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. ti; FATHER nh and South Car- V. ,r tonight. olf'3, .-j Saturday, Friday, - - . tfimMr. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY VOL-XXIV. No. 113, 'MANS' Probably Making Preparations for Renewing Offensive cn Southern Lines ARE ENDEAVORING TO FIND A WEAK SPOT Making Demonstrations Along British, FrcffCn and American Sectors- Still Quiet in Fland' j frs Sector The Germans are displaying ln- Lrpaed activity on the somme Darue- font and arouna me worn jjiaier salient to Noyon. probably in prepara tion fo-r a renewal of their offensive b Oils area- Checked last weeK Dy me sun ritish and Franco-Americajn resist- : , ' - ..,.1. IV. gUCe m tne'.r auf luyi tu pusu lu.uier. towards Amiens, the enemy forces ate now engaged m trying oui van portions of the southern front, in apparent endeavor to find a weak ous tie Mot. One such effort, directed against Uitions held by Amei ican troops, has r . , i 2i i iv . jlreadT oeen cnromciea m me news ispatches. The enemy found an un- elding barrier here and retired with lotting but heavy losses to show for lis attempt. Last night there was a similar imst at the French in the Thennes r?eion. southwest of Hangard. The utillery promptly broke up this drive. This moraine the German guns iwned up rather heavily in the Vll- eriBreionneux area, just north and fetly east of Amiens, but no in- tetrr attack? had developed up to ihtice ihe Erltish official statement 35is?ijpd at noon. tevhile the lull thar followed the vm German defeat of Monday has pined on the Flanders front. Only Tae German euns were reported opening up a somewhat spirited fire ti;s moraine in thr region of Merris. Micatin? Mi" "oc-ihility that the re- iml of tho r effort on th northern front. ' "ii it comes, may lie developed alms the Bailleul-Hase-bronck road, on which Merris marks tie farthest westward advance of the My. The British have been hold- "6 this line strongly, as guarding the) iirect route to the vitallv imDortant lazebrouck railway junction. ! Amencan trooDs in Picardv east i 'f Amien? have engaged the German Infantry for the first time on the : Feat battlefield and have -"rzedi TOnous. After s?helline h-.-v W t.hn imerkan positions near Villers-Bre- :cMeuz, south of the Somme. and on Jie direct route to Amiens, three en- y battalions attacked Tuesday 5j$t. Sharp fighting took place all to? the line and the Germans were M'sed. having sustained severe 0?ses and leaving dead and wounded mne Held. The American losses are Ported as "rather severe." ! Fighting for democrat ---- for1 ""iom of their ho-.ri.r:?.nd. " '''i ' 1 Slav derhmprt are : uc- -ius.ro-Hungarian troons alone -'Sectors in VnrtHerp Ttnlv Armor. l tnese1 nnito viATTo f-om former residents of the dual jwchy and from deserters of the Awn iruoLuau .vj in in till Who 1, 317, m 11 J M jens and Slayg jn their units are to be fearful of the effect this tt3Ve ma,- ,.. -i, . . Thi. , a e on meir own troops. '"'Sand tvi ,l.i , - . Pnm ia,-t inai l"e ijzecns at rague and p1t,-, j 01 Caminl -""ucic null old y a w 0BpT and southward have b'ecome hostile to thP AiKtrion anient m r ?. offenat . CAtMain wnv tne enemy "lenSlVp 3 79 Tint TT.. 1 1 , , -o-.x.oi itdiy nas Deen aeiay oer n Vioo v u-j . j Rn nff. ut-rdiuea ana urgea iac5?S1Te' but Austro-Hungarian ..LKS have not vot i in rec"l rMtantInople and Ber ths rhV u nneed the repulse of ian (S Testward across the Jor- rw i. Alient)y s men east of W captured nearly 300 ap?h.f i. 1 A successful Z Z. Qe l urks south of Es-Salt, e "E are advanc- nich C. v west of e Jordan, it "an tronno i ",-'-uPea, ana Ara cent v S! along the Heaz railway, en occupied, and Ara- JnSOn. ave Iaken more than 500 Mb! SIPPently passed Quietly 4IPatcheV emPires. Few news hoer Wednesday's date, Germanv- , been received from ' auu Austria-Hungary. casuajXddresses Va BE PUBLISHED PanentVm' Iay 2 The war de- the cr ?sume aJmost immedi 01 eriin IC.of glyIn addresses uuy Hct uamea in me i 6 deSJent from Fnce. flerert a, "en the addre.