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Norwegian Shipping Provides
AH Victims For One Day
For New Campaign.
one: vessel known
not been warned
Six Thousand Tons Is the Toll
Taken by German Undersea
Boats in Past Twenty-four
Hours One Vessel Sunk
Formerly in American Ser
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ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER 4!
SINKS.
(By Associated Press.) 4
London, Feb. 9. The British
4- steamship, Hanna Larsen, 1,310 4
i tons gross, has been sunk by a
submarine. Her caDtain and chief 4
4- engineer were taken prisoner. The !
remainaer or tne crew was iana- ,
ed.
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Three Norwegian ships have been
added to the list of victims of the new
German submarine campaign. The
sinking of these aggregating 6,030 tons
was the day's result of the operations
of the under-sea craft in the war zone
as reported during the morning and
early afternoon.
The largest of the sunken vessels!
was the Hanskinck of 2,667 tons, while
the next in sizeTthe Storskog, register
ed 2,191 tons. On the third vessel, the
Ida, of 1,172 tons, the chief mate and
steward are reported killed by gun
fire, while the submarine-continuously
shelled the steamer withoiit warning
until she sank.
In the field of military activity the
feature remains the British operation
north of the Somme, in Northern
France, where General Haig's troops
are steadily pressing forward on both
banks of the Ancre.
Berlin today, while declaring the
British attacks of yesterday unsuc
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cestui as a whole, admits the loss of
some ground north of the Ancre and
near St. Pierre Vaast wood, north of
Pennine.
(T,y Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 9. Lloyds' this after
noon announced thatThe Norwegian
steamship, Hanskinck, formerly the
American steamer Satilla, of 2,667
tons gross, has been sunk.
Sunk Without Warning.
London, Feb. 9. The Norwegian
steamship, Ida, of 1,172 tons, has been
sunk by a German submarine. Sur
ging members ofthe crew were land-;
ea today. The captain stated that the
chief mate ana the steward were kill
ed while on deck by gunfire, the sub
marine firing continuously without
warning until the vessel sank.
'Continued on Page Eight.)
Children Missing From the
California Could Have
Become Citizens.
, (By Associated Press.?
luladelphia, Feb. 9. The three
pcii-en of Mrs. Mary J. Q'Donnell,
0 of ""hom, with their mother, were
;0rtt'd among the missing passen-s-rs
of the Anchor Line steamer, Cal
hnrrni?' suk by a submarine, were
"J ln Philadelphia and according to
Jtnonties here, were "potential Am
ericans." The third child was among the sur-
rs: Notwithstanding that their
iw;- were not naturalized these au
a' jonties hold that the O'Donnell boys
L ne ase of 21 could have become
voter1Can citizens y registering as
hel l At the Ption however, it was
rJ. , at they could have chosen
uisn citizenship, by returning to
island in the same manner.
andr,s- O'Donnell was a Scot woman
an , leT husband was a native of Ire-nu-
rhey had. lived in this city for
l0 years
According to Rev. Edward
X. C
urran, rector of St; Anthony's
Oil 1 1 r r-l-i A T a-vt- tt 1 J
Catholic
and nef-her husband for three years
touts g is known of nis wherea-
nenat,her Curran said that Mrs. O'Dbn-ni'd-
1 011 her way to Scotland to
Jl - home with her parents.,
mEV WOULD HAVE
BEEN AMERICANS
PRESIDENT WILSON
BEING KEPT BUSY
Plans to Frequently Visit Cap
itol and the Exexcutive
Departments.
" (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9 President Wil-
i son plans to visit the capitol and ex-
ecutive departments frequently when-
ever he desires information quickly,
rr wants to take any steps in con-;
It was said officially today that no j
surprise or alarm need be felt if the'
President suddenly goes to the capi-J
tol at any hour of the day or visits ,
Nanv member of his nahint Sn manvi
Pending questions have to be taken
'-" amu.i. uao lUuuu u iuui
slow to call to the White House all!
thmw ihe d-sires to Se-
Mr. Wilson is now making few
routine engagements and is keeping
practically all his tim eopen for work I
in connection with the foreien situa-
tjon.
