The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1914, Page 1

Sea ae FINAL PRICE ONE CENT. Coprvight, ALG be The Freel fs fsouning TW _ AFTER ARREST MADE MAY SOLVE MURDER OF BARNET BAtE * Police Expect to Round Up To-Night Entire Gang Implicated in Slaying of Man Who Fought the Chicken Trust. (James: Moore, a chicken handler @mployed in the vards of the D,, L. & . Fasiroad at Hobokon, was arrested thig” Afternoon by Détectiver Allen ‘and Toner of the Homicide Bureau and taken to Headquarters to ho qubstioned abaut the murder of Bar- not Batt threo weaks azo. Moore's arrest was made on an old warrant charging assault, but it was admitted by Capt. Carney that the OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1916. ARE SOUGHT BY NEWARK New Jersey City Wants Them in Conjunction With 250th Anni- versary of Founding. (Special to The Evening World.) NEWARK, Dec. 16.—Former Gov. | Franklin Murphy announced to-day to the committee of one hundr@é ar- ranging the celebration for the 250th @nniversary of the foundation of New- Baft murder was behind his apprehen- sion, ‘Two or three more arrests in con- nection with the Baff case are to be mado to-night. It is reported at Headquarters that the detectives have finished their investigation and the time has come to round up the sus- pects, However, there was nothing | sald directly implicating Moore with | the murder of Baf, \ 50,000 RESERVE FORCE Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Says} Nation Should Have Men Ready for War Emergency. WASHINGTON, Dec, 16.--Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt told Committee to-day 51,000 men tn the ted having 50,000 in reserve for war | Navy and he to 55,000 adait j times, Roosevelt elaborated on the short- age of men, pointing out that “| under confidential war plans of the General Board the navy to-day stands from 80,000 to 60,000 men short, In case of war these additional men would be needed not only on our ships | but to man wireless stations or! coast patrol duty, or merchant col- liers, for shore service and other | duty. Seven thousand men, he said, can be raised from the naval militia if all should volunteer. An investigation ts under way to determine just how large | a force of men could be drafted from the ranks of former navy men, Mr. Roosevelt sald that this na- tion must make the service more at- | tractive if it Is to get more men. The navy {8 “down to the bone" on ships avallable for training purposes. He summarized the status battleships in our navy as follows: Twenty-one in commission; thrée in reserve; six in ordinary; three out urance that the mee held in Berlin, and 0 spend all the time and to bring the gam *F'%ne also announced that « me ay aa building, co: about $1,- oe" be erected for the celc- | CHRISTMAS CHEER CHEAPER THIS YEAR Turkeys, Cranberries, Cele-y, Holly | and Xmas Trees Lower Than |. " Last Season, | CHICAGO, Doc. 16.—Christmas will ome Cheaper this year, commission men! announced to Prices for practically all the Christmas trim- mings are below what Dad paid last of ‘Turkeys should retail at 25 cents a nor slightly lower, the commis: | oe commission. Hoy men say. Cranberries and celery |° has tian last year. The popes The Assistant Secretary contended of Sf holly has been cut in two and|that the navy’s weakness is its in- wausual trees are on the market |; publty, to ships ready to go Into | Dattis on ebort button. FOR WAVY FAVORED," FRE SWEEPS Ble SHPYARD ON STATEN ISLAND SHORE McAllister Brothers’ Plant at Kill von Kull Almost Wiped Out--Excursion Steamers Tied Up for the Winter Saved. McAllister Brothers’ shipyard on Kill von Kull, on the north shore of Staten Island, caught fire this after- noon shortly after 2 o'¢lock, The en- tire works were threatened with de- The big buildings ashore were quickly wiped out, the docks caught fire and the two drydocke and struction, | thirty excursion steamers and barges were threatened. A strong south gale was blowing all the afternoon, mak- ing more dificult the work of the fre re started in the b: atth shop and the flames rapidly spr | to the pattern shop. An alaru: was turned Jn, but the fire apparatus could not reach the eceno of the fire “il the apparatus on the island was