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WEATHER. | & 4 ^ /% "k?if "From Pre*a to Home
Rain tonight and probably tomor- / 1 A a a a T ^ a . _ .^^^7 4| r ^ (PW71
k colder mod- M ^/ ^ A. a A. ^ B )?(
> II HI/ Jlrll f/MTll If ^ST^YT^ ffl " "W the Hoar?
? ^ijv ^heiuuu siar. . it.
CLOSIXf* XEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 14. ^e 1?1?. I>*!ty *? " . *WMl Iwitr. S7.4SK
- \,x L'lVJToT WASHINGTON. D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 27. 1916?EIGHTEEN PAGES. * ONE CENT.
GERMANY IS TO GIVE
SATISFACTION TO U. S.
IN AFFAIR OF SUSSE)
* Disavowal and Punishment of Com
i if ii. c_.i t
manaer, ir ner ouomarine iurpedoed
Channel Vessel.
OFFICIALS HERE AWAIT ALL FACTS
BEFORE TAKING ACTION IN MATTE]
Prior to Assurances of German Reparation, Situation Ha
Been Described as Exceedingly Grave-Every Effort
Is Being Made to Obtain Details.
It was stated authoritatively here today that should it be show
that a German submarine attacked the Sussex. Germany would di
avow the act. offer reparation, punish the submarine command*
L and satisfy the United States that the act was in violation of ir
structions.
It was also stated authoritatively that the German ambassado
Count von Bernstorff. was mainly responsible for the recent retiri
rnent of Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, who is understood to have bee
eliminated because of his views on submarine warfare after Count vo
Bernstorff had made certain recommendation to the imperial char
cellor. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
TAKE GRAVE VIEW OF SITUATION.
\nicrican uttivials view the submarine situation as taking n
a-ptvt? .if much gravity. The possibility of breaking off diplomat
relation- with Germany i- being discussed again a- one of tf
| i entuaHtics which are expected to follow if it is -Ivmn that t!
steamers Sussex and Englishman were victims of submarines.
Ifhrtals ?av thev are examining all the facts at hand with ope
minds, and can come to no conclusion before thev have addition;
information, but there is an undercurrent of uneasiness over the po:
sibility that < lerman submarines have renewed their activities again:
pa~senger-carrying ships in violation of the assurances given to tf
nited States.
Officials Guard Expressions. I -Samuel F r>?mis. P. \v .'ulhertsnnTa
] Vmerican survivors of the Sussex, wt
x nilii' i -stratlon offtoials refra.nea j nave thus far given their evidence i
to*-. f-' in mah't-a definite statements i embassy. substantially agree up.!
the following facts:
a' to future action or from having any I
r - * re statement an out with the Facts They All AgTee Upon.
sanot on of t.einc uffli ial. hut there was "Explosion under how of Sussex 01
... . . rurred at aiiout :t o'clock In the nftei
p.. concealing that everywhere the ; . .
i noon tif the 24th instant, approximate]
re. mat mi. was regarded as very in the middle of the channel. Nolan
d' ate The impression was general at the time in sight, sea perfectly ca!r
, . . ... "Weather clear. Manv of the passer
fa- ,f it sh'-uid be established that the nr?,,i r ? . . ?
gets endea\ ored at. once to get ml
were victims of submarines. and lifeboats, of which there were six. wit
estimated carrying- capaeitv of twent\
F're?dent Wilson derided to take a'tion five to each, hut considerable difficult
he .. i it Id first consult Congress. was encountered in lowering the hoa'
I to th?- water.
r f government has some deft- ; Two of these boat? capsized soon af
r e ait.fin t whicii to take steps, the i sti Iking the water, from which
. . cir number of people were thrown out ar
I B M c beclouM : ? *ck believed to haVe been drowned,
i! .-tion o* hv conflicting statements. i "One of these boats filled with pa
\ iner .'-an consular officers and *the J sengers 'lid not return to the surfa<
emhase.es in Franco and England a, e i ''J1 thiK l.oae have ho.
; received by this emhassv. Sever
1 g urged to ga'her evidence of a , hours elansed before nt.v boat r*,,,*
definite and legal sort, and when this the assistance of the Sussex, owing:
. 1- at hand President Wilson and Kec. |'mnatred wireless apparatus.
