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VOLUME XXXVI
GALVESTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1916.-TEN PAGES
NO. 291.
HUGHES FOR
SHORT LINES
OPERATIONS
AWAIT FURTHER NEWS
ALL RIGHTS
GIVEN LEAVE
SLACKEN UP
UPON MARINA EPISODE
The Unfavorable Weather
Hampers Troops.
BECOME PARTIES
FRENCH AND SERBS
THIRTEEEN MISSING
ORDER AFFIDAVITS
TO ATLANTA SUIT
MAKE AN ADVANCE
FROM SHIP’S CREW
TO COME BY CABLE
SECOND ATTEMPT
TO SECURE CHANGE
OX INSPECTION TRIP.
MILITIAMEN STRANDED.
WOMAN FATALLY HURT.
is
CHILD WELFARE MEETING.,
BRITISH LOSSES
CABRERA AFFAIR
OIL QUOTATIONS.
FOR ONE MONTH
CLOSED INCIDENT
MEETING CAR DEMAND.
GAIN IN MACEDONIA.
WAS MERCHANT SHIP.
INSPECTS SAND DUNES.
NEMPHIS MILK HIGHER.
is
funds
and $64,719.60 to the
permanent
WILSON AWAITS NEWS.
RUMANIANS ADVANCE.
THE WEATHER
0
CONDEMNS BIPLANES.
TO CARE FOR STOCK.
SWITCHING CHARGE UPHELD.
-Via Lon-
don.
-The Batavia correspondent
ity: Tonight
I.
GRANTS POSTPONEMENT.
LOST ONLY TWO DEAD.
in
By Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Oct. 31.
tal punishment,
this talesman.
Four talesman
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 31,-—The sensation-
al statement attributed to Luis Ca-
brera,. Gen. Carranza’s minister of fi-
nance, assailing American officials for
alleged laxity in suppression of anti-
Carranza agitators along the border.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Oct. 31.—A special train
today carried members of the federal
trade commission, other government of-
ficials and a large party of Southern
lumbermen to Bogalusa, La., where in-
spection will be made of lumber plants
and standing timber.
The government representatives, in-
cluding William H. Parry, Dr. Wilson
Compton, of the federal trade commis-
sion; Henry S. Graves, chief of the fed-
eral forestry service; William Parker
and A. H. Oxholm of the federal bu-
reau of foreign and domestic commerce,
are investigating the Southern lumber
industry, giving particular attention to
the matter of byproducts and conserva-
tion of raw materials.
Including Right of Travel
and Shipment.
ANSWERS QUERY
AT COLUMBUS, IND.
BERLIN PAPER
SHOWS DANGER
OF A LONG WAR
Should Vindicate Our Rights
and Maintain International
Law, He Says.
Casualties in October 107,033.
Decrease From Report of
September. .
Attitude GivesKing Constantine
Right to Punish One of
Allies’ Best Friends.
Thirty-two Smaller Texas Rail-
roads Block Move of State
Commission.
Defense in Watson Case Again
Unable to Switch Place of
Trial.
Vessel Sank Ten Minutes After
Having Been Struck Without
Warning.
Arredondo Officially Disclaims
Responsibility For Published
Utterances.
WOMAN'S PLEA
FOR SPEEDING
WHOLLY VAIN
Advance of Two Cents Per Quant
Effective There Tomorrow,
Sighting of Torpedo’s Wake by
Survivors Adds to Gravity
of the Situation.
Special Train Carries Members of Fed-
eral Commission to Bogalusa.
Oldest National Bank in Texas.
The First National Bank
1865—OF GALVESTON—1916
Southeast Cor. Strand and 22d sts.
United States Depositary
Depositary of the State of Texas.
We Solicit New Accounts.
northerly
winds.
9
Russians Capture Teutonic
Trenches on the Volhynian
Front. .
(THISISaA ForcasEs-
\4ALO WEEN ]| ton and vicin-
5)
Allowed to File Petition
of Intervention.
GERMANS TAKE REPRISAL.
