMIGTOST, N. C, A SSERTS BRANDEIS That He Made Concessions Fa tal to Public Interest IN RATE ADVANCE CASE Clifford Thome, Railroad Commissioner of Iowa. Testifies Against Mr. Brandeis Nomination to Su preme Court Bench. Washington, Feb. 9. Charging that Louis D. Brahdeis, as counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission in the 5 per cent, advance rate case, con ceded to the cause of railroads to the fataal injury of the public itnerest, Clifford Thome, railroad commissioner of Iowa and an associate counsel in the rate case,appealed tonight to the Judiciary sub-committee of the Senate not to recommend confirmation of Mr. Brandeis' nomination to the Supreme Court of the. United States. Mr. Thorne argued that it would be very costly to the American people to put on : the Supreme Court bench a man with preconceived notions as to high returns on railroad investments in view of the fact that questions in volved in the National appraisement of railroads now going on ultimately would have to be determined by that tribunal. Summing up his case he said; Says Brandeis Has Committed Himself. I have shown conclusively from the records that Mr. Brandeis has commit ted himself to the proposition that a return on the capital stock of railroads of 7 1-2 per cent, is .to use his own wordaj "rather niggardly. That is the return which the Interstate Commerce Commission - unanimously determined adequate. Further the investors of this country have decided that a stock yielding 7 1-2 per cent, in the market places of the country is worth one hundred cents on the dollar I have repeatedly challenged any one to name a railway which earns that amount that does not command par or above par. "The other proposition which I. have attempted : to show r.-is- "entirely inde pendent, oie- ritoffiLra'fs ana wneiner jar. uranaeis was rignt or wrong in his proposition as to the ade quacy of railroad revenue. The other proposition related to a matter of pro fessional ethics. I have shown you that Mr. Brandeis was employed by the In terstate Commerce Commission with specific instructions not to advocate any particular theory as to the dispo sition of the case. He was asked if he was willing to take tne burden or seeing that the other side of the case was deevloped, and told that the rail road side would be adequately carod for. I have tried to show that Mr. Brandeis had expressed the greatest confidence in the presentation of the rate case by assistant counsel. Conceded Entirely to Railroads. "I have shown that Mr. Brandeis co operated in a friedly manner iduring the conduct of the case with assistant counsel, yet at the critical time Mr. (Continued on Page Two.) EPISCOPALIANS OPPOSE L Place Conditions on Accept ance of Rockefeller Funds. Board Agrees to Accept Donations for Work at Shanghai, China, Provid ed It Does Net Interfere With Control by Church. New York, . Feb. 9. The Protestant Episcopal church will consider the ac ceptance of Rockefeller Foundation do nations for its university and hospital at Shanghai, China, provided that such acceptance "does not interfere In any way with our own control of our church institutions." according to a resolution adopted 'here today by the board of foreign missions of the church. The offer of the Rockefeller Founda tion was the subject of spirited discus sion in which consideration was given to the possibility that conditions re garded as unfavorable to the church might attach to the Rockefeller offer. Bishop C K. Nelson, of Atlanta, 6a., opposed acceptance. 'It may do very well to accept outside assistance when it comes without condition," he said. "There may be strings to this offer and we may find ourselves tied up to outside institutions." - . The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, of Trinity church Boston, argued that the acceptance would mean "an in fringement on our control of our own institutions. He believed it would be better for the church to continue its work without "outside dictation." Bishop Greer, pf New York, said; he did not wish it to be understood that the board was against acceptance of the offer, but said it would be well to be careful that the university andithe hospital remain in the board's control. George : Wharton Fepper, or Philadel phia, urged acceptance.. The Rockefeller Foundation is about to establish a medical school in China and its proffer of financial aid to the Episcopal institutions is intended, it was explained, , to give the students. of St. . John's Medical University, educa tion and to furnish clinical matter and training for internes at the hospital. the church in return to render service to the Rockefeller school. 