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Iii* TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Weekly, EHtabllnIied 1800; Dally Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C.FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1915. PRICE $1.50 THE Y?4R nrnififti nran ?lhivia? UtflU TWO REGIMENTS DRIVEN FROM THEIR POSITION WITH LOSS 3,000 MEN SIX HUNDRED IN ONE PLACE Interest in the Submarine War fare in British Waters is Still Tense While the vast armies of Germany iiml Russia are resting or fighting merely to hohl what they have at tained in Poland and along the East I'rusRian frontier, preparatory to re newing general -offensive operations, the armies in the West have not been Idle. The latest official statement is sued by the l<'rench war office des cribes an important success for the LiTTLE HOPE FOB URES NO PROSPECT DF PASSING RIVERS AND HAnBORS BILL IN PRESENT FORM MAY REVIVE THE SHIP BILL President Expresses Wish That a Way May be Found to Pass Bill Before Adjournment (By Asv>rinU.-d Prp*? 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.? Senate Democratic leaders conceded tonight that there was little, hope for any! legislation except the big supply measures b.?fore adjournment of con gress a weok from tomorrow, and that there was no prospect of passing the rivers and harbors bill in its present form. It is now generally expected allies in the neighborhood of Les j that there will bo substituted for this { Sparges, where tv/o German regi luents, driven from their position, lost more than half of their strength, or more Hum 3,000 men. Six hundred German dead wcr<. round along a email section of the line carried by the Krencb. The statement also speaks of spirit ed artillery engagements from the Lys to the AiBne which the French claim have been all In their favor. The naval blockade by French and llritlsh warships of German East Africa In. announced to heglu Feb ruary 28. A German newspaper estimates that Germany and Austria now have 1,035. 000 war prisoners, about 76 per cent of whom are held by Germany. (By Auocinted Tress.") LONDON, Feb. 24.?The German eubmarlne blockade of the British Isles has be ji In effect one weok. Thtr.T?sultV ab far ' SS "Ts" kn?Wir.-?^ that two Norwegian, one French and five British, steamers.have baen sunk or torpedoed by .submarines, with the surprisingly small loss of four lives. Two of the steamers reached port. On the other Bide of the account two German submarines are reported ml?slng and a third hit and possibly Buiik by a French destroyer. r Besides the vessels which fell vic tims to the submarines, two Ameri can and vme Norwegian steamers have been sunk by mine? near the German coast and the Swedish steamer Specia and one or two British steamers are overdue and it is feared they have been lost. Nearly all the steamers torpedoed by sub?Hsrlnc-6 were snsai? anu Stow vessels nnd at least three were caught while at anchor or while barely un der way. This fact, with the failure . of a submarine to hit a fast cross channel steamer at which it fired a torpedo,-apparently proves to tho sat isfaction of British naval writers that steamers with moderate speed, which observe obvious precautions, can es cape the undcr-water craft, and auch vessels aro continuing .to CroBa the seas.- * . \ . . - The blockade, however, has increas ed insurance rateB and somo neutral nwn?TB' "ara keeping their shlpa In neutral waters.; . With buck ?????i2onB obtaining the public. In England , and In neutral countries nro ?urio?s as to the'latest proposal of the American government to' Great/ Britain and Germany con cerning tho blockade and ?lBo \os to what reprisals tho allies will make to , the blockade. In addition to Om. ^^L^^JS^L (COfOlNUED ' ON ??AGE FOUR.) gji^gje^i-aata?-SBSsaca bill a joint resolution appropriating aporoximately $30,000,000 to continue existing projects under direction of the way department. After a conference between Presi dent Wilson and Senators Fletcher and Simmons there were,rumors of a spirited revival of the effort to pass the ship purchase bill, now in con ference. The president reiterated to the senators Jjls o?t-expresRed wish that a way might he found to pasB tho measure before adjournment. The senators said they were'anxicus thai a repoit could be agreed upon, but made it plain that they doubted that Republican opposition could bo over come. Republican leaders insisted that they never would permit the measure to come to u vote In tny form. > The senate today passed ill ? post office apnroprlation bill virtually an Al.RagMl^Mgujug^ of approximately $323,000^000'. A re-1 commendation of the senate commit tee that ?ie house provision fixing the salary of rural mail carriers on standard routes at $1,200 a year be r.tricken out was overruled in the .