A WJiSPOOT IS SUIIK
tu2LY 101 "Ef.ICJUI SOLDIERS LOST
The Cun&rd liner Tuscania, In Ser-
- vice m Transport, Victim of a
1 Larking Submarin Of 2,170
"American Troops Aboard, All Are
V Accounted For But 101 Disaster
Occurred Tuesday - Kvenlnjr Off !
. Coast of Ireland- - V"" :
; (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Feb, . The
latest report ' reaching1 'Washington
today indicate that, the death toll of
the torpedoed transport -Tuscania
remains one hundred and .one.-. Of
these seventy-three" wore the uni
form of the United States Army and
the remaining . twenty-eight were
members of the Tuscanla's crew.
The War Department Is momentar
ily expecting a complete list of the.
missing.' There is no official con-
Jlrmatlon today of the report that a
British destroyer Recounted for tne
submarine which sank the Tuscania.
The bodies of forty-four American
.soldiers1 have been washed ashore.
All are badly mutilated.
.The sinking of a transport carry
ing American soldiers to the battle
lines of Europe, news of which reach
ed the officials of the War and Navy
departments Wednesday night, has
been, the" chief matter of news inter
i, estto the people bfthe United States
- during the past two days. The ai
aster occurred late Tuesday oil the
coast of Ireland, when the Tuscania,
wltn Z.17H American soldiers a
' board, was torpedoed and ' sunk by
a German submarine. Latest .figures
place the number of missing men at
only -101,' although first dispatches
" led to the fear that a much larger
number had lojt their lives.
-The Tuscania was a liner of 14.-
348 tons, and was one of a strongly
.guarded convoy proceeding east
ward oft the north coast of Ireland
when disaster overtook her. ' The
shore line was visible from the star
board plde through the dusk of on
coming night, and It was from this
direction that the lurking German.
' submarine discharged a torpedo that
found Its mark In the boiler room or
the steamer. A second torpedo was
seen to pass harmlessly astern.
Apparently retribution) at once
befell the enemy,; underwater boat.
According to the testimony oT an
American officer, who was one of tne
last men to -leave the Tuscania, a
' British destroyer dashed toward tne
evident location of the attacker and
dropped depth bdmbs that resulted.
In the expressive phrase of the sub
marine hunters, in the enemy being
"done. In."
The explosion of the torpedo had
Immediately caused a tremendous list
and made the launching of lifeboats
and rafts extremely hazardous In tne
'heavy sea and the darkness. Almost
all the loss of life and the sustaining
of injuries occurred because of this
condition as there was no panic a-
mong the Americans or the crew, ana
the stricken liner remained afloat for
-fully an hour. Many patrol boats as
sisted the destroyers in the work of
' rescue and the survivors were landed
sal. vai ivua as tou stuu 'uvivu fuivsi
est va vtAti m fxlati 4 Qsw stVt nAvf a
where prompt medical attention was
given the Injured and the others
were made comfortable.
mmm figures as
- xn innnrn nil ninniini
iu LU55L5 Uii immm
v (By International News Service. I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The
War Department this afternoon an-1
nounced.that the highest ranking or-
ucer sDoara me mscania was a ma
jor, of whom there were a number
on the ship.- In the absence of fur-
hor mfflrlal ftrnrAattiA' 4.iurimnt
accepted the British figures. Only
168 officers and men of the Amen
can forces are missing. This '.does
not include the crew or others wno
may have been on the ship. - The fig
ures, do not check with the list 're
ceived, but the dispatches, conflict in
some Instances.
Details of the attack are withheld
by the Navy Department It is known
that the Germans threatened to' con
centrate their submarine attacks up
on American transports.' The re
port la current this afternoon that
the Tuscania struck mines instead of
being torpedoed.- f v
VVashglnton refused to Indicate
whether it was under the direction
of the American or the British Ad
miralty but state that it was under
British control.; .
