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'Watertown \Freeman fflataWislicft-.Taniinry 27, 1S24. Changcil to '\She jcJSersoniiin-' Hi 18S7. \Democratic Union,\ tsstaulished A-n.gu.st 0, 1S04. THE WATERTOWX RE-UNION, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1915. VOL. IX—NO. S. \Demnorntjte Vuion\ iiml \Jeffej-.sonlaii\ Hei'K'eu in 184.7, (.haiiyed 10 \TJu» JeO'ovwm DemotTat'' In IKtttS. CUangcu to \TUc Wntcrloivn lie-Union\\ in lSfidt msavssaviissis&sxKsssxz&asGMamp* UXXaCKCB£9BEEBCKS9nBXX3X33 \WOMAN OIVBS HER LIFE TO JUMPING. Declares That Submarine Did Not At- tempt to Uomlmrd Life Boats, But ., Directed Attention to Liner. Paris, Nov. 16.—Passengers aboard the Italian, liner Ancona were com- pelled to seek safety in the boats while the steamer -was subjected to a cannonade from an Austrian subma- rine, according to a graphic story of the sea tragedy told by Dr. Cecile L Greil, of New York, to the Havas correspondent at Ferryville. The American woman escaped only through .her ability as a gymnast. \She tried vainly to find, a place in two boats but there was no room for her. She saved herself by dropping from the deck into a launch which •already was in the sea. Her maid was killed in their cabin by a gun shot. Dr. Greil's story indicates that the torpedo which sent the Ancona to. the bottom was not fired until the steamer had been riddled by shots .from the guns of the submarine. J. Saw the Submarine, '•'I was in 'the dining room of the first class passengers.\ Dr. Greil is quoted as saying, \chatting with some of the voyagers, when we heard the report of a cannon. There was ®reat excitement on deck. I asked the ship's doctor what was happen- ing and he replied that he didn't know. Then I went on deck myself. \I saw through a slight fog a sub- marine abomt 100 yards distant. It was equipped with two cannon, for- ward and aft, which, were heing fired rapidly. I went down to my cabin to get my papers and there found my maid, who pleaded with me J o save her. A cannon shot interrupted our •conversation. A shell entered the vessel through a port hole and killed my maid. I took my valise and small handbag containing valuables, after putting on my liat and coat, and went up to the deck with a life belt. Jumps Into Boat. •'Boats were heing lowered, all •completely filled. I sought to get into one of thorn and was told there was no more room. I went to an- other anil received the same re- sponse. I then crossed Hie deck and saw a launch afloat. This contained the chief engineer, Carlo Lemberti, two doctors and other first class pas- sengers, some of the women and members of the crew. T asked Lem- berti to be allowed to get in. \ 'Come on.' he said, at the same time grasping the side of the steamer to prevent the small boat from mov- ing off. ' *# \Being well trained in gymnastics T let myself fall into the launch, landing at the place designated. \During all this time the subma- rine had not ceased bombarding the Ancona, not paying the slightest at- tention to the women, children and men trying to get away. At this mo- ment the submarine was very close to us. The fog lifted and we could clearly distinguish the Austrian flag, which was new. The Ancona resisted the cannonade well. Many of the shots entered above the water line and the holes caused by others were too small to admit much water as the sea was very calm. To finish the work the submarine discharged a torpedo and the vessel began to sink. \Some hours afterward we encoun- tered a heavily laden boat,- which was leaking. We took aboard five women and four children in order to lighten it. Lemberti then took it in tow, not permitting more passengere to crowd our boat. \When the sun disappeared we saw a black spot on the horizon and all the survivors became greatly ex- cited. It wasn't another submarine but the steamer Pluton, which had seen our signals and rescued us about 7 in the evening. Later it headed for Bizerta, after having cir- cled the vicinity of the spot where the' Ancona was torpedoed and res- cued other survivors who were in boats. I did everything possible in the way of first aid to the wounded, whom we were bringing back on the Ancona. All these wounded men, except those saved by the Pluton, re- mained aboard the Ancona and went down with her. \We arrived at Bizerta about 11 o'clock but remained aboard the Plu- ton, the officers placing their cabins at our disposal, if 8 o'clock the next morning we reached the arsenal of Sid-ab-Dallas, where a temporary hospital was erected for us. Here we were able to rest. I will con- tinue to give my services to the sur- vivors and aid the physicians.