-el ate bv n vote of 62 to 10. adding >2. 700.000 to the bill as reported from the committee, v . ' Increases in the house' diplomatic I and consular bill recommended by. the senate committee iccludo the addi tion of $50.000 to pay the e*pcnu? of the forthcoming conference of South and CentTal American financial offl-1 clals with those of the United Stutes. Provision is mado for a $10,000 ap propriation for the International Med ical Conference in San Francisco, and the house provi3fon or $25,000 for the city of Panama exposition ia increas ed' to $75,000. The senate committee also icserted a provision authorizing tho president t? take necessary stops ta secure from tho Cuban government reimbursement of $6,600,000 expended for the ariny of pacification In 1907-'09. . Until a late hour tonight the senate kept at work on the' agricultural I bill. Several dispute. 1 items -\vent| over for discussion tomorrow, includ ing an appropriation of $400,000 for distribution of seed, eliminated by tho1 senate committee. German Steamer Captured. MONTEVIDEO. Feb. 24.?The Ger man steamer Gotha, loaded with pro visions for the German auxiliary cruiser' Kronprinz Wilhelm, has been captured by a British cruiser and tak en to the Falkland Islands, accord ing to reliable advices. . * Veo\ Southern Mountains (By ?aweUted Fit?.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 ?Praise for tlio . pimple : straightfor ward" poople of the Southern' <nountatn?; and cri ticism of. the ''sirs that high toclety glvoB iteeir were'voiced by pr?sid?t Wilson here tonight nt a meeting hew in tho interest of Beres College, Kfch iticky; founded to.'vducato ihe.moun Idin?br?. ' -TUe president declared 4he college was "going straight to the heart of one,of the mopt; interesting probloW of American life" and added that "the only thins, that. 1$ worth vhlle In ,human Intercourse is to .wake eontebc-dy-up." Justice 'HUghes, of the supr?me court, presided at thn meeting, and 7)lher speakers were Prooldent Fro3t, of Bdrea CoUego; F^0,: Bopser, of Columbia University, and Hamilton Y. Mftblo. of tbe Outlook magaxlne. They all said that' there; wore three million pc.iple In the mountalua of the South who need only education to make them of immense benefit to the. nation, Speaklig of the ^ ?.HoiMh*|ffli|M I nent declued.^hat. tU objoct -was to : oo wnni iunerictv .was intended to do. tf.to give w-Sjfebb'o .who had nit bad ,.Mt an opportunity nri-i to glvo it to them oh kbsolPtoiy.j&quftl terms, oa & baute not-or birth, but or merit." "What America has vindicated above all things, elso," said the presl dorit, "is that native ability hau noth ing to do with social , origin. It is amusing Bometlmea to see. ,tlie sirs that high society gives .Itself. The world, could, dispense with high so ciety and never miss It. 1 High socltty Is tor . those who have stoppud wont ing and no longer'harr* anything-ho* portant to do. "Those-who. can opennp tho great origins of power are those who teed th? nation; arid when one thinks of that old stock In Storage there 1n the Mountains for. more than ri hundred years until tapped,, n-'ra-a-of the origi nal stuff of the nation, waiting to bo used, , one ongbt to bid godspeed to these men who are going there and using'this old capital >ir,t has not even , been put Out-at interest," .that has been, as lt^w'cra, kept in cnlra ney-piece until we shall go to it and uae It and; find that/nsury from It ^W'jhat -same usury of freedom and of powar. and of'capacity which' has fcc?h' 'so .characteristic -:nf ?m?wir.? frotn the first. - .-.VI do not Bee hopr anybody can think of Ber^& nnd the work it has to do without catching ?roi'V , FEAR VESSEL HAS BEEN LOST BRITISH MERCHANT CRUISER HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE FEB. 3 TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ABOARD Wreckage Supposed dto be Por tions of Ship Has Been Found <T?y Awoclotod PfM?.l LONDON*. Feb. 2L?