The evening world. Newspaper, October 9, 1916, Page 3

FAILURE TO SINK KANSAN WITH CONTRABAND CARGO, SURPRISES. HER CAPTAIN Commander of American Freighter Tells of Hold-Up—Says U-Boat Merely Looked’ Permitted Him at His Papers and to Proceed. BOSTON, Oct. 9.—The American: -Hawallan stedmship Kansan, ohar- | tered by the French Government, which was held up off Nantuoket yester- | day by a German submarine, docked at 8 o'clock to-day et Mystic Wharf to | Boston. She had no passengors aboard. } The Kansan wag loaded with hay, grain and eteel, which she took | aboard at New York, and is to take on 2,000 horses in Baston and clear to- day for St. Navarre, France. To return, sho must pass near the spot where ehe- was hafled yesterday by the undersea raider. The Kansan ts a vessel of about 16,000 tons burden and hae been in} ‘the service of the French Government carrying war supplies gor some time. After studying a photo of the U-63, officera and men of the Kansan said the ship hailing | them wae different and that the men abderd were not the same ae those depicted on the U-53, Shipping men .were surprised that the German should have let the Kan- @an go free, in view of her cargo. CAPT, SMITH’S STORY OF HOLD UP OF THE KANSAN. Smith of the Kansan de- | he had hardly departed boat which held him ‘up jeard the call of the steamer Point, saying she had been fired The West Point was some dis- tance away. Capt. Smith said: “1 left New York at 10 A. M. Satur. Gey and arrived three’ miles off the Nentucket Lightship at 4.35 Sunday merning. The first warning that | had that a German submarine was even in the vicinity was when I heard a shot fired across the Kanrin’s bow. I im- mediately orfered the engines stopped, but before we could come to a stand- @til} from our headway there was a second shot. We came to a standstill ‘within « few minutes. “I then sighted the submarine for the first time. She was a short dis- tance away and an officer hailed the} Kansan from the boat. He asked for our papers. | immediately put! over a bogt with Second Officer Mc- Namara in aap s He sowed '¢ to the! {hardly left the U-boat until I heard | we had gone far, we learned that the U. 8. |." also loom up on her side. Suip- submarine and presented our papers, They were caréfully examined and McNamara was told we could pro- eed, An hour after we wore first stopped we were under way again. | “Before we could get along, however, | the submarine disappeared beneath | the waves, diving out of sight as sud- | denly as she had appeared. We had the wireless call of the West Point, saying she was being attacked by a submarine, I put the Kansas about | and started to her assistance. Before United States destroyers were within striking distance, so I again changed my course and proceeded to Boston.’ ADMITS HIS SHIP WAS CARRY- ING CONTRABAND. He admitted the Kansan was carry- ing contraband and was under char- ter by the French Government. Kansan, hewever, hi big A can flag painted on also on her stern, The letters The ping men believe the fact that none of the submarine’s crew boarded t Kansan accounts for her escap When Smith presented papers ing that bis beat was an American) ship he was giving the Germans cor- rect information, but without the fact that charter to another nation. The Kansan, already so heavily loaded that she was four inches over her waterline, will have heavy goin, with the horses she takes on he: All insurance has been cancelled on | these munition and supply ships, The steamer Great City, sailing this morning, was so heavily 1 munitions and contraband the crew at first refused to take her out. 1,050 CASES OF SHELLS ON TWO OF SUNKEN SHIPS Manifest. of tife Bloomersdijk Shows Her Cargo Contained » Munitions, The on steamships Strathdene and Christian Knudsen, two of the three ships whic) ammunition board the} cleared here on Saturday and were sunk yesterday, consisted of 800 casos of empty 250 cases of large shells in the cargo of the Strathdene, ‘ According to the manifest of the Christian Knudsen, filed at the Cus- tom House, its cargo consisted of 1,800,000 gallons of oll. ‘The ofl was sold by the Tidewater O11 Company to a middleman who was shipping it to London, It was.valued at $50,000, The cargo report of the Strathdene cartridge shells and follows: 4,084 drums of benzol, 22,482 plates of spelter, 1,029 drums of phenol, 800 cases empty