.. , . . I" addition to the passengers wl
retary Lansing v* ill "*t rmme what rook to the boats quite a large nun
the next step will t-e her were seen to jump off the Sussi
Meanwhile the situation can onh be info the water, some of them reaH
. ?? :ng rafts, others clinging to the aid,
?t.rrihed it a va.ttny one ,.f ,he Sussex, while some were *e.
to drown All agreed that some of tl
To Await Full,Reports. passengers standing in the front of tl
... i boat were killed by the explosion ar
i ma ti Stone o. the .o'-eign .some thrown into the water as the p
r . - rornmittee said after seeing ?ult of ir.
I . - <\t-r W ilson that all facts would . ,
l.efore a.-,,on was taken and Forced to Take Route.
their absence he refused to ex- "For some time past only a rou
1 ?s an opinion i taken by the Sussex from Folkestone
V .? p esident Wilson ar.tl ?x'ner of- i I'over has been open to any neut.ra
f , ,x rir< not underestimate the possi- J except hy special permission se?-ur<
I of t > " new situation they realize from the French or Knglish authority
that h-eahing off of diplomatic rela- ? to cross \ ia Boulogne. Folkestone i
t,.. v ,i )i 'Jermary almost certainly Havre, Southampton. This action ne
w i'd iv n war and for that reason essarily compelled all Americans
h MM will I... carefully considered ' ro!"' !h' only by 'h? Folk
stone-I>ieppe route
"a! in communication ..Th? further limitation ?.r number
V -h S?cT-tar- ijtitMna during the 'lay, trips to t)ir? M instead ?f ?i
sr.d -K-d speed'. KatherinC of fact* -J formerlv. resulted in tiin Su.Hex
T?d?-" 1 " ?i,- .- latox atwl Kti*!i?hman. ; *ma!l i.oat >.f le.* than 1 4'" ton- h-i't
Senate!* a- d representative* timj,?-?, <,>r, crowded
C? -d a * White Hon.- r.ne. ted the | Th",s ? I.leut. Smith a * s i * i a
y.w that -he .It nation war serious. ,nd Ma J. la,Kan. mil
Ponauiat AK- t Whitman, at Ho,- Iarv observer. n,ip sent to Ibullov
I'tsr.e reported today that he war > - ! with letter* addressed to the 1 ,1 t,
formed bj French ofll als that a piece facil|,ate their makins
Of hrort-. reoemhlltta a port of I tor-1 thorough investigation a* it, the no
pedo. had keen found oa the channel 1 dttlona ,,f the Sussex a* ?eii
' s">*'** -ascertain further details from wound
, . r-., tt I survivors, and t?? assist Americans wl
Urged to Gather Facts. max he in o-ci 0f he;,.
State Department officials naid 'hey ', ^hP-nd-d to that portion of the <11
patch from Vmbassador Sharp giv
I,ad no information that any other than w? ., ,1M ,.f An,erican survive
dfora'' s-ibmarir e?i \s ere operating in , n Pa r I? ui,t\ those reported to ha
the \ r in tv 'n which the Sussex w ,?l Kngland.
ked A ! .u-,H lr. the vicinity f(?. ,..N? of a #|jspflt
V .-e \.f.-u "ged today to rather con- from the American consul at Honing
t iv#- f.i'l"t e f mm possl h!e ' M wbloh he stated that ft French offtc
told hir.i ot the flndii g of a pie
i of hronz*-. presu rrtahl v from a tor pet
1 * ft*'*- Pfparfivi,* a !: < a\*ait- on hoard tp*. Sussex.
1 u m 'i h .. - s *>' \ ji forn.at ion ' m _____
: . \r"to confer on pbeparednes
'......V,, !!!1' State Adjutants General and Othe
' xmia > Meet in Spokane
" SPOKANE. Waiih. March -7 T?
t r * 1 .r I'aM ,? Jtnl vtere lie- - 1 1 O 'I t
j ? . . . | l.\ Spcrt-'iti x Lativi'ig ? i questions of military a nd riav
t'-' . It > ide red unlikely also. | preparedness as they affect the nort
) ; ' ??"' ;>> ????? ??? I weal rtatcx. adjutants isen-ral of i
lit I .' ftp t add t? i,,\a l details regarding i M 1
1,. riv.ej ..-.tj lit g|. hrn .Art are r, university presidents and nrr
.p H. land navy officers and delegates frr
e ..r , e 'f j I practically all the larger cities in fl
Sau. Wake of Torpedo. . . . , . .
