Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LViL—NO. 207 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915 The Bulletin’s Girculation in N ¥<h is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Popuiation Gabled_Paragrashs Ty Amerjcans |Labor Troubles Lost with Arabic CAPTAIN SAYS SUBMARINE GAVE NO WARNING, 14 STEAMERS SUNn Mlerman” Sibmarines Establish a New Record for 48 HOURS So Short a Period m@g@plrs EXCEPT ON THE ARABIC Exjfim:r Serious Reverse for Russian Arms There Were No Striking Developments in Military Operations +—Berlin Reports the Capture of 85,000 Russians, In- " cluding Six Generals, With the Fall of the Fortress of _ Novogeogievak—The Allies on the Gallipoli Peninsula _“Are Continuing Their Assaults Upon the Turkish Posi- tions—Rupture Between is Rapidly Approaching. Italy and Turkey Apparently Fourteen steamers with & total gross tonnage of 47,698 have been sunk in the last 43 hours by German submarines, This toll, which estab- lishes a record for so short a period, was more than twice as heavy as that levied by under-water craft in the preceding week. Three other Vessels reported topedoed may add another 26,965 tons to the aggregate destroyed in the past two days. So far as known there has been no loss of life except in the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic. 70,668 Tons in Nine Days. ‘The recrudescence of submarine ac- tvity becan on August 12 and in the ‘week endinx August 18 the, British admiralty reports officially, thirteen vessels of a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunl. elaven of them by under water craft and two by mines. This makes a total known 10ss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine day Ten of the vessels sunk in the past two davs were British, thres were Norwegian and one was Spanish. Tre total tonnage known to have heen lost Friday was 26,674 and Thursday it was 21,024. The largest vessel whose loss has been confirmed was the Arabic of 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lap- land of 17640 tons and the Nicosian of 6369 tons. have been sunk have not been verfied. The fate of the Dunsley, 2,958 ret tone, reported tor- pedoed just before the Arabic was sunk, has not been definitely determ- ined.’ The British press association has denied the reported loss of the Bovic of 6,500 tons. Torpedoed Friday. Under-water craft torepdoed Friday the Briiish steamer Restormel, 2,118 tons; Baron Erskine, 5585 tons; City of New York, 2,790 tons; Samara, 3,172 tons; Gladiator, 3,359 tons; Bit- tern 1,797 tons and the Ben Brachie, 3,908 tons, a total of 22,729 tons. The Norwegian steamers Sverresborg, 674 tons, and the Bras, 1,351 tons, as well as the Spanish steamer Peria Castillo, 1920 tons also were sunk, making a grand total of 26,674 tons. Vessels Sunk Thursday. ‘The vessels sunk Thursday were the Arabic 15,801 ton: the Grodno 1,955 tons; the Serbino 2,205 tons and the Magda, 1,063 tons, a total of 21,024. All these vessels were of British re: try except the Magda, which Norwegian. One of the submarines patrolling the “war zone” halted the Norwegian mail steamer Irma within Norwegian territorial waters, but disappeared be- fore torpedoing the vessel when war- ed by a Norwegian torpedo boat that the attack which apparently was in- 7 tended would constitute a violation of neutrality. Another incident of a day upon which was written a tragic chapter of sea history was the loss of a British submarine in The Sound with fifteen members of her crew. London claims the boat ran aground, while Berlin claims it was “destroyed.” Reverse for Russians. Except for another serious reverse for Russian arms there as were no striking developments in the day's mililtary operations. Berlin reported the fall of the fortress of Novogeorgie- vsk, where the Muscovites made their last stand in Poland, with th loss of 85,000 prisoners, including six generals. The bag of artillery at this point brought up to 700 the total of zuns captured by the Teuton allies in re- cent operations. The hard pressed forces of Grand Duke Nichoias, the Germans claim, have been pushed back to Koterka- kutva, southwest of Brest-Litovek, while they are being pursued east of Kovno and have lost ground south of the Bug on the Brest-Litovsk line. Allies Assault Turkish Positions The allies on the Gallipoli penin- sula_are continuing their assaults up- on Turkish positions and fhe British left wing has made some progress, an official report asserts . In the field of diplamacy an open rupture between Italy and Turkey apparently is rapldly approaching, ac- cording to despatches from Roms, while reports from the same capital ‘assert that the entente powers have succeded in inducing Serbia to agree o the immediate cession to Bulgaria of a part of Maccdonfa in exchanze fo rthe Bulgarian participation in the war. GERMANS REPORT CAPTURE OF 85,000 RUSSIANS When Field Marshal Von Hindenburg Took Novogeorgievsk. Berlin, Aug. 20.