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North and South , Carolina
nesday. , .-
VOL. XXII. NO. 406.
LIVES AS RESULT OF IILtlilT" fwpl. llIIMi '
' tin -raw ami
LINER GOING DOWN
Woman and Daughter From
Chicago Died From Expo
Sure Others Dead -
PRESIDENT AWAITS
ACTION OF CONGRESS.
No Further Move Until That
Body Acts on His Appeal
Protest Received From
"Peace Societies' Against
Granting President's Re
quest. ' ;A ' p
(Bt Associated Press )
Washintifon, Feb. 27. Official dis
patches confirming reports of the
death of the Americans on the Laco-
torpodced without warning, establish
the case as the "overt act."
The situationT" however, was un
changed from where the President left
it yesterday when he asked Congress
for authority to deal with the subma
rine peril.
President Wilson and State Depart
ment officials took the position that no
further step would be taken until Con
gress has had an opportunity to act on
the President's request.
The view prevailed that the sinking
of the Laconia should hasten action by
Congress.
The first step of the government, it
is indicated, will be to1 furnish Ameri
can ships with guns and gunners for
defensive purposes and insure them in
the jrovernrnent waf risk bureau. -
- On the basis or.Sttlcla'&if
iuv Muiuiig ux me iaconia is regaraea
as another Lusitania case in principle.
Even though fewer lives were lost.
President Wilson, it was said today,
is opposed to calling an extra session
of Congress unless it is absolutely
necessary. Word has been conveyed
to him that the Republicans may fili
buster in an effort to force an extra
session, but he is hopeful 'that this
intention will not be carried out-
The following dispatch from Con
sul Frost at Queenstown, dated at
11:1.") o'clock last night, was received
todiy at the State Department:
"Two American ladies believed dead
from exposure and bodies lost at sea
fiem Laconia, namely-Mrs. Mary E.
Hny and Aliss Elizabeth Hoy, of Chi
r;ign. i oUr Americans saved, F. B.
Gibbons. Chicago Tribune; Mrs. F. E.
Harris, wife of Colonel Harris, U. S.
.-V. Fort Dupont; Arthur F. Kirby,
i-pper New York State, and Father
Jareing. of St. Joseph's Semenary,
IjKliimore.
"Laconia torpedoed without warn
!nR 10::;o p. m., February 25, 150
nuios west of Fastnet. Overcast,
hvy swells not breaking, fair breeze.
"Laconia carried 4.7 gun invisible
;if niuht. Second torpedo 20 minutes
Jilu'r first. Thirteen boats got away,
i which number eight with Hoy la
,if,s were lost. Wireless had been
fefnt out. Boats picked up admiralty
patrol 4 a. m., February 26. Cargo
Won, foodstuffs and non-explosive
munitions. Apparently eight deaths
.m of y:j5 on board. Two hundred and
M.-iy crew and 75 passengers, includ
!nr.m.Hny women and children.
, "&hip sank in about 45 -minutes
'm rime of first torpedo. Had fired
x rockets, which were seen by ad
ri i"'i!y patrol. Wireless also - used
"P to hist moment. Boats scattered
jvo or three miles in swells twelve
ftt. high. Burned flares and were
ncked up seriatim between 3 and 4
a. m., February 26." '
A second dispatch from Consul
n-ost, timed 8:3oVclock this morn
ln. Buys: .
"Deaths Mrs. and Miss Hoy as re
ifd, now positively confirmed. Ce
B. Ivatt, of New York, probably
American, is apparently lost. Add to
racricans saved the following negro
!ren and seamen:
Douglas Adams, Newport News;
'njumm Carter, 33 W. 69th street,
New iork; Lewis"T3arnell, 505 iPerry
in e f' Baltiruore; Carey Masseberg,
i, outh 19th street, Newport News;
bmith, 333 South Manchester
pir,f,t, New York; Harry Young, 18ff
,Aurk( Rad, New York; Barney Rhet-
1 fini 11-11.
