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Subscribers of The Daily Gate City are served the full Leased Wire Service of the United Press Associations. VOL. 122. NO. 27. {United Press Leased Wire Service.] NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 1.—The most jaring feat of the world war was re realed today when the missing British liner Appam, flying the German Hag. sped into Hampton Roads at 5:45 a. m. with a German prize crew aboard. The Appam, with i\,6 passengers and crew of 134 was believed to have foundered in a heavy storm or to have been torpedoed off the west African coast two weeks ago while enroute to England. She had been given up as lost by her British owners. instead, the big liner was captured by German soldier* presumably from one of the kaiser's Monster TJ boats. They headed her about through heavy teas, raced across -the Atlantis sad eluding British warships patrolling the American coast, reached port today, their movements curtained only by a light fog. The exploit of the German sailors Is Without parallel'In history. United States immigration and cus toms officials immediately went aboard the Appam, barring all other persons. Full details of the capture were not obtainable for several hours, the of ficials remaining aboard to Question captive officials and passengers. There was no official confirmation of the report that submariners made the cap ture, though it was reported on shore that a boat halted the British liner off tbe strait of Gibraltar while she was proceeding from the French port of Dakar, in Senegal to Plymouth. Only twelve Germans comprise the prize crew that captured the 300 Brit ishers, according to first reports reach- The 166 passengers, including it is reported. Sir E. M. Meriwether, gov ernor of the British province of Sierra Leone and his wife and civilian mem bers of the crew, probably will be permitted to depart, when the Appam is formaly interned as a German prize of war. I C1^ ?w- Liner AppaVi Which Was Thought on the Bot tom, Sails Into American Port With Crew of Germans. CAPTURED BY MERCHANT Most Amazing Story of the War so Far is Dis closed, When Twenty-two Men Bring in Three Hundred. The Appam made Its audacious dash Into port with the German flag fluttering at its staff, recalling the al most equally daring feats of the Ger man commerce raiders Kron Prinz Wlihelm and Prince Eitel Friedrieh. The capture and flight of the Ap pam across the whole stretch of the Atlantic, eluding British scout cruis ers and all other shipping, in charge of a bare handful of Germans, sur passes fiction of the sea. With lights out, at slow speed, zig zagging out of the ordinary Atlantic commercial channels to avoid meeting any British vessels and with her wire less muffled, the Appam's trans-At lantic flight presented elements to tore and flight leaked out in meagre and tantallzingly slow details. Her passengers were held on board and no one permitted to leave the ship until its status and that of the 166 passengers and 134 crew, technical prisoners of war during the trans-At lantic run, definitely settled. That the Appam was waylaid, cap tured and the prize crow of twelve from the German submarine placed aboard was the story, in brief as re liably reported. It "was said the Ap pam was halted by the TT boat to avoid being torpedoed and to save the lives of passengers and crew. The Appam arrived in Hampton Roads with the only visible sign of in jury a dent on one of her plates on the starboard bow. It was reported she was struck by shells from the German submarine before halting and tag shore. A score of German prison- permitting capture. ere, being taken to London, were on How the British officers and crew board the ship, however, and It is!were held__ln subjection thought probable these were released. furnished with weapons and ordered to help on guard duty. GREAT FLOCK OF ZEPPELINS READY TO RIDDLE LONDON Twenty Airships Loaded With Bombs, Prepare for Most 1 Terrible Raid. (United Press Leased Wire Service.] KON'DON, Feb. 1.'—A squadron of twenty Zeppelins, some of them equip ped with new silent motors, has been maneuvering over Belgium for several toys, preparing for a great "air-drive" oe London, according to Amsterdam dispatches today. The raid upon the eastern, north eastern and midland counties of Eng made Monday night, was only preliminary to & great attack from tie sky, it ig believed here. Six or •even dirigibles, the largest fleet that ever participated In an air bombard ment, visited the rJngllsb countieB. "be Press bureau thus far, has given °ut no detailed statement of the casualties, reporting merely that a "umber of bombs were dropped. A dozen German aviators have teen observed in the maneuvers with Zeppelin squadron over Belgium, Amsterdam reported. The type of aeroplane was not made out by travel 's arriving in Holland. They report- beavens j,* RAIDER during the thrilling flight across the Atlantic: how the passengers were confined and how the scanty German prize crew navigated the vessel through the At lantic vessel-infested lanes, were de tails yet to be learned. Immigration