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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01
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I.ynchburg Va. May 3l-A tele-
gram was received in the city last
evening bR-Mr+ and Mrs--SamIal- E.
Armistead. announcing the marriage
Of their daughter. Alene Williams
Armistead to Mr.. Charles NJ Watts,
botn OF this city, which, occurred at
the Metropolitan Methodist church,
Washington. n c., yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01

The Ohio Medical association,
meeting in convention at Springfield,
went on record unanimously as favor
ing nationwide prohibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01

u Mrs r. C. l.. Moncure. OF Newport
X9ws, is slowly improving under
14ontment al Grace hospital. in this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01

Bernard Booker has returned to his
I1osne In Newport News for the sum
II. after having attended the INT
1Gdsea44E- Of Virginia the mast term.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01

E Al engagement OF interest IN TITS
~em1e, whore the bride vas educated,
0 recently ANNOUNCED in Column bia,
r. ~ Miss Maysie Sloan Lyles. young
- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. william
9Enyresworth LyIes, of Columbia, VIII
fRed John SproIe Lyons. Jr., chaplain
IA the First Sout1 Carolina infantry
"a June a1.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01
Invitations Issued.

~. Thcophilus Lafayette Lyman,
Newport News, has issued invita-
- to the marriage of her dangh-
Anne Ward. TO Alvin FRANCIS
n1n, formerly of RichmI nd. now or
EG1tpOrt News. The ceremony Will
|Gko place in St eaufs Protestant
|En1ocopal church, Newport News,
l8knrday, June =, at 7:3o o'clock In
~ Aveninx
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28

Washington, >Feb 28-Four American consus detained in Germany while the Berlin awaits official advces that all German consus this country ddered South America have been permitted to proceed.
 The German governments action based circumstances that through of the United States detained Consul Mueller in Havana Cuba while he his from Atlanta to Quito, Ecuador
 The American consuls detained in Germany
 Consul Henry A. Damm transferred from Aachen Har- put Turkey Consul John O. Wood transferred from Chemnz to Messna Vice Consul Wallace transferred from transferred from Mannheim to Constantnople.
 Two notes have been received from the German govern ment the subject the first week ago. charging that the United States had detained Mueller Havana and the second today asking for reply to the first and containing statement charges that American consu and their departing from Germany had been subjected ondgnie It added that Mueller had been allowed proceed consuls could go
 That the German government has been misinformed gardng Consul Mueller and other German eonsus formerly toned the United States is rtan The departure of has been hindered by this government. s&r* s~er
 Mueler through fault of the United States, forced remain Havana longer than he at first thought would be and he cabed Beren that he detained her The is believed to have taken this that the United States responsible for the detention As Mueller forced remain Havana because temporary lack of transportation and failure to receive ports from the Ecuadorean government Having made his the former German consul in Atlanta left Havana for his post several days ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Joy Riders Caught :
 With Auto They Stole

Charged with stealing a small tour- ing car, the property of l.. w. Brown, of 4344 Main street, from Cannon street. last evening, where the owner left it to to transact business iTs a nearby block, five young men were arrested late last night in Stamford and brought back to Bridgeport to- day.
 As soon as theN car was reported stolen the detective bureau notlhed every city in the state to which for the machine numbered 47,69S. A Stamford policeman sighted the ma chine and ordered the party to halt. Three of the youths jumped out and fled. the officer arresting Clarence Mullin, of Milford and George Burns, of 369 Kossuth street, who occupied the front seat.
 Later William Hall, of New York, Fred Beck of South Norwalk, and John .A-1roski, living in Melon street, his .4 were rounded up. The po- ice s~p,<1 the young men stole the machine to take a joyride.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Henry Irving Beers
 Cousin of Judge A.
 B. Beers Dies in Pa.