1 tetates assembled hern today
'! x \f .-r ? .?r i woman passengers ; The sessions ft f the conference u nd
... Ih. Suasox It i? understood are ??> auaplcea of the Spokane Chamber
? "mmerce will continue through Tue
#j-i"ipf| ti t.it.f 'al dispatches to the | day
S . I ' : ' ? "' as saving t lift s;<? ?
"" Convicted Georgians Aopeal.
I?*sl< th? Huutx orcurred No
i iiai was contained in dis- f _ *"**** . , , ''' ' ;
...... .. a. th- rtHt,art- i ? ?"" nt >>" * ?? ?? t
a re\ lew of the conviction in the fe
' iiic fr"> A th ha ssador eral district in northern 'leorj;
1 ' with pari of the of Franklin HugK. <"harley Adams hi
' iinal ronten's ?-hn; tnated. i Harr> I'utnian of Spalding rounl
. Whether rh?- delated portion nave do- j Ooikia, of conspiracy. The men we
;<ii? of tin* explosion and jts ?ause, j accused of forcibly compelling Jol
? a* not disclosed. Ah made public the* Westmoreland to work upon Hugfi
d.apatch was as follows: I place. They claim that if any offen
Pive witneses. John N. Hearly, Mrs. was committed it was against the sta
W. Warren. Miss Gertrude Barne6, of Georgia and not the United States
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VILLA PREPARING
TO OFFER BATTLE
t TO HIS PURSUERS
U. S. Forces Trying to Entrap
Him in Passes South
CI X/ollo
U! l?l V UMl/.
TROOPS THEN TO DRIVE
OUTLAW INTO THE OPEN
Pursuit of Bandit Now Race Between
American Cavalry Horses and
IV Swift Mexican Ponies.
j 1 ENCOUNTER MANY OBSTACLES
;
Soldiers Never Will Capture Peon
j Brigand. Say Some Refugees and
Cattlemen Coming Recently
From the Interior.
n ; ?
s" FIELD HEADQUARTERS
:r American Expeditionary Forces.
Colonia Dublan. Chihuahua
Mexico. March 26. by Aeroplane
r' to Columbus. N. M., March 27.?
Evidence that Pancho Villa is
n ; preparing to resist the American
n pursuing column and that the
Mexican people are not as yet
rallying to him has been col.
lected by the officers and the
| scouts of the American troops.
!"j EL PASO. Tex.. March 27.?
.living columns of American
le ;
^ cavalri today are seeking to enj
trap I-rancisco \ ilia and his band
bv sealing up all the trails and
11 ' t ,
. , passes m the mountainous district
south of El Yalle.
\\ ith the outlets barred, squad
rons of cavalrv and detachments
ic . . . " . ,
ot inlantrv. o|?erating from the
base near Casas Grandes. will
11 comb the countr\ to drive the
?r>
10 bandit into the open,
m ....
This is the plan military an
thorities arc following 10 capture
- the peon brigand.
v Pursued by Three Columns.
ill j Villa and Ins band are moving rapidlj
n- among the foothills of Sierra Tarahtio
mares. h?>tlv pursued by three columns of
h American cavalry. Col. George A I >odd
v is directing the movement
This information confiriiis report?
t- ! brought here 1?\. American travelers from
a the ('asas lira tides district Saturday that
'd Villa had escaped from the Carranza
e troops Mexican t'onsul Garcia does not
re credit the report.? that 1 h'- t.'arranza
*n forces furnished no real opposition tc
Villa arid permitted him to escape.
U) \'illa scattered lils command in his flight
southward, and at one time, it was learnto
od today, led only a small force of flfteer
r,~ or Twenty men The army censor at CoJurnbus
liar- permitted the information tc.
pass that Villa increased his command at
Kl Valle b\ forcing thirty-five young men
*n and boys to accompany him.
if
ir' Thinks He Has Eluded Pursuers.
id
e- Military men here sa> this indicate?
that Villa now believes that he has su?
essfull> eluded his pursuers and is ir
! Iiosition to move a large body of men
without fear of capture. Brig Gen. I'er'*
shirig xpi'Ct.^ that it will take months tc
Is capture Villa.