Russian Officers Are Placed in Special
Prison Camps.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct.-31.—A Berlin dispatch
forwarded by way of Amsterdam
quotes the Nord Deutsche Zeitung as
saying that a number of Russian offi-
cers from elite regiments of the Rus-
sian army have been placed in special
prison camps in Germany under severe
treatment as reprisal for the alleged
ill-treatment of German war prisoners
in Russia.
were examined this
STATE LAND DEALS.
and Wednesday
fair; light
of the various available
LONDON NEWSPAPER
GROWS WRATHFUL
C. C. Sustains Tariff of Railroad
Portuguese Troops Captured Newala
Without Difficulty.
By Associated Press.
Lorenzo Marquez, Portuguese East
Africa, Oct. 30.— (Via London, Oct. 31).
-—It is officially announced that the
Portuguese forces lost only two killed
in capturing Newala from the Germans
on Oct. 26. Losses of the German troops
are described as heavy.
House of Lords Will Hear Slingsby Ap-
peal in December.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 31.—The house of lords
today granted postponement until Dec.
1 of the hearing of the appeal of the
Slingsby legitimacy case from the judg-
ment of the court of appeals. The ap-
plication for postponement was made
on the ground that the appellant is
not in possession of the necessary funds
to prosecute the appeal.
French and Serbs Make Further Prog-
ress in That Region.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct, 31.—On the Macedonian
front west of Lake Persba yesterday
both the French and Serbians made
further progress, the war office an-
nounced today. The French took pos-
session of Singieri monastery.
There was no event of importance
on the Somme or Verdun fronts last
night except for active artillery fight-
ing in the vicinity of Douaumont and
Vaux before erdun.
• of the Telegraaf wires that the
I war department is in consterna-
, tion over an aeronautic expert’s
। report condemning American bi-
• Planes supplied, on the ground
' that their cylinders are too soft
J and are worn out after two
hours of .flight. The correspond-
ent says the trials have been
stopped and that the Dutch com-
mittee in San Francisco is
blamed for passing the machines
after a too perfunctory examina-
tion.
Berlin, Oct. 31.—By wireless' to Say-
ville.—Serbian troops which , recently
have been advancing on the western
end of the Macedonian front have been
thrown back with heavy losses, the
war office announced today.
But Business Is Cut Down In Some Coal
Fields Because of Seareity.
By Associated Press,
Huntington, W. Va., Oct. 31.—While
officials of railroads which do a large
coal-carrying business say the abnor-
mal demand for cars is being satisfac-
torily met, operators having properties
in southern Ohio, West Virginia and
eastern Kentucky declared today the
production of their fields has been cut
in some cases from 40 to 60 per cent
because of their inability to get ample
transportation facilities, So far, how-
ever, it has not been necessary to sus-
pend operation of any mines entirely,
it is reported, nor has a scarcity of la-
bor been seriously felt.
Most of the coal mined in this region
goes East and North to Lake Erie
ports for transport to lake and north-
western points.
Heavy Losses Inflicted on Them
Macedonia.
Win Further Advantages Over Teutons
in Transylvania,
By Associated Press.
Bucharest, Via London,< Oct. 31.—The
Rumanians have won further advan-
tages over the Austro-German forces
on the Transylvanian front, the war
office announced today. In the Jiul
valley pursuit of the Teutons continues.
Heavy fighting is in progress east of
the Alt.
The court excused
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 31.—The Berlin Vor-
waerts, commenting on the inter-
view with Field Marshal von Hin-
denburg yesterday in which he dis-
cussed many phases of the war,
says, according to a' Berlin dis-
patch forwarded by Amsterdam:
“He advises France to be reason-
able and not to act as a further
I obstacle to peace. This advice will
have a better chance of being heard
abroad if we show ourselves rea-
sonable, too; if we are going to drag
this war on indefinitely then the
whole of Europe will bleed to death
and America and the colored races
would be our heirs. But we want
Europe to live not Germany only,
but all the nations. We want
France to live.' We see her now
bleeding white, but we have nevr
hated her. We want peace also for
England and Russia, peace for the
whole blood-stained world.”
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 31.—Although no com-
ment has yet been printed here re-
garding the displacement of D. Cacla-
manos, the Greek minister to Washing-
ton, owing to hits pro-Venizelos views,
much indignation is expressed on the
ground that the entente allies allowed
the Greek government to displace nu-
merous other public officials for sim-
ilar reasons.