T .
w ". "-unams,
address unknown;
"man
iam Wynne, or Wing, 308 North
i6 Pratt street, Indianapolis;
fai Lewis' 63 William street, Buf-
annDan Isfael 560 live street Sav
mah; Isaac Boman, same address;
onn Joneson, 180 Park Road, New
an i nand JosePh Sumter, -55 Melton
aJjfl Calhoun, Charlestown; fifteen in
!!?otal survivors landed here, 267.
(,anded at Bantry.,1.
, l otal on board, 294.
-''ifisine 1?. f -nrV, e A,maA
; 8, including Hoy ladies, died of
exposure and buried at sea; Six hos-
WAV IT IT
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WILSON IIIIS
Cancels Speaking Dates to Go
to Washington and Fight
Policy.
WOULD BE WRONG TO
GIVE HIM SUCH POWER
Nebraskan Asserts He ' Has'
Greats Faith in. the Presi
dent's High Purpose,
-However.
(By Associated Press.) )
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 27 W. J.
.Bryan, in a statement given but here !
todav. said that he was orvnn?pfl to !
granting powers to tlie President
gress yesterday. After receiving
swers to a number of telegrams he
sent to Washin;
asnmgton today, he decided. f
to proceed to tlfe ' capital and use his
eiforts to have the request declined.
Mr. BryajLf cancelled five speaking
dates' in; Florida yesterday after; he
had read; the President's . address.
Waate ve - po wer iscoa f erred upsoa
ttK? President should,' I thinlt, be
limited as not to constitute a surren
der ,of the power of Congress," hef
said today.
Mr. Bryan said he has the greatest
faith in the President's high purpose,
but it is his opinion that it will be
unwise to- delegate to the Chief Ex
ecutive the authority asked for "no
matter
have."
how - much confidence we
MRS. FUNSTON TO
GET A PENSION.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, Feb. 27. A bill grant-1
ing a pension of $100 a month to the
'widow of the late Major General Fred-
erick Funston was passed today by the
Senate.
SCORE OR MOREr DIE
WHEN TRAIN HITS
ANOTHER IN DARK
E DRY" Bill
Tie Up of Conferees Over
Pneumatic -Tube Clause
May Kill Measure.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 27. Opponents of
the Reed "bone dry" prohibition
amendment were jubilant today be
cause Senate and House conferees on
the postal appropriation bill were
unable to break their deadlock over
the Senate . amendment directing the
Postmaster-General to renew pneu
matic mail tube contracts for another
yea. 1 ;-'
Unless the deadlock is broken and
the bill finally passed by both houses
before adjournment, the Reed amend
ment cannot become effective and it
still will be legal to import liquor in
to States which permit shipments in
limited quantities, although forbidding
its manufacture and sale. .
Senate and Hous conferees abso
lutely refused to budge from their re
spective positions today. V'
Should the Postal bill fail the.Jones
Bankhead amendment to Jbear publica
tions containing liquor advertisements
frpm the mails-in States which have
laws against such advertising also
would fail with it.
Chairman Bankhead, of the Senate
conferees said today:
"The conference, has been unable-to
reach an agreement, up to this time.
The pneumatic tube amendment is the
trouble. Of course, the Reed amend-
maiit ia nnt lh controversy, '.'.That, ws
UlVUb -
put into the bill bythe friends of tnt
liquor Interests and for a purpose
BON
NOW IfJ DANGER
MING:
FULL
WILMINGTON, NORTH
IVATTS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN !
.1. a.
(By Associated Press)
p ... nacme, wis., reo. 27. Kepre- j
sentatives of local manufactur- i .
ing establishments for whom Ced-j
ric B. Ivatts acted as foreien ren. l
resentative, asserted today that '
Ivatts, although born in England, i
t Yij&t u. uitieii uj. tiie uniiea iaies, v
v having taken out his citizenship
,4" papers. ( 4
4l'-i .