*d Returning American refugees and
r>s cattlerncri. who know the country, are
r'f unanimous in their expression that
r- Villa never will be taken. The nature
?f? of the country and th?- fact that Villa
I ts amotig his own people, who idolize
r>f hini, make tin- bandit's capture unlikex,
ly, they assert. The Mexican countr>
* whej.- Villa is fleeing is a land peculiar
* to itself. A negro sergeant, an old
nt I i junpainiier in the 21th Infantry, now
II- I in that ropion, speaking to a (,'asas
rie J ?Irai-'Ji s ram her. puts it thus:
>f ' I liinc I *-?! in nearly every land.
a' i: : 1 in tin- part of Mexico there are
n- | mora riu-rs arid less water, more cows
to | .?i,ri less milk, and farther t o look and
?d ; 1. >s <? than any country 1 have
ho j i-\ ct know n."
Racing to Catch Bandits.
? !I !
,rs The pursuit of Villa had developer:
v?* today into a race between cavalrvmer
of the I nited States anil the fleeing
handits mounted on the wonderfu
ne ' Mexican pome*
**'" j According to dispatches from th*
Villa has broken through th?
M'arranza line ami is fleeing southward
J with the A ii'in troops straining
g J #>\m y m-rve to ?at?di up with him heh??
i?a'-h'-s the forhiriding iliounlam
wastes in his ancient haunts ir
ill'- ' I lie | | el o district
I Th- in i hope of a speed> tPimina,
t i' H to the chase is that the flight ol
j.. | tii*- bandits will he checked hy starva"
jtion and the exhaustion of their poa
iii?-s ft is known that Villa is almost
h- destitute of both supplies and amniuhe
nition, and tin- dead and dying horset
nv found along lus trail give evidence o]
his desperate haste and need.
m
v Mountain Indians His Friends.
Once safely in the midst of the Sierra
0f Tat ahumares. the task of running th?
s- tian-tn to hi? 1 ir will have become on<
<?f tremendous difficulty. This countrj
i- inhabited by the Tarahumare Indians.
one ??f the most distinctive
ho tribes in Mexico An American v. he
owns a ranch at Oniaro in the heart
or of tiie district, and who has lived there
d- forty years, nave this description ol
ia the Ta rah u ma res today: \
ud These Indians,' he said, "have gonit
v, of the finest andn worst qualities of any
r* of tiie Mexican aborigines.
1M If you treat them fairly they will
r-g stand by you to the last Rasp. Their
a? loyalty to their friends is almost equal
te to that of a dou. They are honest and
(Continued on Second Page.)
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iTE HOUSE EMPLOYE SAYS GERP
nnmini aimp nr imp n?v
j uumrLMiMo ur nio tmt
! Statement Made by Charles Wil- ;
liams. Night Fireman. Before Admiral Fiske /
House Committee. Country Is Not
The night fir?man at thf White | Value for M
House. Charles Williams, nppeare<l he- I
fore the Maher subcommittee on the I
Nolan ?3-a-day hill today, and toh! the ! Germany's navy 1
members that whenever he had asked fighting effect i\
for an increase o\er his $1 To a day with the American.
! wage he was told that the government '**>' ^ Fiskse. for
I had no monev for his pay over that operations, today tr
which is given him. affairs committee.
T have to find extra work to keep ; full value is not
1 me and ni> family.' lie said, "a in! when j money being spent <
1 leave the White House I hunt for) Navy He estimate
odd jobs a round boilers somewhere." ; 75 per cent of such
With her aircra:
Estimate of Increase Cost. j other auxiliaries, Adi
' H M. .M. Darin. president of the Fed- in superiorit:
eral Employes' I'nion, started a pres- received Germany s
entation of flgures, showing how much That he esigned ?
t he Nolan bill to place a minimum ,ar-v ',aruels becaus
i preparedness was al?
wage for federal employes would cost, p-jske. He said the
, In the Distrfct of Columbia, he esti- differences.
mated the immediate effect would be to
1 raise 12.S40 employes an average ??f j .Battle Drills
$L".*7 a year apiece, and that in seven j Battle cruisers,
vcars the total cost within the District!
would be about Sin.uort.OOU a year. ships, are the imn
The total cost of tin- entire bill all I navy, according to
'{through the i uited States at the end of t also recommended
I seven vears w ould be $70.000,000, he I , . , ,
Usli.m.iV.1, H- will lulls as | 1"Cl>-l>ow.-r ilnd.
