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8INGLE COrr FIVE CENT&

ERMAN CRUISER LOSES SEA BATTLE

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Former Associate Says Bran-

deis Is Guilty of Breach of

Faith In Rale Case.

READS RlcORDS

TO PROVE POINT

Declares Nominee For the

- r, ...

' Supreme Loud flayed Into

Hands Of the Railroads.

T"" T WI l:GTON. D. C, Feb. .

WW Investigation of president

Wilson's nomination of Louis

i' T i imitiv, of Boston, to the supreme

r';jrt bi nch was begun todav by a en

'10 subiommlttce whlih first heard

ufrord Thorne, hairmdii of the Iowa

1 iid of railroad 'ommissioners. who

cs associated with Mr. Brandeis in

'lie fight agalns: ;' in; the eastern

ulrouds tnci eased freight rates Sir.

I t:i. assailed th conduct of Sir.

i rjndeis In that case.

I believe the nominee before this

mm ttce was unlit of infidelity, of

.ii li of faith and of unprofessional

nduct In one of the greatest cases of

Ins generation," he said.

Declared Jtatra. Innilnjiinle.

Mj; Thorn charged that Mr. Brandeis,

s .in attorneyappearlng fof thfe sWIp-

i rs admitted that the rate retwn to

l . r.ulrnads was inadequate and tiit

Mr Biandeis, in his opening oral argu-

"! in to the Interstate Commerce coni-

iiEton, conceded that the returns were

i '"lit stent with the prosperity of the

j ji! roads und welfare of the public

l was simply dumbfounded," de

el ucd Thorne.

t the beginning of the hearing the

-u'h m,ini!ttee voted down a proposal

' i have the full committee hear the

ase That was regarded by some as

J a lirst victory for Mr. Brandeis, on

O ii. ground that the subcommittee was

. T.iMe and the full committee hos-

1 1 1 The full committee, however, will

i on the subcommittee's report and

- i iturs who are not on one side or the

"Hit professed to see no particular

-n n f! ance in the action.

Define the Inane.

Benator "Walsh contended that Thorne

h tl nut made himself clear as to

T randels's position. The issue, the

'iiator thought, was the gross revenue

nfl not the net. Mr. Thorne insisted

that the issue before the commission

' ncerned the net revenue. Mr. Thorne

creed with senator Walsh's statement

that his position before the commission

" as that the net reveque, notwlth

" lnding anv unscientific management,

was adequate and that Mr. Brandeis's

position was that the net revenue was

nadeijuate and should be increased

1 v hurglng for certain special ser

. i eg.

Thought l'eople Should Pay More.

-Senator Cumralns Inquired if Mr.

1 Iv.rne's position was that the public

should pay no more to the railroads

mil Mr Brandeis's position was that

Hi. public should pay more. Thorne

, s-rrfd that was a fair statement.

' llr. Urandeis contended the paB

scnger rates should be Increased and

tn.t tie mall pay should be Increased,"

emplaned Mr. Thorne.

"Those would have added additional

burdens to the public."

Heads Krom IlrnndelVa Brief.

Mr. Thorno read from Mr. Bran

dos s brief to show Mr. BrandelB knew

1ho points were before tho commission

frr consideration. First, adequacy of

the r venue and Becond, lf inadequate,

ivw additional revenue could be se

c ur. &

ft hen he first received a copy of Mr.

i jndeis's brief, Mr. Thorne said, he

is surprised to find nothing In it

h. ut the adequacy of rates. He asked

'r Urandeis what his position was to

' r and the latter responded he be

li.cd some of the roads were not

irnmg enough money and he thought

. ..minions were unsatisfactory in Ohio,

'I'higaa and India.

Heads Itrnndrls'a Oral Argument.

"At the opening of Mr. Brandeis's

rral argument he made this statement."

tegjn Mr. Thorne, reading from the

r Td'

' n the whole, the net Income and

ttie net operatlne revenue In official

classification territory are smaller than

nrr consistent with their prosperity and

the welfare of the public and condi

tions are bad In Central association

territory and also among other roads

because of the Central association

s ales.'

rrr Point Itnllroads Wnnted.

MI w s simply dumbfounded by the

stat.-i nt." declared Mr Thorn. "For

r nr cirs the railroadb bad been fight

rc t.. establish that point before the

Intestate Commerce commission. They

had earrled on a nation-wide propa

ganda in newspapers magazines,

siicf. hes tind in eer eonrelvable man

ner I am not s.iving dishonestly.

"I w.is dumbfounded to hear at the

con. lusion of this great tase Involv

lr.r i .u mmi, ooO, tin .uinual interest on

a billion dollars, if wu adopt the stan

dard of dollars inii cents the greatest

f ne frr tried before a human trlbu

r il sum the dawn of uviltatlon. to

hear rounsel con. de the v er point

nt issui .it the tinu the ase was fc I

down for argum nt

What City

A. N. BROWN

The War At a Glance

A

REPORT from Amsterdam

today sas 600.000 men have

been sent by the Germans to

the Belgian frontier.

From the Balkans comes news

indicating that there is no longer

the former apparent unaniimtj of

6pinion that the Teutonic allies aro

shortly to begin an advance on

Salomki. It is even declared in one

unofficial quarter that the entente

allies are preparing to take tho

offensive.

Conflicting HeportN from CauensiiH

Constantinople adviies report

setbacks for the Russians In their

v'aucasus campaign and in Peisia

In Persia, tribesmen fightini;

against the Russian forces are un

officially reported to have inflieted

a severe defeat near Sandshulak.

Petrograd declares engagements in

the Caucasus have continued to re

sult in advantage to the Russian.

Mrs. P. H. Loomis Loses

Life and Three Others

Are Injured.

Dalhait. Texas. Feb. 9. Jlr. P. If.

Loomis. wife of the editor of the Strat

ford iStar, was killed and Miss Helen

Lowe was seriously injured when an

antumobile turned over near Stratford.

Mrs Fred Ingram and Mrs. John

Ptahl occupied the front seat and wero

slightly hurt

It is thought that Mrs. Ingram, who

was driving the car, lost control. Mrs.

Loomis was R6 years old and prominent

in church and social circles.

mm bishop

UB 1 FIELD

The most Rev.

nut ago. Ill, Feb.

Geo. W. Mundelein,

who today takes,

the investiture as bishop of the Chicago

diocese at Holy Name cathedral, be

comes head of the largest and one of

tho most wealthy archdioceses In tho

United States.

He assumes, on behalf of the bishop

ric, tho ownership of property worth

approximately $50 000,000

He is ecclesiastical ruler of a Roman

Catholic community of 1,400,000 men,

women and children.

STEAMER TAKES SUPPLIES

TO 2000 FLOOD REFUGEES

Little Itoek. Ark. Ten 9 Kellef

work anions the refugees of the flood

district continued in earnest today

when a steamer loaded with supplies j

lett to distribute tooa ana mei anions

2000 or more destitute persons at Pen

dleton, Ked I'ork, Douglas. Watson

and other towns in the inundated

basin.

Business is Arkansas Cltv virtually

Is suspended. A few merchants are

conducting business from the second

stories of their stores and from box

cars on the levee.

The flood's death toll increased to

17 by a drowning Tuesday night.

DRAFTING OF ARMY BILL

IS BEGUN BY COMMITTEE

Washington. 1). C, Feb. 9. The house

military committee today began execu

tive sessions to draft the army bill,

after hearing; opponents of military

preparedness The delegation was

headed by Wm. S. Hull of Swarthmoro

college, president Joseph Swain of

Swarthmore, president Sharpless of

Haverford college, and Hiss Lillian D.

AVald of New York.

Walter Fisher, former secretary of

the Interior, declared himself not a

peace-at-any-prlco advocate, but said:

"There are some prices we -should not

pay for peace, but we should pay noth

ing for war."

COAL OPERATORS AND UNIONS

CONTINUE WAGE DISCUSSION

Mnhlle. Ala.. Feb. 9. Coal operators

and organized mine workers from west

ern Pennsylvania, unio, inaiana ano

Illinois resumed their Joint wage con

ference here today, discussing busi

ness conditions in the soft coal mining

country. The operators ottered to

renew the present wage scale on

April 1.

The coal companies todav maintained

their position that business conditions

In the bitumlnlous fields did not Jus

tify the advance in wages. The United

Mine Workers pointed out that pros

perity was general and that the miners

were entitled to a raise.

TEXAS TO PUT MILLION

ACRES ON SALE ON MAY 1

Austin. Texas, Feb. 9. There will be

approximately one million acres of

school lands for sale on May 1, un

der the competitive bidding system, ac

cording to land commissioner J. T. Rob

inson. There are three sales days each

ear under the law, the first of Jan

uary, May and September.

TIli:Tl WITH IIWTI

i rwon.viii.Y Ki:i'oKTi:r

Washington, D. C. Feb. 9. The sen

ate committee on foreign relations to

dav ordered reported to the senate with

recommendation for ratification the

llaitien treaty providing for a financial

protectorate over the republic by the

I'nited Htates. There was no dissenting

vote. Eleven senators were present.

Hi KILLED

HTOILI

Ever Obtained New

FORMER ATTACHE

FAKES lllf!

War Department to Investi

gate Alleged Act of Maj.

Langhorne,

TVashincton, D. C . Feb. 9. Secretarj

of war Garrison, discussing thf- pub

lished von l'apen correspondence indi

cating that documents had been trans

ported from Berlin to German officials

in this coUntr by Maj George T Lang

horne. former United States military at

tache at Berlin, said Tuesday the mat

ter would be investigated by the war

department.

The secretary of war added that if it

appeared that Maj. Langhorne had act

u,i imnrnn,,, a s the bearer of a. bel-

ligerent's communication the matter

would be made the subject of a cou

n-

martial.

Maj Langhorne was transferred from

Berlin early in the war. He is now with

the eighth cavalry stationed at Sierra

Blanca, Tex.

Reference to communications said to

have been brought from Berlin to Ger

man officials in the United States was

contained in one of the letters in the

seized correspondence of Capt Franz

von I'apeTi. former military attache at

Washington, Just made public at Lon

don. Secretary Personally Investigates.

Secretary Garrison said further he

has undertaken personally an investi

gation to decide whether Maj. Lang

horne shall be ordered before a court

martial. What will be done, the secre

tary said today, will depend almost

entirely upon the character of the

communications Maj. Langhorne is said

to have carried.

Should imestigatlon reveal the com

munications to be of an official char

acter or to contain unneutral Informa

tion, the act would constitute an of

fence subject to triaL

tMJ. I,GIIOirK IS MIW

STATIONED AT Till! POST

Maj Georgo T. Langhorne is now at

his quarters at Fort Bliss, having

come in from Sierra Blanca, Tex., last

week.

"I have not heard anythrar aWtot t

investigation." Maj. Langhorne declared

Wednesday morning. "In view of this

I fact I do nbt think it would be at all

i proper for me to make any statement

at this time."

f ;

man WHO HANGED SELF

WILL LIVE IS BELIEF ' January, 1897. he was in station serUce

m , , , tTv nt' T. t ot the MchlBon. Topeka-& Santa Fe

Tulsa Okla-. Feb 9. Thomas Murphy. raiiroad: from 1S97 to January. 1899.

charged with murder, will live to stand no Tras traffie manag6r for receiver

trial, physicians today believed. Twelve of the SL Louis, Kansas & Southwest

hours after he was found hanging in his era railroad: from January. 1S99. to

cell in the eountv lail and nronounred Senremhor 15 lQdl lie w tmrri.

dead. Murphy revived in an undertaker's J

shop.

lllfi FIinNCH C1NW.

IS EHING OOMPLETIOX

Paris. France, Feb. 9. The Marseilles-Rhone

canal, a great engineer

ing work that has been under way for

some time is now nearly completed. The

ministry of public works received a

telegram today that the four and one

half mile tunnel' through which the

canal will flow, penetrating the Rove

mountains, is on the point of comple

tion. '

The width of the canal through the

tunnel is 72 feet, and the depth of the

water 15 feet 11 Inches, permitting

small Mediterranean steamers to enter

the Rhone.

Nerve Wracking Task of Listener In War

Present European Conflict Develops a New Type of Soldier, a Man Who Must

Crawl Out Close to the Enemy to Listen and if He Is Discovered He

Must Not Shoot Back, but Must Lie Still and Be Killed.

LONDON, Eng., Feb. 9. An officer

back from the British front de

scribes the "listening post" as the

most trying experience of the war.

Every evening little groups or men

steal out between the opposing trench

lines and squat quietly In a depression

all night long, trying to catch in their

straining caro some Inkling of the

enemy's dolncs.

Not until the night has woll fallen

do tho posts go out. An officer, taking

over a new section of trenches, famil

iarizes himself with the disposition of

these posts; and, since it is unhealthy

to stand on the parapet and recon

noitre, he must needs do all this deli

cate exploring through a periscope,

which Is, as likely as not, shot out of

his hand as soon as he has taken one

good look , . ..

The object Is to get as close to the

enemy's lines as possible without be

ing detected: and to be able to re

main there as long as human beings

can, until tne iirsi eiren ui uawu

show in the sky. ... . . ..

Once the precise spot Is located, the

men who will form that partiaular post

that night are carefully tutored in its

position, again by means of the In

valuable periscope.

Must hpy '"t Ground.

They instruct themselves in the va

rious obstacles to be encountered on

the way and, since this Is a war of

cunning, commit to memory every

tussock and every little obstacle that

will afford them cover as they creep

out to take up their places after night

fall It is not easy work to map out

oven 100 feet of country through a

periscope. But since dear life de

pends on the accuracy of the observa

tions made, those concerned are not

disposed to leave anything to chance:

and every man could find his way

blindfolded when he has completed his

And then, with darkness to shield

them, thev climb very cautiously out

Into the terrible dead ground, every

DIES IN

I PARALYSIS OF THE

BTISTIE

Traffic Manager E. P. & S.

W. Dies At Hotel at 2

A. M. Wednesday.

remainsWere on

limited friday

Qnri,pU Vina Hnrl PromnnL

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lion Of Death, Could Not

Sleep Tuesday Night.

a;

X. BROWN. general tr.iffie

manager of the El Faso

Southwestern railway sjs-

tem, died at 2 oclocx Wednesday morn

ing at the Van Nuys hotel in Los An

geles, Calif., of paralysis of the heart

Mr. and Mrs. Brown left LI Paso

Sunday afternoon on the Golden State

limited for California, and, when he

bade coodby to his friends, lie was in

perfect health. The trip to California,

was a business one and was to last only

a few days.

Sorrow nt Southwestern.

News of Mr. Brown's death reached

the office of Garnett King, general

passenger agent, after 9 oclock Wed

nesday morning and the information

was receded with sorrow and surprise

in all the departments, as Mr. Briwn

had shown no indications of a declining

health. Mrs. Brown was with her hus

band at the time of his death, but as

yet none of the particulars of the last

illness has been received in El Faso.

Mr. King Btated that It was likely that

the body would arrlvo In El Faso on

Friday. It will be accompanied here

' by Mr. and Mrs Eugene Fox, who were

in Los Angeles on their honeymoon.

Ills Career.

Mr. Brown was born on December I,

1864, in Illinois, and entered the rail

way service In 1885. He was station

agent and operator for the Vandalia

line to 1&87 Trom October. 1SS7. to

manager and superintendent of the

Kansas Southwestern railroad, succes

sor to the ML Louis. Kansas & South

western railroad, at Arkansas City.

Kan. From September 15, 1901,

to May 2b, 1905, he was the gen

eral freight and passenger agent

of the HI Paso Northeastern system;

from May 26, 1903. to Slav 1. 1909, he

was general freight agent of the El

Paso & Southwestern sjstem at El

Paso, and from May 1, 1900. to Decem

ber 1. 1909, he was general freight and

Sassenger agent of thi." system. On

ecember 1, 1909, he was named gen

eral traffic manager of the Southwest

ern system.

Ifns One Son.

Mr Brown Is survived by his wife, a

son, Roger Brown, who is attending

(Continued on page 5, Col. 2)

little article of their equipment that

might rattle carefully muffled: for

there are listening posts listening for

them, and even the clink of a half

empty tobacco tin In a man's pocket

might give him away.

yo Smoking Permitted.

They have brought sandwiches or

bread and cheese with them, for it is

hungry work; but the solace of to

bacco is utterly denied them until their

tour of duty is ended. The sylutter of

a match, ave, or even the momentary

glow of a tinder lighter or a cigaret

end, would be discerned at once by

dozens of keenly watching eyes; a

few jards away are men with their

rifles and their fingers on the trig

gers men who can split a playing card

with a rifle bullet at that close range;

and such a mark as even the minutest

glow would appeal very strongly to

them.

The little heroic party picks Its

gingerly way through its own entan

glements, crouching low. flattening

itself to the ground, availing itself of

every depression, as the star shells

flare aloft and the pitiless blue-white

light streams down. It may be that it

Is detected at once, and given 20 sec

onds of a machine gun's closest at

tention, and in consequence ceases to

exist as a living thing: but It may also

be that It escapes detection and con

tinues to wend Its cunning way to

wards the chosen shelter.

Jnst Listen and He Shot .

Once there, it has practically nothing

to do but to listen.' Any sound might

mean anything: the faint noise of a

buzzer might Indicate an order to at

tack; the scraping of a knife on tin

might mean the preparing of a hand

grenade or merely that a hungry sol

dier Is snatching a mouthful of food.

A night on "listening post" Is one

of the most weary experiences a man

can have. The members of the post

are not allowed to fire a shot under

any circumstances, unless, of course,

they get mixed up with any sort of

real attack, in which case they would

do the best they could for themselves.

And so, since It is their lives or the

Factories

Kt

LOS ANGELES

Well Known El Paso

Man Passes Away

SPEAKER fflHH

FOR GOVERNOR

Las Veffas Man Annoimces

. & . J.u.ua .iiiiuiuiv&a .

His Candidacy on Repub

lican Nomination.

East Las Vegas, N M., Feb. 9 Se

cundino Romero, speaker of the second

legislature and former r. S marshal

here, has announced his condldacy for

the nomination for governor on the

Republican ticket.

The announcement was made follow

ing the meeting of the county central

committee, at which a resolution in

dorsing speaker Romero was adopted.

Romero was a candidate for the nomi

nation for governor In 1911, but was

defeated by H. O. Bursum, of Socorro.

Bursum Is expected to oppose Romero

again this year.

CASTORENA'S BOND IS HELD

RFASflNARIF' RFMAlNs SI (1(1(1 '

nxAaunADLC, tttuiAina $xuuu ,

Vustin, Texas. Feb. 9. The court of

criminal appeals todav affirmed the

aitlon of the lower court in the case

of exparte Martin Castovena, from

Cameron county, for discharge from

custody or reduction of bail. The court

held that bail of $1000 was reasonable.

Castorena was charged with robbery

and murder in connection with the

I wrecking of a train near Brownsville.

sniper's, if one stumbles on them,-they

deal with the intruder In a summary

fashion: if their humane instincts are

uppermost, they simply stun him with

a blow; but if they have something

against enemy snipers, they settle the

matter by the thrust of a "bayonet.

A Aervou Job.

Bits of earth crumble down from

the embankments near at hand, the

sound bringing men's hearts to their

mouths, for " might mean tho ap

proach of an eneniv. There is a siz

zling sound, to Indicate that some sol

dier not far away is disobeving regu

lations and cooking something tasty

over a spirit stove that will not throw

any light upward. Then every minor

sound is drowned by the smashing

roar of a big gun; a shell screams

overhead and bursts manv miles In

the rear; another. Then bullets whistle

and whine round about, as the enemy

indulges In his usual outburst of fir

ing. Just on tho off-chance of securing

a bag.

There Is no prolonged peace In the

dead ground; and, knowing that lis

tening posts are out, both sides make

a point of quartering the ground with

spasmodic fire, that the posts might

he made as nervous as possible, and

ao driven back to their trenches or

else rendered Incapable of further

satisfactory work that night.

Kill or He Killed.

Your only satisfaction lies In know

ing that you are being watched by

your own scouts, who are lying under

cover not far away, with Instructions

to cover you with their fire In caso of

need. You see, you must not fire

yourself, no matter what the provoca

tion might be.

If you are discovered by an enemy

patrol of Bcouts nosing around in

search of game, you can do one thing,

or the other either jou can die as

you crouch or you can make a fight

with the bayonet, and hope that the

patrol will hurry up In time, a remote

possibility under the circumstances.

It is, however, a point of honor to

make as little noise as possible when

you are killing or being killed.

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BIG PROBE 01

COAST PLANNED

German Officials, Agents,

Shipping and Supply

Firms Involved.

San Francisco, Cal.. Feb. 9. The

breadth of the government's proposed

prosecution of alleged German bomb

and shippm; plots, inolring German

' onul.ti officials, ship owners, agents

in sellers of supplies, was hown to

dn s details of indictments voted

) against uJ men and firms became

know n

J i thp little barkentine Retriever,

tied to her wharf in the bay, was in

olp.i ueLause of an alleged contem

plate ri ti lp to coal German warships

mort tn in a year ago in the guise ot

a motion picture expedition.

7n estimation b government agents

i inouj-iit the report to the district ai-

; torne s office that the' Retriever was

l full of coal. The necessity of this

rarjeo on a sailint? vessel engaged in

a motion picture business was not evi

dent to the Investigators and the Re

tneer neter got away at alL

hint of Indicted 3Ien.

N w-s from Washington of the voted

in tii tments of consular officers here

of tho German government antedated

y at least two days the prospect of a

( report from the federal grand jury.

i'liuiais admitted, in tne iignt ot ns

p it hes, that among those against

w' m indictments have been voted

wert tUe following

I'raiiz Bopp, consul general for Ger

ma'ij. Iaron F-. H on Schack. vice consul

general for Germany.

Henry V. K. Kauffmann, chancellor

of the German consulate.

.Maurice H- Hall, consul general for

Turkey.

Fred Jensen, former owner of the

steamer Alazatlan.

I Johannes If v in Kooioergen, ai

j leged agent of the German cotnsulate.

1 Dr. Simon Remit r, said to be a Ger

man navy ofiuer

"Frederick Williams thought to be

a fictitious name

Steunuifalp Ajstntn Involved.

The names of hix other persons in-

altifl Acl tn thjfi lniltitrintai vntsWl JV ,

,H""9fJ,fy w"e made public by

distryct Bttorne pregton. They are:

John and Julius Rothschild, whole

nale srocers-

Jeorge aftd Janes Flood, steamship

agents.

J. E. Bien, attorney.

Kol.ei t I'ipelle general acent North

Germ in-I.lov d Steamship companj.

I WRB BILL

GOESTOIISOI

Washington. D. C. Feb. 9. The sen

ate today passed the resolution maklmr i

J&uo.uwo avauauie ror equipping id

Mare Island and New Tork navv ard

the

and the bill increasing by 300 thf

entrance class at Annapolis naval

academy. The measures passed the

house Monday and now go to president

Wi'son for his approval.

TEIPEIl IS INDICTED

O.N MinilER CHARGE

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb 9. An indictment

charging John Edward Teiper with

murder In the first degree was returned

by the Erie county grand Jury today.

Teiper is charged with the slaying of

his mother, Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper, who

with his brother Frederick C. Teiper,

was killed on the Orchard park high

way, Jan. 30.

WILSON IS ')T MTICC HE

WILL M.VKK AMITIimt TRIP

Washington. D. C, Feb. 9 President

Wilson was invited todaj to speak on

preparedness in Lincoln. Neb., by sen

ator Hitchcock and a Nebraska com

mittee. The president said he was not

sure he would make another speaking

trip.

Senator Morris Sheppard extend 3 a

similar invitation for Dalla-t. Texas.

THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

Scnntr.

Clifford Thorne. of Iowa, at

tacked the attitude of Luis D.

Brandeis in the five percent

railroad rate case before the

Judiciary committee, consider

ing Brandeis's nomination to

the supreme bench

Foreign relations committee

recommends ratification of

llaitien treaty.

Secretary Daniels, before pub

lic lands committee, opposed

opening western oil lands to

public.

HouMe.

Hearings on national defence

continued by military and naval

affairs committees

Witnesses in impeachment

proceedings against I'nited

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Armored Cruiser Drake- Cap

lures Raider After Three

Hour Battle, Report.

2 MERCHANTMEN

ALSO CAPTURED

Story Of Rumored Sea Fight

Off Bermuda Is Received

By New York Paper.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Advices re

ceived here today assert that

the German warship P.oon, al

leged to be the captor of the British

liner Appara, has been captured by the

British armored cruiser Drake, after

a three hour fight. 200 miles east

northeast of Bermuda, according to a

fltory printed by the New York Even

ing Globe.

The capture of the Roon Is said to

have been followed by the seizure of

two German merchantmen flying th.

German flag, one of which was armed.

Code Message Telia Tale.

The story is contained in a message

which the Globe states It reeeivad in

code from a reliable source in Berntltd

Tile m9sKgv-mSm:

"Drake here today, towlnjr Roon

Took ber 200 knots cast-northeast or

Bermuda after three hours runnlpi;

fight. Lost Dan forth and IS men

Her losses about one-third. Struck as

we came abeam Two merchantmen

with her, one armed. Took both

Brought here.

"Segrae, on sighting Roon, said

' 'Please God, today 1 will avenge

Cradock."

"Roon badly knocked about by 9 2

Thirty-two officers and 719 men taken

in the three prizes "

Captain AMth Admiral.

The Segrave mentioned In the mes

sage is supposed to be t'apt. Segrave,

who was with admiral Cradock when

j the latter went down with his flagship,

the Goodhope. which was sunk In an

ntigaKemeiiL wiui a ijrerman squaaron

off Chile.

There is no Danforth among the of

ficers In the British navy list

Protector of Raider.

Some of the British passengers on

the Appam declared the warship Roon

was the protector of the German armed

merchantmen such as the Moewe, which

directly effected the capture of the

Appam and sank seven other British

ships. The Roon was declared to have

slipped out of Kiel some months ago

and made for the African coast to de

stroy enemy shipping. Sh was then

joined by the armed merchantmen, is

was reported

After the capture of the Appam was

effected, Lieut. Berg, a German naval

reservist officer from the Moewe, was

placed in command of a prize crew

which boarded the Appam and brought

her to the United States.

naldern runi Vtlnntlc.

If the Roon und the armed merchant

men were off the Bermudas, as re

ported. It would seem that the raiders

had decided to cross the Atlantic and

try their fortune in the western wa

ters, rather than linger on the eastern

side in danger of British warships

after the destruction of seven ships

and the capture of the Appam became

known in England-

BRITISH EMBASSY HEARS

OF CAPTURE OF THE ROON

Washington, D C . Feb. 9. The

British embassy todav received ad

vices from British agents in New

York that a man living on stnten is.

land, whose name was not transmitted,

had received a private dispatch fiom

Bermuda saying the British cruiser

Drake had taken the German cruiser

Roon, and some German merchant

snips.

UNABLE TO CRUSH ENGLAND

GERMANY DESIRES PEACE

Copenhagen, Denmark. Feb. 9. Real-"

izing more and more as time passes

that Germany cannot crush England,

all German people are yearning for

peace, according to the strongly pro

German Norwegian historian. Dr. Halv

dan Koht Having returned to Norway

after a prolonged stay in Germany, Dr.

Koht is contributing a series of articles

to the newspaper Social Democratekln.

He says evervone in Germany feels

that Germanv Is safe, hut also realises

that Britain is little damaged, cannot

(Conlinueft on page 2, Col. 2.)

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