Declaring that the sinking of the
Tuscania had brought .the United
States to realize the relefitlessness
of this war. Secretary Baker, In a
statement, declared that we' must
win this war and that we will win
this war. Losses like these' unite era
and make umore determined to
press- onv. The Secretary, expressed
deep sympathy with the bewared
relatives of those who were lost. The
majority of the officers aboard the
Tuscania were saved. The men a
toard were former Michigan and Wis
consin national guards and three
companies from head quarters;
Twentieth 'Engineers, regulars,
which la the largest regiment In the
world, numbering 17,000 men.
biaiies disaster o:j .
BAfttJt LiWIIIIm
Charlotte Observer.
. . . i
Raleigh.. Feb. .7 G&vernor
Bickett sent a telegram today to The
New York World charging thai the,
present senatorial inquisition Into
the affairs of the war department ts
directly responsible for the torpedo
ing of the United States troop trans
port reported in the morning papers.
The telegram read: . . , . v;
- "Ton are la the habit of drafting
my opinion on public" questions. For
once I am1 going to volunteer one. ' in
my opinio the; senatorial inquisition
of the war department, Is directly re
sponsible for fhe sinking of the Tus
cania. They tf utt Baker on the "rack
and tortured out of him a conresslon
of the gigantic movement of ' our
troops across the seas. Then the en
emy knew-what was happening and
the .submarines lurked for their
prey. This whole inquisition Is bot
tomed on the Inordinate" vanity of a
few senators, who seek to pose as
the saviors of the Nation. Their bill
has no more chance to keep out of
the congressional trash pile than a
food grafter has to keep out ot bell.
Yet the Inquisition continues. Why?
Why?"
HAD IIOHXE A CHARMED LIFE.
( By ' International News Serviced )
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.- The' Tus
cania, attacked many times by sub
marines, seemed to bear a charm for
escaping. It was built .for the An
chor line and was of 14,348 tons
gross. H was one of the best equip-
ed vessels In the transportation serv
ice.' Jt was built to accommodate
2,500 hundred passengers with steer
age accommodations for many others.
210 LIVES WERE LOST.
(By International News Service.
- LONDON, Feb. 7. Two hundred
and ten lives were lost, American
and British, when the British steam
er Tuscania was submarined off tne
Irish coast Tuesday, according to "an
announcement by the Admiralty.
There were 76 officers and' 1,939
men, soldiers; and 16 officers and - a
125 men in the crew; three passen
gers and 32 others. The saved num
bered 2,179 of the Americans aboard.
The (British Admiralty announced
that a 168 Americans are missing.
RELATIVES OP SURVIVORS
WILL BE-NOTIFIED.
(By International News Service.)
4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Fol
lowing a conference between War
Department officials, orders were is
sued this morning to the Adjutant
General to compile immediately a
list of all persons aboard the Tus
cania, and notify their relatives by
telegraph that they were on the shin
These telegrams will be followed as
fast as possible by another message.
stating definitely whether the sol
dler named Is among the survivors
or not.
ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS
HAVE BEEN LANDED.
t By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Informa
tion that additional survivors from
the transport Tuscania have been
landed was placed on the cable from
London, giving the names of 30 sur
vivors landed at Fort Ellen Island,
Scotland. At the same time the
cable stated that a party landed at
Tarellen, numbering 600. British
officials say they have aent officers to
points where the Americans landed
Anil AvaraMil & nsiaalHlA fn thai
comfort and needs has been ordered
done.
Ifriir AAfjll TA
HEllf IUull HILL IU
START HERE AT ONCE
Gastonla is to have ' a new corn
mill, located right up town. It Is be
ing installed by the Southern Cotton
Oil Company on the oil mill proper
ty on West Main avenue. Manager
1.' F. Bess stated this morning that
he expected to have the mill in oper
ation within the next few days. H
'is advertising in today's Gazette for
corn which he will buy In any quan
taties from- the farmers paying
therefor the highest market once.
