hin br thirty thousand people In For I Li adjoining counties read The U SentineL It is read by more Sto this section than any, other (cation Published every Tuesday and Friday morning. Subscription price, one dollar the year. The onl) t twice-a-week pub lication in the Piedmont Section at one dollar. ' :v:.v.'.-? -'.-v''-:;,: SIXTY-FIRST. YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2 1915 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YLAR NSfANTINOPLE . MY WOT FALL JUST ' YET SAYS ENGLAND AND WARNS WILSON UNABLE TO llC NOT TO PLAN TRIPS FOR ft TIN) ANXIOUS SUMMER . inetratesl5Milesof Dar- es and Prepares for ih on Constantinople. V FIGHTING IN POLAND CONTINUES s Making Hard Effort to Vain Ground Lost to ' the Germans. - March 1. The flags of tain and France are now fly- e entrance to the Dardeh- the Turkish forts. It would appear that the al- has reached a point 15 miles Mediterranean entrance to s, the British press warns the lit to expect the immediate bnstantinople. .? , ' v keless the operation of the against tlie sea defenses of !nople are creating a tremen- in the East. -. . sclared that the Germans In lave advised the Immediate to Adrianople of all cabinet lad their families. I in the fighting along the fettle front has been deflected foment from the Carpathians Poland, where the. Russians pg a desperate effort to regain d Field Marshal Von Hlnden i when he threw them back l Prussia. The struggle con- the line from the Bobr to the there Grand Duke Nicholas, to establish his ascendency. reports a violent engagement kena without saying anything outcome, while Petrograd have checked the Austro- kdvance in this region. ' " ' west Interest centers about fpagne district, where fierce arked operations of the past OUS GASES ARE BED BY THE FRENCH March 1. The official an- ent on the progress of the p out today contains a state It the French have begun the special artillery shell which poisonous gases in exploding. follows: western arena of the war rvicq north of Lille an Ehg u machine has been forced fcd by our Are. At a certain bur front the French have of a particular kind of shell exploding threw out poison- i which however did no dem otions in the Champagne icked yesterday by at least f corps. These forces were after fierce fighting. In the we captured mine throw- ween the eastern Anconne fcuois the French made five yesterday to break thru our Bl these attacks were broken in neavr losses tn the mi. bitions southwest of Baden- fere retained- yesterday la puempis or tne enemv to re in. - , , east we repulsed Russian at- fr Consa and northwest of a. Otherwise there wasnoth- Washington, March , I. President Wilson declared today the European situation '.was demanding so much of his attention that he was doubtful if he were aCle to leave Washington this spring or summer, even possibly to make his proposed trip to the exposi tion. "I am tied here by the leg," was the way his -callers said. the president ex pressed the situation.: t ,; He told a committee which invited him to attend the conference on edu cation in Chattanooga In April that he would do" so if he found it possible to get away. He wants tO( attend the commercial congress in Muskogee, Okla., about the same time, and said If he was able to make that trip he would stop at Chattanooga en route. The invitation today was presented by Senators Lea and Shields of Ten: nessee, Camden of Kentucky and Sim mons and Overman of North Carolina, Representatives Aswell of Louisiana and J. Y. Joyner of North Carolina. president of the conference. SUFFRAGE HAS WON IN THREE STATES OF UNION Washington, D. C March 1. The past week has seen more victories for suffrage in state legislatures, accord ing to a statement made by the con gressional committees of the Suffrage Associations, bringing the number that have taken unqualifiedly favorable ac tion up to eleven. , ' February 1 the Indiana senate pass ed the bill giving women power to vote for statutory officers by a vote of 27 to 5. This is similar to the Illinois bilL ' . t '" February 23, In the .Delaware senate, "a favorable .and unanimous report on the proposed equal suffrage amend ment was) submitted by the commit tee.; A favorable report has been made to the house. February 25 the