Henry Irving Beers, cousin of Judge A. B. Beers of this city, and we'll known in Ridgefield, where he was born, died at his home in Oil City, Pa., on Thursday, aged S7 years. MT. Beers had long been a prominent res ident of Western Pennsylvania. He was the son of Cyrus Beers of Ridge field.
 When fifteen years old he left his fathers farm and went to New York to work as a clerk. At the outbreak of the gold excitement in California he sailed for the Pacific coast. In San Francisco he opened @ resta urant later going into the real estate busi. ness. Later the firm, with Washing ton Bartlett, afterwards governor of California, became the owners and publishers of the True Californian, which they ran for two years.
 In 1859 Mir. Beers came to New York to manage that end of the busi- ness. Under the name of Beers &5 Davies. MT. Beers later became in terested in Oil City He was vice pres ident and director for many years of the First National bank in that city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
PRIEST HERO AS LIFEB0AT IS SWAMPED
Takes Turn at Railing and Rowing As Boatload of Laconia Survivors is Nearly Capsized by Heavy Seas After Spring Leak. Lays Aside His Oars to Ad- minister Last Rites of the
 Church to Seven Who
 Perished-Tells Dramatic Tale of Awful Sufferings.

Liverpool, Feb. 28-The Rev. F. Dunstan Sargent of Grenada. British West Indies, a passenger on the La conia who administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic church to seven persons who perished, gave to the Associated Press today the fol- lowing account of the death of Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago and Cedric P. Watts of Lon don:
 Mrs. Hoy died in the arms of her daughter. The body slipped off into the sea out of her daukhter's weak ened arms. The heart-broken daushS ter succumbed a few minutes after ward and her body fell over the side of the boat as we were tossed by the huge waves.
 'In icy water up to her knees for two hours, the daughter all the time bravely supported her aged mother, uttering words of encourag cement to her. From the start both were vio- lentIy seasick, which, coupled with the cold and exposure, gradually wore down their courage. They were brave woIf1en.''
 After a pause Father Sargent con- tinued:
 'The first to die in. our boat was w. Irvine Robinson, of Toronto. Af- ter his body had been consigned to the sea we tossed about for an hour, getting more and more water until the gunwales were almost level with the sea.
 When MT. Ivatts, who wasf not nh 11xy ctr arms of his fiancee, who was close beside him trying in vain to keep him warm by throwing her wealth of hair about his neck. Even after he died she refused to give him up and al- though the addition weight made the situation more dangerous for us all, we yielded to her pitiful pleading and allowed her to keep the body. It was taken aboard the rescuing pa trol, from which it was buried.
 'The burial aboard the patrol, at which I officiated, was a solemn and memorable ceremony.
 "The Hoys were the next to pass away after MT. Watts. Then fire man died and. later two others of the crew whO<were too thinly clad to re- sist exposure. Altogether we were in the boat 10 hours. We were rescued in the middle of the morning."
 Father Sargent said his boat was badly damaged on being launched and immediately began to leak. Owing to the heavy waves they were unable to attract the attention of the other boats or to transfer the passengers. At the start their boat had three feet of water, which increased steadily the efforts of every one to bail it out. Father Sargent was hard at work at the oars and at bailing, pausing to administer the last sa crament when his ministrations were required.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Mother and Sister
 Killed On Laconia,
 Hoy Makes Protest

Washington, Feb. 2S-President Wilson has received the following cablegram from Austin Y. Hoy, whose mother and sister were lost when the Laconia was torpedoed without warn ing by German submarine
 'I am an American citizen, repre- senting the Sullivan Machinery oC. of Chicago, living abroad, not as an expatriate, but for the promotion Of American trade. I love the flag, be- lieving in it's significance. My be- loved mother and sister, passengers on the Laconia have been foully mur- dered on the high seas
 .'As an American citizen outraged and as such fully within my rights and as an American son and brother bereaved, I call upon my government to preserve it's citizens self respect and save others of my countrymen from such deep grief as I now feel.
 lam of military age, able to fight. If my country can use me against these brutal assaSsinS, I am at its call
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
WAR WITH U. s. IS |MMINENT, ~ BELIEF IN BERLIN FOLLOWING
 CHANCELLoR'S FIERY ADDRESS

