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I, ATTACK TWO SHIPS; LOSSES NO] KNOWN Steamer Sussex and Horse Boat Englishman Reported to Have FaHen Prey to Submarines—About 25 United States Sub i iects Said to Have Been on Board Channel Liner Which i Has Been Towed Into Boulogne. STATE DEPARTMENT IS INFORMED OF THE FACT No Action Has Been Taken B y This Government Yet, But a Critical Situation Has Been Produced By Latest Complica tions—Several Deaths Reported When Passenger Liner Was Blown Up In North Sea. Washington, March 25.-—Destruction of the British steamer Englishman, with the possible loss of American lives and the explosion on the channel liner Sussex carrying American passengers, coming close on the alleged attack on the Patria and the sinking of the Tuban tia, have served to unsettle the submarine situation again and raise possibilities of more complications with tiie central powers. American Consul Armstrong’s preliminary report received today from Bristol, that the Englishman was torpedoed, and that four Americans were missing from the rescued, presented the most serious ispeet of the situation. The fact that the missing Americans were workers on a horse ship and not passengers on a liner does not lessen the interest of the American government in the case. The circumstances arc accentuated by the fact that the ship was bound away from Europe and carried no V 'ontrabrand. Further investigation of both the Englishman and / Sussec cases will be made. Paris, March 25.—Reports of the damaging of the Sussex ob tained here today state that she was torpedoed. The Sussex has arrived at Boulogne. illSE WILL RUSH < THROUGH PROGRAM Congress Now Hopes to Ad journ Before National Con ventions In June—Ten Bills on Slate. Washington, D. C„ March 27.—House m lenmcrats in caucus last night adopted r i resolution outlining a plan for speed ing up the administration legislative program with a view to adjournment before the national political conven tions in June, as urged by President Wilson. They pledged themselves to coopera tion in earlier daily meetings and to such night sessions as may seem ad visable. The plan is to handle at night sessions the business of all special days in the week, except the so called cal endar Wednesday. It was also agreed that the tariff commission bill should become part of the general revenue measure. Before the resolution embodying the plan was adopted without dissent, Speaker Clark made a vigorous speech urging team work by the majority. He presented to the caucus a memoran dum from President Wilson recom mending a legislative program. Wilson’s Program. This is the program submitted by the president: 1. Appropriation bills, carrying the provisions necessary for the prepared ness measure. 2. Revenue bills with antidumping provision. S. Bill for tariff commission. 4. Ship purchase bill. 5. Philippine bill. fl. Rural credits. 7. The proposed legislation for Porto Rico. (8. The conservation measures. 9. The Mississippi river relief meas ure, which should provide, I suggest, that the work of leveeing and revet ment be carried on under a continuing contract system until completed. The annual appropriation for the work to be carried in the sundry civil bill as was done in providing for the work at Fanama. 10 Corrupt practices act. The Mississippi relief measures sug gested by the president constituted the first formal announcement of the re sults of an investigation carried on at his direction by Secretaries Bane, Houston and Redfield in response to an appeal from New Orleans civic or ganizations that steps be taken to con trol Mississippi floods. The report of tho committee of cab inet members was presented to the president several weeks ago, and since that time he has gone over it with Chairman Humphreys, of the House flood control committee now investi gating the Mississippi river problem. EIGHT M T DEATH IN OKI EOMA STORM Tornado Devastates a Path 4 Eight Miles Long—Farm Homes In Ruins. Oklahoma City, Okla., March 25.— Eight persons were killed in a farm house two miles east of Davis, Okla., by a tornado, which struck that region v last night. The path of the tornado " was eight miles long. I SCURVY ON STEAMER. m San Francisco, March 25.—The Brit ish ship Yawry arrived in port last \ night 160 days out from Dakar, South Africa, and reported the death of three "f the crew during the voyage. All were buried at sea. Scurvy is believed to have caused the deaths. The vessel was sent to quarantine. LINER ALAMO SAFE. New' York, March 25.—The Mallory J liner Alamo, recently in distress off I the Atlantic coast, arrived today In \ tow of other vessels. She carried 50 \ Passengers and was on her way from Porto Rico to New York. Paris, March 25.—Samuel F. Hemis, of Medford, Mass., a passenger of the Sussex, said today that he saw plainly and unmistalceably the wake of a tor pedo coming toward the steamer. London. March 25.