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VOL. XLV NO. 173.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, .IANUAUV 8, 191T SIXTEEN PAC.IX
Oa Trails, at MoUl
sTawa Stands, etc., So.
SINGLE COPY TAVO CENTS.
NINETEEN SHOT
AND CITY AFIRE,
RESULT OF RIOT
tour Persons Axe Probably Fatally
Hurt and Ten Buildings Burn
ing in Youngstown,
Ohio.
STATE GUARDS ARE EXPECTED
Governor Order Two Regiment to
Be Held in Readiness to Go to
Scene of Disorder.
1 GREAT STRIKE OF STEEL MEN
YOUNGSTOn N, u., Jan. 7. Mne
teen persons have been shot, four
, probably fatally and many others
Injured and ten buildings are burn
ing, as a result of steel mill riots
here tonight. The fire is not under
control and threatens the entire east
Youngatown business section. State
guards men are expected to arrive
before midnight. .
TOUNQSTOWN, O., Jan. 7. Troops In
Cleveland, Alliance. Akron, Uucyrua and
thla city were held In readiness tonight
to take charge of the ateel mill atrlke
situation here.
Riots l&te this afternoon In which two
men. John Baker and Stephen Gardner,
w ere injured so seriously they were taken
to a hospital, led to the request being
made by Governor Willis that Ohio Na
tional Guard regiments in Youngatown
and nearby cities be held In readiness
for trouble.
Drnda of Men.
Announcements by. the Republio Steel
and Iron company, the Youngatown
Sheet and Tube company, the Brier Hill
Steel company and the Youngatown Iron
a
nd Steel company, that they would
rant a wage Increase from W cents to
22 centa per hour, failed to bring- peace.
The 3,000 laborers on strike demand 25
cents per hour.
Late this afternoon a crowd of strikers
' and strike sympathisers gathered about
the entrance, to the Youngatown Sheet
'and Tube company plant and a number
of shote were fired across the river at
the workshop there. Whether or not any
one was Injured Is not known.
Order Soldiers Ready.
COLUMBUS, - O., Jan. T. Governor
Willis tonight ordered two - regiments of
the Ohio National Guard to mobilise and
to be held In readinea sto be sent to
Youngatown where rioting in the strike
ot steel workers was reported today as
serious
The governor's action was based on a
' report received from General John . C.
! Speaks of the Ohio National Guard who
waa sent to Youngatown today to invest!
i gat the strike situation. The general
reported that troops might be needed to
maintain order in the city and the gov-
ernor Immediately sent out the moblllza- ; Order of Hibernians, Knights of Colum
tlon order. bus, Emmet Monument association. Good
Wisconsin Moves
Into Nebraska Class
On Bed Sheet Law
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 7. The long bed
sheet law, merely a topic of Jest, has
come into Its own.
.1... or. , . , . v,n-i.
. rjl , - ,,, IV,
with it. When the old linen supply of
the other 60 per cent la worn out it must
be replaced by sheets of the full length.
The state hotel rules say that worn-out
bedding should be discarded entirely.
The top sheet, according to the state
law, must be not less than nlnety-stx
Inches long after being laundered. This
allows the and to fold over the edges of
the covers, preventing the covers which
are not changed for each guest from
coming in contact with the mouth of the
sleeper. The top sheet is to be folded
back so aa to cover all top coverings at
least twelve inches.
The under sheet must be long enough
to cover the mattress completely and fold
under on sides and ends.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; not much change in temperature.
Teuperatare at
Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Ueg.
urn mm
in a. Ill ,. ... m
11 a. m
12 m
1 p. m
J p. m
a p. m
4 p. m
6 t. m
1 p. m
7 p. m
s p. m
Comparative Local Record,
1916. Mil). 1914. 191.
Highest yesterday 35 28 63
Ixest yeaieraay a ,i
Mean temperature .... : IM 4i
r-wlpttatlon ..r. .00 . .00
4
.24
TemDerature and precipitation depart
ure from the normal:
.Normal temperature II
Kxcess for the day 7
Total deficiency since March 1 33
Normal precipitation 02 inch
l-rirlency for the flay U2 Inch
To'al rainfall aince March 1 27.41 inches
deficiency aince March 1 1.9 Inches
I ' icienry for cor: period, 1114. S.37 inchea
Ui i icency for cor. period, W13. 6.63 Inches
Reports from gtatloae at T P. M,
Station and State
of Weather.