—)By wircless to ‘Tuckerton, N. J.)—The statement giv- en out today by the German army headquarters is as follows: The army of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg took Novogeorglevsk, the last stronghold of the ememy in Po- lond, making prisoners of more than 25,000 Russians among whom were six generals. The number of cannon laken_his increased to_more than 700.) The quantity of war material is im- possidble to_estimate. ‘General Von Gallwitz's troops have taken 2,650 Russians prisoners, these including ten officers and captured twelve machine guns. “The Russians retreated east of Kovno and in the district of Dawina as far as the road from Augustowo to Grodno. They are offering resistance on the front from Gudecle to Lozdzieje and Studziomczna. “The army of Frince Leipold of Ba- varia is advancing. “The left wing of the army of Gen- eral Mackensen threw the Russians to the rear of the Koterka-Pulva district. The Germans pursuing the enemy east of Viadova reached the district of Pisoa. “Between the Angres and Souchez last night the enemy was driven from the trenches that he occupied yes- terday. In the Vosgest at Schratza- mannele, a small part of the advanc- ed Germanposition was lost.” DEATH LIST GREATER THAN FIRST SUPPOSED Entire Town of Anahuac Destroyed by Texas Hurricane. Beaumont,, Texas, Aus, 20.—Addi- tional reports’ received here early to- day from the davastated district in the Beaumont territory indicate that the death list as & result of the hurricane will be greater than at first supposed. Travelers arriving here from Anahuac reported that at least 20 persons lost their lives there and that practically the entire town was destroyed. Hugh Jackson, a millionaire ranch owner, who was at his ranch in Cham- bers county when the storm visited that section, 1. among the missing. PLUNGED TO DEATH DOWN A CANYON Mrs. G. F. Ordway of Boston Saw Her Husband Fall When His Foot Slip- ped... Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 20.—While climbing Gibraltar Rock on Mount Rainier with a party of eastern tour- ists, G. F, Ordway, of Boston, slipped and plunged to death down a canyon, according to advices received today. Mrs. Ordway saw her husband fall. Ordway’s body was recovered by oth- er members of the party. The acci- dent occurred late yesterday. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London, Aug .20, 10.39 p. m.—A des- patch to Reuter’s’ Telegram company from Haugesund, Norway, says the Norwegian steamer Bras, a vessel of 1,351 tons, has been sunk. The crew wag saved. ‘Available shipping records do mot contain the name of the steamer Bras. F, L. Glynn a Director of National Educational Association. * Oakland, Calif, Auz. 20.—The di- rectors of the National Educational association, now holding its 53rd an- nual convention here todayfi voted to recommend to the exé-utive commit- tee that the 1515 convention be held in New York citv. Irank L. Glynn of Connecticut was elected a new di- rector. Murdered Hig Father. Portland, Mc., Aug. 20.—Morrison H. Peaslee, the young man who is alleged to have made a complete confession after his arrest here late yesterday that he murdered hix father, Howard W. Peaslee, at Henniker, N, 'H., more than @ year ago, was taken back to New Hampshire today by an officer from Merrimack county. He will be Dplaced in Concord jail to await trial s Caught. “Emperor of the Sahara” Mineola, N. Y., Aug, 20.—Jacques Lebaudy, 'the seif-stylcd Emperor of the Sahara, who escaped from the Lowden sanitarium, known as Knick- erbocker hall, at Amityville, yecter- day, was located this morning in the Wwoods north of Amityville and taken back to the institution from which he escaped. German Fleet in Gulf of Riga. Petrograd, Aug. 20, via London, Aug. 21, 1 a. m—A German fleet has penctgated the Gulf of Riga and is en- gaged with Russian warships de- fending the coest, according to an of- ficial statement issued tonight at the Russian war office, Second Camp at Plattsburgh, tisbursh, N. Y., Aug. 20—The second camp of military instruction will open here on September 6, and continue for four weess. Col. Roose- velt probably will visit the camp next Wednesday. St. Louis, Indianapolis, and New Orleans have asked for camps. - Throughout the United States m: tlonal forests the rangers are post- ing the roads with permanent guide signs which tell distances and direc- tions, especially at forks and cross- raads Meeting of Italian Rome, Aug. 20, via Paris, 10.10 p. m. —A prolonged meeting of the mem- bers of the cabinet was held this morning and also this afternoon. Bulgarian Minister of War Resigns. Sofia, Buigaria, Aug. 20, via Lon- don, m-ssmx-i m.