1 rilUIInn tillll nllUIln r jm iniunu uniLiiunuu Any OUTS DE con THURSDAY toNB, HUGHES IS OUT OF ' POLITICS HE SAYS Opposes Use of His. Name as Presidential Candidate. IGNORANT OF JHE MOVE Says He Knows Nofhlng'if Steps Being Taken by Frank H Hitchcock. Exchange of Letters With Congressman Slemp. Washington, Feb. .Representa tive Slemp, chairman of the Virginia Republican committee, today "made pub lic a letter from Justice .Hughes de claring: "I am totally opposed to .the use of my name in connection with the nomi nation and to the selection, or instruc tion of any delegates la Liny interest directly or remotely." Justice Hughes' letter, made public with his cosent, was in reply to a let ter from Mr. Slemp which informed the justice that Frank H. Hitchcock, post master general under President Taft, had inaugurated a movement In the South favoring the justice, for the Re publican presidential nomination. Chairman Slemp's letter to Justice Hughes and the reply of the justice follow. - Chairman Slemp's Letter. "My Dear Justice Hughes: "I take the liberty of writing to you in regard to a political situation that has developed in the state of Virginia. Conventions are called in the state to select delegates to attend the Republi can National convention at Chicago June 7. ,The state convention is called for Roanoke, March 29, the district conventions at various tlmeB and plac es in respective district. - "There is a general feeling in the state that the delegates in the state should go to the national convention uninstructed, and there" with the Re publicans from the other states in the Union, assist in selecting the most available man as a candidate. -1 am chairman of our state, a member of Congress from the only Republican dis trict in the state.- "About ten -days ago - a movement started in the state, directed from. New York City:by Frank "Hitchcock, for- i m postmaster generai;VQrJfcg-you 4 as itepuDiicaai nominee. He has se cured around him In our state a few of his old appointees, Mr. R. E. Cabell, former commissioner of internal reve nue, now living at Richmond, Va.; Mr, B. A. Davis, postmaster under Mr. Hitchcock, at Rocky Mount, and Mr. S. Brown Allen, former- postmaster at Staunton, Va. "I enclose you a , copy of a letter written by Col.. S. Brown Allen to one of my friends, who forwarded the same to me, Jn this letter is explained a movement by Mr. Hitchcock and I have other letters of similar character. You will observe .it .advocates an attack on me, as state chairman, and the .organi zation generally with the statement that Mr. Hitchcock is to be chairman of the National committee and again postmaster general .therefore the dis penser of patronage, and that those who endorse his views and support you as presidential candidate will receive commensurate consideration after wards. I am not willing that I should be placed in the attitude of opposing you as a candidate for the presidency and that is the view of thousands of Republicans in our state; neither do I think it is right for a fight to be inau gurated in our state against me and others, upon the supposition that we oppose you. "I am writing you at the earliest moment to acquaint you of the situa tion that has so recently developed un der your name, and at the same time to assure you that there has been no hostility exhibited toward you any where in our state, but on the contrary the greatest admiration and friendship exists for you. "Very respectfully, "C. BASCOM SLEMP." "February a'lSie." Mr. Hughes9 Reply. Justice Hughes replied: My Dear Mr. Slemp: " "Your letter of February third has been received. I am entirely out of politics and I know nothing whatever (Continued on Page Two.) THE DAY IN CONGRESS SENATES Met at noon. Clifford Thorne, of Iowa, attacked attitude of Louis D. -Brandeis in the five per cent, railroad case before Ju diciary sub-committee considering Brandeis'. nomination to the Supreme court. . " Foreign Relations committee recom mended ratification 6f"Haitlen treaty. Secretary Daniels before publio lands committee opposed opening Western oil lands to the public Passed bill to make $600,000 Imme diately available for improvements at Mare Island and New York navy yards and to increase number of midship men at Annapolis. - Adopted Senator Lodge's resolution asking President to set aside day for contributions for Armenian relief. Discussed . Nlcaraguan treaty in ex ecutive session. Recessed at 6:10 p. m. until noon Thursday. , . HOUSE Met . at noon. . Hearings on National defense con tinued by military and naval affairs committees. ' j - Witnesses in impeachment proceed ings against United States Attorney Marshall of New York heasd in execu? tive session by Judiciary sub-committee.' Passed Sherwood bill to give' medal of honor soldier special pension of $10 a month. .V. - Considered Spanish war volunteers' widow pension bill. r - Speaker Clark introduced bill to in crease number of cadets at -West Point. Adjourned at' S:30 p. m. until noon Thursday.