\ Dr.' Greil was on her way to her home in New York. She had been visiting the Russian consul and his family at Bari, Italy. Among the Ancona passengers at Ferryville is Marquis Scerra, who was wounded in the foot by a pro- jectile. BmBpc&smesmEnnmimBepaBnMszBi LAKE FREIGHTER ' POUNDED TO PIECES The Crew Is Rescued With the Great- est Difficulty. Brie, Pa., Nov. 16.—The freighter P. D. Armour, of the Boreland-Gor- nelius line, from Cleveland to Buf- falo, with coal, struck on a shoal in Lake Krie off Waldemeer, four miles west of here, Friday night, and after being pounded for hours by a heavy sea, sank Saturday morning. Part of the crew was taken off early in the day, but Capt. Jos. Boreland and three other men stayed on the boat until 9, when they were rescued with difficulty by Capt. Hans Jensen and the life saving crew. First reports that the tug Cleveland of Ashtabula, towing the Armour, and another tug had been sunk, were later disproved. BOOKKIt T. WASHINGTON LEAD- ffilt AND THACHKR OF HIS RACK. PART OF M IS WASHED ASH Tug Foundered in Storm on Lake On- tario About Two Weeks Ago— Was Bound for Montreal. Oswego, Nov. 16.—All doubt that the tug Frank G. Barnes was lost in a storm on Lake Ontario about two weeks ago was removed Monday when a part of the pilot house was discovered on the shore near this place by William Peterson, a farmer, residing about three or four miles west of the city, Although none of the bodies ofHhe crew has been found, it is practically certain that the five men perished. Capt. H. W. Larush of Toronto, well known in Kingston, where his fore- fathers lived, more than likely will never pilot another lake boat. The list of supposed dead includes, be- sides the Kingston sailor: J. Hough- ton, Oollingwood, O., mate; A. Mac- Gregor, Hamilton, Ont., engineer; E. Waters, Toronto, second engineer, and 1-1. Hara, Barrie, cook. The tug is believed to have foun- dered while en route from Port Dal- housie to 'Montreal two weeks ago. The boat was well known to St. Law- rence rivermen, being a freight tug about 66 feet in length. Capt. La- rush, who had been in charge of pas- senger boats for his company during the summer, took charge of the latest trip as he had been in the custom of doing when his company had an im- portant shipment. He came from a sailor's family, his father Laving been lo.^t in a lake storm many years ago. He is survived by a wife and a small child. DAILY LOSSES At DARANELLES British Official Announces (o Parlia- ment Average, Muv to October, Was 795. London', Nov. 10.- The average daily looses in the Dardanelles for the entire period from .May to Octo- ber were 705, Harold J. Tennant, parliamentary under-sccretary for war, told the House of Commons last evening. The great bulk of these men, Mr. Ttennant said, were the Kick, who aggregated 90,UOO. Of the sick, he added, SO per cent might be expected to return to the fighting ranks. HEIR TO MILLION ENDS HIS LIFE FOBS TUSKEGEE lit He TIJHI Spent Money Lavishly on Scientiftc Rest-arch. Chit-ago, Nov. 16.—Friends of War- ren M. Peabody, the til-year-old son of the late Hiram B. Peabody, a mil- lionare real estate operator, are at a loss to explain what caused the young man to take his life by drink- ing poison last week. Peabody came into possession of more than half of the ?2,noo,o00 left by his father, when he became of age a»io months ago. He spent, money lavishly for equipment and apparatus used in lis inventions and recearckes. He recently was graduated from Johns Hopkins university. ANOTHER ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK Twenty-one Are Missing After Sub- marine Does Its Work. Rome, Nov. 10.