(T?:2r. p. m.) ? The cffllcl?l information bureau an nounced this nfteruoon that' the Clan MacNnugbton. an armed mer chant cruiser. I? misaine. The vessel was last heard from February 3 und It Is feared she has been lost. The text of the bureau's announce ment follows: "The secretary of the admiralty r? srretr. to announce that H. M. S. Clan MacNaughton. an armed merchant cruiser. Commander Hubert Jeffreys. R. N'., has been missing since Feb ruary 3 and it is feared that the ves sel has becu lost. "An unsuccessful search has been made nnd . wreckage supposed to be portions of this ship has since been discovered. "The last signal received from the Clan MacNuughton was made in the early morning of February 3 and It Is feared that she was lost during the bad weather which prevailed at that time." Two hundred and eighty men lost their lives when the Clan MacNaugh ton went down. Among the crew of Dip Clan Mac naughton were 20 men of the New foundland Royal Naval Reserve. Twenty officers and 260 men were J^V^aj?J?^t^Ulou.., T^r.,f^iattin der and the principal officers belong ed to the Royal Navy, and others to' I the Royal Naval Reserve. Investigating Bribery Charges. LITTLE1 ROCK, Ark.. Feb. 24.?An investigation of chargts that some members of the Arkansas senate had accepted bribes to support a bill which would permit betting on horse races under the parti-mutual sys tem was-ordered today by the senate. Senator Tolor, who made the charges on the floor of. the senate, asserted that he had Information that several senators had received $10,000 each. Efforts to Lessen Insurance Rates Forest Proucts Association Start Campaign for Lower Rates on Frame Structures (By Associated Pit*.) ' CHICAGO, Feb..24.?The forest pro ducts association comprising lumber men throughout tho country started a campaign here today to lessen In surance rates on frame structures and to increase, the use of fr rest products. . A committee reported, that lumber men face keen competition from man ufacturers of fireproof materials for building, and recommended action Seeking a constitutional amendment placing insurance of an Interstate na ture I nchurge cf the federal govern ment "Huit fire rates may be Axed in telligently anil suitably." . A report on Are causes ?r.d ~lg Ycstion declared that p v.oodeii build ing with "sprinklers was safer, than a tulldtng.ot fireproof construction not so. protected, because the bulk of lire losses in.America was due tv> burning of the contenta of the buildings. . RELEASED Six Men Held m Connection With Assassination of Banker . Turned Loose "v.. . . - (By ' Aalmfatcd ' Pfre* > L?E8BURG. Ga., Feb. 24.?The six men held In connection with the kill ing h?re ; of: A-- DT Ol Ivor, a .banker, were released today. At the sara? time, Iko Carter; a negro, was ar rested on suspicion of having been implicated in Die shooting. Roy . 'Black, Roy Jones and J, C. Webb, all or SumteiVpounty, were dis charged at the opening of a prelimi nary hearing before Superior Judge Harper, of Ainerlcus.; . Solicitor ,W11 iiams told the court there vos noevl diheo to. connect their* -stith. the^ease. WA-Ohjtoce." his Cson, .^Claude Chshcs; -hnsT;States* ?tthedy/. all ot SrhithVjlie; -m:, were;ra&tt%d tonight laftor an s'il.'day .Kwirldg.--"Wilnnasps ?tes1(B?l|:?Jat.the mender* Jit; Smiths ville at tho tlm? Of tiie .kllUhg. ; IMPOSE SPECIAL TAX ON MEXICANS Property Owner* in Capital City Forced to Pay Millions of Dollars or Go to Prison CHy Assori.itjhl Vivre.) WASHINGTON, *b. 24.? Imposi tion of millions of {dollars of BpecloJ tnxes on business nouses and prop erty owners in Mexico City by Geu^ oral Obregon, the; Carranza com mander, was reported to the state de partment today. Himer the general'* decree, payments unist be made be fore Friday evening on pain of im prisonment and conJiseation of prop erty. The tax amounts' to three-fourth of one per cent, on all banks, business concerns, stock companies, mortgage holders and individn'.il operators in the federal district.?Foreign compan ies are subject to" ic tax on the amount of capital Invested in the re public. S Private tax payer* must pay an ad ditional amount omtli,. basis or one third their annual rKymcuts. JPLEADS FO)R FARM COTTAGE PRISON Warden of Sing Sing Prison Says Inmates Are Kept in Cells Un fit for Cowhand Pigs (By AssoetaUil Press.} ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 24.?Sing Sing prison inmates are kept in cellB unfit for cows and pigs, Thomas Mott I Osborne. warden of the institution, told a joint committee of the leglsla- j lure today. He appeared to plead for the abandonment o\Sing Sing, except perhaps as a placera temporary con finement, and the orcction of a farm cottage prison. , ? ''There are now 300 men doubled up in cells where the dumpness can of ten be scraped off the walls with the handS^^abpfn^.