—Twenty-five Americans were on board the Cross channel steamer Sussex, which met with disaster from a mine or sub marine yesterday afternoon. Two Americans are known to have been in jurert seriously by the explosion. They !lre Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, daughter l Fro . J. Mark Baldwin, a resident of Paris, and Wilder G. Penfield, of Hudson, Mis., a Rhodes scholar at Ox for university. Whether any Americans were killed by the explosion or drowned lias not been ascertained, but American pas Saf F,lut a youusr American was standing at the point where the explo sion occurred and could not be found afterward. While the loss of life was consider able, according to passengers, it is be hf,Kreatest sufferers were mem uers or the crew. March 25.—Information ob paf,senKere of the channel steamship Sussex, damaged by an ex plosion yesterday afternoon on the way fi om Folkestone to Dieppe, indicates }f 'eur®/"i1/ have been a considerable loss of life. One American is missing and is supposed to have been lost. An other was injured seriously. Several Americans were rescued. • ^Piaio’' of Passengers of the Sussex is divided as to whether the vessel was the victim of a mine or torpedo. The explosion was terrific. It occurred Just ahead of the captain’s bridge and tore th^ front part of the steamer to pieces, killing or injuring a number of per sons. Many were wounded severely by flying splinters. The admiralty states that 250 sur vivors have been landed in France and between 90 and 100 at Dover. As there were 386 passengers and about 50 men in the crew, 75 or more persons still are missing. Americans on Board. The following Americans were on board the Sussex: Joshua I) Armitage, J. N. Baldwin, n if ,,Baldwin- Elizabeth Baldwin, Gertrude L. Barnes, Charles T. Crock er, Samuel Hemis, Henry Deer Ida Deer. Lillian C. S. Harde. Edna S. Harde, Edward Huxley. Dorothy Phil lips Hilton, Edna Frances Hilton t ?dna Francis Hilton, Edna Hall, John H. Hearsley, Edward Marshall, yv llder G. Penfield, George Henry Par ker, Jr., Alice Mr. Ruise, Mrs. Tolllote Fennell, Daniel Sargent, Tinglewnods Tulderson, Gertrude W. Nzelik Mir ren, Francis E. Drake. The difficulties imposed by war con ditions in communicating with Eng lish and cross channel ports have made It impossible thus far to obtain ac curate information regarding the cir cumstances of the sinking of the Sus sex and the names and nationalities of ill the passengers. Most of the pas sengers are believed to have been con tinentals. There were 270 women and children on the vessel. The Sussex •»rried 12 life boats and several rafts. The life boats were lowered quickly ifter the explosion. 30 Reported Drowned. Good discipline was maintained, al though there was some scrambling for the boats. The second boat which was lowered containing 40 persons was overturned. Passengers state that 30 of those in this boat \eere drowned. A number of passengers jumped iverboard. Gratings and pieces of fur liture were thrown to them from the leeks. More than half of those who eaped into the water are believed to lave lost their lives. The foremasts and wireless appa ratus were blown away by the exploy - on. The wireless operator attempted msuccessfuily to rig a substitute. Persons who embarked in the boats ■eturned to the Sussex before dark. Etockets were fired during the early lart of the night and at about midnight i trawler came to the rescue. It took is many as it could carry to Boulogne. A British destroyer came up soon ifterwardfi and tool; on the other pas sengers, conveying them to Dover. Five bodies were left on the Sussex, ind Francis E. Drake, European man ager of the company, are among the Americans rescued from the Sussex. They report that there was a heavy loss of life, including probably several Americans. Miss Baldwin's father and mother ilso were on board the vessel. All have been taken to I ulogne. In addition to other injuries. Miss Baldwin had a leg broken. Miss Alice Ruise, of Colorado, and Wilder G. Penfleld, of Merton college, Oxford, are among the American# saved. VILLA FLEES TRAP SET B1 HIS ENEMIES Silence of General Pershing About Operations In Casas Grandes Region Is Pro found Mystery. CENSORSHIP IS RIGOROUS Mexican Sources Declare That Outlaws Are at Bay, But Contain No Mention of U. S. Troops. Queretaro, Mex., (via Mexic* City), March 25.—General Car ranza's reply to the latest note o1 the Washington government was handed today to James L. Rodgers the American special representa tive here for transmission to Washington. The reply agrees in the main to the American proposals but a few unimportant changes are suggested. El Paso Tex., March 27.