New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1917, Page 1

HERALD “ADS” MEA 'HERALD BEST OF ALL BETTER BUSINES § |LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | EW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1§ GUNS WORLD OVER BOOM A FAREWELL T0 ADMIRAL DEWEY U. S. Navy on Seven Seas Fire | Salnte at Funeral Hour of Hero of Manila IMPRESSIVE SERVICES AT NATIONAL CAPITAL From President Wilson Down to En- listed Men Highest and Lowest Men in Army and Navy Pay Tribute ‘While Body of Beloved Sea Fighter Is Borne Over Route of Triumphal March to Its Last Resting Place. Washingtop, Jan. 20.—Admiral Dewey was laid to rest today with all the honors a grateful nation can be- Stow. After funeral services con- ducted under the dome of the capitol and attended by President Wilson, the cabinet, the supreme court, the dip- lomatic corps and a notable company, the admiral’s body was taken to Ar- lington national cemetery to rest .. With those of naval heroes that have 7 gone before. manders at the battle of Manila Bay found him on the desert thirty-two the railroads to apply the same regu- | Two of’Dewey’s com- DASH INTO DESERT T0° AIRMANS AID ‘Army Ambulance Goes to Rescue . of Lieut. Col. Bishop {FOUR DAYS WITHOUT FoOD Licut. Robertson, His Companion, ‘Wandered Tnul Through Wastes Found By Rescue Party on Point of Exhaustion. | Wellton, Ariz, Jan. 20.—Residents { of Wellton are watching today for the return of the army ambulance whic™ | crossed the border last night to bring back Lieut. Col. Harry G. Bishop, army aviator, who was left Thursday ‘on the Sonora desert, while a rescue | party brought Lieut. W. A. Robertgon, his companion on the ill-fated air- plane flight to Wellton. Bishop’s weakened condition, due to exposure, and to the fact that he had ' gone days without food before he was found after his tramp of almost 200 miles from a point on the Gulf; of California where the aviators landed, was a source of apprehension here. The ambulance, in charge of Majcr Brown who was accompanied by four- | teen men, left Yuma last night and was expected to arrive here early to- day, but continuous rains made prog- ress slow and it was impossible ' to forecast the probable time ,of arrival. Robertson, who arrived here with a searching party from Wellton that RAILROADS GET 10 |BRITISH FREIGHTER NEUTRALS HELD PR DAYS T0 PLAN CAR SHORTAGE RELIEF Drastic: Action Announced hy Majority of Interstate Com- merce Commission WILL ASSUME CONTROL IF SCHEME IS NOT ADOPTED All Coal Cars Must Be Returned to 'Original Owners as Soon as Emptied Order Becomes Bifective Feb. 21—Aim Is to Bring Down —New Price of Fuel—Three Members of Board Dissent, ‘Washington, Jan. 20.—Drastic regu- lations designed to relieve the short- age in coal cars and help bring about a -lawering of present high prices of coal were prescribed today by the in- terstate commerce commission. The regulations require return to original owners of all coal cars as fast as unloaded and from the railroads ten days to devise methods for re- lieving the shortage in other types of cars. The commission order also requires | - —Benjamin P. Lamberton, the fleet miles south of here. is on the way to lations to refrigerater, heater, venti- captain, and Captain S Coughlan of the cruiser Raleigh—Iie near by. Not far away on the wood- ed slopes rest. the bodies' of Schley and Sampson. Private services at the home were ; attended by President Wilson, retary Daniels and a limited pany. The funeral party then moved to the capitol All business of the government was suspended for the day; all private business in Washing- ton stopped for an hour. On every American naval ship on the seven seas an ensign fluttered at half mast and 4n admiral's salute of nineteen ° guns was fired. The corps of midshipmen from An- napolis, who came, not under orders, but as _Admiral . Dewey’s . friends, as he had wish, escorted the body to the rotunda of the eapitol, , where Chaplain J. B. Frazfer, chaplain of the Olympia at Manila Bay, conduct- ed brief and simple funeral services. Mrs.: Dewey did not accompany the funeral ~party to the capitol but joined it on the way to Arlington. Services at Capitol. The private servicgs at the home were begun promptly at 10 o’clock. Soon thereafter the solemn procession al’s body moved along Massachusetts avenue, over the plaza of the capitol | and into the rotunda, where the body was placed on a catafalque directly under the great dome. Presiden: Wilson and cabinet as- sembled in the president’s room on the senate side and marched in . The supreme court justices, the dip- Jomatic corps, the chief of staff of the army, the committees represent- ing both house of gongress and offi- cers of the army and navy followed. There was no funeral oration and ™ the occasion, as the admiral wished, .was