—The Italian steam- er Firenfce, 3,973 tons gross, has been sunk by a submarine. Twenty-seven passengers and 9.6 members of the crew were saved. Six passengers and 15 of the crew are missing. The Firenze was last reported to have sailed from Genoa on Oct, 12, to Alexandria. The dispatch fails to state whether she was sunk in the Mediterranean. The steamer was owned by the Societa Nazionale Di Serviza and her port of registry was Genoa. She was 344 feet long and was built in 1912. Taken Seriously III in New York Week Ago— -Renli'/iug Knd Was Wear He Determined to Make Trip Home—Reached Tuskegee Satur- day Night .and Died, at His Home Early Sunday Morning—(Washing- ton Was Born a Slave. Tuskogee, Ala., Nov. 16.—Booker T. Washington, foremost, teacher and leader of the negro race, died early Sunday at his home, near the Tuske- gee Institute, of which he was found- er and president. Hardening of the arteries following a nervous break- down caused death four hours after Dr. Washington arrived from New York. Although he had been in failing health for several months, the negro leader's condition became, serious only this week while he was in the East. I-ie then realized that the end was near., bu t determined to make the last long trip South. He said often: '1 was born In the South, have lived all my life in the South, and ex- pect, to die and be buried in the South.\ I.eft New York Friday \flcrnoon . Accompanied by his wile, his sec- retary and a physician, Dr. Washing- ton left New York for Tuskegee at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. He reach- ed home Saturday at midnight and died ut 4.40 Sunday night. His last public appearance was at the National Council of Congrega- tional Churches in New Haven, where he delivered .-' lecture, October 2ii. A widow, three children and four grandchildren survive. John H. Washington, a brother, is superin- tendent of industries at Tuskegee In- stitute. I'r. Washington was born in slav- ery near Hale's Ford, Va., in 1S5T or 1S58. Alter the emancipation of his race, he moved with his family to West Virginia. He vas an ambitious buy and saved his money for a edu- cation. When ho was able to scrape together su indent money to pay his stage coach fare to Hampton, Va., he entered Gen. Armstrong's school then* and worked his way through an academic ri-nirse, being graduated in mr. . TU.SUI-ROC His Monument. Later !>••» liecsime a tencher in the Hampton Institute, where he remain- t-d until ISfil, when he organized the Industrial Fi-honl for Negroes ut Tuskcgi'c, to which he devoted must, of h's attention during the remain- ing warn of his life. The institute Blurted in a rented sdianty church anil todav it owns 3,- fiOO acres of land in Alabama and has nearly 100 buildings valued at sRiifi.OOO. Mr. Wiv-Uinglon won the sympa- thy p.n(l support of leading southern- ers by a speecli in behalf of his race at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in ISSe. In addition to this prominent e as an educator, he gain- ed cnnsith'r.ilile fame as a nautlior. An honorary degree master of arts was conferred upon him by Harvard University in 1890, and in 1901 he wins pivrn the honorary degree of doctor of laws by Dartmouth College. Incident Stirred Negrophobists of South. An incident of Mr. Washington's career made him the center of a Na- tionvidfi discussion during the ad- ministration of President Roosevelt. He ,iflf down to luncheon with the president either by formal or infor- mal invitation. There was. a storm of protest from certain quarters in •the South and some hostility was shown Inward the negro educator afterward. Roosevelt'.-. Tribute to Washington. Oyster. Bay, Nov. 14.—Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt made the following statement on the death of Booker T. Washington: \I ant deeply shocked and grieved at the death of Dr. Booker T. Wash- ington. He was one of -the distin- guished citizens of the United States, a man who tendered greater service to his own race than had ever been rendered by anyone else and, who in so doing, ateo rendered great service to the whole country. I mourn his loss and feel that one of the most, useful citizens of our land has gone.\ COST OF STATE GOVERNMENT Increase Since 1910 has Bi-en $15,- 000,000—Direct; Tax of si4,500,- 000 to .$19,000,000 Necessary for Five Years. New York, Nov. 16.—IW-auso ot the increased cost of state govern- ment it will probably be no essary to impose each year during the next five years a direct state tax of $14,- 500,000 to $19,000,000, Senator Og- den L. 