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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10

Washington, Feb. 6.-Entente Dip
lomats here frankly express their
hope that the United States will not
actually enter the war
Several of the allies representa-.
tives let it be known today that they
entertained a growing fear thar Ger
many deliberately precipitated a break
with this country in order to hold
American munitions and supplies here,
thus cutting off imports to the en-
tente, probably more effectively than
any single step that the central pow
ers could take.
Immensely gratified over the break
with Germany and the moral con-
demnation thereby implied, the Dip
lomats have been surprised at the en-
ergy which the American govern
ment has shown in laying out tts
plans for eventualities and do not con-
ceal their fear that military precau-
ton may force the United States to
keep at home at least a considerable
part of supplies now going abroad.
Such an outcome, they say, would
more than compensate for q mere
break in relations from the German
viewpoint.
Even if the United States should un-
dertake to arm and equip an army for
operations in Europe, it would require
nearly year of training, it is de-
clared. In the meantime the entente
spokesmen point out that all the ef-
fort and energy that this country
might be putting forth towards the
military defeat of Germany would 60
into channels that could not lead to
that end. unless the war were rro-
longed heysnd n lelkl !
lson tbs llssss q
in case OF actual war Is the safe3
guarding OF American trade channels,
including the American end of the
route to Europe and the section down
through the Caribbean, especially to.
wards the Tampico oil fields. A great
and unrestricted submarine campaign
would make this a matter of first
Importance and provide heavy task
for the American naval forces.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10

Cessrd Sends News OF Detention.
London. Feb. ga Copenhagen dis
patch quotes the newspaper Politiken
- saying that Germany Will require
0uerantees that Ambassador Bern
sopgR and the mon on German ships
~ American ports will be- permitted
~ )pa9s the United states before al
NJ pe< Anheee edor Gerari ana oths
@ s ~ lsES g. The
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10
WAu, AMERICA NEUTRAL.
BELLIGERENTS HOPE UNITED
STATES WILL KEEP OUT OF
WAR.

Those i'm Washington Incline to BE.
lieve That for This Country to Re.
main Out OF Conflict Would be Best
for All COnccrncd-Need Munitions
Most.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10


been aboard and that some still wore
missing including two women and
several children. Lee is supposed to
have been a member of the crew, as
his name does not appear on the pas
senger list made public.
The fact that the American escaped
lessened in a degree the excitesMent
created by the news. but only In a
degree. More than a score Of mer-
chant craft have been sent to the bot
tom in the war zone within the past
"a hours, and so or more since the
German proclamation of ruthless war;
fare on the seas went into effect last
Thursday. 1t is realized that If NJ,
citizen of the United States was
among the vic ms, merely was a
fortunate accident and that it can be
only q matter of hours before Ameri-
cans are caught in such Wholesale de-
struction.
The California, which was bound
from New York for Glasgow, is the
first big passenger steamer to be de-
stroyed since the Arabia was tor
pedoed months ago. Her sinking has
about swept away the last lingering
hope here that Germany after all
would permit passenger carriers to
escape in an effort to avoid driving
the United States to hostilites.
The message from Consul Frost
came at the close Of another day de-
voted to energetic preparations for the
war regarded as virtually inevitable
and to guarding against any act by
the United States which might pre-
cipitate hostilities.
The most important step taken was
the sending Of kilograms by Secretary
Lansing formally notifying American
ship owners that the state depart
ment could not advise as to whether
their vessels should sail on voyages
through the war zone, but at the
same time stating that the rights Of
American vessels to traverse all parts
Of the high seas are the same as they
were prior to the issuance Of the Ger
man declaration, and that neutral
vessel may take any necessary meaa
ures to prevent or resent attack If
they believe it is liable to be attacked
unlawfully.
This in effect, informed American
owners that they are at liberty to arm
their ships if they desire and send
them to sea prepared to resist Ger
man aggression. The text of Mr.
IonsinG's message was not made pub
lie here for tho reason. IL was official.
" explained, that II was sent in re.
sponse to inquiries and the govern
ment desired to avoid making for
NAL announcement on the subject.
Formal Endorsement of the break
ing off Of relations with Germany was
given by the senate after q five hours
debate on Senator Stones resolution
expressing approval Of President VII
sons action. The resolution wa,
adopted by n vote of rs to s, two
Democrats and three Republicans,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10

"overnor Advises Legislature to FIX.
amino into loss nt siatc penitcn.
thry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
California Was Torleloed About re,
O'Clock Wednesday Morning.

