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oIKUKOUH. OKKUOX. YK1)N KSDA V, KKI.IM'ARY 14. 1917
(). 27S
BUNE
nunnis ensiir I
SUBMARINE
,SflHSSEL
WITH BOMB
Schooner Lyman M. Law Destroyed
in Mediterranean l:y Submarine,
Evidently Austrian, That Flew No
Flag Crew Landed Carried No
Contraband May Be Overt Act
Looked For to Precipitate War
T.OXDOX, Fell. H. The Anioiienn
schooner l.vinnn .M. I.mv was sunk hv
ii submarine on Mimilny, iiccorilin lo
a ilispiiti-li from the Stot'nni njienev
of Hume. The crew, incliulin, eiulil
American-;, is rciurtetl (o have been
Inmleil.
WASHINGTON', Keli. It. Consul
Treaihvay at li'ome caljled a rioit
today iiulicatiii!: Iliat the American
schooner Lyman Law was not lor-
jlJiedoed, but was destroyed by a h b
plneed on board by a submarine.
Consul Trcadway's report said the
submarine apparently was Auslri.ipi.
lint flew no flajr.
Secretary i.ansin had apotlier re
port which said the ship was sunk by
gunfire from a submarine.
I'clisul'N Mcssagi..
Consid Treadway at Home for
warded three dispatches. (wo ,,f
which he lunl received from the Ital
ian minister of marine and one from
the Ilritish consul at t'aliari. The
latter said that Captain Mclloiiouli
and nine men compriin the crew of
the American sailing ve-sel l.vman II.
Law of New York, had landed at ( a--
nan. According to the minister ol
marine's niinoiincement, the vessel
was sunk by an Austrian submnrinc
without a I'lajr.
A paraphrase of the iiiuiser of
marine's dispatches traumillid un
der Treadway's signature follows:
i "lieceived telegram from M;i !t;i
American four-niasled sailing vessel
Lyman M. Law in flames latitude
north :IH decrees :Y2 minutes longi
tude east (ireenwicli 7 dcurcos s
minutes. No trace of crew.-'
Second Message.
The second mes-ae, dalcil ( ;i -till
ri, February LI, said :
"Fonr-ninstcd Amciicaii sailing
vessel l.vman .M. Law, owned by
Maritime Transportation conipauy of
New York, liltlll Ions, at It o'clock
12th, set afire by bomb 7l minutes
west-southwest ,d' Cape Spartivenlo
by Austrian submarine without t'hoj.
The Law was from Stockton, Me..-to
I'alermo with ear-o id' liimler. The
crew of ten saved in two boat loads.
Length of submarine was forty me
ters. Jt was painted ash color with
black deck and was armed with
rifle. One periscope on stern turret.
Crew all American except two Fne;-ii-Ii."
The message from the I!rili-li eon
slfc at Cayliari said :
"Captain .Meltoioui-h and nine men
crew of American schooner Lyman
M. Law, New York, reported destroy
ed by submarine yesterday, have
landed here."
Crew Is Idiiidcd.
llO.Mi:. l'cb. 14. The American
(Continued on Pago Four.)
10 THREE YEARS PRISON
ATLANTA. Or.. Koh. 14 Mrs. Vic
i tor E. Innos of KuRcn1, Ore., con
victed yesterday of larceny after
trust, was sentenced today (o three
years imprisonment. With her lius
hund who already has been convict
ed and sentenced to jerve seven yoars
Airs. Innes was ohamed witli nils.iir
mopriating more than $:;.0i't of
tr,A$J of the Nelms sisters of Ai
litiita. Tiie ounc; women IU a j
y'AVil from San Antonio, Texas, 'ii
.i-.in''. M'14, and never have l)e-n
itunid. Innes and Iiih wife were a-f-tntrd
i'1 :tn Antonio of ohar-V-M of
r: iiii- th- two 'voim n,
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN LINER FREDERICK VIII, WHICH
I -J--TKr-r-iJ -- 'fit!'. - '
, : , "mij(:2
. FBLDLRiciygg 'r . : , .-, .,
AUSTRIA HOPES
TO AVOID BREAK
Dcs'rc Shown by Bath Nations to
Shrink From Severint) All Relations
Negotiations Conducted by Am
bassador Penfield So Far Yield No
Result No Concessions Likely.