—Gener‘lhufi{chefl. Bu inister ar, resign- edufinmamoun( of ill health. He is succeeded by General Jecoff. English Financiers Coming. London, Aug. 20, 12:15 p. m.—That a deputation of financial men re] nt- ing the treasury. will g0 to New York'to arrange the details of American credit is consid- ered to be quite probable today in city circles. The members of such a depu- tation, however, are not yet known. Anniversary of Death of Pope Pius X. Rome, Aug. 20, 9.55 p. m. via Paris, 150 p_ m—The anniversary of the death -of Pope Plux X one vear ago was observed today with the celebra- tion of masses in the crypt of St. Pe- ter's where the body of the pontiff is buried near the tomb of St. Peter. Cardinal Merry del Val officiated at the first mass in the presence of Pope Benedict. PRESIDENT LUNCHED IN PUBLIC DiNING ROOM And Strolled Through Streets of Bus- iness Secticn of Philadelphia. Washington, Aug. 20.—President Wilson slipped away from the White House soon after § o'clock this morn- ing and before Washington was awake was oft to Philadelpaia in a. motor car to visit his oculist. He returned this. evening by train after having broken some presidential precedents. He had been lost'on the road, had lunched unannounced in the public dining_room of a Philadelphia hotel, strolled through the streets of the business section of Philadelphia, rode back to Washington in a-public rail- road car and driven to the White House in_a hired automobile; took only Dr. Grayson, his naval aide and physician, into his confidence about the trip and other White House offi- clals did not know where he had gone until after his departure. il o o i ol G OFFICERS OF CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION ©O. T. Magnell of Hartford Elected Secretary. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 20—With the election of officers, adoption of reso- lutions and the estaplishment of do- mestic news bureaus, the fifth annual convention of the Cathoiic Press As- sociation of America closed tonight. Officers_elected were: Ionorary Lres- ident, Rt. Rev. J. J. Hartley, D D, bishop of Columbus, Ohio; president, John Paul Chew, St Louis, Mo.: sec- retary. O. T. Magnell, Hartford, Conn. treasurer, Charles J. Jaegle, Pitts- burgh, Pa: board of directors, Rev. John J. Burke, C. S. F., New York; Rev. Thomas J. O'Flannagai¥ Hart- ford, Conn.: William H, Hughes, De- troit, Micl FAVORS MILITARY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS Vice President Marshall Declares It Could Be Done Without Loss of Time. Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 20.—Vice President Thomas R. Marshall de- clared himself in favor of miiitary training in the schools, in a statement here today. “I do not believe in forced military trainin; Mr. Marshall said. ‘Tt seems un-American, but boys and young men could be trained in the high schools and colleges without loss of time. In case of war the United States would need many officers to train_volunteers. I can think of no better place to traln officers than in the schools of our country.” TYPHOID IN PROVIDENCE ASCRIBED TO MILK Thirty-five Cases in Families Who Received Milk from Two Dealers. Providence, R. L, Aug. 20—Thirty- five cases of typhoid fever in the Ol- neyville section of this city were re- ported to the health department to- day. All of the cases were in fam- ilies receiving milk from one of two dealers. The license of one dealer was suspended. Dr. C, V. Chapin, superintendent of health, said today that there was a total of 47 typhoid cases in the city and that it was probable that there would be at least 79 within a few days, INTERPRETATION OF FEATURES \ OF SEAMEN’S LAW To Be Submitted to President by At- torney General Gregory. ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—Attorney General Gregory #aid today he would submit to President Wiison witnin a few days an interpretation of features of the Seamen's law, passed at the last session of congress which have proved puzzling to admiristration leaders. The president asked Mr. Greg- ory for, his opinion some weeks ago, after the department of commerce had sent to the White House an interpre- tation to the effect that certain ships under foreign registry would not have to comply with some safety require- ments demanded of snips under Amer- ican registry, SUMMARILY EXECUTED va YAQUI INDIANS Colonel Juan Murillo of the Villa Army Taken From Jail at Nogales Nogales, Ariz. Aug. 20.