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President Ret To A Goes Back to Washington t Situution Resulting From 1 /??ni 1 c f-r* s* I i rt /-f fn 1 T/t h O f~l 1 Washington, Jan. ?President Wilson started to Washington from Hot Springs, Va., tonight to take personal charge of the nation's foreign affairs in the new crisis brought about by the sinking of the British steamship Persia with the loss of at least one American life. The situation is rea/% ~ J a J " 1 ?? ?/%! /\n <-> /-? V*Air* nr A gctrueu ili uuiciax curies ao ?."c most serious to confront this government since the submarine operations of the central powers began. The president will probably lay the facts thus far established before the cabinet tomorrow. The destruction of ' the Persia following upon the crisis ! precipitated by the Ancona disaster j may result in the United States determining to settle immediately al'l questions involved in the submarine warfare. The subject is expected to find its way to the floor of the house and senate tomorrow when congress re convenes after the holidays. President Wilson decided to cut short his honeymoon and return to the capital at once after telephone conferences with Secretary Lansing and Mr. Tumulty, his private secretary. rt was found, however, that he could not conveniently start until 8:45 tonight. He should arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Ready for Action. The United States is reported tonight as being prepared and determined to take any action that the facts concerning the Persia may warrant. j. ; ? _ i V ? tjmciais are iryiug iu view me 2>nuation with open minds, but it is apparent that they are disturbed by the reports received from consular agents at Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. Every effort will be made to establish the truth of the report that the Persia was torpedoed without warning. Secretary Lansing contemplates taking no steps until the complete details are known. Officials find one source of gratifica-1 tion in assurances given by Baron Erich Zwiedinek, charge of the AustroHungarian embassy, to Secretary Lansing during a conference today at i the state department. Baron Zwiedi-' tipIt id said tn "havp expressed t/ip be- ! lief that the final explanation of the latest incident would "be satisfactory. He is said to have assured the secretary of his belief that if an Austrian irF ?. i OHlFlNETHAT'S E-ESY, THERE'S A CHANCE TO SEE ; A REAf_ 1 close ey withoufj paying for &r H ticket^^^ BALL,YOU l STRIKE SAID, EH: -V Copyright 19/S ^ HafroAal XMrioon <5erpjce' urns feet New Crisis o Take Personal Charge or Destruction of Persia?Offi oomy View ot Conditions. submarine commander violated the principles of international law and the rules of humanity 'his government would take action which would fully satisfy the United States. Baron Zwiedinek also sought information for the benefit of his government. To Seek Miscreant Secretary Lansing today instructed Ambassador Penfield at Vienna to make informal inquiries which migh: IrioH tA tho octahlichmpnt nf tViP ivau CU tilt VA4 V V*. V identity of the submarine which sank the Persia or the receipt of information concerning the circumstances of the attack. The secretary acted upon an indi1 cation received from an undisclosed source that no submarines of other than Austrian nationality were known I to be operating near the point where the Persia went down. No specific instructions were given to Ambassa dor renneia. umciais nere are noi finally convinced that a submarine ' was responsible for the sinking of the Persia and still see a remote possibility that the vessel might have struck ! a floating mine. j The report that the liner was carrying a 4.7-inch gun served to revive consideration of the position taken by : the United States in regard to armed i merchantmen. In the early days of | the war it was announced that mer! chant ships belonging to belligerents | might be allowed to enter and leave i Amprican waters with suns of 6-inch calibre or less mounted upon their/ sterns. At that time cruisers of the j central powers had not been swept from the seas. Later Great Britain | and France, at the suggestion of the j United States, agreed that their ships i coming into American waters should j not be armed. Capable of Resistance. Since then all war craft of the Tentonic allies, with the exception of submarines, have disappeared from the | high seas. Consequently it is consid- j ered in some quarters that merchantmen mounting guns even of smaller calibre and astern might be considered prepared for resisting a hostile submarine. Secretary Lansing and other officials haive considered this view with great carefulness. The secretary said today he was not prepared to announce the styde COME ON CHESTY,we 'fWM< NEED AN UMPIRE.YOU K/A'i DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ei^i?al ANYTHING ABOUT THEOAM&, UL YOU GOTTA OQ IS HOLLER PR STRIKER WXm ? ; L --I I WHAT DIP YUH j lSAYJJ_L__ 33? Corp \ attitude of the United States on this J point in the future. It is undestod that he is waiting | an opportunity to discuss it with Presidf nt Wilson. The Italian ambassador called on