Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% i - OONIIESS TO KECMNIZE STATE OF WAR WITH QERAANY FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE to * President Itanty to La* liefore I>aw makern Situutlon Caused by (kw many's Action Against l'«ited States—Democrats Expected Reorganize Congress Successfully. Congress, called in extraordinary session by President, Wilson, met Monday to determine the most im portant issues before the legislative representatives of the* people of the United States since the War Between the Sections. H is considered certain ^ that it either vy/iV declare war against : Germany or declare that a state of war exists because of Germany’s ag gressive actions on the high seas. President "Wilson has completed the message he’will .deliver to Con gress and. is ready to address a joint session as soon as he gets word that both houses have been organized-and are ready to hear him. . Hither before or directly after he addresses Congress the president is expected to confer with leaders of both houses regarding thb specific legislation desired by the adminis tration. The war and navy departments continued their preliminary prepara tions and are ready with recommen- .<% dations for further strengthening the army and nary to he submitted as soon aa Cong res* decides whet tier the nation Is actually |o go to war with Germany. Itoth houses met at noon Monday The Senate, already organized, will l»e neady t« transact bu^lneiMk when the ga%e| falls, but In %lew of the fart that any war resolution la l«e« ted to rnrry an nitpropnatlon It la *ea ported, that art ton will wad on the Itonne Wins Co%{Uni; {mice With Voten l<f Hpnro Hoc Ini Ut and 1 Tog revive Help Drm<K'ratn Champ Clark, of Bowlirrg Green. Missouri, Monday was re-elected spcsaker of the House over James K; Mann, of Illinois, by a vote of 21 < 7 to 205C * Speaker Clark was plated in notnlr nktion for the speakership by Repre sentative Schall of Minnesota, a Pro gressive. t Republican Leader Mann was nom inated for speaker by Representative Greene of Massachausetts and sec onded by R^resentatfve Lenroot of Wyoming. . Balloting began shortly before* 1 o’clock.'. •‘The voting occupied about *>0 minutes? Fopr hundred and twenty-nine of the 423 members of the' House an swered present. The absentees were, Representatives Capstick, New Jer sey; Helgesen, North Dakota, and I Ueakley,,Pen nsy 1 vania, Repu biicdns. and ftepresentative Lee of Georgia, Democrat. - Two members have'died While Representative Lee did not answer the roll call he sat in* an Out er room while nominations were made. . Representative Martin, Progres sive, of Louisiana, voted for Clark Hue** ha%» rlrwrwd for mb wffhrt to ortadtvw awd thr hottrt wa* » that I ho Hrwiorraja would fWumo mefrol with /pro! or nm Is wbbM ithla hour* ahor to th< chair th# ■auaiw Thoro la Itttlo dowht that h war roao l at.di will ho paoapd hf largo maiofifioa Mi ho*h dMuioow Thofo •fo Itttlo gvowgo of porlhol* ofppaMod to oaf otpawfod to fooiaC, oho Ottl «o«o ood prohatHy lath aoai»<< aoy o orliho oM»t>moof Thoro aro othoo groopo who hoao thotr ooo Idooo a howl ohot tho I wt( od Plato* ahoold do fto i ha prouauM a*lwolloO hot o«oo |a airuOd roooah lo pfwaoof ortaao ao to aorlowwlr toi poalo Ha prowtrowo %o«4o tvwoi tho oor fa*-do*loO aOd tho* appOapcto llooo ohirh prohowly arwoopatii it thoro la ooC pio*h logwlat w>o woo OO Iho hooha W hftafh loodorw holla aa la oooowaory to owarf hofofo o Tho apprwptiwtioo hlfW. tori tho ormy. amoodmooio to tho >htp ptOd MU. mmm choddoa Ml tho fodorol roworoo art ood todtohMloo to cwrh apflod aro aaaoog tho thioda which till ho daomod ooaowilol to oltoo of whotoaor roorao la do* mad opoo Addttioool voooooo aod hood loaooa hop ood tho oothortaoitoo to oaMdoora to ho carried lo tho oar rueotettao otlt do* anlto tho