South Dakota house passed a resolution for an equal suf frage amendment to the constitution by a majority of 67 to 30. , If passed by the senate the question will go to the voters at the nex election. TRAGEDIAN THAW EXPECTS J T 0 BE FREED BY TRIAL EX-SHERIFF COOK OF V GREENSBORO IS DEAD Greensboro, March 1. Ex-Sheriff John W, Cook, one of the county's best known men; died Saturday night of heart failure and was found dead in the bath room of bis home' early Sun day . morning by (his eleven-year-old daughter, who was. la the house alone with hbn that night Mrs. Cook was spending the night at the bedside of a sick friend. Yesterday morning when the daughter awoke she. failed to find her father and began a search for him, with the result that she found his cold body in the bath room. A physician was called in and he ex pressed the opinion that Mr. Cook had been dead several hours. He probably died before midnight. ,The funeral will be held this afternoon, from .the residence on Spring Garden street and interment will be at Guilford College. Mr. Cook was a man, of splendid business ability and a man of consider able means. He had been connected with the Pomona Terra Cotta Company for several years. In 1894 he was elect ed sheriff of Guilford county on, the Democratic ticket and served .the coun ty most acceptably for two terms. He was always . active In politics. - His wife, who was a Miss Blackburn be fore marriage, and one daughter sur vive him. STATE SHIPMENT BEER HELD LEGAL RKton, March 1. Th Sn- lurt held today that the Kan- court nad exceeded their au- beer from Missouri Intn lf.n. Pl,Ce McKevnnlria ilalW on and laid down these con 's a recognized article of ne right to send it from to another la rechralnui fho n thereof has been uhmfttl ss and ti,e state which lnter- r n pments is in conflict with wuion or the United States." nNSOITHFW atvltiixj &OCITIES COMMITTED r Feb. 27. Ca1 Vo ,7 German soldier of the 26th Ilantrv. ha w. U J Frenth court ""'rt fund him guilty of pillaging Fer arms and of arson. Among ! against him was his own dl- on his person. . WUed any wound flitted the other charges and ne s acting under orders. PERSONAL. NEWS NOTES REPORTED FROM ELKIN. Elkln. March 1-Miss WillardGrler of Matthews, N. C-, arrived here Thursday to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. H. H. Barker, at her home on South Main street. West 1.1-ktn. Mrs. T. S. Cash, of Winston-Salem, is visiting her brother, Mr. H. D. McKaughn, on Gwyn avenue. ' ' New York, March' 1. Harry K. Thaw, the tragedian of New York's Great , White Way, who r murdered Stanford White, the noted architect in revenge for stolen love, will appear today in what may be his final court trial. His attorneys are hopeful that Thaw's legal status will be sufficient! changed by the new trial to remove the yawning gates of the insane asy lum from the visions of their no tor ious client Thaw today faces trial on charges of conspiracy In connec tion with his escape from Matteawan With him will he arranged his alleged accomplices In that sensational , es capado. They are: Roger Thorn peon the chauffeur of the motor ear which took Thaw safely out of the state at ter bis get-away from Matteawan Richard J. Butler, one one time State Assemblyman. Eugene Duffy, Michael OKeete and Thomas Flood. v Thaw Is himself hopeful of being freed. -'. He believes he now has th best chance In his long career wltl the courts to secure freedom. Witt William Travers Jerome out of . the case, he believes his greatest obsta cle has been removed. He is alsr hopeful that Dr .Austin Flint, the alien 1st whose testimony ; was strongest against him in the old days, will not appear In the preseat trial. -' - if convicted on the conspiracy charge, which Is a misdemeanor- in this state. Thaw can be sent to the penitentiary, for one . year or , fined 1500. A plea of guilty would be an ad mission on Thaw's part that be knew he was committing. an Illegal act when he conspired to escape, A man who wilfully commits a crime Is presum ed to have been sane when he com mitted the crime. ;: ; v - - A bard legal knot may be involved by this phase of the proceedings. For there are many legal authorities who believe that an acceptance of a plea of guilty by a court would