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CHICAGO.

Abend Post--"The wish appears the
father to the thought that this Arabic
catastrophe will sharpen or cause a
break in the relations between the
United states and Germany. Otherw ~
one could have waited until it was con-
frmed that American lives were lost
OH the boat, that the Arabic was given
no warning and that the commander OF
The German submarine had 10 reason
for the position that the Arabic at
tempted to escape or sought to ram his
boat
Substituting THE Arabic chiefly
carried war supplies since the outbreak
OF the war. II Americans knew this and
used the boat Just the same they are u
bear the consequences of their reckless
actions. II they did not know IT, Eng
land is responsible for the loss Of Amer
lcan lives
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MILWAUKEE SILENT.

MILWAUKEE, Aug 2o.-The Milwaukee
press. both English and German. is
maintaining absolute silence ~editorially
on the sinking .: the Arabic, So far
not a single newspaper printed In Nil
waukee in either language has made
mention Of the Incident, even to the ex-
tent OF a paragraph.
Apparently the belief is held that the
situation Is too serious for mmen at
present In view OF the Big German pop
ulation OF the city
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rail'ng on the Arabic, T~enty-one
boats were got away rom the sup IN
saiey. Out onIy ele'eh were heeoeu u
oke 6e survivors.
Zeiiah C~ovington, the American play
wright, wheh interviewed VueenstoWh
heartily praised Capt. Finch's prepara
lions Tor possible attack n 'he pIsve
manner In which he avigate the snip
from the moment the track OF 'ne 'of-
pedo was seen. Mr.. Covington MS
wife, who was known on the stage as
Rose Wilbur. had Just breakiasteu "nen
they heard a deck steWarn say .na'
something was aniss ana 'na' e'e a
In the distance apparently had meu MN
an MT CoVlns,on ,n"'s"y
Euessed tnst there was a su"'na." 49,.
the neiGhbornoon ana Us hs ~
laid tosether Some tinnss W ,"'u ~
which she did not WISH W 'o'e' !" '""
Come along 10 our capIn' u
w a Just so' mere, NJ 1919
TON saio' When an eHp.os.v" 90 wo
! guessea 'ne causs nSHs ~ hoo,
put On ,leoe'.S wv 49,, "a rsachsj
oech. We 20. ! !" 5000 ,aa,nr.
tne water saIel,. ,ha shin was
aoout the e"oe" n.a,ars and creu
tne coo'"e,s -. amony ,he
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pass"sers "a. u,or,.n
nearu sa, onn,a no called !,
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sh.,Sn, ~ ., hi. ora.rz ouis,iv
Dap,s od ,n, % ,he lei.
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~ ,eu t,c,s and that only two
49, 1a,,aa snoLo volumes for the
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ST. PAUL.,

Dispatch,-"The United States Will
not 20 to war with Germany unless
attacked, A severance Of diplomatic
relations would produce "A condition
wherein We could. without loss OF ma
tional self-respect. order our citizens
not To expose themselves to German at
tack by sea except at their peril. To
go to war with Germany might only la
playing into the hands of the lmperinl
Government, II might be stopping the
expectation OF munitions to the Allies
for the building up o: our own military
equipment which could he of little effect
in interfering with the present pro-
gramme of Germany"
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Z
"Not the Time for u Citizen 10
Talk" lie Says,

ALBANY, Aug. 20.-Prominent dele
gates to the constitutional convention
who nave seen service in Washington
were chary tonight about comment
ing upon the situation that developed
with the sinking of the Arabic. The
following statement by former Attorney
General George W. Wlckersham sums
up the view of these delegates;
This is not the time for a citizen
to talk, II is up to the Government, and
! will not add to the difficulties OF the
task confronting the President and his
Cabinet
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REPORT EIGHT MISSING.
Washington, However, Doesn't
Consider COnauis' Lists ms Final,

