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mmm ^1 OF nUCSIDKNT BKWRt Off GERMAN *UB MA1UNK bTttJATtON. W , ? Asks Peemiesioii to Tekt Any Wu isssjrj Kiep? to Protect ftlrtiMU Right* At Sea?Include Ansise* of lskwehantroen ami Con voys at Need Be> i ? Weehlngton, Feb. 26.?President Wilson appeared before confess nt 1 o'clock this afternoon and asked few authority to place the United gtfttea I* a state of "armed neutral Ky." to roafet the German submarin t Ottoe before. In the infancy of the ittpae&lc, a ttate of armed neutrality ras proclaimed to check "predatory rtolenns" upon American rights, in tko war between France and England, kwt. It did tot reeult actually In war Mr the United Siates. Whether another armed neutrant) Witt mean war depends on whether Qsi gator realises that the United gtafrot |g ready to protect its neutral righto by whatever means are neces With a full realisation of the solcm ggty of the occasion the president ttfok hie action today with the calm oanflienne that congress and the coun? try will stand behind him. Tt seid eat Wilson arrived at tho ??pttol jost before 1 o'clock and ?naajItT at that hour stepped up to iaa clerk's desk in the hall of the Where both branches of eon ting la special Joint session ibled before him. He spoke aerwlloipa. OiaiUSin nil ef the Congress: 1 lave caked the privilege of address leg? yea becsvise we are moving critical times during which to me to be my duty to keep touch with the houses ol ao that neither course I nor shall run at cross purposes be mm" *Oe the led of February I officially ' Informed yea of the sudden und un . eavattsd action ot' the Imperial Ger saaa government m declaring Its in teaftoa to disregard the promises 1' sakel KTrit to tale government In April toot and undertake Immediate suh ??arine operatkmi against all com Beerte, whether of belligerents or of awatrals, that should seek to approach Oreat Britain and Ireland, the Atlan He eoaata of Europe, or the harbor: of the eastern Mediterranean and tc conduct those operations without re? gard to the established restrictions of international practice, without regard to any considerations of humanity even which might interefer with their object. That policy was forthwith put laeo practice. It has now been In ac? tive execution for nearly four weeks. Its practical results are not fully dis alcoca. The commerce of other neutral nations Is suffering severely, but not perhaps very much more severely than It was already suffering before the 1st of February, when the new policy ef the Imperial government was put Into operation. We have aaked the cooperation ot the other neutral gov arnments to prevent these depreda? tion* but I fear none of 'them hau thought It wise to join us in any com? mon course of action. **Oar own commerce has suffered, to suffering rather In apprehension than In fact, rather because so many of our ships are timidly keeping to their home ports than because Ameri? can ships have been sunk. Two American vessels have been sunk, the Housatonlc and the Lyman si. Law. The case of the Housatonlc, which was carrying foodstuffs con? signed to a London firm was essen? tially like the case of the fr rye, In which It will be recalled the German government admitted ita liability for dam ige? and the Uvea of the crew as la the case of tho Frye were aafo guarded with reasonable care. "The cane of the Law, which was carrying Union box staves to Paler? mo, disclosed a ruthlessneas of the method which deserves grave con? demnation, but was accompanied by no circumstances which might not have been expected at uny time lu connection with the use of submarin? against merchantmen as the German government haa used it. "In sum. therefore, the situation we find ourselves in regard to the actual conduct of the German submarine warfare agalnat commerce an l ita ef? fects upon our own ships and people to substantially the same that it was when I addressed you on tlx 3rd of February, except for the tying up of our shipping in our own ports be? cause of the unwillingness of our ship owners to risk their vessel* ut sea without Insurance or adequate pro? tection and the \ery serious conges? tion of our commerce which has re? sulted, a congestion which is aroumx rapidly more and more serious every day. This In Itself might presently accomplish, In effect, what the new German submarine orders were me tnt to accomplish, so far as we are con? cerned We can only say, therefore that the overt act which 1 have ven? tured to hope the Germun commar. | ero would In fact avoid, bus not oc ? curred. "But while this is happily true, it must be admitted that tnere have been certain additonul indications and expressions of purpose on the part of the German press und the German authorities which have In creased rather than lessened the Im? pression that If our ships and our people are spared It will bo because of fortunate circumstances or be? cause the Commandern of the German