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CAPTURES BRITISH UDER.
Sobmtrine Tikes English Vessel and Brings
It Across Atlantic to American Port
i Weoderfml Fett Performed by German Underwater Craft
\ Appem Was Seized In Mediterranean Sea and Placed in
V Chatte of German Crew, Who Carried It into Fort Under
K Byeeof British War Veeeeta-Appam Was on Way From
South Africa to togland?Had German Prisoners on Board
v ?Wae Thought to Have Been Sunk.
rfolk, V*., Fsb. 1.?A German
tramp steamer, Ueut. Bert com
mending cepturtd the Appam and
a part of the submarine's crew
The Appam wae captured oft
the renal/ Islands after short shell?
ing. The Germane bearded the
and released a number of
prisoner*, disarmed all the
and crew and sailed for
Ueut. Berg reported to
tssliB?sim Berastorff ^hls morning
ae follows: "I have the honor to re
pest the capture of the British liner
As para. A number of passengers
aboard, including the governor of
W\mfm, Lsosjs. Many hags el mall and
three thousand tos? of goods."
The nemo was painted out after the
capture and the tramp convoyed the
Appam most of the way. sinking sev
etel PrtUsh freighters that were en
The Appam was originally bound
from South African potts to England.
After her capture, the submarine
twelve of Its crew aboard and
sailed her aeroas the Atlantic
sate Norfolk,' a journey of about t>
Ito miles.
A lUCMAltHABUC FEAT.
Crew Brought ?\Jf?lUm
Ittssstlrta Face of Brits*
1 di Ssssv
to he>c
In the Medlterrtjvean, ar
this morning flying the
tag with part of a German
sutwjartne crew aboard as a piise
erew. The Appam was captured id
tke Mediterranean and as she could
set be taken into a German port she
was brought here.
The vessel's capture and the trip
aeroas the Atlantic Is the outstanding
and most remarkable feat of the sub?
marine warfare. The vessel was
brought Into Norfolk under the nose
of British war vessels lying outside
the three mile limit
This Is the first British vessel cap?
tured by a submarine during war. The
government officials took charge of
the vessel on Its arrival, allowing none
aboard until its status has been de?
termined.
The Appam has several hundred
passengers snd a valuable cargo
aboard.
Use Stem* of Appam.
Washington, Feb. 1.?Treasury de?
partment has appealed to the state
department for a decision on the Ap?
pam. International law experts have
decided that under the Hague conven?
tion the matter whither she is a le?
gal or Illegal prise must be put up to
Germany, which nndoubtedly will de?
cide her to be legal prise. Then
America must order her to depart or
become permanently Interned until the
end of the war.
Secretary Lansing announces today
that Austria has made a complete dis?
avowal of the sinking of the Persia.
The Austrian foreign office has cabled
that all her submarines have report?
ed?none knew anything regarding the
Persia. Secretary Lansing says this
eliminates Austria from the controver
AN OTHER GERMAN SURPRISE.
British Liner Turns up at Norfolk ss
a German Prlao of War.
Norfolk. Feb. 1.?The British
Elder-Dempster liner Appam, which
was thought to have been lost In the
Mediterranean, triived here this
morning flying the German flag with
a German prUe crew aboard. The
liner left South African ports two
weeks ago for England with two hun?
dred passengers, two hundred German
prison*? and one hundred crow.
Nothing having boon heard from her
since, shipping circles believed her to
have been a submarine victim.
Paris in Mourning.
Paris. Fl be..?The burial of 34 vie
of the aepntOin raids was made
today. All Parts mourned. Solemn
yews were taken >n the coffins to
avenge the deaths. Two more of the
wounded died today, bringing the to
tal ip to 36.
GERMANS CONTINUE OFFENSIVE.
I War Office Reports Capture of lYench
Ground on Sonime.
Berlin? Fab. 1.?The war office an?
nounces that the Germans are con?
tinuing their offensive, taking more
ground from the French on Somme
River. It also claims that a German
airship raided the Allies' ships and
stores at Salonika with great success.
MESSAGE CAME TOO LATE.
I Brandete Already Chosen When In?
dorsement of Hyrdtck Reached the
President.
I Columbia, Fsb. 1.?M. M. Mann,
clerk of the senate, has received a let
[tsr from the Whits House .acknowl
>edging receipt of resolutions adopted'
by the general assembly, indorsing D.