WAsHISGToN, Aug. 20.-There seemed
~ he little doubt Tonight that Ave
Americans. and possibly eight. lost their
lives in the sinking of the White Star
liner Arabic by a German submarine.
A despatch received at the state De-
partment tonight from the Vice-Consul
at Queenstown gave the following as
mot in the list of survivors:
Mrs. +. T. Moore.
Nr. and Mrs. Fred Burgess.
J. Kellett.
Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere.
A despatch was received at the State
Department later in the afternoon from
the United States Consul at Liverpool
saying that the names OF James Houli-
han, Edmund Woods, Thomas Elmore
II Mrs. Bruguiere were not In the
list of survivors.
State Department officials were not
certain whether the message received to-
night giving the Ave names was in
tended TO supplement the earlier list
OF the missing, or whether II was sup
posed to include all who were unac-
counted for at the time Of sending.
Both messages passed through the
hands of Ambassador Page and were
transmitted by him to the State Depart
ment. The lel.ef, however, was that
the messages represented the individual
reports Of the two consular officers,
each giving, 50 Ear - he had been
able to i-arn. a complete list of the
Kissing. Washington officials, therefore,
are hoping that the number OF .Ameri-
cans lost will not exceed five.
They have by no means, however, ac-
cepted this list as final and are con-
unuing their efforts to locate the miss
ing,
The Consul at Liverpool added 70 the
list OF American survivors cabled by
him yesterday and given out last night
the names OF Louis Bruguiere, william
Cummins and John Nolan.
The United States Consul at Queens
town reported only twenty-one Ameri-
cans as passengers on the Arabic, but
added that these figures had been oh
tained by him from Liverpool. He
reported sixteen American survivors 10
the state Department last night. and the
nve missing names sent by him to-day
would seem to account for the total
number of American passengers.
The name of Mrs. r.. T. Moore and
that OF Miss L. Moore, the latter appear
ing In an earlier list of Americans miss
ing. suggest a confusion possibly due to
errors In transmission Neither name,
however, Is included In the tabulation OF
survivors and missing issued Yesterday
by the White Star Line. Leopold T..
Moore, an American, and Nathaniel f..
Moore were saved, according To the
White Star report. They are the only
ones OF that name on the passenger list
OF the Arabic, Thomas fillmore, a name
that suggests 1T. Moore Is reported as
among the survivors, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
burgess n Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kellett and
James Houlihan also appear on the list
Of survivors.
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NEW ORLEANS.

Item-"A few eager partisaus who
are 50 Jealous in the Iuarrels Of other
people that they would gladly involve
the United States in war with Germany
on with England, as the case may be,
VII not agree with US in feel ng that
the position taken by tbs country is
needlessly insecure and dangerous, 10
the extent In which { continually sub
jects us to the strong possibility OF IN
Movement N the destruction that is now
rack.ng the world, The Judgment Of
real Americans. however. rules this coun-
try, The Hyphenates do uot-on either
st1a %
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MINNEAPOLIS.

Journal -"Germauy has become the
enemy Of all the world. She has united
the civilized nations against her. Not
alone has Germany deliberately violated
American / ,-hts on the sea. Her r.p-
reSentatiNes ia his country have not
SCRUBBED TO abuse the hospitality of he
United States 10y carrying on "A secret
and widespread propaganda.
But il is not the real Germany that
.S dong these things-t is Pruss!an mill
tar sm, which is brutal. which always
has been brutal. and which is a menace
To all the world
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HASTY ACTION OPPOSED.
Alton ~. Parker Urges Thorouyh
Investigation of sinking,
10 the Editor Of THE SUN:

TO the Editor OF THE SUN
EsoPUs, y. Y, Aug. 2O.-The sinking
OF the Arabic en- route for this country
with American citizens on board is with
out the excuse offered for the Lusitanla
Of carrying war munitions. BY many
1t viii be assumed to be Germany's an
swer to the last note of our Government.
Nevertheless the people should not press
the President to act hastily. on the
contrary, they should calmly and pa
tiently await such thorough lnvestiga-
ton OF the whole situation as the presi-
dent deems IL necessary to make. and
loyalty support such actions as his ma
ture elaboration shall compel.
ALTON II. PARKER.
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ARABIC'S SECURITIES
EXCEED SlO,OOO,0OO
Appraised Between That sum
and 5000. 900, Lon
don Reports.

LONDON, u 2o-The Ar,h. r. ied
American securities TO the amount . ,..
tween 3d. 200. 600 and Slr.n,u ... A..
yording to reports current Boo ,
circles here.
It is said hat one hru ..u., ua.
sl,?j0,00o worth Of securi,.,s %. ,. We,
sci. The securities wee al. s.d
the underwriters are |cu-a-,I ..- 10
looking UP claims.
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HEAVY MAIL ON ARABIC.
asia Bags tarrird-ship shares
Not Affected by Disaster.