The capacity of the mill will be 120
bushel per day. It is the duidobb
of the management to run dar and
night in order to take care of the lo
cal demand for meal. :
SENATE PASSES CIVIL '
, ,. RIGHTS BILL.
(By International News Service. I
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Thm
Senate passed J-he civil rights " bin
designed to protect soldiers and sail
ors from civil court Proceedings
during army service.
GERMAN PRISONERS AND GUX8
, . . . 4aaV( r
(By International News SerxJce.1
LONDON, Feb. 7-(Offlclal). " Ger
man prisoners and machine guns
were captured when the British raid
ed the trenches near Armantoun
last night ' The British casualties
were slight German artillery la ac
tive around Lens and CambraL
Meatless Won
Abolis
Secretary Fred M. Alien of thS
Gastonla Chamber of Commerce this
afternoon received a telegram from
State Fuel Administrator A. W. Mc
Allister confirming the following
story which appeared In this morn
ing's Greensboro News, wMch means
that, o far as, North Carolina is
concerned the heatless Mondays are
at an end:
The decision of Dr. H. A. Garfield,
the federal fuel administrator, to
rescind the Monday closing order so
far as the major portion of the south
23 AMERICANS STILL
UNACCOUNTED FOR,
'By International News Service.!
LONDON, Feb. 8. With the num
ber of lives lost on the Tuscania still
standing at 101. the bodies of 23
Americans are still unaccounted for.
Latest estimates place the number
of American soldiers lost at 73. Of
these 44 bodies were washed ashore
on the cost of Ireland. The numDer
of Americans injured was SO, wno
are in hospitals suffering from ex
posure and wounds. None of the in
jured have died.
PNEUMONIA STILL TAKES HEAVY
TOLL.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. - Pneu
monia continues to take Its heavy
toll of American soldiers In the train
ing camps. A slight decrease in the
number of -deaths was reported to
day in -Surgeon General Gorgas
statement for the past week. The
total number of deaths reported is
178, of which 117 were due to pneu
monia' The army leads In number
of deaths. Camp Pike heads tne
list with 19 deaths from pneumonia.
AUSTRIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 8. The Austrian
Cabinet has resigned because of tne
political and labor dissensions
throughout the monarchy, according
to a dispatch received from Amster
dam today. The reported resigna
tion of the cabinet two weeks ago is
said to have been erroneous.
SURVIVORS LANDED OX IRISH
COAST.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Seventy
six officers and 174 enlisted men, sur
vivors of the Tuscania. have been
landed at Bucranna, according to a
cablegram received today by the Na
vy Department. Sixteen officers and
members of the crew were landed in
Ireland. Approximately 570 officers
and enlisted men are at Islay, Scot
land. Approximately 99 soldiers and
members of the crew are in hospitals.
At the same time the Navy Depart
ment took measures to allay tne
fears of relatives of the Tuscania
victims that the men might be bur
ied In unidentified graves. It was
announced that all bodies that had
reported would probably be Identified.
DAILY FOOD AND FUEL CON
SERVATI0N PROGRAM
SUNDAY
One wheatless and one meatless meal.
, MONDAY
' Heatless arid wheatless.
TUESDAY
MeatlessPorkless. One wheatless meal.
WEDNESDAY-
All day wheatless. '' ' One meatless meal.
THURSDAY
: One wheatless and one meatless meal.
FRIDAY
. One wheatless and one meatless meal.
; SATURDAY
Porkless day. One wheatless and one
meatless meal. . :' :
HELP WIN THE WAR BY SAVING
FOOD AND FUEL!
l 1 nt si
med in li t.l
id Concerned was telegraphed , here
late yesterday to the state fuel ad
ministrator, A. W. McAllister, by Dr.
Garfield. ' His telegram to Mr. Mc-
McAlllster was as followsi 1
"In view of Improved weather and
transportation conditions, all provis
ions of regulation - of January 'IT.
