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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-05-16
KIDNEY


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Civil War Veteran
Fourth American
Lost withLaconia
William Eva, Mining Man,
Who Fought Under Far
ragut, Among Victims
7 Died in One Boat
Hoys Persisted from Expos
ure-Bodies Were Washed
Away by Waves

According 10 advices received from
Liverpool yesterday at the local Office
Of the Cunard Line, a third American
life probably has been added to the
passenger toll of the tcrpedoed La
COMA. the victim being William Eva
a mining promoter, of Big Pine, Cal,
and Tonopah, New. Eva was included
in the list of dead sent from London
Tuesday. This brings the total OF
American dead to four, one American
member of the crew having perlshed'
The local agents OF the Cunard Line
at once Investigated the missing pas
senrer's history and found that he was
not only an American citizen, but
marine in the United States navy at
the time of tie Civil War and had
served under Faragut
Through information procured from
the steamship agent that booked nm
TO sail on the Holland-America liner
Rvndam and, subsequently, the La
coma. il was learned that Mr.. Eva was
born in England and had come 70 TINS
country when he was three years DID,
His father became naturalized when
the bow was five and the latter was al
wavs proud of his American cltZensnip.
His lawyer, William Mitchell oil IA
Broadway, confirmed Eva's American
citizenship. Iva was scVentE-lou'
wears old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
All Women and Children
Rescued Except Hoys

Washington, Feb. 28.-A report to-
day from Consul Frost says the La
conia's lifeboat which contained Father
Dunstan Sargent and Mrs. and Miss
Hoy was racked while being lowered
and sprung a leak. II foated away,
supported by its tanks. Mr.. Frosts
dispatch says: o.,
Have separate afidavits Floyd Glib
bons. Arthur Kirby, Father Joseph
WareinQ. Mrs. Colonel Harris and Rob
crt ellis, joint affidavit fifteen Amerl-
can negroes. joint affidavit six senior
officers. Joint affidavit two survivors
boat No. and sworn memorandum
Third Officer Coppin, who conyersed
submarine.
add % American survivors two ne
groes, Marshall Hyland, 585 Broadway.
New York. and Cleveland Teak. 1913
Carowen Street, New Albany, Ind. La
COMA carried seventeen women, i've
children; all saved except Hoys. only
serious hospital case is chief engineer
who will recover
Another dispatch was received from
Ambassador Page at London, dated the
9th:
"The Admiralty informs me officially
that the Laconia was torpedoed with
out warning"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Break With u. S. a Moral
Disaster for Germany
Continued from page |

ute much or little, so much the bet
ter; if America joins, and contrib
utes, still better. But these things
will be as they may bc--the main
thing is for Britain TO prepare to do
all that Britain can.
For every British subject the
American policy az through the war
remains incomprehensible. Submis-
sion to murder, to piratical blockade
in defiance of all international law
these are things beyond the under
standing of a seafaring nation. |
shall long remember the stark in
credulity of every British subject
from the Prime Minister to the least
official person-"How can you sub
NIT to such piracy, to such murder,
to such humiliation" These are the
questions on every lip!
Some Expect Longer War
And yet, think, even in England,
the breaking off Of relations with
Germany will remain a landmark in
the history of the war. All thought
full Englishmen at the front and
back of the front recognize that the
German is still strong, and | think
the best opinion in Britain is that
the present year will hardly see an
end of the struggle or bring that
peace Vith victory Britain means
to have.
Such being the case. there is bound
to be peace talk next .utumn. There
is bound to be something akin to the
apprehension of our own experience
in the Civil War. There are bound
to be some people, not majority, not
an influential fraction, who will agi-
tate. Britain also has her organs.
And if such agitation found support
in new gestures from Washington
the task might be made harder for
those men who direct Britain's
policy and, backed by the solid, if
inarticulate, majority of the people,
mean to go forward.
Now that we have broken off rela-
tions with Germany and are submit
ting to murder, to which we may con-
ceivably cease to submit in due
course of time, it is hardly likely that
cur government will make any new
appeals to the Allies to stop fighting
the Germans-and thus, at the very
least, the peace question is we'll out
of the way. This is solid gain.
One fear, think, prevails fairly
generally in France and in Britain,
and that is lest our entrance into the
war should be followed by an en-
barge upon munitions. Should this
come we might actually help Ger
many to win the war by declaring
war upon her. Without our steel
I rance would be terribly, if not
fatally. crippled. An embargo upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