officials today found twelve cases of sickness aboard the captured liner. None was reported serious. Inconvenience rather than hardship was the principal suffering The Monday night Zeppelin raid was not entirely unexpected. All the newspapefrs predicted another air in vasion, following the visits to English east coast towns by German aero planes last week. It was realized that these flights were for the purpose of feeling out England's new air defense. The Times today commenting on this phase of the recent developments warned Londoners that a raid on Lon don by a great number of German air dreadnoughts probably would bring serious results. The Times pointed out that Lon don's air defenses are in process of development and by no means perfect. A Rotterdam dispatch today said that there was great rejoicing in Ber lin over the Zeppelin attacks on Parts, but that the Berliners were eager for another raid on Ixndon. Monday Night's Raid. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—On the basis of a cable dispatch from its London correspondent, the New York Tribune today stated that in all probability the Zeppelin fleet that raided England Monday night bombarded London, kill ing five persons in the streets. The cable read: "LONDON, Feb. 1.*-Eleveri deaths in England yesterday due restrictions. Five of reported to lightning that alf Belgian civilians were be- tragedies occurred in London streets ws uciKiau Ml luuua ®g excluded from the country near here the maneuvers are gding on. ^ndon experts believe the aeroplanes were Fokkers assigned to accompany 5™ Zeppelin raiders and give battle to f®Sll8h aeroplanes which may climb StKjt^e to attack the dir $: Three of the victims soldiers. The above dispatch refers undoubt edly to the Zeppelin raid on England, said the Tribune. "Its unusual word ing is the attempt of the Tribune'3 correspondent to get the news past (Continued on page k&M NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 1.—The Brit ish liner Appam, brought into this port by a German prize crew early to day, was captured by a German mer chant raider, not a submarine, accord ing to passengers on board. Passen gers, relating the details of the cap ture, which was as thrilling as any pirate story, deny the report first re ceived by United States government officials here. The Appam, they said, was attack ed and' overcome January IB. off the Canary islands by some armed mer chant vessel whose name could not be learned and which disappeared after putting a prize crew aboard the liner. The German prize crew, in charge of Lieutenant Oscar Berg, will not tell the name or nature of the boat with which they attacked the Appam. Early in the morning of January 15. the unknown vessel appeared close at hand and fired several shots across the bow of the British liner, passen gers said. So close were the two vessels that when tbe stranger finally stopped the Appam, she was across tbe tetter's bow. One of the Appam's life boats was crushed between the two vessels. Thn boarders scrambled upon the Appams' deck and bloody fighting ensued. Sev- (Continued on page 2.) [United Press Leased Wire Service.] NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—How she was kidnaped, stripped of her clothes and auctioned on the block in a New York white slave market for |55, waa told by pretty eighteen year old Marie Klein, daughter of the Rev. Charles Klein of Bethany Reformed church here today, following her rescue and the capture of "Jimmy Naples," her alleged kidnaper. She had been missing since Decem ber 16. Naples once befriended Miss Klein when hoodlums attacked her on her way home from organ practice at the church, according to the Rev. Klein, was introduced to the Klein home and •»'V"V •jpr"T' T*r •'•'rm -v-w I OCEAN of the passengars In being held closely to their state rooms. Details were also lacking on what measures were taken by the feiw Germans to prevent mutiny and being overpowered by the overwhelming crew of the captured prize. That the Appam would be interned as a Gterman prize of war was gen erally believed. Naval and Interna tional law would give her a chance to depart after being provisioned and any necessary repairs made, but It was re garded certain that the object of the Germalns had been attained in bring ing the Appam to this port, where two German raiders, the Prlnz Eitel Fried rich and Kron Prinz Wlihelm, aie now interned. Many novel points of International maritime law were raised by the cir cumstances of the Appam's capture. For the first time since the war be gan and also in the history of all naval warfare, naval official* declared the question of disposition of the Brit ish' passengers and crew was unset tled. Instructions from Washington were asked today by the commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, the customs col lector and immigration officials. The treasury department must deoide whether an internment order shall be made and whether the British offlera and crew shall be interned or relQ&ed. That an application for internment of the vessel, as a German priz^ "un til the war ends, would