aubmarinea which they may happen to encounter exerclae an unexpected dis? cretion and restraint rather than be cauae of the instructions unde r Which thotte commanders are acting. "It would he foolish to deny that the situation is fraught with thegrai rut possibilities and dangers. No thoughtful man can fail to see that the necessity for definite action may come at any time, if wo are in fart, and not In word merely, to defend our elementary rights as a neutral nation. It would be most imprudent to be unprepared. "I can not In suen clrcumstunr^s be unmindful of the fact that the ex? piration of the term of the present congress Is immediately at hand, by foag^itutloaal limitation, aai that it GOVERNOR'S STAFF COM PAN V ?H1M TO WASHING? TON. Leave Saturday by Spevla* on South? ern?To Rltle In Inaugural Parmlc?? A Number from State to Attend? I*Roque to Take New Ofnce Th?rs day. Columbia. Feb. 26.?Gov. Manning aad other members of the South Carolina party will leave Columbia on Saturday afternoon at 7:30 o'clock on a special train for Washington. Th* special will be known as the "South Carolina Governor's Special," and will travel over the Southern Railway. Mr. 3. h. McL^ih, division passenger agent of the Southern Railway in Co? lumbia, will be in charge of the spe cial. It will reach Washington on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Gov. Manning and his staff will b< quartered at the New Willard Ho? tel, where quarters have been reserv? ed for the entire week. It is thought that there will be about twenty-four in th? party, which will include Gov? ernor and Mrs. Manning, members of the governor's staff, and a few per? sonal friends. Gov. Manning and his staff will ride In the Inaugural parade, mounts for them having been arranged for to be available on their arrival in Washing? ton. The governor will carry along the big silken Palmetto flag, which will be flung to the breezes from the headquarters of the South Carolina party at the New Willard and may be carried by the party when they ride down Pennsylvania avenue lr the Inaugural parade. Several score South Carolinians from all parts of the State will go to Washington for the Inauguration, for this has been one of the loyal and orlgiral Wilson strongholds and none rejoice more than the sons and daugh? ters of South Carolina that Woodrow Wilsen Is to preside over the destinies of tha United States for another four years. A great many of the Palmetto citizens have reserved space on the governor's special, while others will go over the Seaboard Air Line and Coast Line railroads. Col. O. K. LaRoque, who was on Saturday night appointed State bann eaxmlner by Gov. Manning, will as? sume the duties of his otflce on March 1. He Is getting ready to take charge and will have the judiciary commute room on the second floor of the State house for his office. Col. LaRoque will be succeeded as private secretary to Gov. Manning by Mr. J. E. Puck ette, who is already familiarizing himself with the new duties which he will formally assume on the first ol the month. Col. Ivy. M. Mauldin whom Col. LaRoque succeeds as State bank examiner, will become active vice president of the Palmetto Nat? ional Bank, of Columbia. would in all likelihood require an un usual length of time to assemble ant organize the congress which is to sue ceed lt. 1 feel that I ought, In vlev of that fact, to obtain from you ful and immediate assurance of the au thority which I may need at any mo ment to exercise. "No doubt I already possess tha authority without special warrant o law, by the plain implication of mj constitutional duties and powers, bu' I prefer, in the present clrcumstancos not to act upon general implication. ! wish to feel that the authority ant the power of the congress are benim? mt In whatever it may become necs sary for me to do. We are joint!) the servants of the people and must act together and In their spirit, sc far as we can divine and interpret it "No one doubts what it is our duty to do. We must defend our commerce and the lives of our people in the midst of the present trying circum? stances, with discretion but with clear and steadfast purpose. Only the method and the extent remain to be chosen upon the occasion, if occasion should Indeed arise. "Since it has unhappily proved im? possible to safeguard our neutral rights by diplomatic means against the unwarranted infringements they are suffering at the hands of Oer? many there may be no recourse but to armed neutrality, which we shall know how to maintain and lor which there is abundant American prece? dent. "It Is devoutly to be hoped that it will not be necessary to put armed force anywhere into action. The Amer? ican people do not deal re it und our desire is not different from theirs. 