cartridge shells, 500 tons steel billets, 100 tons brass rods, 18,584 bags of copra, 16, 620 Ingots of copper, naptholine and 250 cases of shells, There were no Kuns or Kun mount- ings on the ship when inspected by Customs officers “just prior to her departure, POSLAM ‘ Calms Intiamed and itching Skin pels you # suffer from Eczema or any affection so torturing and ag- ting particularly in hot weather, osinm is ronay to free you from dis- thousands of others, erties: soothes inflamed skin. Quickly relieves Sanburn. Takes soreness out, of ite Poisoning, eeree emt edie ae.) peer For skin fess Seeman eta BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes) Indigestion. One package | provesit. 25cat all druggists. | | ees 3,712 drums ofwomen passengers at their residence, | STEPHANOTHRICE FRED ON; WOMEN AND CHILDREN CALM (Continued from First Page.) submarine to hold up, as her turn was coming next. Dr, Andrews added: “I believe the submarine would have sunk our ves- sel without warning but for the close proximity of the United States de- | stroyers, Iam satisfied that we owe | our lives to the vessels.” | The other passengers taken to the home of Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt were Flora Saunders, who was on her way to New York; Mary Goss, who has relatives in Bridgeport, Conn. and Michael Carew of New York. Mrs, French Vanderbilt and her son, William H. Vanderbilt, who were waiting at the Government landing | long after midnight, cared for five | Harbor View, They were: Miss | Caroline Ulrich and Miss Marion| the Kansan was under | we THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, OOTOBER 9, 1916. SHIPPERS TERRIFIED BY RAIDS HOLD STEAMERS IN MANY PORTS en U. S. Destroyer Ericsson Which Rescued Many From Lifeboats That Left Torpedoed Ships sonal belongings. Thg sca was calm and all were transférred to the de- stroyer Erlesson without difficulty.” Mrs. Wilson and her daughter had been making an extended visit to the Grenfell Mission station in Labrador. Four Newfoundland young women, Misses Mary Griffin, Annie Hickey, Josephine Kane and Birdie Kane of Placentia, Newfoundland, who were on the Stephano, were taken in charge by Mrs. Beeckman, wife of Beeckman, at her home this morning. Mary Griffin sald: “We had just had dinner and most of the passengers were bolow when wo heard shots, and ran on deck and saw @ submarine a short distance away. A United States destroyer was in sight. The third shot was eo close felt the jar. ‘here wae a little confusion’ as the boats were lowered, but of cers and crew quieted the excited ones and we all got into boats ©. K. There were five boatloads; about thirty women and children were aboard the ship. We were in the emall boate about fifteen min! efore being picked up. “We didn’t hear or see a torpedo fired, But as we steamed away, the Stephano seemed to be sinking. We did not see any other submarine or any other ships attacked, though we heard that several had been sunk and there was great ex- eltement, An English cruiser appeared off shore while we were aboard the Ericsson.” SAYS STEPHANO'S PASSENGERS HAD 15 MINUTES’ WARNING, Capt, Fred 8, Riley, connected with the Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York, who was on board the Stephano, said the submar- {ne moved about In no apparent haste within easy sight of the destroyer Ericsson while the latter was picking up the Btephano's passengers and crew, who were adrift in four boats, E. A. Tough of Ontario, another passenger, said the submerine slipped In between the Ericsson and the Stephano at one time and was only 25 or 80 yards from the destroyer, “It was 6 o'clock Sunday night when the submarine fired across our |bows,” Capt. Riley sald. “We were given ample warning for safety—fully fifteen minutes, I delleve. cutter, both of Brooklyn, N Mra, Henry B. Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson, both of Williamstown, Mass., 1d Miss Anderson of New York, who recently Swed came to this country from | “The passengers were going to din- | ner when some one told them that there were destroyers all around tho steamer and that @ submarine was nearby,” said Mrs. Wilson, “They thought all of these were American boats until the German flag was seen on the under-sea ship. “After the shots were fired,” Mrs. | Wilson continued, “the steamer was stopped and all were ordered to take to the boats. @he passengers did not have time to go to their state- rooms and saved none of their per- pi aa an A LS A T= | | ai All Ready to Use, | Ericsson came “The passengers were unusually calm, women and children conductin themselves splendidly. The men de lvoted themselves to assisting the |children and women down rope lad ders to the boats, and the transfer | was made without accident, We had Jarifted about for a while when the up. I saw only one submarine.” STEPHANO'S CAPTAIN RECEIVED WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT, Charles T. ans of No, 208 West Walnut Lane, Germantown, a wealthy Philadelphian, past middle a, was on the Stephano with his wife, return- |ing from a trip to St. Anthony, New- foundland, Mr, Evans said that af- ter the Stephano’s passengers had taken to the lifeboats the submarine lowered a boat with four men in Jt They went over to the deserted Iinor and opened her sea valves to sink her. Not a shot from a gun/or a torpedo hit the Stephano, he declared, Most of the passengers, Mr. Evans said, had only time to get coats and other warm wraps. Kitty Trumblett of St, John’s satd she had started to New York for a holiday. She also lost all of money and her visions of an outing were shattered, A. C. Tikkell, chef of the Stephano, celebrated his third submarine sink- her Makes Cold Cuts Tasty ing when he was taken off the ship. He was on the Margpette when she was sunk without warning in the troop ship and Tikkell was @ soldier at that time. Shortly after this Tikkell was on the troop ship Manitou, which w: sunk off Malta by a German eub- marine, The chef was wounded this time, Commenting on the attack on the Stephano, Tikkell's only remark was: “What difference do @& few aub- marines make? I’m going to safl again.” Chef Tikkel eid that Capt. Smith ived a warning at mi night Saturday that a German submarine was near. This was the warning sent to British shipping when the U-53 sailed from here. Jane MacDonald of No, 7 Cox Place, Maspeth, Long Island, a Scotch stew- ardess, verified Tikkel's story. She looked after the women and children with the other stewardesses and sald there was no panic »mong them, The children had all been kept warm on the destroyer. In fact, none of the passengers apparently suffered from exposure, Elght-year-old Wilma 1 lean of Hempstead, L. I, who was taken off the Stephano with her four-year-old brother, gave a picturesque account of the incident. “I was just starting to eat my din- ner,” Wilma lsped, “when some- thing went bang! and I was just tak- ing & mouthful of soup, too. Of course I spilled it. I don’t think that was nice, but they said It was a submarine. I had to leave the table without fin- ishing my dinner. Then I was put into a life belt with brother and here we are.” Miss Marion Cutter of Brooklyn, said: “Capt, Smith came to us and told us that we would have to get into the boats, which were being low- ered like magic. “We got in and were carried away very quickly, It was getting dark, and the liner soon disappeared from view. 1 don't think she sank right away; simply we could not see her in the darkness, In no time we were whisked over to the splendid Amert- can destroyer, and you can bet we wero mightly glad to get feet on a ship of the American navy.” SAYS U-BOAT SANK THE NOR- WEGIAN WITH A TORPEDO, Ships came within range of the \'-bowt rafider so fast she had to keep ne waiting while she disposed of an- other, according to the story told to- day by Arthur Gray, wireless operator m the Norwegian steamer Christian Knudsen, The Knudsen sunk bout 9 o'clock yesterday and the crew rowed about in emall boats for ten hours before being picked up by 4 boat from the Nantucket Shoals Lightship, “We heard the sound of firing some time before the submarine hove in was sight,” said Gray, “but we had no tea what it meant. By the time we had discovered a submarine was operating in our vicinity, {t was too late to escape, “When we came on to the scene of action, the umderséa boat was en- gaged with the British steamer Stephano, While the passengers and crew of the Stephano was disembark ing the U-boat ran alongside the Knudsen and ordered us to steam over nearer the Stephano. “When the submarine was alongside the Knudsen waiting for the captain to take his papers aboard one of the United States destroyers came into view, Almost immediately the sub- marine disappeared