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HEALDTON SEEKING
SAFETY WHEN SUNK
American Captain Under Or
ders to Proceed Through
Zone of Immunity.
WARNING IS . NOT GIVEN
Vessel Had Called at Halifax and
Bergen and AY a on Way to Rot
terdam Men Shelled While
Getting Into Boats.
SEVEN AMERICANS LOSE LIVES
IN SINKING OF Oil, STEAMER.
ROTTERDAM. via London.
March 23. The seven Americans
who perished In the sinking of
the Healdton were:
W. Chandler, second mate,
Brooklyn.
Hirdglns, third mate, Nor
folk. Va.
Walter Johnson, third engineer,
Hoboken.
E. Leveaux. oiler, Hoboken.
George Healey, second mess
man, San Francisco.
PL W. Smith, able seaman, Chi
cago. John Stelner, able seaman,
Pittsburg.
when a second explosion shook the
ship. This time it tad been torpedoed
aft, setting the tanks ablaze. The burn-,
ing oil ran in all directions, necessi
tating a quick get-away. I found that
my boat. No. 1. apparently having been
cut from the tow line prematurely, had
capsized near the ship and none of its
occupants was seen again.
"Meanwhile the Healdto. was settling
down fast by the stern. One or two
poor fellows in the bunkers never came
up and I expect they were killed there
by the explosion. I Just had time to
jump into No. 2 boat. , '
"The submarine came up once ana
looked at the sinking ship. No signs
could toe seen on the submarine, which
Immediately dived under water again.
In 20 minutes it was all over. Then
came 12 hours 'n open boats, insuf
ficiently clad and exposed to bitter hail
and snow storms, urtil we were, picked
up by l. trawler Java. There was one
Spaniard In my boat whose clothes had
been burned off. He died of exposure.
"According to my calculations we
were well wlthi- the so-called safe
channel when the Healdton was tor
pedoed." -
ANOTHER AMERICAN IS KILLED
Norwegian Steamer Mai . Manger
May Have Struck Mine.
WASHINGTON, March 23. Consul
Frost, at Queenstown, notified the State
Department tonight that one American,
George Wilson Stead, of Chester, Pa., an
engineer, was aboard the Norwegian
steamer Mai Manger, sunk without
warning yesterday. All on board were
saved.
The dispatch said: ""Submarine not
seen. Explosion may have been mine."
V7AR WRITER IS ADVISER
FREDERICK PALMER. CONFERS
WITH ARMY AUTHORITIES.
WASHINGTON, March 23. The first
detailed official account of the sinking
of the American steamer Healdton
reached the State Department late p
day from American Consul Krogh at
Rotterdam. It follows:
"American tank steamer Healdton,
Bayonne, N. J., owned by the Standard
Oil Company of New York, en route
Philadelphia via Bergen to Rotterdam,
commanded by Charles Christopher,
American citizen, carrying cargo 6000
tons petroleum, having 41 officers and
crew aboard, . Including number of
Americans, reported- torpedoed and
sunk without warning by German sub
marine at 8:15 evening of March 21,
26 miles from Terschllllng.
"Captain and 19 men brought safely
Ymuiden. One died exposure in life
boat. ' Twenty reported drowned by
capsizing."
Captain Seekln Safe Route.
' A later dispatch from Consul Krogh
said nine additional survivors had been
reDrrted.
The Standard OH Company, of New
Ycrk, telegraphed the State Depart
ment as follows:
"Wives of captain and chief engi
neer received telegrams advising hus
bands are safe. Thirteen of crew were
Americans. Steamer bound Philadel
phia for Rotterdam and had called at
Halifax and Bergen. Left Bergen for
Rotterdam March 20, captain having
been Instructed to proceed by reported
safe route through North Sea channel
west of Denmark. Cargo was illu
minating oil in bulk."
THE HAGUE., via London. March 23.
- Detailed accounts of the sinking of
the American steamer Healdton show
that the vessel, after considerable de
lay at Halifax on her way to Rotter
dam, proceeded to Bergen, Norway,
where she received orders to resume
the voyage to Rotterdam. Nothing of
especial Import happened until Wednes
day at about 8:15 P. M.