—Panrhe Villa was reported today to be fleeing west in the San Miguel country, having successfully eluded the encircling ring that was being drawn around him by American and Carranza troops. News of the outlaw’s retreat westward was brought here from El Valle, hut could not be confirmed at Fort Bliss, or in Mexican official circles. Several thousand American soldiers arc Known to he ranging the country south of Casas Grandes in every direc tion trying to locate the bandits, hut have not come Into contact with him. Bandits Cut Wires. Wire communication out of El Paso into Mexico, is still interrupted, and it is believed that roving bands of Vlllis tas are responsible for the wire cutting having been detached from the main Villa command for that purpose. Mexi can Consul Garcia, was still without further word of the reported light that the Carranzaistas soldiers had with Villa at El Oso south of Namiquipa. Dispatches received at Mexico City and Douglas, Ariz., apparer.tlv confirm the reports to El Paso from General Ber tani in the field, that the troops of the defacto government had come into con tact with Villa in the Santa Clara can yon General Pershing had made no mention of this battle and army offl cers here incline to the belief that it was probably little more than an out post engagement. Report Border Raid. Major Sample in command of the United States army base at Columbus has been asked to verify the report brought into Douglas. Ariz., that Villa bandits had crossed the border eight miles west of Columbus and murdered three Americans, two women and one man. The bandits, numbering 100 or more are said to have recrossed into Mexico after the killing. The presence of sucli a body of Vilialstas in the up per Galena district would be a threat to the line of communication to the base of the American expedition at Casas Grandes. Transportation over this line from Columbus southward is troublesome, the trails being badly cut and the heaviest motor trucks negoti ating the desert with difficulty. Taking No Chances. Juarez was quiet today and there was no surface indications that any trouble was impending. United States troops constantly guard the interna tional bridges, power houses at El Paso and railroad tunnels, while General Bell had a reserve in readiness to quell any uprising in Mexican quarters. Sheriff Edwards, of El Paso, was on duty at his office all night, but no trou ble was reported in the city. San Antonio, Tex., March 25.—With the wireless working satisfactorily for almost the first time since the Ameri can troops have been in Mexico, Gen eral Funston is today awaiting dis patches from General Pershing to con firm persistent reports that United States troops have engaged Villa forces near Namiquipa.. In the messages re ceive I yesterday from field headquar ters at Casas Grandes, two of the ad vanced columns were reported to be in tho district of Namiquipa, but no men tion was made of an engagement. The reported killing of three Ameri cans near Gibson’s ranch, 15 miles west of Columbus, presumably by Mexican badits, was received with deep con cern at department headquarters early today. No explanation was offered of the report from EI Paso that two com panies of the Seventh infantry were on duty at police headquarters last night. It was pointed out by officers that Brigadier General Bell, in command of troops at El Paso, has authority to employ his troops for the best protec tion of the border town. SHIPMENT OF CARRANZA MUNITIONS IS HELD UP Washington, March 25.—Eliseo Ar redondo, General Carranza’s ambassa dor, protested to Secretary Lansing to day that ammunition for General Car ranza. consigned on a ship leaving New York, yesterday, was held up by the custom authorities. Secretary Lansing told the ambas sador there was no intention to hold ammunition for General Carranza and that the delay was caused by a pre liminary examination to assure the government that the shipment would not reach his enemies. It will be al lowed to go forward. —4— NOT MASSING TROOPS. Sar Antonio, Tex., March 25.— Colonel Foltz, commanding the troops at Douglas, today disposed of the ru mor that Carranza troops were being massed along the border. He reported that the Garrison at Agua l’rieta, op posite Douglas, comprised only 200 of ficers and men, and that there was only one battery of artillery. -♦ SENDS RELIEF TROOPS. San Antonio, Tex., March 25.—In answer to protests from residents at Presidio, Marfa and Del Uto, for great er protection, General Funston has'an nounced that a battalion of the Twenty-fourth infantry, now on the way here from Fort D. A. Russell, will be stationed in that districL TWO VILLISTAS SKIP. El Paso. Tex., March 25.