The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1917, Page 1

‘ahen aaa ainal SIX MONTHS’ ARMY DRI LANE EDITION = PRICE ONE CENT. Copyright, ai by te ag) Se awe Che Circulation Books O, New York World ‘The Frese Publishing UF BOATS KEEP UP RAIDS, SINK FOUR MORE SHPS: TWO SAILORS LOSE LIVES BRAZIL'S PROTEST “STRONGLY AFFIRMS ae Si Norwegian and Two British Steamers Reported as To- Day’s First Victims. |CLUB DE VINGT UPS' Only “Tea” Served There, Says Manager, but Raiders Found Something Stronger. HAD TONNAGE OF 12,000. ! Fate of Crew of Storskog. Taken on Submersible, Is Unknown. Blockade “Would Be Neither Regular Nor Effective,” Says Her Note. RIO JANEIRO, Fob. 1 ‘The German Secretary of the Brazilian Min- » Germany's LONDON, Feb. 10.—The first four hips reported to-day as having been eunk bad a total tonnage of more than 18,600. The first was the British steamer Lullington of 2,816 tons. This vessel! was really sunk yesterday and her crew was landed to-day, Next in order was the Solbakken, a 0. note handed to the F ! ister reign Affairs by at Berlin declaration of the in r resumption of un- Norwegian steamer of 2,616 ton! restricted submarine warfare was which sailed from Buenos Ayres on iiebeineg tial arpa tay Jan, 3 for Cherbourg. Two members "Ale PUDIK of the crew were lost. earn : : The third vessel reported to-day Because of the ments Fase was the British sicamer Mantola, built) Ployed to realize this bloc . in 1915 and of 6,826 tons. the extent of the interdicted The fourth ship reported sunk was zones, the absence of all r tele the British steamer Beethtree, pf 1,277 neluding the failure o warning for even neutral menaced ships, and the announced inten- tion of using every military means of destruction of no matter what character—such a blockade would neither be regular nor effective and would be contrary to the principles of law and the conven- tional rules established for mili- tary operations of this nature. “For these reasons the Brazil- ian Government, in spite of its sincere and keen desire to avoid any disagreement with the na- tions at war with whom it is on friendly terms, believes it to be its duty to protest against this blockade and consequently to leave entirely with the Imperial German Government the respon- sibility for all acts which will in- volve Brazilian citizens, merchan- dise or ships, and which are proven to have been committed in disregard of the recognized prin- ciples of international law and of the conventions signed by Brazil and Germany.” The press and public strongly sup- port the Government's action. NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TAKE OATH TO SERVE U. S. If the ¢ (ons, and registered at Cardiff. The five ships reported yesterday) ag having been sunk had © tonnage of 9,379, | No further news had been received about the fate of the crew of the Nor- wegian steamer Storskog. The two) members of the crew who reached | land reported that the others had been | taken on board a submarine, which | submerged when another steamer ap- | proached. Despatches from Glasgow tel! of the arrival at the home of thelr grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hill of that| city, of the three surviving children gf) John M. Little of New York, whose| wife and one child were lost on the! California. Mrs. Hill, who bad been wick, died last night without learn- ing of her daugliter’s death, The ebild who was lost was boy of smelve. ~~ According to the Press Association, twenty-five of the crow of the British steamer Vedamore, posted as sunk Thursday at Lioyd's, perished with her, The survivors have been landed. ‘The Vedamore was bound from Bal- timore for Liv f An inquest was held yesterday on the body of one of fourteen seamen lost on board the British steamer St, Nin jan, posted as lost on Wednesday, The chief officer of the St. Ninlan testl- fled that ho had put off in a lifeboat) to rescue the crew of tho torpedoed steamer Corsican Prince, when the Dol, p Naval | WILSON'S STAND | Vitty-cighth Street, in which a SOGEEY CLUB RAID | FIRST OF MANY BY STATE EXCISE MEN. | Campaign Is On Against Places That Sell Liquor Without a License, | Announcement was made at tbe! office of the State Excise De- P No. 1451 Broadway, to-day that yesterday's raid on the exclusive Nos. 42 and 44 Ea uck 1d wines, whiskey and liquors Was seized, was incidental to a cam re) m ment, Club de Vingt, vad of « paign against all unlicensed places ing Mquor in this city P s not gained yesterday. We had goods on them and our detectives 1 with an order signed by | Justice Finch direct- ing the seizure of all liquors found on The crowd thought b serve of State of New York! game submarine torpedoed the 8t.