Vessel Suddenly Bombarded.
Notwithstanding the electrically il
luminated words "Healdton, New York,"
between the masts, the vessel was bom
barded suddenly by an Invisible sub
marine, which first shot away the illu
rainated name and thereupon without
. warning twice torpedoed the vessel.
Fire broke out at once, followed by
an explosion in the machine-room, and
the crew immediately sought safety in
the boats, not having a minute to dress
or collect any of their belongings.
All efforts to save 19 men In an over
turned boat were fru'tless. A boat
with 13 men, including the captain, was
sighted on Thursday by the steam
trawler Javst. which had Just put to
sea, but immediately returned to
Ymuiden with the, shipwrecked men.
Several of these survivors were In their
underclothes and all were terribly ex
hausted by the night's fatigue and ex
posure in the open boat to bitter cold
and snow.
Men Completely Exhausted.
They had not even enough strength
to come alongside the trawler, whose
skipper had to apply his best seaman
ship to approach the boat without run
ning it down. Once on board the
trawler, some of the survivors fell to
the deck In a faint from exhaustion.
According to the captain of the
Healdton, one of the torpedoes hit his
vessel in the stem and the other amid
ships. Dutch fishermen say they ob
served the glow of the burning steam
ship In the distance, at first believing
it to be the Northern lights. ,'
In a dispatch from Ymuiden. It Is
said that apparently the Healdton was
within or on- the border of the .German
danger zone, east of the free channel.
Nothing could be distinguished of the
nationality of the submarine, which
fired without emerging fully and dis
appeared immediately.
Nationality Plainly Indicated.
In addition to the 'illuminated sign,
the Healdton's nationality was in
dicated by the fact that she was flying
the American flag and had her name
' painted on the sides. The Dutch cook
was . among the four survivors of a
ship recently torpedoed.
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AMERICAN'S NAME IS TARGET
Healdton Hit by Torpedo Where Light
Showed Identity.
ROTTERDAM, March 23. Captain
Christopher, of the American steamer
Healdton, reached here tonight with all
the survivors of the vessel, who were
feeling well, notwithstanding the hard
ships they had undergone. To the As
sociated Press Captain Christopher
said:
"If we had not shown our lights we
might have escaped. At 8:15 o'clock
Wednesday evening, with a moderate
breeze and .ohoppy sea, I was in the
cabin , when aroused by a terrific con
cussion. All the lights went out and I
rushed on deck in my shirt sleeves Co
top the engines. I found that a tor
pedo had gone through amidships at
the spot where the ship's name was il
luminated brightly, wrecking the en
glneroom. The light clearly served as
a target.
- "The lifeboats were made ready and
equipped for lowering. I rushed back
to the cabin in the dark and was just
nble to grab a coat and the sextant
America Told Not to Attempt to Send
Force to France Until One of Proper
Proportions Is Raised. .
WASHINGTON, March 23. Frederick
Palmer, war correspondent, who was
the only accredited representative of
the American press on . the . western
front for more than two years, de
livered a confidential talk here today
at the Army War" College to the Gen
eral Staff and many officers detailed
there.
Some of the things the correspond
ent told the Army officers, were per
mitted to become - public, and among
them was his declaration that the
United States should not attempt to
send any troops to France until It has
raised an army of proper proportions.
Ten thousand men, he said, would do
little more than hold a mile of trench.
On the subject of censorship In the
event the United States enters the war,
Mr. Palmer counseled the appointment
of a chief civilian censor, with Army
and Navy officers for assistants, and
the publication or an possible details
In connection with the Army. Inas
much as an army must be recruited
from the people, he told the officers.
the people must be recognized as part
of it and must receive any mrormaiion
which would not be of military value
to an enemy.
A. J. BALE IS ELECTED
SURRENDER IN VAIN
Illinois Shelled Despite Failure
to Resist.
STQRY TOLD BY CAPTAIN
INDUSTRIES BUREAU OF CHAMBER
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING.
