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VOL. XXII. NO. 409.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1 91 7.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOUSE PUTS THE
TURKS ARE STILL
FROM.THE
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ALMOST
o i torn. & rmm'mm
Resolution to Empower Wil
son Will Be Called Up
This Afternoon.
MORE POWER WILL
LIKELY BE GIVEN
LaFollette Will Speak But
Says He Will Not Filibus
ter President Explained
He Only Got Proof This
Week.
(T.v ssr'i-irprl Prpqs i
Washington, -March 2 The next)" 6 BCUU1BU lur MMlB
movp in the program of putting the tSeGfTdfn'w York- on Monday
rnitPd State, in a state of armed neu-'.f, betw?.en Les Darcy and Jack
rrality to dea! with Germany was de-'D,llcm; on the ground that Les Darcy
Lytd in the Senate today, by obj-,- a slaCKer.
lion of some members based on the; The commissioners were informed
pxigoncies of a parliamentary situa
tion until 4 o'clock.
At that hour an effort will be made
to substitute for the armed neutrality j following statement:
biii which last night passed thej "! have directed the boxing com
Housc, the Senate bill which confers mission to forbid the holding of the
on the President the authority to use ' so-called 'boxing exhibition' at Madi-
"other instrumentalities" in addition
to arming merchant shins.
This bill has the backing of Les Darcy has planned, or that his
the administration and is expected tojmana&ers have planned, that the fight
be later accepted by the House. j contemplated shall be what is corn
Senator Stone today moved thatjmonly known as a 'fight to the fin
the Senate proceed to consideration ish' or 'knockout.'
of the armed neutrality bill as report- "Les Darcy, so I am informed, is a
Hi from the foreign relations commit- j runaway from his own country. In
tee. Senator LaFollette demanded a ( disguise and under an alias he left his
roll call on the motion I nativfe land (Australia) because he
Senator Si one's motion Tirevailftd.V8' airiUU to m ine cau5e ror
U to 15. and debate on the bill be
gan to be interrupted at noon, accord-1
lrr n rr.-. i . J' - 1 f
uii, m agi f nue lit lux uousiuerauoa 01
the naval bill.
A parliamentary situation, however,
men prevented consideration of the
.iiu senator stone gave notice
that he would move to take it up at
4oc.oc,c this afternoon after the vote
on the naval pill. -
ine ouicial notice of the Berlin ad-
miralty that all consideration for ship-
Ping ended on March 1 and that the;
campaign of ruthlessness now is in"
lull swiii?, has not changed the situ-
juion any, although its bold declara-jof
ion va., regarded in sharp contrast'
"ui me ueiayea portions or uerman OT.
Foreign
Iinister Zimmermann's iQ-
speech to the
Reichstag, spoken be-
lore Germany's Dlot to allv .Tanan and
Mexico with her in a war on the
United States.
Senators who have been curious to
Know when the United States govern
ment came into possession of Zimmer
mann's astounding dispatch to Ger
man .Minister von Eckhardt in Mexi
co City realized today that the Presi
dent, last night, in transmitting Sec
tary Lansing's certification of its
authenticity, did not say, as was sup-j
at hrst glance, mat the govern
ment had come into possession of the
document within the last week but
nout disclosing when the govern
ment got it, informed the- Senate that
ne evidence" of its "authenticity"
as procured by the government dur-1P-S
the present week.
This seemed to confirm the belief
"many that the President probably
new of the existence of the doci-
i wnen he decided
to delay no I
1U112
lations . , uiyiuiua.Li e-
l'Uh and that hp fortainlw Irnow rf
When
, " . ...:
'feuig me senate to ratiiy.
ueaty with Colombia, he wrote
nator stone that the United States
fri'5 , soon have need of all the
"ends It COlllrl trot in Totir,Amorl.a
-nembe
of Congress who have
Jen hoping to force an extra session
-Harcn acknowledged today
""proriabiHtv t i.i t
its
j uV icaai until j uuc.
senator LaFollette, the only Sena-
it was feared, would filibus-
tfr
neutrality,
iripo, . . . ollucu
uouic, tow colleagues today that
bnr!ri discuss the bill at length,
Uld not. intonrl r -F5Ul-. .
Demoe
nuic leaders now do not ex
Feet
anv ovtfn n . x n -i
of. J io, essiun au ail, unless,
nn'v ' there should be an extraordi
international ueveloyments.