I'aitc*! gtatoa uio Eff«irta of Har* rotary ZMomrrmann to ITaro War Onua on America. Secretary ^Immermann'a speec h tp the Gorman Reichstag charging the United States with' responsibility for war, if it comes, brought forth for the first time official admission that the United States government' knew jn the. middle of January that the ruthless submarine decree was to be issued/and that after its issue three days were allowed to elapse to give Germany opportunity r to modify or repeal it before the severance of dip 1 lomatle relatibns was announced. Count von Bernstorff, it was stated by department officials, knew’ of the impending decree* two weeks before it was issued, and made every effort with his government to have it repealed. Officials are mtich aroused by Ger many’s continued attempt to convict the United States*.of 'desiring war, and they intend to show- that every possible opportunity was given to Germany to avoid it. America’s ac tion. they poin£ out, foreshadowed in the Sussex note, delivered eight months and ’a half before the Ger man detree, merely followed out the policy then outlined. Germany on the other hand abrogated her prom- NEW GERMAN ‘ CRLISER DE STROYS 11 MERCHANTMEN IS NEAR SOUTH AMERICA Commerce Destroyer Cap!arm Ships on March 7 and Sends^ la on Slow A. • , - " Journey to South America—Pro- 7 rv'f Y' r ‘ V —/ ’ - “ viMionexl fow IK MontJu .and Well Armeil With K\\ lions. for speaker amid Democratic cheer*, -ises on seven hours' notice'to this Representative Lee of Georgia left his sick bet] to go to the Capitol to vote for Clark, and when his vpte was cast be was vigorously applaud ed by the Democrats. • A moment later Representative* London. Socialist. New York, and Randall, Prohibitionist, <,'ailf° rn la. also voted for Clark. Another cheer was given when Mias Rankin voted for Mann. All of the m-mocrats present and four of the »o railed Independentw— Mar*in. l*r»*gres«*lve-lTotei tlonl*t. of l4>ui»kana S«nill, ITogrewsIve. of Mtnnrvota; lamdon. ll<H*lallsl. New York, and Randall, Prohibit Ion tat. i‘ah(ornta voted for Clark. Two RegaiMUrn*. Gardner and Pnller. of Mnawarbiiseft*, v«*tnd for Rrprr*^ntatlve l^rnruot. of WlnroM* •tn. HeDre«ontntl« government, and then in fdctf'of cef tain drastic action by this Country allowed three days to pass without any attempt to meet the United States. That Germany’s decree was dis cussed two weeks ahead of Its issue adds new interest lo the Austrian situation, for it was jnsi at that time that Count Tarnow»ki left Austria for thin country to in-come the new Austrian ambassador. Whether Vi enna was convinced that the I fitted Staten, would not. never rotations, whether Austria was n siletn and an* vyispathetic party to Jiefmaay** ac tion. or whether the new am bnaondor was entrusted with spertat argu ments to preneat the Teutnat. stand point aro not known of lib !».*.,« aft4 Vorh. Mepnhltcaao. •ey. voted for hHte. of •entailvon Jsaas Hsnhell of Mow voted present Clark's eirrtlan nan effertnd Ml snarlly one hoar and fort» miawtes after the IIease ewsivened. the enact tiam he pfedtvfod In nn Interview a t set a tv M ago M naMitd take Ike one esrotted In the # hair hf a • nsamMloe. '4 ahivh Mr, Mann was * helm an He w a* greeted hf apptawse hg hnlh sides In hkv address he ptenned for fo wfar#a«Msn wMhoot regard tn parti aff» Italian j^viess Assctms »kaMr mnn i var»hollsd hf tW redeoatmn mil lot the pa ta dtsonado C«n takiaa any action that ••old lend »• llnkes lefneen the I aMod tandem ad the that at lanal k.ddh f-eOseno own! da****t them At the some tine a host of * pil arms di poiftoiMni * i eodad he I rttiveno sooMonfso o It ami ta tram Nen TaOh hat the saproswed pnrfme of *«N*adeOn* tWm the OnsVIISO ad Che a»*tnsas and "fin genre at any prtro pevied In hrvag thnnvnnds ol thorn from Veo Vorh PhMndallphco