Special cable Despdtch 10 TBE suN.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The Arabic carried
ASIA bags OF mail. including hundreds
OF bass from Sweden. Norway. Holland.
Spain and Switzerland.
The shares OF the International Mer-
camille Marine, owners OF the Arabic,
we're not affected by the sinking OF the
vessel. On the contrary, they rose ac-
lively and strongly to-day on the Lon
don Stock Exchange under the influence
q the reconstruction scheme.
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KANSAS CITY.

stnr,-"A grave situation has now
arisen by the act OF a German naval
commander. That act, the sink ng OF the
Arabic, Is the only answer thus far re.
ceived to the Presidents last note on the
sinking of the I.usltania, The act itself
with all its attendant circumstances,
may be the deliberately uufr'cndly' act
against which President Wilson gave his
timely and friendly protest"
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GERMAN PRESS MUzZLED.
forbidden 10 Com on sinking
Untii Further Notice.
Special Gable Despatc h 10 THE srS

LONDON, Aug, 20.-No German COM
ment on the sinking OF the Arabic Is
available. a news agency despatch from
Copenhagen says that the details OF the
sinking OF the liner have been with
held from the German newspapers and
that he Incident has caused great
~ervousness at The Berlin Foreign Of
nee. where II is feared that II viii lead
10 difficulties with Washington.
TIT German newspapers, the despatch
says. are forbidden to comment on the
Incident until further notice.
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GERMAN PRESS HERE HOPES FOR PEACE;
U.S.. PAPERS ALL DENOUNCE SINKING

ships Of other n~ationalities. The easiest
way to prevent difficulties would be the
issuing OF an Official warning to the
American people that those who travel
on belligerent ships do so on their
own risk
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Won TIRPITZ DECORATED,
Success OF Submarine Warfar,
wins Honor From Kaiser,

BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Aug, 2O.-As
. result Of what he terms "Germany's
increasing submarine SUCCESSOR" the
Kaiser has decorated Grand Admiral Won
Tirpitz of the German navy with the
Order Iour le Merlte.
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CHICAGO.

Tribune Whatever plan Mr.. Wilson
has Is the nations plan The day OF
argument was gone when the third note
Was despatched to Berlin"
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AUSTRIA GETS U. S. NOTE
RepI, ON Expectation at Arms ru'
Ammunition ncIi, cred,

I0NpoN, Aug. 2o.-rnr r,..
United States to the Austria. .
garding the ~cNpuria'.ul n, a
ammunition WAS d|vl.N,.,I .'
trlan Foreign ONCE Nc|>.ertIs.
to a Vienna despatch T,g,.N..
way of Amsterdam.
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BALTIMORE.

Deutscher Correspondent--"Amerlcan
travellers do not necessarily have TO
choose ships of belllgercnts. there are
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German Press Here Hopes for
Peace: L. $. Papers All De-
nOunce Sinking.
URGE INVESTIGATION
BEFORE TAKING ACTION

The following comments on the sink
ing Of the ARABIC are from leading Ger
man newspapers of the United States:
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Editorial comments on the sinking OF
the Arabic and the probable results OF
the act. as riciosd by various newspapers
~brougbo the couufru. follotc.
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Saw No Submarine Before or
After the Sinking, He
Declares.
HIGH PRAISE FOR CREW