constitute the admission of Thaw's sanity, anc" that Thaw, tinder such circumstances could not be returned to Matteawan, NEGRO IS CHARGED THOMAS C.BQWIE VITH CHOKING HIS CHOSEN SPEAKER WIFETO DEATH OF THE HOUSE FATAL ACCIDENT IS ' NARROWLY AVERTED OBLkfn, March l.What came near proving" a- fatl '--accldent " happened here on Main street in front of tht printing tefnte rhuwday. Mr; - Joe Bill Johnson, of Mount Airy, and Mr. Ed Beamer were standing on the side walk engaged in conversation when a pistol shot inside the building- ran? out and a steel bullet crashed thru the glass window, passing thru Beam- er's right arm and striking Johnson'? left breast . Fortunately his " heavy overcoat stopped the force of the ball before it entered his body. Had Beam er not been standing where he was Johnson would have been . killed ar the ball would have struck his heart. FREED BY BLEASE, SENT BACK FOR LONGER TERM Columbia, S. C.,-March 1. "Haw you ever been pardoned or paroled by Governor Blease?" was the substanc of a question put by Judge Sease, hold ing court at Charleston, to Wluiarr Freeroan. convicted on two counts housebreaking and larceny. ' ' - Freeman answered he had receiver clemency of some description, but hf did not remember ."exactly whether hr was pardoned or paroled." , ' Thereupon the Judge Increased from three years to six years the term thf prisoner must serve . for his latest crimes. : .. ' - :" "You will . not get pardoned this time," said the judge. FORMER WINSTON SALEM MAN DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE Henry J. Williams, aged 74, who died Friday morning athis home in Fayettevllle, was. hurled at Green Hill cemetery in Greensboro Sunday. The funeral was held at 1:30 o'clock from the undertaking parlor of Huntley- Stockton-Hill Company. " Mr. Williams will be remembered a resident of Winston-Salem 15 br 20 years ago, having a confectionary stand, first on the present site of the municipal building and later on Lib erty, street. His surviving children are as follows: Mrs. George Starr, Wilson: Mrs. William Robins, Ral eigh; Miss Eva Williams, Chicago; Oscar Williams, South America; Dr. H. J. Williams, South .Afrlcar Ed. Williams, Winston-Salem, and Charles Williams, California. Mrs. J. W. Hanes returned this morning from Mocksvtlle where she has been visiting relatives. . REPRESENTATIVES HANES AND MICKEL EXPLAIN THEIR VOTES Raleigh, March 1. Much feeling is being aroused here among Democrats over the action of the Winston-Salem bar In demanding the appointment of a pronounced 'partisan Republican as Judge of the proposed Forsyth county court This demand that a, partisan Republican be appointed may cause the defeat of the MIL While admit ting that Judge Starbuck is a splendid mil it is contended that he is first a Republican and that if the Republicans were In power In North Carolina they would not appoint a Democrat ; It is learned that Messrs. Hanes and Mlckel, Forsyth county's representa tives, have wired Mr. W. M. Hendren, of the .Winston-Salem bar, that they were Democrats ana not Republicans for manifest reasons should not ap point a Republican for Judge when there are plenty of good Democrats among the lawyers Who really need and would appreciate the position If it were tendered them. On the above grounds the represen tatives are- opposing the bill creating the court : Sandy Shoaf, colored, Is in the city Jail charged 'With ; the killing of hit wife at his home on Seventh street, near the Old Town Road Sunday night . , , ' ) The officers were notified that Shoaf's wife had been found dead 1b a room at the borne about 11:30 Sun day night. Going, to the home the officers found Shqat and two or three friends there awaiting them. It ap pears that early in the evening Shoaf went borne In an intoxicated condi tion. r About eight o'clock he and his wife quarreled and came to blows. It Is alleged that In the strugle Sana Inflloted the fatal wounds. , ; When questioned about the affair Shoaf stated to the officers that when he went home about eight o'clock In toxicated his wife rebuked him and attacked him, trying to bite him. He says that he struggled with her and anally, by choking her freed himself from her grasp. He says that he itn mediately left the