Effort to Modify His Demands:
So As to Simply Place
Navy at His Disposal.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, Feb. 27. On an unoffi-
cial vote. tne House Foreign Affairs
committee today agreed to strike f rom ,
1 i t v t -t-ii aa . 1 u a m n , m fc mm v - n ' . iu - u 1 1 . ic mi ii sm'ii .imi m.mtii ''.-!)
WILSON POLICY
UU ILL L'fln 1
an-,lfl(? Aaministration Dili to empower thewas a miserable-6m bachelor, which
I President to take steps to meet the J-same statement Pollock attempted to
f c u;riuavc ,UH wuus. uujb4
instrumentalities, ana to substitute
"to use, the "naval forces of the
United States, including the naval
militia."
The Senate . Foreign Relations com
mitensideriithftjhQ
tfisiiInstiWraod!fy the breadtlTol
the. other instrumentalities"-; phrase.
Republican Senators voted' solidly
against it; and got some support, it was
said, from Senators Stone, Hitchcock
and Q'Gorman, Democrats.
' :
TO DETERMINE SANITY
OF HARRY K. THAW
(By Associated Press )
Philadelphia Feb. 27. Lunacy
-0uiu&H wcic ucguu mmiuuu pteasje purposes of a' bofle'r.
court here yesterday to determine the
sanity of Harry K. Thaw.
V- -ine petition was niea on Denair or
Thaw's mother. Ellis Ames Ballard,
an attorney, was appointed commis-
sioner and he will sit with a sheriff's
jury of six men to pass on Thaw's san-
ity.
I In Twinkling of an Eye Man-
' 1111 ni i
giea riuman ooaies ana
Wrecked Cars Piled Up.
OCCURRED JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT IN PENN.
Fast Freight Hit Express Train !
arid Tragedy s Enacted
Many Injured While Others
Die -Interstate Commerce
Commission to Investigate.
-A
NOW STANDS AT TWENTY. X
(By The Associated Press.)
Altoona, Pa., Feb. 27. At -X-vS-
noon today Pennsylvania Rail-
road officials said the list pf
& killed stood at 20, of whom 17
have been identified. " -3f
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Aitbona, Pa., Feb. 27. Twenty or
mpre persons were killed when the
eastbound Mercantile Express on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was hit short
ly afterV midnight by a' fast prefer-
ence freight train at the station at the
little mountain .town of Mount Union,
43 miles east of here, in a heavy" fog.
Several others were injured. Those
most seriously hurt were taken to
the Blair Memorial Hospital at Hunt
ingdon.. '
The express train had stopped to
C discharge passengers at Mount Union
and members of the crew were test
ing the " airbrakes when the heavy
freight crashed into the passenger
train from the rear.
Alongside the express train at the
stations cmodationtrain
, ' ' (Continued From Page Six.)
LEAS ED WIRE SE
CAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNQO
- Jones, of Bunco.be, Poured i t a V,l . M W -
1 M- w. t 1 a " Aim. j am -n ak. 1 m w b m . v ' vbb mm ma m,mxm r i
As He Raked Them. I ' 'vv '"' "; , , ' . - J
OTHERS : ALLIED
TO HIS SUPPORT.
c . ai " Vl J r
Senate AlSO tvllled the tJoiIer
Bill Grant Mates Fiery
Speech on F sh .Ques
tion., (Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 27. Jones,
of
Buncombe, fought one of the best fights
of his strapping career in the State fr
Senate this morning, but lost his suf
frage bill, which had been amended to
confine its operations to votes for the m
ladies-for presidential -electors,
ana
then only after a majority of the
vvumeu 01 me iisiaie quaeu in au
(particulars, except as to - poll ta -had
ituwyteu it, uy me vute it , w
I Jonas and Gregg, Republicans, helped
out with the fight for the measure, "4.