—Colonel Juan Murillo of the Villa army, who, it had been alleged, had killed 2 Yaqui leader, was taken from jail today at Nogales, Sonora, by Yaqui Indtans serving with Governor Jose Mavto- rena’s forces and summarily executed, The Indians came into Nogales in such numbers that the smalil Villa garridbn was helpless to do anything but pro- test. Bankers’ Next Convention in Circin- nati. San Francisco, Aug. 20.—Cincinnati was named today as the place for the 1916 convention and Robert H. Bean of Boston was elected president at the closing session of the thirteenth an- nual conventlcn of the American In- stitute of Bankine. Assi London, Aug. 40 MEN OF CREW LOST London banks |Arabic Had Changed He: British Steamer Dunsley— German Commander May Have In- terpreted It as a Hostile Move. 20, Course to 11:50 p. m.—At least five passengers, two of whom were gives it Americans, times over. and the run of every da: tion is detrimental. forty members in_l}fllgtpon INDICATIONS THAT 6,000 WORK- ERS ARE TO STRIKE. ALL FACTORY EMPLOYES American Federation f Labor Stands Ready to Spend $50,000 in the Park City to Win the Eight riour Day for Factory Workers. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 2)—Unless all signs fail. there will be 6,000 work- ers, four-fifths of them women and EflecfiveflnAllOccasions It makes little difference whether it Is & special occasion, or just affairs, there is no time, or no business so small, that judicious newspaper advertising will not prove its worth many The fact is as has been said by the president of the Unit- ed States Chamber of Commerce that “If there are still extant men who ask the question, ‘Does it pay to advertise?” ing is of the kind which would candles and insist upon the advantages which would acerue if the residents of moder: cities still drew their water supply from the town well. With evidence standing forth in every direction of the accomplish- ments of advertising both when times are good and when they are bad, it is time to be guided by the weight of that evidence. Stagna- 1t is the boost that For thig service The Bulletin has no equal in this end of the state, It pulls trade and it pays to use it as an honest trial proves. not your helper it shoulder be. During the past week the following matter has appeared in its columns: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Aug. 14.. 163 140 1220 1523 Monday, Aug. 16.. 184 160 237 581 Tuesday, Aug. 17.. 161 174 299 634 Wednesday, Aug. 18.. 148 134 275 557 Thursday, Aug. 19.. 142 173 306 621 Friday, Aug. 20.. 154 157 216 527 Tetals . - ool T GeT 938 2553 4443 lead them 1 know their think- to light factories with by bucket is desired and advertising It it is of the crew lost their lives when the White ar liner Arabic was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Fastnet vesterday morning. Nine other passengers are missing and are believed to have perished. The two America with the ship Bruguiere of E. Wooils. New s who went down were Mrs. York and Edmund The former was thrown Josephine into the water and was kept afloat for some time by her son Louis, who was forced to relinquish his hold when he was struck by a piece of wreckage. Nothing was seen of Woods after the steamer was struck. Crew Members Died at Post. Most of the mi: ing members of the crew belonged to the engineers staff. They remained at their posts and went down with the ships. Captain Finch and the other officers of the Arabic assert gave them no warning. the submarine They de- clare the torpedo was fired as they weré going to the rescue of the steam- er Dunsley which had just been tor- pedoed, presumably by the same sub- marine. Splendid Descipline Maintained. That the loss of life was not much heavier was due to the preparations made by the officers in view of the pos- sibility of an through the attack “war zone’ weather which prevailed and hile passing to the fine to the splendid discipline maintained by the crew. the decks and out. the Life belts had been placed on lifeboats swung As soon as the ship was struck rafts were flung over the side. Many of the passengers and crew who were thrown board these into the water climbed rafts or on were draged aboard by persons already upon them. The Americans who reached Queens- town ates consul. were cared for by the With the United other pas- sengers they left Ireland for England tonight. and_many ed for them. A POSSIBLE Hostile Movi Washington, creased night when of in official CAUSE They lost all their baggage them wore borrowed clothing until the consul had provid- FOR THE S8INKING Arabic Had Changed Her Course— Germans May Have Thought It = Aug. consular 20 ~Tension in- quarters here to- messages