| gi ouid be called upon to fight ubroaa | Ninian also i | tor the nation there will be none of ° | the troubel that developed with some the militia called for ONE U BOAT SINKS | xle service all the « ffi- | FIFTEEN SHIPS IN RAID | <<" in this city to-day the oath | of service In the National Naval Mil- | itia Volunters body created by: a} recent act of Ten of the Vessels Had Tonnage of | 19,000, Says Berlin Wire- less Report. Sayville less), | BERLIN, (via w t. Feb, 8 (delayed).—A single German} Fire which caused about $800 damage submarine, just returned to port, ac-|ccurred (his afternoon in the reoms counted for fifteen ships, according|Of the Hawk Film Company on the to an official prevs bureau statement) Td floor of No. 1600 1 ay | to-day. | ‘The blaze ed in aw om of Ten ships, of a total of 19,000 tons | (Nf Hawk eon rs Whare ® Workings , were sunk in the Atlantic and one fp Peet *} : L ie ; <8 British steamer of about 8,000 tons|{y tie building, ¢ : in the German Sea, with British | smkoe,* rushes dawn i : trawlers Shamrock and Tristle andjand in the one additional British and one French | teawler, For Racing Entri ‘ UNWERSAL WILITARY DRI \ NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, L BILL REPORTED FAVORAB IN UNITED STATES SEN Provides for Six Months’ Training of Every Young Man at the Age of 19— Then They Remain on, Reserve Until They Reach 28. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The Senate Military Committee to-day | ported favorably the Universal Mil 'y Training bill which requires all ale citizens of the Uniled States between the ages of nineteen and} are physically able, to undergo a period of six! years, wh i itary and naval training, beginning Jan, 1, 1918 , as submitted by Senator Chamberlain, is said to be not un- e the measure being prepared by a group of General Staff officers Our campaign has been on for under direction of Major Gen. Scott, which will be presented to the some thm Deputy Commission- procident and afterward probabl shd* hy the Hales Milttaey Cos Rye fad apart as | e ident and afterward probably be used by the House Military Com- lauor ks in many places. The | rultee, Club de Vingt raid brought out a lot) > The Chamberlain bill provides that! ¥ y beca it is a shining ho person shall be compelled to un-} ig vidence against the club dergo the six months training after RESIDENT ORDERS AN INQUIRY INTO reaching the age Those exempt trom military service are members of permanent military | and navy forces of the United Stat | those physteally unfit for of twenty-six. military or the promises Pre service; persons on whose burets, restaurants} Jearn ngy a father brother nd so-called clubs have been selling! | sister, wife or a all kinds of alcoholic drinks without| [Ps ndent for support. paying the State for a license, Wel 186 exempt because of physical ure now devoting the time of about —>—. ies and the dependency < one- our detective force to look- . ; subject to re-examination at pe- pee va the alba Particular Attention to Be Paid | rious to be tixet ie reputation | Mrs. Rt. W. Hawkesworth, the man- to Manipulations and T ne bil provides that members of ager of aN Club de Vingt, @aid she} by Ania ious sects. whose orders forbid had nothing to do with the sale of| Conspiracies, members to bear arms in war shall quor, That part of the business, be trained in non-combatant branches sald, was looked after by one| WasHINGTON, Feb. 10-~Tho Fed. |! !® military or naval service; per George Du Chene, who had paid for) eral ‘Trade Comiiesion to-day an-| "2M Convicted of felonies are to be the privilege and she supposed he had! nounced that at the direction of the| ined rclal units a license. President it would begin immediately | CTedit of one month ts to be given any Fifty couples were on the dancing] an investigation of the high cost of | Pon Who has completed a cou floor yesterday when seven men and] goods in United States, with spe. Cf MUUIGrY on naval instruction ap. three women arrived in two automo-| ja) ref » to alleged violations of | PPOved by the Secretary of War or biles, Their demeanor was punctill-| the ant ; the Secretary of the Navy, these cred- ous, Tuey mingled with the other nt of Agriculture will | 115 ane applied to the training pe- and trod a measure or two. tigation, Alleged| 1a, a motor truck backed to the] ina und cons reset asta t curb and men began carrying the] ojos {n distribution of food will 1 and to th A cases from the basement, gone into 4 curse, Employment « A report