'Hills, chairman of the joint legislative committee on taxation, stated in an exhaustive summary of the testimony, recommendations and stiggestions obtained at the recent session of the. committee in New York. This tax will be lit\ essary, it is estimated, even if the state suc- ceeds in slopping further increases in the cost of the government and holding its expenses to the present amount. The committee found 'Hat from 1910 to 1914 the cost of the state government increased $1 *..:'.i8.BBK, or 10 per cent, an averac- of eight per cent a year. RCHvSTANS DKFEAT ATTEMPT TO TA1CK OFFENSIVE IX NORTH. BERLIS us mm so. BOi FOR US PMED JS HOAX Washington Detective Force \l\p In the Air.\ Washington, Nov. 10.- The detec- tive force of the Washington police department were hastily summoned to the offices of the American Ex- press company at 4 Sunday morning to examine ten small boxes consigned to \Robert Lansing, Secretary of State.\ The bo.\es were sent trom Balti- more. The fact that the lm\es were, marked \no dynamite\ and \non-ox- ploslvo\ only served to raise ihe sus- picions of the express agent, who voiced his fear that there might be. bombs i-micealed, within'View of the distinguished consignee mimed. .Tames Springman, special officer who deals with explosives, was rous- ed from his slumbers and rushed to the express office in an automobile. Orders were issued by the police that the boxes were not to be delivered or touched until he arrived he detec- tive and explosive expert arrived on the scene and proceeded <i itli his in- spection with more than usual cau- tion. Willi great care, he gently lifted the lid from the rst box encountered, while express employes and others stood at a distance, expecting that anv moment there would be a limd report :m da detective expert in ex- plosives disappear in vapor. But the lid wis lifted without nnythiiiK h\li- I'cniuy. The. detective removed a piece nf paper.and there was ri-vcul- ed t\ bin astonished true ;i pi!\ nl\ white paper and a pile of sioins - nothing more. !i wa? evidently Intended, to be ii praeMi ill inke. LOST IN THE ADIRONDACK^ Party Which Included n Ctican, Hud an Kxperic-nce in the Vicinity of • Moi'tU Lake. T'tii-a, Nov. 1C- Th\ party of four hunters, ed Walter Carrol] ol marred to some extent nf one of the members verv soon after nrti HOUKC, on North I.at.<i-. •party imute its head member of the party unfortunate? was Mil Colileskill, who left iIn cnnipsniinni--. for the Carroll 'phoned to h city that he would n>. time scheduled b««ii.. absence, but very son.i young man Walked t IIOUFC sale and uuln.t been out all night, lei fered from the cold, !> sough! shelter in sunn When he was missed paniot'K a posse viu search instituted. It first visit to the. Norn of the Adirondack-- war'J greatly alarnif.l sence and much plei • turned. • pleasure of a v.hich inclmi- I'IIM city, was ny the adieu in getting lost v,'l a t Stale where I he carters. The v. no wa-3 thus ii Hadsill to' city with his Adirotulacks. • wife in thin return :it Hie . of IlaiUill's .ifterv.'ard the .i the Si ate •'.ed. He had ' had not suf- • • UUKO he had •.ai ant camps, i-y his crmi- 1'irmed and a -an ItadsiiU's i Lake region His friends .turitiK bis ah- : when he ru- TEITONH TAKK 7,t'\it SKKKS; TCRKK, l.ISOO All kinds of job printing done ai Uie Ite-Union Office on short notice JTEW YORK LIVE STOCK New York, Nov. 16.-Beeves: Re- ceipts, 3,921;; steady; steers, fi.50 to 9.00; bulla, i. 00 to 0.00; cov/<5, 2.75 to f>.Mi. Calves: Receipts, 3,240; weak; veals, 8.00 to 12.25; culls, 0.50 to 7.00; grassers, 4.50 to 5.25; yearl- ings, 4.00 to 4.50. Hogs: Receipts, 10,440; steady, 7,00 to 7.2\; roughs, 1 6.00 to 6.25, Russians Driven Hu<l> Von Linsiiigeii, vi Berlin. Nov. 3 0. was muile by the war the capture of «,.Viii Ciimeili. Of tllei-e. ;.' six i-iiitiioii were in!., hue--. I'ursiiil. id' th- ing continued nil nl-- A defeat of the I; is iimmlttieed ji y 1ln E-fi.w thai the troop • siiiyvn druse l.iicl-. r Ihe we:-t bunk f.r th- en I ire west, bank lm ed. knss'ctn attsci. east iif Vilny, v.-eiv • 0>i the wc-teiii V. stormed a Freiidi ' I'/nj* ii-irilienst i.f I • In OiUiein By >•» Berlin. Uiii<mne.cnicul IT Mt.ndiiy \> liens, with ]•: pris-iiiei-N and •y tie- liiilgm-- •-l-'iirins i-: lic- !b- fcrml. HIS in (iaiicJu • uliiee, which 'tell. Veil hili- ! 