for- warding affidavits of American sur- vivors of vessel hod been lost. the British liner brought definite information that the was torpedoes without warn- ing and that at least some Americans Arabic It seemed that but one point re- mained to be cleared up whether the Arabic attempted to ram the sub- marine or whether a change of the liner's course to assist the aiready sinking British steamer Dunsiey near- by was misinterpreted by the German submarine commander as a hostile ap- proach. The attitude of the American gov- ernment for the moment is receptive, anxiously awaiting accurate details and reserving judgment as to whether the action was “deliberately unfriendly”. The final decision rests with Presi. dent Wilson. Only One Message About . Allowed to Come Through. New York, Aug. 20.—The censor apparently silenced today the wires leading to the White Star line here from England. Only one des- patch relating to the sinking of the Arabic—a meseage detalling changes in previcus lists of survivors nd missing—escaped his blue pen- Survivors British certain girls, out on strike in Bridgeport to- morrow. With tully 3,000 now out, this num- ber will be doubled tomorrow fore- noon if the George C. Batchellor and the Crown Corset companies and the Harvey Hubbell plant fail to grant the demands that will be yresented Furthermore, the American Federa- tion of Labor stands ready to spend $50,000 in Bridgeport to win the eight hour work day for every factory work- er in the city of Bridgeport. No Further Compromise. That there would be no further com- promise on the 50 hour per week plan or the demand for the time and ome- half for overtime over that number of working hours, was evident in a half dozen or more mass meetings which were held throughout the day The entrance of the American Fed- eration of Labor into the fight has put in the backsround the assertions of the leaders of the International Aswo- ciation of Machinists that the work- ers will not demand the recognition of the union. Mostly Corset Workers. Interest today centered about the plant of the Batchellor and Crown Corset companies, allied concerns. Three thousand aré employed in these plants. Demands will be presented to the officials tomorrow morning and if they are not granted, Mrs. Mary Scully, general organizer of the Tex- tile Workers of America, says the operators will be called out. “The two factories are 85 per cent. organized,” declared Mrs. Scully. “1f the demands are not granted the shop will be emptied. There arec about 3,000 employed in both plants. Tomorrow is also likely sis at the Harvey Hub- bell company’s plant. A tentative offer of increased pay and better working conditions was offered by the manage- ment today, but labor leaders were #i- lent tomight on whether or not thix would offset the probability of a strike- “We will walt until we investigate what these promises are and what guarantees we have they will be lived up to,” said Mre. Scully, ‘before we decide on what action will e taken in the matter. Dissatisfaction at Warner Brothers. Further dissatistaction was evi- danced at the Warner Brothers' corset factory tonight when a -ommites waited upon Mrs. Bcully with aleged grievances that the sgreement entered intp with D, H, Warner was not be- ing lived up to and possibilities of another strike at this plant loomed large. It ‘was cbarged by the committee that different, prices were being charged for thiad in the various de- partments. The prices ranged from 15, 16 and 13 centw, The officials at the Salts Textile company, where sixteen hundred are out on strike, drew the fires at the plant today. Labor leaders said to- night the company had been given un- til next Tuesday fo comoly with the demands. In view of the fact that the company s not working on any war orders, it is hardly probable that a compromise will be reached at this plant by this time. To Honor James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 20.—This city is planning to honor James Whit- comb Rley, on October 7, the anniver- sary of e loosier poet’s birthday. Riary oe 1Be tommmect M Sal o in American literary and public life will be invited to be present at & ban- quet whic his to be a feature of the day. Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president, is chairman of the committee which is arranging the program. 