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pane |“ Circala _Cbe_ [Circulation Books | Books Open to Ail.” to All. id PRICE ONE GENT. coor eign, 1918.67 ithe’ New Tork World. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, GERARD DELIVERS NOTE TO GERMANY; ITS CONTENTS OUTLINED IN WASHINGTON ‘TWO BRITISH TORPEDO BOATS AND EIGHT SwIPS TORPEDOLD German Submarine Sinks Warships Off East Coast of England—Only 41 of Crew Saved —Trawler’s Sailors Suffer Terribly. GERMANY STL ES SINKING OF FRYE; TO MAKE GOODLOSS,, EVEN IF PRIZE COURT DOESN'T Contention of the United States That the Matter of Damages Should Be Settled by Negotiations Rejected in Note Delivered To-Day. WASHINGTON, June 10.—The following is the text of the reply of the German Government in the Frye case: FOREIGN OFFICE, BERLIN, June 7, fais. “The undersigned has the honor to make the following reply to the mote of His Excellency, Mr. James W. Gerard, Ambassador of the United , States of America, dated April 30, 1915—Foreign Office No. 3291—on the q subject of the sinking of the American sailing vessel William P. Frye by SING SING CONVICTS OFFERS100 REWARD FOR ESCAPED LIFER League Regrets Bad Faith of Spence, Who Fled After Vaudeville Show. Trusted to Clean Up After Per- formance and Bolted From Chapel. Frederick Spence, murderer, under @ sentence in Sing Sine of from twen- ty years to the duration of his nat- the German auxiliary cruiser Pring Eitel Friedrich. “The German Government cannot admit that, as the American Gov- ; ernment ‘S jsumes, the destruction of the sailing vessel mentioned consti- tutes a violation of the treaties concluded between Prussia, and the ural life, escaped last night after a vaudeville show was given tn the prison capel, When the escape be- came known in the prison the Execu- United States at an earlier date and now applicable to the relations be- “Y® Committee of the Mutual Welfare tween the German Empire and the United States, or of the American [4sue, composed of criminals, met rights derived therefrom. “For these treaties did not have the intention of depriving ene of the contracting parties engaged in war of the right of stopping the supply of contraband to his enemy when he recognizes the supply of such as detrimental to his military interests. On the contrary, Article 13 of the Prus- sian-American treaty of July 11, 1799, expressly reserves to the party at war the right to stop the carrying of contraband and to de- tain the contraband. “It follows then if it cannot be accomplished in any other way, the stopping of the supply may | im the extreme o be effected ! by the destruction of the con- traband and of the ship carry- t ing it. “As a matter of course, the obliga- tion of the party at war to pay com- pensation to the parties interested or the neutral contracting party remains in foree whatever be the manner of stopping the supply. “According to general principles of International law any exercise of the right of control over the trade in contraband is subject to the de- cision of the prize courts, even though such right may be restricted by especial treaties. At the beginning of the present war Germany, pur- ——— + (Continued on Second Page.) “GROUT WITNESS JAILED T0 FORCE TESTIMONY Thomas B, Tompkins, Union Bank , Director, Who Owes $75,000, Refused to Obey Subpoena, Thomas B. Tompkins, who refused to obey a subpena served on him by District Attorney Cropsey's men to tes- tify at the trial of Edward M. Grout, who is charged: with perjury and on trial before Judge Lewis in the County Court, in Brooklyn, was ararigned be- fore Judge Lewis this afternoon and committed to spend his second night in jail) so as to insure his appearance » to-mororw. ! writ of attachment was issued for. Tompkins on May 28. Detectives found him in the Hotel Knickerbocker, in Manhattan, ‘A woman detective, whose identity Whe not disclosed, kept Mr. ‘Tompkins ‘under surveillance so close that Mr, Cropsey was able to tell Judge Lewis this afternoon that Tompkins not only knew wanted as a witness but was reminded of it by reading in the Newspapers UAl a Writ OF altacn- ment had been issued for him. Tompkins was one of the directors of the Union Bank and owes the bank $75,000 on a note he signed and which, according to the prosecution, although ervrled as an asset, was hot realise- DENY VANDERBILT'S BODY WAS FOUND, ON IRISH COAST Early Reports Said Corpse Had Been Identified by Watch and Papers. LONDON, June 10.