The Allies earnestly hope that the
United States will enter the war.
The Premiers of France and Great
Britain expressed this opinion to
Frederick Hale, United States Senator
elect from Maine, who returned yes
terday on the Finland, after four
weeks visit to London and Paris and
a week on the Western front
David Lloyd George, the British
Prime Minister. received me, and spoke
in the highest terms regarding the part
plaved by the United States" said Mr..
Hale. at was shortly after diplomatic
relations were severed between the
United States and Germany. lie SAID
that he earnestly hoped America would
20 into the war now that Count Won
Bernstorf had been given his pass
ports. especially because he wished
America to have a prominent part in
the peace negotiations.
BRAND Sees Moral Stimulus
"Aristide BRAND, the French Pre-
mier, speaking in behalf of his coun-
try. said that he echoed most heartily
the sentiments of Great Britain and
thought that America could accomplish
great things by her entry into the war.
~ America declares war against our
common enemy, she will afford a great
moral stimulus to the Allies, as well
as giving great practical aid BRAND
said.
although Premier BRAND did not
saw how America would be OF practical
aid, the general feeling in both Eng
land and France was that America
could accomplish great things by the
convoying Of merchant vessels through
the submarine danger zone, furnishing
credit, and, especially, by sending even
a few American troops TO the Western
front. The Stars and Stripes, flying on
the front would be crushing blow
TO the Central Powers, 1T was felt. The
moral effect against Germany would be
incalculnblc.
Both statesmen extended cordial in
vitations 10 all Senators and Congress
men 70 come abroad and visit the front.
that they may be able to shape their
opinions better and get the Allies point
OF view from across the water.
Believes Allies VIII Win
If feel confident in saying that the
United States would be equally as well
prepared now as Great Britain wag
when she entered the war" Mr. Hale
continucds
win Tia Allies b. vietoriousl"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Son of Mrs. Hoy
Demands Wilson
Punish Assassins
President Gets Cable Calling
on Him to Preserve Citi-
zens' Self-Sespect

Washington, Feb. 28.-President Will
son has received the following cable
message from Austin Y. Hoy, whose
mother and sister were lost when the
Laconia was torpedoed without warn
ing b. a German submarine:
u an an American citizen, repre-
ssnting the Sullivan Machinery Com
psny, Of Chicago, living abroad, not
as an eypatratc, but for the promotion
Of American trade. ] love the flag
believing in its significance. My be-
loved mother and sister, passengers on
the Laconla, have been foully murdered
On the high seas.
@As an American citizen. outraged,
and az s1cn fully within my rights
and as an American son and brother
brssyed, ] call upon my government
. preserve its citizens self-respect and
save other Of my countrymen from
sgeh deep grief a. / now feel. ] am
Of nihtary age, able TO Aght. If my
eogntry can use me against these
brutal agsagsins. 7 am a. IFS call.
II % stUltfcs ny manhood and my
hsiion's b. remaining passive under
outrage I shall seek mans chance
under another flag
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Mrs. Hoy Succumbed
In Arms of Daughter