Temp. High- Raln-
7 p. m. ci. rai
4'heyenne. clear 26
3X .UO
30 .(
34 . .i0
24 .)
44 .')
So .t)
40 .0)
44 .i
!W .00
4 .
.1H .!)
M .'!
38 .0
I'avenport. clear
Lenvr, clear 3-'
I-amier, cloudy 14
North Flail, clear 34
Omaha, clear &1
. . . . i Ai ,
uviiiu. .............. . v.
Hapid City, clear '
t-alt Lake City, cloudy.. 4
Hants Ke. clear
Bheridan. part cloudy.... 'i
Ho im City, elear
Valentine, clear 32
T indicates traee of precipitation.
Indicates below sero.
L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
PIONEER AND FORMER SHERIFF
CALLED BY GRIM REAPER.
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; : '
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JohnPbwQr
JOHN POWER, OLD
PIONEER, IS DEAD
Former Sheriff and Prominent in
Political find Civic Affairs, Suc
cumbs to Heart Trouble.
HE CAME TO OMAHA IN 1870
John Power of 1913 South Tenth
street, former sheriff and pioneer
citizen, died at 8:30 a. m. at St. Jo
seph's hospital. He was 66 years of
age May 6 last year. He was re
moved to the hospital on New Year'i
day, complaining of a severe pain in
his chest. Heart failure was given
as the cause of death.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed, but In all probability
sclera n high mass will be observed
Monday morning at St. . Patrick's
church, Fourteenth and Castelar
streets. He resided In St. Patrick'!
parish forty years and was trustee
of the church at time of death.
The surviving children are Nicholas,
Lora, Alice and Mrs. J. . C. Thomas, all
of this city. Mr. Power's first wife wa i
Mary Qdtrilen "Wore ".narrtag. una died t
: In 1888. His second wife, Mamie O'Malley
of Dubuque, died September 1. last year.
Had Maay Interests.
.Mr. Power was a member of the Ancient
Fellowship club, 'Elks and one of the
; founders of the Jacksonlan club. He was
j general manager of the Power-Heafey
i r.-l r, in , m n xr nNalritit n f (ha A 1 1 M n
a cement block company in mis city.
lie served as sheriff of this county for
three terms, from 1900 to 1908, and re
ceived commendation for the Judicious
manner In which he handled a strike
among packing house workers at South
Omaha. He mingled with the men and
! spoke to them as a fellow man and won
their confidence. He was known for his
fearless qualities ss sheriff as well as j
cttlsen and earned the sobriquet or
"Honest John." It was always said of
him that he meant what he said and
had a manner of expression that won
friends.
Ha was born ln Waterford, Ireland,
movlnar to this country In I860. He set
tied in Omaha ln 1870. tsklnc ud his trade
as cooper. He eats Wished a cooperage ! was received today by the Treasury de
buslness at Fourth and Jones streets, Partment and forwarded to the State de-
whlch site he sold to the Omaha Electric
Light and Power company for a power
house location. He engaged in the manu
facture of washing machines at Seventh
and Jones streets for seven years.
Preserved Vlrst Home.
Mr. Power's first home was at Fifth
and Center streets, a cottage which he
always kept up because his children were
born there. When he moved into his new
! home on South Tenth street he said he
would never part with the old cottage.
He was one of the first residents ln the
southeast part or the city.
Mr. Power waa one of the old wheel
horses of local democracy. He was chosen
delegate to many conventions and served
on central committees. He assumed a
plain exterior, but always had time to
say a pleaaant word or offer a bit of en
couragement. He was a member of the Douglas
County Association of Nebraska Pioneers,
Four Thousand
Invited to White
House Reception
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-The White
House social season will open tonight
with a reception In honor of the delegates
to the Panamerican Scientific congreaa.