1918, except sections 1 and 10 are
hereby suspended Insofar as they re
late to the following. states: North
Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina;,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana"
RUMORED THAT EMBASSIES !
HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT.
. (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. The
State Department Is without confir
mation of the rumor reported from
Stockholm that the foreign legations
and embassies have been expelled
from Petrograd and are en route to
Sweden. "
ROOSEVELT'S CONDITION
REMAINS UNCHANGED.
(B International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Ex-Presl-dent
Roosevelt's condition remains
unchanged, according to a statement
Issued by his physicians.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, Feb. 8. Mr. Lonnte
Hugglns, of Camp Sevier, Greenville,
S. C, Is home on a furlough.
Mrs. S. M. Robinson spent Wed
nesday in Gastonla with her sister,
Mrs. Zoe Rankin.
Mrs. M. A. Thornburg. of Besse
mer City, who has been visiting ber
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Holmes, left
Tuesday for Matthews, where she win
visit her other daughter, Mrs. Ray
McGinnls.
Mrs. Lambeth Stowe, of Belmont,
visited relatives In here Tuesday.
In answer to Dr. Galloway's ques
tion, "Who was the first Red Cross
man?" I think It was the good 8a
maritan. and those who don't endeav
or to do their part in today's Red
Cross work are "passing by on the
other side." Our auxiliary is very
mucn interested In the work and
therefore we accomplish much. It
takes so little to do this work, but
think bow much it means. Every
woman and girl should certainly
make an effort to spend at least one
afternoon a week In a Red Cross
work room. Our room, even though
the weather has been severe, Is al
ways eomfortable and the building is
kindly donated to us by Dr. Franx
Robinson, and in doing so he is do
ing his bit. We average about seven
workers, not including our efficient
cutters, Mrs. W. H. Holmes and Mrs.
J. L. Thompson, and owing to their
accurate cutting the work is made
easier.- Our class sent In for Janua
ry work. 1419 4x4 compresses, 170.
9x9 compresses, 20 pairs or socks, 3
mufflers, 2 sweaters. 11 pairs of pa
Jamas. What do you think of that.
Mount Holly?
DESERTER FR0I1 M DRAFT
ARRESTED HERE miM
' Nat Greenwood, alias Cap Carter;
warned at Ashevllle by the Bun
combe County Exemption Board for
aeseruon rrom the army draft, was
erresiea last night about midnight
at ine flome or bis 'brother-in-law,
D. O. Buckner, proprietor of the Gas
tonla Dairy, about three miles from
Gastonla on the Gastonla-Dallas
road. He is now occupying a, cell in
the city jail and will be taken - to
Ashevllle today or tomorrow br an
officer. In addition to the charge of
aeseruon. ne win brobably face a
charge of resisting the officers of the
law, inasmuch as he made a dash for
liberty last night after he had been
arrested and handcuffed. -
Deputy Sheriff J. Madison Ken
drlck and Pollcemon Hoard, Adder-
holdt and Wright and Chief Carroll
of the. local force and Fire Chief Boh
lerreii went 10 uuexner nome a-
bout midnight last night., armed with
the proper authority to arrest Green
wood, who had. been spotted here
some days ago by the local exemp
tion board. When Deputy Sheriff
Kendrick knocked at the door Buck
her responded and, upon being ques-
noned, denied that there was any
body-In the bouse except himself and
his brother, his wife and his wife's
brother, an older Greenwood who is
Buekner s .partner in the dairy bust
ness. '
He was informed, however, that
the house would be searched. As it
appeared Impossible to get the screen
coor at the front open the officers
went to a side door. They went up
stairs where they found Greenwood
hiding under a bed. His brother,
who was not wanted, was in bed. The
culprit was handcuffed and brought
to uastonla. Taking the officers un
awares, however, he plunged down
the stairs and went through - the
front screen only to fall Into the
arms of Policemen Adderholdt - and
Wright and Fire Chief Terrell.
