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BOISE, IDAHO, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26,1916.
Vol. XXXVI
- ' TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
No. 72
DELATIONS NEAR BREAKING POINT
OSS OF AMERICANS
BRINGS A CRISIS IN
CONTROVERSY
inking of the Englishman Regarded at
Washington as the Most Flagrant
Violation of International Law
!
(By J. P. Yoder, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, March 25.—With full realization that a new crisis in German- Ameri
an affairs may be approaching the state department tonight anxiously awaited more
omplete details on the catastrophe that befell the channel liner Sussex and the sink
ag of the steamer Englishman, with rçportecHoss of four American lives. Both Am
assador Page at London and Ambassador Sharp at Paris cabled that early reports
adicated the Sussex was torpedoed.
The situation looks dark," was the declaration of one administration official. The
iews of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing were not obtainable but this signifi
ant remark was made by a high'official: .
The president must decide whether this is the last straw.
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Muat Have the Fscts.J
•Publicly, the state department an
nounced It must have all the facts be
pre any opinion Is formed. It must
|e Irrefutably Shown, it was said, that
May's reports are true and to what
rad diplomatic and consular agents in
England and France were urged by
|ible to hurry all details obtainable
oncerning the disaster to both vessels.
"There will be a showdown beyond
uestion," said an official, "If our in
estigations prove the case as bad as
arly advices have Indicated. It is now
r tfOver with the United States tin
sse we are to give in on all points we
ave striven for since the Lusitania
fas sunk."
Englishman Most Serious Case.
Of the two oases, the Englishman,
y early reports, was regarded as the
[lost flagrant. This was true, it was
binted out, not merely because four
Imericans are known to have been
■lied, but because all the <1 Ameri
ins aboard the vessel were there In
■dormance of their dally duties
Mere is nothing to show the Engllsh
Kn was armed. It has been against
iiwarned attacks on such vessels that
se president has expressed the strong
bt condemnation.
I In the event of the reports now be
pg obtained, leave any doubt as to
jhether the vessels were torpedoed
fcrmany and Austria will be asked
«mediately for any knowledge they
lay have.
I Mis* Baldwin Reported Dead.
|A Lloyd dispatch from Dover to
fcht reported that M ss Elizabeth
Sldwin, the American girl reported in
Ired, Is dead. The dispatch also
Bded Ole name of G. H. Crocker of
Itchburg, Mass., to the number of in
Ired, stating that Crocker and W. G.
jenfield, of Hudson, Wis., have frac
Ired skulls.
■Lloyd's listed among the missing
Aerie&ns Miss Gertrude Barnes of
York, a buyer at Wanamaker's,
He was en route for Paris, and Miss
niton of New York. Both Miss Barnes
hd Miss Hilton, however, are reported
escued In United Press dispatches
rom a staff correspondent at Bou
>gne.
NILL CARRY CARGO OF
[MUNITIONS TO RUSSIA
[Tacoma, Wash., March 25.—Bound
[r Vladlvostoek with a cargo of war
junition valued at 27,000,000, the larg
■ ever taken from the sound, the
Hamer Honolulu will sail from this
Irt Sunday night. The vessel will
Lt Into Seattle where she will load
I army automobiles.
ICLARES DOUGLAS
IS IN NO DANGER
Douglas, Arlz., March 25.—The tele
tm sent Senator Ashurst by D. A.
Ehardson, Douglas attorney, stating
Lt a large Mexican army with 40
Res of artillery was mobilized wtth
a few blocks of the center of this
ty was branded as an unqualified
Jsehood by Mayor C. O. Ellis today,
ftenator Ashurst presenting the mat
g> at Washington attracted natlon
Me attention to the apparently Im
jfiled position of Douglas. In the
Element he issued, Mayor BUM ex
fsssed regret that there "was no law
jevhling suitable' punishment" for the
allciouB perpetrator of the report.