very simple. After the reading fof the funeral service, a quartet sang ““Lead Kindly Light” and “Abide With Me,” the admiral’s favorite hymns. While the services under the dome of the capitol were proceeding the iidshipmen, drawn up on the plaza, were joined by the remainder of the military escort. Six companies of marines under command of Col. G. G. Long, a battalion of bluejackets from the Arkansas, companies of sea- men from the gunboat Dolphin and the presidential yacht Mayflower, a company of army engineers from the Washington barracks and two com- panies of cavalry from Fort Myer composed the escort. Over Triumphal Route. ) Moving out over the plaza the funeral procession turned into Penn- | sylvania avenue and traveled the route which Ww: the scene of Ad- miral Dewey's victorious home com- .ing from the battle which opened a new epoch in American histor: Following an escort of police, rode Chaplain Frazier. then came a gun caisson bearing the admiral's casket draped with an American flag. Twelve body bearers, seamen from the Dol- phin and yflower, marched with measured tread just behind. A color- bearer with an admiral's flag at half mast came next. Then followed mem- bers of the admiral’s family and the members of the navy general board, of which he was head. A party of survivors of the battle o° Manila Bay, cathered from far and near ‘to- do Jast homage to their commander, marched next. Officers and enlisted men of the army, navy, marine corps and coast guard service marching in inverse or- der of rank were followed by Assis- tant Secretary Roosevelt, Secretary Daniels and finally President Wilson. The remainder of the funeral cortege | composed of the cabinet, diplo- matic corps, the congressional com- oittees, members of patriotic socie- tion and delegations of citizens. The funeral procession entered Arlington cemetery a little more than an hour after it started from the capitol. All except officlals had been (Continued on Ninth Page) | could. | | broke a proveller when the men land- ! ed on the gulf coast, was abandoned. 'NEW YORK FIREMEN of midshipmen escorting the admir- | | Bellevue Hospital, a body to their places beside the bier. : Bishop on January 10 began their | flight to Calexico and were caught in | a stiff north wind that carried them several hundred miles out of their , course and onto the Sonora desert. Sec- | com- | Robertson Staggers For Help. It was Robertson’s good fortune in ' overtaking a searching party that had been delayed by mechanical trouble with their automobile. Bishop, no longer able to walk, fi- nally gave up the attempt to wallk back to civilization last Wednesday and urged Robertson, the latter saiq, to go on’'and send back aid if he, Robertson continued north- | westward along the base of the Gila mountains and found the searching party as he was almost exhausted. Ho ! directed them to 'the mountain pass where. Bishop had lain twenty-four Hours, almost famished and chilled hv the cold. His clothing was-drenched ; by the rains which continued th: greater part of the nine days the two men were lost on the desert. The airplane, which tipped and GIVEN HARD BATTLE Cornell Medical [ i- School, Catholic Church and Ten- | ement Houses Threatened, | New York, Jan. 20.—A fire de-' scribed by officials as the most difficult which the fire department has had.to handle here in recent years wrecked the six-story factory building of the Manhattan Brass company in East 28th street with a property loss esti- mated at $100,000 today. Bellevue hospital, Cornell Medical | college and scores of crowded tene- ‘ ments, together with a Catholic church in which services were being held, were endangered when a wind spread burning embers which had been hurled high by a series of acid explosions. It was hours before the flames were prominent in New Britain’s mercan-; brought under control. Three fire- men were injured, one seriously, on the roof of the burning building. | NARROW ESCAPE. REPORTED Washington Street Scenc of Near | | i i Accident Similar to Claughsey Af- | ‘ fair—Another on Main Street. | Within but a few weeks of the fatal | accident at the Washington street crossing when Michael J. Claughsey was killed and several others injured it is evident that the negligence of the gate tender at the same spot is | laying the people of the city of New Britain open to a recurrence of the incident. Despite the agitation caused by the last accident, the in. vestigation of thg city fathers and the general sentiment of the city it is by the merest chance that the gateman at the Washingten street crossing is not to blame for the loss of more lives today. A machine, passing down ‘Washington street at about 1:35 this af‘ernoon reached the crossing just before the train and there were no gates down. The occupants of the automobile