—The represent- ative in London of the Vanderbilt family received word from Queen: town this afternoon that the body re- covered on the coast of County Clare, Ireland, last night was not that of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, as at firat reported. Miss Bennett, Mrs. Alfred G. Van- derbilt’s secretary, and Cunard Line officials of both London and Liverpool spent the forenoon trying to clear up the identity of the body. Two news despatches trom Ireland sald posi- tively that a watch found on the body bore the jnitials “A, G, V.," and that there were other evidences that it was that of A. G. Vanderbilt. At d P.M.) to-day, however, a representative of the family at Queenstown telegraphed that he had inves! ted and found that the body was that of a Russian Pole. The cable early to-day brought news here that an old woman gath- ering seaweed near Doolin, north of the Cliff™ of Moher, had discovered the body of a man in whose clothing was a watch bearing the initials of Mr. Vanderbilt, In addition, there were papers which seemed to estab- lish. the identity of the New York millionaire, who was lost with the Lusitania when she was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7. The point where the body was dis- covered is on the west coast of Ire- land, more than two hundred mi from the spot where the Lusitania was torpedoed. To have reached the County Clare coast the body would have been carried by currents around the southwestern point of Ireland and then swept northward, QUEENSTOWN, June 10.--The body recovered on the coast of County Clare apparently was that of a la- borer, @ Russian Pole, The Cunard Company announced definitely that it! was not Mr. Vanderbilt's body. and passed resolutions expressing sorrow for Spence's bad faith and of- fering $100 reward for hia capture. No trace of Spence has yet been found by the scores of keepers, dep- uty sheriffs and New York detectives who aro hunting him The resolutions were: Whereas one of the members of the league, holding an office of honor and trust, while perform- ing the duties of his office, did break the faith that had been placed in him by our Warden and the Executive Board of the Board of Del- gates and the other mem- bers of the league, therefore be it Resolved, that the entire body of the league express its grief at the action of this member, and through our future acts to ex- hibit to our Warden that the + league shall do all in its power to prevent a repetition of such en act; and be it further Resolved, that the league offers | @ reward of $100 for the return of | said culprit to the prison. | Warden Osborne addressed the rep- resentatives of the League and spoke about the escape and the resolution presented. He told them he had can- celled the privilege of special visits and that he would not remove the screen in the visiting room, The Warden said tt was surprising in view of the way in which the chapel was built that all 1,700 prisoners had | Not escaped. Because Spence had made ugly threats against the persons who testi. fled against him in his trial, the New [York Detective Bureau was notified jat once in order not only to effect @ capture if Spence came to this city, but to protect these witnesses, Spence was convicted of procuring the killing, March 24, 1913, of Chris- topher Larsen at No, 934 Bast Forti- eth Street, Under Warden Thomas Mott Os- borne’s reformed methods of regula- Ung Sing Sing the long-term prison- ers are assigned to work in which they have more freedom than others. One of Spence'’s duties was to clear up the stage after the nightly movie and vaudeville show which Warden bis, charges. In doing this work tools for setting up and taking down acenery. At the conclusion of last night's entertainment Spence went to work @ the stage setting. port at his