Of age at the time of his death, he is survived by his parents, AMERICAN CONSUL SAYS VESSEL WAS THREATENED LONDON, Feb. 6.—Horace Lee Washington, American consul at Liverpool, today reported that a German submarine halted the American steamer Westwego, and threatened to sink it. The vessel was spared after the commander surrendered three barrels of liquor, announced that the submarine U-45 fired five shells at the Westwego, all of which failed to strike. The British steamer Wadley Pickering was sunk in the barred zone today, it was announced. The Leyland, the admiralty, announced that war between the United States and Germany is inevitable, and that the German answer to the United States' notification of the breach of diplomatic relations may itself be a declaration of war. The answer is expected within 24 hours. The state department has cabled Berlin, ordering all Americans to leave Germany at once. Count J. H. von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, recently reiterated the statement that Germany would declare war in the event of a diplomatic rupture. The government was rapidly completing preparations this morning for an important cabinet meeting this afternoon. The sinking of the Eavestone yesterday afternoon and the shelling of the lifeboats seems to be conclusive proof that Germany is waging a ruthless warfare on the sea. The official statement of the major facts of the case received by the state department this morning, reports that the submarine which attacked the vessel shell.  The lifeboats, killing Richard Wallace, an American negro. 