( | t li e effect in the District of Columbia similar to the Ishar
later 1 his afternoon. Admiral Fiske sa
Other Witnesses Heard. game appatatus
leral staff organizat
Diehard Taylor, a government print- j 'Nobody is sp<
iing oflice employe, and Frank .Mitchell. | work out war game
a watchman at the State. War and recommendatio
I . .. ,. . of fifteen senior ol
Navy Departments building, also up- poSe as assistants t
' Speared and gave testimony as to the, Chairman l'adgett
1 I utter inability to live on their pa v. Htow that Secretar
. . thority to detail as i
Daniel La hey. a na\.\ yard helper at ,,urpose as he think?
$2.HI a day, said lie had to take one of
Ibis children from school to go to work P.onctrnetnr Ta
in order to help the family along.
Naval Constructor
RED CROSS RECEIVES $980.55.
! Result of Propaganda for New Mem- hVav.v 'JjTwiI'y* T"?
bers at Treasury Department. wi" ,lav*' Assistnu'
I As a result of tho propaganda for now as witness.
mo.ttbors iih- A.nori.an lt.,-1 -Y..S,, ,h(. Chairman I'adeoti
give another hearn
Treasury Department has turned in inventor of a high
$Jtfi0.55 collected on a?corjnt of member- with which ilie Na
ship fees for officials and emploves Of experimenting
1 this amount. S-T2 was -on, rihu.et. by II.. con
bureau of engraving and printing. $147.75 ,
by the ofiice of the auditor for the Cost j. ....* . ..
' Office Department and $540.SO front the |jP| AlluP I IT
other artivitios of tho Troasttry Do,,art- I\LIMII1U LI I
. The collection from the bureau of engraving
was forwarded t., Miss Mabel ?
Hoardman. president <>f the American tied
cross, this morning it .nmpiotof th< Committee of Wh
canvass of the Treasury Department for
new members, and unused buttons an'l Cfahath Mntin
pins not exchang-d for contributions have oaoain ITIOIIO
i roturnod 22g t
The literacy test 1
I migration bill by 1
In committee of tht
J vote of 225 to 82.
rrompt service
iom?9 ii n a train wh
l It your carrier does not on ,hr h,n as a wh
,, . .. , . An amendment to
call * Star Hero when deliv- literacy person
. , - country to escape
' (Ting tllC paper please notify political perseoutior
the offitc. \\ here specially empt* <?iii\ persons
, requested your doorbell will beliefs.
be rung. Millions Paid fo'
Fills IS done to notify sub- Chewing g'ln, is cei
i, scribers as soon as the habu for the people
s in general, for the
I papers arc delivered. bureau of foreign and
have figured that fc
I alone It coet $36,000
years, or almost flv
was paid Russia for t
, x r*Mr
NCIERS.
/IAN NAVY GREAT WAR CONFERENcT
<5 2101 IS ON TODAY IN PARIS
Gathering Is Declared to Be the
Uso States This Most Important Since Hos:
Receiving Full tmties Beganoney
Spent. PARIS. March 27.?The conference of
the entente allies?the most important
since the outbreak of the war?began
s about two to one this morning in the great salon of the
eness as comparer! ministry of foreign affairs, where many
Rear Admiral Brad- i other historic meetings of diplomatists
mer chief aid for 1 have taken place. No previous meeting
>ld the House naval j there, however, has been of such grave
Ho also stated that i import or has been attended by such a
being receivd for j representation of world figures in war
>n the I "tilted States and diplomacy.
*d that only about The subject of the first sitting is the
values is given. I military situation. That is all which may
ft, submarines arid j,#. said definitely, but it is probable that
nira! Fiske said, both <;en. Joffre. Karl Kitchener. Gen. Sir
v and in money value Douglas Halg. Kiut. Gen. Count Cadorna.
navy is superior. t Gen. Castelnau and Gen. Roques. the.
is chief aid to Secre- | new French war minister, addressed the
e 11 ley differed over I conference.