cell at half-past eleven o'clock, A hurried investigation showed that a bar of a window of (Continued on Tenth Page.) arenes 1. JOHN" rf FR. JOHN'S CMe WAS ‘STAGE CARPENTER. ’} Osborne provides for the pleasure of | Spence was furnished with heavy |j He did not re-| | the entertainment room had been | The boats are the No. No. 12, Both went to the bottom, The survivors, forty-one in number, have been brought ashore. The at- tack took place at a very early hour. This information was given out by the Admiralty to-day. A news despatch from Maas Luis says the crews of tho British trawlers Qui Vive, and Edward, which have been sunk by Gérman submarines, were rescued by @ Dutch steamer and brought into Maas TLauls. The number of officers and men who have perished through the gink- outbreak of the war ts 6,409, accord. ing to a statement made by T. J. Mac- Namara, Financial decretary of Admiralty, in the House of Commons this afternoon, This does not include the men who lost their lives on the mine layer Princess Irene and the British battle- ship Bulwark, both of which were blown up in Sheerness Harbor, The crew of the trawler Velocity, which has been sunk at sea by German submarine, were landed bere this morning after being fifty-two hours at sea in a small boat without food or water, The men were in a terrible stare of exhaustion when they were picked the | ing of British naval craft since the) LONDON, June 10.—Two British torpedo boats were torpedoed this morning off the east coast of England by a German submarine. net Oo ————————— up by the vessel which brought them to port. The submarine fired five shells at the Velocity to send her to the bottom. The British steamer Erna Boldt has been torpedoed and sunk off Har- wieh by a German submarine. The members of the trew were saved, The Erna Boldt formerly a German steamer, She was captured by the British and put into service by them. She was of 1,045 net tons and 260 feet long, and waé built in 1908, ‘The trawlers Tunisian ahd Castor rine. The Tunisian s crew, which was allowed five minutes In which to leave |the boat, arrived here to-day. The vessel was sunk with bomba The Cas- tor’s crew was picked up at sea In this case also bombs were used by the Germans. Other trawlers ‘torpedoed the last twenty-four hours are the Persimmon and the Nottingham, ‘The British torpedo boats No. 10 and No. 12 had each a complement of thirty-five men. No. 10 had a dis- placement of 24 tons, a speed of twen- ty-nix knots, and was 166 feet long. a displacement of 258 tons, { twenty-six tons and was 172 feet long. Both were built in 1906, JAMAICA TRACK ALMOST NEW T0 Dinah Do Finishes First in Largest Field of Year in Opening Event. JAMAICA RACE TRACK, L. I, June 10.—Réopened for the first time since 1909, the Jamaica course looked when the day’s racing started. 90 many improvements nave been made that the track seemed almost brand new. ‘The grandstand is only partially covered, and those who sat {n the un- shedded part broiled in the hot sun The lawn was dense with a strawhat- ted crowd, There in no field stand or $1 section here. ‘Tne crowd that was in the habit of gathering in that sec- tion, added to the regulars, made the oral market altogether too crowded | for comfort. FIRST RACK. For vtnee-rear ols, and ,wpward: selling: are ‘Tine, jalbot, ‘Trainer, J Bettin ai Gr. 12 15 o2 Mir William ‘Atiena, Forecast Ish, Horee, weight and Jockey, Dinah Do, 93, (Hopkins) Outthvok tis Mary ‘Tinkle Belt, 102 (, MePag'rt Ale, | Mec Johgeca. Rosemarisie, Jim Young Kmblem, 8. Striker, Tis faaey, Mma tchied el abd: | Sermiveda, Bong of Valley. The biggest field of the year, fifteen, rted in the first race and furnished a merry scramble, running the right way of the track, Before Outlook, the the streteh the fleld had strung out | almost a sixteenth of a mile. Out- look led to within a couple of jumps of the finish, when Dinah Do, just nipped him and won by @ 5,000 RACEGOERS) Tinkle Bell, finishing out good and strong, was a close up third, SECOND RACE, aah, Uurezeetolie, end, wumand setting, sap ae a 8.10. Y " Home, weight and Jockey Roly, 9 (Lauder “ou Gallop