TO DECIDE ON THE
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OOUth Carolina rnmary lo Jei have brought the actual strength up
Held Feb. 1 6 Election
Three Days Later.
(By Associated Press.)
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 9. The State
Democratic Executive committee -an-
nounced the primary to nominate can-.
didates for thA vacancv in both the '
"
unexpired and fall terms in the Fifth!
Congressional District caused bv the ,
recent death of Representative D. E. )
Finley, will be held February 16th.
Governor Manning announced that
the date of the general election called
for the Congressional vacancy had
been changed from February 22 to Senate bil to prohibit liquor advertis
February 21. jing and solicitation in the mails enter-
jing "dry" territory, the Rev. James
MCu; UAMPQUIRC MAN ! Cannon, of Richmond, told the House
l?r Viljl oWmLt, Postoffice Committee today that there
NAMED BY PRESIDENT, has been a great increase in drinking
(Bs Associated Press.) i
Washington, Feb . 9. Raymond B.
Stevens, of New Hampshire, was
nominated by President Wilson today
as a member of the Shipping Board,!
to succeeed Bernard N. Baker, who'.
resigned soon after being confirmed. !
VINCENT ASTOR DOES DUTY
AS NAVAL MILITIAMAN.
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ASTOR.
Vincent AstOr, who inherited
the
millions of his father, Colonel John
Jacob Astor, is doing a twelve-hour
tour of duty, beginning at 6 a. m.,
these days, as aide to Commander
Forshew, of the New York Naval Mil-
itia. Vincent Astor reports to torn
mnnrtpr Forshew at the Custom House!
every day in the early dawn. Ensign
Astor's duties consist ot general or-
fice work and handling the newspaper
men. Ofiicially, Astor is a member'
nt tho pivir finms of the Naval Mil-
itia.
NOTHING NEW TO GERMAN ;
situation.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. Before to-
day's Cabinet meeting, the Coun- "
cil of National Defense, which in-
eludes a majority of the Cabinet !
i members, held a meeting in Sec-
retary Baker's office. &
4' As the members arrived at the
White House they said that noth-
4 ing to materially change the Ger-
man situation had occurred.
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Y TO RECRUIT
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Immediately EnIis-25, 000
f A . , -
Additional Men.
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Washington, Feb. 9. Navy recruit
ing agents hane been instructed to im
mediately enlist 25,000 additional men.
While the current Naval bill author
ized peace strength of 74,000 men, it
I carried appropriations for consider-
iably less since the Department had
estimated that not more, than 10,000
recruits above the number necessary
to re-place men discharged could be
found.
Officials have been encouraged by
to nearly 58,000 men already.
In the event of war probably the
! first act of the President will be to
J authorize the enlistment of the maxi
mum war strength of 87.000. Proba-
t,iv this could be auicklv accomDlish
ed by a provision in the Department's
regulations permitting volunteers to
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DRINK, HE DECLARED
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. Advocating the
in public places by fashionably gown-
ed women over thirty years of aee.
He SDoke as National chairman of the
legislative committee of the Anti-Sa-
i0on League.
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IV-PlVlllNraN 1 LAW Itri
KILLED HIMSELF
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 9. Walker
Percy, prominent lawyer, counsel for
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company,
wno iate yesterday was found dead in
a room in his home here, with a gun
shot wound in the breast, killed him
self, Assistant Coroner J. R. T. Rives,
officially announced today. Melen
cholia was given as a cause of Per
cy's act. Mr. Rives made public today
a statement which reads:
"Walker Percy, 2217 Arlington ave
nue, city, came to his death by shoot
ing himself with a No. 12 bore shot
gun, pressed against his left breast."
