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VOL. XL VI. NO. 132.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1916. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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The
RUMOR KAISER IS
WARNED WILSON
LOSING PATIENCE
London' Hears Teutonio Offi
cials Confer Over Attitnde
of America Over U
Boat War.
DISQUIET IN WASHINGTON
Lansinir Says He Has Not
Learned of New Fright
fulness Policy.
FEAR EXISTING, HOWEVER
London, Nov. 17. Thevisit of
Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, to Berlin is stated
to have been in conference with Dr,
von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German
imperial chancellor, .regarding the re
lations of the two empires with the
United States, according to a dis
patch under Berne dato, given out
today by the Wireless Press,
The question under discussion, says
the dispatch, was whether the subma
rine campaign be continued in its
present form with the possibility of a
rupture of relations with Washington
or whether it should be modified.
"During the last few days," adds
the dispatch,, "the German govern;
ment has received a plain verbal
warning that President Wilson s pa
tience was on the verge of exhaus
tion."
' Disquiet Among Officials.
Washington, Nov. 17. The report
ed visit of Baron Burian, the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister, to Chan.
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg at Ber
lin for a full discussion of submarine
warfare and its effect on the United
States, aroused interest here, but
could not be confirmed from official
dispatches.
Government officials do not conceal
their disquiet over the present sub
marine situation, and some of them
fear that the Teutonic powers may
at any moment launch a starvation
campaign against England which
could not fail to involve the United
States. Secretary Lansing today how
ever, authorized the statement that as
yet "there is absolutely no truth in
the reports that the department has
information that definite decision
has been reached to launch a ruthless
German submarine campaign."
- uo hoc vrcuu jKcports. ,v
Teutonic wdfpIomafihere do not
credit the report that Germany has
been warned verbally that President
Wilson's patience is "on the verge of
exhaustion." One of these, who, in
accordance with the usual custom, de
clined to permit the use, of his name
said tonight:
"I know positively that no such
warning has been given. There is
no reason for any such warning.
Germany has absolutely no intention
of violating any of the pledges given
to the United States." ..
Large Quantities
Of Shells Sent to
- Pershing's Army
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. Army of
ficers arriving here from Columbus
report the shipment of large quanti
ties of artillery shells to the punitive,
expedition in Mexico. The ordinance
department also has sent more than
2,000,000 rounds of small arms ammu
nition south to the American field
headquarters during the last month,
the army officers say. ,
Three Injured as
Freight Hits Engine
Hawarden, la., Nov. 17. Three per
sons were seriously injured in a col
lision between a Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul freight and a switch engine
here today. The injured:
Engineer Eugene Leppcy.
Fireman Henry Dickson.
Brakeman Minor Corkin.
All live in Huron.
The Weather
For Nebraska Pair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour.
Deg.
6 a. m...
7 a. m 34
a. ni 33
m 34
10 a. m go
m 38
1 n 40
i P- ni 42
P- m 43
f P- m... 44
J P- m 43
5 p. m 42
P- m 40
I P- " 40
8 p. m... 39
Comparative Local Record.
1916. 1U4. HiJ.
Highest yenterday.... 4 48 43 57
Lowest yesterday...,. 3.1" 35 24 49
Mean temperature.... 3d 42 34 fift
Precipitation 00 .07 .00 T
Temperature and precipitation departure!
from the normal:
Normal temperature , 37
Kxcism for the day 1
Total excesi nm March 2 24
formal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day , .03 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 15.M inches
Deficiency since March 1 12.10 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 19)6.. 1.30 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1114., 2. S3 Inches
Keport Prom HUtions at 7 P. M.
station and State Temp. High- Rain.
of Weather. 1 n m
Cheyenne, clear 40
Davenport, clear , 32
Denver, clear 12
Des Moines, clear....,,, 30
Dodge City, clear 48
Zander, clear 10
North Platte, clear 40
Omaha, clear 40
Pueblo, clear (o
Rapid City, clear 44 '
Bait Lake City, clear... 3
Santa Ke, clear g
Sheridan, clear 34 '
Bioux'Olty. clear 30
Valentine, clear 40
eat.
68
12
60
60
SO
B2
.2
60
T Indicates trace of nrerinWuti...
I A. WELSH. Mctcorolorlflt.
SIR SAM HUGHES, mlnUtar of
militia and dfnt for tho Domin
ion of Canada, who has rwifnd
bacausa of difficult with Pra
miar Borden.