scratched ¢, Roly was | a 11 to 20 favorite, He went ‘corked” Am- brose in the first six furlongs and then win in @ drive from Runes, nearly fell after the start, and thereafter travelled lengths out of it. He began moving up at the atalle to the front at the start, strange to the 5,000 people on hand | Fio rly pacemaker, hit the head of |lo far turn and was second before the streteh was reached, He tried hard to act to Roly, but was not equal to the task. Ambrose wi distant third. THIRD RACE, furlongs. Start tne. Whe ee Owner, A lheluvint, it To! — Betting inh, Horse, weigtht and jockey, Se rn sin feoBilar Hook 117 (Dugan). 1s Ho 613.20 5: Walloon tot ow 2 Also ran lar Rock, at @ prohibitive p1 je a procession of the third rac the first couple of strides, pen daylieht ail the way, with hasing him and Walloon chas- ». Midway down the stretch d to arouse Friar Rock with a few clouts of the whip, but he didn’t seem to need It, At the end he was galloping three lengths in front. ee BLUE BONNETS RESULTS. FIRST RACE—Purse $500; for maiden year-olds and upward; six fur- Gartley, 110 (Schuttinger), $9.90, M4. jar, 102 (MCAtwo), $4.40, 3.60, Rayencourt, 107 (Obert), $9.80, third, Time—1.i5 4-5. Harcy Bassett and Vastato scrate Golden Jug, Red Post, Sir Arthur, Sulvez Mol, Mary Masters and Fallen Angel sino ran OND RACE—Purse $500; for three-year-olds and upward) selling furlongs The Husybody 109 $1 $4.40, $4.26, iy nore}, $6.50; $870, ‘second; Con 106 (Colling), $9.40, ie: 4-5. Golden Min’ Waters Nigadoo, Galaxy kyle and Magurka also ran THIRD RACE- f year-olds and upward By ie Ag. won; 80, ‘The Spirit eco ct Motoalfy, Bi.30" third: L aura. Gen, Hen. det, Supre: inia 8, Quick ira! bart, Wowerson of Rocks ond Asbouan alao bade have been sunk by @ German subma-| within | si) | Towns began in this fashion: World, FINAL “Circulation Books Open to Al” i 9 1 5. 18 PAGES WEATHER—Fair to-night and Friday. PRICE ONE CENT. 7 ea HOW MANY DRINKS GIVE A GROWN MAN Mr. McCormick Can’t Answer Because He Hasn’t Had One Since Boyhood. “THIRSK” INQUIRY. New Issue Overshadows Mrs. McCormick’s Cigarette Smok- ing in Separation ‘Suit. The cigarette smoking procihcities of Mra sed the thiret ot ber hysbang, Bod NOTE SHOWN TO BRYAN ert C. McCormick, Assistant District’ Attorney, overshadowed ail other lines of inquiry into the domestic in- |tranquilitied that upset their little home when the trial of Mrs, Mo-| the Garman-American controversy, on his note, handed to the Bertin ‘Cormick's separation ‘sult was re- sumed to-day before Supreme Court Justice Blanchard. Three hours of cross-examination at the hands of Mirabeau L. Towns brought out two things from Mr, McCormick. First, he was not Jealous of the gold-tipped cigarettes— to use the language of Mr, Towns— that rested between Mrs, McCor- mick'’s Hps, and secondly, not since he was a boy has Mr. MeCormick suffered from the effect of a remorse or, the Germans call it, katsen- jJammer—again to use Mr, Towns's words, Mra. McCormick, dressed in black | silk and fumbling @ package of her to husband's love letters, smiled approv- ingly as her husband testified, Mr, Q. Wasn't Mrs, McCormack’ olg- arette smoking one of the charms about her that attracted you? A. No, absolutely not, Q. When you were courting her under the palms in the shade of her home didn’t her dainty cigarette put- fing attract you? A. No. Q. Didn't she puff divinely? A. Yes, sho puffed, of course, 1 didn't notice how divinely, Q. Did you ever tell her you were lous of those gold-tipped cigar- et they rested between her lips? A. Certainly I did not. Mr. McCormick said that after a big judgment was obtained against him he felt pretty bad. Q. When that judgment in your favor was reversed did you go on a tear? A. I don't go on tears, Q. When did you join the Atlantic Yacht Club? A, Two woeks before I went to live at Seagate. Q. Did you join just to get a drink? A. Well, my drinking there was sim- ply an incident— ere incident—of my going there. Q. Wasn't your prime reason for going there because they had good Hquor? A. Ob, I used to go to the Oriental Hotel at’ Manhattan Beach. Q. Which ‘place had