11 7vHf.',>d no p.'lTonal Th" entir<- ' "mpany took lunch at th?
ministry at noon. The afternoon session
will be devoted to consideration of the
?ers Needed. economic resources of the allies,
rather than battle- ?
.ed.ate need of the CAUCUS TAKES UP SUGAR BILL.
Admiral Fiske. He
i-vciopmc. of * Democratic Senators Consider Re rwater
projectile. I
? shHI peal. But Take No Action.
id there was no war j The democratic caucus of the Senate j
in the nresent sren- i todav undertook" to nas? noon tb? ??i_ I
ion. ?;nr question a grain, having before it
M-ially assigned to the House bill repealing the free su s,'
he said, reiterat- Kfir clause of the Underwood tariff
ns for appointment .
firers for this pur- ,aw0
Admiral I'.ensoti. Senator Simmons, chairman of the
read statistics to finance committee, laid before the cau;ian'yanfflwrshfor
th* cu* ,hp committee recommendation to
$ necessary. tlie effect that the present tariff should
he continued until 1920 and sugar then
inu to Testify. should go on the free list.
Kmory S. Land of j This was opposed by Senator Brouslitig.
summoned here j sard of Louisiana, who is in favor of a
1 testify this after- protective tariff on sugar and on its
mi i?f suhmariti's in continuance. Senator Thomas of Colo101
row the committee rado also addressed the meeting.
Secretary Ftoosevelt No action was taken and the caucus
took a recess until S o'clock tonight.
today dei*lined to
ig to \\\ S. Isham. -
explosive projectile
vy I>epartmerit has ,
for several years,
eral occasions testi- DAY IN CONGRESS.
mi t tee.
1 Senate:
CDAPV TrOT Met al noon
lIaAuT I to I si,rr:;ans c"nf,M on Mexican
Debate on Indian appropriation
; bill resumed.
ole House Defeats Senate arm> reorganization bill
reported as substitute for House
n by Vote of bill passed last week.
Finance committee continued
0 ?2. i consideration of House freel
sugar-repeal resolution.
: I I
House:
vas kept in the ini- Met at 11 a.m.
1 he House working Na\al and military affairs com- !
whole today by a j nut tees held hearings on the na- i
which defeated a tional defense.
ntative Sabath of Debate on the immigration bill
out. The question continued,
en the House votes _
,oie. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
? exempt from the
IS coming t?? this Senate:
either religious 01 Senator Sheppard of Texas pre- !
i was rejected. 140 !
i drawn would ex- sented t.. the .Senate petitions
persecuted for re- signed by citizens of the District
in favor of prohibition here and
v throughout the entire nation.
r Chewing: Gum. Senator Overman of North
Carolina presented petitions from
*tamtl> an expensive citizens of his state against the
of the United States enactment of the Works bill to
statisticians of the . lose barber shops In the District
I domestic commerce Sund >.
. aii Houafi
>r the raw material , , .. ...
.000 In the last ten Hearing: on Nolan three-dollare
time as much as a-dav bill continued.
he Alaskan territory .
>
PNEUMONIA FATAL A
TO THOMASJ. PENCE
Secretary of Democratic National
Committee Called by
+ U C nrlu TA
lsccuii ucu ly luuay. r?
WAS HIGH IN THE ESTEEM
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
S
Had Charge of Democratic Publicity
Campaign. 1912?Since Prominent
in Party Councils.
G
Thomas J Pence. secretary of the i
democratic national committee, died earl> j
this morning in his apartments. 133S New j
York avenue, of pneumonia. He had
Ween ill several weeks. For some time he ^
was in Emergency Hospital, in charge
of Dr. Gary T Grayson. President Wilson's
physician, hut recently was moved q
to his own apartments.
President. Wilson, who held Mr. Pence
in high esteem and personal regard, caus- I
ed every thing possible 1" be done for
him and other high officials of the ad- j
ministration cheered him throughout his
illness. His only surviving relatives are
an uncle and aunt, in Raleigh. N. <\.
Mr. and Mrs. W N. Jones, who have I
been notified.
The body is to he taken via the Seaboard
Air Line railroad to Raleigh.