house and did no: know that he bad seriously Injured his "wife. About H o'clock friends carried him. home still in an Intoxi cated condition, and his wife was stretched out on the floor dead. . - Coroner Dalton held an Inquest over the body this morning at 10 o'clock, at the undertaking establishment of P. M. Fitch, colored and the Jury ren dered its verdict that-the deceased was choked to death by her husband. Sandy Shoaf has been In the em ploy of the city Cor several years and has the reputation of being an in dustrious colored citizen, tho he hai been given to periodical sprees. Supt Rawley, of the water department states that Sandy has been Installing water mains during the eight years that he has been connected with thd department and that he has been a most faithful worker, with the excep tion of the weakness mentioned above. Shoaf will be tried in the munici pal court as soon as the case can be prepared. ( it " v''!r : '' '"-.Cr1 NOflTH CAROLINIANS GIVEN PROMOTIONS Ashe County Representative , Succeeds Lamented Em mett R. Wooten. RESOLUTION PASSED EXPRESSING SYMPATHY Raleigh, March 1. When the house convened this morning the Speaker's desk and chair were, heavily draped in mourning for the late Speaker, Principal Clerk Cobb made this state ment: "It is my painful duty to an nounce the death of our beloved Speaker and to declare the office of Speaker vacant The chair will hear nominations." Representative Doughton placed In nomination Thomas C. Bowie of Ashe Goumy, wno nas ossn serving at speaker pro-tem. The nomination was seconded by Representative Hutchin son of Mecklenburg and the vote by roil call and in subdued tones, tho rote was unanimous. The new Speak er was escorted to the Speaker's desk by Representatives Doughton, Hutch inson and Italian of Catawba. , Mr. Bowie told the memberi of Uia house In signifying his appreciation of tne noner and confidence expressed, that the election was so closely re lated to the terrible tragedy that cost the life of the late Speaker that he would refrain from any expression at tnis time. The oath of office was ad ministered by Associate Justice Wal ker, . J- .v.-, Resolutions relative to the death of the late Speaker were presented in the house and in the senate and were adopted, "due to the faot that in the death of the late Speaker the state has lost a young man of brilliant Intellect high character and great popularity and tendering to his widow and children, mother and other rela tives great sympathy in their hour of sorrow. There was also presented a resolu tion by the clerk of the house and en tered upon the Journal of the assembly. Washington, D. March 1. President Wilson today sent the following nominations to the senate: To be eonsul general of Class two George H. Mur phy, of North Carolina, ndw con sul general at Capetown; To be eonsul of Class five Charles L. -Latham, of North Carolina,, now consul at Punts .Arenas. '. , ; : To be consul of Claas eight Samuel H, Wiley, of North Caro lina, now consul at Asuncion. 3AY ALL SHIPPING TO ..' GERMANY MUST STOP Washington, D. C, March 1. The Trench and British ambassadors serv- d personal notice on Secretary Bryan '.his afternoon that their governments would be at liberty hereafter to stop ill shipping to and from' Germany from neutral ports. ' " '. : , r r 8TATESVILLE COMPANY .IN HANDS OF RECEIVER. j The Krlder Stock company, 'incor porated, of Statesvllle, has fceen plac ed In the hands of receivers. The petition asking for the receivership was heard by Judge Shaw in Mocks ville and Messrs. James A. Hartnest and R. P. Allison were named as tem porary receivers. The receivers gave bond and took charge of the-com pany's affairs, closing the store on west Broad street late In the after noon, says the Landmark. The com pany's nominal assets total about 8,000 and its liabilities are about DEVOE'S FORECAST FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH This month will enter with a storm forming over the lower Mississippi Valley. 1st to 2nd, heavy rains. 3rd to 4th, cold and blustery. - 6th to 6th, moderating. 7th to 8th, pleas ant 9th to 10th, warm and cloudy. On the 11th (he equinoctial storm will form over the West Gulf states and more slowly northward. 12th to 13th, rain or snow. 14th to 15th. showers. 