The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 1

&oIT! PAIL PRICE ONE CENT. i U's. NAVY OFFICER ARRESTED IN GERMANY Che on a: “ Cire’ lation Books Open Copretght, 1917) by The Press Publishing (The New York Werld). NEW YoRK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917. Weather: Probably Snow This Afternoon and To-night. om ‘PRICE ONE CENT. orld, Cirenlation Books Open io All.’’ 1 8 ? A G E 5 GERARD REPORTS THREAT; HELD PRISONER; U.S.CONSULS STILL DETAINED IN GERMANY ) SPEAKER SWEET SHEDS LIGHT ~ ON THE ROCKAWAY FORT BILL Old Walker Measure Was Not Asked For by the Govern: ment or the Mayor. R. A. C. SMITH ACTIVE. Sweet Quotes McGoldrick as Saying Commissioner Told Him Both Bills Necessary. pecial From « Staff Cormapontent ) ALBANY, Feb. —Speaker Gweet of the Assembly this afternoon con- tributes some fresh light on the Rockaway Fort bill, which was de- signed to cover a patriotic purpose in conveying lands to the Government for fortifications and which had as a) companton bill one giving permission | fm Queens and Kings. The companion bill was in reality the old Walker bill repudiated by its author last year and Killed by Ths Evening Wi which exjused its far-reaching powers Speaker Sweet sald that the bills over which the Legisiaturo 1s now embroiled, were handed to him, not by Col. Abbott of the United States Army, but by Edward McGoldrick, Assistant Corporation Counsel of New York City, He that Mr MeGoldrick presented tire bills after conference with | R, A. C, Smith, ‘The speaker added: “Mr McGoldrick had been told by Mr. Smith that both of the bills we: [necessary to complete the fortifica: | tlon transaction.” It had been repeatedly stated that Col. Abbott brought the bills to Al- Dany and insisted that both were neces- | mary in order to give the Gove ment | the property it wants at Rogkaway. According to tho Speaker the army Officer did not say that the Walker BH was essential, but mérely sald that a bill limited to the immediate purposes of the Government, would fill the needs of the hour. “The first that I heard of this mat- ter,” eaid the speaker, “was when Senator Wadsworth telegraphed me asking that the bill be facilitated. 1 wired him that no such bill was pend- {ng and in the courseof half an hour was informed that the New York sald eure required. Mr with Mr, McGoldrick d they dis- cussed the means essential for the transter. “Mr, McGoldrick came to my hotel for dinner with mo f © purpose of discussing tion, He had the first bill au tho ceding of the property then took the old Walker bill and made a fe changes in it and submitted it as the companion law Col. Abbott. did not bring the bills } to Albany, but ho did come in person and say that two bills were required Ker} w Pe M kK . \ cannot say, excepting that he uy (Continued on Seoond Page) W ff | é ; | ; - _ANDITS COMPANION JOKER ¥6 the city to cede lands under water \# Dock Commissioner) City officials would provide the mea- | Smith got in touch | MISSING SCHOOLGIRL | WHO IS BELIEVED TO | HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED | | | SON TO SEEK POWER “TOPROTECT LS. PANG, “IS is ci + BREAK WITH AUSTRI NEAR ss Despatch From Ambassador Elkus in Turkey Held Up for Five Days. U.S. NAVY OFFICER KEPT S DAYS IN GERMAN PRISON DANGER IN LAV LAW CASE. Sinking ¢ i the American Schooner May Lead to Grave Results. Warrant Man From Scorpion} Was Held Up on Way From | Constantinople. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—All hope} {s fast waning in official circies that the clash looming between the United States and Germany will b Germany's persistence in her ruth- less U boat destruction of neutral as well as belligerent merchantmen is helping to kill any chance for con- Unuance Sf peace. Entrance into the new ruthless Uv boat campaign by an | Austrian submaring, which sank the e@chooner Lyman Law, addod to avoided. OPENHAGEN, Feb, 15 (via Lon-! don).