,. i liumuppmiui hup1' IFINAN.CIAL EDITION tfSTRAF; NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA VOL. III. NO. 109 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1917 CortnionT, I01T, t the Pcntto I.rtwrn CouriMi PRICE ONE CENT r-'- u li ,IM.ilimfipwiipwiiniwmi i n i ..piiihihhiiiiiiiii ttfW . 1 I I COAL CONSPIRACY PROBE CONTINUES Rotan May Seize Printer's r Books for Evidence Against Exchange PLEA IN COURT POSSIBLE ?! Application for Instruction lo iTOCluco jjocuniuiua vuiisiuureti. List of Witnesses Grows PlsSrl-t Attorney Samuel P. nolan loilnv rtsumed lila Investigation Into nn nllp&ed conspiracy of a group of 1'lillndelphi.i retail eeal dealers to raise prices. ' Six or seven men who are closely Identi fied with tlio retnll coal Industry In this city will bo examined today by Mr llotati and Assistant District Attorney Tatilnnc Thcso men will bo quoitloned particular regarding tho prlco cards which wero dis tributed nmong a largo number of dealers prior to tho prlco gouge, of December 20. On tlicso cards wero printed prices which wero lo go Into effect December 20, and - majority of tho dealers raised their prices accordingly. Tho District Attorney li reek ing to placo tho responrlblllly for thcso cards on certain organizations and In dividual Tho cards wero printed by J. n. McCul lough, n printer of 1511 Federal street. Mo Cullough delivered them lo A. I Colin, pro prietor of (ho Victor Coal Company, Thir teenth street nnd Washington avenue, he said Colin 13 a member of tho Coal Ex change. EXCHANGE DinnCTOIl NAMED V A. Ualdl, of Ualdl Brothers, Twelfth street nnd Washington avenuo, alleges that one of tho cards was left In hl3 office by Frank Mathews, n director In the Philadel phia, Coal Exchange. Frederick Gettz, Jr., a coal dealer at Thirteenth street and Wash ington acnue, alleges that Colin left 6na of the cards In Ills olllco, saying It was from the Coal Exchange. Mr. Ilotnn said today It was his Intention to get to "rock bottom" In tho Investiga tion. It Is said that ho may get a court order for tho production of certain books and correspondence which might throw light on tho aliened conspiracy. ( MAY SUISSE BOOKS It was stated t )day that tho District At torney may solzo iho books of JlcCullough, the printer, In an effort to get tho truth of Conn's alleged transactions with the print er. Assistant District Attorney Tanlana Is assisting Mr. Rotan In tho probo. While Mr. Ilotan la lnver,Mgatlng an alleged consplraoy of Philadelphia deal ers, United States Attorney Knno is search ing for evidence of Interstate violations In the coal Industry. Ho Is being assisted by Edward A. Cann, special assistant to the Attorney General at Washington. PLASTER CAST "DUN FOR PHYSICIAN'S BILL Patient Sues Doctor for 50,000 to Compcnsato for Forced Incarceration CLEVELAND, O . Jan. 19. Charging that a physician refused to release him from a plaster cast until his bill was paid, Wil liam Sir! today made suit for $50,000. Slrl said ho was placed In tho cast following an operation In which a pleco of bono was removed from his leg nnd added to bis pine. 'The doctor said ho would keep me In the cast for two months," said Slrl. "At the end of that timo I hadn't paid all of tho bill, for be kept mo in tho cast two weeks more until I scraped together the money." LOST FLYERS REPORTED -DEAD UNDER MACHINE Search Party Goes to "Blank Hole" to Investigate Story Told by Sonora Indians EL CENTP.O. Cal.. Jan. 15 Another re port of tho finding of tho bodies of Lieuten ant Colonel Bishop nnd Lieutenant Ilobert on was brought hero today. This one is to the effect that tho two bodies nro under the wreck of tho aeroplane in the lilack Hole region of the Sonora desert. This report reached hero via the Cudahy ranch, south of tho border, headquarters for several searching parties. The story was told by Indians. A searching parly was dispatched from Cudahy ranch to Investigate. As the last reports of tho missing aviators were that they were flying toward the Sonora desert some credence is given this story hero. DIAMOND JIM BRADY ILL, BUT REMEMBERS FRIEND Told to "Cut