Svhich was most vigorously opposed by
Eastern senator's, Person of Franklin,
Pollock of Lenoir, and - Burgwyn of
Notliampton,
It was one of the most heated de
bates of the session. .
Person rang Saint Paul in the dis-
cussion. Jones replied that Saint Paul
twist into an ar
attack on Paul as .a rep
resentative o the Christian Church.
Burgwyn said .there was only one wo
man In Northampton, who wan ted the
votev and she was of Uncertain years
and single. 4 He' got bie ?sneech called
his pains. Person&lSatd Jiis wlfewoujd
not vote but his cook would, and Jones
told him he could see how the wife
of a man who preached -such "damna
ble doctrine" in regard' to women
would not care to vote.
The Senate also killed the boiler in
spection bill, which would have pro
vided for the inspection of all unin
sured boilers in the State which are
over five-horse power. The discussion
left a good bit of doubt as to whether
pro-jraany of the senators, knew much of
The House, after passing the ma
chinery billt devoted itself to a thor
ough discussion of the fisheries bill,
which produced some fiery "speeches.
Especially did Grant of New Han
over denounce the Dractice of fishing
vith "pound nets, which he declared ,
' - 1
had almost ruined the food fish indus
try of Eastern North Carolina. t
By the narrowest -vote-in the House
this session, the bill of Grant, of Ons
low, abolishing the fisheries commis
sion was beaten on second reading this
afternoon. The vote was forty-eight to
forty-nine. Grant's bill was displaced
by committee substitute, which Grant!
championed as did Grant, of New Han
over, the ablest advocate of the new
measure. Its chief news feature was
its abolishment of the present commis
sion, and the more centralized control
of the fishing industry in Eastern coun
ties. All Republicans save two voted
for Grant's bill.
The Senate and House entered in
the johvt session yesterday afternoon
and ratified the trustees of the Uni
versity of North Carolina including
20 additional trustees provided for in
a special act of this session. Lieut
tenant 'Governor Gardner and Speak
er Murphy presided jointly.
The trustees in the order of their
terms of office follow:
For terms expiring November- 30,
1925 David G. Earnes, Hertford; D.
F. Ray, Cumberland; Dr. A. R. Aber
nathy, Orange; J. S. Carr, Durham;
Josephus Daniels, Wake; A. W. Gra
ham, Granville; ', J., Bryan Grimes,
Pitt; J. S. Cunnmgham; Dufliam; L.
T. Hamtsell, Cabarrus; Perrin Bus
bee, Wake; 'J. W. Hinsdale, Jr.,
Wake; F. W. Hobgood, Granville; W.
Stamps Howard, Edgecombe; Paul
Jones Long,-Northampton; H. A. Lon
( Continued from Page Seven)
FINLAND REPORTS
THAT SHE IS SAFE.
(By Associated Press )
New York. Feb. 27. The steamship
Finland,, of the AmericanLine, which
left from Liverpool on February 17,
with 1&6 passengers, including many
Americans, ; reported by wireless to
her owners here today that she would
reach the Ambrose chanfiel lightship
a few hours after midnight and would
dock early tomorrow.
The Finland was the third Ameri
can Line ' passenger vessel to leave
England ,af ter Germany's proclama
tion of unrestricted submarine warfare.-
The-u others were the. New
York and the Philadelphia. With tbe
arrival of the JFinland, UiisNline's en
tire fleet will be tied up in New York
for the 'first time since the Spanish
American war. :
Oil - a
R VICE
ONLY ONE AMERICAN bF
CREW PERISHED.
(By Associated Press)
London. Feb. , 27. American
4. Consul' Frost, at Queenstown, re-
4. ports thatran American, Thomas
. cassev. colored, a member of the
Lacohia's crew, was among the
lost. He was the only American
40 member of the crew that perished.
END OF HER LIFE
Wilmington Lady Committed
Suicide in Richmond Mrs.
(Special to The Dispatcb.)