narrowly escaped with their Hves after speeding up their motor to cross the tracks. It was after the trein passed the crossing that the gateman lowered the gates. On top of that comes the report from a reliable source that the $:10 xpress this morning crossed Main street before the gateman attempted to do his duty. A trolley car was just preparing to cross the tracks but the presence of the conductor, who had gone ahead to look. for trains, prevented a smash. One indignant ! Los Angeles Dynamiter lat 3 o’clock that afternoon spectator claimed that the gateman was convulsed with mirth, presum- ably at the nearness of the accident. Joseph P. San Diego, from which city he and lated and insulated cars. Order Effective February 21, The new orders becomes effective February 21. The committee which ; the railroads are to appoint should be ! vested, the order statés, with plenary powers and should co-operate with the | commission in seeking relief for the shortage of other types of cars. Un- less such a committee is appointed clares it will act independently and consider the issuance of such orders as it deems necessary to relieve the situation. In issuing the order, was divided, Commissioners Clements and Hall dissenting from thc majority view. i the commission McNAMARA STRIKES, KEPT IN DUNGEON Refuses to Work in Jute Mill and Ts Punished. San. Quentin, Jan. 20.—After sev- enteen days spent in the dungeon of the state prison here, James B. Mec- Namara, who is serving” a life term for his confessed part in the dyna- miting of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, continued steadfast today in his refusal to work in the Jute mill. Every day he is brought out and asked if he is ready to work in the mill. As regularly he refuses and then is led back to the dungeon, He has been confined there longer than any other prisoner in the last five years. MRS. HARTMAN ‘)I'ES SUDDENLY, ‘Wife of William T. Hartman Dead in New Haven. Following an illness of but a few hours, Mrs, Electa (Andrews) Hart-! man, native of this city, and wife of willlam T. Hartman, for many years tile, social and political circles, died at 3:30 this morning at her home at Red Rock Terrace, in New Haven. Until the fatal attack, which became manifest at about 11 o’clock last night, she was apparently in the best of 1 health and there was no warning that she was not in a normal condition. The family had made their hame in New: Haven, where Mr. Hartman is in | business, for some vears since thetr removal from this city. Besides her husband, who was at one time superintendent of the P. & F. Corbin plant, chairman of the local republican town committee and mem- ber of the state republican committee, she is survived by her father, Charles Andrews of New Haven, a brother, Frank Andrews of Stamford, two step- children, Clarence Hartman of this , city and Mrs. Ralph Holbrook of New Haven, and two daughters, Misses Kathryn and Bernice Hartman, at home. The deceased was aged fifty years last March, The bodv will be brought to this cltv Tuesday by automohile with ser- vices at the Erwin Memorial chanel Rev. Dr. George W C. Hill. pastor of the South church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemete . PERSHING COMING HOME. Asked When He Can Leave Mex- ico. El Paso, Jan. 20.—A message passed through here today for Gen- ! eral Pershing in Mexico, asking him when he would be ready to hegin marching toward the border. accord- | ing to a reliable report. No formal order has for the withdrawal of the expedition, it was said but General Pershing’s reply was expected to fix a date for the withdrawal. been issued Clark, | punitive. | FIGHTS OFF U-BOAT, Nearly 300 Shots Exchanged in Mediterranean Battle SUBMARINE FINALLY ELUDED Captain of Lindenhall Fires 88 Rounds \ at Submersible from Gun Mounted on Stem—stéamer Shot Full of Holes, New York, Jan, 20.—A battle which lasted an hour and forty minutes be- tween the British freighter Linden- hall and a Teutonic submarine in the Mediterranean, with nearly 300 shots exchanged between the two crafts, was described by officers of the Lin- denhall upon her arrival here today from Naples. The freighter came in so severely shelled that she looked as if she had been in an explosion. Twenty-six shots from the U-boat hit her. The engagement took place about ten days before Christmas, according to Captain/Hugh Jones, while the freighter having left Cardiff, Wales, was proceeding from Gibraltar to Naples. Order to Halt Ignored, The submarine signalled to the | Lindenhall to stop Instead the tramp | put on full speed ahead. Then en- | sued a pursuit which continued one ! hour and forty minutes, or until the | freighter found a haven in the lee of an island near Palermo. ' The U-boat abandoned the chase, B Meanwhile the undersea boat fired 210 shells at the Lindenhall, which from a ten-pounder mounted astern, | sent back 86 shots at the pursuer. i The Lindenhall reached here without the gun. The weapon was removed at Gibraltar on her return voyage. { within ten dave the commission de-1 TALK OF EXTRA SESSION | | Doubts Exists as to Whether Wilson’s - Program Can Be Put Through Con- gress Before March 4. Washington, Jan. 20.