More than 4.U0O Invitations have been -issued
and hundreds have been refused.
The president end Mrs. Wilson will re
ceive together ln the Blue room, aasisted
by members of the cabinet and their
wives. The reception will be the first
appearance of Mrs. Wilson at an affair
of the kind.
PADEREWSKI WIRES HE
WILL SURELY PLAY HERE
Jan Paderewskl wires that be will
positively appear in Omaha on hla ached
uled date In the charity concert course at
the Auditorium. In a teiegram from
Minneapolis to Louis C. Kash, he says.
"Please deny In my name any rumors'
to the effect that I have at any time con
I temilated ranc U'ng my Omaha engage
j ment. Have absolutely no idea who oouhl
have sear ted such rumors. Best regard."
PRISONER SHUDDERS
WHEN WIFE'S SKULL'
PLACED BF'i
Minneapv V iTial for Mur
dering Given "a Turn"
as Gruesome Object is
Put Upon Table.
HE HEARS DAMAGING EVIDENCE
Medical Experts Say Death Appar
ently Due to Blows on Head
of Victim.
THROWN FROM CLIFF, CHARGE
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7. Fred
erick T. Price, a local business man.
shuddered today as the skull of his
wife, for whose murder he is on trial
was placed upon a table before hlni
while medical experts testified that
the injuries resulting in death could
not have been caused by a fall from
the east river road cliff. They de
clared that death apparently was due
to blows on the head.
When court adjourned tonight,
until Monday a docen witnesses had
testified in support of the state's
charge that Price hurled his third
wife fro ma cliff, on the night of
November 28, 1914, and then went
below and crushed her skull, in the
hope of inheriting her fortune.
The state expects to complete its
presntation ot evidence nxt Tusday
with the testimony of Charles D.
Etchlson, who, after his arrest on a
Joint Indictment with Price, swore
that Price killed his wife and gave
him $4.70 for his silence.
Wisconsin Solons
Resent Attack on
German-Americans
"I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Kcprceent.-
live Gardner, was vigorously assailed
icoay in me nouae oy iwo "V''itlon and besides submitted to regular
colleagues. Staffed and Copper of Wis- prlle court proceedngs. jn0sfnr ad
consln, when he made a speech critlcla- Amerlran interests are concerned, the
ing German-American and the German . GcrmJin government will communicate
nation. me result to the American government.
"The remarks we have Just heard were
as violent as could have been made In
the British parliament," shouted Mr
Cooper, who Is the ranking member of
the foreign affairs committee.
In an impassioned address Mr. Staf
ford, declared Mr. Gardner to be "more
British than American." criticised him for
the nature of hla remarks. wnen-every sens.'
member should weigh his words carc-j Mr Lan,, made no announcement of
fully" and strongly defended German- the Lusitania proposals, ssylng the sub
Amerioans. Mr. Stafford too- particular I stlU was confidential,
exception to the declaration that Oer-1 The Frye ftote, dealing with the small
man-Amerioans Were destroying Amerl- j boat question will be made public later,
can ammunition factor-ties with their The aasuraneea regarding the conduct f
"gold and dynamite." ' submarine warfare in the Mediterranean
"Those chargea cannot be made agaln.it convey the first Information that Ger
the S,000,OU German-Americans, who ato man submarines were operating there. In
In this country," he declared. "I am not j excluding all ships except lines from the
advocating
the German cause, but I
know that ln my own districts munitions
factories surrounded by thousands of
German-Americana are running dally
without Interference. I, thererore, rise to
resent this baseless charge, which is un
worthy of any man."
Verdi NofArmed
Ship, is Opinion of
Collector Malone
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Collector
Malone' a report on the Italian liner
Giuseppe Verdi, which arrived at New
. York yesterday with two guns mounted,
partment without being made public
It la understood Collector Malone'a neu
trality investigator reported there were
no Italian navy gunners aboard and that
all the members of the crew were regu
larly so.
The collector's opinion la understood to
be that the presence of the guns has
j not altered the Verdi's character of a
merchantman. His opinion, however, is
j not binding upon the State department,
i which Is understood to look with dis-
favor upon any merchant ship entering
American ports with armament.