With the scene of the Villa chase
ipldly shifting to the east "peace
Lies" composure was being restored
F Dougins. Many of the Sonora
Lopa will he sent to the sooth if
retreats towards the eust, lt Is
red here.
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DISPATCHES TO WASHINGTON
STATE THE SUSSEX WAS
VICTIM OF TORPEDO
Reports Indicate That Four Americans Were
* Killed and Two Seriously Iijured In the
Two Latest Disasters
Washington, March 25.—Consular reports on the
plosion of the channel steamer Sussex tonight bore out
statements that the vessel was torpedoed, according to
state department messages from Ambassador Sharp at
Paris.
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The Dieppe consul reported to Sharp that the vessel
had been torpedoed. He said he sent out a number of
calls for help and was brought into Boulogne where a
number of wounded passengers were landed.
Sam Bemis, an American, is reported as saving several
Americans were wounded. Sharp said 60 to 80
were killed wounded.
persons
FIFTY AMERICANS
NARROWLY ESCAPED
By Charles P. 8tewart.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, March 25.—Four Americans
have been killed, Iwo seriously Injured
and at least one other may have lost
his life in the sinking of the steam
ers Sussex and Englishman by tor
pedoes or mines in the lost 24 hours.
More than 50 other Americans nar
rowly escaped death ln the two cases 4
About 50 persons were killed outright
by the explosion or drowned when the
Sussex met with disaster while cros
sing the. English channel to Boulogne
with 380 passengers, most of them
women and children. Fifteen or 16
horse tenders and members of the
crew, including four Americans of the
Englishman perished when the vessel
was sunk in British waters.
Professor J. M. Baldwin, < ne of the
Americans aboard the Sussex, Is miss
ing. Survivors landed at Dover and
reaching London tonight reported he
had been taken off by a boat bound for
Boulogne. His name however, was not
Included in the list of Americans ar
riving at Boulogne. It Is possible that
other Americana have been lost. Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin, the professor's
daughter. Is ln a Boulogne hospital
with a broken leg. according to several
news agencies' dispatches. One report,
however, said she rilled to reach
Boulogne.
W. G. Penfield of Hudson, Wie., a
Rhodes scholar at Oxford university,
Is also ln a hospital with a badly In
jured leg.
Claim They Saw Torpedo.
The first of the Sussex survivors to
reach London stated frankly tonight
that they did not know whether the
channel liner was mined or torpedoed.
John H. Hearlv of Albany, N. Y., a
United Press staff correspondent, who
was aloard the Sussex, telegraphed
that three American passengers agreed
that they saw a torpedo. A Paris dis
patch quoted Samuel Bqmis, of Med*.
ford, Mass., who was enroute to France,
to join an ambulance corps, as stating
positively that he naw the wake of a
torpedo just before the explosion.
The London agents of the line and
the American embassy were conduct
ing separate Investigations tonight. No
statement was given out from either
source but several of the company's
officials expressed the private opinion
tonight that the steamer had struck a
mine.
Important evidence was handed the
admiralty tonight by British naval of
ficers who were aboard the Sussex and
were landed at Dover. They picked
up fragments Of steel after ttie explo
lon. An admiralty Investigation, it Is
aid, probably will show whether these
fragments formed part of a torpedo or
a mine.
:
Additional Interest was lent to the
Sussex disaster when it became known
that a very high English
was aboard the
France.
personage
packet bound for
This personage whose
cannot be made public at this time,
took command of one of the lifeboats
and went to the rescue of an Italian
woman who went raving mad when the
explosion occurred and jumped over
board.
Bt me
Premier Asqtfith. Lord Kitchener and
other members of the British cabinet
were expected to go to Paris late this
week or early next, to attend theroilied
war council It is porstble the N, very
high English personage" referred to
was one of these.
Captain Saw Torpedo.