Out" Business, Ho Dares Order and Sends ?ID0,000 to Baltimore Surgeon ATLANTIC CITY. Jan. 19. James Buchanan Brady, New York inlllionalie broker and patron of shores, who lias been ordered here by New York specialists under order to "cut out tho stock ticker," dano. J ? nd all other amusements, because of a 'bad heart" condition, was able to take Boardwalk outing today In a wicker coupe lth a valet as his attendant. No visible bad effects in the way of val vular ailment followed tno action of "Dia mond Jinv today fit forwarding a deed aT $150,000 homo in Baltimore to a John Hopkins physican, who six years ago operated on him In the Baltimore Hospital. ?..?. a alreaur Klen the surgeon a fe fit J 100.000 and three Packard automobile THEWEATHER FQKEOAST For 7hlTnrllnl,t .! ...r,..i... r, m and moderately cold touight, with lowest p Cloudiness, moderate westerly tuiiids. fgea Hio. Sua seta J.1LNOTH OF DAY 7 10 a m. I Moon tlw . 24e g m 6 03 p-m I ilooa south. 7.20 a w. UU.IW.1UK KIVKIt TIUIS CIIANUHS t lll-JSTMT bTICKHT ijow ttl r 4 13am I I.o.v timu iJtpn Hlsbuui.r 10 Is am I Hlh water 10 40 pm. TKUrjUOTl BK AT BAUI UOl'R & i mi in Lsi ii a i 3i as ILJ I 81 301 311 '31 1 1 I Fhuto ur International Tllm Service. SHERMAN L. WHIPPLE Boston lawyer and Democrat, recommended byLawson nnd chosen by the Houso Rules Committee to conduct tho "pence leak" investiga tion when tho committee resumes its hearings on Monday. WOMEN MAY ADD SPICE TO NOTE LEAK INQUIRY Mrs. Visconti and Another "Mysterious" Witness to Be Questioned on Monday BOSTON LAWYER COUNSEL WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. The name of a second woman of mystery may be dragged Into tho Houso nolo leak com mittee hearings. Mrs. Ruth Thomason Visconti, the first mystery woman, Is slated to bo a witness before the probers Monday. At that time, with Sherman I Whipple, noted Boston at torney, as counsel, tho commutes Intends to go to the bottom of her reported story nam ing a newspaper man and Secretary to the President, Joseph I. Tumulty. In questioning Mrs. V-scoritl, It Is likely tho committee will Investigate her icla tlons with tho second woman. As the rumor goes, this second woman probably knows tho "inside" of tho leal; situation, and If tho testimony shapes up in accordance with tho-rumors, tho hearings will be moro pungently rpiey than at any tlmo to date. Just how far Sirs. Visconti will go toward confirming Lawson's statement that she told him of an nlleged now leal; deal. Is problematical. But tliero Is no mistaking tho gravity that many followers of tho hear ings attach to her testimony. Majority members bay Tumulty nnd the newspaper man will be cleared beyond shadow of doubt. But lis tho story goes. Mrs. Visconti knows so many newspaper men and perhaps ollla'als that she may furnish a real ilood of tlgnt upon the leak situation. In a letter to the Rules Committee shortly nftcr it bad convened to discuss selection of counsel, and brought to light today, Lawson urged uppolntinent of Whipple as "tho one l.twyer completely equipped for the tremendous task which the committee must undertake." HIST! HO! A SPY! AND AN INNOCENT MAP-MAKER IS NABBED; TISH! TUSH! Philadelphian Throws Bridgeport, Conn., Into Frenzy as He Surveys Arms Plant Detectives Can't Be Fooled; Oh, No, Not They Otto lUrthel. Ilfty-nve years old. of Wal ton avenuo near Klfty-fceventh street, went about his business yosterday morning up in Bridgeport, Conn, first he measured an oil tank In the rear of the Remington Arms Company and Jotted down the di menslons; then he began measuring fences and recording his findings. By this time a half dozen persons were watching Otto, looking at one another and clicking their tonguea in an ominious way. Some one made a telephone, call after a bit and the entire detective force of the town, as well as that of the Arms Company, was. agog. Otto had ;ut finished) msur ing a hole In the fence and was mumbling names to himself when up from behind a lumber pile Jumped twenty detectives, heavily armed and shouting, "Hands up! What lvave we here," s-ild Otto Bartlvel In kururlse. His accent was Prussian