-- Cr mX?JfCt with Secretary S t h after a frm France. . air L. v V? ' . . . - N WESTEM t r ANOTHER VOND STIRS A GERMAN OF KIUjIBS. KING Another Development in the Famous Cabarrus County Murder Mystery Cncord, May 2. A warrant for the arrest of Otto Schumann, an interned enemy alien, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, was issued here yesterday afternoon. The warrant alleges that Mrs. King was killed by a bullet fired at Gaston B. Means. The death of Mrs. King oc curred at Blackwelder Spring, near here, last August. The local prose cuting attorney, who caused the war rant to be issued, stated two persons claim to have seen Schumann hurry away from Blackwelder Spring alter Mrs. King was shot. The warrant was issued by Police Justice A. B. Palmer upon affidavit of M. H. Caldwell, attorney for Gas ton B. Means, in the notable trial lst fall. Mr. Caldwell, who is prosecuting at torney for the city of Concord, issued a lengthy statement setting forth what he "expects to prove." He says that in July of 1917, following Means' severance of his relations with Ger man interests, he called upon the rep resentatives of these interests in New York in connection with profits Mrs. King and himself had ''in the cus tody of these. interest,5" derived from the shipments of rubber and copper ta Germany long prior-, to thejdecla ration of war by the United States, Means' profits in these transactions amounting to about $85,000, and Mrs. King's to about $145,000. In this interview with the German interests Mr. Caldwell says, Means told them he was going to offer his services to his own government and i these interests knew that he had full knowledge of how the jre.tnn govern ment had been able to get its require ments of rubber and copper and Otto Schumann, "at the direction of the German interests with whom Means had his interview,' followed him out of New York, to North Carolina,; and then followed him and Mrs. King! on a motorcycle on their several au-j tomobile trips during the two weeks! just prior to Mrs. King's death. On the evening of August 29, says Mr. Caldwell's statement. Otto Schuj mann on a motorcycle followed Means and Mrs. King and others of the par ty to Blackwelder Spring, where. Mrs. King was killed and that an un named man and woman saw and rec ognized Schumann leave his motor cycle in the woods and walk to the underbrush on the hill just above the spring; snortiy tnereaiter mey neam a pistol shot na spring and a few moments !atr .vn- Tv-.ann re turn nnd nioun- nip p-o'o - yp and speed away. Mr. CrJdv. r i alleges that ihs vn- ih" mot ore yelp which two w:tnes?es at the Means ir.".l tes tified they saw near the time of the shooting from their residence .near the spring. He alleges that this ex plains the "eyewitness" which C. B. Ambrc.e was expected to produce at the trial but who never appeared. Means was acquitted of the murder of Mrs. King at the end of a notable trial of three weeks here last Decem ber. DAMAGE SUIT FOR $1,500,000 FILED Columbia, S. C, May 2. Probably the largest suit ever filed in South Carolina is that which has been filed in the common pleas court for Charles ton county by W. Gordon McCabo & Co., of Charleston, against S. H. P. Pell & Co., New York brokers, for damages in the sum of $1,500,000. The plaintiffs allege that false reports of purchases and sales of cotton were made to them by the New York firm. They claim actual damage of $1,000, 000 and ask that additional damage of $500,000 be allowed them. KIEV IS UNDER MILITARY RULE London, May 2. The Germans have established military rule in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, ana have ar rested a number of the members of the government on the ground that "the government had proved too wea? to maintain law and order," accordijy to a Berlin official statement Th Ukrainian government officials arrest ed included the minister of war. ACCUSED WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1918. MONT Tm NATION MatchvVresidentM is Roll ing U Liberty, Loan Sub scriptions fEXAS PRISONERS ALL BUY BONDS Total Subscriptions for the Nation This Morning Was 2.641, 63 1,850-Shah of Persia Buys $100,000 Washington, May 2. Telegrams pouring into national Liberty Loan headquarters today told of the suc cess of the "Buy Another Bond" and "Match the President" contests every where yesterday, and added $62,000, 00.0 subscriptions, making the na tional total $2,641,631,850. The treasury, after receiving these reports, estimated that more than 1,000,000 persons wil tray another $50 bond and participate in the "Match the President" contest, and that be tween $50,000,000 and $100,000,000ad diUonal subscriptions will be brought in. The Dallas committee announced today that every prisoner in a Texas penitentiary had subscribed for a bond. The city of Atlanta' has nearly reached its goal and Baton Rouge, La., has doubled its quota. . . Texas has gone 87 per cent of the way toward its goal, and Arizona, Louisiana and New Mexico have over subscribed 15, 5 and. 7, per' cenU re spectively. .