COTTON MADE QUICK
ADVANCE TODAY.
Xpiv v(P,;v Associated Press.)
ow... . York. March 2. A ranirt and
ton n' "flvance developed in the cot-
arket here todav with old cron i
al)ove h,Tt1Mng1,?10re than half a centi
"orts oi ; i0smg n.gure.s- K.e'
tlip 1 ,a very firm spot situation in
8u nm; u UL a aemana ior,"-
it
K out of the local stock were
inter?!;ani('d hy rumors that foreign!
, " J,,S s worn l.,..: ,
tot
were buying here with a view
akin
1. ,
So ecoW. nt'Bndoned 30 minutes but did not
set" h'i'tracts up to 17-27 or 58 Points sink. Boats stood by until admiralty
soi(i - while new crP deliveries patrol arrived 5 a. m., and towed her
closp"' t0 34 points above last night's to Z30 a. m.f when she sank. Sub-
j marine never sighted."
i
GOVERNOR STOPS
DARC FIGHT
Hears Bout Will Be a "Knock
Out" So Whitman
Forbids It.
(By Associated Press.)
Albany, N. Y., Mach 2. Governor
Whitman today directed the State
Athlet.ir? Commissirm tn nrnhiWt v.
. . mC
of the Governor's decision by the
executive himself in his private office
where he outlined his "position in the
son Square Garden on Monday night
I am creditably informed : that one
vviiit;u ins teiiuw-uuuuu jiiitjii ait; siiu-
rificing their lives. He prefers to
give a brutal exhibition, at some per
sonal risk, for a purse of $30,000.
"I believe that the citizens of this
State will support the Governor in his
insistence that this thing shall not
be permitted in New York."
Chairman Fred. A. Wenck, of the
Athletic Commission, later said that
Darcy would not be permitted to par-
ticipate in any boxing contest in this
state
'
Promoter to See Governor,
New York, March 2 Upon receipt
Governor Whitman's statement for
bidding the Darcy-Dillon fight, Promot-
vJ.nrno nnnniinrWi that ho wnnld
wjtn governor personally. Browne
said the governor had been misin
formed and that the laws of the State
of New York had been complied with.
DETAILS COME OF
THE SINKINGS
State Department Receives
Advices Two Americans
Still Missing.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 2. Detailed re
ports of the sinking of the British
hark Galsorm Castle and the Donald-
flon Line freight steamer, xntonian,
. . -
hnt.h with Americans aboard, two ot
. , .
whom are missing, were receivea uy
the"State Department today from
Consul Frost at Queenstown. The re
sponse follows:
The British bark Galgorm Castle,
Queenstown from Buenos Aires, car
go maize, attacked by submarine,
4:30 p. m., February 27, 74 miles
west - southwest of Bull Rock. Four
wi ntno no j nna rn i win v f j i i i i ii i if .
believed lost, William Jackson, 19
Beech street, New York, age 19, and
David Walker, negro, Green county,
Virginia, aged 30."
The second dispatch said:
"The Donaldson freight liner Tri
tonian, 2,846 tons, Halifax to Liver
pool, general .cargo, and horses, tor
pedoed without warning, 11:35 p. m.,
50 miles west of Dingle, February 26.
Two men missing from crew of 60.
"Sole American, r John Murphy,
fourth engineer, saved.
"Weather heavy: westerly swell;
darkness; light southeast
breeze; no lights showing.
Master saw torpedo approach
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-X- NO MORE RESPITE IOR SHIPS
-X-
(By i Associated Press.) -X-
Berlin, March 2 (Via London). -X--X-
The Admiralty made the fol- -X--X-
lowing announcement today:
-X- "On March 1 expired the final -X--X-
period of grace allotted for sail- -X--X-
ing ships in the Atlantic. From -X--X-
this date no special warning will -X--X-
be given to any boats by subma- -X--X-
Tines." -x-
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NOTHING HEARD
FROM MISSING BOAT.
(By Associated Press.)
Queenstown, March 2. Nothing
has been heard of the missing boat
from the British steamer Calgora Cas
tle, shelled and sunk on Tuesday by
a submarine. The full names and the
addresses of the two Americans who
left the steamer in this boat are: Wil
liam Jackson, 19 years old, Beach
street, New York; David Walker, 18
years old, Spring street, Stanards
ville, Va.