Another party of Sussex survivor*
reaching London late tonight quoted
the captain as saying that he saw the
wake of the torpedo 50 feet from the
ship.
to swing the steamer ln a desperate
effort to save the vessel, but was too
late. The explosion ripped out 3» feet
of the forward section of the Sussex
and only her watertight compartments
saved her from «inking. Nine third
class passengers and five others were
killed by the exploeion or blown Into
He signalled to the helmsman
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CLOSE CALLS
ON SUSSEX
Curiosity olYanketsRe
sponsible For Saving
Number ot Lives
AMONG THE RESCUED
Tells Graphic Story of the
Disaster — Massachusetts
Man Was the Real Hero
of the Sussex—Investiga
tion Is Under Way.
By John Hoarly.
(United Pres* Staff Correspondent)
Paris, March 26.—Yankee curiosity
saved the lives of at least a dozen
Americans aboard the channel liner
Sussex, when she struck a mine or
was attacked by a submarine off the
French coast Friday afternoon.
An aeroplane hovered in sight just
before the explosion. With a dozen
other Americans, I was standing at
the prow of the boat, but rushed
the stern to watch the circling bird
man. While we were back there ad
miring the skill of the aviàtor, we
heard a muffled roar. I ran forward
and saw the whole front of the Sussex
crumpling away as a huge spurt of
water threw debris upon the deck.
Everyone grabbed for a life preserv
er and then ran for the upper deck.
Four civilians launched a lifeboat and
dropped it over the side. Our boat had
just struck the water when we heard
a scream bn the upper deck. The next
instant she jumped from the third
deck, landing squarely in the middle of
our boat. Several of us threw out our
arms and broke her fall, so that she
was practically uninjured. "I am Miss
Hilton from New York," she told us,
when she had recovered her breath.
Jumped in by the Dozens,
Her mother, Mrs. Edward Hilton,
was also among the survivors landed
at Boulogne, and included In our party
arriving In Paris tonight. Meantime,
passengers were jumping by the doz
ens. We picked up several around us
and so did other boats that had been
lowered. Our boat sprang a leak and
despite our efforts to plug the seams,
threatened to sink at any moment.
Samuel Bemis of Medford, Mass.,
who was enroute to join an ambulance
corps at the French front, was the real
hero of the Sussex disaster,
man floundering in the water near our
boat screamed loudly for help and then
sank beneath the waves. Bemis leaped
Into the water and swam to her res
cue. He brought her to our boat and
we dragged lier in. • The gunwhales by
this time were so near the level of the
water that to drag rfemis aboard
to Insure disaster.
With a wave of his hand, Bemis
rolled over on his side and
lessly as if he were playing in the
waves at a summer resort. Certainly
few men have faced possible death
with a lighter heart.
Steamer Came to a Halt.
By this time the Sussex, under the
head of steam she carried when she
was struck, was two miles away from
. Bemis spied a. raft some distance
away, swam to it
aboard. The Sussex finally came to a
dead halt.
she was not sinking we pulled back,
making our way slowly for fear that a
chance wave might capsize our heavily
laden, leaking boat.
We found the passengers who had
not left the ship gathered forward
about two mangled bodies and engaged
in caring for the wounded.
The bodies of these two were the
only ones found on the Sussex. Most
of the dead were those who were blown
off the ship by the shock of the explo
sion. t
After dark we began sending up
rockets and cracking out feeble wire
less calls from an Improvised wireless
apparatus, 11 .o'clock the Marie
Theresa and a tug came alongside and
began taking off passengers.
Three Not With Party.
Three Americana, Professor J. M.
Baldwin, hts wife and daughter Eliza
beth, were not among our party of
American survivors of the Sussex dis
aster arriving In Paris tonight.
A dispatch received here before our
arrival said that Elizabeth Baldwin
was in a Boulogne hospital suffering
from a broken leg and other Injuries.
It Is possible that this may be true
and that her father and mother re
mained behind with her at Boulogne,
though none of the Americans reach
A wo
was
swam care
tia
and clam bored
When we observed that
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™!B L
THE RING
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Frank Moran Unable to
' Wrest Laurels From
the Big Cowboy
INJURY TO CHAMPION
PREVENTSAKNOCKOUT
Willard Broke Open His
Knuckle Early in Fight,
but in Spite of His Hurt
He Had All the Best of
the Big Battle.
toj ou * Frank Moran,
By Perry Arnold,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Ringside, Madison Square Garden.