he .as a "palpable Gerniau," to quote a New York correspondent. Take no chances.'' roared the detective head. And so Bartuel waa locked up and a uueolat guard placed ovef hl cell. The uaper which be had lu his hand when first arrested waa found to be a map of tho plant, on which every building was located. "If you'll give me a chance to explain. ' said Barthel, after he had been tabulated and inspected for 11 hour at leakt a score of detectives, "l 11 explain why I am here. I am employed by the U U, llopkuia Company, or Philadelphia, to make "LIVE WIRES" HAIL ELECTION W FOUR Unseating of Conservative Chamber Directors Causes Exultation FIGHT TO BE CONTINUED Unusunl Voto Polled Demon strated Spirit of Membership. Good-Nntured Rivalry Th 'lue wlre.s" of the Chamber of i ommercc hall as a victory tho outcome or the election of ten directors. 111 which font r Hip old guard" fnctlon were unsealed In members of Iho progressive element Kinnl count of the ballots cast csteid.i was accomplished early today, neariv inelvn hours after the closo of tho polli Analvsis of tho voto shows, according to iho tiihiiant "live wires," that tho rank and flip of the Chamber!! membership, as hrnn hv the Individual votes cast, ravors a change In tho board of directors. They assert that tho nvorago voto polled fof all tho ' llvo wire" candidates Is over 500, while the "old guard" average li HI On this basis nf computation the pro gressives declare they actually polled a majority of Iho voles cast; tho success of tho sit vv Inning conservatives being accom plished through the power of corporation voting, where, in sonio Instance1, a s'ngl. representative was able to voto twelve times for tho candidates of hl3 choice. Tho heglnnlng of a long-lrawn effort fm next year Is 'under way, according to lh 'llvo wlro" campaigners, who regard the seating of four nf their members on the directorate as Indicating thai "tho con servative standpattlsni of tho old guard hai been effectively smashed," and say tho elec tion emphasized the protest of the cltv Conllnunl on Pace The Column One WILSON SEES SENATORS TO GET ACTION ON BILLS President Confers With "Steering Com mittee" to Complete Program of Legislation WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 President Wil son mado another unheralded visit to the Capitol today in an effort to devise a plan for putting his legislative program through Congress without calling nn extra session. Tho President immediately went Into con feicnco with Senator Kern and the other members of tho Democratic "steering com mittee." The President outlined to Senator Kern the bills which he deslied particularly to bo voted on before adjournment- March 4 Thls program Includes the remainder of his I a II road legislation recommendations and a corrupt practices act that will bo effec tive At the conference it was pointed out that tho House still must pass ten of tho regular supply bills for tho support of llov crnment departments, and that the Senato has acted on nono of the fifteen bills. FAVORS EKJIIT-IIOUK DAY Manufacturer Also Speaks of Higher Pay to Business Scienco Club If an employer Is to be successful In life lm must necessarily bavo tho good will of his workmen, was n thought emphasized In pti address made by John f llcrshoy, pres ident of the John Spear Stovo and Heating Company, at tho weekly luncheon of thu Business Science Club today at tho Hotel Adelphla. Mr. Hershey. who was fornieily president of tho Sales Managers' Association nf this city, also said that the elght-hour-day period of labor Is something which should command tho attention nnd thought of nil employers, nnd tint nn Increase In wages Is something else that they should consider, sluco the experience of tho nverago work Ingman Is that it is illillcuit to keep pace with the present price of homo commodities. HISTORIC MILL IIUIINKI) $800 Damage Indicted on Two-Story Stono Structure The old two-story stone mill nl Bensalem road and Pennypack Creek, llohnesliurg. owned by tho Kalrmount Park Commission was nearly destroyed by fire today. It had been unoccupied for many years until recently