TIH HEELS STOOD
BEHINSWILS
No Deviation in The Ranks
When It Came to Show
Down Yesterday.
(By George H. Manning)
Washington, March 2. The North
Carolina delegation in the House of
Representatives, holding true to the
traditions of the Old North State to
stand staunchly by the President,
when this Nation is threatened by a
foreign power, voted as one man late
last night on the final passage of the
Flood resolution, empowering Presi
dent Wilson to furnish guns, gunners
and ammunition to American ships,
to protect American lives and prop
erty from foreign aggression.
Congressmen Claude Kitchin and
Charles Stedman participated in the
debate on the resolution, which last
ed from noon until almost 11 o'clock !
in the evening.
Major Stedman, veteran of the Civil
War, standing as erect as he did fifty
years ago and with strong, clear voice,
made one of the most forceful speech
es of the day and shared equally with
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, the honor of re
ceiving the greatest applause given
during the whole debate.
"My friends, there is something
worse than war and death," said Ma
jor Stedman.
"It is dishonor. This Nation ought
to send today to all the nations of
the world the declaration that Amer-
ica will protect her citizens and hon
or the glory of the American flag."
Mr. Kitchin, Democratic leader,
read a prepared speech, which said
he would vote for the Flood resolu
tion, "but not without hesitation andj,
misgivings.
Kitchin quibbled along about the
President already having the power
givren by the resolution, and the use-
lessness'Of passing it.
SENATE APPROVES
ACTION OF HOUSE.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, March 2. Without dis
cussion, the Senate today approved
the action of the Naval Committee in
eliminating from the naval bill the
provision re-affirming "it to be the
policy of the United States to adjust
and settle its international disputes
through mediation or arbitration to
the end that war may be honorably
avoided."
It was put in the bill in the House
bv Minority Leader Mann.
A bond issue of $150,000,000 added
to the Naval bill m committee to pro-
vide for the emergency fund of ?115,
000,000 given the President to expe
dite naval ship building and for ad
ditional submarines costing $35,000,000
was approved by the Senate 50 to 24.
The committee amendment to the
naval bill authorizing the establish
ment of a second navy yard at San
Francisco, was adopted 46 to 26. It
carries an initial appropriation of
$1,500,000. A committee amendment
making all appropriations immediate-
lv available also was aaoptea.
The Senate worked under a five-1
minute rule, no member being per
mitted to occupy the floor for a longer
time., ' . . - . .
w
BONE if BILL
TO SLEEP TODAY
Invokes Rule tp Keep The Sen
ate Prohi. Measure From
Coming Before it
PASSED THE PAGE
BLOCKADE BILL. I
Grier's Work Hq.af Meas ure
and Newspaper 'Advertis-
ing Bill Killed Bickett
Advocacy Adopted.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
ii
Friday, invoking the latest rule from mel1 up the Tlgris and already are
the rules committee, which would pro-. nalf way to Bagdad in their hurried
hibit consideration of previously con- flight before the British,
sidered subject matter, made certain! The British official statement re
the defeat of the Jonas Senate "bonei, .. ,. .
dry" bill, as well as the Oates pro-.
llibition commissioner bill
It re
quires three-fourths vote to bring out??" unou?
one of these lost measures, and both !
v, Tv.m.oc. v-,,.
bone dry" and commissioner bills
have been killed either in committee
or on the floor.
The best the House would do at
the morning session for prohibition
was the passage of Page's bill making
blockading a felony. It passed unani
mously. Grier's act, regulating the work
hours of women and girls, a bill
fought hard by the merchants of the
Statp wn3 b-ninri Tt Inst 44 to fiO.
The House killed the, newspaper1
advertising bill again. ,
Representative Coggins, of Wash
ington, adverting to stories of gam
bling among members, introduced
resolutions of investigation, but could
not get it before the House, being
ruled out of order by the Speaker.
The Senate this morning enacted
another of the Bickett bills, and for
two years at least the mortgages giv
en by citizens of North Carolina m
good faith as part of purchase price
for their homes will be exempt from
taxation in amounts not to exceed
$3,000. ;
The Senate also passed municipal
finance, and countyyid machinery
acts.
The Senate Thursday.
v The Senate convened at 11 o'clock.
There was one new bill offered, that
by Oates providing for an amendment
to the State constitution to insure a
six months school term.