United States severed relations
 "brusquely'' is reviewed as too absurd for discussion. It has been pointed
 out that the American correspondence had plainly threatened such action; that Count vonA Rernstorff had said for several days before hand that he
 expected to be dismissed, and that the German government had shown it's realization of the coming break by sending out orders to disable it's mer-
 chant ships in this country.
 It also was pointed out that while the United States delayed three days in taking the action it had clearly fore shadowed in several notes, Germany put into effect it's campaign of ruth lessness on eight hours notice after months of assurances that she had no intention of taking such step.
 The statement that Germany in her Sussex note reserved new course of action is declared wholly unjustified. The United States specifically refused to accept that condition, and. in de- fault of any reply from Germany was justified in believing that Germany ad- hered to her point of view. In diplo- macy the last note between two na- tions is the binding note and stands in all particulars until denied by one or the other.
 The chancellor's complaint that he had received only Reuters dispatches and a verbal st" tement to the foreign minister as to the causes of the break recalls that note setting out the req sons for the action of the United States was handed to Count von Bern, storff with his passports.
 The statement condemning Presi- dent Wilson for announcing an em- bargo on arms to Mexico and not to Europe was dismissed as both absurd and incorrect. The cases are held to be in no way parallel, as Mexico was in civil war. Lta
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
PETITIONS FROM SUFFRACISTS ON WAY TO OBLIVION Senator Tells Legislators Funny Story and This !. Does the Trick. MILITARY BILL IS
 PASSED BY HOUSE Senate Bans Marriages By Man Who Issues the Lii
 censes to Wed.
-(Special to The Farmer }

Ha4tford, Feb. Suffrage .advo- cates in Connecticut may blame the late Mark Twain if they get no action on the 52 petitions introduced in the Senate today.
 Senator Barnes of Norwich told the legislators story which he attributed to the Aumorist, and got them in such mood that they reversed a former action at his request.
 Under the state law anyone may petition the legislature, and accord inglyl the su8ragists sent the Senate 52 petitions, the same which were referred by Speaker Healy of the House to the conhmittee on woman suffrage. This ruling caused some contention in the House. Today Wilson. presiding in the Senate, referred the petitions to the same committee.
 Senator Barnes, who is Senate chairman of the committee, said he was not in favor of this action. He told the stofy of Mark Twain, who on receiving a jar of peaches in brandy said he didn't care much for the, peaches, Ibut he appreciated the spirit in which they were given.
 This drew a laugn, unOer cover or which he appealed the ruling of the and moved that it be re- considered. On a vote, it was decided to refer the petitions to the committee on judiciary.
 Senator Barnes said he had been in California, and there he had seen na- vel oranges, but, he declared, Califor- nians had not yet succeeded in devol- oping a navel lemon. The lemon, he said, had been sent to the committee on juidiciary and he said, as long as the committee had received the lemon, why not give them the seeds along with it.
 The petitions referred to woman's right to vote on excise matters
 As a result of the petitions being in the hands of two committees, is is un- likely they will be heard from again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28

AS reported Dy IIlo I1OuSc COl1Ll1llIIOO the biu would read:
 The president of the United States be, and is hereby authorized and em- powered to supply merchant ships, the property of citizens of the United States and bearing register of the United States with defensive arms and also with the necessary ammuni- ton and means of making use of them in defense against unlawful attack; and that he be, and is hereby author Eed and empowered to protect such ships and the citizens of the United States agaihs unlawful attack while in their lawful and peaceful pursuits on the high seas.''
 This eliminates the provision which would authorize the president "to en- ploy such other measure and instru- mentaaities as in his judgment seem necessary and adequate"
 The bill would provide the $100, 900, ,000 bond issue and authorize the president to transfer some of the funds to the war risk insurance bureau, but con- tains this phrase prohibiting ilsur- ar1ce of munitfon ships:
 Said bureau of war risk insurance shall not insure any arms or alnnruni- ton or any vessel carrying arms and ammunition consigned to beIigerent countries or any citizen thereof"
 MT. Flood said this provision would permit the ar1ning and .protecting of munition ships but would not permit their insurance by the government. The administration contends that >mu- hilton ships as we'll as any others are protected by international law against ruthless and unwarned destruction with sacrifice of life.
 q The bill reported yesterday by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Chancellor's Speech
 Rouses Indignation
 Among U. $. Officials

