Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-01
Muleteers Perish in Destruction
of Dominion Freight Liner
Armenian, Torpedoed by Ger
man Submarine.
MAY RAISE BIG ISSUE
Gravity of Incident and Action
of Washington Government
Depend Largely on Whether
or Not Steamer Was in Fact a
Transport of War.


c.,,,,,,. ,i,,a.n ,n,.a,,i,,, e,ir- ,h, ut
ish nar and carving mules from New
mort News. Va to England was tornc-
doed and sunk Monday night by the Ger
man submarine l--9s off CORNWALL Eng
Hand. and nearly score of American
n1uletccrs aboard are renorted lost, ac-
cording to- messages received l,v the state
dopartmeut to-day from Consul John :
Arms rorr Jr bristol Twentv-nfue
men I'm all wer. ost and ten injured.
The news created a sensation I'm official
quarters as II MAS the first case Of loss
Of American, Iivoe since tho sinking Of the
Iusit,nia TIL, gravity of tho incident
hovever and the action Of tho Wash
inston government dencnds almost en-
ttirel,. on ubetbar tba Armenian uas char
tared nv the Rritieb e.overprner+ and uas
IN fact a trarsrort If war aboard which
/ Americans would ea,I at thoi, own risk
or whether she was an unarn,ed ner-
chairman
In the latter case even though carry
ing contrahand. the shin must have been
subjected to visit and searcn and those
aboard transferred +" place Of safety
before the destruction II the vessel was
iatten'p'Hd'
WILL ASK ADMIRALTY
/ II, the ansarc. Of ricia information
on these noints officials declined to sav
vbot effec, tho sinl,ire f tho Armenian
unuld have or rendirc ,.poti,tions no
In,n,ediata inouir,. was ,... ect.d. hcweve,..
to- Ambassador Page at r.,ndon 10 secure
moro details and n.be, sAcrotsr, I.neirr
returns o-p,orrov Anhsssador Gerard
viii ho instructed IA irn,iire of tho Cor.
man ad,oiral,v as 10 its renor,
From, tho messages received /, arnears
thu, ir addition to tho tornado AT least
ono shot was nred from = aieannearinc
rifle Th- consul's report said tho wire
I,oes bousa uas taken NV second shot =
lt was not made clear whether the Ar.
menian was first ordered 70 halt and ro.
sisted capturo reoljrinr = second shot
or whether the submarine attacked with
on, warning Tb. fact that the number
of the submarine was given. indicated
Itbat she had come 70 the s,,rfacc "a maxi.
the attack.
rnp,rD ,.o>r,.p,>r
M'leS are '"n'rapaHo VI war ac'or"''S
I" an 'he llS'S "l Tue "eHlsereh'S so
there can he no doubt as 10 the contra'
band character OF the Arm'nian's cargo
onic'als VIII make an "r'rt to learn.
however whether the vessel Was armed
and whether she was a part of the Brit
ish naval forces before the opinion of the
state department on the case will he dis
closed.
All of the dispatches received were
promptly telegraphcd to President Wilson
at Cornish. y. H., and Secretary Lansing
at Amherst, Mass. and il was considered
prohabl that they would communicate
= with each other while in New England
. The messages from Consul Armstrons
did not show clearly Just how many
americans "''" '"S'' !" ms hS' vi
A'"e''a"S '''SS'"A' "' !"i'cu ~ h"''
''crS-eieh' ""''es anu l. hesroes-""'
WIRE "''" ~ 'N' '".'' '''eS. aus
spoke "l l'r' d. = NlS"' forto ftlcan'
ana three negroes "s haNlhS heeh p''Ne"
up "E submarine anu otner survivors
ny he'tlah .'aN'e'' an" trahsIerren 20
Nv" hrl'iSn des'r"H'rS' "hi'h brought
them mo BristoI'
Ihe hS' "t fn'ss'nS as hha'IF made up
to-hieht from '"S" Armstrong re-
ports follows
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hro"h' 'd'''e '''"htef'' hafr1spurS'
o. r''o
rs H. BROOKS o' west 'chief foreman
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