A. G. Labbe, Retiring Director, Talks
on Shipbuilding Labor Troubles
Laid to Oataidera.
A J. Bale was elected" unanimously
to the position of director of the bu
reau of Industries and manufactures
of the Chamber of Commerce at its
annual meeting' last night, to succeed
A G. Labbe, whose term has expired
and who declined, on account of pres
sure of business, to consider renomlna-
tion.
The personnel of the executive com
mittee of the bureau Is now: John Tait,
chairman: O. E. Heintz and A J. Bale.
The meeting of the industries and
manufactures bureau was the largest
in attendance that has been held by
any of the bureaus of the Chamber this
year. This bureau has the largest en
rollment in the Chamber, boasting
about 600 members.
In his annual report Chairman Talt
outlined the progress of the organiza
tion in, many lines in the past year,
pointing out the improved feeling in
business in, the city and state.
Touching upon the labor disturbances
that appeared in the shipbuilding
plants the first of the year, Mr. Tait
declared that they were not due to local
labor, which was sympathetic toward
the new Industrial enterprise, but that
It was caused by the activities of labor
agitators who came in from the out
side for the purpose of gaining control
of the labor situation in the new enter
prise for the purpose of exploiting it.
Mr. Labbe, the retiring member of
the Board, gave a short talk on the
outlook In the shipping business in
Portland.
No ' Measures Taken 'or Safety of
Those onboard and Help Refused
to Boats Vessel Afterward
Destroyed With Bombs.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 23. Thirty
four survivors of the American tank
steamer Illinois, which" was sunk Sunday,-March
18, 20 miles north of Al
derney by a German submarine, arrived
here today. Of the party 16 are Amer
icans, the others being Swedes and
Sranlards. - CaDtaln H.. Iverson made
the following statement: 1
"We sailed on March 16. At 7:45
A. M. on the 18th we sighted a .sub
marine bearing down upon us from
the southwest from a distance of ap
proximately thre miles. The subma
rine submerged and approached. About
16 minutes later, the distance then
from us ' being about two miles, the
submarine, opened fire. ' . '
Rapid Firing la Continued."
"Immediately after backing for two
minutes, our vessel was stopped by the
engineer on watch. The first shot, went
over our aerial and the second brought
It down. The firing continued rapidly
until the boats were well clear of the
ship's side, when the shooting ceased.
"The submarine then came close by
alongside the lifeboats and ordered No.
1 boat to come alongside the subma
rine. Five of' our men were ordered
aboard his boat and he transferred five
of his crew to the lifeboat, which was
then pulled to the Illinois. These men
then placed seven-minute bombs along
side the ship and in the engine-room,
which exploded in due course.
No Measures for Safety Taken.
"Our five men were taken off the
submarine, and I asked the commander
if he would tow us toward land. .He
replied: 'I have no time." We then
proceeded under sail and oars for Al
derney and ten miles from It we- were
picked up and. taken - In tow by two
motorboats that had observed us and
came to our assistance.
"The submarine commander took no
measures for the safety oi the crew
and continued shelling until they were
in their . boats. The Illinois did not
try- to escape or resist. One man was
wounded by shell fire. The submarine
had no flag showing when first ob
served. It was six and a half hours
after shelling, the Illinois when the
crew reached the harbor."
ILLINOIS SURVIVORS IN LONDON
Crew of Torpedoed American vo
- Lifeboats Six Honrs.
WASHINGTON. March 23. Thirty-
four survivors. Including 16 Americans,
from the American steamer Illinois,
sunk without warning last Sunday
north of Alderney, England, reached
Southampton this morning. Consul
Swalm, In a dispatch to the State De
partment today, said:
"Captain and crew of American sub
marined ship Illinois landed here from
Guernsey this morning.-' They number
34. Americans 16. Vessel bound from
London to Port Arthur, Tex., In bal
last. Submarine sighted 20 miles north
of Alderney March 18. 8 A. M. Was
shelled without warning by German
submarine. Weather fair. No vessel
In sight."