be made, was indicated early today by official® Who boarded the Appam upon her arrival. If Interned, the German crew will also be held prisoners for the term of the war. They will probably be left aboard the Appam. •"~4 AtfW^Wffg-al«^req6ette^Vfrn/MBf the state department to definitely de termine that the-Appam is a German prize. Officials here expressed little doubt on this score. That the Appam was brougfht clear across the Atlantic rather than risk the danger of running into the cordon of British war vessels between Gi braltar and the English channel was the belief. Safety of the passengers was also reported today to be one of the con siderations causing the Appam to make for Norfolk, the British cruiser patrol at the entrance to Hampton Roads having been withdrawn for many weeks. It was stated that the Appam's course was several hundred miles south of the ordinary Atlantic ship channels. Captured by Raider. KEOKUK, IOWA TUESDAY, FEB. 1, 1916 FICTION OVTDONE BY APPAM STORY I [United Press Leased Wire Service] BERLIN, Feb. 1.—The Turkish forces have halted the Russian ad vance upon the fortress of, Erzerum and have checked all attempts of the British relief force to reach the gar rison surrounded at Kut-EI-Amara, Constantinople reported today. No Russian force has approached within several miles of Erzerum forts on the east, Constantinople reported. Both armies are suffering Intensely from the severe oold. In Mesopotamia, the situation of the British force sur rounded In Kut-EI-Amara for more than two weeks, Is becoming desper ate. Since the British relief trocps were driven back a„ week ago, they have not renewed their attempt to reach the city. [United Press Leased Wire Service] PARIS, Feb. 1.—'After several days of violent activity, a lull In infantry fighting on the western front was re ported by the war office this after noon. French artillery, the official statement said, has bombarded enemy camps effectively at Saint Leocade and In Lorraine. Enemy convoys in the Meuse region were shelled. ONE AMERICAN ON BOARD TRAIN Villa's Gang Has no Trouble in Making Raid and Gathering up Some Loot. [United Press Leased Wire Service] EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 1.—The fate on 'held5til)j toy Villistas who took off and executed General Thomas Ornelas yesterday, occasioned the greatest fears here to day. Several Americans who planned going to Chihuahua today on another train abandoned the trip as the news of the hold-up confirmed fears that Villa can cut the Central and Mexican Northwestern railways at will, despite Carranzista assurances that he Is sur rounded. The bandits also looted the express LOST SUBMARINE IS LOCATED TODAY Fears for the K-5 Are Set at Rest When the Vessel is Sighted. [United Press Leased Wire Service] WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—The navy department announced today that the, submarine K-5 is safe. Captain S'mpson, of the Sterrett, 3:55 east of Fo^vey Rock, a lighthouse sta-1 JU ™1,es from Miama, Fla. The K-5 was seen steaming south at ten knots an hour and needed no as- ,b sistance. She should arrive in Key West today. One Man Drowned. [United Press Leased Wire Servicd"J ORANGE, Texas. Feb. 1.—William Cross, ship carpenter, was drowned and three companions narrowly es caped the same fate when a small gasoline launch in which they were going to work early today 'became uis abled and drifted against a big barge moored in the ship yards. The launch was overturned and all four were drawn under the barge by the cur rent. Workmen rescued three of the men. Preacher's Daughter Brought $55 When Sold on the Auction Block visited there often, frequently saying "he would always defend Miss Klein." The girl's story is that Naples dragged her into a doorway the after noon of December 16, showed her a revolver in his coat pocket and threat ened to kill her if she tried to get away, then forced her to take $400 in jewels and $35 cash from her par ents, and, driving her to an Italian colony house in Williamsbridge, lock ed her in a room and took her clothes. "It was at a Christmas ball of the colonists in Williamsbridge that I was sold," said Miss Klein. "Naples had been the doorkeeper of my prison room and nad admitted many men. The dance was breaking up and it was getting dawn. I was very ill. My captor called the men back and .. ifc S may be caimot \s *S Ji\ rf-m- [United Press Leased Wire Service] LONDON, Feb. 1.—The conscription law recently passed by parliament will become effective March 2, the.Evening Star announced today. Sr FIFTY KILLED, LONt •l, Feb. 1.—-Fifty-four per killed and sixty-seven In ponday night's Zeppelin raid £«hlre, Staffordshire, Lln •nd Leicestershire, It was oinounced this afternoon. „jer of dead and wounded •reased in later reports, It *ed. The official statement sports from cities bom sons wi Jured In over De oolnshlr official!) The may be was Indl said tha' barded a.