when it was occupied as an otlico building by Jay & Zimmerman, con tractors who are building the Itoulevnrd bridge over Pennypack Creek. Tho lira started from nn overheated stove while the contractors were at work ome distance away. The loss Is estimated at $800. atlas of your town for the municipal gov ernment." "But the papers, the German accent and the thick glasses," ejaculated the'-delectlves. "A free country this," replied Barthel, "and I'm a citizen." Tho Hopkins Company, by whom Barthel was employod, was Informed of its em ploye's plight this morning. "A more harm less man 1 never knew," said one of the company otticlals ; "war was out of his line He talked more about Ills chicken farm down in Jersey. We sent him to Bridge port two months ago to make this map " Meanwhile, those twenty detectives are doing a Jericho around the mapmaker, ex amining him from every angle. They Il nothing escape them do those sleuths. ROCKEFELLER HEARS SUNDAY Oil Magnate's Son Present When 'Billy Says "Money Cannot Buy Ticket to Heaven" BOSTON. Masa. Jan. 19. John V. Rockefeller, Jr.. sat In- the front row of the Billy Sunday tabernacle here la it night and carelessly flicked the sawdust with the toe of hie shoe, listening to the rec.arks of Sunday that "money cannot buy a ticket to heaven." Rockefeller said he was convinced of Sunday's sincerity. COUNSEL ENGAGED IN CAPITAL PROBE James Scarlet and Ex-Judge Gordon Reported Pen rose Lawyers FIGHT ON BRUMBAUGH Inquiry Probably Will I3csin in Two Weeks to Air Slate Affairs .,,tr'; .. rrj--ffs!'i. WILL PROBE BRUMBAUGH CASE Former Judge .Tunics Gny Gordon (in circle) and former Stute Sen ' ntor Jnmca Scarlett hnvo been chosen to conduct the proposed in vestiRntion into tho administration of Governor Brumbaugh tlireat- ened by Senator 'Penrose The legislative probe, which Senator Penrose Ins threatened, of nlleged Irreg ularities In tho Brumbaugh administration, will bo directed. It wai learned today, by former Judgo James (Jay Cordon, and pos sibly by James II Scarlet, formerly a State Senator and counsel fur tho probers In tho big Ktato Capitol scandal six years ago. former Judgo Oordon has Intimated that ho has accepted the commission, but Mr. Scarlet Is at Danville. Pa., nnd It has not been learned whether or not ho wUI ac cept. .Mr. Scarlet's activity In prosecuting tho Capitol graftorn resulted in the conviction of Joseph jr. Huston, the architect of the ? 13.000,000 building. it Is also staled that tho probe will 1)0 In tho opon nnd not behoml closed doors. Two weeks fioin next Jlouday night, prob ably, tho Joint commlitpo of tho Houso nnd Senato will meet and start its Investiga tion. Stnto Senatoi I-'rank II. Baldwin will bo ihulrmati nf the r. umlttee MOORE DEFENDS BILL TO GET CUSTOMS SITE Congressman, Backing So-Called "Pork" Measure, Calls Its Items Justified WASHINGTON. Jan lit Defense of the J38.OUO.000 omnibus public buildings bill, which is the object of a biter fight by mem bers who regard It as n "iwrl; barrel" meas ure, was made by Itcprcsentatlvo J. Hamp ton .Moore, of Philadelphia, in a speech in tho Houso today. Tlio bill contains un Item of $750,000 for purchase of a site for a new customs houso In Philadelphia, which Mr Moon succeeded In having the com mittee put In the menetiro. Mr. Moore explained that when ho first came to emigres ho undertook the tatl; of getting an ndoijuate appropriation for the Delaware Illver. but soon found that with CO.OOO inllen of navigable rlvem In the I'nlteil States be could not get an appropria tion for the Delaware unless cither members got n!r!r!utltmH fur tho streams In which they wero interested. "No member," he Kild, "can come Into this Houve and run away with his project without respecting the othere Thin U A great cipiallz ng and leveling body The committee investigate! ..ach project and eji'li project stands on its merit " lUpreMiitatlve Moore followed Repre sentative 1'rcar. of Wisconsin, who Is. lead ing the tight on the '-pork barrel." Mr Krear pointed out that tnere are sevtnti seven towns In Pemmjlvanla having wt oillco receipts in exceau of $10,000 annually that are not provided with Fydoral post oince buildings. "Many of the items in tills bill," he said, "are for appropriation for povtomces in small towns of the South that do nut have receiptH of (10.000 a year." Itepresentatlve Cannon, of Illinois, fol lowed IteprekenUtlve Moore lu the dikcus siou of the b II. but, unlike him. contended tliat the bill khould not be passed at tliU time, because of the condition of the Federal Treasury. 