16th, cold wave. - 17 th to 18th, moderating. 19th to 20th, pleas ant On the 2lst a storm will form over, the lower .Mississippi Valley. This storm will travel eastward across the Gulf States. 82nd to 23rd,heavy rains. 24th to 25th, cold wave, with rain or snow. 26th to 27th, moderat ing. 28th to 29th, mild and pleasant. 30th to ?lst mild and cloudy. Died in Georgia Miss Margaret Fuller, who (or a long time was tuber culosis nurse in this city, died of hem orrhage of the brain at her home in Monroe, Ga., on last Tuesday morning. after an Illness of only one day. Miss Fuller gave up the work of tuberculo sis nurse In this city and returned to her home In Monroe, Ga, leaving this cltr lust three weeks ago. While en gaged -as nurse, she had about four hundred patients, by aU of whom ahe was greatly beloved. She has a large circle of friends in the city who will be greatly grieved at her untimely tak ing off. , - ' ' '- - FUNERAL SERVICES FOR .. ? REMAINS OF MR. WOOTEN Klnston, March 1. Thousands of Kinstonlans and admirers and friends from all sections of the state attended the funeral of Emmett R. Wooten, late speaker of the house of representa tives, Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The service was the most largely at tended ever held here. ; Mr. Wooten died in Raleigh Satur day afternoon at four o'clock. A battalion of national guards in cluding the band one Klnston com pany, two companies from Ooldsboro and a guard of honor which escorted the remains here from Raleigh, form ed a funeral cortege and rendered hon ors due a high state official. Several fraternal lodges and many prominent people were In the procession, Includ ing the committee from the legislature which came here with the body. The weather was ideal. More tears were shed in Klnston this day than ever were caused by such , another occur rence here It la said. The illustrious dead was connected with hundreds in Klnston. and vicinity by ties of blood, and bonds of friendship and long ac quaintance held blm dear to other thousands. The last rites 'were conducted in Maplewood cemetery by Rev, C. W. Blanchard, pastor of the First Baptist church. The finale of the service was the playing of taps by a militia trum peter, the bell of his horn to the set ting sun, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE BREAKS OUT IN VIRGINIA Richmond. Va.. March 1. Following the discovery of 12S fully developed cases of foot and mouth disease in a herd of 300 dairy cattle on the farm of Miller Brothers, In Henrico coun ty, seven miles north of this city Gov ernor Henry C. Stuart issued a quar antine proclamation and announced tomorrow morning he would go be fore the city circuit court and apply for an Injunction against 18 railroads and steamship lines In Virginia to en force their full compliance with his recent proclamation requiring that no cattle or cattle feed be moved with out the proper federal certificates. Governor Stuart also ordered tnat within a radius of Ave miles around the Miller Brothers farm there be no movement of cattle or cattle feed. Spe cial deputies have been sworn in by the sheriff of Henrico county and a virtual blockade baa been put into ef fectr; ffi H - ' WESTERN FEVER BREAKS OUT IN TWO COUNTIES civin Marrh 1 Th wmtftrn favor has broken out in this section and quite a number or people are turning .k.i, ttrii thn not tin r nan. Among those who have already de parted are the roiiowing: Messrs. k. & cimmnni Wm. finarkfl. (I .M. Sparks and T. S. Baynes, to Spencer, luauu, "V vw - - V ----- ty and left on Wednesday. Mr. A. P. Benge. of Wilkes, left on tne same train for Danville, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Brlndle, Everett Hunt and Avery Haves left oa the same train i init 4n that fntA of Washlncton t oa thjMui fwirtnlft iMfi here and think they are making a mis take that tney win reaiixe wnen u u too tot. . - - QUITE A BUSY WEEK JUDGE FOR PRESIDENT WILSON Washington, March 1, President Wilson has made few engagements for tne week in the expectation that he lll be kept busy with work incident to Hie adjournment of Congress Thurs day. He will be in almost constant communication with senate and house leaders over ponding legislation. The most pre airing