tl woclety club was! president Wiison's letter directing | out theae contents Mee wit being raided attracted a throag of| te inquiry Is as follows: [SU tise oarliBeeiae: in nronbited, spectators, A polleoman from the] An adequate supply of food products| yAnine naprieante a eee for ‘s Street Station stood is a matter of concern to . nts are permit to state in which branch of the naval or It at all ti is of pe in a tine joke, Fow of the guests! portance present. Our domesti nate sp abbiy _ 7 2 knew anything untoward was] food supply Js normally very larg? gent ean eo ice Seedy going on. and has become increasingly varied. | recruits as he sees fit cs nither Finally convinced that there bad! jn some ts it haw ateadily ex-| naval or military branct been a raid, Mrs, Hawkeswo: said} panded and has kept pace with ina sauervad ax he alle it she co dn't waderatand it, becaui ail} easing population, Unfortunately,|/ py the President only in Pe the club ever served was tea |tils ix not true, however, of a large|gofensive war or “imminent danger Vollcemen of the district scratched] number of important staple products, ! oe q gefensive war their heads and looked puzzled. One} including certain cereals and particu-| po reserves are not and all declared there had never been! jarly meats in nage cf aiviken of ache any complaint about the club, Itwas) wayne the popul ‘ na- | disputes. such an exclusive sort of place, satd| 400 104 increased 25,000,000 » 1900,| Regular ar aad ave cicaes one, that it wasn't even thought! 5 oduction of the tw ading | are ‘to act as instructors 1a training necessary to keep an eye on it, He is oben anil aba tend. | camps had since heard, he said, that some of | nn” rhea shown only. al: whe press the members had private suppli@s in) |)! andthe: at |to me the basemen | prod the samo period has;and na The Club Wings 15 A cPRNOIt OF) onan an incteane af On 900, |to the re upper classy Bohemla, Unttl last year | fon, decrease of $0 poundal nploye it occupied the old William H. Van~ i “| charging © stablo at No, 506 ise ne: ance and da peice tance eme 8 Avenue, Its present quarters were | | Aan , oa this nto he if oy | hE cas one to change this situatic ugh The bill once the Cornelius Vanderbilt stable, »ved methods of production and|toxtcating si Its new home was opened last Osto- Hn Merchitng KAAtnal Ah ca ation of | 80d to any ber with an entertainment by Mrs.| oi n+ ana animal diseases, ue thera | 2" MY Oliver 0. H. P, Belmont, among! . ai jee whose guests were Ambassador and| “T° Lliaep dar ippledaaine Mrs. Gerard, Mrs. Hermann O. F Me BIO A Des oul al ol z Mr, and Mra, August Belmont, ) antag 10 Rid $e Fe tabrs Sim : T, J. Oakley Rhinels r Mr. and| its y : ed. dway he Mrs. Robert Yod and Wililam | “ser DOH GPABeG 10 J00) ayaiee yg te, pa “ obtaining Rblnclander Siewarh, wativally with bus side of no diM- sng dufusi ng userul information, LL FOR AMERICAN BOYS OF 19 eee WEATHER—Fair to-night and to-morrow. AL EDITION - a z Circulation Books Open to All. | 1917. 12 PAGES —=——=—= PRICE “ONE CENT. TWO SHPS OF U.S, “SAIL UNARMED FOR THE BARRED ZONE’ - | | Rochester and Orleans Depart With American Crews, Stand- ing on American Rights. TO RACE ACROSS SEA. Cook Disappears as One Ves- sel Leaves—Cargoes are Contraband, Two freighters, flying the Stars and Stripes, unarmed, without the atripes prescribed by Borlin, and carrying contraband, left this port to-day to take a chance of being torpedoed without warning. They are tho Ofleans and the Rochester, both bound for Bordeaux, France, with American officers, crews two-thirds American products, first American v They are els to leave this | Port for the war zone since Jan, 31, jWhen the United States broke with the Germany, Both vessels got away sliortly be- fore 2 o'clock this afternoon and are | expected to race across the lat their top apeed. ‘They have sailed last night, but were layed on account of differences with were thelr crews. ‘Tho bonuses for the trip before thelr plers, and got them When the Rochester got off Staten | Island, it was discovered the cook, a gro, Was missing. He had slipped ashore. A substituce was found this morning, and, after demanding and | receiving @ bonus, was sent to Staple- | ton in a tug CAPTAIN COMES ASHORE FOR FINAL INSTRUCTIONS, Capt. Allan Tucker, of the Orleans, came ashore this morning for final Instructions from agents, His his GERMANY MOVES TO AVERT WAR THROUGH THE SWISS MINISTER BERLN ASKS. CONFERENCE TO DEVISE WAYS AND MEANS OF SETTLING U BOAT ISSUE Formal Request Also Made for Re- affirmation of Treaty of 1828, Which Would Permit Free