MnMh more l hkravps. d» for nor. Moffhln. and other rniea torfionsk ncvofdmn to thevr ottl norm CapMal Hill and on nearer to geeaeol IheH steos to soon of I'onneaaa hnd an fediimaAion of are reft a la lo he made lo | n oaieoraal niiitarr hilt even If PraMdsni M l M There vttl he to M. pan alar If if the belief galas rorvenrf that inch leg taint ion would pave the wag for the aandlag of aa cvpodttlimary force to the Karo gran hatttedetd* has haea much talk of a to provid to France of from $&•# .000.00# to $i.nnn.non.onn g«rh a would reretvo strong support , hot there might be enough opposition to prevent Immediate enactment of the necessary legislation Hundreds of telegrams poured Into the capital both for and against war. Among lhe measures w hich will be Introduced aa soon as the House moetn will be the general army staff bill for compulsory military training of men between 19 ami 22 years of age which Representative Kahn of California, ranking Republican on the military committee, will submit. Mr. Kahn said he believed there was an excellent prospect for its enact ment. (Iqmpulsory training measure.also probably will be introduced by Rep resentative Caldw'eU'of New York and others. Representative Mon tague of Virginia will Introduce al ternative bills for a $1,000,000,000 gift of $.'*00,000,000 and. $r>00,- 000,000 loan to France in recogni tion of French support in revolution ary days. • Representative Flood of Virginia, renamed Democratic niemher»jof the House foreign relations "affairs com mittee, has been*working for several days on a resolution declaring a state of war exists with Germany and is expeelod to call a meeting of that committee as soon as the organiza- t wnntwww i da 9 f«aC • hw l hr uwv t«rg nf vhw rwpwhMr fTvwwhMM VI tlMan amnrwwwwn n trnrnmtwm mi r«nnvwww at t • cfemh 4ay wwnind, Al hraf N wna I' that afnnimnwn mi thw M towing iTnrh • ro-<ri#rn«wn na rnnM hr prrfwcvod nwMhlg. and ihnf ovoryihtnc mtvhi hr rrrdg in hrrr l hr pfwaidont warn nflrr 1 r'clrch Thr MipnhMrnna. Mrvrrrr. and* »iw* wm MrmMf flaadtd vMh II dontg MMrrparpd rhrlnrtra tr a »m •*»•*••» rMl *••»• •• mr* k» *<ikM tortM* m4 11m it nppanrrd that pwcfwc Han mi thr Hnnar ocgaaiMtiar mlpht ff^ua Mtrfg fn^rritto rua latr mtr thr rflcmaan. It la oipociod an rvocy hand that thr prnatdirt will rrh Crnnrrrr tn nrrvmuim dorlarr that a mate «f war rvima W- ATTACK RACE HClPl twam tho I’aitrd Matra and Oor Thlw toop»d ar cortaln that Chair- Flood of tho Homo forotga af falra committee, th# admlalgtratioa kpokoaman thoro. prrparrd a rraoln* Hon to declare a itato of war and authorize tho president to act. Congress assembled with a matur ity openly in favor of a declaration of war. If not actually a declaration of war. A new German raider, slipping past the British warships on guard in the North yea, has reached the South Atlantic and sent 11 or more merchantmen to the bottom. According to survivors from *the sunken \ot,.s**ls the.raider is the See- adler lEtya-Kaglelja formidable arm ed craft operating with thtssame suc cess and . daring as its predecessor, the Moewe, which recently returned to a German port a Her playing havoc with shipping in the same waters. News of the activities of the raid-. «*r was brought to Rio de Janeiro by the French bark Uambronne, which arrived Friday. She had on board 2-s’t men from the crews of vessels sunk by the Seeadler. -; • The rumhronne encountered the raider on March 7 at latitude 21 south, longitude 7 west, a point in the Atlantic almost on a line with Uio de Janeiro, and about two-third* of the way to the African coast After lurvivois had been put on. the t'aiu- hr oil lie she was ordered to proceed lo the roast.of ifratJl. a voyage of 22 days. According lo Thr Jornal do Ifraxil the raid«*r waa load* d with mine* which explains the de»trart!on of vessel* off