Senator Cranmer lodged a motion
to table the bill from the House for
- (Cpinued, on Page Seiyen)
TARfrMANY WILL BE
THERE Itf ALL GLORY
(By Associated Press.)
New York, March 2. Tammany
Hall announced today that it would
send about 1,200 men to Washington
to take part in ...the inaugural . parade.
The delegation will leave tomorrow
afternoon in four special trains. It
will take three bands.
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SUBMARINE, SENT
TO STAY
Officers of British Steamer
Claim to Have Destroyed
Undersea Bqat.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans. March 2. A German
submarine was sunk in the Atlantic
ocean some days ago by the British
steamer, Knight Companion, which ar
rived yesterday from England, accord
ing to a story told by the steamer's
officers to government officials here
today. The steamer was several days
on her way to New Orleans, accord
ing to the story, when she sighted a
German submarine.
The under-sea craft fired five shots
which missed the steamer, before the
latter got her defensive gun into ac
tion. The Knight Companion's sec
ond shot, at about 7,500 yards, struck
the submarine, it was stated, which
immediately sank, leaving on the sur
face wide patches, of heavy oil and
nothing further was seen of the sub
marine or any of her crew.
The exact date and location of the
fight were not given and the master,
Captain John Kendall, declined to dis
cuss the incident with the newspaper
men. The Knight Companion, is load
ing a cargo of grain forEurope.
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SPEAKER WARNS HOUSE.
(By Associated Press.) -X-Washington,
March 2. Speak- -X-
X- er Clark warned the House to- -X-
day that hereafter he will not -X-X-
recognize any member except -X-X-for
the purpose of considering -X-
-X- the two pending supply bills, the -x-
X- general deficiency1 and military -X-
a. nonfloTnv1 fmrrt-nnriation bill, and
conference reports. He safd he
made this statement so as not to
-x- give any excuse for forcing an
extra session of Congress.
. -x- -X- -X- -X- X-
DOWN
RUNNING BEFORE
BRITONS' BLOW
Victorious English Soldiers
Continue Their Way To
wards Bagdad.
RUSSIANS ARE
ON THE ATTACK.
Claim to Have Recaptured
J Lost Positions Ruman-
ians Compel to Retreat
Again.
The Turks are still retreating pell-
vui Hug J" tuc 1 151 lis uytu ciiiuiiss an-
nounces that the
retreating Turks
Aziziyah Tuesday
1, ' AK Z t
little more than 45 miles from Bag-
dad. It is 52 miles northwest of Kut
and if the British are right on the
heels of the Turks the progress of
their advance guards has been more
than 20 miles since the last definite
report of their position, received on
Wednesday.
While the Franco-Belgian front op
erations continue to be featured by
the sustained British progress, as the
German retreat along the Ancre is
kept up, there are signs of a consid
erable re-awakening along the front
in Russia and Galicia. With the ad
vancing season increasing activity is
reported in sectors all the way from
Riga to the Rumanian frontier.
The Russians, after recapturing
some of the heights they lost near
Val Hutna, southwest of Kimoplung,
near the northern Rumanian front,
are attacking to regain the remainder.
Berlin reports five Russian attacks
failing here. Petrograd announces
the fighting is continuing. It con
cedes that the Rumanians who had
taken a height near Rekoza were com
pelled to withdraw.
Break, Up German Raldk VJS,r
Paris, March 2. Two German raids
occurring simultaneously last, night on
the front west of Soissons, were brok
en up by the French fire with losses
to the Germans, the war office an
nounced today. A German trench
near Vauquois, in the Argonne, was
raided and prisoners taken.
Fight for Heights Continued.
Petrograd, March 2. (Via London)
British Admirality per Wireless
Press The battle of German and
Russian forces for the heights north
of Jacobeni-Kempolung high road con
tinued yesterday, says the official
statement issued today by the Russian
war department.
Turks Still Flee.
London, March 2. 2:30 p. m. The
Turks are continuing to retreat be
fore the victorious British on the Ti
gris front. Official announcement was
made here today that the retreating
Turks on Tuesday evening passed
through Aziziyah, 52 miles north of
Kut-el-Amara. More than 7,000 pris
oners have been taken since Decem
ber. Teutons Take Prisoners
Berlin, March 2. (Via Sayville)
Twenty prisoners remained in the
hands of the Germans after the re
pulse of a sharp attack by British de
tachments east and southeast of Sou
chez on the Franco-Belgian front yes
terday, army headquarters announced
today.
Other prisoners were made in the
clearing out of isolated points held by
the British after their attack near Sail
ley and in clashes near the Ancre, and
four machine guns in all fell into Ger
man hands in the operations.
Russian Charges Repulsed.
Berlin, March 2. (Via London)
Fruitless efforts were made yesterday
by the Russians to re-capture the po
sitions they recently lost north or the
Valputna, near the northern end of
the Rumanian front. Five charges
were made on the German lines but
all were broken up by the defensive
-fire, says today's headquarter's report.
Successful counter mining opera
tion's were carried out by the Germans
'along the Narayuvkts- in Galicia,
CAESAR CONE DIED
HOME IN GREENSBORO.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Greensboro, N. C, March 2. Caesar
Cone, one of Greensboro's first citi
zens, and an industrial leader or
North Carolina, died here yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, death, while
not entirely unexpected, coming with
comparative suddenness. The news
of his death has caused profound
sorrow throughout this section.
Caesar Cone was president of the
Cone Export and Commission Com
pany and Proximity Manufacturing
Company, of Greensboro, and was con
nected with many other big Indus-
i trial concerns. tie was a pudhc-
spirited man and, always progressive.
j He was born in Johnstown, Tenn.,
I and was 58 years of age. He, is sur-
vived by his wife, who was a Miss
Siegler, of New York, and three sons,
Herman, Benjamin and Caesar, Jr.
ABOUT STARVED
NOW ONE TENTH OF
- life. if. :M.n&-
WORLD'S MARINE
iIILBST
Since War Began This Has
Been Th Rdcot Irf De
struction to Shipping.
BUILDING HAS GONE
ON AT RAPID GAIT.
Great Britain Greatest Suf
ferer, With Norway Third.
Germany's Loss is The
Smallest.
New YmiMarfh.-Shipping de-
.t' '
tut; ugau, exciu -
sive ot war vessels, represent ten per
cent, of the world's merchant marine
as it existed on August 1, 1914, ac
cording to figures published by the
Journal of Commerce today. Con
struction of warships has offset most
of the losses, it was stated.
The statistics record the destruc
tion of 2,573 vessels of 4,811,100 gross
tons, of which more than half was
owned by Great Britain. The next
heaviest sufferer has been Norway,
with France third, Italy fourth and
Germany fifth. Entente losses have
been about 75 per cent, of the total,
and Teutonic 20 per cent.
The figures list 202 vessels of ap
proximately 420,460 gross tonnage was
definitely reported destroyed during
February. This' compares with 164
vessels "of 338,851 gross tonnage in
January. The February figures were
DECLARES TRIED
tb mat
IT
German Foreign Secretary
Says His Country Wanted
to Negotiate.
(By Associated Press )
Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 28 (By
Wireless to Sayville, March 2). In
his address in the Reichstag today in
regard to relations with the United
States Foreign Secretary Zimmerman
related the circumstances of the at
tempt at continuing negotiations
through the Swiss legation and after
saying it was easy to understand that
the government endeavored to avoid
everything that might cause war
with America continued:
"We examined the suggestion from
the Swiss minister from the stand
point of these considerations. From
the very outset, we were absolutely
certain that submarine warfare
ought to be limited in no case and in
no manner by concession on our part.
Obviously our wish to come to an un
derstanding with America can be ac-
compnsnea oniy in tne event that it
is possinie without contact with our
declaration of barred zones, which we
are firmly decided to maintain
against our enemies under all circum
stances. "It was only after long considera
tion that we decided to use our sharp
est weapon. You know, of course, of
our negotiations with America and
of our honest and sincere peace offer
and the jeering rebuke by our ene
mies. To our attempt at reconcilia
tion our adversaries exposed their will
to annihilate us and thus nothing was
left us but to take up the last and
best weapon.
"After we took this division obvi
ously no backward step was possible.
We regret that neutrals have to suf
fer by it, Jut we cannot help that.
"From the standpoint of these con
siderations, I said in my answer to
America merely that Germany, now
as before, vas ready to negotiate on
condition that establishment of the
barred zones against our enemies be
not impaired. We only hinted at our
readiness to enter into more detailed j Temple, on which three French-Cana-neeotiations
with America in reeard I dians were killed. Another man was
to the admission of passenger ships." !
