Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-28
State Department Knows Con-
CIusiveiy That American
Lives Were Wantony TAX
en- by German U-boat.
PRESIDENT HAS NO
POWER TO DECLARE WAR
1t Is Stated by Administration
That Provision for Protect
ing Rights of Nation Is UP
to Lawmakers.

Noah'hh JOURNAL sPgThs- Gss%aD s'as'
Washington, Feh. 27.--The sinking
of the Cunarder jaconla by German
submarine WIZ stated officially TO-DAY
- constitute a Clear-cut violation OF
American rights
Conclusive official Information a.
the state department shows that two
American women lost heir ives. that
v -four other Americans among tn"
n| '"ngers and the fourteen among
ILL" rev Were saved ii was only hS
s. "a fortune. and that the vessel was
su without warning IN direct defi-
an,e of all the pgjncipes for which
the United states has stood
No WaITn. Given.
Consul Frosts reports from the sun
NlNors landed a. Queenstown and
tntry show that's the vessel was
truck by a fifst torpedo without
warning at 1880 Sunde, night, i50
miles off Fastret WI en- the steamer
was travelling It to fS knots on
her voyage from New York to Liver
pool. The engin S were stopped as
the ship listed te starboo~ ID, wireless
calls were FLASH hroad t and six
large rockets y sent up. Thirteen
h6~ts with gasaenEe I'd crew got
miles to prevent collisions IN a high
sea rolling in twelve.foot swells.
Second Torpedo Fred.
About twenty minutes after the
first torpedo, the report adds ami
while some of the boats were stIii
nearby, a second torpedo was driven
into the vessel which sank three-quar-
ters of an hour after the original at
r. h, .plt IA tr, . rtrg,ts
pitched about during the long houis
Of th night uptil rescue came up
During this trna tho two twrrlcau
women, Ms Nary T.. Hoy and Mise
Elizabeth Hoy OF chicago, died vi cE-
posure and were buried ~ sea, There
were several other ueaths. not Of
Americans
No further facts are needed by this
government. 1t was stated officially,
and no inquiry of any sort is neces-
sary in establishing the facts of the
case, Officials are entirely clear tu
their belief that Germany has com
mlttcd the act which President Will
son has said it was impossible for him
to believe she would commit.
Now TIP to- Congress.
Both White House and state de
the answer must come from congress-.
The president. they point out, asked
for authority to take steps to prevent
just such an act at the very moment
when the first news was coming over
the cables.
The text of the bill drafted by the
senate foreign relations committee to
carry out President Wilson's policy of
armed neutrality follows:
"Re it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
semblcd;
Text of Senate Bill.
THAT the commanders aud crews
of all merchant vessels of tie United
States and bearing the registry of the.
United States are hereby authorized
to arm and defend such vessels
against unlawful attacks and that
he president of thr United States is
hereby authorized quG empowered to
supply such vessels with defensive
arms, fore aud aft, and also with the
necessary ammunition and means of
making use of them: and that he be,
md is, hereby authorized aud en-
powered to employ such other in
W ''iO''hiitito anu lllSiilouo lHo'
II his judgment and discretion seer,
necessary and adequate to protect
,uch vessels and the citizens of the
nited States tn their lawful and
peaceful purs9i- 5u thn high seas.
Appropriate JI0D,000, 900.
The sum ef tIqo 0Vo,00 is here
" appropriated 20 be- expended BY
he president Of the lnited States
or the purpose OF can. M into ef-
ct the foregoing provisions, the sail
Tm to he liable until the first day
i january, ttls.
or the purpose Of meeting the
Npenditures herein authorized the
retary of the tren ury. under the
Erection of tho president is hereby
nthorized to borrow on the credit of
nc United States and 70 issue there
or bonds of The United States not OK
eding in the assrogt te 100000
90"
Then follow equations for the
ale Of the hones rirlild TO those in
he house bill. 1,Ea text of the senate
i'll concludes as follows:
THE presid NJ is authorized to
ransfer so muct. { the amount here
q appropriated ss he nay deem
ecessary. not &ysoding 81 100000,
} the bureau of w. rsk insurance.
rcated by act of Congress approved
eptember 2, 1914, for the purpose of