j
LONDON', Feb. If. The fol'.nwiiml
I
semi-official statement from Vienna :
ro,i:anlini; the relations of Austria-
Hungary and the Vnited States up-
liears In ttie General Anzieger,
in the General
of
j Uiiosfcldorf :
".Negotiations have been taking
place between Count Czernin (Aus-tro-MtniKarian
minister of foreign af
fairs) and Frederick -C. C'anl'ield. the
American ambassador at Vienna,
since tiie rupture of foreign relations
between the I'nited States and Ger
many, on tiie question of future rela
tions between the Tniled States and
Austria-Hungary in view of the fact
that Austria-Hungary associated her
self with Germany's dclaiv.tion of in
tensified submarine warfare.
To .v:ld Ktiptmr.
''On Hie American side a desire lias
been shown to avoid a rupture withj
A uslria-i! angary because Washing- j
tun shrinks from severing all rela
tions with the central powers. Mer
lin, too, would prefer that this last.'
bridge was left unbroken.
"Tiie opinion prevails in Vienna I
and Ilerlin that the decision to em-j
bark upon an intensified submarine j
warfare did not constitute an ac
tion which should nave forced the '
I'nited States lo such a policy as has ;
been cheat n ;,y Washington towards!
Germany. The central pow-j
eis have no intention of canceling the 1
new submarine warfare, especially in
view of the impossibility Gf estab-j
limbing other Important method of!
t Continued on Page Four.)
BRITISH ATTACK
DKKM.V, Feb. 1 (. --- British troops
in strength continued yesterday their
attacks against the German positions
on the north bank of the River An'."-e,
in France. Two Ilritish attacks
south of the town of Serre were re
pulsed after vhjM-nt hind to hand
fii:!tttnsr. accordii.p to the official an
nouncement issued today by Geiinan
army headquarters.
Several Russian positions In the
.Meste Canesif set (or of Rumania
were stormed yesterd.iy by Teuton
troops under co?ni..and ol Archd-ii-'.:
.loseit!!, says od'V German official
statement. Tee cjiptured ground "vn j
held despite ifj(r,t counter atta."1.-:.
More t ban 1 ,l,(,o Jtiis-sians were
l.u "ti prisoners and the booiv cap-i to
tnred by , the Austro-Gerinaas In- j
eluded three
chine giun,
car: nt. n and tw eve ma-
WITH AMERICA
BRITISH NAVY
STREW MINES IN
German U-Boat Menace May Be Met
by Closing and Mining Channel to;
Cut Off Sunmarines From Helgo-;
land Base, Doubling Distance They j
Must Go to Reach Scilly Islands.- !
Ity (ill.SON (ll.'KNKI!
WASIIINCTON. H. ('.. K.b.
II.
t 'fhcic are strong intimations that
(;,.,.. ii.-jijij,, .,., ,1. ,.. :,.,
man I'-boat campaign by
eio.-.ing u
the St mils of Dover.
Certainly this step will lie taken il'
neeCfMty presents.
Information to (hi effect conies
through diplomatic channels.
Thi. w nntura!, Miiee the only dif
I ficiiilie in the way of the plan are
diplomatic nmw.
v wliitlcale u-K'isinn of interna
tional laws would be the one impor
tant preliminary.
Gcrnicn I'rrredent.
Kitlicr thi, or the tedious ami nn-po-ilile
t:is!f nf sceui'iie; tiie eon-enl
ol ail the nciti'Ml of Hie world who
might, have hip wii-hiim to u.-e Ibis
public highway.
The Minplcsl way is to Mlow lite
ficnuiin precedent and plead the new
necessities of a new variety of war.
To paraphrase an old saying,
''What are intcrriat ioiial la us be
tween enemio .'"
ClosiitL1 Ihe Straits of Dover would
come very near to solving the subma
rine problem, for ibis reason:
The t'-bonts jire operating from a
b:;-e at Wiilielm-diaven. or Helgoland,
on the North-cn, and all mu-t pa-s
llirongh (lie strait to i-each their
pic-ei't -eenc of operations, wliich i
in the vicinity of the Scilly i!and..
where I ran--Al lant ie vc-sels turn the
j sonlhwet point Miiuland bound for
tthe ebai'tie! and Nnrth sea ports.