and remained un- der water until the destroyer oame near enough to be recognized as a neutral vessel, “We had rowed some distance away before the submarine fired on the Knudsen. She fired at least 160 shots, and th se not having the desired ef- | struck the vessel amidships and she soon went down.” As the rescued arrived here one blonde-haired baby wore a sailor's cap rakishly over one eye. In her) haste to leave the Stephano, the mother had not had time to get the baby’s bonnet, and a seaman had furnished the necessary head cover- ing’ At the naval hospital here the Stephano's passengers and crew had their first meal in sixteen hours, The Florizel, a sister ship of the Stephaho, reported at Halifax from New York to-day after a voyage with-| out ineldent, accofding to the local officers of the Red Cross Line. LARGE CROWD SEES THE RES- CUED START FOR NEW YORK, The crews of the four steamers landed here were sent on to Ne York. A large portion of Newport's millionaire colony watohed them em~- bark. Cornelius Vanderbilt jr. dashed up at the last minute and took plo- tures, Movie and camera men swarmed about the naval hospital, where mem- bers of the rescued passengers posed for their pictures, The Norwegian Captain of the Christian Koudson had He told of standing on the bridge 8 the submarine-~he wasn't sure whether it was the U-63 or }-61—fired across his bow. He heard tho sharp whistle of the shell over his head. Asked what he did next, he shirt and a collar, boats as quickly as possible. In a few minutes we saw the Christian Knud- sen disappear beneath the waves, Secretary Daniels gave high praise to-day to the Atlantic destroyer flo- tilla for saving the lives of those compelled to take to the small boats, A record of quick action probably was established when the destroyer Jarvis put to sea from Newport within fifty-six. minutes after the “s O 8" call from the torpedged steamer West Point was received. Fifteen minutes later sixteen other destroyers had followed the Jarvis. Stepha Being Charles W. Bowring, agent for the Red Cross Steamship Company at No. 17 Battery Place, recelved a telephone message from the commandant of th Newport Navy Yard shortly before noon to the effect that the phano passengers and crew had been placed aboard a New Haveng! n bound for New York at 10.05 ‘o'clock to-day. The train ts due at the Grand Cen- tral Terminal at 4.11 this afternoon Passengers who held round-trip tickets from New York, Mr. Wowrlng said, were: L. H. Barnum, New- buygh, N. ¥.; Mr. and M Cc. WwW pabtwicks, Mr. and Mrs. Griswoid Hurlbut, James Taylor, EB. G. Saxton Dr. M. 'B. Harris, all of New York City; Hugh F. Graham of Dobbs ‘erry, Norman Huffman and Robert Ludy of Atlantic City, Mrs. Db. M McCarthy of No, 443 Forty-fifth Street, Brooklyn; Joseph Stewart of Lehrenkrauss & Son, Brooklyn; Miss Florence Jennings, address not gly The names of Charles Evans, A Carew and F. O'T wore phoned to the Bowring offices by rela- tives ‘who understood them to be among the Stephano's passenger Others known to have been on va the ship were C. F. Ulrichs, Dr, J. O Andrews, M,. Cutler, Mrs, Henry 0. Wilson, Miss Margaret W Wilson, William Berschences, Levason, W, C, Ellis, J. © Miss F. Fitzpatrick, G. Grego M. Kennedy, Dr. V. F, Burke, Howley, Miss McCurtls and Mr Jose Fernando, chief engineer Larr | numbered eighty, Jat the local ¢ them live at St urly all of| e8. gene RESCUED MEN EN SAW RAIDS. Crow of « Ship Sunk tn Colliston Watched t 2ORT, RK, 1, Oct, 9—When destroyera Manning and Jenkins into port to-day they brought dozen men who had been giver n of portunity to wateh the thrilling event ot yesterday after comir ely through an experience bad been still more exciting "They were the mem f the cre he fishing r from’ which the destroyers wok Just one desire—he wanted a clean! replied: } “I stopped. I knew what that whis- tle meant. I got my men into the of} the Stephano, lives at No. 5406 Ave- | nue K, Brooklyn, Capt. Smith lives at Bay Ridge, The officers and crew the| which for them WAR RISK RATES U.S. SUBMARINES GERMANY ADMITS 3 AND 5 PER CENT. __eo . Leading Underwriters Agree on Scale After U-Boat Raid Confuses Market. After a morning of complete de moralization in the marine insurance market, during which rates rose five, to ten times their normal average, & meeting of leading underwriters was held at noon in the rooms of the Amer- jean