The Morning Post publishes reports
from Paris and Athens that the entente
allies definitely have decided not to
recognize the Venizelos movement and
demands that the British parliament
insist that this action be reconsidered,
The Post says:
“If the allies refuse to recognize
the Venizelos government they there-
by admit that the soldiers and offi-
cers who adhere to that government
are rebels and that officials and mag-
istrates who support Venizelos are
traitors; that Venizelos himself and his
friends have no status; that they are
all liable to be cashiered, imprisoned,
dismissed or shot by the Athens gov-
ernment and that is apparently just
what is being done—Venizelos sup-
porters in the army, magistracy and
other public officers are being ar-
rested, cashiered, punished at whole-
sale without even the formalities re-
quired by law.
“The allies, indeed, are placing in
the hands of King Constantine the
indisputable title to punish patriots
who are the allies’ best friends. Parlia-
ment, if it is not altogether lost to
the honor of the country, should insist
that the Venizelist party shall not be
delivered into the hands of their en-
emies.”
A dispatch from Athens dated Sun-
day said that Demetrious G. Metaxas,
formerly Greek minister at London,
would be appointed minister to the
United States to replace D. Caclama-
nos, who so far as known had not yet
left Greece for his post at Washing-
ton.
By Associated Press.
Waco, Oct. 31.—A second attempt on
the part of the defense, in the case of
T. R; Watson, on trial here for the
murder of the late state commissioner
of banking and insurance, John S.
Patterson, to secure a change of venue,
resulted in failure this morning, the
motion being denied by Judge R. I.
Munroe. It was contended by the de-
fense that of the veniremen so far ex-
amined, 46 had an opinion as to the
innocence or guilt of the defendant
and that 28 swore they were opposed
to the infliction of the death penalty.
The’ court was asked, in the event he
overruled the motion, to change the
Venue on his own motion, and to trans-
fer the case to some county distantly
removed from either McLennan or
Freestone, so that justice could be hal
to both the defense and the state.
The only feature of more than or-
dinary interest had in the present pro-
ceeding to date occurred this morning
when Pat Neff, leading counsel for the
defense, asked one of the talesmen,
after the latter had stated that he did
not have an opinion in the case,
whether he had not, in the courtroom
this morning, applied an offensive
epithet to the defendant, stating that
the latter should be hanged, and that
he would have been hanged long ago,
had he been a poor man.
The talesman denied this and said he
had told some parties in the court-
room that he was not opposed to capi-
By Associated Press.
Austin, Oct. 31.-—All of the thirty-
two line railroads of Texas, parties
to the state’s injunction suit now
pending in the Third court of civiil
appeals, and which roads were en-
joined by District Judge George Cal-
houn frpm operating under the rail-
roads tariff 2-B, which becomes ef-
fective tomorrow, were today granted
leave by Judge Gordon Russell of the
United States district court, to file a,
petition of intervention in the United.
States district court for the western’
district of Texas. The intervening pe-
By Associated Press.
Winnetka, Ill., Oct. 31.—A plea
that she was campaigning for
Charles Evans Hughes did not save
Mrs. Scott Durand, owner of the
famous Crabtree stock farm, when
she was arraigned on a charge of
speeding yesterday.
“The officer is mistaken. I was
driving only 18 miles an hour,”
She testified. >
“Well, that is three miles faster
than the law allows—$5 and costs,”
said Justice Prouty.
“I was in a hurry because I was
out campaigning for Charles E.
Hughes for president,” said Mrs.
Durand.
“The fine is still $5 and costs,”
Prouty said.
It was paid.
For Oklahoma: Tonight fair, cold-
er in extreme east portion; Wednes-
day fair.
Winds on Texas Coast: Light
northerly.
GALVESTON TRIBUNE.
For East
Texas: Tonight
and Wednesday
fair.
For West
Texas: Tonight
and Wednesday
fair.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 31.—An advance
of two cents per quart for milk and
one cent for buttermilk, effective to-
morrow, is announced by members of
the Tristate Dairmen’s association.
The price of cream remains unchanged.
Increased cost of stock feed is given
as the reason.
By Associated Press.'
Columbus, Ind., Oct. 31.—Charles E.
Hughes today told a spectator that he
was in favor of the maintenance of
every American right, “including the
I right of travel and the right of ship-
• ment." Mr. Hughes had been asked if
he favored an embargo on munitions or
the passage, of a resolution by congress
warning Americans off merchant ships
flying the flag of belligerent nations.