- " w &'b 49,
Finch, commanding the Arabic when she
went down. said to-day hat no one on
board the ship saw a sign of a sub
marine before or after the vessel was
hit. There was no warning Of the at
tack. The captains statement follows /:
p Everything went well on our way
down the channel until $50, when the
snip was torpedoed. We had fine
weather all the time with a northeast
erly wind and there was a slight swell.
I'VE were going at sixteen knots. I
was on the bridge and had been there
all the way down the channel. The first
indication that I had OF the enemy In
the vicinity was a torpedo coming
toward the ship. We got no warning
and that was the first I saw OF the
enemy"
ExPIosion's Orc Terrific.
As to the direction the torpedo came
from he captain said at came to
us at right angles. II came from the
north and on the starboard side. ninety
or a hundred feet from the stern. As
soon as the torpedo struck the ship there
was a terrific explosion. never heard
anything like It. You can imagine how
terrible It was when I tell you that il
shook the Arabi from stem to stern.
The explosion was 80 terrific that one
Of the boats swung out AND was blown
into tia air.
Great columns OF water also rose to
a tremendous height. The vessel was
struck In a vital part. She gave a list
TO ~starboard and then a list to port,
after which she appeared to steady her
self for a bit and Their she went down
by the stern n disappeared completely
In ten minutes.
Il did not see a single sign OF a sub
marine. and nobody else saw IL either
before or after the occurrence. We
had all the lifeboats and also the An
derson boats swung out Immediately.
Everything 3 ready. including the
RATS. and these foated on. We put out
plenty OF boats in fact. they were SUI
fcient to take more han all on board
away from the scene. Life belts were
distributed fore and aft before we
reached the spot where the torpedo
struck us. That Is always done in an
ticipation Of the danger rome.
Captain saved Four.
Fourteen boats were lowered. /
was on the bridge when the ship went
down and was In the water about
twenty minutes amid the wreckage,
RATS and patent boats. They were
tamming the life out OF me. In the
end a patent boat came my way and /
chung on to II and two fremen came
along. ! succeeded In putting them
INTO II as well AS a woman and her
child
when the Arabic was torpedoed
messages were conveyed from the
bridge to below and the poor fellows
In the engine room. The stan re-
manned at their posts and never came
on deck. They deserve Victoria
Crosses for their courage, ! was picked
up by a patrol boat"
Capt. Finch, after being rescued. was
told that his nephew. an apprentice on
the Dunsley. was one OF the thirty
Ave OF that ships crew landed at
Queenstown.
several Killed by Explosion.
Il. Curry. assistant purser Of the
Arabic. said
The ship was struck at 9:iO and she
sank at 9:53. The torpedo hit near the
engine room and her boilers exploded,
| think several were killed.
Not the slightest warning was given.
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ished theii breakfast. but some Of them
were still In their cabins.
There was nothing approaching A
panic, and the passengers were got into
'the boats smoothly The captain was the
last man 10 leave the vessel. The ship
went down very quickly"
Most OF the passengers we're on
deck OF at breakfast when We we're
struck said Joseph q. De Lorimer.
Montreal lawyer and s~on-in-law Of a
former Canadian Minister OF Marine
Possibly ffty of the passengers were
still In their berths.
Saw Attack an the DuusI~y.
1T was about . o'clock or a little
after when several Of us sighted what
We thought was a submarine quite Il
distance To s~tarbolrd approaching a
steamer we later found out was The
Dunsley of London. while "" were
watching we caught the faint sound OF
an explosion and took IL for granted
that the Dunsley had been torpedoed
Our course was taking us over In the
the direction Of the Dunsley. We pre-
pared for a n attack at orce. The crew
ran about distributing life pre- 'erv -
and swinging out the boats.
Il adjusted my life preserver and
ran below to get a package OF impor-
tant documents. | had just returned
when ] saw a white streak rushing to-
ward the Arabic. churnirg up foam al
a great rate. Then there was IA ire
mendous explosion. The ship stopped
almost instantly. She rocked from
side to side and began to keel over.
Most OF the passengers were in the
boats in an instant and there was
not the slightest panic.
uI la rail-. had tipna IN nnaka the Last
lifeboat. We were launched successfully,
but hadn't got clear when the Arabic
half turned on her side, and her star
board quarter struck our boat. caving
In the side and throwing us into the
water.
II thought Is was all over. hut |
finally came up and swan to "A raft. |
don't now what happened to the others.
While I was clinging TO the raft l
saw another lifeboat about to sinn.
They called to me and threw me "A
hRwser. ! tied 1t around the raft and
hung partly to the hawser and to the
raft until I was picked up exhausted.
~ counted ten lifeboats pulling
away one of them filled with water
Just as IL cleared the Arabic's side
and sank. A woman, whom | later
learned was the sister of the Aiabic's
surgeon. was thrown into the water.
one OF the Arabic's sailors swan to
her and the captain of n French ship
that came to the rescue dived OF the
deck OF his vessel ard helped get her
into "A boat. II was a line piece OF
work"
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20 PASSENGERS ARE
UNACCOUNTED FOR
Two americans Lost, and
Safety Of Two Others
Is i'm Doubt.
10 ALIENS ARE MISSING

