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fY ,. .) ..... n toyiAY, JANUARY 3, 1916. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE S. You've hit the light tobacco when you fire-up some Prince Albert in your old jimmy pipe or in a makin's cigarette. And you know it! Can't get in wrong with P. A. for it is made right; made to spread - smoke-sunshine among men who have suffered with scorched tongues and parched throats! The patented process fixes that and zuts out bite and parch. All day long you'll sing how glad you are you're pals with MM se Ale the national joy smoke You take this testimony straight from the shoulder, men. You can smoke a barrel of P. A. without a kick! It hands out all the tobacco happiness any man ever dreamed ibout, it's so smooth and friendly. It's a mighty cheer fil thing to be on talking-terms with your pipe and your tngue at the same time but that's what's coming tj you sure as you pin your faith to Prince Albert'. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C. mm i VP It's an easy job to change the shape and color of unsalable brands to imitate the Prince Albert tidy red tin. bat it im impommiblm to im. tate the flavor of Prince Albert tobaccol The patented process protects that! Everywhere tobacco im mold you'll find Prince Albert awaiting your cheerful vitit. iJovi'f in toppy red bag. Set tidy red tint. 10c; handmomm pound and half-pound Aumi. jo-m and in that clammy? pt md crymtal-glamm humidor t th mpongm moimtener tot fill keep the tobacco so fit t Local News "i ' - Jn Friday"? Dally. , lirs. E. C. Hill rmd son, R i oscoe, and ttle laughter, are visiting for a short T,f1f'r Neb., with relatives R 0 I -4 .ei depaited this after 13 TTnt, wh he will be :" As r that city at a 'eV,V eo tni evenintr. Cramer drove in this r II . o. nvii:iii:j;5 aim I. i Vais morning froi.i lit Mile Grove precir me trading with t 3 Le T i is.rat,Ter urove in this morning his farm home to -visit for the ';y a e witn mends, as well as to ! 4 after some matters of business. JF. J. Hcnnings and family motored their home in net to look af- the merchants. is. t. U. feteihm an. I .sister. Miss ta Douglass, wei: in Omaha to for a snort time, going to that on the afternoon "urlingtcui train, iss Rhene Hamm?l of Omaha, who been a guest at the home of Mr. Mrs. James Robertson for a few I days, departed this morning f-."- . r home. Miss Gertrude Morgan r.-turred home thi? afternoon from Omaha, where she has been enjoying a short isit with relatives and friends in the big city. Mrs. Thomas Hill, who hsi h-en here visiting her son, E. C. If si? mi family, departed yesterday foL ier home in Lincoln, aPer spending the holidays here. f E. S. Hanson, E. H. -Oberna1 and F. A. Har.on, three of the pro rent residents of Nehawka, were in t!f- city today for a few hou-s loci- inr after some trading. Miss Helen Spires of Tie J Nebraska, arrived last evfi hln-j; ? ". 2 to visit for a few hcurj . r at the home of her .un, Mrs. J. ;. Claus and family. A. C. Carey and wife depj.-u-d tl.is morning for Tekamah, Ne.v, vhtre they will visit for a .short time 1:1 that city with Will Baker and family and enjoy a New Year's outing. P. T. Becker drove in this morning fro -n his farm home and departed on the early Burlington train for Omaha, wrere he will visit for the day looking after some matters of business. Miss Marie Hiber departed this morning on the early Burlington train for Beatrice, Neb., where she will t nter upon her work Monday as a .eacher in the public schools of that city. L. G. Meisinger drove in from his farm home this morning to attend to fome business matters, and called at ihis office and had his subscription to the Daily Journal extended for an other year. ; R. R. Miles, an old-time Platts mouth boy, at present located at San Francisco, where he is engaged in the railroad telegraph service, came in last evening on No. 2 for a short visit here with old friends. George A. Meisinger of Mynard was attending to some business mat ters in this city Tuesday and took time to call at this off;ce and have his subscription to the Daily Journal ex tended for another year. 3C DC DC DC I vjl U LI LI L it a n J will bo the next item that you will need about your home Pisco Veiir Irferg C3ei7 and be ready for the cold weather that arrive here in a short time Remember we are in a position to quote the best' prices on all kinds of building material o NEW CRISIS COMES TO U.S. ON NEW YEAR'S Sinking of the British Steamer, Persia, Carrying American Consul, Matter of Gravest Concern. MANY PASSENGERS ARE KILLED Washington, Jan. 1. The most dangerous crisis in this country's in ternational relations that has arisen since the von Tirpitz undersea cam paign was launched one year ago, may develop from the sinking of the British liner Persia in the Mediter ranean today. Upon a single question hinged to night the gravest possibilities. This was : Did the Persia receive and ignore warning from the submarine which torpedoed her near Alexandria Egypt? Startled by the sinking of the Pen insular and Oriental liner, official Washington tonight suspended judg ment and withheld comment until complete reports give exact circum stances of the disaster. Meager, preliminary reports from American Consul General Skinner at London reporting the Persia's loss, with American Consul Robert N. Mc Neely, of Aden, Arabia, and at least one other American, Charles H. Grant, on the passenger list, aroused the most serious apprehension. Relief Is Shattered. Jubliation of officials over entering the new year with Austria's complete compliance in the Ancona case was shattered. Instead, official Washing ton spent the holiday with feelings of grave apprehension. President Wilson was kept in close touch with developments all day by Secretary Lansing. Every item of in formation was forwarded to him at Hot Springs. All American officials aboard were ordered to rush any and all informa tion regarding the Persia. The re port from Alexandria particularly is desired. If Consul McNeely survived, of course his statement will be of highest value. Two courses of action, upon the basis of present information, lay open to the administration. If the Persia was torpedoed without warning, an ultimatum to the offending nation is expected. If the Persia ignored warn ing, thus forfeiting immunity, and at tempted to .escape by flight, protest will follow to the British government. The state department was without details regarding the. number of per sons lost on the Persia. Four Boats Escaped. Consul Skinner first reported "nearly all on board perished." In a later dispatch he said four life boats escaped. Regardless of whether American lives were actually lost, the mere jeopardizing of Americans, and es pecially a diplomat, compels this gov ernment's official intervention. Ignorance of the submarine's na tionality presented complications. Un less cleared up inquiries will be made to both Germany and Austria. Austro German embassies were silont tonight. They refused to comment, in absence of information from their governments save to indicate the belief there must be some mitigating circumstances favoring the submarine commander. Failure of British reports to say the attack upon the Persia unwarned raised some hope at the stiite depart ment. Had no warning betVn given, it was argued; that fact would! have been among the first elated, anjd -:rt;'has- ized :n dispatch s iass?d by tl ish rensor. v K.