Methodist Minister Thought
Himself an American
Citizen for Years.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. -After having
believed for a half century that he
was an American citizen, the Rev. Jo
aenh 'eech. of Dixon, ills., a Memo-;
dist missionary to China, Has discov-1
ered that he is a British subject and;
ha asket Congress to pass a bill to
give him full American citizenship.
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Senator smitn, or soum v;aronna,
chairman of the Immigration Commit-
tee, today introduced one for thatj
purpose. Mr. eecn came lu luis,
country from England when four
years of age and believed his father
had afterward become an American
citizen. ."
N
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SUDDENLY FINOS
HE'S A BRITON
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BILL KILLED BY
HOUSE TODAY
Also Voted Down Motion to
Refer the Bone DryV Pro
hibition Bill.
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SNOWED UNDER
Senate JJlSCUSSed in Kambling .
Yr FArati M I
Way Educational Matters
Burgwyn Bill Killed
By Close Vote.
(Special to The Disoatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feo. 9. ine munici
pal 'suffragette bill, set as special or
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der today, was killed before the eyesVlast night in the region of Vaux Lee
of hundreds of women, who looked Palameux, southeast of Verdun, was
clown from the amphitheatre nd saw . repulsed by the French today's off i
it die. The vote was forty for and g3rePulsea D tne rencn, toaay s oiti
against. It wasn't tailed to death, ! cial statement says. Violent artillery
thought the "pros." decidedly ran
over the "aniis."
Representative McCrackin, of Co
lumbus m;irU ortr of the mo?.t pffpp-
tive speeches in reply to Speaker I were dropped by airplanes in the re
Murphy, who left the chair to oppose I gion of Dunkirk. Four civilians were
the bill on the ground that it opens J killed.
a new negro issue that cannot be met. j The announcement follows:
Grant, of New Hanover, made a: ,T .
three-minute speech supporting the East cf the Meuse an enemy at
bill. : tack in the region of Vaux-les-Palam-
Attended by Burgwyn, of North- eux was repulsed completely by our
ampton, as chief mourner, the Bertie fire. In the Woevre there was violent
p.ounty educational hill was buried by artillery fighting as well as activity
the Senate this morning, after an ar- on the part of the patrols north of
gument prolonged and for the most j Flirey.
part rambling and disjoined. j "In the Vosges, east of Noirmont,
The vote of 24 to 22 showed that ! one of our detachments took a Ger
the Senate's mind is not so clearly j man post by surprise. The occupants
made as to the formulation of a i were killed or made prisoner.
The House killed the Page bill for
the popular election of county boards
of education ; by ,a vote of sixty to
f orty-onar 1L also - voed'4.Pwn a J mo:
tion to re-refer the "bone dry prohi
bition bill," which had received un
favorable report. " It then passed on
to a prolonged discussion of the
Roberts municipal suffrage for wom
en measure.
THE WATERWAYS
BILL REPORTED
Senate Now Has Before It
the Rivers and Harbors
Measure.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. The Rivers
and Harbors bill, carrying $38,500,000,
was reported to the Senate today by
Chairman Fletcher, of the Commerce
Committee. The amount is an in
crease of about $137,000 over the bill
passed by the House.
Senator Kenyon, Republican, of
Iowa, gave notice that he would pro
pose a substitute, carrying a lump
sum of $22,000,000 for such improve
ment as the War Department deemed
necessary.
Changes from the House bill in
clude: k
Deep Creek, Florida, $9,000; Water
way, Pensacola Bay to Mobile Bay,
to provide a seven-foot channel 75-
at bottom, $50,000.
Red river, Arkansas and Texas, for
improvement and repair of levees,
:.0.. ''v.
Increase for completing improve
ment of Beaumont, Texas, harbor and
Neches river at that point, $20,000
to $70,000.
Increase for Cumberland river im
provement above Nashville from
$200,000 to $340,000.