The Swiss minister at Washington
transmitted our communication," Sec
retary Zimmerman continued, "and
thereupon received from Mr. Lansing
a note in very polite terms. Mr. Lan
sing said he was authorized by Presi
dent Wilson to say that the govern
ment of the United States would very
gladly and willingly negotiate with
Germany if Germany cancelled her de
cision of January 31. Thils being ab
solutely impossible, the negotiations
had to be considered as a failure be
fore they really had been begun."
Four Americans Made Prison
ers on The Yarrowdale
Have Reached j
Denmark.
THEY BRING A
DRAMATIC TALE,
A
Many Times They Passed
Through Death Prisoners
For Months and Barely Fed.
They Arrive In Destitute
Condition.
! v
TO RELEASE ALL PRISON
ERS MARCH 7.
(By Associated Press.) '4
Washington, March 2. Ger-
i many, in a note delivered to the
4 State Department today by Dr.
Paul Ritter, Swiss minister,
promises the release of all Yar-
!' rrvtwHnlo nHsnnopa rn Mawli 1
sinS Quarantine regulations
have been complied with by
('j. that dte
Copenhagen, March 2 (Via London).
Four Americans from the steamer
Yarrowdale, who have been prison
ers in Germany for three months, ar
rived here today. They are: Dr. John
Davis, Columbus, Miss.; Orville Mc
Kim, Watertown, N. Y.; Dr. H. D.
Snyder, Norfolk, Va.; Richard Zabris-
j ki, Englewood, N. J. The four men
were practically destitute.
The men reached here with only
the clothes they stood in and will be
taken care of by the British consul
until sent home. They were re
leased before the . others because, as
physicians and veterinarians, they
ranked as officers. The horse-tenders
and sailors are still held in quaran
tine at the prison camp at Dulken.
.TJtie four men left the camp at Karls- .
- Few more' dramatic tales nave been
brought forth by the war than the
story related by these four American
professional men to the Associated
Press correspondent.
Snapped up by the German raider
in mid-ocean they cruised around for
days while the commerce destroyer
was gathering further prizes. Then
they made the voyage in the Yarrow
dale to Swinemunde under such condi
tions that they expected the ship's
seams to open and the vessel to sink
at any moment. They lived for more
than two months in prison camps in
Germany on meagre prison fare. They
passed through four airplane attacks
on Carlsruhe during which bombs
intended for the railroad station
rained on all sides. They were igno
rant until the last whether they were ,
prisoner of war 'or neutrals in deten
tion, whether their government was
doing anything to obtain their re
lease, or. whether the United States
had not already entered the war.
To add tov their anxiety their fellow-Americans
from the. Yarrowdale
when they left them at the Neustre
litz camp to be transferred with other
officers from the captured steamers
were in a state of complete state of
destitution. hey were insufficiently
clothed, several having been without
shoes or overclothing during the se
vere December cold and all were
weakening under the effect of those
conditions when subsequently reme
died after Ambassador Gerard located
them in the prison camp at Dulmen.
These four men, however, had es
caped tne Ambassadors notice on
account of having been transferred to
the officers' camp at Karlsruhe. Dr.
Snyder, until recently a member of
the health department of New York
City, was captured aboard the British
steamship Voltaire. While he was re
turning to America from France Mr.
Zabriskie was the veterinarian on the
steamship Mount Temple, a Canadian
horse transport which lost three men
from shellfire. Dr. Davis and Mr.
McKim were on the White Star liner
Georgic.
The recital of the four Americans is
one with which American readers are
familiar from the acqounts of the
Moewe and the Appam. .They were
treated firmly but courteously by the
German officers on the raider. They
were confined in the hold during the
chase of each successive prize, won
dering anxiously whether the intend
ed victim would show fight and per
haps sink the raider.
Each of the three ships from which
the Americans were taken was shelled
and the crew was obliged to take to
the boats in a high sea. There was
no loss of life except on the Mount
injured, his foot being mangled so
badly that it was amputated on the
raider. Until they reached swme
muende the Americans thought they
would be treated as neutrals. Even
the British officers who were cap
tured signed parole papers while on
the raider, with the understanding
that they would be placed on board
the first neutral steamer encountered
for trans-shipment to a home or neu
tral port. The capture of the Yar
rowdale with, her valuable cargo, in
fluenced the. German commander to
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