—Talk.of an cxtra session or. congress'to complete President Wilson'’s _ leglslative pro- | grant uiiless action ‘As befowé: March 4 was again heard at the c&p- | itol today. With less than thirty-six | legislative days of the session remain- 'ing, there is grave doubt on the part jof many senators of favorable .- | tion, in view of opposition to much | of the proposed lesislation, including | the water power and other cons | vation bills, the railroad strike pre- ' venting bill and the Webb collective foreign selling agency bill. The senate steering committee will meet Monday, in response to Presi- dent Wilson’s appeal yesterday, to frame a program for a submission to a senate democraflf caucus, 3 MUNITIONS FACTORY GONE Between 30 and 40 Bodies Recovered From Ruins in Neighborhood London Plant, | of | London, Jan. 20.—The explosion in | @ munitions factory near London last | night involved practically all the ex- plosives in the factory, which was destroyed entirely. | Between 30 and 40 bodies have been recovered thus far and about 100 persons are reported to have been injured seriously. The number of persons killed either in the factory or in the neighborhood has ;not yet been ascertained. The casualties are not nearly as heavy as was thought at first. | stacks, pai _— 1 PLAN OMNIBUS BILL FIGHT. j Opponents to Make Attack on Big Appropriation. ‘Washington, Jan. 20—Senate op- ponents of an omnibus public build- lings bill were preparing today to | marshal their forces for the coming ,fight on the measure which passed | the house yesterday, carrying $38,- 1000,000 for buildings, improvement i or sites in cities and towns through- | out the country. ' The bill is certain | to meet with strong opposition in the senate and President Wilson has | served notice that he would veto it. The bill passed the house after a | long and bitter fight. | COAL TEAMSTERS STRIKE. | Situation in Chicago Made More i Acute, Chicago, Jan. 20.—Chicago faced another shortage of coal today when the teamsters employed by virtually all the coal dealing companies struck. : The men demanded an increase in | wages, A few days ago the railroads made . coal shipments to Chicago first by class freight and hundreds of cars of coal are ready for delivery. WEATHER. Hartford, Jan. 20.—For Hartford and vicinity: Snow flurrics and slightly - warmer tonight. Sunday Cloudy, T ISONER: - NEW COMPLICATIONS ARIS YARROWDALE PRIZE UNDER MOEWE HERO Badewitz Was on Famous Ship That Made Raid History ESCAPED FROM INTERNMENT Smpldollé Steamer With Four Stacks and Running at mgh Speed Re- ported Off Northern Part of Brazil at Port of Bahia, Berlin, Jan. 19, Via London, Jan. 20, 6:55 a. m.—News of the safe ar- rival of the Yarrowdale in a German port has added ta the gratification ex- pressed in the German press over the exploits of the mysterious German commerce raider, as. reported from Britigh sources..- The name 'of the cruiser and its commander and all de- tails regarding its size, speed and ar- mament are being withheld by the naval authorities and nothing was known until today about the arrival of the Yarrowdale, although she has been in port for more than a fortnight, The nationality of the neutrals among' the captured crews is spme of the captives unknown but are held as | prisoners of war because they accepted service on armed merchantmen. The prize commander, Petty Officer Badewitz, was a member of the crew of the-ralder Moewe and was in com- | mand of the British ship Westbourne, which brought the crews of a number of ‘ships sunk by’ that' raider to Teneriffe. He afterwards destroyed the West- bourne ta prevent hel falling into the hands of English cruisers, Badewitz was held in Spain after the Teneriffe exploit but succeeded in escaping. Raider Seen Off Brazil. Buenos Aires, Jan. 20.—According to press despatches from Rio Janeiro, a strange steamship with four smoke- oft Cears, ‘Brazil,- running at: high Word of _this vessel was y ship which arrivéd yesterday .at Brazil, who say they saw the steamer. The German taider .which has been operating in the south Atlantic is re- ported te be equipped with collapsible smokestacks, the number of stacks the vessel. disguise the identity of The state of Ceara Is in the northern ghips papers and when told they had | part of Brazil. Americans on Yarrowdale. New York, Jan. 20.—Three Ameri- cans were members of the crew of the British steamer Yarrowdale, cap- tured by the German raider arLd tak- en into a German port by a° prize crew, according to the records of the British consulate here. f WINTHROP ST. GIRL MISSING FROM HOME Emma Bidwell, 19, Has Not Been Scen by Relatives Since Last Sunday. Mysteriously missing since the first of the week, Emma Bidwell, aged nineteen, of 80 Winthrop street is be- ing sought by the police upon the complaint of her brother, Edward Bidwell of the same address. He in- forms the police that Emma was left in charge of the house last Sunday and was not to be found when he re- | turned Thursday. He knew of no reason for her leaving and little idea as to where she may have gone. It it believed that she may have gone to another city of the state and the authorities have been notified. Bidwell also complains that con- siderable of his wife's clothing has disappeared since Sunday. He wants it recovered. Emma is described as good looking, has brown hair, is five feet four inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. When last seen she wore a brown coat, suit 6f somewhat similar color and a blue hat. CLOSE GERMANOPHILE PRESS. Spanish Authorities Act Against Ma- drid Editors, Madred, via Paris, Jan. 20, 5:05 a. m.—The judicial authorities have begun proceedings against Germano- phile papers under instructions from the ministry. Actions have been begun against the Espana Neuva, the Cerreo Es- panol, the Commentrios and El Diario of Madrid. F1 Socilsta was seized by the police on Thursda WHIPPLE RETAINED. Washington, Jan. 20.—The house rules commiteee today formally re- tained Sherman Whipple of Boston as counsel in the leak inquiry and cided to resume hearings at the New York! custom house at 10 a. m. next Tuesday morning. hblack, had. been sighted RAIDER DISGUISED Crew of Dramatist Describes; Capture by German Corsair | Receipts Given For All Property Tak- en—British Flag Flown When Neu- tral Ships Are Sighted—Not Seck- ing Passenger Ships. London, Jan. 20, 4:30 p. m.—A Per- describes the capture and destruction of the British steamer Dramatist by the German commerce raider. The Dramatist sighted the raider on De- .cember 18 when it was seven miles distant. The German rapidly closed in and when alongside her hoisted the German naval ensign and signalled the Britisher to stop. Immediately afterward trap doors under the bul- warks. at the raiders forecastle were dropped revealing two guns of about 21 inch caliber trained on the Dra- matist. A boatload of Germans board- ed the British ship and its officers, en- gineers and part of its crew were sent {on board the raider. The remainder j of the crew were left in boats for five hours and then removed and the steamer was sunk by explosives. The crew of the Dramatist, with the excep- tion of twenty-seven Indian firemen who remained on the raider, were | transferred to the Hudson Maru. The ! captives complain of the food and sanitary arrangements but say that ; the Germans were courteous as a rule !and gave receipts for their captures. | One receipt was signed “Wolff’. Sailor Takes Secret Photos. . A member of the crew has a pho- tograph of the raider and various pictures of the sinking of the Nantes, taken with a smali concealed camera. | . The'mén of the Dramatist say that the ralder appears like an ordinary cargo steamer and when passing neu- tral ships hoists the British colors ,but flies the German flag when it ! sights a British ship. The captain of the raider said that he did not wish to sink passenger ships as he did not want to kill women and children, but was only after big cargo boats. -an officer of the raider asked for the been destroyed laughed and said: ‘Well, it cannot be helped. played the game.” You Liner Ortega Is Safe. Rio Janeiro, .Jan. 20.—Reassuring reports have been received at Pernam- buco in regard to the 8,000 ton Brit ish liner Ortega which was on to have fallen a victim to the German raider. According to the reports in shipping circles the Ortega js safe but her location is not announced. Drina Reaches Rio Janciro. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 20.—The Royal Mail liner Drina, 11,483 ‘tons gross, which had been in the zone of the raider, and which, in some quarters, had been reported sunk entered the harbor of Rio Janeiro this morning. Taken to Prussian Port. Amsterdam, via London, According to an official statement from Berlin, says the Cologne Gazette, { the British steamer Yarrowdale, car- | Tying crews of steamers captured by the German raider in the Atlantic, { was brought into the port of Swine- muende, Prussia, $750,000 CARGO SU. New York, Jan. 20.—The Br steamship Toftwood, carrying a i worth $750,000, was sunk by a subma- rine on her voyage starting from New York on Christmas day, according to advices received here by the line, which cleared the Vv el, DUKE OF ATHOLL DEAD, ‘Was Owner of 200,000 Acres in Scot- land. London, Jan. 20, 12:47 p. m.