fin- ally. pressed into service, The nearest hydrant ts 800 or 900 feet away fro.n the buildings, which were located vo the bank of a gully, the other be~'s of which leads up to the roadway, The blacksmith shop, pattern shop, machine shop, paint @hop and other smalier buildings were completely de- | troyed in en hour. The flames epread along and to the plers where! oe Passengers The frat queations asked by passon- gers of the Cunarder ansyvivania when they reached this port to-day, eleven days out of Liverpool, were: TOWNS BSOMBARDEO “Have you henrd that a passenger | ship ho» heen blown up by a mine ra lost witb all on board? Did the New York of the Amorican Hine get in’ Every passenger on the ship was shaken and made solemn by their narrow escape from just such a fate at the mouth of tho Mersey ip the early morniug of Dec. 6, when two mines, collided twenty feet off the nia’s bow saved her from the fute, which according to the un- confirmed atory on board, overtook another ship within wireless reach of J] them. | Capt. W. P. ‘Turner, commodoro of the Cunard floet, wae In the chart! room, First Officer McGtlvery and) Third OMcer Anderson were on the bridge when tho ship left the Mersey. A terrific explosion parted the heavy the excursion boats were moored, The almost under the Transylvania’a| hose was run out on to these piers and} pow, MoGilvery who was not look the flames kept away from the boats./ing toward it was deafened and mo It was dead low tide and tugs could| mentarily stunned, Anderson wai not reach the steamern to tow them| punded for somo time, He was to aufety, Fireboats from New York| Knocked down, The ship lifted until arrived about 3 o'clock and a number| her keel forward must bave been of streams were soon playing on the] out of water and trembled from stem piers and boate, to stern. Before sho had dropped! which A shift in the wind helped the tire-|pack there was @ second explosion, | ing @ men and saved the bouts and dry-|every bit as flerce as the firs. A docks. At 4 o'clock the fire was under | Lig pleco of metal, tore acrose the bow, control, with every building # mound | carrying away a section of railing. of ashes. Capt. Turner took command at| Capt. William McAUister, one of the Jonce, The bulkheads were closed and | owners of the shipyard, said that he |men were sent through the old to could not say what ils loss had been. |jearn the extent of Jamage, Sec- | Others estimated the damage at|ond Officer Collie was routed out ed spaten | The C says letins anxiet | WA | the oldest on|}ifeboats made ready. who owned Glen | gx¢ passengers. They cam: piling out Rae neene and the teal, lacked tole the decks In thelr nightclothes ob- railroad trains re put out of com- |iivious to the cutting gale. They all | mission while the fire lasted. believed that the ship was about to | — te to the bottom, All of them testi- jed to-day to the coolness and offi- | ayeeee; etn es ene wemtee ve ot ay [cleney of Capt. Turner in making "West Iedien, Bermude, them ready for disaster | . ki In @ few momepts it wan ascer- Kad C—) iN Py: from tlago, | Britis Punta (Continued om Second Page.) — attacks at points almost fifty miles apart. jeondition of the dition, ‘The crew was called to quarters and | isn w. SANTIAGO, Fi “Cirenlation Books Open to 0 All| id 1914. 0 OF KAISER’S FLEET REPORTED SUNK RAID ON BRITISH COAST TOWNS Many Persons Killed, Churches Damaged and Other ~ Buildings Wrecked by Shells Hartlepool and Whitby--Sea Battle Still On. LONDON, Dec. 1o—A squadron of German cruisers, estimated at from four to six — in number, from one of the German naval bases appeared off the east coast of Engtand 4 at sunrise to-day and bombarded the towns of Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby. A _ report that a seaside resort called Redcar was bombarded lacks confirmation. } Apparently the German squadron divided off the coast and made two simultaneous. - As the German vessels withdrew they were \attacked by British gorpcdo boat destroyers, and it is reported that two of the invaders’ were sunk and that British vessels were damaged in the fight. / Excepting Hartlepool, which has a small fort at the mouth of the Tees, the towns bombarded to-day are unfortified. An obsolete battery at Scarborough was_ useless ' yegainst the invaders, and Whitby hasn't a shadow of defense. a a rn MINES SHOOK TRANSYLVANU BLOWING UP UNDER HER BOW in Panic When Liner Narrowly Missed Destruction at Mouth of Mersey— Report Another Big Ship Destroyed. KAISER’ ILLNESS AGAIN AROUSE ANXIETY IN BERL! Doctors Say He Hie Vind Contract-| mines in their wake to prevent pursuit. Diphtheria During Visit to Eastern Front. GENEVA, Dec. 16-—A Berlin de- coniirms the reports that the Kaiser io serious.