Washington, Feb. 2S-Surprise bor- dering on indignation was voiced here officially today over Chancellor von Hollweg's speech to the Reichstag.
 State department officials were sur prised that the chancellor should seek further to confuse the German American situation with a series Of statements which they say are oppos- ed to the most obvious events of re- cent history.
 The chancellor's statement that the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
U-B0AT
 TORPEDOED U. &,
 SH|P, IS REPORT

Corunna, Spain, Feb. 2S.-James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Berlin, sailed yesterday on the steamer Infana Isabel for Havana. The steamer is expected to reach that port March or g.
 MT. Gerard was escorted to his boat by the mayor of Corunna, in place of the governor, who is sick; the British vice consul and the Cuban consul The lnfanta Isabel was filled to. capacity, carrying 750 in the steerage
 William H. Gale, formerly consul general in Munich, arrived here yes terday and with difficulty obtained passage on the Infanta Isabel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
FULL POWER ASKED BY PRESIDENT CUT
 IN HOUSE MEASURE.

Washington Feb 28-The situation congress fell into ange again today and the prospects that there would be extra session not promising as they last night
 The house foreign affair committee reported the bill to the president protect American rights against the Ger menace with changes that unwecome to the ad ministration
 declined make provision the president "oher which he desires prohibited giving ernnent war insurance to muniton ships.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Warehouse Would Rescind Privilege
 of Connecticut Co
(Special to The Farmer. l

Hartford, Feb. 2S-Representative Morehouse of stratford, has before the railroad committed resolution calling for resembling the right of the Connecticut Go. to lay tracks in Judson place and Elm street, Strat- ford. The right was granted the Connecticut Co. on the assumption that the town would not grant permis- sion for double tracks in East Broad way Now that the latter permission has been allowed, MT. Warehouse rec ommends resembling the former privi- lege.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28

Senate foreign relation committee is practically agreeable to the president. The two measures may be reconciled in some way although the president has given notice that he expects no material changes.
 Prospects of a Republican filibus- ter loomed up again i'm the Senate.
 Senators, who today began to in- sist on free and full'' discussion of all measures, openly assert that the reason for their course is to force an extra session of congress.
 The major part of the Republican opposition apparently does not lie dent broad powers to deal with the submarine situation, though there are probably half dozen senators on the minority side opposed to it either on principle or because they regard it as too sweeping in character.
 Senator Watson, Republican, Indi- ana, who was prominent in engineer ing the filibuster against the revenue bill, said today that many Republi- cans would not oppose granting the president merely the power to arm merchant ships and provide funds for that purpose, but were decidedly averse to authorizing him to use "other instrumentalities."
 Tn order to assure passage of the emergency revenue bill the Senate financeI committee has practically agreed to withdraw all it's amend ments when time for voting begins at 8 o'clock tonight. This would obviate any necessity for a confer ence and the bill could go to the president after the Senate votes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Police Suspicious That Sud den1 Death of Frank NHumphreys, Visitor From Cambridge May Have Been Caused By Persons Who Sought to Rob Him. Coroner Notes Possibility of Foul Play and Turns Case Over to Detectives
 Neighbor of Dead Man Heard Loud Talk in Front of House.