—Warrant OfMcer Hardy of the! American Gunboat Scorpion, station| ship at Constantinople, egrived hete. last night from Constantinople after |an experience of.arrests, dententiona| and trials covering tho period since the announcement of unrestricted | | — ——_<Siars | warfare, Hardy left Constantinople| RUTH CROGER: | the Merionaneea of the situation, os- Jan. 30 and, as he was wearing « unt-| — menstererwanest fice lth eeniace eee teins, wae ag hie oh casotnee to ship carried no contraban eee Stay It is the understanding that the | Government ake steps to arm ¢ | He was taken from tho train ut pst sy eile Dele et |S Budapest and Vienna, and In i] fe ana iy 68 these each instance was permitted to pro . ‘ " ° Americans abroad ceed. When he fell into the hands of While {t still was indicktea that the German authorities at Dread "FATHER FEARS AS es ‘ the accumulation of vielatjons of however, he was detained Jn a mili American rights might lead President ee prion for three de Thene@ Wilson to go before Congress at any Led heed Wdsdesduts to necret service time, it was stated to-day that he adquarters at Berlin has made no definite plans for taking | After an Investigation he was per-| such, a step Immediately, When he jai bee proceed to Warnemunde. will go before Congress will depend where he was again detained before!) 1. . : entirely upon circumstances, he | being put on board the terry for Den-|PoOlice, Private Detectives and|entively upon Sircamauwente, | mark. The Germans apparently feared Srtande Ey + Peana ME ets Ai }he might be carrying information, f Friends Find No Trace | such a step would not be long de- he was subjected to the full course ¢ *ruge: forred. of acid washings and other scientific of Ruth Cruger. The first message to reach the | methods of detecting complications | written in sympathetic Ink. His unt- | | form and effects were searched in the most thoroug! {State Department from Amertean of- ficials in Turkey or Bulg friends and private detectives have| break tn re The combined efforts of the police, manner. tions with Germany was —>—— failed to locate pretty seventeen- to-day from Ambassador ; Elkus at Cor 1 who in- vear-ol th Cruger of No. 180 | PLACED AT 1,400, 000 Claremont Avenue, who las been| Funtcation with his Government, yrUyy missing Since 1.30 o'clock Tuesday | It bore the date of Feb. 7 and | ‘afternoon. Henry D. Cruger, public! apparently was delayed at least Total Irreplaceable Loss Is Estimated | accountant, father of the girl, satd| five days longer than is usually the caso with despatches from | at 2,000,000" by Persons to-day he believes she has been kid- Just From Berlin. PARIA, Feb. 15.Americans arriv- | ing in the French oupital to-day from the Turkish capital. Officials are investigating the cause of the di lay in all des 8 to and from Turkey and Bulgaria, but are not certain yet whether it has oo- napped, Miss Cruger left home on Tuesday morning, taking her skates with her! |to have them sharpened by the Met- Berlin who wore in @ position to wee|ropolian Motorcycle Company, One) curred at Vienna through which ha S tal ‘7 lace behtin th ¢ ve: eve! ¢ | what was t king Place behind tho | Hundred and Twenty. venth and | all despatches pas screen regard Gen, von Ludendortt, | Manhattan Streots. Tho skates were) ere in not tho allehtest doubt tp the First Quartermaster General of | sharpened and she culled for them at! the’ mind of anybody connected with the German Imperial Army, am the|1.80 o'clock tn the afternoon. Bhs! 1° Government that adequate protes- most vital person in the small group! was alone, it is sald, on both visits, tion eventually will be supplied Amert- surrounding Emperor William re-| Mr. Cruger went to Wgpton Tuesday | oc) anips, Thoro will be no trouble or sponsible for tha German morning, leaving his wife and three | aeiay in providing American ships ‘The German losses in d tolally |@aughters at home. When Ruth/ oi proper protection in the form of plo by the last p 2 a unee- | failed to return home at night Mrs. armament or even convoys if much a ments as having roached slightly be-|Cruger wired her husband and he | step shall be Justified by eventualities yond 1,000,000 officers and men, ia, | 42 tely returned to New York » most vital concern of the Presig cording to cautious estimates, 300.00 uite sur th has been kid-| gent and bis advisers at present, how or 404 beyond that figure. The | napped,” he Evening World ooo. is to 4 ; rot sanitary sorvice of t MOA Anny | Tare Ee putt aver, ty to insure the safety of Amer. has been very good, and because of | TePOrter Off icans in the dangor zone and to ar- this a high percentage of wounded | Who ‘vou away from bome | range for thelr safe conduct into neu soldier have been able to return to! without ing us know of her Where- | tra: or home territory. he active ar number of | abouts. She 1# very attractive in ap-| The stubborn