Mr. Hughes spoke in the open air
here before a crowd that had come for
miles to hear him and choked the
streets around Commercial park. He
was speaking of the competition Amer-
ican enterprises will have to meet from
Europe after peace, when a man in th
crowd shouted:
“Mr. Hughes, as a personal admirer,
may I ask you a question?”
There was the usual confusion re-
sulting from an attempt to heckle. The
nominee asked the crowd for quiet so
that the questioner might proceed.
“In the event of your election,” the
man asked, “will you or will you not
favor or oppose an embargo against
the shipment of munitions, from this
country to Europe, or the passage of a .
tition was filed today. This action
means that these thirty-two smaller
lines, are in effect partie® to the At-
lanta injunction. The intervenors claim
that the jurisdiction so vested in the
United States district court is exclu-
sive and that no state court has power
or authority to spend or restrain the
operation of an order of the interstate
commerce commission.
Gives' Directions for State Department
to Forward Facts to Him.
By Associated Press.
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 31.—Presi-
dent Wilson this morning was still
without such definite information con-
cerning the submarine atatacks on ves-
sels carrying Americans as to enable
him to reach a conclusion. It was said
here that he had given directions that
as soon as conclusive facts were gath-
ered by the state department they
should be forwarded to him.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
Established RANIERG Established
1854 DANNEn” 1854
(Unincorporated)
For
Banks, Individuals, Corporations
American Bankers Association Trav-
elers’ Cheques for Sale.
morning, one being challenged for
cause, and two were peremptorily
challenged for the defense.
Husband of Mrs. Edgar Cantrell
war resolution warning Americans not
to travel on ships owned by the na-
tions at war?”
“I, sir,” the nominee replied, “am in
favor of the maintenance of every
right, including the right to travel and
the right of shipment. It is a very
important right that we have as a neu-
tral nation and it is very important
that at this time, when the great war
is raging, we should vindicate neutral
rights and maintain the integrity of
international law. To my mind it is a
very thoughtless policy that would sur-
render any of these important rights
because of any sentimental considena-
tion, when we have the vast necessities
of neutral commerce and the impor-
tance of the rights of neutrals to re-
gard with respect to the future of the
United States.
The crowd cheered Mr. Hughes, and
the heckler shoute d, “Thank you.”
“The foundation of American pros,
perity," Mr. Hughes was saying when
the heckler interrupted him, “is to be
found not simply in patriotic sentiment
uniting our citizenship. The foundation
must be found in sound governmental
policies. We have in this world of the
twentieth century great opportunities
and great dangers. It is a new world.
These nations of the other side, after
the European war, are going to have
an extraordinary efficiency, a great or-
ganization, great powers, great disci-
pline, alert manhood.
, “It is no time to talk to American
people that America, by its ability, is
safe; it is not safe, unless it uses those '
’governmental powers to protect its •
concerns.” ■ ,
San Antonio Negroes Are Left High
and Dry in Illinois.
By Associated Press.
Springfield, Ill., Oct. 31.—Eighteen
members of AM company of the Eighth
Illinois, a negro regiment, whose homes
are in San Antonio, Texas, where they
enlisted in the federal service, are
stranded in Springfield.
When the Eighth regiment was mus-
tered out here last week the San An-
tonio soldiers were given the choice of
going as far as Metropolis, or staying
in Springfield. They stayed here.
The army regulations provide trans-
portation of 3% cents a mile from
the mustering out point to their homes.
Through misunderstanding the San An-
tonio men were not provided with re-
turn transportation. They have ap-
Company at New Orleans.
Special to The Tribune.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The charge of
two dollars per car collected by Mor-
gan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad
and Steamship company for switching
lumber at New Orleans over the New
Orleans Public Belt railroad was up-
held by the interstate commerce com-
mission today.
Complaint was made by the Lucas E.
Moore Stave company. The commis-
sion held that the tariffs filed did not
provide that the charges of the Public
Belt for switching would be Absorbed
out of the published rates,
funds; $127,112.09 was to the
credit of the available school
fund, and $56,387 was deposited
to the permanent school fund.
Held by Police,
By Associated Press.