'ie.-'i;iii.! Frem yr river. The \v been elcar- nr buir-i'/eti, iL-i. tlie iti'i-muti- eh Miu yards Keports Russian Lines Xcar Czar- torysk Hewed ana Nearly 1,800 Prisoners Taken Also Pcclaroh Russian Attack Further South Re- pulsed French Report Germans Thrown Out of Trenches in Artois Where Thcj Gained Foothold. London, Nov. 16.- The Russians have definitely repelled Field 'Mar shal von Hindenberg's drive toward Riga and Dvtnsk and along the. Dvina River and have themselves taken the offensive, but apparently, owing to the state of the ground, have been able to make only slow progress in the marsh region west of Riga. Along the Styr River,_in the south, the Augtrn-Oermans, by a counter stroke, have pierced the Russian lines and captured about 1,500 pris- oners, according to the Berlin official statement. These strokes are about all thai can be expected on the east- ern front while the soft weather con- tinues. In the \labyrinth\ sector in Arlois, ifrance, the Germans, by a sudden attack, gained a foothold in one of the, Frensch llrst line trenches, but were dri\cn out. leaving their wounded behind. Otherwise there hits been only artillery action on the western line. Austrian aeroplanes have again dropped bombs on Verona. Italy. Thirty persons were killed and -ill injured. 11 AMERICANS ON ANCONA UKUMAXH WIN ANT) LOSB TRENCHES Succeed in PenctraUnff French First Line at Labyrinth, hut Counter Attack Ousts Them. Paris, Nov. 16.- The following of- ficial communication was issued by th\! war nlllcc: \In Artois in th-- labyrinth, Hie (ierioJ'ns hv a Kiulden attach suc- ceeded in penetrating, near the roud t'riim Lille, one of nur first line tri-Tieln-:-. Our counter utlnck innue- din'ily drove litem out. The enemy left all his wounded un the ground. \Around Lncis and Hoehes-, there lisi* In en merely eiiiinoiiiidiug. \Tn the iinrlh of the Aisne we con- centrated whiit appeared to be a \ery nfiecthe lire mi the Herman orgnni- VIItinny on the platenu of Nouvron. \A somewhat intense artillery ac- liim 1ms continued in Champagne in th\- region of the Butte du Mesuil, in the Chevaliers Wood.\ The repuhie nf a Herman attempt In gain ground hv the explosion of u Mine chumbcr in the region of Frise, v.ei-i of Fcrtiime, and the bombard- ment -if tin- railroad station ut Krai- nits? eoiiiprh-e the adivilien of the French forces on the western front reported m tin- stntenienl from the w;ir nflicc. The text of the nt.alemi.-nt inllnvVK- \The fiiemy exploded a mine chsimlii r in the region of Frise, went of I'I ruiiiie, and attempted to oceup- the exciivnfion. Hi- was r»-pul.<eil lifter :< lively slruRsl'-. We delivered nil eh'i i tlvc fire upon the railmurt stiittrin of f'hfiulnes. Upon the resl of the front Ihe night puw-rt without ire-ident.\ ' ! \' KV The Itelgitm officlnl cnmnuiiiicatio 11 readv: ' Kneniy artillery bus canon- urletl nur cnsilfriris tn ihe north HIKI ;-mjth of Iiismude. tngelher with Ca- p> He. Onuti'i-ke and C.-ieski rKe, Our bntterii.:-- vigorously bombarded the po-'itkniK at Lf-kr- and Kuint Pierre Crip'-lle.\ n\TTLF S OX SOITHFRX FRONT I'fti-'iej-ad Reports IfcKpcratc Fi«hl- hi« in Oartorysk Region RUK- .shais JRcpiilNH Germans on Riga Front. Fefrograd, -Nov. 10. The follow- ing offl.-ial communication was re- ceived from general headquarters: \ii-u the western (Hm<Hia.ri > front the Hermans attempted to take the offensive a.gaim.t the Borzemnende. term, in the Ikskul .rliptrh-t. They v-ere ri milned by our artillery lire, fn the livlrmk district, further to the south, as fur as I'ripet, there is noth- ing to report. \[if'spcruie fighting \onl.inues near Hie village of Atedve.jie, northwest of fv.e.rfon;*. The enemy's yCerfipbi to rnlviiino in the direction nf thn l.'ivr t-tvi- w-re i-.toppcl by our ar- lillrr,- (ire. N'enr the village of Pod- ,i,-iie, \west nf \\zartnrysd;, there was dr-; pernte fielitirig. \On 'he i.'iiiiciicus front, on the v.-e:-t -,-linr\ nf Lstl-ft Ourm):i, our troop-; repult.i d Kurdish forces.\ Ambassador Page's Information Is 'Hint Only Two, Man and Woman Were Saved. Rome, Nqv. 16.