the roast of Hraill. Tho commerce destroyrt |a reported I#* be armed wifh two gwat of 105 mill! moirew and Id mar I* me g was Tho I has three mast a and lo iwwrd wllh nirvle«a It* itvn 5 1—e_=k nhL---' cap* t'hnrr * — lu tho fofwdwow tlx raid nr M0 Germany nn Hrrmhof 12 «n mrfnd hv n submarine 4 %m onmpmmto know boon made aw tw vho trwntmswt nf tho watlnrw enifeo thoy note prMmnorw nn tho raider They nave tho nnP# mi tho hunt wo thr Pound *r and «nf thni n • •« pm •mmnod for 1% mwniho and hnd n •rent wnppit mi man oi««a Un siahimn the rwnlor h-inred a wbeh a a * refdw-ed i •mmmrnm nhm her ptwp man w»th*a a ?ren*n mi hot awn* n I %menn tho rufopme are inn ne m>m i * wtsee mi tan nf I ho «ap iahn* ml tho i nnkon ohipw Dflnien •hips were send hf the mi lo# kelmw. ihe remhmmno was mni in Mm Annoom nMh Ihn Tin irrwwtf hammyed werw From n wiinnn mnmi ljh?l Inna ■aand in Rnhhifh. II men nn heard Mmish V mm in, DMttioh sniiind tawwel l,P«l tnho waned m %lr ««rvn II C. St men Ha man nvrww Italian mlMnn ten *el I,til tsmn on nod m Nap low. SI in* Germans "March 10. ' Porcelvod 7.S0 n. m a aaltlDg ship, which approachad rap idly. At about 2,000 yardi Iti iplla luddrniy cam# down aad thn Gorman flap wai displayed, accompanied by n cannon ihot. "A German offlcar came on board, accompanied by armed men. lelxad all the ihip’i papers and Invited me U> return on board the cruller and put myself at . the disposal of the commandef.*’ \ Among the men from the destroy ed ships are five Americans. Al though the survivors say the Oer- mans did not mistreat them, they re port that their captors invented fan tastic tales regarding the war to put them, out of sorts. One of their fav orite stories was that' France was about to be overwhelmed by an ava lanche of 5,000,000 Germans. They also announced frequently that Rus sia had been dismembered. /,•' The Buenos AyreS was halted just before the fight with the Hongarth occurred. The raider compelled the ■Buenos Ayres to pass back and forth over an indicated course, while the Hongarth was being disposed of. For the itiOM part tt compensated their p services. A that of a Hollander assigned to work in the galley. At the end of bis stay on the raider his German captors handed him 150 marks in German paper money. He refused payment with a gesture of disdain. He was at once arrested and now ia a prisoner on the Seeadler, the only members of the captured crews who was not given his liberty. It is said Life „ passed pleasantly on hoard the raider, -the released men report The sailors bad a band which played frequently and cnthuslaatirall) when fl»e Iiien were off duty. Their or chestra was coin posed of three man* dollns. three violins, a flue and a ba** drum. The sailing ye «el Uharles'Goonod was the first ship sunk. Her captain gave the following aieoual of her experieares “Whoa first sighted the raider was flying the X«»r*egtaa flag \Ye learn* ed of her intentions n he# site ofw-fl ed Are with machine guns, shoot tag our •ails We ho«e to and th# raider * * > * 1 ' >y " > *-»■»*»*■*-* n«rot# tM a*nMM >»«rl.l ». “* GERMANY MAKING DESPERATE EFFORT TO END VAR HINDENBURB PLAN SECRET ' ' * M / y 1 • + ,m V* , *• Kctlraneiit on S'eatcni Kro»i Hap “ Sot Vc( Itrarhed IU Mmita, A®. cording to News In Copenhagen i Supreme Effort to Win War .. Brings Every dnaa to Colon. Germany, according to Informa- ’ tion reaching Copenhagen from i t r- lin, now is gathering to the ern rs every available man for a eJ.j ♦ ie military effort to bring the war to a % victorious .conclusion in this year'p campaign a gola which Field Mar shal von Hindcnburg and hia advio- prisoners for their lets consider by no meana^impossiblo remarkable < ase was 1 0 f attainment. Without altering formally the law of* military service the German au thorities have in practice extended the period of