N. t lie train departing at 9:30 |j
o'clock tonight Funeral services are)
to be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow ai j
the First Baptist t'hurch in Raleigh, j
The honorary pallbearers who will j \N
be aboard the funeral train are to be j
T?r. t'ary Grayson, Secretary Tumulty. R
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky. Sen-'
ator Hughes of New Jersey. Secretary j''
Haniels. otto ('at michael, Richard V. I
' mlahan and Gov Praia of North t'aro- clinn.
j ^
Sorrow at the White House. \
Mr. Pence's death caused deep grief at i j|
the White House. Throughout .Mr. |
Pence's illness he had received many j
tokens of the esteem in which he was j
i held b> the President and Mr Tumulty.
| Flowers had often been sent him by ' ^
I these tw<> officials, and they made per- !<
| sonal calls and wrote hint letters ex- i
pressing their hope for his recovery. i
President Wilson and Secretary Twin- s
1'ilty both paid tributes to hint today.
I President Wilson said: r
i "The 4eath of Tom Pence has brought ^
j to all who knew him, and i<? all whom
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THOMAS .1. PK\rK. P
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he so loyally ami earnestly serveil. not j,
only the deepest grief but a sense of ^
irreparable loss. Few finer spirits
have ever connected themselves with
public serviee. He had very great j ? i
ability and he devoted that ability to w
the promotion <>f the things lie thought < n
were right with a singular devotion jw
(and self-forget fulness I feel that every 'w
| mail w ho <iesired the public noorl has a
lost a partner. and that the democratic
patty in losing him as secretary of its tl
national committee has suffered a loss ti
which i? may not he possible to repair
at all."
Mr. Tumulty said: "My affection for
Tom Pence was strong; and deep-seated.
I never knew until I began to know c
him how much true nobility there was S(
iti the world. His sympathy and aid
and affection helped me over the hard j
spots here. He was a true friend. I jb
never met a finer character."
j
Widely Known Politician.
a
Mr Pence was one of the most widely s,
known men in democratic national pnli- 0
tics and was not only esteemed for bis \
ability, but held tin* personal regard of h
men for bis qualities of heart and char- 'J
actor. H?* was in marked degree com- b
panionahle and genial, with a sunny na
ture and always good tempered, even# in
tiie stress of hardest work and bitterest t.
campaign fights. There was nothing vin- a
dictive in his nature and lie never cher- n
si
ished animosities growing out of political tl
or factional contests, while to his friends ?
he was the soul of loyalty.
Mr. fence first came into national
prominence in 1912 in the preliminaries
for the nomination of President
Wilson. Purine the winter and spring
preceding the convention lie devoted **
his attention t<> that object, and laid or
the foundation <>f his'wide acquaintance
with democratic politicians of national '
prom i nence.
l.i
111 Charge of Publicity Work. ej
When Mr. Wilson was nominated Mr
Pence took charge of the publicity
work of the national committee, and da
was also intrusted with many responslble
negotiations. He held Mr. Wilson's
fall confidence, as well as that of <-r
the campaign managers. P.
After the election he continued in ^1
charge of the publicity work of the
democratic national committee, refus- J-r
Jng TO accept ?ii? I'U.jih vinir, n mn
duties were more congenial to him than
public service. C
Last January he was elected secretary
of the democratic national committee.
with headuarters in this city,
and was planning a season of important
wor when lie was stricken.
Born in North Carolina. af1
co
Mr. Tenoe was horn near Raleigh. X. -s
C., in March. 1ST.*?, and graduated from
Wake Forest College. He entered news- p^.
paper work in 1895 on the Raleigh jg
Press, later became city editor of the
Raleigh Post and then went to the cr
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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10 AMERICAN LOST
IN SUSSEX HORROR,
SO PARISREPORTS
11 on Passenger List Account-1
ed For. Though Some
Are Injured.
TILL POSSIBILITY SOME
HAD FAILED TO REGISTER
eorge Crocker Has Skull Crushed;
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin
in Hospital.
fO WARNING. ALL DECLARE
pinion General. But Not Unanimous.
That Explosion Which
Wrecked Vessel Was Due
to Torpedo.
PARIS. March j~. 1 :t5 p.m.?
)etaile<l intormatinn gathered hv
ie American enibassv here indiatcs
that no Americans lost their
ves mi tile Stis-e\.