SIR SAM. HUGHES
NATIONAL W. C. T. U.
CONVENTION OPENS
President Anna Gordon Makes
Annual Address to First
Session at Indianapolis.
"CHALLENGE OF BIG TASK"
Indianapolis, Nov. 17. "The clial
lenge of a big task" was outlined at
the formal 'opening of the national
convention of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union here today by the
national president, Miss Anna A. Gor
don of Evanstott, III. In her annual
address she discussed national consti
tutional prohibition, law enforcement,
"new Americans," "our young people,"
"beer," world wide work of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
union, "the big city," and Russia's
crusading.' women- 'The president's
addius was'pygecded jrttltcp6ft"6f '
uic executive commuicc mm was xui-
lowed by a memorial service.
' Miss Gordon's Address.
Miss Gordon's address was in part
as follows:
"The allied temperance forces are
a unit in the fight fornational consti
tutional prohibition. They are deter
mined that the partnership of the gov
ernment with the liquor traffic Shalt
be dissolved. The passage of a fed
eral amendment . will help license
states in which the liquor traffic is so
deeply entrenched that national pro
hibition and only that is adequate
for its extermination.
;'.'As the Sixty-fourth congress reas
sembles for its second session it will
be stormed by men and women rep
resenting the leading temperance or
ganizations and the aroused prohibi
tion sentiment of the country. The
words of warning, 'The liquor traf
fic must go,' are writ large on the map
of the United Slates. Let us reiterate
our challenging cry, 'On to Washing
ton Task Centers in Cities.
"The big task really centers in the
big cities. These are the strongholds
of the enemy. One-half of the sa
loons in the United States are found
in fourteen cities. New York City
alone has more saloons than are
found in thirty-six states. There are
fewer saloons in all our southern com
monwealths than in the city of Chi
cago. If Seattle, Portland (Ore),
Denver, Birmingham (Ala.), Mem
Dhis. Nashville. Des Moines and Kan
sas City can go dry, why also should"
not Uncago, JNcw York and Phila
delphia? ,
"Evidence from mayors, judges and
sheriffs of large dry cities is alt in
favor of prohibition. Mayor Gill of
Seattle declares that prohibition has
been a wonderful thing for his city.
Seattle has a population of a third of
a million and is the first seaport city
of its size to go dry. Governor Carl
son of Colorado says prosDerous con
ditions have followed liquor's exit
from Denver. The $4,000,000 a year
formerly ipent for liquor has been
turned into legitimate channels and
there is a great decrease in drunken
ness, debauchery and crime.
" 'Birmingham is really like a dif
ferent city,' testifies the city chief of
police. Prohibition is responsible in
a great measure for this improvement.
Mayor Hanna of Des Moines de
clares prosperity has come since that
city dissolved partnership with the
liquor traffic. He says that $3,000,
000, estimated to have been spent in
Des Moines saloons annually, now
goes over the dry goods and grocery
pcounters, into bank deposits, lumber
yards and real estate otttces.
"The foundation for the American
ization of our great foreign speaking
population is laid in the public
schools. Eighteen million school
children are saying, 'one country, one
language, one nag.
"The Women's Christian Temoer-
ance union, through its Frances Wil
lard memorial fund, its missionaries
at the ports of entry, its temperance
literature in many languages, and its
department of work among foreign
speaking people, is rapidly advancing
the 'Americanization' of immigrant
women."
"A serious feud in the liquor family
is threatened. Beer is beginning to
look askance at its own first cousin,
whisky. Whenever beer explains that
it is a liquid food and a sober drink,
scientists hit it with the sledge-hammer
fact that beer is intoxicating."
FIVE AMERICANS
FLEEING PARRAL
SAFE UPON CO AST
Leslie Webb and Four Others
Who Left When De Faotos
Evacuated Reach Culi
acan Safely. '
FATE OF BEST IS UNKNOW
Rumors That They H
Killed Cannot Be
firmed at El Paso,
BANDITS MURDER GERMAN
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. A message
received by the Alvarado Mining and
Milling company here tonight, stated
that Leslie Webb and four other
Americans, who left Parral prior to
the evacuation of the town by Car
ranza troops, had arrived in Culiacan
Sinaloa, on the west coast of Mexico.
The members of the party were:
T. J. Hawkins, jr.; Leslie Webb,
Bernard McDonald, Howard Gray and
A. W. Morris. These Americans are
believed to have left Parral on Nov
ember 2 and to have traveled over
land to the west coast, a distance of
approximately 400 miles. The fate of
the six other Americans and as many
more foreigners, who were in Parral,
is not yet kown.