It 1 a short and eay run for the
l'-bo;!t thnnigli the MrniN to this
vicinity. If, however, the straits,
whi-ti are twenty mile-- wide, were
mined, all l'-l.oats would have to go
by (lie North -vn around Scidbmil, a
journey of I ."i()U mile.-, be To re they
could be-jin operation-.
E BASE C
WASHINGTON", Kelt. I L - The
mouth of the Colombia river fdiot.hl
be adernait.ly protected both by lend
and ity sea, and in not so prote -f d
at the pre -.en l time, Js the conclusion
of the lienn naval board, which re
cently v',.dtea the Pacific coast. It it,
in the 0 in'oii of the board, tiie i:a al
defense at the nu-ulh of 'lie Colt.j i-l-ia
p'teiiid le eonfiii' d, at this tii.e-.
submarine and aviation 'ta:i.
board ir, not :;vor of cut a -
Th
a Mit O.i
da.
: i al base on ti:
-.dun.
FOR COLUMBIA RIVERiPEACEFU
SAILE D TODAY WITH COUNT VON
W-i DISREGARD
XI &, h. dry
COUNT VON BER.N5TOR.Ff
CR
lAt'illTA, N. .L, Keb. 1 L Amer-
ami i'ii va try trmips may i toss the 11-
lernatiunal line today In an effort
to Htnip the throe American .Mor
mon cowboys, A. P. Peterson, Hugh
Acord and Hurt on .Jensen, who were
carried off Monday afternoon by the
band of armed .Mexicans in command
of Piudemio .Miranda, said to be a
commander In .Jone Ynez Salazar'.s
force.
. Lieutenant Culmiel .J, (', W'jitermiin
commanding; si piadron of the 12th
I'nited States iialry on this ser-tor
of the border, has dispatched two
troops of cavalry to the border from
Hue hit a to make a search for t he
missing Ameri'-:tnn. Asked if he
would follow a "hot trail" across the
border, Lieutenant Goloipd Waterman
Bald he was under orders from his
superior officers and 'would await
developments b'-loTp acting,
However, it "its believed here to
day Hint in the event it became
known for certain that the -Mexicans
had Ihe three Americans prisoner on
the .Mexican side of the border, cav
alry troops will (loss in an effort to
rescue them.
VIKN'N'A, I'd.. I L- Since the firf
outbreak aain-t President WiUon.
due to new-pa per di-palciu s w hieh
alleged that a whole-ale eon! i-eat ion
of (fi-niiaii atel Au-triau -hipping had
iake-i place in the ( nited State-, the
pre-- ha- treated the eii-i- w:ij j
Ameiica n:o-l lempei alci . I lie
chalice in at ' it tide has been line
i're-h
lli-Ktl I'll''
I'tlll',' till' till'
Ill.'l'
.-I'll -JI I ll'llrl It'jM'lt-l
BER NSTORFF AND GERMAN DIPLOM ATS FOR EUROPE
OF
LIKELY
Re-detenlion of Americans hy Ger
mans and Accumulation of Inci
dents Involving Violations of Amer
ican Rights Hastening Approach
ot Appeal to C'ungrcss'.
I
WASIIINCTON, IVI,. J . r,.,i
If lit Vilcni is rxpcclcil In ili-IVr n ilc
risiim mi tin- iicsliiii ol' til i-n ir. Ii inj
ynns In Aniriiriiii nirri'linnt ships nn-
lil III' lloi'illl's ivlll'llll'l' lo !!ll iii'l'mv.
congress nml nk I'ur nililitiiniiil iiu
tlnirilv I'm' the iroli'i'tiuii ot! Ami'ri
i'iiii ships nml lives.
Thi' ni'i'iiiniiliiliiiii nf inriili'iits in-viilviii-r
viiiliiliinis nf Anii'ili'iin rights
sini'i- thi' ilipliiiinilii' liri'nk with (lti'
niiinv is "I'liri'nlly lii'lii'vi'il by iiiliniii
it -: t ioti (il lii-inls In hi' Inistcnin the
npprniii'li nf Ihe hum' wlu-n 1 1 ' pn-si-drnt
will ii iiuin lii'l'in-i' iMin.uri'ss.
'DlMrlltliin uf Aini'lirnllN.