—So far as Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador, has been able to ascertain from the official reports received through the Italian govemmont and from the British consuls at Bizerta and Tunis, the following American citizens were on the Ancona: Dr. Cecile L. Greil, Alexander Pa- tatlvo and wife and four children. Mrs. Francesco 'Mascolo Laniura, Pasquale Laurino and Cuiseppe Tor- risi and his wife. Of these only Jlrs. t-treil and Torrisi are among the sur- vivors. The opinion is expressed here that tt was the same submarine, proceed- ing from Gibraltar or from the Ae- gean Sea, which first sank the An- cona and then the steamer Fierenze. All the reports agree than the. sub- marine was a very large one—about 200 feet long. It has been decided that the sur- vivors of the disaster will be sent back to Italy by the Italian consuls at liizerta. Tunis and Malta, when vessels for their transportation are available. OFFICIAL ITALIAN STATKMENT OF SINKIXO OF L1XE.U. RESENTED 10 U. I BOH SUBMARINES COME JFROM GERMANY Those Now Operating in Mediter- ranean Moot in Pieces to Austrian Naval Bn'-es and There Assembled. Rome, Nov. Hi. Rome newspapers say that the Austrian submarines which ure now so active in the Med- iterranean were shipped in pieces from Kiel, Oermany, to Triest, ac- companied'by Uernian mai-ha-nh-s and naval officer.-\. From Tries! they were taken to the Austrian naval arsenal at Pnla, where Uu\\ were assembled. They then made their way through the channels of the Halmation archipela- go, the newspaper says, and reached t'atlaro, from which point, eluding the allied licet, they passed through ihe Olru'it.o channel and gained the Mediterranean. II. Is also repotted that supply sla- ttmis for these submarines which tiy the Austrian Hag have been estab- lished along the Greek coast. A pro- test was mude several months ago by the Italian consul at Patras, on the erounds that the neutrality of Greece W/IB being violaied. FURTHER ADVANCE IN SERBIA ll'ilin Reports Teutons Have Driven Hei-liiuns Rack on Whole Front, Capturing 1,800 Troops, il'i-lin, .Nov. III. Teutonic armies ciimieuii'te'l by (lens. Knevesa and von Oallwitz, after sanguinary llght- iiil., have ug du thrown btn-k the Ser- lilariN along their whole front, says tini report issued at the Gormau army lieudr|imrti-r.-<, Herbians -to the number of 1,77!! were made prison- ers. Merman troops have also pene- trated the Russian linen near C'zar- toryi.l;, in Viilliyultt, and have taken pri:,eiiers l.iilK Russians, acurding to the ollieial statement, which fol- lows: \Pallan Theater The- armies of fiens. von KOUVI.'MS and von Uallwilz, after tcnaeimis battles have again thrown back the Si-rhinns along the whole front. Thirteen officers and 1.700 men have been made prisoners. Two cannon have been captured. \Oen. linyailjlelfs Bulgarian troops are -idvaticuic together with Ihe Ger- mans from the Southern Morava. \Kiistera. Theater Oen. von Liu- slHgen's fiirimiu troops have pene- trated Ihe Ru.si.ian linen near Pod- caee, northv.u-.t of C/jirloryal:, tak- ing prisoners 1,510 Russians. Four machine guns wire captured. \Russian attacks north of tbfi Kovcl-Snrny railroad broke down be- lure ihe Austrian-Hungarian Hues. '.'Anny groups of Field Marshal von Hindenburg and Prince Leopold nf Bavaria: No change in the situa- tion, \Western Theyler - There i.s noth- ing Lo report.\ noMJNG MILL OF DC PONT COMPANY BLOWS W Wilmington, Del., Nov. 10.-Num- ber 1 3 rolling mill in tho lower Hag- ley yard of HIP I in Pont Powder Com- pany's plant at Rising Sun, three miles west of this city, bb.w up Fri- day night. No one was hurt, all the employes being out of the mill at the time. The cause nf the blast is not known. There were about. 300 pnunds or powder in ihe mill when the explosion occurred. Denounce-* .'.Iincily to All Natin'is. 'The royal government regards if. as ;i duly to denounce Kok-rmily to all nali'iii.i the circunislMii'i-r-. described above. Their Kentlmeritu ot justice and humanity will cause them with- out don lit to bulge, j.-.i it deiterveH, | fln« eriiKinc.t of an enemy which is ob-j vloii.-.lv contrary to the dictates nf civilization ami the recn-_:iii/.cd prin- ciple:-: of intr.rnfttionul law.\ Italian Ambassador Delivers to Sec- retary Lansing Communication Sent All Neutrals -Attac kon An- cona and Sinking Math Loss of Over 200 Lives Declared \Unpar- alleled Atrocity\—Shelling of Ship and Bouts Ruthless. Washington, Nov. 16.