~"AAOxAA&Ss WUS AOxkNuOci AD0ut lc0
O'Clock Wednesday Morning.
Washington. Feb. s.-The latest re-
ports on the destruction Of the pas
senger steamer California received at
the State department from Consul
Frost at Queenstown. puts the num-
Der Of survivors at one hundred and
sixty-two, the missing. at forty-one
The report says the ship was tor
pedoed without warning "Wednesday
morning about 10 o'clock. Other re.
ports from Consul Frosct say the
British ship Eavestone was also de-
stroyed without warning. This poin,
hAd not been clsarsd up by previous
a6y2oon 4 = = ~ 4 y as \
lls3'si lG s, I. - 4.
M vELvEIdNERS IN DASGER-
New York, Feb. s.--Nine pas
senger liners owned by the entente
powers. two American and one Hol-
land are today on the high seas be-
tween New York and Europe. All but
the two American and one Dutch ship,
are bound east within the danger zone.
In addition three British ships from
New York are due to arrive, but are
not reported.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10
GERARD HELD PRISONER.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND
CONSULS DETAINED DY GER.
stt MANY.

DemarAd That Guarantees be Given for
Safety OF Ambassadors Won Bern
stosn and Germans In United States
Before Americans arc Releas-
oc-An Outrageous Reflection on
the Good Faith OF the United Statcs
ard sn Insult 70 the American Pco-
pie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10
SIXTY SHIPS SUNK.
U-BOAT WARFARE PLAYS HAVOC
WITH SHIPPING. Vs.

Seven Days Of Marine Frightfulncss
Reaps Harvest of Sixty Ships Of Ag-
gresate Tonnage OF 12O,OOO-Onc
American Ship Among the Number.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10

Washington, Feb. THE q
streaNa of reports telling Of th5
struction of merchant ships by 4
man submarines was brought
climax tonight by . cablegram d
state department from Consul
at Queenstown announcing that
British passenger ,r Calif6rnid
been torpedoed ..nout warning
that an American citizen was ia1
the survivors.
Whether this will prove to- b,
overt act to drive the Unitedt 8
into war no one would attend
say tonight. President WILSON,
must make the decision, had IL
when the news came and oficIa1
not wake him. Late in the aftei
he had been informed Of a Had
from Consul Frost telling OF tho
ing of the California, but givti
details as to the warning or thel
ence Of AGiericans.
The president undoubtedly V11(
for complete reports on thai Gn|
before determining whether u
has come for him to go to ce3|
to ask authority to "use any
that may be necessary for thesr
tion OF our seamen and our
The consul's first report aa4
was lone death and 80 hospits
among the more thar 200 y
board the liner. The aecotl
no information concerning q
except that the survivors wef
At oussnstuwh ton39 81. ssi
s,Sk, x - ~ ~,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18

- ID
the soldier-son's ammunition Of
bombs and shrapnel. We know-be-
cause there is no excuse for our
not knowing, and we are not a ma
ton of fools-we know that
the safety of our sons and
ourselves and the =. whole
world depends upon our SIDE having
enough of just these three things
flour and sugar and fat. And we are
still eating our chocolate cake
Chocolate cake! Or, if not choco-
late cake, other things made OF flour
and sugar and fats. The future Oh
the world depends upon these things
and we are feasting upon them!
Perhaps we are doing it because we
like to see our families have the
things they like; perhaps we are
dojno il because we have always done
it; perhaps we are doing it because
we can afford it because we don't
see why we should GO without when
Mrs. Next-door- neighbor and Mrs
lust down-the street are still having
such things; perhaps we are having
It because we want to build up the
weight and strength Of our families
while we may-on chocolate cake OF
it's equivalents. But whatever our
reasons, oh Women of America, IN
the name of our children and ouf
children's children, in the name OF
high righteousness and our hope Of
a world at peace-go short on sugar
on flour, on fats!
Go short on the ingredients OF
chocolate cake! Substitute more
perishable things! Forego the lux
uries, the made desserts, the extra
| deEcacies.
| The sooner you do it, the more
you do it, just so much the sooner
will the world be safe once more
for peace and plenty.
Keep it in your hearts.
J See it on every order slip.
Think of it every time you go tc
| market or the telephone or into the
kitchen-This commands: go shor
on flour and sugar and fats" &c
short on the ingredients of chocolate
cake!
If you don't, that boy Of yours may
not come back!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18

nscks Of thu same useful fowl, in
fact any little odds and ends that
turn up during the days cooking and
that would be thrown away without
the haven of the pot-au-feu for their
succulent refuge.
When evening comes take off the
soup and remove the bones and such
pieces of vegetables as have been put
in only for flavor. Cut up the meat
small, and remove from it most of
the fat. Put it back in the soup, and
stand the whole where it will get
thoroughly chilled through the night,
In the morning skim carefully from
the top the sheet of fat that will have
risen. The soup should be thick and
rich. When you want to serve it
heat it quickly and pour over the
toast in each plate. Nothing else is
required to make a perfect luncheon
except a little fruit as dessert, and
for dinner it will take the place OF a
roast. With skill in seasoning you
will find it to be one of the most
delicious dishes on your menu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
T. R. UNFIT, SAYS STONE
Missouri Senator Lashes Colonies
Plan to Command Division.