"No means taken for safety of crew,
and towing refused. Shelling continued
till crew In own boats. Did not try
escape or resist. One man slightly
wounded. Ship finally sunk by bombs
placed in and outside -essel. Crew six
hours in boats. , Last 10 miles towed to
Alderney by motorboat- Crew sent Lon
don immediately'
PEACE MOVE IS EXPECTED
(Continued- From First Page.)
trv. It li for Coneresi to declare
existence of this condition. There
no intention, no desire, to declare war
on Germany. The latter would prefer
such action on our part. It would
place us in the position of being the
aggressor. By, declaring the existence
of a state of war, the unitea oiaies
will place on Germany the responsi
bility sha has deliberately Incurred.
After the Cabinet meeting it was
said that this Government Intends to
help the allies in every poslble way.
Th auestlon of an alliance wil be dis
cussed with members of the Senate and
leaders In the House. in any eni,
there will be a working agreement
which will place the resources of this
country at the disposal of the allies
and may lead to naval co-operation
even in European waters.
Some of the high ranking naval of
ficers are advising the dispatch of de
stroyers and motorboats to English,
French and Mediterranean waters for
the purpose of helping to clear them
from German submarines. The ship
ping board will expedite the construc
tion of cargo boats for the conveyance
of supplies to England. France. Italy
and . Russia. Encouragement will be
lent to credits for the allied powers.
In short.- the .United "States, according
to the decision of the President, will
not sit supinely idle. It will prepare
for effective and fc.rjrresslv warfare
and will Dut Its plans Into execution.
The Administration is going slowly.
however, as to creating a large Army.
Most of the Cabinet believes the United
States should tran a large Army with
out delay. So far as the Navy is con
cerned, that must be recruited with
out delay up to the emergency number
authorized, and in addition Congress
will be asked to appropriate for prob
ably 60,000 additional seamen.
SOCIALISTS FAVOR WAR !
PROMINENT MEMBERS REPUDIATE
PARTT EXECUTIVES.
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'THE STORE THA T UNDERSELLS EEC A USE IT SELLS FOR CASH"
Store Opens
at 8:30 A.M.
Saturdays
at 9 A. M.
Store Closes
at Si30 P. M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
New. Spring Coats
Prices to Suit All
$5. 95 up to $30 I
There is a wonderful variety of styles to select from. Your '
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and in this new consignment of ours particularly, the fabrics
include all the best shades and weaves :Wool Velours, Wool
Jerseys, Wool Poplins, Serges,"' Gabardines, Covert' Cloths,
checked fabrics, etc., in every' staple and new shade or color com-
bination the most fashionable new models for the youthful E
maiden and for women of mature figure. Here you will find
unapproachable values at S5.95 to S30.00.
We Want Peace, bnt Not nt Any Cost'
Say' Resolutions, Which Prefer,
- 'Bloodshed to Cowardice.
NEW YORK, March 23. Several
prominent Socialists met here today
and. after protesting against the action
of the party's executive committee in
issuing a manifesto "purporting to ex
press the party's position about the
threatened war between the United
States .and Germany." passed resolu
tions ' Indorsing President Wilson's
course and pledging their support to
their country.'
"To refuse to resist - international
crime Is to be unworthy of the name
Socialist'! the resolutions said. "It Is
our present duty i to the cause of In
ternationalism to support our tiovern-
ment In' any sacrifice It requires In
defense of those principles of Interna
tional law and order which are essen-
tlon alike to socialism and civilization.
"We want peace, but not at any cost.
and believe that the sacriiice or in
tegrity and general public and private
self-respect is too high a price to pay
for it. We abhor bloodshed, but see
clearly that blood had better be shed
than saved by cowardice to decay in
bondage.
Among those who subscribed to the
resolutions were Charlotte Perkins Oil
man. William English Walling, William
L. Stoddard, Upton Sinclair. Charles
Edward Russell, -J. Q. Phelps stokes.
Lerov Scott. Robert W. Bruero. Walter
E. and Charlotte .KlmDaii truest ana
William Ghent. '
DUTCH BETWEEN 2 FIRES
Barring of Armed American Snips
May Be Demanded by Germans.
THE HAGUE, via London, March 28.