service beyond the forty-filth year; and gre retaining with the colors and In many In stances for fighting duty with active units in the front line landsturm men who have passed this age. The policy of the German war de partment, as stated In the Reichstag lust w«*ek by a military representa tive, is to withdraw those men over 15 from the front line after they hate done six months of duty there, hut mllitaiy exigencies compel thn holding of these over age men in re gions behind the actual fighting free!. For some time the German author ities have been mustering men on ihn vtri verge of the ape limit, hat up to the present they have aa now need that the aereasily has not yet arisen for Iwptslailoa rsutap th# ape limit to €5, aa has been done in Aeetrtn* Hnagary la fell swi nr tl nr haeuli tollertwd and dewtroped a*l nenNMHP *** ^ * **** miphi hove I rape hie of carrying a earfwl te th# enemy A feaior U#r-1 •< man olficef b»»erdwd ws end de> larod j mm0 ,| >r •or v*we| in he n pris# mi war a am her hnal land mi Germans woes h® u h omh an hoard and sewrrhsd the whip ** 1^ ^ T The rwpeace mi the |>wpMs mild la s#4ie mi the feet the! I woe ■ | V tg| •vph» | tn I wes imoled enh na *oaeidera r | a flog rW • la the Cap- fast AMERICANS ARE PRISONERS C'o|N'nliag<*ii Tell* of Their l*reM*nce in <>eriiiait Detent ion Camp*. Official dispatches from Copenha gen Saturday confirmed reports that two American seamen had arrived tjiere from Germany with the story that some 50 others taken in raids by the Moewe were held in detention •camps. Reports from many sources have convinced officials thatvAmeri cans captured on the,British steamer Esmeralda's are held. As yet no re ply has come to an inquiry sent through the Spanish foreign office’ a week ago as to whether there were Americans among the crews of ves sels captured. SEVENTY MEN HANGED tion steps are taken and the’ presi dent has delivered his address. The Senate foreign relations, committee which would handle any war resolu tions met Monday afternoon. Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts, ♦ who has been a vigorous critic of the administration’# Germart* policy, issued-a statement urging a flat declaration of w'ar against Ger many and announcing that he would introduce a resolution of this pur port. Spe« ial arrangements to restrict attendiDnce of visitors'at the eapilol during the flrat tvrtf day* of tire se»- •itiA were*‘rompl**te«t Sunday night Relx*! Prisoners filet &hort Shrift in Mexico. , Seventy rebel prisoners taken dur ing Villa's attempt to capture Chi huahua Friday were publicly hanged Saturday. • • Report* hpve ^been brought ■ to headquarters by cavalry patrols that Villa’s scattered main forces are con centrating at some western f»olnt. They were over aken on this retreat by. a form under Gen. Fa Vila and lost »Iq killed. *«orm HiU M*-o»|4»i« Fight pnrwonw mete intured. two * ar# oiis*tag several hmldtnrv were w r«Nr kjpd a#4 fT mH*fm or wwmnr onrr# nnrnnfed nr othi H^itr danaped 4n n W**^ oGomm that sAirwd and otrork •Mb na Sail •Madilnafon H I'olrhtHr. \\asking*««n Hfelf H m the grip iff a w avr of patrt«»tuni In reapimse to appeals ppblxhed »• the n^wspnp#ra by the hoard off trad#, th# vbambrf of maaiorvr#. nkevrkantsr assortat tone and othrr o#tan>mHon< flap* are flr t np mM o*or tho enty lo Aepa ndewa Itai mi M mtmmmQ oridnm «*n n prawAae dMpdaj mi ih A mass meeting held at Baltimore Punday night under*the aasp* rr * af the American League Against Mili tarism ended In a riot A counter demonstration was (organised on the pavement of the Academy of Music, in which Dr. David Starr Jordan was Hpeaking. and finally aNrrowd of mi litiamen and civilians broke into the theater and marched down thc^aiHles waving an American flag. . There was an audience of about 2,bob inside and about that number tried