It has been Indicated that the depart
, ment will ask the Italian government to
! n' lne uns removed before tne verm
"'
Villa P hi Of fa in
VlllCt UlllCltalll
Off Reservation
EL PASO. Tex.. Jan. 7.-General Rosa-
; Ho Hernandei, formerly a Villa chieftain
who accepted amnesty of the defacto
Mexican government and Joined forces
, with Generals Trevlno and Herrera In the
I advance on Chihuahua City laat month,
has fled with a small force to the moun
tains of the San Rollano district, accord
ing to General Herrera today. Carraasa
sources were reticent as to the cause of
his defection.
General Nafarette at Tamplco reported
to the military commander at Juares to
day that he had captured and waa hold-
in th Villa vnr,l fa r m Ta,, I
Reform regul&Tlona posted In Juares
today instituted a segregated district,
confined saloons to the sale of beer and
barred women from cafes.
First Step to Keep
Tariff On Sugar
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-The first leg
Islatlve atep In the admlnlatralion'a plan
to postpone placing suyar on the free
list was taken today in the Introduction
of a Joint resolution by Senstor Brous
sard, democrat, of Louisiana, providing
fur the suspension of the tariff law
provision whlrh would admit sugsr with
out duty May 1 next. The resolution
wcot to tbe senste finance committee.
BERLIN PLEDGES
qafftv nt All
Ufll L I I Ul 111.1.
NEUTRAL SHIPS
German Assurances Regarding Sub
marine Warfare in Mediter
ranean Broader Than I
for North Sea.
I
OFFERS TO PAY INDEMNITY
Bernstorff Submits Proposal to Pay
Damag-es for Americans Lost
with Lusitania.
LIKELY TO END CONTROVERSY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The as-!
aurances regarding submarine war-1
fare In the Mediterranean given by
Ambassador Bernstorff to Secretary I
Insing this arternoon are of
broader scope than those given after
the Arabic dtnaster and covering the
warfare in the North Sea. The lat
ter guaranteed only the safety of
liners. Those Tor the Mediterranean
cover all noncombatant ships.
The following statement was later
Issued by Secretary Lansing:
"The Gorman ambannadnr today left at
the department of State under Instrne
tlons from his government the following
Communication:
" 'First German auhmarlnes in the
Mediterranean had from the beginning
orders to conduct cruiser warfare agalnxt
enemy merchant vessels only In accord
ance with general principals of interna
tional law and in particular measures of
reprisal as applied In the war soue
around the Urttlsh Isles were to bo ex
cluded.' rB(rra Mntl Or Safe.
" 'Second German submarines are,
therefore, permitted to destroy enemy
merchant vessels In the Mediterranean
I. e., passenger as well aa freitiht ships
aa far as they do not try to escape or
offer resistance only after passengers i
fa.1 lis vivwa iin i Q cai-v w unu i . j .
" '3. All cases of deatructlon of enemy
merchant tahlna In the Mediterranean in
h OBrm(,n BbMltaM ...0 concerned
made th- ,ubj9ct o offlollU inVeBtlga-
Thuaf ,,l0( ln tne rersia CB(,e, If the clr-
cumstances should call for It.
" '4. If commanders of German sub.
marines should not have obeyed the or
ders given to them, they will be punished;
furthermore, the German government will
make reparation for damage caused by
death of or Injuries to American tit-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Ford. Party Will Be
Eleven Hours Going
Through Germany
COPKNHAGEN, Jan. 7.-(Vla London.)
The Ford party left Copenhagen today
for The Hague. On board the special
train, for the passage of which through
part of the war sons, permission has
been granted by Germany.ara 180 peace
advocates.
They wlU be In
hours, from the time they cross the fron
tier at Warnemunde, thla afternoon, until
Holland Is reached. ' Bach person In the
party la pledged to abide by military
rule.
Holland la the last country In Europe
which the party will visit It Is expected
thst delegates from a large number ot
neutral countries will gather at The
Hague for a protracted peace conference.