The rc-ili'ti'iiliiin nt t he si'Vcnty-lwu
Alni'iii'iilis linnit;( in nn tlm irizii
ship Vnnnu ilnli' is ri'iiiirtlcil ns nn
i.iln.i' ....hi.. ;,,!,,.,, , r i:
ili-rounril nl Aini'iii-iin ii"hl
If. in
not al
tiu't, n iorons prnti'M h;i.'
ready pine forward, it will he -cut in
the near future, unless Gcimnny
promptly releaser, the men.
A delinite scntimcnl gained vrouud
in administration uarlers today that
an aeeiunubition id' nel indicating ji
direuiird lor American le.-hls will
liave a- uitieli to do witli hapiii; the
policy of the I'niled Slater ns any
overt nets which may be coiumittcil
nmiin-d Auierieaii hi-.
While it ha- been indicated nt the
-tale department that there can be
no leu a I objeclion to the -jitver nmetil
furni-bin-j un- to Ainerii-au mer
ehani .-hip-, 're-idnt Wil-oii i- nn-Ier-(ood
to be di-iiieiucd to lake any
-tep whiidi miht eive tlcnuany (lie
slight e- ground fur I browing repon
ilu!ity for any future trouble upon
the ( nited State-.
No Cabinet split.
KeporK of the piliuu up of frci-iit
de-tincd o Lnn.pe. ihe tcmporaiy
-hutiite,' dnwn of i';i in eteatn. r.nd
the other evidence, of the effect of
the new -ubmariiie campaign upon
t!utr.-il eouinierce are regarded a.
itart of tiie ar-e'imuljil ion of a'.'vrava-
tioii- .
h arc expeetcl to (cad to!
net iin.
ionm- denials
to reports (.f a -pli
over the q!ir-lfo of
lor American -hips
ere matie todav
iil the cahmel
fuini-hiii',' 'juu-
Nat ura
It :
wa- -aid, there may he ditt'en-nrc-
j ii'l l: nl. but it i- declared that tin
member- of the cabinet will -turn! sol
idly behind the president in any tie
ei-ion he niiiv make.
BETHLEHEM STEEL
WATERS ITS STOCK
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RIGHTS
10 CAUSE BREAK
.i riitinn 1 1 "in $.111,111111. linn 1,. .1,11(111..
J linn mi-. uirmi'il nt 11 -i'i i'mi
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liii'ft
10 IDE CHS
Lansing Declares That America Can
not Recognize Any Government Es
tablished by Revolt Intervention
Contemplated With Reluctance
Co nf I. let. t Suppi essiiiti Rebellion.
WASMINGTON, Kelt. I -I. Secre
tary Laniu j-ent lo the t'uhan peo
ple today a warniuix that ;iy -jove la
ment tiuit nml: tit he e-lahii-hed by
revitil coiihl not he recognized hy the
I'nited States.
Intervention by the I'nited States
is eoMleuidaled with relucl nnce, but
thi.1 intimation has been conveyed to
President Menoenl and to the leaders
of the ujiri-iue; that such a step may
he taken if it becomes necessary.
The message lo the Cuban people
a- sen! to .Minister (ionznles and to
nil American consuls wiih in-tnir-tious
(hut it be ejven widest publica
t ion.
Prc-ident .Meiioeul ha- declared
that he has no doubt of his ability to
eon line the rebellion to a small area,
lie ha- also epres-ed to them In
convict jt tit hat I he special elect ion
beiue; held today in Santa Clara prov
ince will be accepted a- the -olntinii
of the clecloi'Ml deadlock which
iit'iMm lit about I he revolt.
CnruauMcy -loins Ilevolt,
.Mini-ter (Ionale- in messages to
the stale depa rl ment lias con firmed
the report liiat the mirrisoii in Cnuin-
miev lia- joined Ihe reidt and that I
urave tear i- tell that the aduiiui--
, (ration may not be able to suppress
j the iniivemeut .
j The eliaraeler of the me a;je sent
to the Cuban people wa- practiciilly
I the same a- that eiiuneiated by Pre--
' iilent WiNen at tl vcilhrow of the
j .Madero 'o ernment in .Mexico. It wa-
pointed out that the policy of tin'
America u vm ernment aii'Mtu'ieed then
not to recognize as leual any u vein
men t that came hit" power by vio
Iciice wa- nucha ii'.'cd.
PAPER COMBINE!
I W ASI 1 1 NG'i . , :"v ! L- -Neus
print paper manufacturers now he
ln Investigated by a federal maml
jury In New York hur'ie.l b'-re unex
pectedly today to confer with the fed
eral trade commission.