2% in eruption. Thursda; the Panama-Pacific Exposition. na waiting to embark for Italy. is in the market for 100 flat cars. $15.000.000 was 50 per cent Gversub- scribed. of France resumed commercial discounts. are reported 1o be produciag shells daily. of the Sacred College in Rome, is dead. He was 81 years old. were called to the colors by a decree issued by Czar Nicholas. i New York Evening Post: ety s el et o iess to heap words to show how criti- of the town of St. Marc, Hayti: Association of America op: annual convention at Toledo, posedly for the Italian army, was re- ceived by the American Woolen C: Brooklyn, tate, leaves his wife his “best wishes. purchased the champion pacing hors William for a price sald to be $35,000. Reichstag decided to vote for the new war credits amounting 000. erson, L. I. $30 for killing a squirrel on ni: erty. is going to the Flanders to sing for the soldiers,—for nothing. eigns, shipped by Austr: ers, arrived at San Francis steamship Ventura. next week will Secretary Daniels aboard ship Wyoming Aus. 25. San Francisco for Copenhazen, detained for examination by British authorities at Lordon. aviator who was killed last Saturd when his machine fell Lake, N. lantic Coast Line Ralilroad Co. equipment will cost over $1,000,000. State murder of William Van Kiper, a pa- tient. leave Washington today on the des- patch boat Doiphin on a cruise to the New England coast to inspect navy yards. camp at Fort Sheridan, T Sept. 18. tained ‘on the plan of the Plattshurg, N. Y., school. president of Peru, was att mob while returning from the in uration of President 5 ene caped injury. Allegheney Valley ivision of the Penn, went on strike, demanding full rocog- nition of their union. Mass., mother of Ted Croc distance runner, committed inhaling gas today. had a dispute with block, a frame structire $150,000. varying in length from three montiss were imposed convicted in the Bouth Foston court today of assaulting policemen rioting last Sunday in connection with the departure of weveral hundred Ital- ian reservists for Ital place at where two German liners are tion says that the western Pacific bound passenger train No. 1, carrying more than 200 passengers was wrecked at Halleck, Nevada, and more than a score of passens: ;r.lln left Sait Lake at noon Thurs- . patched from Elko, Nevada and the in- jured are being cities Stromboli volcano in Italy is again —_—t y was “Manhattan Day” at Condensed Telegrams E Six thousand Italians are at Smyr- The Bangor & Arocostook Railroad Great Britain’s India war loan of The fund of the Serbian Agricult- ural Relief Committee now totals| U $121,582. One year ago yesterday the Bank paper The Krupp works at Constantinogle 2,009 News of the capture of the Kovno forts caused a wild demonstration of joy in Berlin. Cardinal Serafino Vannatelli, dean e All young men of the class of 11-16' A company of U. S. marines from ontrol | | w s er of Members of the Catholic Editors’ " their | o. A contract for 500,000 biankets sup- wil fre The will of Antomio Carfacicla of disposing of his $7.,000 e C. K. G. Billings of New York, has Socil. members of the German to $2,5000,000- Donald B. Campbell of Port Tefr- | was arrested and da; an: Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, British trenches in « h gold sov- an bani c0 on the | About $2000000 in Brit The Council of Governors, in Boston be entertained v the battle- The Danish motor ship Jutlandiav, | w u be The body of L. J. Lyon, the Ithaca into Cones: Y., was recovered. Capt. Murray and three of the crew The | ta Fred C. Holbrook, attendant at the Epileptic Village at Skillman, J. was arrested, charged with the h Secretary of the Navy Danfels will |1 th i he The United States clvil military | 1 will open |y be main- to The camp will P th [) Colonel Oscar Benavi “ked b th President ported. dent) lonzer be avoided without national | gres vide for whatever may be forced upon proo-| I We us, angAt has elected that which Pres- diple his course would reflect the sentiment trui the ander could have stopped the great ermment should break off diplomatic Tnited the 0. COMMENT ON SINKING OF AF EFIANCE OF WARNING GIVEN BY PRESIDENT Warning, or That Her Commander Was Not Acting in a Manner That Would Justify the German Submarine. in Sinking Her, the Press is a Unit in Opinion That the Time Has Arrived for President Wilson to Act. The following selections of editorial ,defiant, to President Wilson to follow comment upon the sinking of Arabic, apparently written under the assumption that ating circumstances to justify act nan submarine, are from a large num- th&® bis wirds with deeds. Mobile, Ala., Item: If reports sre correst that the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. causing American.. citizens to ciose their eyes it canngt 3 be construed otherwse than a “de- liberately vunfriendly act. ¢ © *® The United States cannot back dowm with self-respect. The New London Telegraph: There can be no mistaking the mind of the TUnited States if it promptly ends all diplomatic