In the course of the debate on the
Army bill in the Senate yesterday
Senator Stone, of Missouri, attacked
the Roosevelt amendment on the
ground that Colonel Roosevelt is un-
fit to command body OF troops be-
cause he has no respect for authority,
constitutional or otherwise" and de-
scribed the provision "as scheme,
both personal and political.
The Missouri Senator stated that he
was going to talk about the Colonel
and put what he had to say in the
Record" whether anybody liked It
or not"
Colonel Roosevelt is unfit to COM
mand, certainly a large body of men,
Senator Stone continued. "There is
nothing in his training, experience or
temperament that fits him. Mere
courage, even to the point of audacity
lis not a quality that fits a man to
control the lives safety and health
of great bodies Of men.
"Roosevelt is practically without
military training. He commanded a
regiment in the Spanish War for a
time, that is true. He led them coura,
:geously, but did not command them
with Judgment. He got his men into a
bad hole, in imminent danger of being
cut to pieces and they would have
been except for negro regiment I'M
der trained officers that came to the
rescue and saved them.
"This scheme is personal and poll
tical. 1t is smeared all over with poll
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
THE PATRIOTIC SOUP POT.
How Housewives May Conserve Their
\ Food Supplies Through its Use.

I Food Supplies Through its Use.
Our hearts have been thrilled by
the visit of Papa Joffre, with all he
represents of French heroism: cour-
age and steadfastness, says Hide
'garde Hawthorne of the Vigilantes.
Not one of us but wants to help him
win this war for freedom. And as
we look about for ways to do so, we
find that patriotism, like many anoth-
err good quality, begins at home.
1t can even begin in the soup pot!
Long before. this year of probable
scarcity and hardship for all the
world the French have been known for
their economy; not parsimony, but
strict and sweet wisdom in refusing
to waste whatever is fit and good for
human consumption. To throw away
half or a quarter o. a loaf of stale
bread would be thought crime in
France. How often have American
housewives thrown away as much
each week?
That stale loaf. in France. cut into
thick slices and toasted or Drowned
in the oven, is laid in the bottom Of
soup plates, and over it IS poured a
generous portion of the great nation
al dish Of the country, pot-au-feu. "A
better or more satisfying meal does
not exist.
And this pot-au-feu is made of
scraps and bits of food that with rs
are thrown away. Let every house
keeper in this country set up her
own pot-au-feu this year as a patriot
| ic act; as a distinct assistance to Papa
Joffre and his fighting countrymen,
as help to England in her struggle
against the U-boats, as prime effort
to do her bit behind our President.
The only requisite is an earthen-
ware pot of a size commensurate with
the family it is to feed. This must
have a tight-ftting lid, and find its
place on the range where it can cock
slowly and steadily, hour after hour
all day long.
Into this pot, as starter, goes
about two pounds of soup meat,
scored deeply across and across. Also
any bones that may be handy. Three
quarts of water cover this meat. Let
it come to a boil, skim, then add pep.
per and salt to taste and set it back
closely covered where it is to stay al
day. To it add an onion or two, peeled
and sliced. A potato or more cut up.
{ Slices and tops from any vegetables
you may be using, couple of table
spoonsful of SHREDDED parsley little
barley if you like, chicken feet that
have been parboiled and scraped
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
AIMS OF THE ALLIES
Lord Cecil Gives Effective Answer toi
Hollwegg's Angling Bait.

Lord Cecil Gives Effective Answer to
Hollwegg's Angling Bait.
London, May 1S-Good results in
Russia are looked for as the result
of Lord Robert Cecil's clarifying
speech in the house of commons this
week on the allies aims as to annexa-
tions and indemnities. 1t was stated
on authority that the speech, made
by Lord Robert in his capacity as act
ing minister of foreign affairs and
endorsed by former Premier Asqulth'
would undoubtedly result in fresh
interchange of views between all the
allies.
Summed up, the allies views as ex-
pressed by the British acting minis
ter were: All previous aims OF the
allies stand; the allies favor the Rus
sian plan of mo annexations and no
indemnities" on the understanding
this means no annexations and IN
IDENTITIES for political aggrandlze-
ment.
Annexations and indemnities may
be necessary, however, to assure the
freedom of peoples held in bondage
by the central powers, and to atone
for such acts as the invasion of Bel
GUM, France, Serbia and Poland. The
opinion expressed by press and pub
lie alike was that Lord CecIl's speech
had given the most effective answer
possible to the angling bait extended
by the German imperial chancellor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
Established 1899
II. G.. SMITH,