1 am sure thut they will understand (hi spirit In which 1 am now acting, the purpose I hold nearest my heart and would wish to exhibit In everything I do. "I am anxious that the people of the nations at war also should under | stand and not mistrust us. I hope that I need give no further proofs and assurances than I have already given throughout nearly three years of anx? ious patience that I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for Amerlcu so long as I am able. "I am not now proposing or con? templating war or any stops that need lead to lt. I merely request that you will accord me by your own vote and definite bestowal the means and the authority to safeguard in practice the right of a great people vvbo love peace and who are desirous of exer? cising none but the rights of peace to follow the pursuit of peace In quiet? ness and good will- rights recognized time out of mind by all the elvlllsed nations of the world. Xo eourst of my choosing or of theirs will Jead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others. "You will understand why I can make no definite proposals or fore? casts of action now and must nsk for your supporting authority in the most Kcneral terms. I believe that the people will be williiiK to trust me to act with restraint, with prudence and in tho true eplril Of amity and good laith that they have themselves displayed throughout tlie.se trying months; and it is in that belief thai I request that you will authorize on? to supply our merehant ships with defensive arms should that. bstJOOn necessary, and with the means of ?Is? ing theoi, and to employ any nf?n > Instrumentalities or methods thai may be necessary and adequate to 01 MIS MI I Sinking of Laconia So Regarded by Presi? dent and Secretary of State, It is Reported. Further Investigation of Case not Considered Necessary Congress May Limit Authority It Gives to President Ships May Arm and Government Must Supply Guns and Gunners, Says Resolution. Washington, Feh. 27.?According to an authoritative expression of opinion obtained after a conference between President Wilson and Secretary Lan? sing, the sinking of the Laconia with the loss of American lives is looked upon as a clear violation of American rights. No further investigation is considered necessary. While no formal action has been taken by either the house or senate foreign relations committee on the president's request, both indicate a tendency to restrict the authority to be given the president. Senate com? mittee decided to make Its bill more explicit. The right to arm ships, it said, will take the form of authoriz? ing the owners of American ships to arm themselves and to authoihte the government to supply guns and gun? ners. Washington, Feb. 27.?Official dis patches confirming the death of Americans on the Laconia, which was torpedoed without warning, establish this case as an "overt act." The sink? ing of thd Laconia is regarded as another Lusitania case, in principle. The situation is the same as the pres? ident left it yesterday, but the sink? ing of the Laconia is expected to has? ten action by congress. It is indicat? ed that the government's ttrst step ?will be to arm American merchant? men. REPORT ON LACONIA. Consul Frost Sends Details of Subma? rine Attack on Liner. Washington, Feb. 27.?A dispatch from Consul Frost at Queenstown, dated 11:15 last night has been re? ceived by the State department. It said that Mrs. Hoy and. daughter were lost and the four American cabin passengers saved were F. B. Gibbons, of the Chicago Tribune; Mrs. F. E. Harris, the wife of Col. HarrlB, U 8. A., Fort DuPont; Arthur Kirby, of New York, and Father Waring, of St. Joseph's Seminary, Baltimore. He also gave the names of fifteen American negro liremen who were saved and fixed the number landed as two hundred and sixty-seven at Queenstown and fourteen at Bantry. , I This, Consul Frost said, left thirteen missing, of whom five were drowned and eight, including Mrs, Hoy and her daughter, died from exposure. Consul Frost said: "The Anconia was tor? pedoed without warning at 10:30 p. m., February 25th, one hundred and fifty miles west of Fastnet. The sec? ond torpedo was fired twenty min? utes after the first. Thirteen boats loaded with passengers and crew got away. A wireless message had hem sent out and the boats were picked up by British patrol boats at 4 o'clock next morning." BURIED AT SEA. Two American Women Perished is Result of Sinking of Laconia. London, Feb. 27.?American Consul Frost, at Queenstown, today tele? graphed the American embassy that Mrs. Mary K. Hoy and daughter, Elizabeth, American passengers aboard the Laconia, died of exposure and were buried at sea. A Central News dispatch from Queenstown said that eight Ameri? cans, negro firemen on the Laconia, also died of exposure. According to Consul Frost the total number land? ed from the I^aconia was two hun? dred and eighty-one of two hun? dred and ninety-four aboard. Six persons are in Queenstown hospitals, but their condition is not serious. protect our ships and our people in their legitimate and peaceful pur? suits on the seas. I request also that