Ml the Americans whose names
ere on the passenger list hate
o\\ heen accounted tor. the ema-s\
states It 1- possible. Iiowter.
that there mav hate heen
lining the passengers some
tnierieans w hose names w ere not
1 scribed.
One Has Fractured Skull.
< >f the tlir#?*> Amfri'Mii survivors of th*
ussex. who ar#* in a hospitaI at I tnvnr
nly ono ilforge <"rorkor ??f Kitrhburg.
lass, is in a serious condition. His
Lull was fractured l?\ a falling mast He
egained consciousness this morning; and
is physician believes he will recover.
Joshua IV Arm it age of New York and
Vilder F'enfbld of Hudson. Wis., are
uffering from shr., |< and bruises, but ar#
i"t. furiously injured
Baldwins Are Reported Safe.
Prof James Mark Baldwin and Mr*
Baldwin were saved it is authoritatively
nnounced. They are at Wimereux. near
loulogne.
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, their (laugh*
er. was badly injured on the Sussex
iid is now iti a hospital at the same
dace.
The following letter written by Prof
laid win and dated Wimereux. March
has been received by Bona Id Ha:ler,
an Xniericnn lawyer in Paris,
neinber ?>f the firm of Boardman A
Matt of New Vork
"Knowing you knew we were comug
Friday. .March L'4. I write to teil
on we are all safe, hut Klizaheth <s
eriously injured. We are here with
ler in the hospital Will you kindly
pread the news there'.'"
Prof and Mrs. Baldwin are at the
Intel Sussex at Wimereux, a short diaance
north of Boulogne.
Spanish Composer Lost.
Enrique Granados, the Spanish comoser.
and his wife were passengers
ti the Sussex and are oelieved to have
erished. Senor Granados composed
lie opera, "Goyesras. which was prouced
recently at the Metropolitan
pera House. New Vork. He and his
if.' were last seen clinging to a small
aft. according to survivors. Granados
as trying to keen the raft straight
itli a small hoard, which he used aa
paddle.
A boat Was sent out to search for
lie composer and his wife, but n#
race of them was found
No Warning. They Assert.
"There :s no manner of doubt whatver
that the channel steamship Suspx
was torpedoed without warning"
ays ai% official statement issued here,
ased upon affidavits made |.?y Ameri
"John Hearlev, Albany. \ v.. a press
ssocation correspondent. deposes?.'' th*
tatement says, "that Friday about 3
'clock hi the afternoon, while a dozen
merirans ?>re watching from the
ridge, a great explosion occurred in
v forepart of tin- vessel, without
arning. and that three Americans at
>ast saw the passage of the torpedo
"Samuel S. Mentis of Harvard Un1ersity
deposes that the explosion ncurrcd
without the slightest warning
> show there was the least danger,
ml that inatix persons were thrown
it?> the sea. that some were killed and
one wounded, that he saw bodies on
ie bridge of the Sussex and that
htie being rescued he saw two perms
drown
Confirmed by Other Americana.
"These depositions are confirmed by
if American men and American worni
who took passage aboard the Sus\
and whose names follow :
"John Hear lex. Afbany, X. V : Mrs.
llian Harde. New Vork: Mrs 'Marice
Ha nd \ side. New York: Mrs. Gerude
Warren. St. Louis. Miss Gertrude 1
lines. New Vork; Mr. and Miss Beer.
e\v York; Mrs. Dorothy Hilton and
ughter Edna. New Vork: Samuel
?mis. Bedford. Mass.; Tingle W. Curt.son.
Lewisburg. Pa.; Daniel Sargent,
ellesley. Mass ; Charles T. and George
ocker. jr.. Fitchburg. Mass.; Wilder
Penfleld. Hudson. Wis., and Mis*
ice Ruiz. Lyon. Col. These last Ave
ere enrolled in the American Red
oss ambulance. A certain number of
e saved have been taken to Dover."
IVE MUHt SHIPS sunk:
LOSS OF LIFE PROBABLE
LONDON, March 27.?Sinking of five
Iditional vessels, presumably in the
ntinuation of submarine operations,
reported today.
The British steamer St. Cecilia, from
>rtland. Me., March 11, for London,
one of the vessels sunk, according to a
spatch to Lloyds from Dover. The
ew was saved.
Lloyds also reports that the BHtlah
k.
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