legislative ques tion nerore the President today was whether to sign or veto the seamen's bill Officials generally look for a veto on account of the effect the bill would have on treaties between the United State and foreign nations, j i " During the week the President will have to sign bills appropriating many millions of dollars. A few minor sup ply measures Already have been sign ed and the pension bill is now before Ulm. Most of the large bills will not be signed until Thursday, when Mr. Wilson will go to the President's room In the capltol for that purpose. The President has not entirely given up hope of passage of the shipping, Philippine and conservation bills, and the ratification of the Colombian and N'lcaraguan treatiee. His advisers have told Mm, however, not to be too optimistic. . . ' It wes believed today that only the failure of important appropriation bills would cause the President to call an extra session of Congress. The question of whether the Presi dent will carry out bis plans for arrlv ing at the San Francisco Exposition March 21 was undecided last night. There were strong intimations that he might dolay the entire trip because of the foreign attuatlon. FUNERAL PARTY FINDS PLENTY HIDDEN MONEY Burlington, N. J Mar, 1. The rela tives of Edward Kimble, a farmer, 83 years old, and his wife, Josephine, both of whom died of pneumonia a few days ago, assembled at the Kimble House near Cooperstown for the fun eral today. Before the ceremonies a member of the family who was cleaning up the kitchen found 1200 In gold In a rusty tin can which had been thrown into a rubbish heap. Further search result ed in the discovery of more gold and bank notes hidden In crockery, tin cans and books. w.A-" The hunt was suspended for the fun eral, but after returning from the cemetery the searchers ransacked the house and found altogether more than 81,000. Tomorrow the barn and out buildings will be examined and neigh bors who saw Kimble digging in his garden have suggested that it be spaded up. CARTER HAS STATEMENT Ffl PEOPLE Raleigh, March 1. Judge Prank Carter last night issued to the Gen eral Assembly, to the committed ap pointed by the lower bouse to investi gate his official and moral couduct, and to the state at large, passionate pro test against delay in the proposed in quiry., v ':; Judge Carter had not spoken to oth ers than his attorneys until Sunday. His statement to the North Carolina people grows out of hie belief that the Investigation may not reach an end at Uie present session of the General As sembly and that unsettled charges against him may impair tt sot destroy his usefulness at a Judge so long as be travels the circuit under the cloud now resting upon him. His appeal came a day ahead of the committee's action, today when tt is expected to make publlo announce ment of Its method of procedure. At this distance from that conference no member of that committee appears to know' whether the Inquiry will be begun under the present session or whether the examination can be com pleted within a reasonable time. The feature which moot disturbs Judge Carter and his declared hope of an ear ly vindication, Is the understanding that Solicitor Abernothy, whom Judge Carter fined for contempt of court, and later rebuked In statement on the court's minutes at' New Berne, is to bring a vast array ot witnesses from Now Berne to give testimony In the fa. nious contempt case. Such procedure Judge Carter regards impossible ot consummation during the busiest week ut the General Assembly, BOMB EXPLOSION KILLS MEXICANS ON GUNBOAT fliLlvaiitnn. Texas. March 1.- -Dis patches to the Mexican consulate here 1 today said an explosion on the Moxl-: can gunboat Procresso had resulted in the death of 30 persons including Ave women, - The explosion, occurred yesterday morning while the 1 boat was at Frogresso. it in said that what. looked like a barrel of rice was tn reality a bomb, prepared by enemlev The Mexican consul bare nai wired for further information. ' , '. k , MAN IS CRUSHED IN A ; BARGAIN COUNTER RUSH Latter Came 44 Years Late. (Mlddlotown, N. Y., Dispatch to New York Herald.) Mrs. Bridget Glasaey wrote a letter to her brother, James Halford, of this place, from her horns In Dundee, Scotland. July 22, 1870, 44 years ago, and the letter was not re ceived until a few days ago, Tlie let ter requested him to send the sister money to pay her passage to this coun try, and he does not know whether she Is now living. 