you will grant me at the same time, along with the powers 1 ask, a suffi? cient credit to enable me to provide adequate means of protection where they are lacking, including adequate insurance against the present war risks. "I have spoken of our commerce and of the legitimate errands of our people on the seas, but you will not l>o misled as to my main thought, the thought that lies beneath these phrases and gives them dignity and weight. It is not of national inter? ests merely that we are thinking. II. is, rather, of fundamental human lights, chief of all the right of life itself. I am thinking not only of the rights of Americans to go and come about their proper business by way of the sea, but also of some? thing much deeper, much more fun? damental than that. "I am thinking of those rights of humanity without which there is no Civilisation, My theme is of thesr gl'Oat principles of compassion and j of protection which mankind has ! fought to throw about human lives, the lives of combatants, the lives <?i men who are peacefully at work I keeping the Industrial processes of the j world quick and vital, the lives of i women and children and ol those who supply the labor which minis? ters to their sustenance, We are ?peaking of no selfish material rights, but of rights whu h our hearts sup? port ami whose foundation is that righteous passion for justice upon Which all law. ;>ll Structures alike of family, of state and of mankind must rest, as upon the IlltlhmfS base of our existence and our liberty. 1 ? an not imagine any man with Amer? ican principles at heart hcoit^n^ to defend theje things." t . YAROWDALE WEN HELD. NOW DETAINED UNDKR COLOR OF QUARANTINE." Germany Announces That Contagious Disease Has Uroken Out in P.acc of Detention. Berlin. Feb. 26, via SayviUe, Feb. 27.?The release of the American prisoners brought to Germany on the steamer Yarowdale, although order? ed some time ago, says the Overseas News agency, can not be carried out for the moment, as an infectious dis? ease has been discoverd at the place of their residence. As the outbreak of the malady necessitates a quarantine measure af? fecting the number of persons about to leave Germany, the Overseas agency states that the delay in the departure of the Americans is in the interests of neutral countries. The hope is expressed that the quarantine will be of short duration. The American citizens, it is an? nounced, are safe and well. TO ISSUE FARM LOAN BONDS. Entire Amount to be Sold to Bank Syndicate1?To Let Farmers Get Money at 3 to 5 1-2 Per Cent. Washington, Feb. 28.?It is under? stood that federal farm loan board officials have arranged to place thr entire first issue of forthcoming farm loan bonds with a Syndicate of bank? ers at a rate of four and a-half per cent. The amount of the Issue is un? determined. The rate enlarged the farmer will be between five and a-half per cent. GERARD HOMEWARD BOUND. I Former Ambassador to Germans Sailed Toelay From Spain for Ha I vano. Corunna, Spain, Feb. 27, via Parit ?Former American Ambassador Ger ' ard saile 1 today for Havana aboard ! the steamer Infanta Isabel. He is I expected to reach Havana March I ! or 9. The Infanta Isabel is filled to capacity, carrying seven hundred and fifty steerage passengers besides cabin passengers. MONEY FOR TJIE ARMY. Senator Increases Appropriation foi Army $37,50o,omi. Washington, Feb. 28.?The senate military affairs committee has order? ed thirty seven million, five hundreel thousand dollars increase in the army bill. As reported to the senate the bill carries two hundred and seventy seven million, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars. REPORT ON LEAK INQUIRY. HENRY GIVES FINDINGS TO LOWER HOUSE. Essnry and Price, Washington Jour-1 f. nalists, Only Ones of All Mentioned Found Guilty. Washington, Feb. 27.?A unanimous report saying that no one save two Washington newspaper men, J. Fred Essary and W. W. Price, were respon? sible for whatever "leak" there was on President Wilson's peace note, was presented to the house tonight by Chairman Henry of the rules commit? tee. All persons connected with the government, including Secretary Mc Adoo and Secretary Tumulty, mem? bers of both houses, and R. W. Boi? ling, a brother-in-law of the pres? ident, are specifically cleared of sus? picion. Chairman Henry failed in an effort to have the report adopted immediate? ly but it probably will be accepted in a day or two and formally end the leak investigation. The report says, Essary who wrote the forecast of the president's note from the local brokerage firm of F. A. Connolly & Co., did not profit fi? nancially by his act, but Price was regularly in the employ of Chicago brokers to supply them with Washing? ton news likely to affect the stock market. Fewer persons should be permitted to handle important papers such as a president's message, the report de? clares. The practice of "short sales" in Wall street Is condemned and