Increase Effective
Tomorrow
Subscribers are notified that after tomorrow the sub
scription price of The Wilmington Dispatch will be 15
cents a week delivered by carrier either in Wilmington or
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Those who do not want to pay the carrier may pay in the
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months, and $1.50 for three months.
The slight advance in price has been made necessary
on account of the increased cost of white paper and other
newspaper materials '
Effective tomorrow the complimentary list will be sus-.
pended. ' I
GERMANS ASSAIL
FRENCH ALONG
But Attack Was Repulsed, i
-.i . o . . Mr ' 1
laims rans civilians
Killed by Bombs.
REGION OF DUNKIRK
MADE THE TARGET
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berman Aircraft Urop Froj
ec-
tiles Little Doing In the
Rumanian War Theatre
Just Now.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 9. A German attack
actions cocurred in the Woevre re
gion.
Last night and this morning bombs
man aviators twice dropped bombs in
the region of, Dunkirk. Four civilians
were , killed. In the" Yegon of c Frou
aYd also 'iroiectires' -'wfire ':drcfppe;
! Four persons were wounded."
Little Doing in Rumania.
PetrograTT, Feb. 9, via London (Brit
ish Admiralty per wireless press).
Only minor operations along the Rus
isan and Rumanian fronts are report
ed in today's war office statement
which reads:
"Western front: South of Brody
the gallant General Kardinalovski
was killed' by a rifle bullet. The en
emy artillery bombarded the town of
Stanislau with .12-inch shells which
destroyed a house and wounded sev
eral inhabitants.
"Rumanian front: Infantry firing
is proceeding.
"Caucasian front: The situation is
unchanged."
British Gain Ground.
Berlin, Feb. 9, via ayville. The
British made attacks at three points
on the Somme front yesterday. To
day's announcement from army head
quarters say they gained a smalll
amount of ground.
In the Italian Arena.
Rome, Feb. 9, via Lonlon, (British
Admiralty per wireless press ) In
the ugana valley Wednesday the ene
the right bank of the Brenta with in
the right bank o fthe Brenta with in
cessant artillery fire," says today's of
ficial communication- He was coun
ter attacked vigorously by our batter
ies which by concentrated fire com- j
pletely stopped the enemy's offensive.!
In the Posina Valley, at Astico, in j
the Plezzo sector, before Sagora, and j ,;
in the vicinity of Bos Comalo and.
Hudilog, the activity of our reconnoi-j j
tering patrols led to minor skirmishes
which were favorable to us.
Virginia Regiment Leaves Sunday.
San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 9. The
Second Virginia Infantry will leave
Brownsville for home February 11.
VERDUN FRONT
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BERLIN REPORTS
GERARD IS SAFE;
WILL SOON LEAVE
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confirmation of the report that -X--X-
any of the children who lost -X-X-
their lives by the sinking the -X--X-
California were American born. -X-
The ship's list shows no names -X-X-
of passengers who claim Ameri-
can citizenship.
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Broker Promises to Furnish
Names Got Stung on
"Leak" Information.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. George
B.
Chipman, local manager for Harrison
& Company, New York brokers, tes
tified at the "leak" hearing today that
certain members of the House dealt
in stocks with rim.
Chairman Henry called for the
names and Chipman promised to fur
nish them.
Chipman testified that so far as .he
knew no member of Congress sold
stocks "short" during the "peace note
leak" period. He said, he had no Sen-
,ators . iaines on his hooks, but was 1
unable to say whether his customers
included secretaries to Senator and
Representatives
Chipman declared that he had not
paid for "tips" on governmental ac
tivities since 1914. He found, he said,
that information he bought usually
was of no value.
Examination of correspondents who
were told in confidence by Secretary
Lansing on December 20 that a note
was coming then began.
After interrogating Stephen T. Ear
ly, of the Associated Pres, Carl B.
Groat, of the United Press, and
Charles D. Warner, of the Christian
Science Monitor, the committee re
cessed. Swiss Minister Takes Charge in Japan.
(By -Associated Press.)