E. Hydrick, associate Justice of the
South Carolina, supreme court, for
the vacancy on the supreme bench of
of the United States, crei.ted by the
death of Justice/ Lamar. Ths letter
explains that the president had al?
ready determined upon the appoint?
ment of -Louis D. Brandels before the
Sooth Card ma Indorsement of Judge
olerk. follows.
I "The president has a sited " me to
I say that before ths copy of the reso?
lution of ths South Carolina legislature
had reached him, with its indorse?
ment of ths Hon. D. B. Hydrick, he
I had determined upon the appoint*
xnent of ths Hon. Louis D. Brandels
i to fill the vacancy on the supreme
bench."
INVESTIGATE WILSON'S CHOI
HO^CE^
I Senate Subcommittee to Take np Nom?
ination of Brandels to Supreme
Bench.
Washington. Jan. 31.?The nomina?
tion of Louis D. Brandels to succeed
the late Justice Lamar was referred
for investigation by the Judiciary com?
mittee of the senate today to a sub?
committee consisting of Senators Chll
ton, Walsh and Fletcher, Democrats,
and Cummins and Clark of Wyoming,
Republicans. 0
Senator Chilton, chairman of the
I subcommittee, said his committee
I would hold a meeting Tuesday.
"If the other members of the com?
mittee agree with me, we will act
quickly on the nomination," said Sen?
ator Chilton.
Administration senators were grati?
fied at the personnel of the subcom?
mittee.
CAN BUILD NEW SHIPS.
American Yards Can Meet Nation's
Need.
Washington, Jan. 31.?American
shipyards. Rear Admiral David W.
Taylor, chief of the bureau of con?
struction, told the house naval com?
mittee today, will have no difficulty in
taking care of the administration's
proposed navy increases. The admiral
said he would submit detailed state
menu later.
Sixty-eight naval vessels, the ad?
miral said, already were building or
authorised. Nino are battleships. The
naval appropriation bill, which tho
committee Is considering, proposes 66
additional ships.
OFF FOR DES MOINES.
President Standing The Hsrd Trip
Well.
Chicago, Feb. 1.?President Wil?
son left here at 10 o'clock this morn?
ing for Des Molnes where he speaks
tonight. Today Is the easiest day
scheduled so far. Ho makes four
rear-end speeches at towns along the
route. President Wilson Is showing
no 111 effects from his hard trip. He
was particularly pleased over his re?
ception from Milwaukee Germans.
mi io iii iiii wii.
UNITED STATE? UNABLE TO DE?
CIDE WHArf DISPOSITION
SHOULD HE MADE OF
VESSEL.
Berlin Pointe out to Secretary of State
That Treaty Between Nations Would)
Allow Germany to Bring Prise into
United States' I'ort?German Officer,
Prepares Daring Scheme to Hold
British on Captured Vessels in
. Check-?Seeking German Nevnt
Base. p*
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Washington, Feb. 2.?Germany un?
officially called to Secretary Lansing's
attention this morning that the treaty
between the United ?Utas and Prus^
8ia, ratified in 17?9 and amended in
1828, gives Germany and the United
States the right to bring prizes into
each other's ports. Secretary Lansing
admitted thatt he treaty would appljf
to the Appam case if it is conclusively,
shown that the Appam is a prize, and
not a raider.
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THE APPAM PUZZLE.
Norfolk, Feb. 2?While the .Ap?
pam swung at anchor today, Brit?
ish warships crow.ied close in on, the
three-mile limit in anticipation of any
attempt to escape. The Appam; is
closely guarded, Germans patrolling
the decks with carbines. The pas?
sengers include the crews of seven
British vessels which were sunk by
the mysterious German i?lder Moewe,
and high British officials who were
I returning from South Aixica to ahtg
land. Lieut. Berge commanding the
prise crew, held the British. Boldlctn
and sailors in check by planting dyna?
mite in the ship's bowels, attaching
electrical contrivancea to the bombs,
and threatening to blow the ship to
atoms If they startod anything. -
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DEMAND SURREN DER OF APfeAM.
London, Feb. 2.--The British, ^for?
eign office Is expected to make a nor?
mal demand on the United ?tats*
{within ten, days for the surrender
I ths Arfpam. In the rneaMime tl
hunt for ths mysterious German raid?
er Moewe. It is telieved here that
the Germans have succeeded in estab?
lishing a naval base on ths Canary Is?
lands. The British press, expresses
frank admiration for the daring of the
Germans in taking v.he Appam across
the Atlantic. -
BERLIN SENDS ANOTHER NOTE.