-' ny;r':mc:y V-'r-'i FEBRUARY 10, 1916 E ANY STEPS GREATER ARMY Anti-Preparedness Advocates Are Given a Hearing. BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Speakers Given Free Range, Being In terrnpted by Committeemen Only When pen Mindedness of Congress is Attacked. Washington, Feb. 9. Opponents of administration plans for National de fense legislation concluded their day in. court today before the House Mil itary committee, and, while not unani mous in their opinions as to what should be done, or left undone, with regard to the army and navy, they all opposed any present change in military policy. Representatives of the Society of Friends and a score of others, speak ing under the auspices of the Women's Peace Party, discussed war and its causes and from many angles. They were seldom interrupted by committee members except where the open mind edness of Congress on the subject of preparedness was assailed. Among those who spoke were Wal ter Fisher, of Chicago, secretary of the interior; Oswald Garrison Villard, president , of the New York Evening Post; Rev. John McCracken of the Uni versity of New York; Samuel B. Mont gomery, of West Virginia, speaking as the. representative of the Untied Mine Workers, and several fraternal organ izations; Mrs. Florence Kelly, of New Lark, speaking for the child welfare workers of the country; Sara Bard Field, of California, who said, she rep resented the sentiment of the women voters of Western states: Frederick Howe, New. York state immigration t PAmmlaeinn., an4 U.w 17.11 New York, speaking for the clergy of all denominations of that city. , Many Views Expressed. The views expressed ranged from suggestions that Congress should await the conclusipn of the . European war to profit by the lessons it might team, to declarations against a policy of mil itary preparedness at any time or for any.purpose. A majority of the speak- ers, even the women, disclaimed any I yropimy wWtw doctrine; but Mr., Villard prefaced his 1 remarics wnn me statement mat un-: der-certain conditions he would wear that designation as a badge of honor. "If it means to believe," he said, ; "that there is no cause leading' up to! war which cannot - be composed and adjudicated by International tribunals precisely as the quarrels of individuals are vindicated, then I would be willing to have the stigma of peace at any price attached to me and shall wear it as a distinction." Mr. Fisher aroused the resentment of some members of the committee when he declared that under a general order of the War Departrant army offi cers had been gagged and the views presented to the committee by staff officers did not reflect the opinions of many officers of the line. He said sev era. officers of his acquaintace had declared themselves opposed to any (Continued On Page Eight). POINT QF MOST DANGER Believed It Will Rise to 57 Feet at Arkansas City. However, There Is a Growing Feeling of Optimism That the Levees Will. : Hold Arkansas River Slow ly Subsiding Yesterday. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 9. Prepared ness against a spread of the flood in southeastern Arkansas and the work of relieving the suffering of victims al ready made homeless by the inunda tion continued today with a growing feeling of optimism that the situation would be mastered. The point of great est danger has shifted from the broken levees along the Arkansas river to the levees holding back the steadily rising Mississippi. T. B. Gilbert, of Arkansas City, chair man of the-Tensas basin levee board, said today that he believed all the Mis sissippi levees would hold. At 6 o'clock tonight, the Mississippi had attained a stage of 56.3 feet at Ar kansas City, a rise of two-tenths of a foot in 24 hours. Mr. Gilbert said he believed the river would go to 57 feet, but was confident the levees would hold 57.5 feet. The work of strength ening the levees continued without ces sation far into the night. Flood waters from the Arkansas riv er, which inundated Arkansas City, be gan to , fall slowly : today. . COAL LADEN BARGE SINKS. The St. Nicholas Sprang Leak; Off Fry. - tng Pan ShoalsCrew Saved. Beaufort, N. C.,' ' Feb. 9. The coal laden barge St.. Nichols, which was be ing towed from Savannah, Ga., for. New York by the ' seagoing tug Edgar . F. Coney, sprang a -leak last night and sa,nk 14 miles northeast pf, Frying Pan Shoals. The ; captain and i crew were rescued by" life, guards from the Cape Lookout station and . arrived here to night the tusr.''