300 Silk Weavers Strike SUMMIT. N J. Jan M. Demanding that they be paid by tlmo ana not by piece work 300 silk weavers, employed at the Summit Silk Mills here, are on strike The demaud amounts to a twenty iwr cent In ii ease, It was stated. " yrvs5s. .&' CJiiil?vsi3 Xii"L . " "il. . 7 vS ry M" W. vt 5 QUICK SHCGtfD CAVALRY TO BE PRESIDENT'S ESCORT WASHINGTON. Jan. ID. l'rcslttent Wilson tUieetcti that the troops of the Second Cavalry, regular nnny, bo designated ns his immediate escort for the InnuguinUon parade, Theie has been a warm controversy patliclnatetl lit by ctaok Independent military organizations from every section of the country for this honor. IOWA TO PROBE ILLEGAL COAL TRUST DKS MOINES. In.. Jan. 10. Inquiry Into the illegal coal trust in Iowa was assured when the Senato adopted the Epns concurrent lebolutlou for n committee of thrco members fiom each house to con duct nn Investigation, with tho aid of the Attorney General and vnilutts comity attorneys. DUMA'S SESSION POSTPON'EI) TO FEBRUARY 27 ri"ritOllItAU, .Inn. ID.--Tho convetilnK of tho Duma and tlio Council of the I'mplip has been postponed until February 27, due, to changes in tlio Government. THREE NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK 1JY SUBMARINES LONDON", Jan. 19. The Norwegian steamship IScrRcnhua. 'IC0G tons, nml tho SpanMi steamships Vnlln nnd Manuel linvo been sunt: by submarines, according to dispatches iccclved here today. 510,000 SYRIANS STARVED DURING WAR, ROME REPORTS HOMi:. Jan. 19. The Corrlcre il'ltnll.i sn.va that MO.000 Syrians navo died of starvation since tho war begnn. The number of aulcldes ninonf; tho population of Helrut and Lebanon hns increased to nn appalling total. GOVERNMENT FIXES WAGES IN FRANCE PAIMM, Jan. 19. Negotiations between the Minister of Munitions and lepro Kontntlves of cmploeiH of men with legnrd to Using tho viigo rates In munition workshops hnvo terminated to the satisfaction of all. Tho rntos of pay per hour, lled for nil gradei of workers, nverago about nineteen Ants. 1000 TRIPOL1TAN REBELS KILLED IN FIGHT PAHIS. Jan. 19. Tilpolltan icbels lust 1000 men In n fight Jnnunry lfl with Italian troops between the city of Tripoli and the frontier at Tunli, according to n dispatch to tlio Havns Agency from Itnme, n.iiud the l"tli. quoting nn olllclal communication Issued by tho Italian .War Olllec. BRITISH WAR NOTES TO YIELD SIX PER CENT NEW YOItK, Jan. 19.--Tho public offering prlco of tho S'J.'iO.OOO.OOO llvo nnd one half per cent ono nnd two jenr Ilrltish note) in to be 09.5:1 nnd Interest for tho former and 09.07 nnd Interost for tho latter, both tn yield six per cent. Tho syndicate ex pires on February lfi unless sooner terminated by the managers, nml delivery of the notes In temporary form and payment therefor Is to bo made chortly aflei February 1. CANADA A VAST CENTER OF MUNITION MAKING IIONTRI'AI., Jan. 19.- J. V. Clavell, clialiinan of the Imperial Munitions Hoard, said today that nuthorlzeil expeudituies of $200,000.00(1 hnvo bccji made on munition factories In Canada thus far I'-iid operations nro now beng carried on In i00 plants located In every province of tho Dominion, except Prince LMward Island. More than 100.000 men and women nro at present employed In tboso factories, lie said. A! ANY NARROW ESCAPES AT 51 00,000 HOTEL FIRE PORTLAND, Sle.. Jan. 19. Flicmcn curried two olderly women from tho West Und Hotel nnd fifty other guests had narrow escapes when llro swept that hostelry today. Damage Is estimated at $100,000. The West Und Hotel, n, four-story brick structure. Is ono of tho landmarks of tho city. J'ho cnuso nf tho lire is undetermined. .1.10,000 GERMANS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS IN 101(5 PKTnoCiItAD. Jan. 19. Four hundred ami thirty thousand Clcrnians. Including S770 officers, wero captured bv Hussliui troops during tho year 1910, according to llsures published by tho Service Juurnal today in roviowins Itussln's war achieve ments for the twelve months past. In addition to thcso captures of mon Russian forces also took ESS cannon, 1HG1 mnchiiio I'lins nml 121 trench niortnrs and 9 throwers. COLORADO "SPUDS" COMING EAST UNDER GUARD DKNVI'It, Col.; Jnn, 19. A do luxo special train containing forty-five cars of Colorado potatoes, valued at $25,000, left hero today under sunrd for eastern points. A special watchman Is In charge of each car. Tlio shipments are destined to Kansas City, St. I.ouls, Chicago, 1'eoria, Cleveland nnd other eastern cities. "EGG KING" ABDICATES; TO EN.IOY MILLION PROFIT ClIICACiO, Jnn 19 -James 13. Welz, who lins (Inured this winter in high cost of living Investigations as tho "egg king of America." his abdicated. Wet announced today that ha hnd withdrawn from tho Chicago Hgg and nutter Hoard nnd wai going south with bis family to spend somo of tho cool million which ho reaped from his corner in eggs. PRO-ALLY BRAZILIANS IN ATTACK ON WILSON RIO DVt JANKIUO. Jan. 19. The pro-Kntente llrazill.in League has just adopted resolutions condemning what It calls an nttompt by President AVilson to establish a jirutectorate over South America under the guise of Pan-Arnerlcanlsni. The league further protests against tho general policy of 1'iesldent Wilson toward South America on the ground that It Induces pro Oermantsni while expressing satisfaction over the notes Just sent to thq American executive by the' Allied Governments. ENGLAND MAY SEIZE PRIVATE PROPERTY LONDON, Jan. 19. England may renort lo the confiscation of private property If such a step becomes necessary to tho successful prosecution of the war. A Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech at qiassow, referred tn n previous address In which ho had bald that If tho people did not subscribe to war loans voluntarily they might bo made to do so. Ho said that he did not believa that any such drastio steps would be necessary, but that tho Government Is prepared to carry them out if necessary. LAUNCHES FIGHT FOR 25,000 NAVAL MILITIA WASHINGTON, Jun. 19. A naval nillltla of 25,000 Instead of 9S0S is the aim of a campaign launched today by Captain Thomas P. Magrudcr. chief of the DhUIon of Naval Mltltla Affairs. No State at thto time Is recruited to Its maximum strength ln this service. ' DESTROYER SEEKS RAIDER OFF DELAWARE CAPES On the lookout for the (iennan raider in the Atlautic, u IltitUh destroyer stopped the Norwegian steamship Sendra off Winter Quarter Lightship yesterday, within sight of land a short distance below the Delaware Capes. After a few 0,113. tlons were asked, the Senjlra was allowed to proceed. RATIO OF INSANITY IN NEW YORK I TO 261 NEW YORK. Jan. 19. One out of every 2l persons in New York State is insane and under treatment in an institution, according- to the annual report of the State Hospital Comm.selon for the fiscal period from October , 1815. lo June 30, 191C The total numter of insane patients under treatment in Institution In the State during the per lot was 13,631. NEWS OCEAN RAIDER TOOK 'MOVIES' OF SHIPS SUNK , Radnorshire's Captain De scribes Destruction of His Craft by Rover , THINK CORSAIR IS MOEWE Log of the Radnorshire, Victim of German Raider THE German raider took moving pictures of her work in destroy in; Allied merchantmen. Had n consort apparently a cap tured ship manned by a German crow. Confined the Radnorshire's crew under decks for llvo days with Hindoos nnd ''other rough-necks." Had orders to spare all pnsscngcra and nil vessels carrying big cargoes. Sent the Hudson Maru, "prison ship," o(T to Pernambuco with bare ly enough water nnd sea biscuit for crew and prisoners. Sank the lladnorshiro on January 8, two other vessels on the 0th nnd a third on the 10th nil by exploding bombs on either side, after taking choice of cafgo and permitting crews to leave with personal belongings. 