Believed to have been mur- dered and robbed as he stepped from the front door of the resi- dence at 2i55 Seaview>s avenue, where he had obtained 8 room yesterday morning, Louis M. Humphreys, of 45 Cedar street, Cambridge, Mass, was found at 1:1O o'clock this morning by a Remington Arms guard, lying face downward in the gutter, in pool of blood.
 Easing their suspicion that Humphreys was murdered on the story told by Miss Lillian May, who heard Humphreys leaving the house at about 1 o'clock and later heard men ar- guing in angry tones, the police are seeking several men with whom Humphreys had been drinking earlier in the night.
 Humphreys came to this city yester- day from Massachusetts with William f pair hired a room at 2156 Seaview avenue, intending to work in the Rem ington Arms shops. The pair in- ended coming here two months ago but Humphreys, who suffered from a weak heart, was i'll.
 Last night the pair were drinking in a number of different barrooms with three men. They returned to ] their room about midnight. Hum phreys wanted to go out again and in- sisted that his roommate accompany him.. Cunning demurred and his com panion left the house alone about l o'clock.
 Miss Lillian May, a roomer in the house with Humphreys heard him walk downstairs and leave through the front door. The next thing she remembers she heard, men arguing outside the house in angry tones. Rem ington Arms guards found Humphreys 10 minutes later lying face downward in the gutter, outside thehouse. His head was cut and he had bled pro- fuse1y.
 Acting Medical Examiner E. Fitz- gerald was immediately summoned and made a superficial examination of the body. Today he admitted to a Farmer representative that the case was one which the police should inves- tigate.
 T have not finished my investiga ton. The man may have been the victim of foul play. I can only state that have not finished with the case and the police are Investigating it, said pr. Fitzgerald.
 Humphreys, according to Cunning, has been sufferer from heart. trou- ble for some years and may have been stricken, when he left the house, with heart failure brought on by a1- cohol, falling with such force to the street as to cause him to bleed.
 Capt. E. o. Cronan who is superin- tending the investigation of Hum phreys' death. stated today that three Remington Arms guards, including the men who found him lying dead, were standing across the street from the house in which Humphreys room ed, from midnight until the body was discovered.
 They assert they heard not the slightest sound of any quarrel and did not see anyone fleeing from the scene or any group of men talking.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28

Berlin, Feb. 2S. via London-The prominence that Chancellor Won Bethmann-H -Hollweg gave in his ad- dress to the Reichstag yesterday to discussion of relations with the United States is regarded here as indicating his purpose to prepare the German public for the eventuality which IS looked forward tof in many quarters. There was much confusion of opinion and prophecies on this point yester- day, on account of the continued ab- sence of authenticated news from Washington as well as, the reports that are received in regard to the state of public opinion in America. The German press continues to serve up fragmentary but sensational bulle- tins indicating feverish war prepara- tions in the United States.
 At this hour it might be said that a. declaration of war from Washing ton would find the German mind pre- pared for it. Less of a ripple would be caused than by Rumania's entrance to the war, and Americas entrance to sthe war would likely to meet with a stoical reception, so far as the peo- pie at large are concerned.
 Amsterdam, Feb. 28-The Berlin correspondent of the Handelsblad saws that the chancellor read from that portion of his speech dealing with America and submarine warfare and that his audience ap- peared to take only slight interest in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
MRS. WHEELER HONORED
Especial to The Farmer )

Hartford, Feb. 2S-Gov. Holcomb today appointed Mrs.. Samuel H. Wheeler of Fairfield, one of the dele gates to attend the national confer ence on child labor to be held in Ball. timore, March 23 to 25. Carl Sturr- hahn of Hartford, is the other. N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Military Bill Is
 Approved In House
(Special to The Farmer ]

Especial to The Farmer.)
 Hartford, Feb. 2S-Under a sus- pension of the rules, the House today passed the amendment to the military bill in concurrence with the Senate, and the bill was ordered sent imme- diately to the expressing clerk. House Chairman Rudd had urged that as a preparedness measure, the bill should be passed at once\
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
WILSON RECEIVES PROTESTS

Washington, Feb. 2S-President Wilson received two groups of paci- ficists who oppose the steps he pro- roses- in dealing with Germany. The first was headed by Miss Jane Ad- dams. The other was led by Amos Pinchot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
Marrying Justices
 Hit By Amendment Adopted By Senate
fsnecia1 to The Farmer1

Especial to, The Farmer) 2
 Hartford, Feb. 28.-The Senate to- day passed the proposed amendment, Section 453S of the General Statutes, whereby persons who issue marriage licenses may not perform the marriage ceremony.
 This will affect Clarence E. Wint6n, who is assistant town clerk in Bridge port, and whose salary has been con- siderably augmented by fees for wed- dings.