—The Duke of Atholl died this morning at Blair castle, Scotland. Born in 1840, he succeeded to the title in 1864. He was one of the principal titled Scotch land owners, owning more than 200.- 000 acres. The successor to the title the Marques of Tullibardine, who has had a notable career in the army, serving with distinction in the Khartoum and other ptian campaigns and in South Africa, and in the present {war. In August, 1915, he was made ia brigade commander. > { ) REDFIELD'S SISTER DE. Pittsfield, Mass:, Julia Wallace Redfield died today at her after a lingering illness. Miss Red- field was a sister of William C. Red- field, secretary of commerce. Ja aged 68 year: home in this city Germany’s Attitu AS CARGD STEAMER o, CAPTORS ARE COURTEOUS nambuco despatch to the Daily Mail | A visible being changed at intervals to et SOV RS B e that | her | way to Pernambuco and was feared | operations of the German commerce Jan. 20— | of Fastnet. Frenci i j vessel { actions. | News for coal and sailed from thy { Dec. 28, since when she hag not b i May Cause Intert Dispute Status of America POSITIVE STAND BY * BERLIN IS FORECA $t. Theodore Converted Into Raid British ~ Squadron Continues Search Ocean for Commcrce stroyers—At Least Two EKnown Of—Aid Prcbably 6 Vessels By Portuguese Steamer. Washington, Jan. 20,—The Gei admiralty statement that neutral] jects in the crews of vessels capty by the German raider in the ‘Atlantic “have been removed as oners of war"” will raise a compl ed question if any Americans among them. E The whole question turns on Wi er an armed merchant ship is aj vessel and the gulf between this ¢ try and Germany on that questio still unbridged. Of course, Amn cans on such ships could he ' cox ered as prisoners of war only iff vessels were considered as WRFr | sels. ! 3 2 No indication has been rece that any of the vessels sunk by German raider were other than: fensively armed. The state ment has held throughout that a’ sel cannot be classed as a warship| Jess it is under maval orders and naval flag and manned by 0 crews, The German admiralty states made just at this'time when the ship issue between the two cotn is becoming more complicated daken to foreshadow a more nounced attitude as to the questio German part.- Secret Orders to Merchantnie; Rio Janeiro, Jan. 19.—The, B authorities have' issued a wai shipping companies that the captf British steamer St. Theodore hus '} converted into a German coim raider and is cruising along th lantic steamship routes. Secret structions have been given ~ to | companies regarding routes to be, lowed. | It is reported from Pernam that a British squadron, compo the auxiliary cruisers -Macedd Orama and Edinburgh Castle, joined the light cruisers Amethyst Glascow in search for the Gen commerce raiders. 9] The total tonnage of the sguad is 36,000. The Jornal Pequeng Pernambuco asserts that it has in mation that one of the German rai is accompanied by three small marines. Thesc submarines are to be six metres in length and, of entirely new type. Members of crews of ships sunk by the raider, who have been held prisonerzj board her are quoted as saying the submarines leave mother ship and r intervals, apparently doing duty. They say that the raider speed of twenty-five knots but down during the night. At Least Two Raiders Knowa. New York, Jan. 20.—The wafl sent out by wireless to vessely ofi) Entente allies by the British authy ties that the captured British B chantman St. Theodore had been @ verted into a German commerce i er was pointed to today by local ping men as tending to prove thaf Jeast two German raiders are at k in the Atlantic ocean. It was' called that a steamship had been sy south of thé equator within el days after the Samland had sigh a raider Dec. 4 about 600 miley For any vessel to -h covered the distance in that timej was said, would have been an imp sibility. In the possibly man Cape discussion of what Vves could be supplying the @ aiders, the peculiar actions Hatteras last month of Portuguese steamcer Faro, a forf German vessel, were recalled. formerly the Galata, W in Portugal when the was seized by the Portugy when the latter deelal war against Germany and under name of Faro was put into the m chant trade of Portuzal. The American tank steamer 8i rosa, which arrived here Christ Day reported: that off Cape Hatte she sighted the Faro, which stea across the tanker’s bow, then ecird and recrossed astern and disappean According to the Suerosa’s —offic the Faro appeared next day and § peated the performance, neither: i displaying any signal to explain The Faro put into Newp 5 terned started, government o) reported. So far no change has been mi ‘in the arangements for thet safety ied vessels leaving this port (Continued on Ninth Page)