Berlin, Feb. 2.?While it is admit?
ted that Germany and America are
near a rupture over t he Lusltania case
it was announced today that Berlin
had forwarded to the United States
new representations which It is believ?
ed will be satisfactory.
Allies Attack. Ghent
Amsterdam, Feb. \l.?Twenty-seven
allied aeroplanes bombarded Ghent,
Belgium, the principal German supply
base this morning.
French Attack German Positions.
Berlin, Feb. 2.?The French have
opened a tremendous bombardment of
the German positions in the Cham?
pagne and Vosges.
HEROIC DEED AT STATION.
H. J. McVeigh Saves Lady and In*
fant From Horrible Death.
Florence Times.
Mr. H. J. McVeigh's friends are con?
gratulating him upon a very heroic
deed which he performed at the Coast
Line Station yesterday morning. Ho
saved a lady and little baby from be
/ng ground to death beneath the car
wheels of an out going passenger
train. From what can bo gathered the
lady was In the act of getting off the
train when she accidentally fell with
her baby in her arms. The good wo?
man was caught in some way by the
running gear of the cars and was
rapidly being drawn under the train
when Mr. McVeigh saw her. With
lightening speed he caught her in his
arms and snatched her, as It were,
from tho very jaws of Aeath, running
a very narrow rlfk of losing his own
life. Tho baby was thrown to the
pavement, but fortunately only sus?
taining slight injuries. Several people
ivcro standing by and taw the thrill?
ing occurrence.
JANUARY SEIZURES,
Constables Gather in Quantity of
Whiskey mid Beer.
Charleston, Feb. 2.?Chief Consta?
ble 8. M. Duncan's tabulation of the
nov\ done by the State constables
here luring January shows aggregate
leisures of 158 1-4 gallons of whiskey,
IDG bottle of beer und 27 glasses.
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FEARS DIPLOMATIC BREAK.
GERMAN NEWSPAPER SAYS THAT
THERE IS PROBABILITY OP
. WAR WITH UNITED
STATES.
Ready to Realst America With Same
Aptitude as Has Been Displayed in
War With Other Nations?Loudon
Reports That Ool. House Was Sent
Abroad at Request of Ambaasdu'or
Bernstorff to See if Time Was Ripe
for Peace?English Would Retaliate
on Germans for Air Raids.
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Paris, Feb. 3.?Lusanne dispatches
I quote the Frankfurter Zeitung, one
of the most powerful German news?
papers, as saying that relations be?
tween Germany and the United States
[have reached the stage where a rup?
ture is imminent. The paper is quot?
ed as saying "negotiations relative to
the submarine question have taken a
turn distinctly unfavorable. We hope
there will be no rupture, but if the
rorst comes Germany is ready to with?
stand tho new adversary with the
ahme vigor she has displayed against
the others."
GERMANY WANTS PEACE.
(Col. House Sent to Europe at Sugges?
tion of Ambassador Von Bern .-'?.or ft".
London ,Feb. 3.?That Col. E. M.
'House, the president's special diplo?
matic emissary, is now in Europe at
Germany's express invitation, has been
learned authoritatively. Count von
Bernstorff, German ambassador at
?Washington, suggested Informally to
Secretary Lansing that the time
(might be ripe for peace proposals.
[Secretary Lansing conferred with the
resident who decided to send Col.
(House to Europe to sound the senti
pftient of the belligerents. Col., House
seen the highest officials of Ger
r, France and England, and will
for home on February 19. The
Its of his mission are unknown,
\ Is regarded as significant that
flp was made at the suggestion
one of the belligerents. ,
sWj?&SCT
Suggestions Made That Germans be
Shot If Air Raids Continue.
London, Feb. 3.?Scores of mass
meetings to bo held tonight will at?
tempt to force the government to
adopt reprisal measures against Ger?
many for the air raids. Suggestions
are being made In numerous quar?
ters that prominent Germans now in?
terned here be held as hostages and
warnings sent to Germany that they
will be executed if there is further
air raiding.
ENGLISH SHIP SUBMARINED.
I Belle of France Sunk In Mediterran?
ean?Nineteen of Crew Lost.