—Gen. Man uel Medinavietla and Gen. Manuel Banda, two former Villa officers, who were taken into custody here a few days ago, have disappeared from tbs El Paso jail and are understood to b* on their way to New Orleans. SUSPECT CHINA MAY DEPOSE PRESIDENT Acquiescence of Yuan Shi Ka* Will Not End Opposition, Tokio Thinks. Tokio. Mai oh 27. - The abandonment by President Yuan Shi ICai. of the pro ject for tlie restoration of the mon archy in China has aroused much in terest here, where the opinion is ex presse.l that tills measure will not end the opposition to the president. The foreign office states that it will co:i t'nue its attitude of watchful vigilance, nnd that there Is no intention to in terfere with Chinese domestic ques tions. AGED PARENTS TO Will Provide Counsel For Young Dentist Held For Poison ing His Rich Father inlaw. New York, March Li. -Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, accused of the murder of hl« fatherlulaw. John K. Peck, mil lionaire drug manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich., remained under close guard at Dellovue honpitnl today, and no visitors were permitted to see him, save his aged parents, who came from Grand Rapids last night prepared to furnish legal assistance. The young dentist, although still suffering from the effects of the drugs ho took two days ago, was reported much improved today. District Attorney Swann, meanwhile, was preparing to present to the grand Jury on Monday the evidence by which he expects to obtain an indictment charging Dr. Waite with murder. The district attorney sent telegraphic in structions to F. X. Mancuso, his repre sentative in Grand Rapids, to bring back with him 3'erc.y Peck, son of the dead man, to testify before the Jury and <he two physicians who por foi1 the autopsy on Peck’s body, disc ng tho presence of arsenic. It was Percy Peck who halted the plans for the cremation of his father's body and ordered the first autopsy after he bad received a telegram of warning from this city. Dr. Waite seemed calmer than yes terday, when, according to Mr. Swann, he admitted purchasing the arsenic which is believed to have killed his fatherinlaw. GERMAN SOCIALISTIC PARTY IS SPLIT UP Submarine Controversy Leads to Break—Deputy Excluded By Caucus Vote. Berlin. March 27, (by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.)—The long expected split in the German socialist party, as the result of the political situation cre ated by the submarine warfare con troversy in the relchstag, occurred yes terday. A new party, consisting of 18 socialist members, was constituted by the radical wing, after a social caucus had decided to exclude Deputy Haase for a breach of discipline. The socialist caucus was held after cloture had been applied in the relch stag by the president. When the res olution was reached to exclude Deputy Haase for the same reason that Deputy Liebknecht was excluded front the or ganization, the minority assembled and resolved to leave the party. The total number of socialist mem bers in the relchstag is 100. The dis senting minority <tn the last vote con sisted of 30 socialists. WHALES ARE MISTAKEN FOR GERMAN U-BOATS New York, March 25.—Five whuies suddenly appearing in the path of the Italian steamship Stampalia while that vessel was skirting the coast of Sar dinia, on her v/ay from Genoa and Naples to this port caused an alarm of submarines and resulted in a near panic aamong the 849 steerage passen gers, according to report of passengers when the ship arrived today. Officers of the ship quietd the pas sengers' fears and the whales soon dis appeared. LOBSTERS AT HIGHEST PRICE ON RECORD NOW Boston, March 25.—Lobsters readied the highest price ever known in New JCnglar.d today when they were quoted in the local market at 75 cents a pound. Boisterous weather, an unusu ally late spring, and small imports from the Canadian provinces are given as the cause of the advance. NO CHANGE IN ANGLO JAP TREATY, CLAIM Tokio, March 25.—The foreign office declares that rumors concerning a re vision of the Anglo-Japanese alliance are baseless. Japan and Great Britain have reached an amicable understand ing concerning patrols In the Pacific for the inspection of ships. ENDS LONG FIGHT. Washington. March 25.—Secretary Wilson has selected Bayless Steele for postmaster at Kansas City, thereby ending a disagreement between the president and Senator Reed over the Kansas City postoffice appointment, Which began in 1914. OMAHA MEN USED IN DES MOINES ELECTION Res Moines' la., March 25.—The Lay men's Civic union, in a statement to day. charges that 344 Omaha residents H ere imported by the liberals to vote at ,he city primaries here and that they are being kept in the city to vote at Monday's election. One hotel shelters i? uf them. It is charged that Des Moines is worse than New York undet Tweed mle. TOWNS WITH SILLY NAMES Indians Protest Against Such Offensei Against Good Taste as Dolly Lake. Some Blackfoot Indians, with a taste and a respect for nature that shames tho paleface, have protested to the sec retary of tho interior against tho bar barous custom of tacking silly, mean ingless, vulgar numes to noble natural objocts which tho Indians long ago had named with appropriateness. A melo dious word, with poetic significance and very likely legend, is calmly ig nored in favor of Jones’ gulch, or Smith’s falls, or Dolly lake. It is even worse in tho matter ol towns. Nearly all tho good names in North America are those bestowed by the Indians or the early French and Spanish explorers. After them came the Anglo-Saxon, spattering tho land scape with his own patronymics and other tasteless and meaningless proper nouns. We can understand why a person with tlie Imagination of a hitching post might prefer for a beautiful nat ural object his own namo or that of a female relative, or some foolish Grand falls, High peak. Swift rapids, Broad canyon; but we cannot understand why authority should permit him to vandal ize that way. Unless there is somo ex cellent reason to the contrary, author ity ought to Insist always upon tile In dian names.