^j^^Xou. wouldn't j put a cow, ?' pig" or any animal where you nre keeping men."' IN THE CARPATHIANS Furious Fighting Has Been Renewed ut Several Points. (By Associated Press.) VENICE. Feb. 24 (via London. S:15: p. m.);?Dispatches from Austrian I headquarters in the Carpathians, pub- ! lished in Vienna and. telegraphed ' here, stato furious fighting has been j renewed at several points. Tho Rus sians made particularly violent at- ' tacks near the Uzsok Pass, with a I considerably measure of success. . East of the UzsoK Pass the Rus- j olanB are conducting a most vigorous' defense. The Vienna dispatches say that al though the Russians have brought up | rcinforcemenU, the struggle appears to be turning in favor of the Aus trlans. > CHAIRMAN SAYS GOOD-BYE Oscar W. Underwood Bids Farewell to House Wins and Means Coin, niittce. (By AKKoclatnd Pi ess. I WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.?Repre sentative Oscar. W. Underwood today bade farewell to tho house ways and means committee, of which ho *u chairman, as he will represent Ala-, bama as Its Junior ?enator after March 4. He presided over the com-, roittoe at its final session of this congress today and was presented a resolution of thanks and congratula tion by his colleagues. Thero were speeches by yarir.us members. ' Speaker Clark later yielded the prer??ing oliicor'.s .chair-to Mr. Under wood and ho presided over the house during part of its deliberations. h'O Vi:.Ml OF LYNCHING PivPm'nary Trjnl of' Allen ('reen, Charged With AttcmpteVi AssanlU Postponed. Ppe^'al to The TmeNiBwicrr. WALWA'LIjA, Feb: ?/. --The pre liminary trial of Allen Croen. colored charged with a'tempK-d " assault on a white woman was postpor:Ml today. The alleged victim left town early to day and could not be located at time, set for .trial, r Officer.! ere searching for her r.nd whenvaltels brougut back the'prelim inary wjll likely bo held. .There, is no talk of .lynching here: [ Court of general session wilt convene next week and th<? public Is waiting I for tho law to take its cours?. Green is not charged with two at tempts during tho oast *>eek, no stat ed in some dispatches'today. PresMent Burrow Still Hopeful. NEW YORK. Feb. 24 ?President Edward Barrow, of the International League, today was still hopeful that tho New York National League club would'withdraw its obJecUon to tho transfer'of the Jersey City franchise to he Bronx. President Bronx. Presi dent Barrow and John K. Tener, head of the Notional League, discussed the transfer yesterday, but reached no definite conclusions. > GREAT BRITAIN SENDS LAT EST AMERICAN NOTE TO FRANCE AND RUSSIA WASHINGTON HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED By the Reception of Proposals in London?Germany Inclin ed to Accept WASHINGTON. Fob. 2 (.?Groat Britain ha? submitted to lior allies - Franco and Russia?proposals made by inc. United States, designed to owl the menace to neutral commerce aris ing from retaliatory measure^ of the European belligerents toward each other. Briefly, the American proposals, submitted to botli England and Ger many Beek the elniinntlori by Ger many of the recent prescribed w?r zone, with Its dnhgers to neutral ship, ping and the adoption by nil Ihc belli gerents of a definite policy as to ship incnts of foodstuffs to the' civilian population of their enemies. From such preliminary observations i as American diplomatic officials abroad already have made, there 1? sa?d to he some encouragement, in tho manner of tlio reception of tho proposals at London. Germany Is in clined toward an acceptance of the suggestion?, it la understood, but on Groat Britain's attitude depends tho next move. The strong opposition which other neutrals have ussumed toward the re talllatory measures adopted r?y tho belligerents is playing a considerable part In the situation. Although tho American proposal? have not been communicated to other neutrals. It [ niaj bo?taid .that -virtually oil tho European neutrals ire in accord with the United States government. Oflicials, while ratlcer.t about what has been said to Germany mid Great Britain, do not deny that the gravi ty of the whole sftuntlon has been mado unmistakably clear. In some quarters today the suggestion, wae ! made, but without confirmation from I sources usually well -informed, that ' an embargo on export's o? foodstuffs ! from the United Staten to both the Allies and Germany was being con sidered in the event of an absolute rejection of the American plan for ameliorating tho situation. _^^lo^?n^ plaints hove been Tew, (Continued on Pago Four) I Would Manufacture Dyestuffs in U. S. .Capital Ready to Build up Dis* tinctly American Coal-tar Chemical Industry (By Afoor-innxJ ri*M.