-. y. 'C ." - OPPOS ALLEGED CAPTOR OF APPAM CAPTURED BY BRITISH, IS REPORT s Railway Brotherhoods Istde Official Statement. ON PENDING DEMANDS I Say Overtime is Due to Overloaded Trains, by Which the Railroads Profit Reply to Railway Association Statement. Cleveland, O., Feb. 9. The first of ficial statement on the impending con troversy between railroads of the coun try and their train crews over working hours was issued here tonight signed by W. S. Stone, grand . chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen, and L. E. Shep- pard, acting president of the Order of Railroad Trainmen. These organiza tions claim to represent approximately 400,000 employees on 528 lines of rail road. The statement was headed "Why the Eight Hour Day?" ,and was a reply' to a statement issued February 1 by the executive committeee of the Ansocia tion of Western Railways. The Broth erhood's statement said in part: "The eight-hour, day movement is besed wholly upon; the justice of a work day of reasonable hours that will per mit the men. further to separate the dead line between work and wages. The railroads say in effect that men who have put in a few years of . rail- Iroad service . have, worked themselves out: ana win not- oe -accepted u tney lose their: Positions. - If men are work vice conditions, the demand to extend their wa.ee earnins- vears is fiillv inst- Causes of Overtime. "Overtime In road service is due al most wholly to the practice of railroads overloading trains, so that they cannot make their mileage within their time limits. The railroads are doing this for profit; they do not deny it, and if ehey propose to demand extra servce at tee sacrifice of the health and fu ture earning ability of the men they should .pay extra for it." Rates of pay in the Eastern territory were quoted to illustrate wage condi tions, the statement adding that wages are a little higher in the Southern and Western territories. Continuing, the statement said: "That there is not so much justifica tion for that contention of the railroads that the 8-hour day is impossible is proven by the fact that at present there are seven roads in the Southeast ern and one in the Western territory that pay overtime on a 12 1-2 miles per hour basis. There is only one road in the United States, of which we have i knowledge, that works more than the f AY.m, rrr r daw" I 10-hour work day, Not Based on "Peak" Earnings. The statement denied that the pres ent demand is "based on 'peak' earnings of the railways due to the present booms in business." It said further that the fact that roads in the hands of receivers had not cut wages should not be credited to the companies so sit (Continued on Page Two.) Engagement With President Broken ROCKY, MOUNT MEN FAIL TO SHOW UP AT WHITE HOUSE AT AP POINTED HOUR WILSON UNDECIDED (Special Star. Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Feb. 9. Represen tative Pou this morning called on President Wilson at the White House and urged him to visit North Carolina on his next speech making tour. Mr. Wilson told Mr. Pou that he would cer tainly try to stop in the State, should he decide to "make the trip, but that he had not definitely decided whether he would be able to again leave Wash ington on a speaking tour. Lieutenant Governor E. L. Daugh tridge and J. W. Haines, both of Rocky Mount, who came here to extend an invitation to the President to visit Rocky Mount, failed to show up at the White House. Mr. Pou had made an engagement for the two Rocky Mount gentlemen to meet the President at 10 o'clock, but when he arrived at the White House his constituents( were not there. As an engagement ' with the President has to-be met promptly, Mr. Pou was forced to go alone. Dr. A. Caswell Ellis, of Louisburg, now president of the University of Texas, spent , several hours in Wash ington today- and called on his old friend J.-R. Collie, chief clerk to the Claims committee. Dr. Ellis, inciden tally , urged the Texas senators to do something .for the relief of the malaria stricken .section of Texas. He said the State has already spent thousands Of dollars trying to . rid Hhe. State of ma laria but that now . hundreds of, women and .children are dying from 1 malarial fever. . v w - P. B.