The message was sbgned, T. G.
Hawkins, jr., who is superintendent
ol the Alvarado company s mines at
Parral. Hawkins asked the company
officials here to notify his father. T.
G. Hawkins, sr., who lives in Eeastern
Texas.
Rumors in circulation here that
five of the American residents of Par
ral, who did not leave with Leslie
Webb and the other Americans, had
been killed by Villa's order, could
not be confirmed.
A report has also been received
here that a German was killed in
Santa Rosalia and friends of Edgar
Koch, who disappeared in Santa
Rosalia after the Villa bandits robbed
him of $50,000 worth of silver, fear
he was murdered by the bandits.
Board of Education
Not Ready to Boost
Salaries of Teachers
The request of Omaha's 750 grade
school teachers and principals for an
increase in salaries Of 25 per centatljefendatit, they were excluded from
the begimiHvg-'tot the new -semester hn conipetitien; then' business" liicTWn
February was referred by the super
intendent to the teachers committee.
The teachers' committee received the
request, but is not ready tc comment
or express an opinion on the merits
of the proposition. ;
It is not probable that the teachers
committee will act on the matter
without calling in the finance commit
tee, as about $200,000 additional would
be needed annually for the payroll.
In all probability thetwo committees
will meet jointly to consider the case
and then refer the request to the en
tire board, sitting as a committee of
the whole. In no event, however, will
definite action be taken until the new
members of the board are installed.
LaWort Shoots Self
When Wife Wants Him
To Stop Drinking
Because his wife wanted him to cut
out drinking, George LaWort, an oiler
for the Swift Packing company, last
night secured a revolver and went out
on the back porch of his home at
4731 South Twenty-fourth street.
He placed the muzzle of the gun
against his left breast and fired.
Death followed almost instantly.
i-awort and nis wtte had been
married about a year. It is asserted
that recently he had been drinking
heavily. He was a member of Ma
sonic lodge No. 177. located some
where in Missouri.
Farm Machinery .
Will Cost More
Chicago, Nov. 17. Members of the
National Association of Tractor and
Threshing Machine Manufacturers
held their annual meeting here today
and re-elected retiring officers, head
ed by j. is. Bartholomew of ePona,
111., as president.
Delegates representing all kinds of
trades pointed to increased cost of
labor and raw material and informal
ly indicated opinions that an advance
in prices to farmers must result.
Inquiry at the International Har
vester company s offices developed
that an advance of 25 to 40 oer cent
in the price of binding twine in the
spring seems inevitable.
Twenty-Five Chinese ''
Killed by Bandits
"Laredo. Tex.. Nov. 17. T wentv-
five Chinese were massacred by Villa
bandits near Santa Rosalia, Mexico,
few days ago, according to an
American who arrived here tndav
from Durango. The bandits have re
cently been making numerous attacks
on Chinese, Spaniards and Syrians, he
said.
Amputation of the ears of Drison-
ers by Villa, this American says, is
a common happening.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. A Mexican
refugee, who arrived here today from
Jiminez, Chihuahua, said he had heard
a report that Villa bandits had killed
seven Chinese and ten Spaniards in
the Santa Rosalia-Jiminez district.
The only American killed he said,
had been Dr. C. H. Fischer, at Santa
Rosalia. He said Villa bandits are
running trains south of Chihuahua
City. .....-...!
AFTER A BATTLE "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" In the accompanying photograph
ambulances attached to field relief stations are shown amidst the debris and ruins following
a battle. In the foreground one of the corps may be seen searching over the wreckage for
wounded. Service in a field hospital unit is quite as dangerous in modern warfare as service
in the first line.
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AFTER XHB ZAIVJEf.
ALLEGE FILM FIRMS
BREAK SHERMAN ACT
Seven Suits Filed Asking1 Over
. Eighteen Million . From
Several Concerns.
OTHER AGENCIES COMPLAIN
New York, Nov. 17. Seven suits,
asking treble damages amounting to
approximately $18,250,000, and al
leging violation of the Sherman anti
trust law were brought against the
Motion Pictures Patents company
and various moving picture companies
and individuals in the federal court
here today on behalf of the Colorado
Film exchange, the Chicago Film ex
change and several other film agencies
in the middle west.