attitude of the Ger perm vel among tho! pearan but aared more for her 7 ‘ see wounded prob | tring the ir- i s IPAS Gover Amen? SASF AD an wee: eplaceabli iy boyora | studies than for social life, Sho wa#) ranted suspicion of the purposes ut |xradudted from the Wadlelgh High 244 United States, For this reason | the Government adopted extraordi- School on Feb. 1, and had been resting up from her studle She was happy | nary condu the sale precautions to insure t Bernstorn unt von tne | And contented at home and, J am gure, | conduct of Count wen Hornstorh 1 nissing girl I flve feet in By » Ambassador r i om Several weeks ago, Mr, Crug aj 3 i ‘ ba aed lotectives, his daughter was stop ¥ : u xyes te te way to the Washington Height a fa ¢ Church, on Convent Avenu Mu J vited hor to an automobile ride. iy this neighborhood t (For user could give only @ vague number of alleged rouga ‘charact ja since tho| AMERICAN INGREW ~ LEFT TOHARDSHP INUBOAT RAID {Men From the +n Nate Were} Ten Hours*Exposed on | Cold Sea. | WASHINGTON, Fob. 15.—The Brit-| Alnsdale, Ayres for England, was stopped by a submarine 180 miles off Cape Clear, ish salling vessel Buenos on tho Irish coast, on Feb. 5 and sunk after the crew Ambassador Page at London advised | the sinking | abandoned her. State Department of the to-day, saying that one Americ aboard anid An was among the rescued, | The despatch did not indicate how the vessel was sunk, whether by a Tt watd, that the crew of twenty-five were or dered to the torpedo or gunfire, however, | boats, and after ten) hours’ exposure, during which they suffered great hardship, were rescued, | The Alnsdalo, a full rigged abip of it ns net, sailed from Buenos Ayres on Nov. 1 | LONDON, Feb. -The British | steamer Cilicia, 50 tons gross, iw the first rete: as having been | crew was landed. jaunk to-day. The British steamer Ferga also has Lioyds Agency announces, | | Capt, Lacey and eleven mon of the crew of the British steamer Azul, a | been sunk | subma viet have been oul | It deve st Azul, a steamer jot 3,074 tor was wunk by a sub-| |marine on Feb. 7, The captaln and eleven of the with him @were picked up sc afterward by tho wail. | ing vessel a. A second boat, | with the officer and fourteen | men tn it ted still missing. The Budora herself was Punk yes. Kudo terday morning, and Capt. Atkinson and his crew, totalling twenty. men, together wit Azul'a twe men, took to the boats and we picked up tn a few hours. One mem ber of the Eudora’s crew was drowned BERLIN Feb, 15 (by wireless ¢ 1 three sailing vensels, with an ag egate tonnag 00, rted ¢ soln of 18,1 ns iv tw wore laden with coal. In additio: steamer of 3,000 tons groms, carrying 4,000 tons of coal for Italy, was sunk.” ‘Tho steamer Cilloia was a voar feet in length, built tn »wned by 36 at Sun: | Law, whic AWMERSOF SAP WIVESOF AMERICAN OFFIGLS SEARCHED BY THE GERMANS: HOSTILITY 10 U. 5. SHOWN ‘Warning Is Given That Efforts to Reopen U Boat Negotiations Were to ee Intended to Give Germany Time Mead jallp to Strike at America. mod mas nak WOAH NEWS NOW “DOCTORED” marine, M. Captain of. Lyman Law Cables. CREW ALL AMERICAN EEE | American Consul On His Way was sunk iff the Mediter- ranean, was sent down by an Austrian ) submarine, ‘ord t blegram sama. orang ¢caueemn” BY OFFICIALS IN BERLIN ough, captain of the vessel | WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Ambassador Gerard reported officially to the State Department that Ger- The cablegram, sent to the Marl time Transportation Company, agents of the vessel's owners, read “Law destroyed by Austrian eub-| many had tried to force him to have the 1799 treaty marine, Crew safo @t Cagliani, Sar- ont . . ; mean re-ratified, under penalty of holding American news ‘Thly t» tho first definite intorma-| Papermen as hostages. tiom as to the Identity of the sub- His message contained much technical detail of marino which sank the American| £ schooner, just what the Germans wanted. Following the receipt of Capt. | cena , McDonough’ eablegram, George M. taant At tae eee By Carl W. Ack*rman. tation Ci fe thig, (ralied Prem Mae Cormmondent With Ambamator Gerard, Conyrieh ation Company, made this ARTIC Asli A i i PARIS, Feb. 15.