mem? bers of the brokerage firms of E. F. Hutton & Co. of New York and F. A. Connolly & Co. of Washington are criticised for their conduct in the course of the investigation. The re? port says that the testimony of Con? nolly was demonstrated to have been false. Statements made by Thomas W. I^awson of Boston, the committee finds, took the form of "suggestion and innuendo" and wcro not proved. Only one of the charges made by Representative Wood of Indiana was proved, the report adds. That was that brokers had advance informa? tion on the president's note. Included in those specifically clear? ed of suspicion by the report arc: Pliney Fisk, Archibald S. White, Otto H. Kahn, Stuart Gibbony, Malcolm McAdoo. Fernard W. Baruch and James B. Regan. HOY WANTS WAR. American Resident of England Whose Mother Perished on Laconia Cable* idem. Wa5iu?^^.-?llL*fc>^28? Austin Y. Hoy, whose mother and^ister werc lost on the Laconia, has cabTcHl^[^s" ident Wilson calling upon the AmSJ^ lean government to prevent similar outrages. He said: "I am able to fight. If my countrj" can use me against these brutal assassins I am at its call. If it stultifies my manhood and my na? tion by remaining passive under out rage I shall seek a man's chance un der another flag." Washington, Feb. 28.?It has been officially established that American schooner Lyman M. Law was not sunk by an Austrian submarine. New York, Feb. 28.?John Wallace better known as "Captain Jack,' Crawford, the noted Indian fighter and "poet scout," died at his home a* Woodhaven, Long Island, last night from pneumonia. He was born in Ire? land in 1847. MANNING TO HEAD DIVISION. ro HAVE PLACE OF HONOR IS INAUGURAL PARADE. ioiith Carolina Governor and Hie Colonels Will be Given Most Cor> diul Greeting to Capital. - i . Washington, Feb. 27.?Robert N. Harper, inaugural chairman, today announced that Gov. Manning and his staff would head one of the four big divisions in the parade next Mon? day. Final details for the inauguration are being rapidly worked out. Prep? arations for the parade, which is, of course, one of the big attractions of the occasion, are almost complete. The parade will be in four divisions and each brigade will be headed by a governor and his staff. The first bridage will be headed by Gov. Man? ning and the members of his staff, ? and then will follow Gov. Pleasant of Louisiana; Gov. Bilbo of Mississippi; and Gov. Gardner of Missouri. Other details were made public here today but naturally the home people will be most interested to know that Gov. Manning and the members of his staff will be in the line and in addition to this will come near the front of the big parade. It is certain beyond dispute that when the Palmetto State executive and his colonels pass in review before the president there will be many thousands of persons in the big crowd who will lustily cheer the men from the South. Gov. Manning is a favorite in Wash? ington and there will be no one in the parade who will receive a bet? ter or more cordial welcome than he, especially as he will be here with his staff members. "Just say we are waiting for the governor," was all that could be had from Chairman Harper today, "and that the city of Washington will be his as long as he wants it. Tell the colonels to get out their trappings and come on; we are waiting for them." HOLDING FOUR CONSULS. Germany Persists in Unlawful and Uncivilized Treatment of American Officials. Washington, Feb. 28.?Four Amer? ican consuls are being detained in Germany, while the Berlin govern? ment awaits official advices that all German consuls in the United States who have been ordered to South and Central America have been permitted to leave. BRIEF WAR BULLETINS. New York, Feb. 28.?Berlin an nounces the resumption of their of? fensive on the northern Roumanian front, where th Teutons captured Russian hill positions and more than Mteen hundred prisoners. says the British forces en retreating Turks on the Mesopotanl^* f/ont 3? miIe* "or?: west of Klot*-Amara' nd, at'ngmtM; the British ? now about 75 mlleS from Bagdad. BATTLE IN COURT HOUSE. Nashville. Feb. 28.?E. G. Tompkins was killed, Will Hoffstetter was prob? ably fataly shot, and Jim Hoffstetter, and Mrs. W. A. Bevington, and a by? stander were wounded in the court house today. Tompkins, who waa suing the Hoffstetter brothers and their sister for alienating his wife's affections, fired on the Hoffstetters as they left the building after the case had been postponed. Will Hoffstetter stabbed Tompkins to death after he had been wounded. NEW SPRING GOODS We have just received a nice line of new Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits ?AND Knox Hats If in need of a new Spring Hat or Suit, come in and see our line, it will pay you to make fCNOK> hats; 4 your selection early, before the goods are pick ver. When You Want Quality, See Us. Wc handle only the highest class lines. THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx.