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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1917 EIGHT SECTIONS SEVENTY-TWO PAGES.
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PUBLIC DANCES
AND POOL HAIL
SCORED BY JURY
Douglas County Inquisitorial
Body Adjourns After In
dicting Forty-Three and
Filing Report.
DEMOCRAT BOARD SCORED
Finds it Is Not Right to Change
Superintendents of Home
for Political Reasons.
FINDS VICE IS INCREASING
Delinquency Greater in Omaha
Since the Abolition of the
Segregated District.
AGAINST FAKE AUCTIONS
Super-hot criticism of conditions
in certain public institutions, charges
of laxity on the part of the police de
partment in enforcing the law, scath
ing denunciation of alleged existing
evil in pool halls, strong recommenda
tion for a change in the Albert law. so
that prostitution can be confined to
a restricted district, instead ospread
iug throughout the city, as is alleged,
and pertinent suggestions that changes
be made in the way some officials are
conducting their offices are some of
the high lights in the report of the
Douglas county grand jury, which
"was made yesterday noon to Judge
Sears just before the body adjourned
after a four weeks' session of investi
gating and indicting.
The inquisitorial body returned forty-three
true bills in its month's ses
sion behind closed doors on the fourth
floor of the court house.
High Cost of Living.
In considering the H. C. of L. the
grand jury recommended that, on ac
count of the high cost of foodstuffs,
steps should be taken to increase the
present allowance of 32 cents a day
lor feeding prisoners in the county
jail. The grand jurors declared that
the present sum, in their judgment,
was insufficient for the purchase of
food of the proper quantity and qual
ity. The action of the democratic board
in changing superintendents at the
Riverview Detention home was rap
ped by the grand jury in its report.
"The former management was ca
pable and should have been retained,"
the reflOid'lLisjmfM.tunat for
the county that with every change in
political control it is deemed neces
sary to make a change in our county
institutions. Civil service, in our judg
ment, should prevail."
The grand jury noted a lack of pro
bation wards in various children's
homes and day nurseries inspected by
the' body. The report said that the
Child Saving Institute was the only
ne provided with a ward of this na
ture. On Maternity Homes.
The report observed that maternity
homes, "though few in number, are
regularly conducted, are in good san
itary, condition, and, with two excep
tions, are operated under proper
licenses."
The work of the juvenile court was
commented on favorably by the body.
The 1917 edition of the grand jury
admitted that it couldn't find words
strong enough to condemn the city
jail and said so. The report of the
jurors insisted that "words would ab
solutely fail to adequately express our
.feelings in the matter." A "disgrace
to the city," a "veritable fire-trap,
where employes and prisoners daily
risk their lives," were a couple of the
far from complimentary appellations
applied to it. That the city commis
sion, in case of a fire and attendant
loss of life, could be held criminally
liable, was a phase of the report.
Recommends New Jail.
A new central police station and
commodious jail, two subpolice sta
tions, one in the northern part of the
city and the other in the western
portion, and the abandonment of the
present quarters at the earliest possi
ble time, were recommendations.
The report said that the grand
jury found the workhouse to be in
good condition. The city commis
sioners were commended for keeping
the prisoners constantly employed
and especially for using them for
public work.
While the grand jury's report
stated that the South Side city hall
building was in exceptionally good
condition, the jail, located south of
the city hall, was vigorously panned.
Conditions, in the jail, the report said,
"are deplorable." A general over-
(Continued on Pajre Fire. Column One.)
The Weather
Tor Nebraska UmettleJ; warmer west
portion.
Temperaturwi mt Omaha Yenterday.
Mrrw (J Hour. Dt8-
PsPn iiS:::::::::::: l
r3 7 a. m 18
E8 a. m 18
9 a. m.... 19
T JO a. m 10
vr 11 ii. m i
i m 24
1 P- ra , 2
3 . m., 22
Dl p. tu 34
4 p. m 80
6 D. m 86
p. m 86
7 p. m so
Comparative Local Record.
1117. 1916. 18 IS. 1914.
HlKheet yesterday.... 3 40 J 0
Loweat yesterday.... 1 2S U
Mean temperature.... 26 34 29
PrectplUtlon 00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departure
from the normal:
Normal temperature IS
ExceH for the day
Total ezcpei since March 1... 182
i
Normal precipitation 02 Inch
IWIciency for the. day .02 Inch
Total rainfall slnrn March 1. .. .17.60 Inrhea
Deficiency ulnce March 1 13.07 Inch
Dffklnc.y for cor. period, 1915. .SI Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. 1.16 Inches
indlcatca bo low sere.
. L. A. WULSIf. Mttearolo.fi it.
AUTO MEN AWAIT
OPENINGjF SHOW
Twelfth Annual Omaha Motor
Exposition Starts at Audi
torium Monday,
MILLION DOLLARS IN
'
FACTS OF THE SHO
Date's February 26 to March
elusive.
Place Municipal Auditorium.
Open Daily from 9:30 a. m. to
10:30 p. m.
Admission Thirty-five cents.
Number of Cars Pleasure cars,
180; trucks, 60.
Different Makes Gasoline cars, 80;
electrics, 3.
Number of Exhibitors Pleasure
cars, 45; trucks, 15.
Lowrtt-Priced Car $345.
Highest-Priced Car $5,600.
Value of Exhibits $1,000,000.
Music George Green's band and
Green's orchestra.
Manager Clarke G. Powell.
that is so strikingly characteristic of
this modern and progressive industry,
Omaha automobile men are today
eagerly awaiting the opening of the
twelfth annual Omaha motor car ex
position in the municipal Auditoriiuii
Monday morning.
Starting at midnight Friday an en
tire army of decpratos began their
task of transforming the barn-like
Auditorium into an appropriate mo
tor car palace. All day Saturday and
all last night these decorators worked
and toiled and they will continue
their labor today and tonight, so
that every detail will be completed
when the doors swing open on the
glittering display Monday morning.
The decorative scheme this year,
while perhaps not so seemingly elab
orate and pretentious as in the past,
is vastly superior and much more ap
propriate for an automobile show
than those of previous years. The
scheme is very simple tins year, but
it is very impressive, especially in
the lighting elrects. No floor lamps
will be used at all this year, all the
light in the building coming from in
candescents overhead. Many high
powered incandescents, entailing the
most extensive kind of electrical
work, hang in irregular order on long
supports. And not only do they
spread a soft, quiet glow all over the
huge building into every nook and
corner, so that every car on display
can be inspected to good advantage,
but they completely hide the barren
rafters and bleak-looking loft of the
muny structure.
. Exhibit; Spaces Divided.
Eacn 'exhibit Space is divided" "by
picket fences, which, with profusely
scattered ferns, palms and flowers,
make each booth'-resemble a little
garden spot.
Saturday morning the exhibitors
began to roll their cars into position.
The Palm room, the basement, and
the annex, in which the truck display
will be held, were filled first. This
work will be continued today and,
with but a few exceptions, will be
practically completed, as every car
most be nr position by 11 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Seldom has an automobile exposi
tion afforded a prospective car owner
such a wide selection of models as
will the forthcoming dispay. Mo
matter what the price limitation or
how distinctive the body design may
be. the man m search ot a veniclc
conforming with his idea of construc
tion and price without doubt will
find it among the cars on view at the
Auditorium.
The gamut of price runs from .)bS
to $5,500. An $8,000 creation which
was to have been exhibited could not
be obtained because of lack of trans
portation facilities frorn the factory
to Omaha, but it is thought $5,600
will satisfy even the most extrava
gant purchaser.
No Radical Changes.
An analysis of the creations which
will be displayed at the exhibition
indicates that the tendency of auto
mobile manufacture is toward perfec
tion of tli nresent desien rather than'
anything radically new in mechanical
principle.
No chariot of ancient potentate was
half so luxurious as even the lowest
priced American-biult motor car of
the modern age. Durability and
sturdiness coupled with convenience
and comfort seems to have been "the
objective of every designer and manu
facturer. Mechanically the present show
does not offer much of the new and
startling. Engine designs remain
about the same, the only distinctively
different type introduced this year
being the sixteen-valve , idea, which
is an effort to produce an increased
thermal efficiency , that advantage
which multiple cylinders give in even
ness of power impulses. And yet the
sixteen-valve idea is not so very new,
it having been successfully applied
on racing cars the last two years.
Sixteen Types.
There are sixteen types of bodies
accepted as standard this year by the
Society of Automobile Engineers, and
(Continued on Pure Two, Column One.)
