The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-01

 loaza cayazeus most of them negroes, are 1assssIes and presumably are dead as the result of the tor5etfoSGlg of the British ssbeaa11slsip Armenian, hound from 1SsrvInrt News, Va, to Avon saacsatas Eargsa1us with cazEo stroyed by the German sHnu1az1zae U-se, according to Stats Departrzae16 Rdvices
 The AExneTaau was sutH14s on June z0, but axagsarent9y, owing to the British oessso4ss1ar the Ez.st news of it was ,.e<saf4sa.5 in Stake Depantment des- Soaeugaas ysesterGzag. Co1nsza Ar11stToIaS at Baastoa forsEardeAd several messages Including the list of those missing
 EVaafae officials are far from con- czsssson as to the action requared eoy 4asa IJasssed asaaes in ta11s caSse, the se- Hsuaasxsass oR the afEar was Instantly recnRx1mgR1 at the State De4'sAr tzra<sEaf c47lr5a4s fear that the sinking of the. Areuzaan waH make more di1faszla1' than ever for the Uuiaed States gov srnrrzzaE to accept the counprczT1ase sslEzesEaoals which Germany is report ed to inkande offering in her fOrfflcotn- zanatEzr-ea1Eg to tlae Presidents nOfe or June on thessusz11ztrine issue
 A.n1t CoEsuPssRepOrt-
 omcaal opinion will be suspended cefvaed from Consul ArmstrOng 1n4Or- T,n#7on making clear points now in doubt Chief among tIaase sls the ques- z1on of whether or not the Area1zeza77saan' was under charter to the British gov, erz1znant There is no doubt here shat If 4has was the case the Germans will promptly a17egR that the ATTnezHsEa1 was practically British at1x1saTy, a transporH in the service Of the enemy frDrEEnzHezlf aszad therefore properly subject to destruction by Gernaan na-' val foEces wherever eEnc0uncered
 Washington officials admit that there might be some force to this cnneenfzon buk assert on the other handy that the Germans would hardly have the right to ignore the cba1ga- ton of putting the crew of the Ar nneulan in place of safety before sink1ng the vessel, unless 1t could be proved that the Armenian actual1y had the status of a government ship It was regarded as doubtful that the facts of the charter of the Armenian, If she was under charter, would give her the sta1us of a pub7zr ship.
 Other points for which the depart riaert has called on Consul Armstrong for more detailed infoT matzon are whether or not the vessel was armed and resisted the German submarine. Ofae4azs desire to know whether she was caIled on to stop and submit to search or whether the submarine be gan firing without notice
 Must Have slleIIed Ship
 The ConsuFs statement that a short @ carried away the wireless house of the Armenian is taken here to indi- cate that the submarine must have shelIed the Armenian, and it is de- sired to have more details regarding this
 There is some confusion in Consul Armstrongss messages. He makes it clear that the vessel was torpedoed at o'clock in the evening" twenty miles west by north of Treyose Head, Corn wall. and that twenfy-nf11e men were lost and ten injured His list of the Americans missing is not clear, how ever It is not certain that ali were negroes and the full names and ad- dresses of those mentioned are not given in all cases He speaks of four of the Americans reported as missing as having been picked up by sHb- marine, whether the U-88 or not he does not say, while other survivors were brought Into Bristol last night after having been picked up by a 2 Belgian trawIer and Bristol destroy er
 Departments Statement.
 The State Department gave out the follovlng with regard to the case of the Arfnenian-
 Tine Department has received ca b1egranns from the American Consul at Bristol Eng1ands reporting that the Do1nln7on Line steamship Armenian, from Newport News, was tOrpedoed and sunk at P. M., June 2S, twenty miles west by north of TreEose Head, Cornwall, by the German submarine B-385 that the Marceni house was struck by a shot and that twenty-Eai1ae men were lost and ten injured The following American horse attendants are missing:
 E. williamson. address unknown
 J. n. Monroe, New Orleans
 B. M Cranberry, 4115 Washington street Montgorr cry, Ala.
 g. R. Sutton Cartervi11e, Va.
 Harry Stone. New York city.
 Cattle Carpenter Brown, Harris burg Pa
 pr. J S. viso, Porto Rico.
 1T. R. Brooks, or West, chief fore man. naflIra1ized American, London.
 Julius. Henry, King and Williams, Virginia. 6colored).
 ,. Smith. Portsmouth, (co1ored.,
 Wall Foley and Little. Newport News 1co1ored9-
 Leroy. Jackson and John Speed. Richmond, 6colored).
 King, Small. Rfclzert and oakes. Norfolk (co1ored0-
 e-It is reported to the Consul that Dr. Vtso and three of the negroes were picked up by a submarine. 9th Ter survivors were picked up by the kBeIgfan trawfer Professor Stevens And transferred to two destroyers a& fnoon yesterday and brought into. Brfs- stoI last night
 0niciazs Of the WasF1fTagton govern uen1 hoped to receive today further dstafIs concerning the torpedofng of the Armenian Until detailed in- formation on the latter point is avail afyie. Secretary Lansing. who returned today from Amherst, Mass, was not expected to indicate the course of the gtate departn1ent
 President Wilson, who is at the @z1znzner capital in Cornish, N. H., has been modified Officials attached most 1nnportance to the action of the Ar Ersaen5an @at<Fhe time she was encoun- tered 5y the German s1 bnarine. If