Yfew York, March 25.—Jess Willard
successfully defended his title as
hedVywelght champion of the world
here tonight and but for the fact that
he broke open a knuckle of his right
hand probably would have knocked
It was a clean cut
victory for the ohamplon. The blonde
challenger though game and willing,
could not reach the giant Willard, with
blows that bothered him in the least.
The bout, t&hlch was the richest in
the history or limited round contests,
went the full 10 rounds, but only
Willard's Injured brand saved Moran
from a knockout at several stages of
the fight. Willard broke the knuckle
of his right hand in the second round.
From then on he did not follow up
leads that he opened several times and
Moran weathered the storms that
broke about him.
Fight Was Record Breaker.
The fight was a record breaker in a
half dozen ways.
Probably the most dressed up crowd
that ever attended a fight saw Willard
and his challenger work 20 minutes
for the biggest purse ever offered for
a similar mill. -
Willard drew down 166,100 for his
efforts. Moran Is richer by 220,750,
and though beaten, will probably be
more popular than before.
The Pittsburger was outweighed 58
pounds. Willard towered above him
and his enormous reach held Moran oft
until Frank In apparent desperation,
would lower his head and come in
■winging wildly. From the boxes and
other high priced seats came the hand
clapping of fashionably gowned women
and men, famous In every walk of life,
as the two battlers struggled for su
premacy.
The elite of the city—almost of the
country—rubbed shoulders with some
who probably sacrificed the price of a j
much needed suit of clothes to see the j
fight. They pushed and fought their
way through the doors until the ex-1
pected attendance, mark was frac- j
tured and when the final figures were
announced- the result was: Attend
ance 13,000; receipts 2150,000. It was a
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SIXTEEN TURKISH
VESSELS ARE SUNK
Petrograd, March 25.—Russian tor
pedo boats havq sunk 16 Turkish sail
ing vessels ln the Black sea,-it was an
nounced tonight.
COMPANY TO OPERAIE
FLEET OF STEAMERS
Portland, Ore., March 25.—Pacific
coast headquarters of A. O. Anderson
A Co., of Bopenhagen, one of thi larg
est Importing and exporting firms ln
the world, will be established ln Port
land, according to an announcement
made from New York today by F. K.
Hitchlnga, assistant manager of the
American branch of the concern. A
fleet of steamers and sailing vessels
Will be operated from this port. George
ft. McDowell, heretofore local manag
er for W. R. Grace and company, will
become Pacific coast head of the Dan
ish firm.
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AMERICAN TROOPS GET
THEIR FIRST SIGHT Of
VILLISTAS IN MEXICO
No Fighting Between the Outlaws and
bnt Carranza
Forces Clash With Other Bands
United States Soldiers,
Villa Has Split His Forces
(By H. D. Jacobs, United Pres« Staff Correspondent)
With the American Army, Colonia Dublan, Mexico,
via radio to Columbus, N. M., March 25,—American
troops engaged in an encompassing movement with Car
ranzistas near Namiquipa today got their first sight of
Villistas. There was no fighting between the bandits and
the United States forces but the Carranzistas had two
brashes with other bands, reports to General Pershing's
headquarters stated. The pursuit was continued today
in a snowstorm. The bandits the Americans sighted were
a small body and it is not known whether Villa himself
was among them. The reports to headquarters gave their
location as 120 miles south by southeast of Dublan. The
dispatches indicated that Villa has split up his forces.
This was the first word that the American vanguard
so close to the Villistas and reports of fighting
pected momentarily.
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were ex
DARING FLIGHT IS
MADE BY AVIATOR
WITH DISPATCHES
Lieutenant Dargue Braves
Death in Flying From the
Front in Mexico to Army
Base.