Forty Thousand Workers
In Krupp Plants Strike
Masstricht, Holland, Feb. 24. (Via
London.) The strike in the Krupp
factories in fcssen is constantly ex
tending, according to Les Nouvelles.
The paper says that 40,000 workers
are now on strike due to lack of food
and that disturbances have occurred
at Aix La Chacelle from the same
cause. The oolice asked for the inter
vention of troops, who, it is said, re
fused to act.
An Amsterdam dispatch under date
of February 21. said that the Am
sterdam Telegraaf's frontier corre
spondent reported ttiat l,uuu worn
men in the Krupp works had been
on strike for a fortnight. The cor
respondent said that many of the
strikers had been sent to the front.
FALL OFFERS BILL
GIVING PRESIDENT
DEFENSE WEAPON
onzes .
,Ua'U .st U. S.
Men
itTInterests With
Armed Force.
FOLLOWS BITTER DEBATE
Administration Senators Are
j Taken Completely by Sur
prise by Action.
STONE MUCH REGRETS IT
Washington, Feb. 24. A resolution
i authorizing the president to use the
! armed forces of the United States to
protect the commerce, property and
lives of the citizens of the United
States' was introduced today in the
senate by Senator Fall, republican.
Senator Fall's resolution was of
fered by unanimous consent after a
bitter two-hour debate on the inter
national situation in which repub
licans disclaimed any desire to with
hold support from the president in
handling the situation.
Demos Surprised. f
The authority to be extended by the
resolution is along the general line of
that which has been understood Presi
dent Wilson would request from con
gress some time next week. Senator
Fall's action took administration sen
ators completely by surprise.
Senator Kail asked that the bill go
to the foreign relations committee
and Chairman Stone consented after
he had objected to the way in which
the measure had been introduced.
Stone Regrets Action.
"I greatly regret that such a bill as
this has been introduced at this time,"
said Senator 'Stone. "Nevertheless, I
see no way of disposing of it except
by letting it go to the committee."
The bill would give the president
wide authority to protect lives and
property of Americans or to authorize
American merchant ships to protect
themselves against searches and seiz
ures or capture.
President W:ilson this afternoon
had a half hour's conference with
Chairman Stone of the senate foreign
relations committee, Vice President
Marshall, Senator Saulsbury, presi
dent pro tempore of the senate, and
Senators James, Pomerne, Hollis and
Swanson. It was stated he confer
ence did not discuss the present legis
lative situation nor the international
situation. ! '
Iowa Rural Carriers '
Are Against Change
In Highway Laws
Fort Dodge, Feb. 24. (Special.)
Rural mail carriers at their annual
convention here this week, adopted
resolutions declaring against any at
tempt in the legislature to abolish
the state highway commission, Their
resolution reads:
"By Information gathered from th presi
we ltarn that plana ara being made by
oommltteei In tho house of rnprnaentatlves
and the senate to Introduce bills containing
provisions for the abolishment of the state
highway commission and the mi butt tut Ion
therefore of a single commissioner, and be
lieving that surh action la not for the best
Intercuts "of good roads no necessary In our
service, we therefore strongly oppose the
abolishment of the state highway commu
nion, and earnestly plead for ltn retention,
our experience having convinced us that
through the state highway commission bet
ter' uervice, more judicious expenditure of
funds, and ultimately, the good roads we
need so badly will be deprived. We further
rtn'ummend that coplen of this action be
forwarded to our senators and represent
tlveH with an earnest appeal for their aup
port.1'
British Estimates
Call for Army of
Five Million Men
London, Feb. 24. The army esti
mates issued today provided for an
army of 5,000,000, exclusive of India.
An additional navy estimate calls
for 50,000 officers and men, bringing
the total of the navy personnel to
450,000.
Former County Judge
Button of Hastings Dead
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special
Telegram.) Former County judge
William- F. Button, for many years
one of the best known members of
the bar of southwestern Nebraska.
died this afternoon at Kansas City.
He resigned as county judge about
a year ago because of failing health
and had since grown steadily weaker,
being confined to his home most of
this .winter. Two weeks ago he was
taken to Excelsior Springs, Mo., and
this week was removed to Kansas
City to be treated by a specialist.
Death was caused by Bright's dis
ease. Mr. Button was city attorney for
eight years and county judge five
years. In the latter capacity he pre
sided over the proceedings in the John
O'Connor case, embracing the most
bitterly fought litigation this county
has ever known.
Warmer Weather Predicted
For Beginning of Week
Washington, Feb. 24. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, announced by the weather
bureau today, follow:
Plains states and upper and middle
Mississippi valleys. Local snow over
northern and rain over southern parts
with warmer weather at beginning of
the week followed by fair and con
siderably1 colder on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Generally fair with rising
temperature after Wednesday.
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions: Snow and rain probably at
beginning of week over northern and
central parts followed by generally
fair after Tuesday.
Conditions of the Contest:
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awards announced in Evening Bee, Friday, March 2.
TWO AMERICANS ON
SH1PSDESTR0YED
IT. S. Consuls Report Sinking of
Skrim and Blenheim, With
fVankee in'Crow of Each.
EACH IS GIVEN WARNING
Washington, Feb. 24. Sinking of
'two more vessel by German subma
rines, both with an American sailor
on board, was reported to the State
department today by American con
suls, In both cases the vessels were
warned and the two Americans landed
safely. The- vessels sunk were the
Norwegian steamer Skrim and the
Norwegian bark Blenheim. '
Consul Osborn at Havre said the
Skrim was sunk by bombs planted
in the ship after warning had been
given. The Skrim was unarmed, in
ballast and bound from TrepOrt to
Cardiff, twenty miles from Trcport.
It was sunk on February 19. The
crew, fourteen in number, included
Louis Pinto, a Porto Rican. They
were rescued after twenty hours in
small boats.
The bark Blenheim, according to
Consul Frost at Queenstbwn, was
sunk by shell fire after its crew had
abandoned the ship and without in
jury to any of the ship's personnel.
. The Blenheim was of 1,029 tons and
sailed from Pensacola January 19 for
Greenock. It was sunk February 22,
thirty miles south-southwest from
Fastnet, Ireland.
Consul Frost said the master sig
naled submission immediately after
the first shot was fired by the subma
rine and was accorded consideration.
The submarine towed the lifeboats
until a British naval vessel appeared.
The crew was landed at Baltimore,
Ireland, at 8:30 p. m. the same day
without incident.
The sole American on board was
Solomon Troiche, bom in Porto Rico,
whose parents reside at 1255 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco.
The Blenheim was unarmed and
without wireless.
TJ., VnrV Kh ?4 The ilnmn
I Skrim, a vessel of 761 tons gross and
210 feet long, was built at Christiana
in 1B98.
The bark Blenheim was a vessel of
1,144 tons gross and was built at
Glasgow in 1877.
Villa Is Reported on Way
To Juarez to Attack City
Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 24. General
Francisco Villa is on the way lo
Juarez to attack the city, according
to statements today from Villa par
tisans. Reports of Villa activities in
the vicinity of Carrisal, west of Villa
Ahumada and ninety miles from Jua
rez, continue to be brought here. Villa
troops were seen on the outskirts of
Chihuahua City Thursday, according
to passengers arriving today from the
capital.
Despite warnings from Villa, pas
senger trains left today for Chihuahua
and Casas Grandes. No Americans
took passage as far as known. Gen
eral Jose Carlos Murguia is reported
to have reached Casas Grandes yes
terday. Villa Forces Have Driven
De Factos From Sonora
Nogalcs, Ariz., Feb. 84. Reports
of twp days' fighting around Saric,
Sonora, between Carranza troops un
der General Camacho and a band of
Villa soldiers were confirmed here
today by United States army officers.
It was said the Villa forces forced
the Carranza troops out of Sonora.
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e Prearher Savins)
TO HOLD SENATE IN
CONTINUED SESSION
Democrats Plan Drastic Move
to Cone With Republican '
NO RECESS TO BE GIVEN
Washington, Feb. 24. Democratic
senate leaders decided late today they
would hold the senate in continuous
session to break the republican fili
buster. "We will remain in session
without recess or adjournment as
long as it is necessary, either to break
this filibuster, or to demonstrate that
it cannot be broken," said Senator
Simmons, chairman of the finance
committee. ,
After Senator Poindexter, republi
can, had been talking for five hours,
Senator Williams of Mississippi
aroused the ire of republicans by
charging that they had received or
ders from the munitions makers of the
country to defeat the revenue bill.
The democrats held a conference
after republicans had dropped all
disguises in the filibuster and had
participated in an obstructive debate
for two hours on the legislative ap
propriation bill' conference report.