the beat liquor? A. Oh, I think the Oriental had the best goods. Q. Now, Mr, McCormick, what time of day did you begin to drink? Wasn't it just after sundown? A. Oh, I have no fixed time for beginning. I drank after business hours, if that's what you want to know, Q. Did you drin}. in the ‘morning after being out all night campaigning for Mr, Whitman? ‘The question was not answered. Q. What was your favorite cafe be- nd the Hotel McAlpin on your way at night? A, I bad no favorite on that route. Oke spectators and Justice Blanch- pacer acne (Continued op Sixth Page.) tween the District Attorney's office! ation of war by the United States against Germany is sala to be furthest MSO RESTS RESTS CAUSE. | ot hanttnd ab S804 WONT ANSWER a Reported to Have Informed Berlin That United States Will Punish ° Any Official Who Aidsin Making False Manifests of Cargoes. ‘ % 2h BEFORE IT WAS. CABLED, WASHINGTON, June 10.—President Wilson will rest his causé, in foreign Office late to-day. i He believes the note will justify his position. Consequently neither he nor Wis friends will answer ex-Secretary of State Bryan’s ex- planation of the reasons why he resigned from the Wilson Cabinet. It is understood Bryant is preparing another statement which he intends to issue for publication with the appearance of the text of the Amarae note in to-morrow morning’s newspapers. The President is said to have taken the position that It was mot the killing of 115 Americans that made the Lusitania incident the cause for the note of May 13, but rather the method by which they were killed, STICKS TO “STRICT ACCOUNTABILI The United States, in its original note of Feb. 10, emphasized thet it Americans were sacrificed as victims of the German submarine policy this Government would hoki Germany to “strict accountability.” In pursuance of that announcement, the note of May 13 was de spatched. The President considered the German reply baat and the note now believed to be in Berlin plainly says so. It was learned to-day tual’ after he. ed: stgned hi da ool SU Secretary, Counsellor Lansing presented it to Secretary Bryan to be Peed over, He did this as @ courtesy, by direction of the President, as the understanding between the President and Bryan was that while his resig- nation had been accepted, it did not become effective until after the mote actually had been started for Berlin. Some changes had been made fm ft, but on the question of Germany's responsibility for observing all amen. can rights under international lew the President had “stood pat.” He asked Germany te accept the recognized rules of tute» national warfare as applied to commerce on the high seas, Her = 4 aanouncement that she will do this will clear the atmosphere, 2 Tho President, it 1s stated, confidently expects a favorable reply. = If one is not forthcoming, he and his Cabinet will consider what = further steps are to be taken, = I ALL FACTS AS TO THE LUSITANIA GIVEN. There is no alternative proposition in the note. Germany is furnished with the facts on record in Washington concerning the Lusitania statue. They dispute the German contention that the liner really was an armed auxiliary cruiser, carrying ammunition. The reference in this connection is said on authority to be of such a nature as not to antagonise the German Government, ‘The note says, it is explained, that if Germany has any legal proof indicating that officials were derelict, permitting false mani- fests to be filed and ships to violate neutrality, the United States Government will receive them and punith all officials found guilty of such misconduct. The Administration may be forced to recall Ambassador Gerard Germany remain unwilling to say that she will protect American in the exercise of their guaranteed rights. It was learned thet even if should happen the United States will not admit the possthility of Instead, the responsibility of acting will be put up to Germany. A 4 t 4 from the President's thoughts. He and bis advisers believe that if unforeseen happens and war does come, Americans would rally” dehind the Government on realizing that the United States! beedhy) re ‘ {