Institute of Marine Underwriters and the following scale of war risk rates agreed upon: For_transatiantié ships to the Bu- ropean war zone, 6 per cent. For ships bound to South American and British West India ports, 3 per | cent. For ships toRussian ports, via the Panama Canal, 3 per cent. These rates are more than five \times the quotations of last Satur- |day, when the transatlantic rates |were as low as three-quarters qf 1 jber cent. and ruling at about 1 per jeent to England, .orbert Appleton, President of the American Institute, said to The Eve- ning World: “These now rates are the result of a conference between a number of leading underwriters, They do not repreagat a hard and fast agreement, but may be taken as a basis to moet the new conditions caused by sab- marine activity in this vicinity.” This increase in insurance had a serious effect upon transat- jantic traffic, Before the under- writers met the brokers were quote ing widely divergent rates and some |.of them refused to write any war risk insurance whatever, Before the market steadied the ex- treme high quotation was 10 per cent, on one extra hazardous risk and 7 per cent. on another, but with an average of 6 and 6 per cent. on good risks, The rate of 5 per cent. means $50,000 { peerinns for the voyage on a vessel and cargo valued at $1,000,000, Last Saturday the .ame insurance would have cost $10,000, LINER’S “CASUALTIES” ONE DOLL LOST AND WOMAN’S HAND HURT NEWPORT, R. I., Oot. 9 NE baby doll lost and one mother’s hand badly lao ie were the only 8 attending the-sinking of the liner Stephano by w German submarine. As one of the small b was drawing away from the liners side a little girl dropped her doll overboard, She began crying. Just as the mother reached out to res- cue the doll a wave rolled the at the Stephano and TONNAGE OF SHIPS RAIDED OFF COAST MORE THAN 23,000 ‘The following ships are known to be among the number made the prey of the German oversea U-boat Stephano, British passenger « er, Red Cri bound from Hali- | fax to Now York; 83 passengers; ton- nage 3,500. Ship valued at $400,000; cargo $150,000, Strathdene, British freighter: rell line; bound ect munition carrier; tonnage 1321, Bloomersdyk, Dutch freighter; if ‘ork to Rotterdam; id to Government deen, Norwegian freighter; Knudsen lines bound from New York to London; munition car- onnage 4,224, West Point, British Freighter; owned by Furnese Withy & Com- pany; bound from London to New- port News: cargo worth $100,000; tonnag j Kingstc % British freighter; owned | by Canada Steamship Company; ton- nage 2,925, total | 29,000 tons | eS ae TWO STEAMSHIPS ABLAZE. | ‘| Amertoan Cr | ene Seattle | k MONTIVIDEO, tonnage is more than | Maru Afire . &—The Crofton Hall, which arrived at this port on the 6th from ew York, caught, fire while discha x her cargo. ‘The passenger |iunded and the vessel was ordered to uter roads YOKOHAMA, pan, Oct, 9.—The Jap- anese steamer Seattle Maru, from San Francisco Sept. 15, arrived here on fire. ft is thought that there will he con- | siderable How Many Pounds? AN ounce of pre- vention—’’ says | the proverb, There | are two oz. of pre- vention in a bottle of Sozodont Liquid —the old-master dentifrice.” raiding | ‘* AT SEA PUT UP 10 | IN GREAT DANGER’ | GERARD MAY HAVE LONDON'S THEORY; PEAGE PROPOSAL Chronicle Counter - Measures Will Menace American Vessels, LONDON, Oct. 9.—Possible dinagree- ment between Great Britain and tho|/ United States as tho result of German | C-boate’ depredations off the American coast was forecast by the Daily Chronicle to-day. Counter measures taken by the allies witt hamper American trace and also make tt “unhealthy” for American sub- marines off the coast of the United States, the newspaper asserted. “The United States disagreed with when it admitted the Deutschland, us pat the disagreement is much sharper when it admits a pirate craft like the U- and fraught with many more inconveniences for the United States,” said the Chronicle. “What {e to prevent the U-53 being replen- ished at American ports and practi- cally using the American coast as a baso for preying on French and Brit- ish steamers? “Obviously, if Germany ts allowed to wage such a war off the United States coast we must take counter- measures. American trade will be hampered and, incidentally, the other side of the Atlantic will become very unhealthy not only for German but