to enter. Several fist fights started, the police department sound ed a riot call and police from every section of. the city soon arrived. Ejec tions started, the lights were dimmed and the meeting broke up just as Dr. Jordan was reaching au impassioned climax in his address. Men socially prominent led the throng of 4.000 which broke into the theatre. Carter G. Osborne Jr., a banker, was at the head waiving a flag. A policeman clubbed him into unconsciousness and a crowd which saw the flag"disappear from his hand leaped forward, swept the police aside* and got into the theater. Twenty men were clubbed and four of them wer§ taken to 0 hospi tal. A dozen others were Urrestod. BRITISH FIND TURKS Fighting is -3 Resumed Thirty Mile# From Persian Border. ‘ - t* .The forward movement -of the British force* in Mesopotamia has brought them to within 2tUniiles of the Persian frontier. The^fHpish have come into contact with the Turkish army that retreated from Kut-cl-Am.ira and which now haa been reinforced by fre*h unit*. Se vere fighting haa taken place near Jebel Itamnn and Ki/tl Rabat. In the ttrinity of the Inara river in Mesopo tamia * rhartan ^ Hnplrit Ftinrh «a« Sn4 tana, an na4 ti OlnMyn May I#. DMMHh S.Sii ton*. aon#P m tt or ttnrmgartb. tt for Laady » IF •M • 9 «»fh • • • | an i Hag tn NnsHMb Prrre. ranaPlan *choonar. 5nn Iona an m#n. nn# woman IMP Hot* •Pt. INamore Urttiah sat Rag voaart. tr ISt Iona, ownep la Gf##noek. 2% There were 22 men la thr crew of th# Uambronne bringing up the total of peraona who reached Rio pe Ja neiro to 2*5. The thoroughness with which the German* carried on their wort of de struction ia ahown by their treatment of the Camhrnnne. On deciding tn send this vessel lb Brazil with their prisoneys they cut away part of her masts and destroyed some of her sails: with the idea of delaying hex progress to Brazil and keeping sec ret as long as possible the presence of the raider in the South Atlantic. All papers on the Uambronne were seized and a large part of her cargo was destroyed'. The survivors can give no definite account of the movements of the Seeadler, * although they say that most of the vessels were sunk off the Brazilian coast. The Hongarth •put up the stiffest light. It required 21 cannon shots, fired from a dis tance of two and one-half"miles, to sink her. * ^ • to, discourage any attempt to make: trouble* The Germans were lined nn oh th^ niri.rv man liiiUTmv~ armed, a,s each new contingent of prisoners was taken on hoard. Tlfe Seeadler is a three master, square'rigged with a speed of 12 knots.- She is equipped with a pow erful wireless plant. The apparatus is concealed skilfully in the riggings. The survivors say it is impossible to recognize her as an armed ship When she left Germany Tier gups were concealed In the hold, while she Was running the British blockade. The Seeadler haa two gaaoline laumhe* which also were- hidden during the flrat p^rt of the voyage After the R eadier was on the high •ion by the tli rmani For two honra German mihari iPltagoP my ohipg #aa* wrap a*at everyth lop ttoy wantoP The# ne wore alt pent Do th# peoaP- ter »• oov onn aanall hoeis f no homko aefe phoep m th# holP mi 4h# leapieta aaP aaai in th# mnMI haleh••> The heo ha m tMhr hohfl •aphapep aaP «#G Pfo to th# ktMMIe ronrh M# mnnimt Mm thn thn •#« I# a#nP th# -I mm my •*!».** thn cnpuin aa*P. “i John Molten of tho Ftnm»n wna art orlop tn taka thn vanant with thn prtonnnM nn thn MwnPMr in I The f pan II mnaGa o Si LlM off anP thn am la an that nnr I anP that thn raiPar mlpht nHl n Piatnat petal hnfnre wn pave rap mi her araanntn tn thn A Haa rhttn thn whotn [tar aMnntnP for thn Pttth man ara of Ihn u/:n * r ] lermana IrenteP their I flo( m ara of ihn Ihn Orman a treated relatively well It wna *0***- lemat ^Muat «**rta»n nndl^void the imor-udlag onslaught hr their feeling apparently waa thht lf L rt niery mas^.M on that aecUon and isvEirfx: eo*. -o a unr , 0 ^ T^T* «h» rh.