Inter- course and Commerce by Neutrals at Belligerent Ports. | { ‘Atlantic | '0 bring about negotiations on the submarine controversy to governments, WOULD ALSO GIVE TIME TO END BUSINESS AFPAIRS WASHINGTON » Feb. 10,—Germany Is inary: a note to the American, and | United States through the Swiss Minister, Dr. Paul Ritter, suggesting that the two governments get together for the purpose of averting possible hostilities, and perhaps straighten out the break in relations. hi it is understood, that the United St suggest to the Imperial German Government anything that might tend between the two communication propose: ‘Ss Whether the note is in the form of a formal communication or tter demanded | Whether it has actually been received here Dr. Ritter this afternoon re- leaving | fused to state. The Swiss Minister was requested by the Berlin Foreign Office to- day to ask the State Department for an affirmation of the Prussian-Ameri- can Treaty of 1828, The German Government made a similar request of former Ambas- sador Gerard, which he referred to the formal diplomatic channels, The treaty provides that in the event of war between Germany and the United States, citizens of each country in the other shall have nine months to close up their affairs and depart in safety. It also gives guar- tee for property. The Government here already has given notice of pilot was on boaed et 18:40 o'clock, its ‘intention to respect the rights of property and individuals to the ‘The virtual blockade ot American] full extent. shipping In Atiantlo ports was broken he treaty of 1828 also contains these provisions: yesterday by the sulling of the tank é be steamer Gold Shell, which left .Wil- “The free Intercourse and commerce of the subjects or elti- mington for France flying the Amert- zens of the party remalning neuter with the belligerent Powers can flag. Eighteen of her crew of shall not be interrupted, { forty-seven are Americ: cltizens. “On the contrary, in that case, as in full peace, the vessels She was chased by a German sub- of the neutral party may navigate freely to and from the ports and arine on a recent trip to France, on the coasts of the belligerent parties, free vessels making free These three vessels are not being goods, insomuch that all things shall be adjudged free which shall went by thelr owners to test Ger- he at 1 bel sila MBtANARGR) CAME EG cA taAMOAR re on board any vessel belonging to the neutral party, although shipping, but it ls belleved that if such things belong to an enemy of the other; ach port safe t fact will “And the same freedom shall be extended to persons who @ long way toward onding the pap shall be on board a free vessel, although they should be enemies among American owners, to the other party, unless they be soldiers in actual service of The departure of the ships, to such an enemy.” jgether with news that the Bailtt rhe Swiss tion is handling the entire tter wi be Rey ae any ly pe The Swiss Legation is handling the entire matter with the utmost Liverpool, caused rejoicing to-day ia | secrecy. shipping olrcles, Scores of congra cs caer nar an | ulatory telegrams were recvlved tn ers. Phare were hand-sha bak ng and “ycaa “Se APTER VON BERNSTORFF SAILS | men gathe { Guy that the Mallaiy ner Dante Ali- | W. ASHINGTON. 1 b 10.—A “state of war,” ‘if not actual warfare, | ghierl, which left New York Jan. 24,| with Germany is now considered as likely to come witain the next few } had arrived at Genoa Thursday | pee i Rb ep SPR Ad FIR eave It is Germany that apparently is pressing for a complete break with BOTH VESSELS CARRY BIG CAR- not merely in diplomatic relations—but to the extreme Hl GOES OF CONTRABAND. 1 of hostilities so that the Teutonic powers shall be freed Ce eee ie Comune, the O"F | from all restraint on ruthless submarine warfare, Rochester by the Kerr Steamship} In official circles, a8 well 98 O01 the Qn } Line, both of which h offices at | outeld are strong intmations| sink everything on sight without Hi 7 Pla Tho Orleang| that ¢ y |s int on going '0| caution or reserve, aj ) ve Avellenda, flying | the exty nd breaking completely Second—Military preparations | “va t He ei States without delay in the Bnited States will cause, se i r y.| a Jeparture of A wor! the Germans believe, restriction j y ir names and| von Beer f on exports of munitions and food ~ | 6 letters along | Germat r 1 stuffs to Great Britain, v ulls, Much of their cargo ig! t his ste eof ta ad r vernment In Washington’ ta seca ° lon stimulating the spirit of military pre- (Continued on Seoens Page. will be able to | paredness, While all outward signg \