-WUnt to Doubt. dm nis' aio,yicial mcjt .lrir;., to le plyra with, the ir.k ,i vicAted in the Persia . J - i t L,i auso iti i'ersia sir Akcandria. offi.i vtain riay have att1 r that port and til me in flight. irit- forty or fifty persons succeeded in en tering each boat. Admirality dispatches tonight said Lord Morsey and his son-in-law, Col. Bleveland Bingham, were aboard the Persia and were saved. Two Americans Aboard. The two Americans aboard the liner were Robert N. McNeely, of Monroe, N. C, recently appointed United States' consul to Aden, Arabia, and Charles H. Grant, of Boston, a salesman. Edward Rose, of Denver, Colo., who boarded the Persia here, is believed to have left the boat at Gibraltar. The Persia was sunk southeast of the island of Crete while enroute from London to Bombay and while ap proaching Alexandria. The national ity of the attacking submarine had not been reported to the admirality tonight. Because of the possibility that a new submarine crisis now confronts the United States the American ambassy and consul were making every effort tonight to learn the circumstances preceding the attack. Both the ad mirality and officials of the Peninsular and Oriental company, however, re ported that they had only meager de tails. Whether the Persia was sunk with out warninsr or whether she souirht safety in flight details of the great est importance to the American state department probably will not be known until the survivors reach Alex andria. Equipped With Boats. The Persia is believed to have gone down within a few minutes after she was torpedoed. She was well equip ped with life boats, officials stated. Only a wild panic, they said, or rapid sinkine could account for the fact that only four boats got away from her sides with survivors. Positive announcement was made by the ship's owners that she carried neither soldiers nor war materials. It was stated, however, that she was carrying heavy British mails for the far east. A few British officers were aboard, it was said, but they were traveling as civilians. Among the well known per sons who took passage here for Bom bay was Lord Charles William Mon tague, partner in the brokers' firm of Montague & company, former officer in the Yeomanry cavalry and enroute to India to assume a government post. Only last night announcement was made that King George had honored Lord Montague with the decoration of the star of India in recognition for his services in the war. It is possible other Americans may have been aboard the torpedoed liner. Officers of the steamship company were preparing copies of the passenger list tonight. This was being done under great difficulty because about seventy-five persons took passage at Marseilles and their names were not received at the offices here. Hindus in Crew. A large part of the crew were na tives of India and Far East. The Persia was in command of Captain II. S. Bradshaw and her officers were British citizens. She was built in 1900, displaced 7,974 tons and ex cepting the Lusitania and Arabic, was the largest British liner ever sunk by a submarine. She was the first large British steamer torpedoed in the Med iterranean. The Persia sailed from London for Bombay December 18, stopping at Gibralter and arriving at Marseilles on December 2G. She took on a num ber of passengers at Marseilles and left the French port on last Sunday afternoon. She was last reported in a wireless to her company's offices here on Tuesdaj'. Dispatches to the admirality indicate she was sunk within 100 or 200 miles of the spot where the French liner Ville de la Ciotat was torpedoed with a loss of eighty lives on December 24. An Austrian submarine sank the French steamer and it is possible the same undersea craft, lying in wait for vessels approaching the Suez canal also attacked the Persia. ives Lost. out. the, Parmele Theatre 'lM One Night Only Friday, JANUARY " lyjwpwii Ufi 11 .inn in mini .,. ., 'I 1 . vr ii m mm Balcony 50c; Parquet 50 and 75c; Dress Circle 75c and $1 Seat sale Thursday 9 a.m. at Weyrich & Hadraba s NEBRASKA MILITARY ACADEMY Inc. The School That Understands Boys The next term of the Nebraska Military Academy begins January 4th, 1916. If you want your boy to get a good start in education, pnone or white for reservation at once. Only a limited number can be accommodated. For information address City Office Coi R. D. Hayward, President, Lincoln Nebraska Phone B 3560 1 307 N Street chants reported to be aboard the tor pedoed liner. Await Reports. British official circles did not at tempt to guess. tonight what America's probable course will be. It was held likely that the commander of the sub marine will report that the liner at tempted to escape or tried to ram his vessel. For this reason the first stories from survivors were awaited with the greatest interest. News of the torpedoing of the Persia reached here only in time for publication in the late editions of the afternoon newspapers and consequent ly there was no editorial comment. Rose Is Wealthy. Denver, C6l., Jan 1. Edward A. Rose, a passenger of the liner Persia when it left London, was a 16-year-old Eton schoolboy, who formerly lived in Denver. He was adopted by Mrs. Eddy-Smith of Oxford, Eng., and made heir to the bulk of her $11,000, 000 estate when she died. He retained his American citizenship, however. Young Rose left London on the Per sia to spend the holidays with his father in southern Spain, and is be lieved to have left the ship at Gibraltar. Constipation and Indigestion. 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