- still Incomplete. The Zeppelin raiders were hampered In their operations by a mist, wMeh made It impossible to hurl down the bombs accurately or to gauge their surroundings. Excepting the raid on London on Oc tober 13, 1915, when fifty-five persons were killed and 115 injured, tbe Mon day night Invasion by Zeppelins was the most disastrous air attack in his tory. The six or seven Zeppelins men tioned in the official statement given out in London last night are believed to have rained down many tons of ex plosives at British munitions plants, factories and docks. The total caualties as officially re ported in eighteen Zeppelin and aero plane raids on England since the be ginning of the war Is, killed 224 wounded 462. [United Press Leased Wire Service] Bodies Of German cavalry In a «v*ral landstrum divisions have passed through Liege, enroute to the Yser front, In the past few days. Travelers arriving here today re ported that the Germans expect an allied offensive within a fortnight and are strengthening their lines In Flan ders. car and were said to have ro-bbed thejed ships and supply depots of the al-! portant speech of his political career, passengers on the train, dewberry's lies In Salonika harbor with excellent In abounded in pointed paragraphs, home was in Las Cruzes, N. M. He success, it was officially announoed to- among which the following stood out had business interests in Mexico. If day. unofficial information that no other passenger was taken from the Chihua- j-M-fyn TUTA'NV TITPATI hua train proves true, Newberry Is -W U1 Lflio JXLA.D UJitAD safe. AS FIRST REPORTED Eleven Bodies Found In the Otay Vat ley Where Dam Gave Way Friday. considerably p* *v ®itjj. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—Feeling fit after a strenuous day yesterday. President Wilson rose early today prepared to resume his tour of the central west for preparedness. He had breakfast with Mrs. Wilson at eight o'clock. After seeing a number of visitors at the Blackstone hotel, he left shortly before 10 o'clock for the Rock Island station. Today will be another full one for the executive. Enroute to Des Moines, Iowa, where he will speak in the Coliseum tonight, the president will make speeches from the rear of his car at Davenport. Iowa City, Grin nell and Newton. He is to arrive at- Des Moines about 7 p. m. Eood iook at Mrs_ [United Press Leased Wire Service] SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Feb. 1.—The farther rescuers penetrated today Into of"business,^urmerely''to serve othr*- the devastated Otay valley, s-cene of Friday's flood, the more the earlier estimates of fatalities dwindled. Only eieven persons are known to have been drowned in the wall of water that came down the valley, following the one of the searching boats, reported to breaking of the Otay dam. The bodies «. ,le ,e,en of eleven have been recovered. I sighted at this morning, five miles while the death toll dwindled, the! earHer estimate3 of property damage ^Q0 smau phe exact damage he estimated although it will1 over a million dollars, San Diego caring for hundreds, has declined outside aid. It may be three weeks before the Santa Fe tracks to Los Angeles are completely repaired. Through an Open Switch. __ .. [United Press Leased Wire Service! DES MOINES, Feb. 1.—Four per sons were slightly Injured early today when a Rock Island freight train ran through an open switch and hit a Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern in terurban at Swanwood, near here. The injured: Miss Lena Teehlin, F. E. Kirk, O. E. iArson, Dr. Hullarky, all slight injuries. said I was to be auctioned off. Wlth- out ciothes, but too ill to know much, I I was placed upon the stage and held there while the brutes made their bids. In my delirium I could faintly hear them saying $25, *30, $82, $33 and then by dollar and fifty cent in creases until I was sold to someone for $o5. I don't know who bought me. I became unconscious and woke up in the cottage where the detectives found mo wiiBOn. And of the good look at Mrs. Wilson. And of the 4,000 who packed the auditorim, it is safe to say that every one fixed a most searching gaze upon the new first lady of the land. When the executive couple arrived at the hall, hundreds of opera glasses were seen, pointing In the direction of Mrs. Wilson. And the mistress of the white house bore the critical AIRSHIP'S SUCCESS. examination smilingly. BERLIN, Feb. 1. (Via wireless to The president delivered what was Sayville.)—A German airship attack-1 declared by many to be the most im- prominently: "Now no man can confidently say whether the United States will be drawn into the struggle or not. We have one considerable arm of force, namely the navy. We have made preparations for immediate war so far as the navy is concerned. "I have proposed to congress that we build our own armor plant. I have proposed to congress also that we prepare to" manufacture also muni tions—not to drive other people out. people with notice that if necessary we will manufacture ait the muni tions we need. "We are going to see that busi ness characterizes the processes of national defense. "We have not men enough in the army for the routine work of peace. "We ought to make it the pride of TOO Much Publicity Over V&n.- ous Contentions With Foreign Nations. IBy Carl W. Ackerman. United Press Staff Correspondent.] BERLIN, Feb. 1. (Via Amsterdam.) I —('olonel House Is oarryinc back to Washington some mild criticisms of the administration on the ground that it makes its diplomatic moves with too much noise, it is reported today, American officials, it Is understood, pointed out to Colonel House during his visit hero, that President Wilson might accomplish more in his deal-j ings with the central powers if he moved with greater secrecy. I He was told, for instance, that Am bnssador Penfleld, at Vienna, believed !]is wor^ wag After tneir daughter disappeared bridge each nicht and the Kleins say Naples terrorized them national affairs Informal with threats to cut their hearts out" T!le hampered because pre^s reports of Instructions he was to re roive reached Vienna and were pub lished before he received the instruc tions from Washington. Consequently all the Austrian diplomats were put on f^iard and would not exchange views with Penfleld, not even at tha exclusive Jockey club In Vienna, v.-here diplomats and officials meet at German newspapers a if they connected him with her dis-1 voting columns or space^ to reports of appearance. The detectives had to the neutrality debates in the I nited beat Naples almost into unconscious- States senate. ness wtth clubTbefore" he^was^ca^ "f"the "western senators who declare the Persia's sinking and that all s^ted tured. that Americans should not travel on they had nothing to do with, thtf affair THE WEATHER Fair and warmer. Local temp —7 p. m. 12 7 a. m. 4. Platform Speeches at Davenport, Iowa City, Grinnell and Newton, With Big Night Meeting at Des Moines. EVERYBODY ANXIOUS TO SEE THE BRIDE Large Crowd at Chicago Last Night Heard Mr. Wilson Speak on Preparedness and War Prospects. Mounted police kwpt the crowd back while the president poeed in front of the Blackstone hotel. The president seemed thoroughly rested today. He enjoyed a night un- CContlnned on page 2.) AMERICA NEEDS A CENSOR FOR HER DIPLOMATIC MOVES TT, allied ships, or at least on those cat* rylng munitions, are being displayed prominently. News at End of Week. WASHINGTON, Fob. 1.—Washing* ton expects to know by Friday or Sat urday whether Germany has seen fit to agree In full to America's Lusitania demands or whether the imperial gov ernment intends Its fortb-coming mem orandum, to seek further to delay settlement through informal conversa tions between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Bernstorff. That ultl mate acqulasence by Germany is in evitable, continued today to be the firm belief in official circles, despite tha "grave but not serious" situation which Secretary Lansing and Presi dent Wilson have said exists. In this connection and coincidental with the president's statement yester day at Milwaukee that "there is no sudden crisis," and that "notning new has happened." the explanation by high state officials said the Lusitania situation could be well illustrated by an individual's illness. "There is a crisis in any grave ill ness." he said. "It is approached slow ly, but surely. We expect it to be passed safely." Not an Austrian. WASHINGTON, Feb. l—Secretary Lansing today announced receipt of Austria's denial that an Austrian sub marine sank the Persia. rfjS® r,y' «*i &" EIGHT PAGES America that great bodies Of men arw ready to prepare themselves far ths day of exigency and the day ot sacri fice. "We stand pledged to se» that both1 the continents of America are left free to be used by their peoples un der the principle of national popular sovereignty aa unchallenged as our own. "What America is bound to fight for when her time comes. Is nothing mar* or less than her self respect "It is probably a fortunate circum stance that America has been cried awake by voices in the disturbed and reddened night -when fire sweeps sul lenly from continent to continent and It may be that In this red flame af,-light there Jvill x^sef again that ideal figure of America holding up her hand of hope and guidance to people of the world, saying, 'I stand ready to counsel and to help I stand ready to assert whenever the flame is quieted, those Infinite principles of rectitude and peace whioh alone can bring happiness and liberty to man kind'." President Wilson left Chicago at 10 a. m. today on hl« westward Journey to spread his doctrine of preparedness. A few enthusiasts succeeded in break ing through the secret service guards at the Rock Island station and cheer ed the executive and his bride as the train departed. The president's first stop today was to be at Joliet, Illinois, where an ad dress of considerable length was plan ned. Other addresses, enroute to Des Moines, were to be brief. Wilson posed for the movie men to day. but his bride fought shy of the camera. The most coaxing smiles and pleading entreaties of a battery of photographers failed to swerve the Mrs. President, who tucked herself in to a corner of a limousine and would not give the battery even slanting shot. The note said all Austrian subma- The arguments of some rine commanders had reported since Jt 1 1 J3 ij 1. •Ha I