Steel Cars Leave
Trucks and Tear
Up Strips of Track
MUSKOGEE. Okl.. Jan. 7.-Two hun
MUSKOGEE, Okl.. Jan. 7. Two
dred and fifty pasaetigers on the Mis-
' souri, Kansaa & Texas railroad's fast
( ,ran ,ne Texas Special, from 8t. Louis
' Galveston, escaped death and serious
ilnlurv between Oktsha and Rentleavllle.
Okl., early today, when the all-steel
train, making up loat time, left the rails
snd six roaches stripped of their trues
I Pl Into the ditch beside the rl.ht-
or-way. xxoi a memuer v ina crew nor a
passenger waa seriously . Injured, al
though those in tne overturned coaches
were badly frightened and shsken up.
The four Pullmans and two combina
tion coaches Which nere derailed plowed
a ditch four feet deep In the road bod
before capsizing and displaced 1. 000 ties.
Robbers Blow Safe in St. Paul
Building; Get Loot Worth Million
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 7.-Robbere last
night obtained approximately tl.0u0.0uO In
negotiable Interns! revenue stamps and
seversl thousand dollars In cash as ths
result of probably the most skillful and
successful crime of the chsracter ln the
history of ths iiorthwest. Blowing a
large safe In the old federal building, at
Fifth and Wabash streets, without at
tracting attention the robbers selected
their loot with comparative leisure and
rejected a large quantity of stamps that
were unnegotlsble. They then made
their escape without leaving the slight
est trace of their movements. The rob
bry wss not discovered until the building
waa opened for business today.
SCENE OF NEW ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST Map
shows Volhynia and eastern Oalicia, where the Russians
have launched a new offensive. Czernowitz, capital of Bu
kowina, the key to the Carpathians; Lemberg, the big Gali
cian city, and Czartorysk, on the Kovel Sarny railroad sec
tor, are now bitterly contested. The battle line, 500 miles
long, stretches from Volhynia through Bessarabia. About
3,000,000 men are believed to be engaged.
SUPREME JUSTICE WHO IS CAN-!
DIDATE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE.
JUrOK JACOB FAW'CETT.
Judge Fawcett Is
Out for Place of
Chief Justice
Nebraska's coming Judicial election un
dergoes a kaleidoscopic change by the
announcement that comes from Judge
Jacob Fawcett,. one of the sitting Judges
I of the supreme court at Lincoln, that in
Germany for eleven !-twuJ of ,tanJlnr for selection he will
run for chief Justice
The presumption Is 'that his opponent
will be Judge Andrew Morrlssey, who was
promoted to the position temporarily
when Governor Morehead transferred him
from a deputy attorney generalship which
had been given him aa a reward for hla
services as secretary to the governor.
The names will go on the nonpartisan
ballot to be voted on at the primary elec
tion In April, with final choice at the
election In November.
Judge Fawrelt is the only member of
the supreme court from Omaha and haa
been one of the mainstays of that trib
unal, lie waa ln Hue for the place of
chief Justice when Judge Hnllenbeck died
shortly after qualifying a year ago.
Judge Fawcett Is well known to the
bench and bar of Nebraska. His long
residence ln Omaha was marked by h's
rise in his profession, and he was finally
called by the voters of the state to a
place on the supreme bench, to which
he has been twice ve-elected. He now
looks to the high position of chief Justice
alth laudlble ambition.
Blar Balldlaa;
CINCINNATI
t t lartaaatl Harare
O.. Jan. 7. The large
three-story depot and office building of
the Adam Kxpress compsnv st the
northwe-t cornr of Front snd Hutler
streets, this cltv, was destroyed liv lire
eni'ly today. The loss ia estimsted at
ISOfi.AOO. I'rossed electric wires In the
auditor' department on the second floor
of the building are aald to have canred
the fire
It will be two days before E. J. Lnch.
revenue collector, In whose office the rob
bery wss committed, ran determine the
exact amount obtained by the rrlmlnala.
Obviously well Informed, the robbers
effected an entrance to Mr. lunch's of
fice and with apparent deliberation used
sn electric drill to open a hots five
Inches in diameter ln the outer door of
the big vault.