or other official inter- courses with imperial, crazed Berlin. This step President Wilson can and! in our judgment out to take, without assembling of congress. Failing of it, let him call together . the house and semate of the United States to counsel action in ar emergency which edmits no postpone- ment. Our government must move in seif- there were no miti- the of the commander of the Ger- at dut by the Associated Press: It is use- is the situation. * * * * The ole tale is not vet told, but enough known to prove that the command- of the submarine acted in defiance tle distinct warning given by Wilson. * * * It is pos- > the German authorities may igize, * © ¢ @ one imacines President Wilson il think for a moment of retreating »m the positions taken by him. The ¥ question is in what way he will his pledge. to omit no word or | defense and for the preservation of i civilization against humanity's worst Y.) Eagle: Assuming|enemy since the day of blind Attfla 2 that all the circumstances are as re-|and his heathen Huns. b the first step he (the presi- Meriden Record: The Arable was must take, a step that can no bound to an American port. She could not be charged with carrying munitions of war from Ensland fo kill Germans in the United States. Amonc her passengers were twenty- six Americans. That all of them did not perish was no fault of the subma- rire who fired the torpedo. This on the heels of the discovery of a German propaganda in this country fostered and directed from Berlin for % the promotion of treason against the r government oftthe United States looks very much as if Germany's answer had arrived and not in cipher, either. PRO-GERMAN PRE&: DEFENDS SINKING OF ARABIC/ White Star semen® and humiliation, is to send Bernstorff out of the 1try and simuitaneously recall Mr. ard from Berlin. After that con- could well be assembled to pro- »ston Transcript: Tn twenty-nine the United States reeeived the swer of Germany. It was carried the torpedo which sunk the Arabic. called upon Germany to elect fch course it would fojow toward t “Wilson aptly characterized as berately unfriendly” * * ¢ d the president (thus) sever our natic relations with Germany e Americay people, a people tired pine submission.” amd of a orresponderce as prolonged as it is " o tung: To deny that the already deli- Chicago Journal: sinking ~ of | cate situation has been strained by Arabic is exactly the same sort|the sinking of the Arabie to the piracy as the sinking of the Lusi- | of an open bresch would mean fo piay ith the added aggravation of | the role of the ostrich. * ¢ ¢ ¢ The needless. The German com- |friendly relations which are so ciose to o ed. hprts are seriously threaten- The situation is serfous because the er and given her people a chance their lives without losing his Whether the American gov- | policy of our government endorsed, applauded. pushed and stmiulated pro-British press, which despite al protestations of peace wantonly i cited to war. carried in itself the germ fons with Germany over this oc- ence must be decided by Presi- nt Wilson and Secretary Lansing, of the schooner Lydia Deering were [not Ly any newspaper. But frankly | of an unavoidable conflict: because as drowned in the Gulf storm. Six:mem- | the,Journul can see no use in arguing | the case of the Arabic again m bers of the crew were saved. abolt neutral rizhts and humane | the German government, if it duties with the Hoheneollern court. |not commit suicide, never more will of The steamor St. Leonards arrived in| Indianapolis News: The question is|can agree to the terms of our govern- New York from Bordeaux with the|not whether American lives were lost | ment. crew of the French bark Marcelgihich | —thoush that would aggravate the of- | Ilinois Staz Zeitung (Chicago): We was wrecked in a hurricana fense—hut whether they were “put to| hardly believe that anybody will ven- jeopardy” by the sinking of the Ara-|ture to assert that the Arablc was not Four persons were killed an® anoth- | bic. The questions to be determined |a hostile boat from the German point er seriously injured when an automo- |are whether the Arabic was torpedoed | of view. The Arabic chiefly carried bile was struck by a Lehigh Valley | without warning and whether , the | war suprlies since the outbreak of the express train near Norzistown, Pa. Arabic herself received a summons to | war. The crew formed a_ rifle club stop and refused to heed it and practiced daily with long rang® An order for 750 freight cars, ard Indians Star: Judgment will |rifles of heavy calibre. The seamen locomotives, was placed by the At- | have to be withheld until the full de-|would trail a small raft astern of the vessel