—Saturday Evening Post Hurt Her Pride. Two fair maids met in a shop, and at once began gossiping, in spite of the fact that they were hindering other customers. "Oh, have you heard about Phyllis?” exclaimed the one in the white-topped boots, suddenly. “No," replied she of the pink plumes. "What has she done now?” “My dear”— in tones of horror— "she’s broken off her engagement!” "What ever for?” in tones of still greater horror. “She went with her ilance to a bas ketball game, and now she says he got far more enthusiastic over the game than he has ever been about her." Alcoholless Wine New Phophylactlc. Dealcoholized wine is described in U'ltalia Agricola as a new product of the wine industry. This beverage is quite different from unfermented grape Juice. It is made from ordinary wine, and contains all the components of the latter except alcohol, including the ethers and aldehydes to which its pleasant taste and stimulating prop erties are due. It also contains tho same acids, and especially tannic acid, which has been found to exercise a protective action against the germs of cholera and typhus. Didn’t Try Any Soft Soap. "Go!" said the girl. “I wash my hands of you.” "Before you do any hand-washing, better take off that ring I gave you," he retorted, frigidly. — Boston Tran script. NATURE HIDES HER RICHES? Seemingly Barren Big Horn Basin of Northern Wyoming Has a Wealth of Oil and Gas. Nature's provisions for the comfort of mankind in seemingly inhospitable, regions are sometimes well hidden and! are found only after the scientist and the venturesome prospector have come to the aid of the settler. In the Big Horn basin of northern Wyoming lack of water and lack of fuel are conspicu ous features, and the sagebrush desert, where tho temperature ranges from 32 degrees below zero in January to 105 degrees above zero In July, where tho annual rainfall Is less than six inches,’ and where timber is scarce, is not at tractive to the settler. Somo years ago threo wells drilled in a dome or upfold of the rocks near Basin, in Big Horn county, struck a* strong llow of gas, and Greybull and! Basin now havo tho distinction of be ing the only towns in Wyoming that are supplied with natural gas. Field work done by United States geological survey parties has resulted in reports that show the position oC tho rock folds, and drilling has result ed in the discovery of oil. Fifty-two wells had been drilled near Basin upt to last October and more than three-i fourths of them yielded oil or gas iO| commercial quantity. In order to drill some of these wells water had to be hauled in wagons from tho river, miles away. Water suttablo for domestic use was found in many of the wells. Had Nothing on Him. An anemic elderly woman, what looked as if she might have as much] maternal affection as an incubator, sized up a broad-shouldered cockney who was idly looking into a window on! tho Strand, and in a rasping voice said! to him: “My good man, why aren't you ini the trenches? Aren’t you willing to| do anything for your country?” Turning around Blowly, he looked atj her a second and replied contemptu-j ously: “Move on, you slacker! Where’s! your war baby!”—Exchange. He Was Roped In. ] Mary—I understand Hazel has taken advantage of her leap-year prerogative! and captured a husband. Aimee—I don’t think leap year had anything to do with it. You see she spent six weeks in Texas last summer and learned to manipulate the lasso. -j The Market. “1 wonder what tho house wreckersl do with all the old bricks when theyv tear a house down." I “I imagine they sell them to thej moving picture concerns that spe-| clallzo in comedy lllms” Classifying Them. “Tlie orator we heard last night had sound views." “Exactly so; mostly sound." j Most of us loyally try to forget the, meanest things we know of ourseives. That “Wade Right In” Feeling— first thing in the morning—comes naturally with right living. Daily food plays a big part, for unless it supplies proper rebuilding elements, and is properly digested, one’s mental and physical power is bound to suffer. Grape-Nuts the whole wheat and malted barley food, provides all the rich nutriment of the grains, including their vital mineral salts—phosphate of potash, etc.—lacking in the diet of many, but which are necessary for balanced up keep of body, brain and nerves. Grape-Nuts has a delicate nut-like flavour; is always ready to serve with cream or milk; is easily digestible; and yields a wonderful return of health and energy. “There’s a Reason’’ '___ i