Tokio, Feb. 9. Switzerland has
taken over German interests in Japan
which were cared for by the United
States before its breach with Ger
many. 4. '4
WHITLOCK WILL REMAIN IN
BELGIUM UNLESS EXPELLED.
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Accordingto dispatches from Wash
ington, Brand Whitlock, United States
Minister to Belgium, will remain in
the little kingdom unless directed by
the Germans to leave. Minister Whit
lock has been of a great deal of ser
vice to the Belgians suffering under
German military regulations and has
played a large part in the distribution
of clothing, and foodstuffs.
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Declares Delay Due to Time.
Necessary to'Move Large
Party.
TIME OF DEPARTURE
SET FOR TOMORROW
United States Has Not Heard
From Gerard In Days
Germany Has No Right to
Hold American Ambassador
as a Hostage.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 9. Secretary
Lansing today authorized the follow
ing statement:
"I am very loath to believe that tho
German government intentionally is
detaining Ambassador Gerard in Ber
lin on any excuse whatsoever. I
should be very much surprised if such
course had been taken."
There is absolutely no justification
in international law, it was pointed
out, for the detention of the ambassa
dor. No dispatch has been received from
Mr. Gerard either directly through
Copenhagen or through the Spanish
Ambassador in Berlin, since 7 p. m.
on February 5. No Americans are
reported to have arrived in Copenha
gen from Berlin so far this week.
Vague Report From Berlin.
Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 8, via Lon
don, Feb. 9. Former Ambassador Ge
rard and his party, probably will leavfl ,
Berlin Saturday L'e'veninl5nough--ib9-;
time has not been settled definitely.
It is expected they will travel by way
of Switzerland.
Mr. Gerard was offered the choice
of leaving Berlin Saturday or Sunday
and quickly decided in favor of the
earlier date.
The train which will take him to
neutral soil will be composed of
sleepers and day coaches and proba
bly will make better -t4me than the
regular train service.
Arrangements for the departure of
Mr. Gerard and his suite were prac
tically completed today. The day
was caused by the number of pass
ports to be made out for the partyx
and because of the lack of news re
garding the movements of Count von
Bernstorff.
The embassy representatives will
enjoy the diplomatic privilege at the
frontier and baggage inspection for
malities for the others of the party
will be executed before leaving Berlin
so that there will be no delays at the
bordei.
A special train will leave Berlin
Saturday evening at 8:10 o'clock for
Switzerland by way of Basel and
Berne. The party will then travel to
Spain, where Mr. Gerard will embark
on the first available steamer for the
United States. The former ambassa
dor and Mrs. Gerard will be accompa
nied by nearly all the embassy sec
retaries and attaches and members
of the consular service in Germany,
except a few ordered to Scandinavia
or Holland, and by most of the
American newspaper correspondents.
The train will carry some 200 per
sons. Two representatives of the
foreign office will accompany the
train to the border which is expected
to be reached early Sunday afternoon.
RYNDAM NOT FAR
FROM SANDY HOOK
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 9. The Holland-
'American Line steamship, Rydam,. re
turning here, after starting for Rot
terdam via Falmouth January was
reported early today 1,400 miles east
of Sandy Hook and due to dock here
Wednesday.
A wireless message from the cap-
(tain, stating his position, was received
by oflftcials of the line here shortly
before noon. The Rydam, with pas
sengers and cargo, turned back when
within about 14 hours of Falmouth.
TO PREVENT CARRYING
SUPPLIES TO SHIPS
(By Associated Press.)
Newport News, Vt., Feb. 9. Local
customs officials today inaugurated a
strict watch to prevent steamer leav
ing this port from carrying stores
and supplies to foreign warships at
sea, according to Deputy Collector of
Customs Edloe Morecock, in charge
of the Newport News office. Mr.
Morecock stated that there has been
no trouble in this respect so far as he
was aware, but . that his men would .
leave no stone unturned to enforce
this, as well as other neutrality regulations.
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