'Sighted tho Radnorshire at night in spite of tho fact that tho Radnor shire's skipper had "doused" his lights. Had a speed of at least eighteen knots. Radnorshire's crew donned life belts when the German came along side. v By CHARLES P. STEWART Sprr'ul Cablr ftmtco of Vnilcil Press nitt 'VfiilM0 Lutui'r (Copirleht. tnl7. by Unlifd Vrr 11 ) UUHNOS AIRKS. Jnn 19 The Herman raider is still at large, and If leports from Rio do Jnneiro today arc cor rect, has Increased her score of merchant ship victims by six. By this tlmo sho may not bo alone In her depredations It bclns accepted here that sho has transformed on or moro of her prizes Into raiders like her self. In tho meantime, tho greatest sea hunt In history Is on In tho South Atlantic. Allied warships are concentrating to sweep tlio most dangerous menace to Allied ship--- -ping that lias" jet wiled" the lilgh seas Into a corner and destroy her. Amazement nt the rnlder'a audacity grew here today. Krom the log of the British steamship Radnorshire, one of the victims, it waa learned that tho German calmly took moving pictures of her destruction of vari ous shlpi. Tho belief grew hero today that the raider is the Mocwe, of previous raiding fame. This identification canio uftcr addi tional questioning of survivors landed at Pernambuco. ltlo da Janeiro dispatches stating that the Itrltlsh steamship Yarrow dalo had arrived at St. Vincent Tuesday with 100 persons of tho crcvv-3 of eight vic tims of the raider aboard alto Quoted thoas survivors as to this identification. The Hlo report ns to h'x additional ships sunk by tho German was unconfirmed. It did not list tho ships over whose fate there was anxiety, and It may be that this list of six is merely a restatement of the num ber of Allied vesscU which recently left South American ports or which wero duo lo arrive, and about which there has been no Information for somo time. On the other hiind, It Is pointed out hero that tho orig inal raider by this time has undoubtedly armed and transformed some of the more speedy vessels among her prises Into addi tional raiders and that additions to the toll of destruction could bo expected. The most graphic story of the raider's method of destruction waB told In the log of the captain of the llrltish steamship lladnorshiro, brought ushore with the sur vivors nboard the Hudson Maru, at Per nambuco "At 10:30 on the night of January 7, follouing our departure from Pernambuco, we sighted a vessel ahead." tho log re lated. "At that time we were traveling without lights having received warning to watch out for possible raiders and as soon ns we sighted the stranger we changed our course. Then we saw two strangers, and a econd time shifted our course, hoping to slip away unseen in the darkness. Hut the two vessels had apparently sighted us, de spite our lack of lights, and then gave proof of this by Immediately putting on full speed and bearing down in our direction I cram med b boilers and did my best to hurry Continued on Pace I'l'ttrn, Column Six WILSONS WILL ATTEND DEWEY HOME FUNERAL President and Wife Also Will Witness Ofliciul Obsequies, "Middies" to March WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. President Wl son and Mrs. Wilson will not only attend the great-publlo funeral of Admiral Dewey at the Capitol tomorrow, but will be amonj the mourners at the family's private service at the home- Chaplain J. B. Frailer. V S. N. who will conduct the Capitol sen Ice, arrived In Washington today. He said the rites will be simple. There will be ao oration. In addition to the reading of the burial service there will be only music by a chorus of M and a quartet Before he died Adiulral Dewey told Sec retary of the Navy Daniels that he desired the Annapolis midshipmen to attend not merely under orders, but as his friends. Accordingly, the 1S2? "middles" will march to the Dewey home aod escort the body to Capitol Hill. The younger officers or the navy have slss elected to accompany toe body on foot instead 0 carriages, as ba4 been suggested Two thousand bpaouli war veterans wUI be in the im
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