None (if t hose at the conference
would sy what was discussed or wlm
proposed It, but it was not denied
tlntt the course of the depfiitmeiit of
justice was taken up. The federal
Miami jury In New York has been
(asked to return indictments against
1 "IHI1"ril,,,,"''H u,r vln'llii i1''
j anti-trust law..
The trade commission hi-nd a
preliminary report of It investigation
to cniiKii'Sn within a fi-w lin.'K lint. It
Is thi tiiti'iitlon Id I'niitintit' tlir in
viKf mil Ion iinilt-r th' illrrrttiin nf
Kriilirln .1. Hi'tii'V of S:in l''rHlH'i''i'0.
BERNSTORFF
FATHERLAND
Dismissed German Ambassador and
Kis Suite Sail on Frederick VIII
for Europe Farewell Message of
Appreciation and Gratitude Sent
American People Embassy Offi
cials and Consular Officials Ac
company Him.
IIOUOKKX, Kelt. M. TIuoukIi
Dudley Field Malonc, collector of the
port of New Yorlt, Count Von Bern
storff sent ashore tho following
sli;aed nies; imc:
"I cannot refrain from a last ex
pression to the American people for
the wealth of flowers und (sifts sent
to the countess and myself. It Is
hard to tell of the xood will sent us
both. No expression of gratitude
would bo adequate to speak nn affec
tionate farewell.
(Signed) " 1 1 K R N STO It K V ' '
IIOUOKKX, X. J., Peli. H. Prior
to his arrival in Hobokeri, Count Von
Merustorlf outlined on various occa
sions to a representative of tho Asso
ciated Press his personal views on .ho
situation.
"Yon aHli me," he said, "about my
trip. W'lll 1 get homo all right?
Welt, you never can toll. Of course,
wo wilt get through the Uritisb and
Prench blockade and there should bo
no dnime- from our own submarines.
"However, whether 1 get homo
really does not make much difference.
I have had my run; I have had my
play at politics; I have enjoyed my
self und I am no longer as young aft
I unco was. The only danger so far
as I can see that is attached to this
trip is (bat we may strike a mine.
lEeady lo Die, Too.
"Hut if wo do not hit a mine ami
go down 1 am ready to die too. After
all. what difference will it make? JC
II. has to come it will come, that's
all.
"It is j.! te probable Ilia' my offic
ial care ir is flulf-hed. I may retire
for good. I have been Cmied out by
your go"crnment for mt thing over
which I bad no control and the hlame
attnehed to nut personally. Perhaps
this is a good time to step down,
however I am a German and my
plans may be changed by the wished
of my government."
In regard to his views on the pos
sibility of the I'nited States enterim;
tho war it should lie explained that
several times In the days immediately
following the severance of diplomats
relations he Indicated his belief that
it was only a question of hours he
fore some overt act would hrin.
about hostilities.
As tho days passed, however, and
no overt :i t appeared to have been
committed, the former ambassador
became more ami more optimistic, fi
nally say i ny :
Hope? for Peace.
".Maybe it is possible Hint war may
be averted. The president is repre
sented u the newspapers as having
Continued on Page Four)
HML OFFICERS
VKAI StAIILt
SHATTI.l-:, Wash.. I'i.'Ii. 1 t. Four
t.'i'ii .laiuni'si. nnvn; oi'iii'tirs for Ail
iniriil V. Til k ;i h)i it .1 k mi million cf
n uisci s. w. tii h un lvi'il at Ksqnln ait
last wi'i'li. ri'iii'lu'il Si'nttli? from
.laimii Mnmliiv nlnht and ili'inutt'il
lur l."!iilinall last nlnlit. Tim ri-ii-1
nt Ksiiulnmlt ai'i' the lilzmii'i.
I u nto anil Nl.liin. all fu.-it vi-asi'lc .
l'lai? I.t' ilti'liant Y. Yanianioto, of Ail
inlriil Takashlta's Htiil'f said that
.In pan iinrnnsi'it to ki-ikI a flopt to as
sist Ii it allies In Kiiriipean wat'Ts. It
is ri'imni'il that the irnlsern now at
KMinlnialt Iji-.-i-i , ht n shlinncnt nf
?1 'i, lion, nun unlil tor Ottawa. h,it
the offiiers il.'i'llneil to speak on tills'
Slllijet't. '