Ijvcrpool. Feb. 2S.-The Rev. r.
Dunstan Sargent, of Grenada, BRUSH
West Indies, a passenger on the La
conia who administered the last rites
of the Roman Catholic Church to seven
persons who persisted, gave to-day the
following account of the death of Mrs.
Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy oil
Chicago. and Cedric P. WATT, OF Lon
don:
"Mrs. Hoy died in the arms OF her
daughter. Her body slipped on in'o
tho sea out Of her daughters weakened
arms. The heart-broken daughter sue
c,mbed A few minutes afterwsrd' and
her body fell over the side Of the boat
as we were tossed by the huge waves.
Water Up TO Knees
"In lev water UP to her knees for
,uo bours. the daughter all the time
bravely supported her aged mother Ut
ferinp words OF encouragement 10 her'
Frorn the start both were violently sea
sick which. coupled with the cold ana
exposure, gradually wore down IhcIl
strength. They were brave women -.
"The first to die in our boat was W..
Irvine Robinson, of Toronto, After
his BODY had been consigned to the
sea we tossed about for an hour, get
ting more and more water until me
gunwales were almost level with the
sea. -;
"Then Mr.. Ivatt, who was not physi-
.callv strong, succumbed in the arms
of his fiancee, who was close beside
him. irving in vain to keep him warm
NV throwing her wealth Of hair about
his neck. Even after he died she re-
fused to give him up, and although the
additional weight made the situation
more dangerous for US all we yielded
10 her pitiful pleading and allowed her
10 keep the body. 1t was taken aboard
the rescuing patrol. from which 1T was
hurled. The burial aboard the patrol,
II which | ofiicated. was a solemn and
memorable ceremony.
In Boat Ten Hours
"The Hoys were the next to pass
2way after Mr. Ivatt. Then fireman
died. and later two others Of the crew
who were too thinly clad to resist eN-
posure. Altogether we were IN the
boat ten hours. We were rescued m
the middle Of the morning"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
A Guarantee

NTOU want just one thing in the clothes you buy;
I if YOU get that it's enough You want to be
satisfied with them.
guarantee" doesn't mean much unless 1t means
that and when we guarantee our cothes that's what
it
We use none but al-wool fabrics the best OF other
materials; skilled craftsmanship we design styles to
exnress the good new fashion-ideas; we make models
TO fit all sizes and shapes of men, And we guarantee
satisfaction
Every merchant who sells our clothes is authorized
to make such guarantee, and make good on it; it
covers everything about clothes that may satisfy or
dissatisfv: fabrics ft coors tailoring, value for the
nrce There are no reservations or exceptions.
Look for the label
Ou label il otns is the this be
it buy. If isn't there the clothes
are not A smnthmg o look big thing to find
Hart Schaffner & Marx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Red Tape Made
Afric a Target
For Submarines
Boat Forced to Halt at Port
Entrance, Within Quar-
ter of a Mile of Safety
ADVERTISEMENT

When the White Star liner Afrio was
,,,nssoed of Plymouth on the morn
ire of February a, with the loss of
seventeen lives. safety was only a
suarter mile away.
The big vessel arrived off the har-
nor on the evening of the 18th. She
foB,d IFS mouth blocked by red tape.
plymouth was "a closed port after
,;sb,fall bv order Of the Admiralty,
tbs authorities said They also d.
,scted that she anchor just outside and
Wait for daylight before she entered.
So the I1.qqq-ton ship the second
largest 10 90 down during the U-boat
campaign waited and was destroyed.
This is the story which officers oil
the American liner Finland brought TO
New York yesterday. II has never
bsen published In England, they said.
The censors will not permit 1t, for the
ruth might give rise TO an invosuga-
ION which would cause the court mar
tai Of the law-abiding officials OF
Plymouth.
The Afric was a frcighter. She was
SLOW and urvleldv, but she blundered
down from Liverpool TO Plymouth on
February IS. without mishap. Her
good luck led her to the harbor mouth
and there deserted her.
An night long she waited at anchor.
She was a far mark for any submarine,
and one came swimming down at $3.50
in the morning, saw her and sank her.
Al sunrise the next morning the port
Of Plymouth was declared open again,
but ONLY a scattered litter Of driftwood
marked where the Atric had waited.
The Afrc was the property OF the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company.
subsidiary Of the White star Line. Be
fore the war she wa5 In the Liverpool.
Gene Town and Australian service, but
when the conflict began she was COM
Wandered by the British government.
She was essentially a freighter, but
she also carried accommodations for
$40 nassengers-all second class. She
was completed IN Belfast in 1899.
Before she was sunk, the last record
hows that he sailed from Cape Town
on Deem Der O..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