«rr. ofth. r«ld»r-. KrrBrh b , lkc r, * w , quIrMl 10 advaac* (k* bis tuu t« th* conalderatloa. according to the anil- ■« ora. aeemed to be given the Ameri cans among the captives on the. raid er. The dally consumption of gasoline by the Seeadler’a engine Is five bar rels. She carried a supply of 1,200 barrels, the refugees repo-t. MORE AMERICANS LOST Subs Sink Four Ships Without Warn ing Saturday. # Destruction w ithout ‘ warning of four merchant ships, carrying Ameri cans in their crews was reported to the state department in official dis patches indicating that several Americans lost their lives. The vessels were the British steamer Crispin, on which two Amer- It is rfdated bv sui v-i>ors that thcirij^^ )es j )ro bably perished and reception on the raider was such artTr,^ «ht*H 1 v ™ from which 18 other Americans are reported missing. The Portugese sailing ship Argo, from which three American negroes are missing; and the Britisli steamers Eptafolos and Snowden Range, on which there ap parently was no loss of life though Americans in the crews suffered from exposure. NEW RUSSIA AND BULGARIA rremier lU'hudavoff IT«x]lct» lUMurn . of Good Relations. Premier Radoslavoff addressing the Bulgarian parliament on the Rus- aian revolution, expr* ^.-d thr be lief seaa her tuna were mounted on thr | that it nould make pqoaibla thr re- fore^H«tle and the gun porta were | turn of goo# rrHtlona he twee# the thgjf MaiwjbqA AntwsA von Mock- mi th# German army m^orP- M PupnirMTi im M#^# ParH haa amend «t u !tor « af%ant n^aiked^ On acrount of U.e pool!ion of the twz* *4 pant they can hr fired In only i > ' Mi rorfimia ■p*e »arvtvv»e* 4e — nt*r H r floe34 jrt a» a *em#i mi ah**it 7.900 toas Her fimmandrr prrorA*«d la tha rnp ta a mi onflM ship hr «oak an ra J4* G *«d naf prwrd cafldj^mtr aaftmp fortk ihnimp lot noon Ruaalok aad Hulgar au people* He paid a warm trfhnir. lo-tha patriot' um of the ftaraian Itnaaa. and mAd I hopo non tho state of tbing» tn RnMun will h# rananli4ai#d and will onm th# way to a food wa4af*«and ohoalitiH BwSr new line. Rrcrnt references to thn rntlm- ment received in Copenhagen or ax- pressed by German military .rrltlca turn on the ability of the new line to realat the battering of the Entente of fensive. and thy Teuton commanders are said no longer to be concerned with the possibility of a great battle in the region between Arras and tbo A1 sue because the destruction of roads and communications, has ren dered it unfit for a battle field. - A scrutiny of the German press gives no indications as to what direc tion the troops, / released by tho shortening and straightening of the line, are going. There is reason to believe that the retirement has by no means reached itsliimit, particularly in the southern .sector. The niaip of the retirement now appearing in the German news papers shows irbig salient still exist ing westward of Laon. fthicb, At straighteiuul out. would make—Hio- Von Hindenburg line run in-almost a straight course from Arras through St. Quentin and Laon to a point on the Aisne near Berry-au-Rac. .m TO BUILD 114 SHIPS Uritifch GovernmCtit Bocks Com pong Which Hire* Americana. liespite a scarcity of labor, both skilled and unskilled, and thr largo requirements of thr Uaitrd Staton government. American ship buildora Friday aaknred agents of th# Canard Steamship com pa ay they could moot the rompaay's specificattoas for 114 passenger steamer* af ha appmxft* mate *ro*t of 9l2#.t+*.fl*d Ship builder* vka attended thn meet lag sold that while R wna naC offtrtatiy Banannfd they hnd von- «an Gn Wi ese tW t nnnfd Un# pH wo tn pHm tom# nf tt# new tun mam, under tW Amafiran fWp nod Ihnt « guudoMp wt® ontnr the Mode mi th# I nnod tDntan v> *