-The Handelsblad. of Amsterdam.
says today that the rumor has reached
it that Holland has refused the re
quest of the United States for the Ad
mission of American armea mercnani-
men to Dutch ports and that conse
quently the Dutch harbors will be
closed to American and British ships.
"The government," adds the news
paper, "will assume a great responsi
bility whichever way the decision may
fall: The government seems 10 ue-
lieve Germany would interpret as an
unfriendly act any decision on our part
bv which we would come into line witn
international usages, the justice of
which Germany recognized before the
war."
Fear of reprisals by the United
States or Great Britain now or after
the war is expressed by the news
papers, but the Dutch government, it
declares, must do only what Justice
and the Interests of The Netherlands
dictate.
Women's Fashionable
'High-Top' Shoes
Moderately Priced at $40
In our Basement Shoe Section we place on special sale an excep
tionally fine line of women's fashionable "high-top" Shoes. They
come In both button and lace models, in vici kid and patent leather
styles with 84 and 9-inch top and military or French heel all
sizes and widths,
A Phenomenal Purchase and Sale" of
Lady. Ruth,
R. & G.
Merito and
Corsets
Smart Spring Models in Contll, Brocades and Batistes,
In White and Pink
Saturday Sale of Drug
Sundries
8-oz. bottle Witch Hazel for..l5
Colgate's Hand Paste, special 10c)
Charmis Cold Cream, special 25
Pond's Vanishing Cream for 15
Pond's Vanishing Cream, large
size, priced at 35i
Woodbury's Facial. Cream 20 1
Woodbury's Facial Soap for 20 fi
Woodbury's Dental Cream 20tS
Large bar Castile Soapf for 25fi
Colgate's Natural Odor Soap,
at 10S or 3 for...j. 250
Colgate's Castile Soap 100,
or 3 for 250
16-oz. bottle Cedar Polish... 350
Euthymol Tooth Paste, now 150
Kolynos Tooth Paste, priced 200
Pebeco Tooth Paste, special 390
Ivory Soap, this sale, 3 for 100
Lot 1 at 75c
Lot 2 at $139
Lot 3 at $139,
A fortunate purchase enables us to offer our patrons the most ex
ceptional values In these well-known and reliable Corsets. Included
are several of the most fashionable Spring models in plain and fancy
coutlls, brocades and batistes in white and pink all sizes and styles,
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A Complete New Stock, of B. V. D. Union Suits at fl.OO a Suit.
More New Styles in .
.Fern Waists at $1J00
We are principal Portland agents
for these popular Waists. Through
this arrangement we secure four of
the latest New York styles each
week. Each ' Waist comes in a
sealed envelope and is as crisp and
fresh as the day It was made. All
styles and sizes at one price.
Sale Women's Black
Fiber Silk Hose 39c Pair
High-grade, full seamless Stockings,
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DUTCH STEAMERS SAIL
FLEET OF 15 ON WAT TO OBTAIN
- GRAIN IN AMERICA.
T. Ft. GOES ON VACATION
Colonel to Return When Congress
Meets; Division to Be Ready.
NEW YORK, March' 23. Theodore 1
Roosevelt left here today f9r a' short
vacation in Florida. ,..-'-
"I plan to get back by April 2 or 3.
when Congress will have convened" he
said. "I am going away because at
the moment there is nothing here I can
do. --.'
"All of ' the arrangements which,
without Governmental action. I can
make as regards my division and -Its
organization work are progressing as
far and as rapidly as possible."
KAISER IS REPORTED ILL
Monarch Said to Be Suffering From
TSf rvons Breakdown.
LONDON, March 28. Prlvat. mes
sages have reached The Hague that
Emperor William is suffering from a
severe nervous breakdown an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from The
Hague reports.
The Emperor's -physicians are said to
have ordered him to take the cure at
Homburg.
Germany Now Offers to Rent Vessels
to Holland as Compensation for
Sinking of Seven Ships.
WASHINGTON. March 23. A fleet of
15 Dutch steamships were said here to
day to have sailed recently from a port
in Holland for tne uniiea oim uj
wav of Halifax. The vessels all steamea
out the same day and now are believed
t ha well north of the German sub
marine zone -around the British Isles.