-' ' The Shah of Persia has applied for $10J.OOO of Liberty bonds. The re quest - reached the State Department today from Minister Caldwell, at Te heran. CASUALTY LIST TODAY C0HSJ6 NAMES Eleven Killed in Action List Contains the Names of Seven Officers Washington, May 2. The casualty list today contained 96 names, divid ed as follows: Killed in action 11 Died of wounds 2 Died other causes 3 Died of disease 7 Died other causes..,,, 3 Wounded severely 7 t Wounded slightly 60 Missing in action 3 Seven officers were named. Lieu tenant Clayton C. Ingersoll'died as a result of an accident, Lieutenant Au gust Leo Sundvall died of wounds; Lieutenants John R. Feegel and Fred erick B. Stokes were wounded se verely ,and Captain Frank J. Abbott and Lieutenants Will F. Lovett and Edward C. Swenson were wounded, slightly. Captain Francis J. Cahill and Lieu tenants Samuel Miller and Robert H. Jeffrey, previously reported missing, are now reported to be prisoners. The list follows: Killed in action: Se; seant Fred Mitchell, Corporal Loufj Oberman, Horseshoer flra C. Watkins, Privates Stanley Dobosz, John S. .Cunningham, George A. Fairchild, Frank W. Fer raro, Joseph Francis, Arthur C. Franz, Daniel L. Romeri, Jacob Tompovorr owski. Died of disease: Corporal Robert M. Wilcox, Privates Manly D. Jack son, Richard W. Judd, Clarence F. Kelley, Louis Page, Harold E. Row land, Luigi Tallarico. Died of accident: Lieutenant Clay ton C. Ingersbll, Privates Forest A. Rippy. Cleorge F. Sanderson. Died from wounds: Lieutenant Au gust Leo Sundvall, Private Roy Dixon. Died of other causes: Privates Mich ael F. St. John, Carl Lygdman, Charles A. Winner. Wounded severely: Lieutenants John R. Feegel, Frederick B. Stokes, Corporals Thomas F. Byron, Kenneth W. Lovell, Privates Edward D'Olic, Joseph R. Genski, Raymond E. Jordan. Wounded slightly: Captain Frank J. Abbott, Lieutenants Will F. Lov ett, Edward C. Swenson, Corporals William J. DeGrenia, Raymond Eck els, Arthur C. Havlin, Carleton. M. Patriquin, William H-' Turner, Mich ael J. .Qninn, . Sergeant Warren E. Clark, Mechanic David Goldsmith, Cook John A. Ansalone, Prirates Secretary Daniels- Address at . the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce NATION'S RESOURCES ONLY LIMITATIONS AdHress Holds That America Our Forces in Therms of Fix ed Numbers The Kaisers Disappointment. Philadelphia, May 2. As many mil Ions as may be needed to win the war will be sent to the battlefront, Secretary Daniels declared in an ad dress to the Philadelphia chamber of commerce today in behalf of the third Liberty Loan, "Let us not think in terms of fixed numbers," said the secretary. "Con gress has porvided the selective draft an dwhen there are enough ships all these men will be on the fields of France. If there is not enough men between 21 and 31 to win the war the age limit will be changed and men of 40 and 50, if need be, will re spond to the colors." ?He indicated that he considered it a gTeat mistake to fix the number of the army " at three million, as had been suggested, because the world would take that as the limit of what America could do. This, he said, was far from the spirit of the government which was in the war to the full ex tent of the resources and man-power of America. ' Earlier in the day Secretary Dan iels, speaking to employes of the League Island navy yard, asserted that the Kaiser's greatest disappoint ment was jsJfrtkaUU' an4 . German propaganda to stir up labor troubles in the United States. "Labor in the United States un derstands," continued the, secretary, "and understands perhaps better than anybody else, that it depends for its life and progress and future victories upon overcoming the German autoc racy in this war. "And labor, is challenging German treachery and German money so suc cessfully that today in most indus tries labor is turning out more war taunitlons and supplies tc&n ships can transport across the water." navy yard employes for their devotion He also emphasized to the men that a worker's share in the fight was equal to that of the men in the trenches or at sea and he praised the to duty. ARRESTED AT HOTEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA Summerville, N. C, May 2. P. J. Keenan, said to be a prominent busi ness man of Boston and Washington, was arrested at a local tourist hotel late yesterday, charged with violation of the espionage act, by making un patriotic remarks. He was taken to Charleston, where he was released on bail to appear tomorrow at a prelimi nary hearing. He has been a guest of the hotel for several weeks. Accused of Disloyalty. Tulsa, Okla., May' 2. Henry Riem er, a Russo-German farmer residing near Collinsville, this State, : was ar raigned in the Federal court here to day for a preliminary hearing on charges of violating the espionage act. At the time of his arrest