Mr. Lansing during the afiernoon j seeking information on the question. Ke was referred to the position taken by the United States at the beginning of the war. During a later discussion of the sub- j /-i /-. ? C ^ T n r\ c r n rr ? ai* a.o 1 o + official v jLwaiioiii5 icvraicu uiai Germany had abandoned some time ago ; its contention that the Lusitania was | an armed merchantman. This claim ! was originally made in justification of j the sinking of the ship, and affidavits were presented to substantiate it. The affidavits were proved to be false. The Japanese ambassador, Viscount Chinda, also called on the secretary. His purpose was to obtain any details which might have been received regarding the sinking of the Japanese liner Yasaka . iT'he secretary had received 110 re- j ports of importance. He indicared later that no action would be taken by the United States in that case because the only passenger aboard thac , vessel supposedly of American birth ! was born of American parents in ! China and had never perfected Amer- | ican citizenship. ; BEGINS HER DUTIES AS THE FIRST LADY j Mrs. Wilson Takes Up Her Work as Mistress of the White House. < i Washington, Jan. 4.?Mrs. Wood row j ' Wilson took up her duties today as jJ mistress of trie White House; Soon j' after she arrived with the president | ' from their honeymoon at Hot Springs I she was busy with arrangements for the brilliant social season that opens Friday night with the Pan-American " reception in the blue room. The state department's list dividing J foreign diplomats between the two- ' diplomatic dinners that will be given ^ this year because of the war was sent I to the White House during the day. j i It will be gone over carefully by ihe j 1 | president and Airs. Wilson before it is! < made public or invitations issued. 11 The task of determining to which ^ of the dinners the representatives here i of neutral governments should be in- I vited, which for a time presented a i difficult problem, was solved by des- s ignating them alternately from the of- t ficial diplomatic list. The neutrals un- j. der this plan will be divided equally a between the dinners at which repre- 1; sentatives of the Teutonic and those v of the entente powers will be present, h One of the diplomatic dinners will r be held January 11 and the other Jan- p uary 21. g lVut T ("THIS IS THE SOFTEST l JOB I'VE HAD IN A LONG ij WHILE ^ ^ ' i f 1 I I I LET ME ASK /T\ HIMJUSTONE ^ /^-jiaUESTiOlNr^ /Vcb^Mr Liu ss rss? MAJOR RICHARD HAS PASSFD AWAY WAS (J ALL A NT YOUNG SOLDIER OF (ONFEDEKACY. Armed a Company of Dragoons Which Did Valuable Service in Hecoustruetion Times. The State. rt^nry warren Kicnarctson, wno, | after having been in failing health for j a year, suffered an attack of pneu- ! monia a fortnight ago, died at 3:SO j o'clock yesterday morning at his home j on Barnwell street. The remains were j taken to his old home in Hampton county and interred yesterday afternoon in Black Swamp Cemetery, where sleep his ancestors. Major Richardson was born in Beaufort district August 21, 1S44, the son of Dr. Henry Warren Richardson and j 01 dis wue, who was ueiuie nei marriage Miss Mary Maner. He married Miss Sarah Aldrich, who with two sons, Alfred Aldrich .Richardson and Henry Warren Richardson, Jr., survives mm. i When the War Between the Sections j broke out, Major Richardson was a lad of 15, attending school in Culpeper, Va. He returned to South Carolina and entered Mount Zion institute, Winnsboro, then a famous boys' school. In a short time, however, he cast aside his hooks and enlisted in the Confed I erate army, becoming a member of the Charleston Light Dragoons.' Gen. M. C. Butler was his devoted personal friend through life. In this branch he served gallantly until he was captured at Cold Harbor and carried to Point Lookout prison. Managing to effect his escape after six months, he succeeded in working his way home to Allendale by way of Savannah and conducted his mother to Ninety Six fust in time to escape Sherman's army, is the result of the raid of which his iome was burned. The war over, he planted success-' "ully in Barnwell county and a nota- ! Die incident in his public and patriotic service was the selling by him of >0 bales of cotton in New York with vhich to purchase 100 rifles for the nembers of the Richardson Light dragoons, a military company organzed by him for the protection of the iouthwestern part of the state during | he Reconstruction period. This com>any figured in the riots of Ellenton nd Stafford's Cross Roads, at which 1 fitter place a number of prominent 1 rhite citizens were rescued from a i ouse in which they had been sur- i ounded by negroes led by Gen. Whipar Xfoinr "RiAharrisrm hpariiner a. uard of 600 men, escor.ed Ben. Wade % HE'S TILL" CLAW HE WAS RIGHT. i ?? i i r? +4S&* r I ' BflLL.rriEfiN STRIKE If NO.NO.EMEAN 8ftLL I STRIKE,! THINK IT Wfl5 1 S> Dnruir ?? ? How to Cut | * Cough? Keep out of Drafts. Avoid | Exposure. Eat and Live Right and Take Dr. King's New Discovery. You catch cold because your system is below normal and finds itself unable to throw off the cold germs. 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