-A. OIIS FOR SHORTER WORK DAY WHOLE XTJMBER 39,499 German Warship Roon Taker, by Battleship Drake, 200 Miles Off Bermuda. IN THREE-HOUR FIGHT? Two Merchantmen-Flying the German Flag Also Cap tured, Says Message. No Official Confirmation ok Report Yet Received. New York, Feb. 9. Advices re-, ceived here today assert that tha German warship Roon, alleged tot be the captor of the Appam, haa been captured by the British bat tleship Drake, after a three-hour1 fight, 200 miles east northeast of Bermuda, according to a story printed by the New York Evening Globe. ; The capture of the Roon is said! by the Globe to have been followed by the seizure of two merchant men flying the German flag, ona of which was armed. Message From "Reliable Source." - The story is contained in a message which the Globe states it received in, code from a reliable source of Bermuda. The message reads: "Drake here today towing Rooa Took her 200 knots east northeast Bermuda, three hours' running flghl. Lost Danforth eighteen men .Her losses about one-third.; Struck as we came , abeam,." .Two. merchantmen - with her, one armed. Took both. Brought here. Seagrave on sighting Roon said: 'Please" God today I will avenge Cradook.' Roon badly knocked about by 9.2. Thirty-two officers and 719 men taken in the- three prizes." The Seagrave mentioned in the mes sage is supposed to be Capt. Seagrave who was with Admiral Cradock when the latter went down with his flag ship, the Good Hope, which was sunk in an engagement with a German squadron off Chile. There is no Danforth among the offi cers in the British Navy list For several days reports have been current in maritime circles here that the German commerce raider had been either sunk or captured by the Brit ish. The British consulate, however, has received no official confirmation of. this report. NOTHING KNOWN OK BATTLE. Reports of Attack Upon and Captora of the Roon Not Cobflrmed. Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 9. If a baU tie has taken place between the Brit ish armored cruiser Drake 1 and- tho German cruiser Roon off Bermuda, nothing is known here of the occur- . . . l : I t M 1 ence. numerous inquineu ao laiirn to confirm the report that the Drako attacked and captured the Roon. Thesa vessels have not reached this port, and, so . far as can be learned, no ad vices have been received at Hamil ton to indicate that the Drake haa taken a prize into any other Bermuda port. MONEY TO RED CROSS. Lieutenant Berg Will Torn Over Honef Raised for Seamens Orphans. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 9. Lieutenant Berg, in command of the captured British liner Appam, today declared, that the money he secured from the purser when the Germans captured the ship, which had been collected, among passengers for the Seamens Orphans Society, would be turned over to the American Red Cross. The amount la said to be about $75. A thousand tons) of cocoa aboard the Appam may spoil unless prompt ac tion is taken. It is worth 450,000.-It cannot be removed until the State De partment determines the Appam's stat us. Palm oil and other things aboard are worth some $200,000. SCHMIDT MUST PAY PENALTY IN ELECTRIC CHAIR AT SING SING Governor Whitman Declines to Inter i fere With the .Execution. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 9. Hans Schmidt, the former priest, convicted of the mur der of Anna Aumuller in New York in September, 1913, must pay the pen alty for his crime In the electric chair in Sing Sing prison during the week of February 13,: Governor Whitman tonight declining to interfere jvith the execution. Schmidt was convicted at his second trial and the court of appeals affirmed the conviction but called ehe attention of the governor , to the claim made by the man's attorneys that Miss Aumul ler died from the effects of criminal operation, and. therefore Schmidt could only be tried on a charge of man slaughter. The governor granted Schmidt a respite of 80 days in which he investigated the claim. SEARCHING - UNKNOWN SKIFF Coast Guard Cotter Onondaga Huntlnsr Craft With Two Men Aboard. Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 9. The coast guard cutter Onondaga tonight is at sea searching for an unknown skiff, with s two men . on . board. The little craft tis reported adrift near Flve Fathoms banks. .... . - f;5 ti, t r 1 h ill !. r I 1 3, iff i n 4 I J ) - 11 a I I rrf i if , : it r- - If illiliilijlM
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