Despite the fact that the building la
situated almost ln the renter of the
downtown district across from ths city
hall and court house and but one squsre
from several of the city's principal
hotela no one could be found who had
heard noise of an explosion during the
night.
i ;P
KIRKMAN FOUND
IN HASTINGS HOTEL
Attorney for Omaha Man Not Kid
naped, but Staying; with
Woman.
CLIENT HIRES OTHER COUNSEL
HASTINGS. Neb.. Jan. 7. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Attorney Roaooe
Kirkman ot Richmond, ' Int.. ho
van guppQsarV to have .been kidnaped
by paraosa connected 'With tea John
O'Connor case. In which ha was an
attorney,, waa found by the police
laat night ln the Clarke hotel, where,
with a woman giving the name ot
Mra. C. L. Braman ot Holdrege,
Neb., he had registered aa Mr. and
Mrs. II. C. Scott ot Chicago. He was
practically unconscious from stupor
and the house physician said he
might have been drugged. The
woman was detained temporarily
when she tried to leave the hotel,
but today Kirkman assumed all
blame and she was released.
Kirkman was fined $2t and costs on a
disorderly charge, but la without funda.
He is well known among the Indiana bar.
Is a prominent rhautauqua, lecturer and
with ex-Governor Hanly was ens of the
leaders ln the dry fight In the Hoosler
state. f
John T. Kirkman of Omaha, professed
son of John O'Connor and client of Kirk
man, Is proceeding to lrea his claim not
withstanding It waa withdrawn from the
heirship hearing early this week. Ha has
had new photographs taken of the body
of John O'Connor and la collecting new
evidence. He has employed a firm of
Omaha lawyers.
The greater part of today in the O'Con
nor case was consumed ln hearing tha
testimony offered for Ifannora O'Connor
Allman of San Francisco, who Is seeking
lo establish her Identity aa the only sur
viving suiter of the rich recluse, whose
1100.000 estate Is up for disposition by the
court.
Mr. and Mis. Brady of Washington
testified that O'Connor had lived In that
Ity fo ra few years preceding 1871, and
Ut he had a brother theer at that time.
Mrs. Brady claims to be a second cousin
of O'Connor and that she knew that In
his esrly life the recluse had a aweet
hesrt ln Jerseyvlllo, III., Alice Wsy, by
name.
Thousand Dollars
More Goes to Aid
The War Sufferers
On thousand dollars was sent yestei
day by Mrs. Bertha Getsschman, preaident
of the German Frauen Hllfavereln or
Ladles' Aid society, to Fred Volpp, treas
urer of the German-American Alliance of
Nebraska, for the benefit of the German
and Auatrian war sufferers abroad. This
makes 17.000 collected and sent by the
mall group of womsn comprising the
Indies' Aid, tha money being raised by
the ssle of "Iron" rings, nails driven Into
a large wooden croaa, signatures la a so
called "golden book." which when filled
will be sent ss a memorisl to the National
museum ln Uerlln, and by voluntary con
tributions. The first $6,000 mere sent to tha German
and Austro-Hungarian embassadors In
Washington, while all moneys will hence
forth go to the Nebraska division of trie
German-American alliance, and from
there In larger auma to the European
representatives and Red Cross officla'l:.
In order to make the ahowlng fur Ne
braska a more comprehensive one.
Bexldes the 17.000 rssh collected by the
I .adlcs Aid, several tons of bandages have
been aent to Germany and Austria for
the use of the wounded, end seversl csr
loads of okl clothing to Mherla for the
prtauutrs of war detained there.
PERSIA CRISIS
IS CONSIDERED
DY THE CABINET
President Wilson Lays What Few
Facts Are Available Before
Meeting; of His Offi
cial Advisers.
0ARRELLS SENDS AFFIDAVITS
Twenty-One Sunrirora Agree that
No Warning: Wat Given Persia
by Submarine.
NO LIGHT ON ITS IDENTITY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The sub
marine crisis, still of uncertain status
because of lack of details, waa placed
oy President Wllnon before the cab
inet today In Its first meeting since
his return from Hot Springs, Va. The
senate foreign relations committee
also met to consider the situation.