by the au thorities Riemer narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of his neigh bors because of his alleged disloyal utterances. Ralph R. Andrews, Harry Atterian, Harry Baierlein, Clarence C. Bassett, Fred A. Beaulieu, Mathew J. Boyle, Harry J. Burgott, John M. Canavan, George J. Champagne, Frank E. Cur tin, Walter Darling, Ovida S. Davig non, George Deno, George Doucette, Malcolm C. Eaton, Kenseth W. Far nam, John R. Fitzgerald, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, William A. Flynn, Lau rence W. Foster, Romeo O. Gagner, Thpmas V. Gardner, Jerome F. Gil bert, Stanton Glower, Charles Haid, Joseph H. Henebry, Carsten Jensen, Eugene W. Jones, Robert A. Joy, Lorne W. Kaye, George Keating, Michael J. Kelly, Lloyd R, King, Hen ry A. Mamothe, Adelard Lepage, Jo seph H. Leslie George F. Libby, Wil liam F. McKay, Thomas j. Maner, George Merlow, Ralph D. Phinney, Harold K. Porter, Robert L. Reid, Horace G. Staniland, Elmer N. Ting- ley, Charles R.Twombley, Arthur W. Wilson, Joseph E. Zielinsli Missing in action: Corporal James C. Lee, Privates Henry J. Hauflalre, Sidney C. Kincb, PRESIDENT WILSON IS ENDED BY Episcopal Address to 18th General Conference Read By Bishop Denny OPENING SESSION IN ATLANTA TODAY Address olds That Amerioi Pursued Wisest Course in War Matters Opposes Limiting Bishops Work Atlanta, Ga., May 2. The Episco pay address to the Eighteenth Gen eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was read by Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond, Va., at the opening session of the conference her today. The address, which was written by Bishop E. E, Hoss, and confirmed by all the bish ops, wag one of the lengthiest ever delivered to the Genoral Conference, reviewing the work of the church dur ing the past four years and making recommendations for the future. Commendation of the action of President Wilson before and after the declaration of war against Ger many was expressed by the bishops, who declared: "We should be less than patriotic and courageous Amer leans if we failed to give him our cordial support in every way." "It is scarcely necessary for us to say that the world is now involved in the most colossal war in human history,? said the address. 'The de struction of property and the loss of life have already been appalling and there Is no prospect, so far as we can see, for an early peace. "But we feel entirely justified in saying that our own country, though it has been drawn into active par ticipation in the conflict, is in no wise responsible for originating it. Neith er bur rulers nor our people wanted it.' As a nation, we were more than oontentito live at peace with all men. By,;1 no act -of ours - had ' we" Incurred the , just hostility ofthe belligerent powers. It gives us the greatest sat isfaction to . affirm that our President went to the utmost possible limit to keep us out of the fray. If he is censurable for anything and we do not think he is it is for having been too forbearing. Not until it became entirely necessary for us to fight or else submit to the most yiolent and brutU outrages at the hands of the German Kaiser and those who are banded together with him for the ty rannical domination of the world, did Mr. Wilson at last advise the Con gress to draw the sword. In our judgment he was fully warranted in taking this extreme step, and we should be less than patriotic and courageous Americans if we failed to give him our cordial support in every way. "The impartial verdict of history which in the long run is always right, can hardly fair to approve the course which he has pursued. "At this particular juncture, when so much depends on the harmonious and united action of all American cit izens, we protest against thi utter ances of any word that would either weaken his hands or give the slight est encouragement or comfort to our national enemies. "While, of course, we long and pray for peace, yet we trust when it cjres it will be a peace full of jus tice nd righteousness. It will be better to fight on and suffer than to capitulate to a despotism whose meth ods recall the worst chapters of heatheD barbarity." The bishops strongly oppose the movement to restrict the areas of the bishops, so that while they are un limited as to the presidency of an nual conferences throughout the whole connection they must reside in cer tain districts for a limited time and be responsible for the development of church work in that district and re port quadrennially to the genejal conference. The address says in this connection that "any scheme for lim iting their field or jurisdiction- would be sure to diminish