It is intended by the isetnenanas
government, which has the ships under
charter, to have them load grain, prob
ably In New Tork. and then return by
the route they came. It was explained
here today that lack of foodstuffs In
Holland made It necessary that a large
quantity be obtained at once.
'SPEED COP' PUT AT BRIDGE 5S,iuat
I ment in -reference to tne seven uuicn
"r".100 German -ver
ment offered to pay an Indemnity for
the loss of members of the crews and
to help the owners by iacuuaiing ine
purchase of tierman snips ancr
war. .
This offer, the statement anas, was
made "on considerations oi numaniiy
and good neighborship." Further steps
led to a reconsiaerauon oi iuo y
Germany, which now oners uerami
ships for rental "on reasonaDie couui-
tlons." - . . ...
Holland, it is aeciareo, rejrca mo
offer, and the owners, unaer t-nc tit-
cumstances, also reiusea m
proposal of lnaemnmcauon ii
crews. .
an editorial headed "Norwegian Inso
lence." In which It says:
"The press of Norway in these days
has assumed a tone of an Insulting
character which Germany, cannot tol
erate. The Norwegians would do well,
to remember that their unbridled press
campaign once before led to diplomatic
tension. -
"A sense of responsibility should have
kept the papers from again singing
the same tune."
charge of involuntary
and was sentenced to a
months.
manslaughter
term of nine
Hons mav be opened .. hlch will enable
hr to secure v treaty based o her
necuDatlon of enemy territory. Second
if the proposal should be rejected, the
Kaiser can prove to his people that
their enemies are determined on the
destruction of the empire, and this
would tend to stop agitation for
revoluti-n. such as has occurred in
Russia. Thlr pro-Germans and pac
ifists In and out of Congress would be
fortified " with ammunition to use
against the recommendation of the
President that Congress declare the
existence of a state of war.
This might give the impression that
the American people lack solidarity and
in any case perhaps delay action by
Congress.
According to what is said in allied
diplomatic circles, there Is one way In
which Germany can show her sincerity.
That is by the evacuation of Northern
France and Belgium. That Germany
would be willing to do anything of the
kind is not believed for' a moment.
Her troops have retired to the strate
gic line prepared for them. Thereby
has been released a large force which
is available for a counter-thrust, should
that be considered desirable, or for use
In another war theater or for the rest
of the nerves of the men which they
eo sadly need.
The President and his advisers fully
realize the fertility of Germany In the
art of laying pitfalls'" and they are
stepping warily along the road leading
Into the future. It Is pointed out that
this Government ha ample proof of
German hostility. The Zimmermann
note proposing an alliance with Mexico
and Japan against the United States Is
a fraction of the evidence In the pos
session of the State Department and
the Department of Justice. The note
in itself, however, shows that Germany
Is prepared for a day of reckoning
with the United States.
American Safety Is, Involved.
Freed from European enemies, ehe
might launch an attack against the
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prepared the result of her operations j GERMANS GOING TO MEXICO
To put it bluntly, as one diplomat
ELL-AM
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage'
proves it. 25c at all druggists J
FALLING TREE KILLS EIGHT
(Continued From First Ps. )
meager details of the weck last night.
The injured men and the killed, he said,
so far as he could determine, were men
without families here who had been
rounded up to work in the Grays River
country.
The North Bank Logging Company
Is operating on property purchased
from the Portland Lumber Company.
Employes of the Dublin, Ireland, Gas
Company haver returned to work pend
Ing settlement of their demands by ar
bitration.
Vancouver Span Approach.
VANCOUVER, Wash, March 23.
(Special.) Those . who enjoy making
high speed on the long fill leading to
the Columbia River Interstate bridge
will Day dearly for the privilege now,
as a "speed cop" has been stationed
there with a motorcycle to see that the
law is obeyed. '
The speed limit for automobiles over
the bridge is 15 miles, while It is raised
to 20 miles on the fills. About 12 auto
mobiles to one horse-drawn vehicle use
the big span.