According to the latest advices re-
ceived at the White Star offices from
Liverpool last night. two Americans
Of the twenty-five who sailed on the
Arabic are lost. These are Mrs. Jose
phine s.. Bruguiere OF New York and
Or. Edmond +. Woods OF GAINESVILLE,
Wis. A despatch received early In the
evening confirmed the report Of the
safety of James Houlihan OF Phlla-
delphia and Thomas Gilmore Of New
York.
Fourteen passengers are definitely re-
ported from Liverpool as missing. and
there are Ave others about whom no
word has been heard. An indirect re-
port reached the office from the London
Embassy to the effect that Fred Burgess
and wife. the chauffeur and maid Of
Mrs. Bruguierc, who we're among the
first to be reported as survivors. had
been lost No such word had been
received officially by the line. however.
IL the report proves to be true the total
Of missing American citizens would be
four.
The twelve aliens definitely reported
as missing are:
First cabin.
English, Miss Mary. ,
Fitzgerald. Patrick.
Neave. Mrs. John II.
Tattersall. Mrs. Frank.
Randall. W. q.
Randall. Mrs. w. q.
Third Glass.
Harrington. Mrs. Mary.
Hermans. Mrs. l..
Mcmahon. Thomas.
Raddington. Mrs. Mary
sullivan. Cornelius.
Thomas, Florence.
IN addition TO these there are still
uUccounted for Miss Irene Tattersall.
whose safety. according "a last nights
despatch. was doubtful. and Ave Others
appearing on the cabin list but not ye;
reported in any despatch TO the COM
pany. These are:
Deighton or Dighton. John.
Eaton. Mrs. Mary l..
Lyons. q. W.
Negus. Mrs.
Darcy, Florence.
OF those reported as missing yesterday
morning five are nov listed among the
'Ha Nv W. l'fllNs TsiItloIt hI1u
Houlihan. William Bullivant, l.. lie
Mellleur and Miss Marie Mills.
Confirmation has also come OF the
siving OF Mrs. Kellet with her husband.
j. kellet. OF Lawrence, Mass. Mrs. KEEL
let's name did not appear on the passen-
ger list.
Up TO the time OF the closing OF the
offices at 10 as last night no word had
been heard in regard to the liner Bowie.
A cablegrim received early In the
afternoon requested the local office to
delete from the list Of cabin survivors
the names OF W. j. Randall, Mrs. Edwin
CHARLES Negus and Mrs. Mary Eaton,
and the names of Mrs. Florence Darcy,
George Lyons and John Dighton fro
the third class list. This message also
added TO the survivors the names Of
Miss Evelyn Eaton and Ellen Melia. and
stated that Edwin Charles Negus was
In a hospital In Queenstown. The name
Elizabeth Willoughby was corrected to
read Elijah Willoughby in the third
class survivors.
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several Killed by Explosion

u. Curry, assistant purser Of the
Arabic. said
THE ship was struck at 9:i0 and she
sank at 1853. The torpedo hit near the
engine room and her boilers exploded,
| think several were killed.
Not the slightest warning was given.
Most OF the passengers had just fin
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English, Miss Mary.
Fitzgerald. Patrick.
Neave, Mrs. John III.
Tattersall. Mrs. Frank.
Randall. W. g..
Randall. Mrs. W. O..
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18
SOME SOCIALISTS SEEM TO BE
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
SOCIALISTS.

Dear Sir; Enclosed find so cents
in stamps, please send me your novel
Bethany"
Lived 35 years in California. Came
hack s years ago to this country
Joined the Socialist Party Subscrib-
ed to the Appeal to Reason" paid
$500 life subscription. Then some
one asked if the Parochial Schools
world be allowed under socialism.
The appeal answered yes" that
there was no reason they shouldn't
] took issue with them on that act
and told them to stop my paper if
t. at was considered SOCIALISM," Fred
Warren got huffy and ordered my
S. 20 returned.
Now | am about in the same fix
with our friend Tichenor of the
Melting Pot" He denounces all
those who were for hanging Leo
Frank. and Of course, much as / like
his religious opinions I will order my
paper stopped. The Truth Seeker,
although leaning in favor Of Leo
Frank, didn't care to come out openly
and ] believe SO saved many sub
scriptions.
Sincerely yours,
w. c. RIOTTE.
California.
Watch the label on your paper.
DON'T let your subscription expire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-18
HEAD OF A RELIGIOUS PUBLISH
ING HOUSE, ALSO HEAD OF
a "PATENT MEDICINE"
CONCERN
CONCERN

Dear Sir: A. short time ago | was
on o deal with friend of mine, who
operates a large winery on some
islands in Lake Erie. Returning
spend a day and night with him in
Sandusky, Ohio, which is largely
composer OF a German population.
At that time they had one. saloon to
every 800 Inhabitants, the saloons
being either a beer-garden or wine7
garden. When / was there they were
having a Fair-an allround iollifica-
ton and | did not see a single man
intoxicated. l also stopped over in
Cincinnati and the same condition
was true there. Going back to San
dusky would say that several of the