with this American act the last
thought of peace vanished. The de-
cision had already been made, but
the American action had the value Of
an omen, Of a sign. Herein lay its
chief injury for Germany. Even
America, in spite Of all her efforts,
could not live on terms Of smity with
Germany-and this very greatness
OF the effort magnifed the impor-
lance Of the result.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

arms and munitions would seriously
injure Russia.
There are those who believe that
the German course was dictated by
this consideration, but | think they
are few. On the other hand, there
are not a few who are anxious lest
this thing happen, since it would
have such deplorable results.
/ have said that Mr.. Lloyd George
told both Senator Hale and myself
that he would welcome the entrance
of the United States into the war
and the appearance Of the United
States in the council of the Allies. |
believe that NJ. BRAND expressed the
same view to Mr.. Hale, but ] saw
the French Premier at an earlier
date and before relations were
broken off. Then he talked about
France and the peace proposals, and
| shall refer to his comments later,
when | come to discuss the question
of peace, as France and Britain dis
cussed and dealt with it.
Welcome United States in Council
Despite all opposition-and there
would be opposition am satisfied
that America will be welcomed as All
ally in conference as in battle. |
am convinced that France and Brit
ain, the liberal nations of the West
of Europe, would see in American
entrance moral value, whatever the
material advantage might be, and |
an: convinced that until that time
comes, if it comes, the policy of the
United States will remain incompre-
hensible to Britain and to France
and our isolation will increase in
proportion as our policy adheres to
a Chinese course.
As to the view Of Americans in
Europe, recall the all-sufficing COM
ment of one who had been in Paris
steadily since the invasion of Bel
GUM:
at has been the first day when it has
been comfortable to meet my French
friends" he remarked on the Sun
dav when all Paris was talking of
the severance of diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany:
Moral Disaster for Germany
In sum, and think this is by all
odds the most important aspect, the
severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany was a moral disaster
for Germany. 1t silenced the busy
il inconsiderable group of pacillsts
in Britain and France. It gave new
determination to those men-thc
millions quite as much as the few
leaders-who are determined TO fight
the war to victory because they see
no other way to abolish German
'torribleness" and protect the gen
erations which are to come from the
tragedy which Germany has brought
upon them.
I'VE have known over many long
and bitter months what Germany has
meant to the world, but even Amer
lea sees it now" so the masses of
Frcnchmen and Britishers said. And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
U-Boat Killed Serb General

Nice, Feb. 2s.-The family OF the
Serbian general lila Goikovitch, who
are living here, were officially in
formed yesterday that the general lost
his life when the Italian transport
Minas was torpedoed on February l.
The Serbian colonies Drsgoutin,. Dcu.
Itch and Milan Ristitch persisted at
the same time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Lloyd George and BRAND
Hope i. S. viii Enter War
Premers Tell Senator-Eect Hale That American troops
Would Be Great Moral Stimulus-See Big Help
in u. S. Conveys and Credit

"The British bulldog has set his jaws
on Germany, and nothing can pull him
of until the war is won. The spirit
of France is equally as fine, and equally
determined that there shall be no peace
without victory"
Senator Hale told his personal cxpe-
riences on the battle front. 81 visited
the French front at Compeigne. not far
from Scissors, and the British front at
Ypres.
"At Ypres it was impossible TO go
into the British trenches. which we're
undergoing violent bombardment.
Even i'm Ypres itself the shells were
passing continually overhead, which, TO
say the least. was far from a comfort
able feeling.
Stopped Under Shell Fire
AS our automobile was leaving
Ipres. going TO the rear, the engine
became overheated and the water cool
ing tank boiled over. There was moth
ing 10 do but to stop in the middle Of
the road, which was being shelled.
After threc-quarters Of an hour wait
we proceeded on our way, none the
worse for our experience, except rather
frightened.
"The shells the Germans were using
we're Of large calibre, and as they
passed above our heads they made
ripping, tearing screech, which was
anything but comforting in that de-
serted town Of ruins. Two weeks pre-
vious everyone had been orde red to the
rear as German bombardment was
expected.
"While we were standing in the cen
trail market place a convoy Of British
wounded were brought in from the
first line trenches. where they had been
resisting the enemy's attack. Most Of
them tried 10 smile, although they
we're suffering intense pain, some even
asking for cigarettes.
All Are Confident
Everywhere | found only the ut
most confidence among officers and
men. There was no talk OF peace with
out complete and crushing victory.
The British have enough shells and
guns 20 carry out any offensive they
may undertake. There was tremen-
dous activity on all sides, evidently in
preparation for a great offensive"
Senator Hale was then asked regard
ing economic conditions in England
and France, and especially the effect
Of the submarine war.
'As far as | was able TO remayS from
personal observation and from actual
experience. ! should say tat the sub
marine campaign had no appreciate
effect" he answered. There is plenty
Of food both in England and France,
and prices are so regulated that IL is
within the means OF all. In France
there is noticeable shortage Of coal.
which | understand will be remedied
soon By boatloads from Great Britain"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01