> I . WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.?Secretary. Hedlield Informed the sonnte today that American chemical works and manufacturers of dyestuffs were roady to embark capital and enterprise in I "building up a distinctly American . coal-tar chemical industry, providing ( there is ad?quate legislative prohibi : tion against both 'dumping' in Amerl t can markets or unfair re?tra!nt of j American trade by the arbltary ac ! lion of foreign monopoly permitted by ! foreign law and not as yet forbidden by our own." j Mr. 1/edfield pointed out that do mestic consumption of artificial dye stuffs amounted annually-to $ir..nuo. ?00. NECRO LYNCHED Taken From Jail by Mob of More - Than 100 Men and Hanged to Tree fPv AwocintfO Prrea.) ; KISSlMMf??. Fla.'. FcV 24.?Will Reed; a negro, who was accused of having attacked a white woman, wa-. j taken from tho' county Jail here to Iday by nob of more than 100 m?n and lu. r d to a tree near Forest.City.. H?S a" jged vlctlni Is said -to have identified him. . '.! I A coroner's Jv / failed to dotermli',6 tho names of any members of the mob. The sheriff satd the men were I heavily armed and obtained tho key iv> the ne.-.-o's coll by overpowering ' hint. . i Asks Deficiency Appropriation. ! WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?Secretary Bryan asked congress today for a de ficiency appropriation of $50,000. to meet "any .emergencies that may arise --abroad," In connection with the* prdr tecttoh of American ..citizens and 'in terests in the war-swept countries, during the period whoi* congress will - not bo in session. ' GOESTQ BOTTOM BRITISH STEAMER OAKLY TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE CREW RESCUED BY FISHING BOAT TODAY IS THE TIME TO AVOID HARSH JUDGMENT DECLARES LANSING t Main Hatches Blown Off, Decks Splintered and the Binnacle Hurled Into Air OPPOSES TYING HANDS OF WILSON Should be Thankful For Man We Can Trust to Deal With DifBcucIt Problems N (By AiwK-intod Press.) LOND?... Fob. 21.?(2:10 p. m.)~ Tin* British steamer Oakby was tor pedoed by a Cerinun nubmarlno off Bye yesterday. Her crew was rescued by a fishing smack and landed at The Oakby was bound in ballast Hamsgntc today. from London for Cardiff, Wales. Slie was struck on tiie port side. Her main hatches were blown off, her decks were splintered and the binna cle was hurled into the air. One life boat was swamped by the grcnt Volum** of water thrown up by the ex plosion of the torpedo. The fishing smack G rat la, which four mile* off. felt the shock of tho explosion and hastened to the scone. The fishermen arrived in time to take off the crew of the Oakby, no member of which was Injured. Tho periscope of a submarine was seen before the explosion by the chief engineer of the Oakby. An attempt was made to tow the Oakby to Dover, but she sank olT Folkestone this morn ing. The loss of the Oakby apparently was mentioned In a dispatch from Lydd. England, last night This mes sage referred to the torpedoing of two vessel;! off Hastings. One sank, but her crew was snved and landed at Ramsgate. ' The other woh In a sink ing condition und a mine sweeper was described as endeavoring to tow her Into Dover. The Oakby was 275 feet long and of 1.251 tons. She was built in 1897 and was owned In Wast Harttepool LONDON, Feb. 24.?A Lloyd's dis patch from New Havert says tho steamer Rio Parana of London, lead en with coal and bound from the Tyne to Port of Errnjo. Island of Elba, struck a mine near Deachy Head Wednesday afternoon. The vessel filled and sank. The crew was rescued by a torpedo boat ahd landed at New Haven. Enstbourne Is on the English Chan nel, In which German submarines have been particularly active since the naval war r.one was established by Germany. - ' \ British Steamer Torpedoed. NEW HAVEN, via London. Feb. 25. ?(1:41 a. m.)?The Dritlsh steamer llurpulion. from London for Newport News, without cargo, has been tor pedoed off Deachy' Head. Titr?e of the crow. Chinamen, were killed. Two others, were severely Scalded. Forty-one members or the crew were landed here. Reform Movomcst Launched. ATLANTA. Ga.. Febc 24.?An educa tional campaign to slop gambling, profanity and tho use of intoxicants among negroes in the south was de (By .Afwootntea Pratt.) NEW YORK. Feb..24.-vRobert Lans ing, counsellor for tho State depart ment, In a speech at the annual ban- . |U0t of alumni of Amherst College here tonight, declared those were cri tical days for the United States, "how critical only thouc who nro In Intl.