upon which a_ stick of wood would be stuck to represent a subma- rine periscope. This served as a tar- ates if American citizens |get. If Americans knew this and used their lives on the fli-fated ves- |the hoat just the same they are to beaf 1 the consequences of their reckless sc- Minneapolis Journal By sinking | tions. If they did not know it, Eng=. Ar without warning, Germany |land is n-’- ponsible for the loss of given the United States final no- | American of her determination to persist in| St Paul Volks Zejtung: The sinking role of an ontlaw nation. She has |of the Arabic. a vessel controlled by sited the civilized nations against|the English admiraity and in contin- . wous e ax a transport of ammunition Pail Plorecr-Press: No one | has seriously delaved an enormous Jieves Germany means intentionally | cargo of war material destined for the king of the Arabic be- but there is no question o erigis confronts the ils of the me it a n, front the United States but the | slaughter of German soldiers—and thus raunnen of her naval policy toward |catled forth a new hysterieal clamor wsenger shipn, regardiess of the fact|of the pro-Fritish-American press, Americans may be among the|We cannot belleve that President Wil- #on tu ready 1o plunge this conntry in- to war for the sake of & few Ameri- ataked their lives to safe- rrect that the Arable was torpedoed little whether we are afironted ranw w Portland Oregonian: The attack on | guard Engiand's transport of ammuni- o Arabic is a challenge definite and ) tion. Conductors and motormen he w Pittsburgh on Traction Co,, at Mrs. Alice Crooke, of ¥all Tiiver, . a long | icide It In wald th been despondent on accol nelghbor, Fire today destroyed the on the bourd | n walk, at Atlantic City, ¥ he £ shops and bokerage A ccs occupicd | on the bullding. The loss was wbout | olice - Jall s mentences [ on four m and The riot took the Common i Plew doc = I Western Pacific Train Wrecked. Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 20—Informa- which reached here early today west pe ers injured. The Wrecking crews have been des- taken to California . sul LARGE NUMBER ished Beneca kept in touch with one large arift Dunbar, formerly a justice of tHe su- Brookline today after a long iliness. He was in his 78th year. He was o graduate of Williams coliese and the Harvard pointed to the superior bench in 1538 and GUARDING TREE FROM WHICH FRANK WAS STRUNG OF ICEBERGS SIGHTED Waters About Newfoundland Much | To Prevent Souvenir Hunters and Later Than Usual This Summer. Others from Molesting It, 5t John's, N. V.2 Auk. 20~The pro-| Marietta, G, Aug. 20—Watchmen today were guarding the big oak tree, two miles from here, on which the lifelons body of lwo M. Vrank, eon- victed of the murder of Mary Phagan, was found dangin Jawt Tuesday MOTRIng, 1o prevent souvenis hunters, or others from molesting it The ires 8000 I8 to be surrounded with & eom- crete wall, it is announced, and thus preserved by the owner, W.'J. Vray, to v mark the death piace of the alleged slayer of the Phagan girl. Meanwhils the tree in being guarded night and day. It was said that Mr, Fray had declined an ofter of $200 tor the tree and in doing so the plan 1o build a wall ahout the tragically his- toric oak became known. Vieitors to Marletta during the past two days have been unusually numer- ous and practically all have visited the scene of the lynching, Labor Troubles at Woburn, Woburn, M Aug, 20 ~Labor, ” troubles at the Thayer Foss tannery, where there was a clash between for, mer employers and ncwly hired help) yesterday, continued today with & strikke of 200 more mcn. There was no disturbance this morning. Movements om Steamships. Dunnet Head, H. 20.—Passed: Frederick New York for slon of leebergs which has con sued through the waters about New- dland much later than usual this smer has not yet ended, according ports brousht by mail steamers returned from Labrador, Large mbers of bergs were sighted, some them stranded in shallow bays or the outer wubmerged ledges and arifting southward towards the w-Atlantic steamer lanes, ¥loe lce, er, has disappeared, United States coast guard cut. Heneen and Miami, which have nducted a five monthe ice patrol off « Grand Panks this year, have fin- their work for the season, The The berz for thirteen days, watching it castward In the Gulf stream at the rate of 20 miles it_gradually meited into & The patrol has been of seistance in enabiing ocean id the ice. OBITUARY ! James Robert Dunbar. Poston, August 20—James Robert seh ers to 4 1 ) rior court, died at his home in steamer penhagen. jow York, X Law #school. He was ar- resigned ten years later to re. me the private practice,of law. 7