'The cause ef the de lay Is a myetery.; r ' Trenlon. N. J.. March 1. Five bun-, dred women tried to got into an in stallment house here, where a special sale was m progress under new own er. They crushed iAwrenoe Clark, a special officer, so badly he had to be carried away. The attending physician bolleves Clark ia injured internally. . The special officer was standing near the door and was almost pushed thru a targe plate glaa window. ( , RAT POISON IN ROLLS AT CHURCH FESTIVAL Alma, Neb., March 1. One person Is dead, another is dying, and 80 are seriously 111 as a result of eating rolls at a church festival held iere re-cently.- . ?,, . . a.". ; ? ; t Rat poison it is believed, was mixed with the flour. . , , AMERICAN STEAMER DACIA HAS BEEN INTERNED AT BREST, FRANCE , Brest, March 1. The ArnsrL can ilea me r Daela, taken last Saturday by a French cruiser, was brought Into this port today. Paris, March 1. A French cruiser bas arrested the American steamer Dacla in the channel and taken her to Brest This announcement Is of ficially made. The steamship Dacla left Calves ton for Rotterdam on January 31 witn 11,000 bales of cotton to be trans shipped to Bremen. It was fully ex pected at that time tnat the snip would be seised on her way to Rotter dam, as Great Brttian questioned the validity of the recent transfer of tne Dacla from German to American reg istry. The Dacia touched at Norfolk on February 11 and then proceeded on her way. Was .Hamburg-American Ship. The Dacla was formerly a Hamburg- American freight steamship, which had 4een esed before the war in trade between Bremen and New Or leans and other gulf ports. At the outbreak of hostilities she was in terned at lort aruur, Texas, un December 26 the Dacla was purchas ed by an American and on January American registry was obtained. It was then announced that she waa to be nsed to relieve the cotton conges tion, and loading was eegun with a cargo of cotton to he taken to Rotter dam and thence shipped to Bremen, where It was already sold. ' Representations were made Imme diately by the British embassy at Washington, questioning the validity of the transfer of the Interned Ger man vessel and it was generally un derstood that If the ship sailed She would fee seised by British oj French warships and taken : "before a prise court U. 8, to Await Decision. , - While no official word had reached the state department last night ai to the seizure of the American steam er Dacla, it is known that no pro test toy this government is probable until a French prize court passes on the ship's status. This bas been the genoral policy In all similar cases- . The Dacia is now owned by an Am erican, who Is said to have furnished both United States officials and the uruiro emu""", uoro wuu pruum tending to show that the transfer wss made in good faith and that the former owners retained no interest In the vessel or agreement for re transfer at the close of the war or any share in profits tbat might arise ' from her operation - - T , , T 8tatemsnt of Owners. , New York, March 1. Official notifi cation of the seizure by the French government of the steamship Dacia, formerly of the Hamburg American line bas not been received by the own. er of the vessel. In a statement today 'he owner says: "J know our govern ment if necessnry will ask tor repara tion to any American cKlien acting wlttbln his rights, i I know ot no cor rect statement of international law that can be Invoked against the Da :1a and I jxopose to demand my rights. The American government would not have granted this vessel the right to By the American flag If it would not be recognized and respected by every foreign power. The Dacia is a much an American vessel as our haws can make her and I expect her to soil from France once more for our shores Dy ing the American flag. ( have no in terest In her cargo. The vessel la in jured in England. I have recently pur. chased cut English, Teasel and am in the market for two more. I don't care whether they are French or Cer. "" ., . . . i! i.TtllT II