IIIIUT.
Ladies' Skirts, cleaned ........ soc
Ladies Suits, cleaned 81 60
Mems Suits Pressed. 4Oc
Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing and
Securing.
We call for and deliver york.
9l9 King straet, Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18

Two lighters from Baltimore were
yesterday delivered at Quantico by
the Baltimore tug Louise, and it is
stated the lighters have aboard ma
terial for the construction of the
marine training station to be estab-
lished at Quantico 1t is also stated
that these are the first of several
large lighter loads of construction
material that will be brought from
Baltiomre.
Three of the most beautiful homes
in the west end residential section Of
Danville were destroyed by fire at
10 o'clock yesterday morning, en-
failing loss Of $4,000. The fire
originated from a defective chimney,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
HOW ABOUT IT.
Are You Eating Chocolate Cake
While Others Are Starving?. Hot
2 Air Talk Will Not Win the War

While others Are oCafFlHS! uOI
y Air Talk Will Not Win the War.
The United States of America is
sat war: and :, the nation is eating
Chocolate cake says Edith Barnard
:s'Delano Of the yigilantes.
= In this war I'VE are allied with
starving Belgium; but our people
are eating chocolate cake.
In this war we are allied with
painting, suffering, lean and self-sac-
rificine France-and we are eating
chocolate cake.
Across the seas we are clasplng
hands with Mother England, and
she is telling US that her pantry
shelves will soon be empty-but we
are eating chocolate cake.
Grimly smiling Italy, Roumanla'
Serbia, and the nation of the newly
broken chains-they also are our al
lies, and they are tottering with hun
ger-and we are eating chocolate
cake.
Of course we are going to help
them; we are going to live up to the
noble phrase THAI has stirred US all
and made US hand out flags and
pin red-white-and-bl ribbons on our
coats; we really are going to make
the world safe for democracy, you
know; in fact, we talk about it quite
a good deal while we are eating our
chocolate cake.
We know that the entire world is
going on short rations, and looking
to us to feed it; we know that the
prospect for good harvest grows
poorer with every cold day; we know
that the longer the war lasts the
shorter will production be; we know
that we are all going to be taxed, in
order to buy food for this hungry,
struggling world, because its strug-
gle is ours and its hunger is going
to be ours.
And we are eating chocolate cake
But we are not ignorant; we know
that every mothers son who is fight
ing or going to fight in this war will
have to be. fed chiefly upon the non
perishable staples like flour and
sugar and fat; we know that every
ounce of those foods eaten at home
means just that much less for the
fighters. We know that mothers the
world over are giving and going tc
keep on giving their sons to this wa,
until it is won for the cause of right
eousness; and know that the rea
battlefield is now the field where
food is grown and the kitchen where
it is cooked. We know that the wal
has become an economic war, where
the household ammunition of flour
and sugar and fats count as much a:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
Mystery Surrounds Case.

Mystery surrounds the case of an
unidentified man whose body was
found in the James river near War
rem. The man, who was unusually
tall, with a black moustache, had
on only one shoe and no clothes. He
had evidently been in the water a
month or more. There was but lit
tie flesh on the body. 1t was buried
following the coroner's inquest,
which failed to reveal the mans
identity or whence he came.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18

mel, from battery 10000 feet below.
Dugans escaped unframed, and with
Edwin Parsons, of Holyoke, Mass ,
and Kenneth Mari, of San Francisco,
distributed several thousand of the
leaflets.
The Lafayette escadrille numbers -
pilots, following the arrival of John
Drexel, of Philadelphia; Charles Do
Ian, of Boston, and Dudley Hill, VINO
has just returned from sick leave
in America.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18

tics. 1t gives Roosevelt, the politician,
chance to exploit himself as the
great volunteer hero of the war. 1T
keeps everybody else out and gives
him monopoly of opportunity"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE

"The West Point of the South"
Collegiate and technical courses
combined with the rigid discipline Of
an army post.
Virginia Cadets tuition free
Lexington, Va, Gen. L. W. Nichols,
Supt. 1l5-3Gt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
PLANES SCATTER SPEECH

Wings on Machine of William Dugan
Riddled by Shrapnel
Paris, May 1S.-While scattering
President Wilson's war address inside
the German lines between Laon and
Saint Quentin, on Monday, VILLAIN
Dugan's aeroplane wings were riddled
by Krupp anti-aircraft gun shrap-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-18
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