—Warning against a dual m McDonough Is an 1017, by the Unitsa Pree? ce of German sub- tive-born marine activity in American waters and against German peace propa- He has been salling the gens as an American commander ana &"da, which may be in reality a play for time, is being sounded to-day taking the American flag into ports, by American officials conversant with the real situation in Berlin, lover the world for the last twenty 1 state that Gerard was held from Monday until Saturday, " el carried nothing but | ra. His veasel carried nothing but against his will, and despite urgent requests for permission to terial for the construction of boxes | leave. nap ‘Capt American ye used {n the shipment of lemons and | A that cargo wasn't contraband | Germany's attempt to negotiate the issue of her unlimited submarine “kvery member of Capt. Me-|order through the Swiss Legation at Washington, while Ambassador Bon uEh's crows ‘ shaken who as Gerard was still in Berlin; is regarded with suspicion by all officials, aoe prica. plood ack for est generations. When they autlod away, Phe move is viewed as an attempt to forestall action by President Wilson |from Penobscot Bay on Jan. 6 they) until Germany can make such disposition of her submarines as will enable left behind fathers and mothers and her best to strike at America in'case of war. wives and children who were serer x the SuRtitgee Heat: Tho manoeuvre having falled, it te confidence complying, aa they were, with every no surprise to Amertean officials to law, Were safo at sea under the Am CUMULATIVE ACTS hear that Germany has now repudt- ertcan flag ated the efforts of the Swiss Minis. WHICH” ARE. GIVING FFENSE TO THE U. S, 1. Holding of Ambassador Gerard practioally as a prisoner for six days and threat to hold Ame foan correspondents as hostag ‘Now, I want to ask tho public, and Tam going to ask the Administration, if these men are not entitled to the protection of the United States who in hell io? | Mr. Green in @ seafaring man. Ho #aid @ lot more | ROME, Feb. The suggestion for negotiations ts regarded as having been an expedient to gain time w the German. Ananced peace movement in America | could get into action | “While this time was gained,” it was said, “Germany c 15.—American Consul 0 anyy unted on try- ably under ordera from Washington || = “elding of United States Con- |) weeks. If it tse unsuccessful sho will to investigate) the exact clroum suls in Germany and the search |] be able to say to President Wilson stances of the sinking of the Amert of their wives for papers. All }/ ‘wo will stop if you will make an achooner Lyman M, Law by u German Consuls have been per- }) peace Teutonic subma mitted to sail, Am Gerard ts forwarding to CAGLIARI, Sardinia, Feb, 16.—The || * Operations of submarines in the || Wa his emphatte warning silin Gonmil’ Nan ctkben ea ananyl barred zones. that the Overseas News Agency ta bes nig Donough and the crew | 4 Destruction of the echooner Ly: || ink used by Germ aol “Ashaeets M. Law -in which they man M. Law, which carried only |! can opinion. OMcials les > warn sel was suddenly ap lumber and whose crew was 1 o are ee y a: submarine which gave composed of Americans 0 Gormais : Jication nationality. They | & Mold-up of American ships on}! au aa . y given time to account of the U boat warfare, Correspondents who repeated- ave thamaelven before the echooner which may force the Govern ly complained about the German wan torpedoed and #et on Airy ment to arm them or furnish censorship are gone, except Cyril aval guuvees Brown, Berlin correspondent of Holding of the prisoners landed from the Yarrowdale after hav- ing made a pledge to r them, | | The New York World. With the | exception of Brown, those remain: ing are the correspondents whe did not complain ELIHU ROOT IS 72 TO-DAY.|| ° Fa-Senator Adheres to Custom of Making No A use to whioh Elihu Root is celebrating to-day his | 7: Balty of five days in forwarding An example of the seventy-second birthda are ago age from Amb dor any put her sganda by the the former Senator de pail wie In Conatantineele | news is furnished in after, ho would make no announcene 8. Danger to 2000 Americans in {| the interview with } nh von Stumm. De Ee aay ‘ny Seiie Germany, Austria and Turkey. aent Wireless servica and 1 1 sity for . . roN. = dor Gerard was great - i when this interview ACTHESS TREES srOnE® a il ame to bis attention. 1 RY i A Us. 4 reached ‘ ‘ t oasy ectiegee Aathor An . ton i t Amerie bd tote will vr tie, sal, a : A Ar i We y ad exp: t 5 to leavay waar, i oy the Overseas Nows Agency. Germany's hostility toward i { t ' . a