Sherman, Tex., Oct. 31.—Mrs. Edgar
Cantrell, 27, of near Whitesboro, was
fatally wounded today, her throat be-
ing cut with a razor. Her husband
is under arrest.
became a closed incident today when -
Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador 5
designate, called on Secretary Lansing S
and on instructions from his govern- 2
ment, disclaimed responsibility for it. 2
Mr. Cabrera had previously denied that 3
he made the statement. $
Both Secretary Lansing and Am-
bassador,; Arredondo said the conference 2
had been satisfactory. i'
“The ambassador made a most ac- S
ceptable statement,” said Mr, Lan- S
sing. 2
“The incident is closed,” Mr. Arre- ,
dondo said. ,
The ambassador stated thate he would S
explain to the secretary the circum- 2
stances surrounding publication of 3
statements purporting to be from high {
officials of the de facto government #
reflecting anti-American sentiment. _
None of the quotations attributed to
the Mexicans officials, Mr. Arredondo
said, had been authorized or could be
accepted as “official.” :
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 31.—The number of miss-
ing from the British steamship Marina,
which was torpedoed by a submarine
off the Irish coast, has now been re-
duced to thirteen, according to a tele-
gram received at the American em-
bassy today from Wesley Frost, Amer-
ican consul at Queenstown. Fifty-two
more survivors have been landed. Mr.
Frost reports that among the thirteen
there probably will be American fa-
talities.
The Marina sank within ten minutes
after being torpedoed, Mr. Frost report-
ed. He said survivors state the vessel
was torpedoed without warning.
Mr. Frost’s telegram to the embassy
follows:
"‘Fifty-two more survivors of the
Marina landed at Castletown pier. Only
13 now missing, believed dead. Not
less than 36 Americans aboard, of
whom 16 saved at Crookhaven. There
will probably be some American fatal-
ities.
“Survivors state the vessel was tor-
pedoed without warning in heavy sea;
sank within ten minutes.”
Mr. Frost is obtaining affidavits from
survivors and ascertaining how many
Americans are among the Castletown
survivors.
The American embassy today re-
ceived a telegram from the American
consul at Glasgow stating that the
Marina left Glasgow Oct. 25 for Balti-
more and Newport News with fifty
Americans aboard.
A private telegram received today at
Crookhaven by Robert P. Skinner,
American consul general, says that
among the survivors from the Marina
who were landed at Crookhaven are
sixteen Americans. One of them is
Frank Howard Smith, a veterinary.
According to the telegram received
by Mr. Skinner,, survivors report that
two boats containing 63 men left the
Marina at the same time and have not
been accounted for.
(This telegram evidently was sent be-
fore news had been received that 52
more survivors had landed at Castle-
town.)
The weather was unusually severe at
the time the Marina was sunk and has
been since then.
The Marina was first struck amid-
ships. A terrific explosion occurred on
the starboard side. The second tr-
pego struck the bow and the steamer
went down almost immediately in two
parts. It is reported seven men were
killed while attempting to get into
boats.
Sailors saw the wake of a torpedo,
according to these advices, and until
•he ship was struck thought it was a
fish.
Captain Browne and about fifty sail-
ors of the Marina are reported by the
Press association to have been drowned
when that vessel was sunk off the Irish
coast after having been torpedoed by a
submarine Saturday afternoon. The
dispatch published by the Press asso-
ciation reads:
“The Marina sank at 3.45 o’clock Sat-
urday afternoon. Captain Browne and '
about fifty of the crew were drowned.” '
Entire Crude Oil List Is Affected at
Pittsburgh, Pa.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 31.—For the
first time in the history of the crude
oil market changes in buying quota-
tions were announced today on a part
of the list quoted in Pittsburgh with-
out affecting the entire list. The
changes were in Cabell and Somerset, .
each were lost five cents a barrel,
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 31.—British casualties
reported in October in all war areas
are:
Officers, 4,331; men, 102,702.
October losses of 107,033 bring up
the total British casualties for the
four months of the Somme offensive
to 414,202. The daily average loss for
October is 3,452.
The British /figures are of especial
interest on account of their bearing on
the controversy between London and
Berlin regarding the losses of the al-
lies on the Somme. Several of the
statements in October from the Ger-
man war office dwelt upon the sacri-
fices of the British and French to ob-
tain a comparatively small amount of
territory. It was said they had made
desperate efforts to break the German
lines, hurling forward their bodies of
troops and sustaining enormous losses.