| ‘rown Prince for the present is} rematning in Berlin. PARIS, Dec. 16.—A Madrid des published im the Journal, “Reliable news received here that Emperor William's con- although recorded by the bul- as improved, is giving great y. His doctors speak of a sert- ous sore throat, following diphtherta, the Emperor contracted dur- visit to the eastern front.” —~.——_ |TWO BRITISH CRUISERS PURSUE THE ORESDEN SHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Two Brit- arships are pursuing the Ger- ‘There was no| man cruiser Dresden, which left Pun- ta Arenas on sunday, according to an official telegram received to-day the American Embassy at San- Chill, Chile, Dee, 16.-—The h cruiser Glasgow arrived at Arenas lust night. She de- parted quickly. For Racing Gee Sperting Page. vonsele of war ln the lent Aas. Sais 20 PAGES nd BOMBARDED BY GERMANS TO-DAY British. Destroyers, Called by Wireless, Attack the Raiders Which Dashed Out of the German Naval Base and Slipped Past the Mine Fields. Fair Te-Night and Thursday; Continued Cold _PRIOE ONE CENT. in Scarborough, The bombardment without warning of unprotected coast cities has aroused great indignation in England. An — immense crowd gathered about the War Office to-night, fermen at pee in 4 naval engagement off the east coast ding cruisers and British torpedo boat de= pechieell A message received from Hartlepool at 5.28 o'clock this — stated that a flotilla of British torpedo boats ene ered three German cruisers off the east coast in the reg Sea early to-day and that the cruisers opened fire. This was, presumably, before the bombardment of the coast towns, which began at 8 o'clock. A despatch from Scarborough, passed by the London cen= ig Pag 8 that cighteen people were killed at Scarborough tee ¢ bombardment of German warships. se one house four persons were killed outright, and in a, — three were killed by bursting shells. One . wounded in Scarborough. In Hartlepool four were eva as twenty wounded. One citizen was killed tm aera Mrs. Merryweather, the wife of a storekeeper in aeatheheek, working in the store as a clerk, was killed at ~ _ behind the counter by a shell that demolished the: — ding. Her husband was wounded. "The German cruisers are reported to have scattered. After a previous raid on the North Sea coast, not in as great force as the one to-day, the Germans adopted similar tactics. The gunboat Halcyon was damaged and the marine D-5 and two mine layers were sunk by striking mines’ which had been thrown overboard. NOISE OF FIGHT HEARD ON COAST. The noise of firing at sea was reported this afternoen Fe: from points along a stretch of 100 miles of cast coast. The Admiralty zdmits that ‘‘our flotillas have been engaged at _ various points.” The use of the word ‘‘flotillas” indicates that the British attack on the invaders was made by small © vessels. The bombardment has created ‘intense excitement in _ England. Only fragmentary news is available, as the telephone: and telegraph wires are in the hands of the censor. A report has come from Hartlepool that a terrific battle’ is in progress in the North Sea not far from that port and that the concussions from the reports of the great guns engaged have shattered windows over an area of twenty mend Hartlepool is a manufacturing city of 90,000 per approximately 200 miles northeast of London. Whitby, old cathedral town, formerly a great shipping port, is 2 miles south of Hartlepool and has’2,000 inhabitants. Sean borough Is a seaside resort, 17 miles south of Whitby and & 40,000 population. Redcar is a small seaside resort 10 miles south of The bombardment of Hartlepool and Scarborough, ¢: ducted by separate units of the German squadron, nearly half an hour. erent meceaeee eves Seas {