"We're going to insist on keeping
this revenue hill before the senate, no
matter what happens," said Senator
Simmons. "The whole preparedness
program and the destiny of the na
tion is dependent upon this bill, and
if the republicans want to take re
sponsibility for imperiling the coun
try they will have to take the blame.
There will be no compromise on this
measure and, if the minority pio
poses to keep up this filibuster we
shall have to fight them with a con
tinuous session of the senate."
Senator Smoot. .ne of the repub
lican leaders, after conferring witn
Representative Alann, republican
house leader, said he had no idea that
there would be an extra session of
congress, basing his statement on the
belief that the republican fight would
operate to prevent the president from
going to congress to ask for more
power to handle the foreign situation
in the absence of congress.
"I do not believe the president wit!
come to congress at all," Senator
Smoot said.
Nebraska Alkali Lakes
Produce Most of Potash
Washington, Feb. 24. A remark
able expansion in the American potash
industry has resulted from efforts to
make the United States independent
of foreign sources for the potash used
in munitions and for other purposes.
Production during the calendar year
reached a value ten. times as great as
that of 1915.
The 1916 production is estimated
in a preliminary report published to
day by the geological survey at 10,
000 tons with a value of $.1,500,000.
"The largest output," the report
says, "comes from the Nebraska
alkali lakes."
Four Killed When Auto
Crashes Into Street Car
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24. Four men
were killed and another probably fa
tally injured today when a large
touring car crashed intp a north
bound Madisonville street car. All
five men were occupants of the auto
mobile. The motorman of the car
and several passengers were cut by
flying glass, but none was seriously
injured.
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WORKMEN OFFICERS
CONSOLUCTUARY
Grand Lodge Officials 'Devis
ing: Plans for Preservation
-:: 0r the Order.
PART OF SHORTAGE PAID
Grand lodge officers of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen met in
Omaha yesterday at Hotel Fontenelle
to consult an experienced actuary in
regard to the preservation of the so
ciety. The new rates, ordered at a special
session of the grand lodge last month
will go into effect May 1 and it has
been found expedient to have the
problems that confront the socity
thoroughly in hand. A plan suggested
is to devise options for those mem
bers continuing tinder the higher
rates that will be in force.
Miles M. Dawson of New York
City was in Omaha and went over
the situation with Grand Master
Frank A. Anderson of Holdreee.
Grand Recorder Frank L. Evans of
Grand Island, Joseph Oberfelder of
Sidney, Ross L. Hammond of Fre
mont, and Nicholas Ress of Lincoln,
tne tliree u.it named being members
of the finance committee.
The raise of rates has plaved havoc
with the membership already and the
officers are doing all in their power
to perpetuate the society and pre
serve its members.
One of the bonding companies re
sponsible ia part for the shortage of
E. L. Doddtr, late grand treasurer,
nas paid in j,uuy as its share ot the
deficit.
Judge Woodrough
Heads Honor Court
Of the Boy Scouts
Prominent professional and busi
ness men comprise the court of honor
for Omaha Boy' Scouts of America.
iust appointed by the executive board
ot the local scout council. They are:
Federal Judge J. W. Woodrouch.
president; Dr. H. A. Senlerof Central
High school, secretary; V. R. Mc-
K.ecn of the lie Keen Motor works,
Dean Paul L. Martin of Creiehton
law college, Dean Irving S. Cutter of
Nebraska university college of medi
cine, General George H. Harries of
tne electric lignt company ana John
A. Sunderland of Sunderland Bros,
company.
Monday afternoon they will con
iene for the first time, having ar
ranged for an early meeting in order
to accommodate D. L. Dimond, a
local Boy Scout. The latter won na
tional honors jn a recent periodical
contest and wanted to take (lis exam
inations fur rank as a first-class scout
before he gocseast on Tuesday on
the trip won as prize.
Though all busy men, members of
the court ot honor arranged to meet
early and examine him in order that
he might make his trip as a high rank
ing scout. Several other lads will
also take the examinations Monday
tor ranKS ana merits.
Start to Clear Wreckage '
Of Continental Building
1 he contract to clear the wreckage
of the Continental block, which was
destroyed by fire Friday morning, was
yesterday awarded to the H. Gross
Wrecking company. Work will start
this morning and the wrecking com
pany expects to have the walls down
and the debris completed removed
within two weeks.