Richmond, Va., Feb. 27 Dr, Alfred
Mordecai sof Raleigh, , arrived here
early today in response to news that
his sister, Mrs. R. C. Kelly, of Ashe-
boro, N. C., had shot herself through
the head with suicidal intent last
night in the vicinity of Westbrook
sanitorium, where she 'had been a pa
tient for several months. It was said
at Johnston Willis jtoday that Mrs.
Kelly, who has a pistol wound in the
right temple, has but little chance of
recovery. Mrs. Kelly made the at
tempt on her life in a quarrjr,pit, to
gether with Mrs. Roberta L. Russell,
of Wilmington, widow of Dr. x Frank
11 .c 11 i- ; 1 1 -. ,
-usHeu, 01 uiai cny, wuu was sue
cessful in her effort to end her life
with the same weapon.
The two women disappeared from
Westbrook soon after supper and it
Was not Until several hours later that
searching parties located them. Mrs.
Russell "was found dead near her
companion. .
Mrs. Russell is beliovea to haye Qt
the pistol when she recently went to
her home in Wilmington. It was said
today that both she .arid Mrs. Kelly
were to be discharged very- shortly
from Westbrook as cured of nervous
ailments. ;
Mrs. Kelly, who shot herself, died
early this afternoon.
. The remains of Mrs. Russell will
arrive in the city Wednesday and will
be interred in Oakdale cemetery, ' al
though the place and hour of the fu
neral had not been decided on at an
early hour Tuesday afternoon. Rela
tives here received the sad news v of
her tragic death Tuesday morning.
Patrol Had Fight With Block-
; ader in Virginia Waters
i Last. Night.
N ' "
(By Associated Press )
Richmond, Va., Feb. 27. Governor
Stuart today received ' a brief tele
phone report from Lancaster Court
House, sfent by the captain of the
State oyster police boat, Commodore
Maury, stating that a sharp fight had
occurred last night , between the
Maury and the schooner Elizabeth
Clark, of Baltimore, engaged in run
ning the whiskey blockade and that
the schooner had been captured by
boarding after Captain Ike Bozeman
and his mate .had been Wounded by
the guns of the Maury. .
No one on the State's vessel . was
injured by the schooner's fire.
Bozeman and his crew were .lodged
this morning in Lancaster - county
jail. Twenty cases of whiskey were
seized. Two hundred cases, it was
found, has beenold at Rapahannock
landings. - . . ! , A,
tragedTSei
WHISKEY BOAT
WAS CAPTURED
vV1l Jl V; v I lWH'M,4rM
; s '
BRITISH PUSHING
T EMS RETREAT
Berlin Announces Sinking of
British Transport
Others Sunk.
TURKS ARE STILL
IN FULL FLIGHT.
Somme Front the Scene of
Great Military Activity
General Haig Takes
More Ground.
of the Cunard liner ' Laconia, torpe
doed and sunk off the. English coast
while bound from New York to Liv
erpool, lost their lives as a result of
the submarine attack. They died
from exposure and were buried at
sea.
The four other American passen-
gers on
the Laconia were rescued.
Of 294 persons on board 13 were lost.
A news agency report says eight were
American negro members of the
crew.
News dispatches state that the La
conia was torpedoed without warning.
Washington advices indicate that
while the' incident is looked upon as
serious no immediate action will be
taken by President Wilson. Official
comment is being withheld pending
a full investigation.
In the field of submarine activity
Berlin further announces the sink
ing of the British transport steamer
A-19. No indication of the tonnage of
the vessel or loss of life, if any, is
Lgiven.
Military operations of higfi Import
ance are in progress on the Somme
front in Northern France, where the
British continue to push forward af
ter the' retiring Germans.
General Haig's outposts at last ac
counts were but three miles from the
German stronghold of Bapaume and
there is apparently yet no indication
as to how far the Germans intend
to retreat.