Columbus, N. M., March 25.—Flying
In a face of.a cyclonic sandstorm Lieu
tenant Herbert A. Dargue, attached to
General Pershing's headquarters at
Colonia Dublan today braved death In
his aeroplane to bring urgent dis
patches from General Pershing to the
army base In Columbus.
Dargue dropped 4000 feet ln a moun
tain pass where conflicting winds
formed an eddy and barely escaped be
ing crashed to death on the rocks by
righting his air craft 50 feet from the
ground,
Urination of stories told by invalided
individuals of the American column of
[the hardships American troops are en
The dispatches brought the first con-
durtng. *
Shortly after Dargue's arrival
machine gun mounted on a truck, ac
<^>mpanied by double guard following
the motor truck fleet ovar
route to Pershing's field headquarters,
The train consisted of 20 trucks hur
rying forward with rations and gaso
line in response to Pershing's call.
The special guard and the presence of
the machine gun gave color to reports
that roving bands are threatening the
American line of 6ommuntcatlons ln
the desert
the vicinity of Corralltos, An Incom
ing motor train also reported a hurried
strengthening of the communication
lines.
Town ef Janos Burned.
The Mexioan town of Janoe fell vic
tim to the bandits when they set fire
to four sections of the city. Janos,
situated between Ascension and 4 Cor
ralltos, was burning fiercely at last
reports and was threatened with de
struction.
The soldiers iii Mexico are suffering
severely from cold folldWlng a week
of sizzling heat on the desert, accord
ing to dispatches brought by Dargue
and passed by the military censor.
Though aocustomed to the chilly rights
on the border, the American troops
were unprepared for the winter
weather that overtook them ln the
Sierra' Madrés foothills. The wind
hissed down from the mountains laden
with snow and sleet and lashed the
American camp with force, the dispatch
said. The wind carried sand Into
every nook of the camp, covering food,
tents and sleeping blankets.
Colonia Dublan, the Mormon settle
ment, Is treating the American expde
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BANDIT APPEARS
Ï0 HAVE ELUDED
Outlaw's Main Force Is Be
ing Closely Pressed by
United States Cavalry
Under Colonel Dodd.
By E. T. Cookie,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
El Paso, Tex., March 25.—After 10
days' pursuit the hunt for Villa was
; l n a snarled stage tonight with the
; bandit apparently successfully hidden
from contact with the American forces.
Numerous detachments of United
States and Carranza troops encircled
the Santa Clara and the San Miguel
districts in which Villa was last re
ported at different times.
General Gavlra of Juarez today ex
pressed the opinion that an American
cavalry column under Colonel George
A. Dodd was closely pressing the out
law's main force of 200 followers ln
the rocky defiles of the Santa Clara
canyon.
United State stroops have figured In
Mexico was reported today by Bruce
McKelleher, an American who ar
rived ln El Paso from Pearson. Two
oars loaded With troops southward
bound over the Mexico Northwestern
lines toppled over a steep embankment
south of Pearson on Monday. Many
of the soldiers were Injured, but none
fatally. A number of cavalry horses
on the train which were Injured had
to be shot.
Communication 1* Cut.
VilUstae have cut communication
south of Casas Grandes and the cen
sored government wireless brought no
available Information that Brigadier
General Pershing's men were carrying
out his plans with alt possible speed
In the face of sleety, cold weather.
The first serious accident ln which
Earlier reports attributed the wreok
to Villistas.
Explains Military Situation.
Gavlra's was the only official opinion
of the day« He interpolated a long ex
planation of the present military situa
tion in Chihuahua with emphatic dec
larations of oo-operation for the Car
ra nzieta soldiers. He denounced re
ports of differences among them to
Villa and Joined with Con Garcia of
El Paso In a telegram to the state de
partment at Washington denying .that
the Juarez garrison had been In
creased since the Columbus raid. He
Clara canyon he was 1 virtually sur
diers between Pershing and the border
constituted a menace to the American
expedition.
Pointing to a military map Gavlra
showed that if Villa was In the Santa
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