Although more than a week has
rassed since the steamship Tersla
waa sunk In the Mediterranean with
the loss of American Itfe, officials
today were still .uninformed aa to
whether the vessel was torpedoed,
and, if so, the nationality of the sub
marine. Developments today con
tinue to indicate that the American
government would wlthhhold action
pending official advices determining
these points.
Penfleld Heard From.
Overnight developments Included the re
celot of dlspstches from Ambassador
Penfiold at Vienna, asaertlng that, the
Austrian government was without in
formation concerning tha Incident up to
the night of Janary 4, and from Conaul
Garrela at Alexandria, Egypt, atatlng that
he had obtaled affidavits from twenty
one survivors. Including C. H. Grant, an
American, and that all cnflrmed previous
statements that "no warning waa given
and no vessel was seen,"
Ambassador Penfleld's dispatch added
that Baron Buiian, the Austrian for
eign minister, haa asked what Informa
tion concerning the Incident was in
possession of the United States.
Officers and crew of the Persia. Con
sul Garrela reported, have left Alexan
dria for Bngland. Their affldavlta will
be aought upon their arrival there.
As the cabinet assembled It waa made
plain that the members agreed with tha
president that in the case of the Persia
nothing could be done until all the facts
were 'at. hand. Some members expressed
tha opinion that It might never be
learned whether the Persia was sunk by
a submarine ami If so, what nation was
responsible, J .
To Uaarel Aaalast Aaotaer. s
Regardless ot tha outcome of the Par
sla caas, however, the majority of the
cabinet members are represented aa be
lieving that the time has come for mak
ing certain that no further attacks on
merchant ships carrying Americans will
be made.
Tha administration leaders are said to
feel that continued loss of American lives
will lead the United States into hos
tilities. Tha Persia Incident waa taken up only
briefly at tha cabinet meeting because
Secretary Lansing had no definite recom
mendatlona to make ln tha absence of
specific facta regarding the sinking of
the ship.
One cabinet member ssld that the men
tion of tha foreign situation at tha meet
ing waa "only superficial."
French Cruiser
Ordered to Stop No
More U. S. Vessels
WASHINGTON. Jan. T. The Btate de
partment waa advised todsy by Ambas
sador Sharp at Paris that the French'
government had ordered tha captain of
the cruiser Pescartea to act with great
care and circumspection and not to stor
sny more American vessels. Tha cruiser
recently stopped three in Porto Rlran
waters and removed Germans, who since
have been released.
ITALY PAID TWO BILLION
LIRE SAYS BERLIN PAPER
BERLIN. Jan. T. (By Wireless to Ssy
villa.) "The Neue Zuricher Keltung he
received reports from reliable sources,"
says the Overseas News agency, "thst
the London treaty, providing against tho
conclusion of a separate peace signed by
Italy, contains a special clause under
which Italy received S.OOO.OOO.OOO lire for
giving her adherence to the agreement."
The newa agency aaya it haa "special
information" that another clause In the
treaty is directed s gainst tha Vatican.
The Day 'a War News
A BRITISH at HMAHIM-: was aaak
yesterday off tbe Da tea roast.
The eatlre crew of thirty-five wan
rewatl.
PREVIOIS STATEMENTS that
warataa; wsxa slvra tha liner Per
ala aa that tha blow that seat It
to the botteat eaaao froaa mm
area aooreo sn caaftraaed im affl
davlta froaa tweaty-oao aarvlyora
ohtalaed ay lulled States loaeal
tiarrels at Ateaaadrla.
AVRtlt OUR rr..Flr:t.D cabled
ftoaa Vleeaa that tha Aaatro-tlao.
day was wltbaat advices rra;trd
las; tha alaklac of tho Persia.
ROMK D1SP tiTt'H S4.YS Srrblaa
refa.re. by Ibo la..aa.d. are
florhlas; to tho Srrblaa lesalloa
with roqiaeata that laey be vr
aultted to Jola a urn army In aa
effort, with thr help of K.rh'
allies, to mis back Ibr r t juu :