Col. T. U Craig, chairman of the
local exemption board, notified Unit
ed States Marshal Webb, of
Ashevllle, by phone this morning of
tne arrest or Greenwood and the ap
parent effort of Buekner to obstruct
the operation of the draft law by
shielding. Greenwood. Marshal Wil
liams, Is expected to come to Gasto
nla today. Whether action will be
taken against Buekner for his part
in th affair It not known though
Chairman Craig expressed the opin
ion this morning that he was guilty
of violating the provisions of r the
draft act.
An Inspection of the premises re
vealed two ladders each connecting
the ground with a window in the
room where young Greenwood was
captured.
Negro Deserter Arrested.
Shortly after noon today Deputy
Sheriff J. Madison Kendrick, accom
panied by Policemen Tom Rankin
and R. B. Terrell, arrested Will Arm
strong, a' negro wanted by the local
exemption board for desertion. He
was found in a barn on the May
worth Farm, about 10 or 12 miles
east of the city. Armstrong refused
to come up for examination when
called in the first draft. He was cer
tified up to the district board whlcn
certified him back for service at
once. He left and went to Winston
Salem and dodged the officers suc
cessfully. Recently he was located
in this county and was given several
opportunities by Chairman Craig -or
the board to come up and report for
service. He consistently refused to
respond. Hence his arrest today. He
Is confined to the city Jail and will
probably be taken at once to a train
lng camp for service.
THIEF FORTIFIED SELF
a
AGAINST FOOD SHORTAGE
The person or persons who enter
ed the store of Z. B. Harry at the
rinkney Mills, south of Gastonla,
Wednesday night evidently believed
that a shortage of food was Immin
ent, Judging from the quantity and
character of the goods stolen. Here
is a list of the goods which It Is
known were taken, to which there
might possibly be added some arti
cles which the manager, Mr. Archie
Robinson, has not as yet missed;
45 pounds of fat meat.
300 pounds of flour. -
Two or three boxes of cigars.
One-half bushel of apples.
10 pounds of bologna sausage.
Three sacks of meal. .'
Evidently the thief did not want
to get In bad with Local Food Ad
ministrator Armstrong as it will be
noted that he took three sacas of
meal with' three sacks (300 pounds)
of flour, He is guilty. It Is true, of
having more flour than- the law al
lows but he whacked up 50-50 with
meal and flour as the law says must
be done. .:'
A horse and buggy was stolen from
Mr. Grady Rankin's barn at tne
PInkney and used to haul the stolen
goods away. Horse and buggy were
found yesterday morning near Mr.
Ed Crawford's place, standing un
hitched fn the road. .
The officers are working on . the
case and It is probable that the thief
will be behind the bars soon. :
Millen's grocery store at Groves,
east of. the city, was entered last
night but the owners are unable to
discover that anything was taken. It
Is believed that the thief secreted
himself in the store before It was
ill sociy iocles
' sgt. s. ft. kl'(kik-y--' ,
WEDS COUNCIL GlRLL
x A marriage of Interest to many
Gaston people was solemnized at
Council, N. C. on' Januarr 6th )in
6gt. Sara B. Suggs and Miss Rachel
Nicholson were married. The groom
la. a son of Mr. J. T. Sums. fnrmrrr
of Gastonla, and a brother of Mr.
Leroy Suggs. of this citr . Th hrit
Is a popular and attractive young
lady of Council. Sgt. and Mrs. 6uggs
returned to Greenville soon after tne
marriage where they will remain
until the groom's comnanv Is called
V
HUGGIXS-SHKLTO.V ,
WEDDING LAST NIGHT.
A wedding of much interest to the
many friends of-the contracting par
ties was solemnized Thursday nittit
at the parsonage of Main Street
Methodist church when Miss Lattice'
8helton 'became the bride of Mr.
O. Hugglns, the ceremony being pro
nounced by Rev. H. H. Jordan fn
the presence of only a few wltnesnA.