OLD BREWERY IS REOPENED
Vancouver Plant Will Mannfactnre
Food Products."
VANCOUVER, Wash., Manch 83.
(Special.) The boilers In the old brew
ery were fired up today to get the
place heated up and the machinery in
oDeration by the Interstate Products
Company. The plant will be ready for
operation by Monday, probably, ana
soft drink will be manufactured. Later
vinegars, pickles, sauer kraut and pre
serves will be manufactured at the
nlant-
The whistle of the brewery naa oeen
MANY ALIENS DRILLING
.. An it. TCOT GERMAN, SATS CON
NECTICUT GOVERNOR.
Agents of Kslwt Are Agitating or
ganlaatlona. However, Which Axe
IsT Possession of Arms.
tt a PTFOHD. Conn- March 23 Gov
ernor Holcomb tonight amplified his
stilled for a long time, and its sound previous statement that men hostile to
will be welcomed by all here.
said, it .is to the present and future
Interest of the United States that Ger
many should not be in a position after
the war ends to consider a move against
any nation. In other words, continu
ance of the war will be in the Interest
of American eafety.
The President and his Cabinet have
discussed the German situation with
th-! greatest care at the usual Friday
meeting today. There was sharp de
nunciatlcm of the aclon of German
submarines in sinking the American
oil tanker Healdton. resvltlng In a
lose of several American lives, aij-1
also the Dutch steamer La Camplne.
with Americans on board. Both of
thest ships were destroyed outside the
prchibited area, and this fact served
to emphasize , the belief of officials
that Germany has thrown aside all
pretenses of regard for neutral rights
and intends to run amuck upon the
t-ea.
"State of War" Forced on Us.
It was realized by the President
and his subordinates' that there was
nothing the United States could do be
yond what It Is doing. Germany has
thrust a state of war upon this coun-
Reservists Flocking Across 'Border
From Guatemala.
GALVESTON. Tex.. March. 23. Ger
mans in great numbers have left the
republic of Guatemala and gone into
Mexico, according to information reach
ing here today from Puerto Barrios,
Guatemala. J iml
At the outbreak of the war in EJrope
a larae number of German reservists
came to Galveston from Guatemala In
an effort to return to Germany. Find
ing this Impossible, most of them went
back to Guatemala. ,
this country were engaged in military
ririmnsr nightly in Connecticut.
I believe It to be a ract. saia me
r.nrnnr. "that hero in tiamora anu
o ti.i there is arming going uu
by organizations of men born under
foreign flags, many oi m
bodies are not Germans. That Is not
the point. The point is that German
agents-are working on. their minds."
The Governor said he . understood
some of the drilling organizations were
in possession of arms.
What-.are they amung ior, ny-
wivr he continued. laai mc
not openly sympathetic to Germany or
hostile to the unitea states is ooi im
portant. If they want to drill or handle
arms, let them Join the organized mi
litia, the Home Guard, or the United
States Army."
Woman Slayer Pleads Guilty.
SALT LAKE CITT. March 23. Mrs.
Amy Hill, who killed Ross M. Bonny,
attorney. In his offices here last No
vember, pleaded guilty today to a
Pope Sends Bishop to Coast.
ROME, March 22. via Paris, March,
23. The Pope today appointed Mon-
' seigneur Peter James Muldoon bishop of
Monterey ana ios Angeles. tsisnop
Muldoon was formerly auxiliary bishop
of Chicago and has been bishop of
Rockford, 111., since September, 1908.
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Edncator Takes TJp Chnrcn Work. NORWAY SHOWING UNREST
RICHMOND. Ind March 23. Robert
T. Kelly, for IS years president of
Earlham College, today announced his
resignation to accept the position of
executive secretary of the Council of
the Church Board of Education in the
United States. The council Is com
posed of the secretaries of the boards
of education of 19 Protestant denomina
tions and represent a constituency of
13,000,000.
Renewed Tension Toward Germany
Is Indicated.
AMSTERDAM, via London, March 23.
-Indications of renewed tension be
tween Norway and uerraany are ap
pearing in the German newspapers. 1 ne ,
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