the esteem In which they are held by the general public and by the church." The address touched on a very live question, when it scored the board of missions for beginning to re-cast the boundaries of the work in Mexico be fore the meeting of the general con ference. The address declared : "The Cbllege of Bishops, who had been consulted in any Initial stage of the proceedings, saw. at a glance that the plan proposed involved the com plete dismemberment of our work in Mexico and on that ground as well as for other reasons entered an earn est protest against it. For this, It was said the bishops have been charged with autocratic assumption of an authority which we did not pos sess, but the fact is we only insist ed on obedience to the action of the general conference." Election of five bishops was recom mended in the address. Concerning the question of unifica tion of American Methodism the bish ops' address declared a report would be presented by the commission ap- (Continued cn Pat Ssven). COM METHODIST CHURCH DEEDS OF TOLD BY SUi OF CITY A Great Gathering of Meth odists from the South in Atlanta PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES GREETED BY. APPLAUSE Resolution Endorsing Presi dent Presented Five New Bishops Probable No Agreement on Union Atlanta, Ga., May 3. Patriotism strongly marked the opening session of the 18th quadrennial conference of, the Methodist Episcopal Church South, here today. It was voiced in the opening remarks by Bishop E. B. Hendrix, of Kansas City, the presid ing officer, in the prayer by Bishop H. C. Morrison, and in the Episcopal address, the feature of the first day, read by Bishop Collins Denny. Hearty applause greeted that sec tion of the address which declared: "We should be less than patriotic and courageous Americans if we failed to give him (the President) our cordial support in every way," and another demonstration followed the statement that "We protest against the utterance of any word that, would either weakens his hands ' or give the slightest ncouTagement or comfort to our national foes." A resolution endorsing the stand of President Wilson was 'referred to a committee . to be exemplified and strengthened in phraseology and will be reintroduced later. The Wesley Memorial church, where the sessions of the conference are being held, was filled when Bishop Hendrix rapped for order, and announced the opening devotional ex ercises. These were conducted by Bishops Morrison, Atkins, Lambuth and Candler. The appointment of the 13 standing committees of the con ference was the only routine busi ness transacted. The address of the bishops, pre-, pared by Bishop E. E. Hoss and con firmed by all the bishops, was said to be one of. the lengthiest ever read at the general conference. In addi tion to being an exhaustive review of the work of the church during the past four years, it presented the a titude of the college of bishops on the important matters to come up in the conference. . On the question of unification of the various Methodist churphes the bishops reported they - had been in formed "unofficially" that the com mission appointed at the last general conference had failed to reach an agreement with a similar comrsission appointed by the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the course of their address the bishops let it be known that they were not in sympathy with a "laymen movement" to limit the jurisdiction of occupants of Episcopal offices. Such limitation, if carried out, the bishops declared, would "diminish the esteem in which we are held by the general public and the church." The election of five new bishops at this session of the conference was recommended. NEWS SERVICE CASE ARGUED IN COURT Washington, May 2. The case of the Associoted Pres sagainst the In ternational News Service or Hearst Service, to enjoin the latter from pi rating Associated Press news dis patches, was up for argument today in the Supreme court. Lower federal courts have granted injunctions stop ping the Hearst service from takir; Associated Press dispatches and dis tributing them as its own and the case came up on appeal from those decisions. Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis made the argument for the Associat ed Press, contending for the right of property in news. The principal ar gument for the Hearst service was made by Samuel Untermyer, of New York, and the closing argument for the Hearst service was made by Sen ator Hiram W. Johnson, of California, who has not previously appeared in the case. The novel issue of property right in news dispatches has attracted the attention of attorneys and publishers all over the country and many were in court to hear the arguments, PATRIOTISM RULED OPENING SESSION OF QUADRENNIAL PRICE FIVE CENTS HEROISM OF ATHENS Thrilling Escape of Those Aboard New York-Savannah Steamer SIXTY-SIX PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES Coastwise Steamer Sank Five Minutes After Being Struck By a French Cruiser Off the . Delaware Coast. An Atlantic Port, May 2. Survivors of the coastwise steamer City of Athens, sunk in a 'collision with a French cruiser in a fog off the Dela ware coast yesterday morning wiih a loss of 66 persons, related here to day many tales of heroism on "the part of the crews of the two vessels All praised tho efforts of the French sailors especially, who launched small boats within a few minutes after the accident and, aided by the cruiser's searchlights, picked up many of the survivors from pieces of wreckage. The survivors agreed that ths speedy sinking of the steamer within five minutes after being rammed by the warship was responsible for the heavy toll of life, although some claimed that the City of Athens' life saving apparatus failed to work prop erly. There were 135 persons, in cluding 24 United States marines, on board the steamer, which was bound from New York to Savannah with a $2,000,000 cargo of cement, rope, food stuffs and general merchandise on board. , Mrs. Florence Pickard Harrison, wife of a New York real estate agent, whose father, ,Winchell L. Pickard, ia president of Mercer University, Ma con, Ga., today told , how her life, that of her two-year-old baby and two others was saved through the bravery of a negro fireman on the City of Athens. . Awakened from &r. "sleep, Mrs. Har rison barely had time to put a coat over her night dress and hurry to the deck with her child. "I saw a' life boat," she said, "but no one was pay ing any attention to it except a United States marine, who lifted the baby, into the boat. I was about to climb in with his aid when the steam er toppled and my grasp on the gun wale slipped. I caught up the baby as the ship sank under the swirling waters. When I came up, choking and almost unconscious from the wa ter with the little one in my arms we were directly under the bow of a life boat. "A man whom I afterwards learned was James Wallace, of 221 William street, Savannah, lifted the baby from my arms. When I regained conscious ness I found myself in the lifeboat covered with a piece of canvas which I wrapped around the baby. My coat and night gown were torn from the struggle to drag me in. Afterwards Wallace rescued one marine and a civilian. That brave negro deserves a medal. We were in the lifeboat for about two hours before we were pick ed up by the crew of the French cruiser. I cannot speak too highly of the gallantry and kindness of the French officers and men during our rescue and the time spent on the cruiser." Sixty-six persons lost their Uvea when the steamship City of Athens, bound from New York to Savannah, was rammed and sunk by a French Ciuiser off the Delaware coast yester day morning. The missing include 10 men and two women passengers, seven out of 24 United States ma rines who were on board. 14 out of 23 French sailors and 33 members of the crew. Both ships were carrying running lights because of the heavy fog which hung over the sea. F. J. Doherty, the wireless opera tor, was able to send out only one S. O. S. call after the ship's bow plung ed into the City of Athens side near the bow. There was no response to the appeal for aid and the vessel sank , so quickly Doherty bad no opportunity to repeat the call. He is believed to have been drowned at his post. Many heroic deeds were recounted by the survivors. One of the heroes ' of the sea tragedy was Harry A. Kel-' ley, of New York, an oiler, who swamj to an overturned lifeboat and dragged up on the bottom of it four persons who were struggling in the sea. Ha held them there unMl they were tak en off by a boat from the French cruiser. Captain- Forward, who was one cf those saved, was painfully injured and was grief-stricken at the loss of his ; slr.p. He said he was proceeding at hair speed about 20 miles off shore, sounding the usual fog signals, when . the dim bulk of the cruiser loomed up through the mist and the crash followed. Fortunately the sea was calm or many more lives might have been lost. Captain Forward refused to make a statement concerning the length of time his vessel remained afloat after the collision. Members of the crew declared, however, that the City of Athens sank within four minutes. A (Continued on Page Seven). -1 .-:-
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