The plaintiffs, who are engaged in
the business of selling and renting
films hi Illinois, New York and else
khere, in interstate commerce, com
plain that as a result ot what is as
serted to be a combination among the
rendered unprofitable and that they
were otherwise aamagcu. ine conui
tions they complain of, they allege,
have continued since January 1, 1905.
The plaintiffs and the losses in
papers filed, are: The Colorado Film
exchange, $500,000; Samuel Schiller,
Chicago. $149,000: Standard Film ex
change, $247,000; George Melics com
pany of Illinois, $908,000; Miles Bros.,
incorporated , Chicago, J,.ts,uou;
Eugene Kline, Chicago, $950,000, and
Chicago Filni exchange, . Chicago,
$1,000,000.
The co-defendants with the Motion
Picture Patents company are the Gen
eral Film company, the Biograph
company, Thomas A. Edison, Incor
porated; Essanay Film Manufactur
ing company, Kalem company, Lubin
Manufacturing company, Sclig Poly
scope company, Vitagraph Company
of America, Armat Moving Picture
company, lJathe frcercs. Ueoreg
Kleine, frank L,, uyer, Henry jn.
Marvin, James J. Kennedy, William
Pelzer. Sicgmund Lubin, Albert E.
Smith, George K. Spoor, W. N, Selig
and J. A. Berst. ,
Off icer Says He
Has Ax Used by
Villisca Murderer
Red Oak, la., Nov. 17. Otto Wil
key, chief of police of Blue Island,
III., is said to be in Red Oak today
and to have in his possession an ax
with which he claims the Blue Island
and Villisca ax murders of four years
ago were committed. He is here as a
witness for J. N. Wilkerson. detective,
who is being sued for $60,000 damages
by F. F. Jones of Villisca on a slander
charge growing out of efforts to run
down the Villisca murderer.
Further testimony was introduced
today to show that Wilkerson ac
cused Jones of complicity in the mur
der of the Moore family.
Funston May Sue
Baptists for Libel
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 17. "Bap
tists who are distorting the statement
of my position regarding the kind of
church work acceptable in border
carfips had better put their property
the names ot their wives, was a
comment made today by Ocneral
Funston on the action of the Bap
tist General association of Virgina, at
Norfolk, Va yesterday, in adopting
resolutions protesting against the
general's alleged attitude. He inti
mated that he might bring libel suits
against his critics.
The controversy started by Gen
eral Funston telling Dr. J. B. Gam
brell, representing the Texas Baptist
state board, that he did not want
men in. the army to be considered as
lost souls.
Mrs. Boissevain Rallies
Slightly, but Has Reaction
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 17. Mrs.
Inez Milholland Boissevain of New
York passed a bad night, it was said
touajs at a hospital where she has
been since her collapse a month ago
during her suffrage campaign. She
seemed to have been stimulated early
last night by the sixth transfusion of
blood to her system, but later suf
fered a reaction. . ' j
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TEUTONS GAINING
IN TRANSYLYANIA
Town at Summit of Rungul
Mountain is Taken by Bay- ,
onet Charge.
OTHER POSTS PENETRATED
Berlin, Nov,. 17. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Bavarian reserve troops in
a bayonet charge captured the sum
mit of Rungut mountain along the
Moldavian frontier of Roumania and
held it against heavy counter attacks,
according to today's war office an
nouncement. A Roumanian position west of the
Predeal road was penetrated by Ger
man and Austro-Hungarian forces. In
the Rothenthurm pass region the cap
ture Of more than 1,500 men and else
where the taking of 600 prisoners and
twelve machine guns' from the- Rou
manians is reported. '
1 "In the:Gyrgyo mountain (north
ern Transylvania section) on, the
heights -east of' the -Putna Val!ey',lh
Russians are resisting our attacks
tenaciously. On the frontier cast of
Kezdivasarhely, Bavarian reserve in
fantry regiment No. 19 captured at
the point of the bayonet the summit
of Rungul mountain and maintained
it against strong attacks.
, Many Prisoners Taken.
"West of the Predeal road (in Rou
mania) German and Austro-Hungarian
troops broke into the Roumanian
position.
"The troops under Lieutenant Gen
eral Krafft von Dellmenfingen, ad
vancing south of Rothenthurm pass,
brought in as a result of yesterday's
fighting, ten officers and more than
1,500 men as prisoners.
"On other portions of the Transyl
vanian front we captured more than
600 Roumanians and twelve machine
guns. Troops report that the Rou
manian population is taking part in
the fighting."