London, Feb. 3.?The British steam?
er Belle of France, four thousand
tons, has been submarined and sunk
In the Mediterranean. Nineteen mem?
bers of the crew are missing, and it
is believed they perished. Twenty-two
were caved. The Belle sailed from
Liverpool.
NEW GERMAN OFFENSIVE.
Violent Attacks on Entire Yscr Front.
Paris, Feb. 3.?Violent German at
1 tacks are Imminent along the entire
Yser front. The Germans are bring
jlng up reinforcements, strengthening
(their line from Westende to Ypres.
It Is believed the capture of Nleuport
is the German object.
Dutch Steamer Sunk.
London, Feb. 3.?It is announced
(that the Dutch steamer Artemis, four
thousand tons, has been sunk by a
German submarine.
SUBMARINE K-5 SAFE.
Missing Undersea Boat Found Pro?
ceeding on Her Way to Key West.
Washington, Feb. 1.?The missing
submarine K-5 is safe and proceed?
ing southward to Key West. It will
reach there tonight. The navy depart?
ment has received a wireless message
from Lieut. Simpson, commanding the
destroyer Sterrctt, that the submarine
is safe and no assistance required.
The Stcrrett Righted the K-5 140
miles north of Key West, steaming
ten knots an hour.
CHINESE REVOLT SPREADING.
Emperor Yuan Sends Big Army to Vun
Nan Province.
Pekln, Feb. 2.?The Chinese emper?
or dispatched eighty thousand govern?
ment troops to the province of Yun
Nan today, so widespread has become
the revolt.
HORSE PLUNGES INTO POND.
A. D. HARRY AND LITTLE DAUGH?
TER HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DROWNING.
Fine Stallion, Monte Christo McDon?
ald, Became Frightened and Was
Drowned in Second Mill Tuesday
Morning.
A. D. Harby and his little four
year-old daughter had a very narrow
escape fom drowning Tuesday morn?
ing about 11.30 o'clock when the bay
stallion driven by Mr. Harby became
frightened as he was coming along
the causeway over Second? Mill and
plunged into the water. Mr. Haroy
by unusual presence of mind quickly
extricated himself from the buggy
and standing on the top, he waited1
until his little daughter came to the
top, when he seized her and swam
out with her. Meanwhile the horse
floundered Into still deeper water and
was drowned.
Mr. Harby stated that he so fully
realized the close call that he and his
child had, that he could not regret
the loss of the horse, although he was
a very valuable animal, since he and
hla daughter got out safely.
The accident took lpace about 11.30
o'clock In the morning when Mr. Har?
by was coming into town. For some
unknown cause the horse became
frightened when nearly In front of the
mill and before Mr. Harby could con?
trol him, the animal had gone down
the embankment into the water,
which is about twelve or more feet
deep at this point. Mr. Harby went
down In the buggy, but succeeded in
getting out and on top of it without
going under the water, but his little
daughter went under and he caught
her as she came to the surface. To?
day he was receiving congratulations
upon his escape.
The stallion lost by Mr. Harby was
Monte Christo McDonald, a thorough?
bred animal secured by Mr. Harby
from Kentucky about, two years ago
for breeding purposes. The horse
Was entered here in the horse show
and won several. prizes last year and
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NATON NEEDS MILLION MEN.
Member of War Department; Board
Says 1,025,000 Would Be Required
to Defend Vital Areas.
Washington, Jan. 31.?Why a force
of at 'aast 1,025,000 men would be
needcu to protect the "vital areas"
of the United States against a strong
enemy was detailed to the senate mili?
tary committee today by Lieut. Col.
W. G. Haan, a member of a war de?
partment board which spent seven
years working out defense plans.
The board visited and studied
minutely every part of the coast line.
It reported in 1913, but its findings
have been held confidential by the
department. Among other injorma
tion it submitted detailed working
plans for meeting emergencies. Col.
Haan said some of the plans were
being used In changing the defenses
of the Metropolitan district in ac?
cordance with latest Information on
range of the foreign guns and naval
guns. The board's purpose, Col.
Haan explained, was to determine
the needed auxiliary Held fortifications
and troops necessary for defense
against raiding parties and did not
contemplate war plans for use in case
of invasion by an enemy.
WILSON CLOSES TOUR.
President is Elated by Reception Ac?
corded Him Everywhere.