Elsewhere except on the Tigris
where the British are pursuing the
Turks westward, after capturing Kut-el-Amara,
military activities do not
appear to have been of major import
ance. Transport Sunk.
Berlin. Sunday, Feb. 25 (Via Say
ville, Feb. 27). The sinking of the
British transport steamer A-19 was
announced by the Admiralty " today.
1 French Take Prisoners.
Paris, Feb. '27, "Southeast of Vail
Iy we entered the German lines and
returned with prisoners," says today's
official announcement. "There were
patrol engagements in the region of
Bezonvaux and in . the Vosges. Else
where calm prevails."
British Repulsed.
Berlin, Feb. 27 (Via Sayville).
British troops yesterday many times
aattacked the German positions on
the front between Ypres in Belgium
and the river Somme, says .the offi
cial statement issued today by. the
German army headquarters staff. .
At only one place were the British
successful in entering the German
lines, at a point to the east of Arras,
the statement adds, and there ' the
British were rejected by a counter-
Two More Stearjuers SunIO
London, Feb. 27. The British
steamer Aries, of 3,072 tons, has been
sunk by a German submarine, Lloydif
shipping agency announced today.
The crew 1 was landed. ' Sinking . of
the British steamer Seagull, of 144
tons, also is announced by the agen
cy. The Seagull's crew likewise was
landed, '
- (Continued on Page Six)
ON IN WEST AND
PRICE FIVE CENTS
White House Considering
Sending Official Report
On The Act.
WOULD NOT VEST
FULL POWER IN HIM.
Senate and House Committees
Wrangle dn What Should
Be Done President Plays
Game of "Watchful Wait
ing" Attack on Laconia;
Considered "Unwarned."
(By Associated Press.) '
Washington, Feb. 27.
While details of the deaths of f
ten Americans, in the unwarn
ed destruction i of the Laconia, '
began coming in today, the op
position in Congress to giving
thority to dearHvitK tKe.$ubmai ; ' ;j;
nne menace, began taking deft
inite form and showed consid-
erable strength.
At the White House it was
j , i . . . i
uc miuwii auiuurxiauvciy
that the destruction of the La
conia was a clear cut and ruth-'
less violation of American .
rights and life; a demonstra- t
tion of what might be expected
in the. 'future, of sufficient
force to hurry Congress into
clothing the President with full
authority to mee. tthe peril.
Nevertheless, the House For
eign Affairs cbrnmittee, after
debating the Flodd bill, which ;
has the backing of thePresi- ,
clent, decided that the broad
powers to be conferred by the
use of the phrase "other, in
strumentalities' should be
modified and that the Presi
dent should be limited to using
the "naval forces of the United
States including the naval mili
tia. In the Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee, Republicans
voted solidly against giving
the President blanket authori
ty and it was reported they
drew support from three Dem
ocrats; Senators Stone, Hitch- ;
cock and O'Gprnian. N .
No formal action was taken in
either committee and while the House
committee was in adjournment until
4 o'clock this- afternoon, Chairman
Flood took to the White House pro
posed amendments including one to .
prohibit arming of ships carrying mu- :
nitions or contraband, and the other
to limit the President's authority. ,
Administration officials considered
the attitude of Congress, in the faco
of the Laconia case, of sufficient im-
portance to discuss sending an official,
report on the killing of the Americans
to Congress in some official way.-
The Senate committee has decided
to re-draff the bill to make It more r
explicit. ' ' . -- , -
The right to arm ships. It was said, "
would take the form of authorizing '
. m . mm a
owners oi au American snips iq arm . .
and defend them and authorizing the '
government to supply guns and gun- , s
ners for this purpose.
All members of the foreign relations ' j,
committee were practically agreed,
however, that a measure, giving the j
President authority to arm merchant
ships, defend the neutrality of the,.
United States, and to give . him fur- .
ther authority to safeguard the prop- - '
erty and rights of Americans on ' the w -
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