On one occasion the British war office
denied a statement of this nature from
Berlin-
Unofficial advices from British
sources stated the losses to the allies
relative to those of the Germans and
to the operations undertaken were de-
creased to a marked extent on account
of increased efficiency of the artillery
and aerial services.
So far as is shown by the London
figures, which, of course, take no ac-
count of the French casualties, the
losses of the British have been de-
creasing since August. The total re-
ported for. September wap' 119,549, or
a daily average of more than 3,800. In
August the total was 127,945, a' daily
average of 4,127. In July, however, the
casualties reported were only 59,675.
—-——— --.
SERBS THROWN BACK.
plied to the adjutant general for aid,
but the state has no authority to pay
them. Assistant Adjutant General
Shand has wired the war department
to obtain relief.
Lansing Refuses to Discuss Case Until Additional
Reports Are Received.
«
By Associated Press.
Thirteen persons, among them prob-
ably some Americans, are missing of
the British steamer Marina, according
to 'Consul Frost at Queenstown, who
reports survivors as stating that the
vessel was torpedoed without warning
in a heavy sea and sunk in ten min-
utes.
Military operations in various war
areas are being hampered by unfavor-
able weather. On the Somme front in
Northern France, the intense activity
of the past few days had diminished
until now only artillery fighting is re-
ported in that area. Similar conditions
prevail before Verdun.
In Macedonia further progress for
the French and Serbians west of Lake
Presba, southwest of the Monastic re-
gion, is reported.
The Bulgarians announce an entente
defeat in attacks in the Cerna region,
southeast of Monastir, and the driving'
back of the Serbians near Nonte, in
the Moglenica district, further east.
During October British casualties
from all war theaters were 4,331 offi-
cers and 102,702 men, London advices
today state.
German has directed reprisals upon
Russian prisoners because of Russian
noncompliance with German demands
for improved treatment of German
prisoners, according to a semiofficial
announcement in Berlin. .Certain Rus-
sian officers have been placed in
camps where the discipline is espe-
cially severe.
Berlin’s report omn the latest opera-
tions on the Somme front announces
repulses for the British near Les
Boeufs, north of the river, and of the
French, who attacked La Maisonette
farm and the . new German positions
south of Biaches. The German artil-
lery broke up attempts by strong
French forces to advance in the region
of Chaulnes, it is declared.
The eastern front again is stirring
with activity. From the north of the
Volhynian region to. the south of Ha-
licz, on the Lemberg front, tnle Rus-
sians are attacking, and in the sector
west of Lutsk report the capture of
Austro-German first line trenches.
Berlin announces not only the re-
pulse of Russian attacks on the Shara
and below Stanislaus southeast of Lem-
berg, but claims the capture of impor-
tant Russian positions in the Nara-
yuvka region in the vicinity of Halicz.
Fighting on the Transylvania front
continues violently in the mountain
passes and near the frontier, No
further advances by the Austro-Ger-
man forces are claimed', however, while
Petrograd reports the Rumanians con-
tinuing their successes in the Jiul val-
ley, pressing Field Marshal von Fal-
kenhayn’s, forces further north.
Berlin claims the failure of Rumanian
efforts to recapture heights north of
Campulung, where the Austro-German
advance had pressed a considerable
distance into Rumanian territory south-
west of Kromstadt,
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 31.— Secretary Lan-
sing said today that his reports on
the destruction of the British ship
Marina, with probably loss of Ameri-
can lives, were still too incomplete to
permit of any conclusions or to allow
him to discuss the case. Fuller re-
ports with affidavits of American sur-
vivors have been ordered by cable.
This morning new dispatches say-
ing some of the survivors had seen the
wake of the torpedo and that the, ship
was struck twice added gravity to the
situation.
Officials noted, however, that the
British admiralty was nov prepared to
say the ship was torpedoed and that
Consul Frost’s report yesterday said
she was destroyed by gunfire.
Entirely aside from the first aspects
of the case, officials made it clear that
no conclusions could be drawn until
all apparently conflicting circumstances
had been cleared up and evidence had
been gathered in legal form.
Immediately the case was viewed as
more serious than any other since the
destruction of the Sussex, as it is the
first involving loss of American life,
but the state department gave no evi-
dence of tension as it set about gather-
ing the facts.