U-Boat Seen as Factor
think the reason for the general
feeling that America must come in,
so far as it exists in England, and
no one expressed it to me more
cmphatically than Sir William Rob
ertson, the chief of staff, was the
recognition of the seriousness Of the
German submarine campaign. Far
more clearly than the French, the
British have perceived the deadly
menace of the submarine campaign
for the Allies, and, perceiving it, they
are satisfied that no respect for
American lives will deter the Ger
mans from carrying their campaign
to the extreme limit.
found no belief in Britain that it
would be possible for America to
organize. equip and transport armie,
to the European front in time to
contribute to the decision, although,
again, it was the Prime Minister who
expressed the conviction that thou
sands of American volunteers would
flock to the Allied cause and serve
either in British or French armies
under the American flag, but COM
manded-as to higher officers-by
the British or the French army
chiefs.
Where America Could Aid
What the British felt was possible
was that America would be able, by
Selling German shipping in Ameri-
can ports, to contribute to mitigating
the severity of the German subma-
rine blockade, and by giving the
Allies credit simplify and accelerate
the financing of the war. Some slight
help in the shape of conveys for mer-
chant ships sailing under the Ameri-
can flag, but carrying munitions and
foodstuffs, was also suggested.
But i'm the main ! think London
has few illusions as to the material
benefits to flow from American par
tlcipation in the war, and there is a
profound suspicion that in some way
or other method will be found by
the President to avoid coming in
that is, effectively.
The simple truth is that the Brit
ish have put aside almost all the illu-
sions that they had in the earlier pc
Rod of the war. They do not expect
t. starvc the Germans to death, how
ever much discomfort and privation
their blockade may cause. They no
longer expect that Germans will rise
against their own government and
welcome their enemies as liberators,
nor do they longer pin any faith TO
the old ideas OF Anglo-SaXon solidar-
ity, however pleasant to them is the
sympathy and support Of their
American friends.
Expects TO Win by Fighting
England Britain, the Empire-eX-
poets to win the war by fighting, by
killing Germans on the Western bat
tlefront. She is making her prepare
tions not for one but for several
years of war. II Russia, or Italy,
or even heroic France, whose contrl-
button and devotion find only praise
and admiration, are able to contrib
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Law Not Sunk by Austrians

Warrington, FEB. 28.-It has been
officially ,abl.shed that the American
schooner Lyman ". Law was not sunk
~ an A1str0-HunRarian submarine. II
nov is assumed that the submarine
rust have been German or possibly
Turkish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

pressing invitation, Come back in
Khaki"
U-Boat Seen as Factor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-14
PERSONALS.

F. +. Niven of the TTolderness tn- dcrtaking company went 10 Dumas last night on professional business.
 H. II. Humphrey was in attendance upon the annual meeting of the Ar kansas Engineering society, which closed a two-day session last evening at Little Rock.
 Robert Malley is reported progress ing nicely at the Cotton Belt hospital at Texarkana. where he is receiving treatment for badly mashed foot.
 Attorney s. M. Levine and Attorn- ey Arthur Triplett will be among the Pine Bluff folk who will take in the annual Mardi Gras festivities at New Orleans next week.
 w. F. Ewing of Malvern spent yes terday in Pine Bluff the guest of MT. and Mrs. w. T. Glenn.