for American submarines, “All these diMoulties would be avoided if the United States Govern- ment declined to let its coast become a German submarine base, and we must atill earnestly hope that the policy adopted in the case of the U-53 may he reconsidered.” ‘The afternoon newspapers emphasize the danger to American submarines should Britain be compelled to take effective measures to remove the U-boat peril off the American coast, The Pall Mall Gazette observed that it is @ question for the United States to decide whether its own, or German sub- marines should ply along the coast, pointing out how diMcult it would be for British warships to distinguish in making an attack. There is no room for both German and American undersea boats, the Gazette added. BROOKLYN WAVY YARD SENDS WARSHIP TO SEA Destroyer Monaghan Departs Sud- denly and All Information Is Refused. The United States destroyer Mona- whan departed suddenly from the Brooklyn Navy Yard this morning and put to sea, At the Navy Yard it was said that the destroyer's mission could not be divulged. Work: chase of Ia! ST. THOMAS, Danish Weat Indies, Oct. 9.—The aale of the Danish West Indios by Denmark to the United States was unanimously favored with acclamation & meoting held here As At the New @? eA ‘Maximum of Chic at Lowest Cost This week the assortments on every floor of the New Fashion Shop are at their highest point ~—and they are unquestionably the mazimum of chic at the minimum of expense. that is a leader in a great Fifth Avenue shop at $15 is shown here at $10.98, Our tremendous assortments at $20, $25, $30 and up to $55 —greater by far than any other showing in this country —offer many such comparisons, in the suit and coat rooms as well as among the dresses, You find here all the styles of the season, in model and fabric, at your price, No Charge for Alterations Nineteen West 34th Street leas British | Message Cannetele Passes Says “Now Is Time for Washing- ton to Make Peace.” by the "Oh PH leg a Sey a RE decided) to ask for ripencg, Tels bee lieved to raandoya. eign sacs 9 vit ine’? fottewing, By Carl W. Ackerman. United Press Staff Correspondent. COLOGNE, Oct. T (delayed).—tIt is not impossible that Ambassador Gerard is conveying peace proposals to America, It is believed here that now is the time for Washington to make peace. Only Washington can do this, because sho possesses such great influence with London and Paris. Now is the psychological moment, for if peace is not made now, the war must last another year, as the winter campaign is now prepared. An armistice ts not mentioned, but it Is believed that President Wilson can appeal to she powers and ask them to send special representatives to Washington to negotiate peace. Tn the mean time the war can go on, and these negotiations may form the asis of a durable peace, EXPLOIT OF THE U-53 * — LAUDED IN BERLIN Visit to Newport Declared to Have Been a Victory for Ger- man Daring. AMSTERDAM (via London), Oct. 9.—A Berlin telegram says the Lokal Anzelger refers to the visit of thu U-63 to Americé as an unexpected and brilliant victory for German tech- nique and German daring. It says the U-63 abided strictly by interna- tional regulations under which, os a war vessel, sho was not entitled to remain longer than twenty-four hours in neutral waters, (This dispatch was evidently written before news of the sinking of British end neutral ships reached Bertin), This fact, the Lokal Anseiger says, {a of political as well as technical significance, The newspaper con- tinues: “It appears as @ silent answer to the latest note of the Entente, in which It was asserted German U-boats had secret provisioning bases in waters of neutral countries and that it was therefore in accordance with in- ternational law to refuse them pro- tection. It is now proved publicly that German U-boats require no interven- ing bases to cover long routes. Thanks are due the heroes who achieved this exploit.’ Fust SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 9.—Charies F. Mott, much indicted me offietal who was brought rom, Bouth America, was Wehtsed ban T In the Su- preme Gourt to-day. by Justice Iimer= son, His mother died to-day. Regtater To-Day. To-day is the firet day of registra- tion. Registration ~ o © 6.30 P. M, until 10.90 P mM. alge not register you aniek vote, an example, one little frock Fashion Shop ate German censor.) 4