Today’s new dispatches indicating
that the sea was very rough at the
time of the sinking and that the vessel
was sunk by two torpedoes rather than
by gunfire had not been confirmed in
any official dispatches today, but it was
admitted that if such were the case the
seriousness of the situation would be
greatly increased.
Since the original reports given out
yesterday morning, the state depart-
ment hass not made any further infor-
mation public. The case is being han-
d'led directly by Secretary Lansing him-
self and any further facts will be giv-
en out through him when made public.
Further reports are expected to show
more definitely whether the Marina was
sunk without warning by a German
submarine as reported “provisionally”
by the consul yesterday. On determi-
nation of this point rests largely the
question of whether Germany has vio-
lated her submarine pledges and en-
dangered relations with this country.
Mr. Frost was expected to secure affi-
davits from American survivors today
and forward them immediately. He
might be able to ascertain today
whether any American was lost, it was
believed.
Less interest was displayed over Con-
sul Frost's report that a German sub-
marine had fired on boats containing
the crew of the British steamer Rowan-
more, abandoning the ship after she
had been chased by the submarine and
crippled, because it was admitted the
vessel tried to escape. Some Americans
were among the crew.
State Clonference O piehs Four Days’
Session at Beaumont.
By Associated Press.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 31.—The state
child welfare conference opened here
this morning for a four days’ session
with a meeting of the state board of
managers comprising Mrs. N, B. Ford
of Dallas, Mrs. J. B. Brower of Dal-
las; Mrs. George W. Steer 6f Fort
Worth, Mrs. J. W. Lee of Wichita
Falls, Mrs. W. F. Doughty of Austin,
Mrs. R. E. Bledsoe of Taylor, Mrs.
George B. Peyton of San Antonio, Mrs.
Ella Caruthers Porter of Dallas, Mrs.
D. M. Thruston of Beeville, Mrs. Frank
Buchner of Austin, Mrs. E. A. Watters
of Fort Worth, Mrs. W. B. Toome of
Floresville, and Mrs. J. G. Sutton of
Beaumont.
Among the distinguished speakers
who will be heard during the week
will be Mrs. Frederick Schoff of Phil-
adelphia, president of the national
welfare organizations, and Miss Elean-
or Brackenridge of San Antonio, hon-
orary president.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Oct. 31.—Land sales and
leases for the month of October
as reported by the state treas-
ury dpeartment, amounted to
$193,188.76 of which amount $128,-
469.16 was placed to the credit
By Associated Press.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 31.—
Officers of the quartermaster
corps are preparing to care for
30,000 army horses and mules
here. It is estimated the excess
animals will aggregate that num-
ber after state troops have been
mustered out of the federal serv-
ice. About five thousand will be
pastured at the Leon Springs
military 'reservation and addi-
tional pastures will be leased.
Customhouse Records Show Status of
the Liner.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md„ Oct. 31.—The Don-
aldson liner Marina, reported sunk
by a German submarine, was a mer-
chant ship when she sailed from this
port Sept. 20, on the voyage ending
at Glasgow, Oct. 10, according to the
records of the Baltimore customhouse
The local agent of the Marina declined
to answer any questions regarding the
vessel beyond saying that no informa-
tion concerning her had been received
from official sources and it could not
be ascertained if the Marina's status
had been changed to an admiralty ship
since her arrival at Glasgow.
In well-informed marine circles here
the belief was expressed that the Ma-
rina was still a merchant ship. She
had been carrying cargo from Balti-
more and horses from Newport News
to British ports for more than a
year.
To Decide Wether They May be Used
as National Park.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Inspection of the /
sand dunes along the Indiana shore of
Lake Michigan with a view to their
possible utility as scenery in a national
park will be made today by Stephen T.
Mather,, assistant secretary of the in-
terior. Mr. Mather held a hearing on
the subject in Chicago yesterday at
which speakers of Illinois and Indiana
cities urged that the sand dune sec-
tion be turned into a national park.
Mr. Mather has asked the speakers
at yesterday’s meeting to/ attend a na-
tional conference in Washington in
January. s
the former to $2.07 and the latter to
$1.90. The base quotation of $2.60 for
Pennsylvania crude was unchanged.
Oil authorities declared that Cabell
oil, which comes from the Kentucky
border counties of West Virginia, and -
Somerset, which is a Kentucky oil, had
been offered in such quantities to re-
finers as to warrant the reduction.
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