—Secretary Lansing personally received yester- day from Count v. Macchi di Cellere, Italian ambassador, a communication addressed by Italy to all neutral na- tions, denouncing as \an unparallel- ed atrocity\ the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona, with scores of neutrals and other non-combatants aboard. The statement recites the circum- stances of the attack, charging (Hat \without even a blank shot\ of warn- ing from the attacking submarine the vessel was shelled, and that the killing and wounding of passengers continued after the ship had stopped. No reference is made to the nation- ality of the submarine. As jet Ambassador Penfield has not been instructed to call at the Vi- enna loreign office for information, but be probably will be shortly in view of the issuance of a statement by the Austro-I-lungarian admiralty describing ihe attack. Wnitlng- for Vienna's Official Story. I'non receipt of the facts as stated in Vienna Ihe Washington govern- ment will consider whether any rights of American citizens have been violated. The Austrian admiralty statement sent out by wireless from I'.erlin, is at variance with that of Italy. It declares the Ancona at- tempted lo escape, and only after re- pi alert shelling was brought to a stop. It is- further claimed by Aus- tria that the passengers and crew were given 45 minutes to escape in small boats, and the charge that the submarine tired on the boats is de- nied. While official wero disinclined to comment in view of Ihe contradictory information, the general belief is that the entire, question of submarine wnrlare and the obligations of a sub- marine commander to see that neu- trals are in a place of safety before destroying a prize will be taken up by tin- 1-nited Slates wiih Hie Aus- trian iMivi-rtinieiit. Tin- le\;i nf the Italian communica- tion follows: \The government of the United .Stales is doubtless aware of the par- ticulars report I'd by the proas in con- ni\i-tton with th\ outrage perpetrated, by the enemy upon Italian shipping nu November 7. Ruthless Purpose Rebind Warfare. \Mure than once the destruction ot Italian merchantmen, has taken place under circumstances which per- mitted no other explanation than Hint there was behind the procedure a ruthless purpose to use brutish tnrce -igainst private property of in- nocent persons. Non-combatant pas- si ngcrs and crews already have been I lie victims of these lno-thnds, t, u t n< vrr has there beep art instance of :.nch unparalleled atrocity as in the cane, of the sinking of Ihe Ancona. \Tho unarmed liner, enroute lor New York, was steaming westward between the coasts nf Sardinia and Tunis, carrying passengers anil cargo destined for America, '\It was out of the question that the vessel could have been suspected of carrying arms or contraband or person*: iii th\-- service of any of the belligcrentc. In fact, nonn of the i. iieitniRlances alleged in other eases in an .-utempt to justify actions de- -.-•iribeil by thei raulhors as a neces- sity nf war or as a reprisal, were present. In the case of tho Ancona. Principle of Humanity Violated. There are principles that no state ought to disregard and no private in- dividual could violate with impunity. Oespect for the lives of persons in no way participants in a war is among tlie.se fundamental rules of humanity an dinternational law. This rule im- poses upon belligerents the strict ob- ligation tn do all in their power in,- every circumstance to protect the lives of such passengers. \Without any warning whatsoever, without even a blank shot, without observing any of the formalities ac- companying tho right of search, the submarine encountered by the An- emia in the aforementioned clrotim- Hiitw-rs, opened lire upon the unarm- ed pieienger liner, ruthlessly shell- ing not only the wireless apparatus, siiii?. and decks of the ship while she. was al. a stop, but even the lifeboats in winch the terrorized passengerH were seeking refuge. \Many of the passengers were kill- ed outright or wounded. Some who approached the submarine in >ths hope of rescue, were driven away with jeers. As a result of this Inhu- man procedure more than 200 men, oomeu and children lost their lives,