- . mate touch with affairs can realize." The European war, he said, had raised n series of problems which had never before been solved and "the liability of error, the danger of unintentional partiality and the constant complaint of 'one or anot her of the belligerents makes tlve path of neutrality rough and uncertain." Mi*. Lansing expressed disapproval of the suggestion that diplomatic officers be placed under civil servlco rules, and defended President Wilson and Secretary Bryan against criticism that they failed to retain diplomats named by former administrations. These diplomats could not be expect ed, he said, to support the foreign ' policies of tho present administration. On men who comprehendediand were in sympathy with these policies acd were enthusiastic In carrying them ,., out tho success of the policies de pended," h? asserted.' * '. v "Successful diplomacy requires- to day lutltlativ; and r.ound -judgment, at; it always has. It Is the''sap of. force, of originality, of personality, who becomes distinguished. In the dip lomatic service. "When It comes to the principal posts abroad, I am strongly opposed to tying the hands of the president ' In any way. If we had obtained all . our ambassadors and ministers, by promotion we would not have had such men at London as E. J. Phelps and Joseph -H. Choato, or men. like Myron T. Herrlck and Brand Whit lock. Such men,' inexperienced. In diplomatic practice, but equipped with qualities which command respect and achieve success, are the ones who havta brought lustre " to American diplomacy. ' "Diplomacy today in wrestling with novel problems, to which , it must ap ply natural Justice and practical com mon sense. Neutral nations' have to meet a series cf problems which have never, been solved. The liability of error, the danger of unintentional partiality, and the constant complaint of one or another of the belligerents make tho path of i neutrality rough and uncertain. "Things bave to be done, hot studied these days. The.motto o It Now' is not. a piece, of advice in the depart ment of State; it Is a command. ? question which Is a weak old is an cient history. Considering the cus tomary alow and dignified wt'.y? of diplomacy this 'touch and go' method of doing business was a. decided inno vation and compelled a radical change in the machinery to which our foreign affaira are conducted. TheHo are.critical days for our coun try; how critical only those who are in intimate touch with - affairs can tertulncd upon, here today at a meet- i t,,rt.. ~~'??l~~ 't7V- ~".7"- T Ing of the officers of tt> Southern , ?????L??5":. Ji-^^ Negro Anti-Saloon Federation. (Continued on Page Four) Doubt ?s To Whether Captain Among Saved (By AaaocintM Fran.) WASHINGTON. Feb. \ 24:?Official advices today threw some doubt on Whether Captain Smith, of the Ameri can Bteamor Evelyn, shnk In the North S,*a by a mine, was among the saved, and whether it is not his boat which is missing. ., Ambassador Page at London for y/arded this report from the Ameri can'consul St Bremerhaven : <~ "American steamer Evelyn ran on two mines on the 19th.. 4 a. m., near Isle'Borkum. Sank seven hours later. Captain Smith, 13 men and Dutch pilot in one boat; First Officer Swau sod- and 13 men In another. First boat said to have been rescued 10 a. m. Saturday, but present where abouts yet unknown. Later boat pick ed up by German scout ship Mars, four Saturday afternoon, and taken to Helgoland. Thirteen men brought to .Bremerhaven and put into sailors home. Spanish s.okcr Hans Iralo frozen' and buried at sea, appears to bo only dead. Other, survivors ex pected.-tomorrow. Those In Bremer haven out of danger." 'The government war risk bureau which Insured the hulls arid cargoes of tb* Evelyn and Ca.ib plans to ro si* duce some or its losses by salvag ing their 'cotton cat-goes If possible. Secretary McAdoo and Assistant Sec retary Peters discussed such a plan today with President Wilson. Secretary McAdoo pointed out that cotton was not easily damaged by water and salvaging would probabiy royeal definitely the. caus? of .the sinking of the v?sneis. Secretary McAdoo Issued a state- ? mont tonight showing that premiums already earned-by the federal ^ar risk bureau are considerably In excess of the bureau's liability incurred by the loss. of tbo steamers Carl b and . Evelyn. "These ships were Insured for 9059,103, while premiums actually earned by the bureau pa policies now expired amount to $762.041. Premiums received up. to today. Mr. McAdoo sold, totalled $V,6W,302. on insuranoo amounting to $50,045,084. The German embassy today Issued this statement in connection with the sinking of the Evelyn: , "In connection with tha A^jAst^u'iH loBS Of the Evelyn, all circles inter ested in shipping to the North Sea and the nearby waters are again ad vised to follow tho Gorman admiral ty's instructions." :?..-.. am B