St. Louis, Feb. 3.?President Wil?
son closed the most momentous trip
of his administration here today. Just
before starting to deliver the last
speech of the trip the president was
as happy as a boy, not attempting to
conceal his elation at the receptions
accorded him on the trip, lie has
traveled two thousand miles, speaking
to three hundred thousand people,
and everywhere he was greeted en?
thusiastically. Leaving here this af?
ternoon the president's train shoots
straight Into Washington, whore it ar?
rives tomorrow afternoon.
CAN'T FIND LYNCHERS.
Georgia Grand Jury, However Con*
demns Heed.
Lecsburg, da. Fob. 1.?The Lee
county gram! jury announced today
that its investigation Into the lynch?
ing of five negroes near Starkvllle,
this county, January 20, had proved
futile. A number of witnesses were
examined, in its presentments the
jury condemned the lynching. The
negroes hanged were held as suspects
in ths killing of Sheriff Moreland of
Lee countyi
IX CHICAGO SPEECH T ? DENT
CALLS FOR INCF ?o /.
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Wants Immediate St^ s> un to Eh?
large Army and T to Strength
Deemed Necessa:
Chicago, Jan. 31.?The United
States had made preparations for
immediate war as far an Ahe navy is
concerned, although UtSrpresent naval
force Is inadequate* l?4 size, President
Wilson declare** tonight In an address
before sevot ""housand persons In
the audit/ at ,#re. "We mean busi?
ness," he s in speaking ot the pre?
paredness plans of the administra?
tion.
"We have given to the present fleet
of the United States an organization
such as it never had before, t am told
by Admiral Fletcher," the president
said, "And we have made prepara
tlo'jtfor immediate war so far as the
ri' y is concerned.
*'The army," he said, as at present
constituted, "is not large enough even
for the ordinary duties of peace."
The president repeated his warn?
ings that no time must be lost in
strengthening the defenses of the na?
tion. He declared the government
was doing everything it could for
preparedness.
"When I see some of my fellow
citizens spread tinder where the
sparks are falling I wonder what
their ideal of Americanism is," the
president said.
America, the president said, had
been cruelly misjudged by the na?
tions now at war.
"I know that on the other side of
the water there has been a great deal
of cruel misjudgment with regard to
the reasons why America has remain?
ed neutral. Those looking at us from
a distance do not feel the strong
pulses of Ideals and principles that
are in us.
"They do not feel the conviction of
America that our mission Ik a mis?
sion of peace and that righteousness
can not be maintained as a standard
in the midst of arms. They do not
realise Jhai back , of . a\\> of _ our
energy we are a body of idealists
much more ready to lay down our
lives for a thought than for a dollar.
'They suppose, some of them, that
we are holding off because we can
make money while others are dying,
the most cruel misunderstanding that
any nation has ever had to face."
Rulers, not public opinion, brought
about the present war, Mr. Wilson de?
clared. "I thank God there is no man
in the United States who has the au?
thority to bring on war without the
consent of the nation," he said.
The task of the United States, he
said, has been to assert the principles
of law in a world in which the prin?
ciples of law have broken down.
"We are not now thinking of in?
vasion of the territory of the United
States," the president declared. "We
are not asking ourselves shall we be
prepared only to defend our own
homes and our own shores. We stand
pledged to see that both the continents
of America are left free to be used
by their , people as those people
choose to use them under a system
of national popular sovereignty as ab?
solutely unchallenged as our own.
"At this moment the Americas aro
growing together upon that handsome
privilege of reciprocal respect and de?
fense."
Detailed plans for strengthening
the army and navy and the aviation
corps and for making munitions and
armament by, the government were
outlined.
An hour before the president was
dve to speak the galleries of the audi?
torium were filled. The main floor
seats were taken long before he came
on the stage and many were turned
away. The rousing welcome with
which Chicago greeted his arrival was
echoed in the cheers of the crowds
about the building as the presidential
party came In.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago occu?
pied a seat on the stage near the pres?
ident and Gov. Dunne of Illinois was
in a box.
The entrance of the president was
he.aided by the playing of "The Star
Spangled Danner." The crowd stood
emd applauded. Mrs. Wilson sat in a
l>ox.
DEATH FOR YORK NEGRO.
Israel Good Convicted of Criminal As
asult.
York, Jan. 31.?At a special term
)f court, ordered by Gov. Manning
md held here today, Israel Good, a
17-year-old negro, was convicted of
kriminal assault upon the person of a
ittle C-year-old white girl of this
ounty and was sentenced by Judge
Thomas S. Sease to be electrocuted
m Friday, February 1!5.