SEVEN HOLLAND
CARGO VESSELS
ARE TORPEDOED
Destruction of Dutch Shipping
is Expected to Bring ;
.Break of Relations
With Germany.
ALL CREWS ARE LANDED
New York Agents of Ships Sunk
Say Cargoes Worth Over
Eleven Millions.
BRITISH SHIPS ARE SUNK
(Br AHMlatM Fnu.)
Widesnread indignation is reported
to have been caused in Holland by
the torpedoing of seven Dutch
steamers in the western approaches
tn th Fnirltvh channel, announce
ment of which was made in London
Saturday, inree ot tne vessels, wim
a total of 14,976 tons, were sunk, and
the other four, although seriously
damaged remained afloat.
I he crews ot all seven are Deaevea
t,at, hn cavf4 - Ficrht million
dollars was the estimated value of
the ships. The Amsterdam bourse
was weak after the announcement.
The Dntch foreign office stated that
the seven steamers naa availed inera-
oli-aa nf a nrmin stffor tn sail tn-
0..tlir fmm a Rritith nnrt. believed
to be Falmouth, on February 22. The
total tonnage, sinking ot wnicn was
announced Saturday, including the
three Dutch and also three Bntisn
steamers, was 21,159.
German naval and military leaders
in Berlin estimated tnat tne totai
............ at.nl, 4Mt,a 1?hrtarv wnilld
not exceed 500,000 and expressed sat
isfaction witli tne acnievemenis oi
the German submarines. The an
nouncement was made by the Ger
man .admiralty that 1,000 troopa
bound for Saloniki perished when the
Italian transport Minai was sunk
February 1.
merchantman la raidincr
commerce in the Indian ocean and
has sunk two British steamers, ac
cording to , an- announcement in
lokio. ., ... . . v... ;
Washington, Feb. 24. The tremen
dous destruction of, Dutch (hipping
during the last two days is regarded
here aa the most acute phase of the
international situation. '
It li regarded even at bringing
nearer the probability of a break in
diplomatic .relations "between Th
ftetherlancit .anq uernjanj oa ir,
Holland has made ualw.,1Mteita
against destruction of its neutral ships
hv German submarines, but the Start
ling operations reported jresterday
and today , are . expected to arouse a
wave of popular indignation in The
Netherlands-which that government
may find -difficult to withstand, even
should it desire to ao so.
The situation for Holland in rela
tion to Germany, as it is observed
from Washington, is growing more
and more difficult. Officials and dip
lomats here will be surprised it the
government does not take aome ac
tion. ' , , ; . ,.''.-'
Seven Ships Sunk Thursday.
London. Feb. ' 24. Lloyds ; an
nounces that the crews of the follow
ing Steamers were landed yesterday,
their vessels having been torpedoed
on Thursday: . .
Zaandijk, Dutch, 4,189 ton gross.- y
Noorderdiik, Dutch, 7,156 torn. '
F.emland, Dutch, 3,770 tons. - -
Jacatra, Dutch, 5,373 tons gross. ,
Menado, Dutch, 5,874 tons.
Bandoeng, Dutch, 5,851 tons.
Gaasterland, Dutch.
' Four of the seven Dutch steamers
were homeward bound with full car
goes. The attack took place in the
western approaches to the English
channel. .
No instructions as to. the routes
were either asked for or given by the
British admiralty. All the arrange
ments were in the hands of the Dutch
authorities.
Cargoes Worth Eleven Millions.
New York, Feb. 24. The destruc
tion of Dutch ships by German sub
marines as reported from London in
volves the loss of vessels and car
goes valued at $11,600,000, according
to estimates made here today by
agents of the lines owning the seven
ships sunk.
The steamship Zaandijk was owned
by the Holland-American line. Ac
cording to William van Doorn, . the
line's agent here, the vessel was en
route from Rotterdam to New York
in ballast. It had put in at Falmouth
for examination.
The Noorderdijk, also a Holland
American liner, carrying a cargo of
grain from New York to Rotterdam,
had put in at Falmouth and was sunk
between Falmouth and Rotterdam.
The grain was intended for tho Dutch
government.
The Eemland was owned by the
Royal Dutch Lloyds. It was coming
from Rotterdam in ballast for New
York and had called at Falmouth.
(Continued on Paaa Two, Column Two.1
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