The bride is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. JL Shelton and
has been for some time a nonuiar
member of the sales forA nt tri
O Neil Company; The groom Is a
soldier, being a member of Company
A, 106th Military Police, at Camo
Sevier. v
' . 'it . ? . ' .
FULLER-PETERSON WEDDING
AT CHARLOTTE TUESDAY. ,
The foll6wlnc from ThtiririAV
Charlotte Observer will be of inter
est to many of our readers:
"Miss Mamie J. Peterson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Peterson.
of Stanley, and Mr. Marvin C. Fuller.
of Lovetuvllle. Va., ? were married
Tuesday at 6 p. m. at the home of
the 'bride's sister. Mrs. W. A. Good
win, at 2223 Vale avenue. The cer
emony was Performed br Rat. John
F. Creigler, pastor of St. Martini
Lutheran church, assisted by Rev.
W. T. Cline, Jr.. of -Birmingham. '
Ala. ... .v,,' v-.'. ..
"Only a few relatives were nresent
at the ceremony and there were no
attendants. ' Miss Lillian Peterson.
sister of the bride, played Mendels
sohn's wedding march softly during
the ceremony. . - -
"The bride is a member of one or
me oest Known families in Stanley.
sne is a oeautuul brunette, with win.
some' personality and widely popo-,
tar. 'i ne groom is a well known bus
lness man of Lovettsville. '
'Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have a host
of friends In this state and in tne
state of Virginia who will be inter
ested in . tneir marriage. They will
make their home for the Dresent '
with the groom's parents In Lovetu
vllle. -::
MANY LOCAL PYTHIAIIS -
TO JOIN THE D. 0. K .K.
Following Is a list of the candi
dates who will be' Initiated Into the
mysteries of the Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan at the special
ceremonial to be held here next
Tuesday night, the 12th:
Following Is the list of Tyros wno
will cross the hot sands Tuesday
night: Fred M. Allen, M. A. Tur
ner. H. B. Pattlllo, Charles C. Coble,
George W. Smith, James Bracey, J.
R. Beam, John G. Carpenter, Roscoe
Douglass. L. E. Rankin, O. B. Car
penter, Z. B. Harry, B. 8. Gulon, S.
Brady Johnson, Henry Rankin, C. E.
Carpenter, Kenneth Bablngton, Mau
rice McNeely, E. D. Houser, R. Gra
dy Rankin, J. H. Henderllte, Rev. H.
H. Jordan and A. U. Stroupe. .
- Headquarters for the Dokies on .
Tuesday will be at the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce. The degree -team
will arrlre from Charlotte at 5
o'clock and a parade will be held im-,
mediately thereafter. At 6:30 there
will be a Hoover feed In the armory
and the ceremonial will begin In tne
lodge hall at 7:30 o'clock. -
HALF BILLION IN CERTIFICATES
ISSUED.
(By International News Service) '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. An
nouncement was made by Secretary
McAdoo of today's Issue of half a
billion dollars In certificates or In
debtedness. Subsequent Issues are
expected ' bi-weekly until approxi
mately three billion dollars has been
raised to relieve the tension. There
Is general speculation as to the time
and size of the third liberty Loan,
which the Secretary said would prob
ably be deferred until some time in
April. , : ;
Mr. R. R. Ray, of McAdenvflle.
Is spending the day in the city with
his daughters, Mrs. A. M. Dixon and
Mrs. I N. Glenn. - .
closed. He went out through a win
dow. .v
John Branch, a 16-year-old boy.
was arrested yesterday and Is now
in Jail charged with breaking into
the store of U'M. Houser in West
Gastonla night before last. " He took
315 In money, a quantity of ciga
rettes, a watch and probably other
articles, part of which hare been
recovered. He broke a window-
glass at the rear in order to gain e n
trance to the store. Other err? 3
in this case are expected to fo"; v.