Entente forces have made renewed
attacks in strong force on the German-Bulgarian
positions about Mona
ster on the Macedonian front, the war
office announced today. These at
tacks, together with others launched
between Malik and Presba lakes, met
with no success, the official statement
asserts.
Teutons Take Roumanian Town.
Petrograd, Nov. 17. (Via London.)
The capture by the Austro-Hungarian
forces which are invading the
Roumanian village of Liresht, in the
Campulung area, is announced today
by the war office. The Roumanians
also have evacuated the village of
Tirgujiulij, in the Jiul sector. ;
Workmen of Four .
States Are Joined
In Fraternal Body
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 17. (Spe
cial Telegram,) The biennial meet
ing of the National Ancient Order of
United Workmen of America was
held here today. The organization
was perfected by the adoption of a
constitution. Representatives were
present from Kansas, Nebraska, Okla
homa and Missouri.
The constitution provides , that
members of these four jurisdictions
shall be furnished with a common
password, and that the organization
shall be purely for fraternal purposes.
From Nebraska there were present
Past Grand Master Walling, Joseph
Oberfelder and Ross L. Hammond,
the latter two being members of the
?:rand finance committee. Mr. Ober
elder was elected vice president.
Roosevelt Will Make
Trip to Samoa and Fiji
New York, Nov. 17. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt will make a trip to
make
the r ill, samoan
and Hawaiian
islands in February, it was announced
here today. It was stated that Mrs.
Roosevelt will accompany him. Plans
for the trip, it is said, have been un
der way for some time and have now
been completed.
It is understood the colonel chose
these Pacific islands because they are
highly esteemed by medical men for
their climate, and also because, with
their rugged mountains and volca
noes, they will give plenty of oppor
tunity for the vigorous kind of out
ing he enjoys.
ttmrt. rcn. sendee.
HITCHCOCK BLOWS
, IN YOUNG FORTUNE
Senator Spends Tidy Sum of
$8,817.43 to Remain in Cap
ital Six Years More.
WORKERS ARE WELL PAID
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock spent
nearly $9,000 to be re-elected United
States senator from Nebraska. The
senator's expense account, filed with
Harlcy G. Moorhcad, election com
missioner, contains a long list of item
ized expenses. The items range in
amounts from "75 cents for ex-press
hire and $1 to A. L. Short for a ticket
to the switchmen's ball to $1,000 con
tributed to the state and national
democratic committees."
Under the caption of "money ex
pended by others to my knowledge"
is an item, on November 6, which
shows that Arthur Mullen, national
democratic committeeman! Spent $750
for "workers -r :the.Ljoils," . Tail Ja i
believed to be part of the fund out
of which boys were paid $10 each for
distributing cards boosting Hitchcock
and the wets. On the same date is
an item of $183 to "Arthur Mullen, foi
newspaper advertising." ,
Committee Contributions.
Under the date of September 11 are
two items, for $250 each, to the Ne
braska democratic central committee.
The Lancaster county democratic cen
tral committee was the recipient of
$100 from the senator on October
5. The Douglas county democratic
central committee got another $250
from the senator on November 3.
Harley G. Moorhead, election com
missioner, received $17.50 on October
9 for a "registration list." Under the
date of November 3, Chris M. Gueu
ther was enriched to the extent of
$376 for "services and expenses." An
other $100, according to Senator
Hitchcock's statement, goes to Mr.
Gruenther for "services" under the
caption of "money promised, October
21 to November 7. Under this head-
mg is an item for $8,
for "various
adjusted claims.
. Advertising Expensive. . ,
; Under the date of October 23 is an
expenditure of $750 for the "World
Herald poll list." The total amount
spent for office help, rent, supplies,
etc., at the senator's headquarters
amounted to a couple of thousand
dollars. Newspaper advertising in
dailies, weeklies and trade publica
tions throughout the state cost Sena
tor Hitchcock several thousand dol
lars more. The American Railway
Employes' Journal got $25 for an ad.
"Advertising in 415 Nebraska news
papers, $1,410," is an item under the
date of November 9. This is a little
more than $3 for each of the weeklies
in question.
Nothing is said of the senator's per
sonal expenses. There is one item
on November 7 of $15 for "use of
automobile." Individuals who posted
(Continued on Pace Two, Colnmn SU.)
Poles Must Battle
For German Kaiser
London, Nov. 17. The f wireless
press today gave out the following,
under date of Berne:
"Before the main committee of the
Reichstag on November 9 Chancel
lor von Bethmann-Halhveg stated
that Germany's promise to create a
new kingdom of Poland was only
conditional, being dependent upoh the
success of the plan to raise a Polish
army which would fight for Germany.
