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FORECAST.! -r-r'W," ' X: . -'vr -;v 1 V;-' , ; ' f' WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy and colder tonight and Wed 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 ' V V JI--M-J 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 v? . . ' w '..." ' 4C- -3C- -X- 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 - y (Continued on Page i Sir.) ; . , -1, x L "HI' r (Continued on Page Eight.) voted against it." -v . I . ' t V -! If r i i. 4 ' . r j -i ' 1 K, " ' ' ' 1 ,. .""X