If the -number, of Poles enlisting vol
untarily should be insufficient, Ger
many would introduce compulsion,
and if the Poles resisted, or if the pro
jected Polish army proved unsatis
factory to the general staff, the em
peror would annul his promise to
create a new kingdom.
"The chancellor made this state
ment in reply to conservatives and
national liberals, who denounced the
policy of creating a Polish kingdom."
Lincoln Man Placed on
Trial in Washington State
Port Angels, Wash., Nov. 17.
Frank J. Richards of Lincoln, Neb.,
was placed on trial here today,
charged with attempted blackmail. It
is alleged that he sought to extort
$24,000 from David E. Thompson of
Lake Crescent, Wash., former United
States minister to Mexico and Chile.
GERMAN SUBSEA
STRIKES TUG" ADD
KILLSJIVE MEN
DeuUchland Collides with Its
Escort Off New London
and Sends It to the
Bottom.
ALL OF CREW BROWNED
Merchant Submarine, Which
Had Started for Bremen,
Returns to the Dock.
BOAT IS LITTLE DAMAGED
New London, Conn., Nov. 17. Five
lives were lost when the German sub
marine Deutschland, which left port
early today for Bremen, rammed and
sent down to the bottom with its
crew of live, the tug, T. A. Scott, jr.,
one of its two convoying tugs. After
the accident the Deutschland returned
to port. .
The dead;
CAPTAIN JOHN Ol'RNKT.
WILLIAM. A. CATOK, MtntMt,
HOWARD BTONK, Srimail.
OLARK.NCB R. DAVISON, cook.
UUUENB DUZANT, dock hood.
The collision occurred about a mile
inside the Race, and, according to a
member of the Dcutschland'a crew,
came "all in a minute." The tug, he
said, got in front of the Deutschland,
the distance being so slight between
them that the submersible had no
chance of avoiding the accident. Its
nose struck the tug near the stern,
lifting it well out of the water and
sending the Scott's nose under, Al
most immediately afterward the boil
ers of the tug exploded and the ves
sel sank with all on board.
Captain Hinsch Escapes.
Captain Fred Hinsch of the in
terned German steamer Neckar, who
was on the tug, grasped a guy rope
and was drawn down with the tug.
When he rose to the surface he man
aged to grasp a life preserver which
had been thrown out by the Deutsch
land, was taken on board the vessel,
by which he was brought back to
New London.
The Deutschland was not seriously
damaged, it was stated, and would
probably be ready to sail in a few
days when repairs had been made.
Several of the bow plates were bent
and the rivets loosened, but the in
terior of the submarine was not damaged.-
The repairs will be made by
. . Captain Refuses to Talk.
Captain Koenig of the Deutschland
appeared pale and shaken as he
stepped ashore from his vessel on
its return. He refused to talk about
the collision and immediately sent
word to Service President Paul G.
Hilken of the Eastern Forwarding
company, who arrived at the com
pany's offices shortly afterward and
went into consultation with him.
In the absence of authoritative in
formation considerable speculation
as to the cause of the accident was
current. Among shipping men the
opinion was expressed the steering
gear of the submersible may have
been at fault, causing it to run square
ly into the convoying tug. The fact
that the tug sank almost immediately
after being struck was taken to indi
cate that the blow must have been a
powerful one and must have come
with unexpected suddenness.
Captain' Hinsch returned to port on
board the Deutschland.
"The accident happened all in a
minute,'' according to a member of
the Deutschland's crew, who talked
briefly about it this morning. The tug,
he said, got in front of the submarine
and the Deutschland struck it in the
stern, lifting it so far out of the water
that the tug's nose went under.
. An explosion of the boiler of the
tug followed immediately. Captain
Hinsch caught hold of s rope and was
carried down with the tug. When he
reappeared on the surface, he man- '
aged to seize a life preserver which
had been thrown out from the
Deutschland and was hauled aboard
that craft.
Two Tugs Escort Ship,
The Deutschland drew out cf its
pocket at the pier of the Eastern
Forwarding company at 1:30 o'clock
this morning, accompanied by the tug
T. A. Scott, jr., and the Gassie of the
T. A. Scott Wrecking company, sub-
agents of the Eastern forwarding
company. It carried on its home
ward dash a cargo valued at $2,000,-
Continued on Faco Two, Colnmn Two.)
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