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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It Sem bfteeri-al Prag?, Pirat C?tnr--a*_ Vn1. 1 XXIV .No. 24,925. Ntw Hjotk $xibwit WEATHER riniiir rnniv ( ini nr a>d i hi i.i It TOMORIOW. Te?ter?la?'e Temper?!ur?. ? Hl|h IS: lew, IS. I'.ill report ea face II. First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials ? Advertisements |l ..p?rl?h(. lai.V II. Ihr riHMHa? l.....l-llr.n i FRIDAY. FEBRUARY I?, 1915. ? # Pit* HI** I l\" I*' I ' \' \T la ?"?IT ?? \e?? l?rU. New.rk J?r*e-r rilf a??1 HalieWer?, I II I V J , \ '.I I . V I ..*? I t , ?, umikK TWO I IVI? -1 LIBEL SUITS IN TRIB?NE FIGHT FOR CLEAN ADS. payiic and Libermans Sue and Kosofskya Threaten Similar .Action. NEWSPAPER WILL PLEAD JUSTIFICATION Court Restrains One Kos nfsyfrom Fraudulent Use of Reputable Name. M.I. M I WART & CO., INC. -NSK FOR $250*000 Fir*?t Cas? 1? r\c filed Is Result of Lxposurc o? Palcnl Med? icine* Advertisements. sve airrsii? l-eugli' ?*r? n?1 'he publisher? of The - ael Hopkins Adams ?-' laetliei on? t1?? hoei. threatened, ,,. ggt I ' : ? * l""f--.in. on ..ccujn' ?f Mr. Adams? recent ?i- eld o -. fraudaient ?dveri ? .. n tsf re?? and the pr? , - < ? e on the fraudi ... -? adver ? **r< TY.t * "' ?- '? out of -. a- laeV rr-edicine adver? !is?raials The plaintiff i- Arthor V. tarse, l- hcr.d of the "Pulm rene?*- ? -" The TriStin? ?n ?''* ?? sdvertisinf thai jru*? ii - proper remedy for con article?, an .- that in "Polmonors" -,-.- - - ?niait of rne** and semrr rei to a rite -in?.! :??"*? e! . --umption and '-?ho *?an .?i'ed {-i e? neamption. tSfM '? not bu*?: ijiir."* Ti huoe. but ?;<?ii -' Ha-. i - a Neu- York I --? n*pn. r*? it? ; ? -t'eti a letter 1" i'"Ta- ' ?mal of the American Medi r-aiion," published :*i < hicago, Atril. re congratulated the edit.? oi tell journal opon at, article publi-hed ,. , t ? "I'i.hnonol" e? n tri-jijn ? consumption ?lire.". In that i-rTtei. , Mr, a - ; , - *ar.'???> M" ' tfm-"f ?? I 1 - eaar, It ? - i . I , . . I ? (. > - ? . a ? a . ei |',. a ? ? 1 ? ..tniilained sf hi that ?? * oi '? - - made ,ri the Chi ?ge "Journal ..f il.. Ameriean Medical '-.. i. 191.", Arthur v fr-. begin sny lib? I uTiti) a -rsr l?t?-r. ??hoi, the expo in Tin I ? - ..i-i. Even then | a. Chicago pub tatioi ig he ?uit a; ? Ne?? Vr- man who had ?-ritten ? ?.--.. to ?uch Chicago medi '?I io-irta.' 'aint in th- ... 'loi p; Arthur '> I',- Ran , ; ,1 (,? | 'ii ember ? on bergui ih?re?f-,- .?? -t.,. ?am?- day Payne . omplainl in Y SUS ?t.-. rribuse Association.! *ut Dm i not served until ??or? On month !a!er, the ac'i'in knsgbei? ipoi * publieatios made in, ?hi Ti December l". 1914. In ?st Cayi asked for ISO, '?*"" rl?r^*.-. ? .. ?n | hr Tribune ?uit su MS),.i dan igt Threat I rum K*SSSfBSJ*. real of a libe] ?uit can.? next ? ? lettei received by Th* Tribune ?n Jasaai -, 19, tt>16, from J. A. Koaof y. writing ?? pr?sident of "llud?on "?r Imp i .? ? ?? hich the writer ?aid: ? ? . ' Z..T"' * ? * * ... . : ? a ( J* .??praii ,'. Steven?, . ? I for _? Tribun. i?nu *'v'"' aid: ?w,' ?" ' ???Ti I . .. ' ' ... - - . ?*> , ? . ?? t le., ? ?'.... * I "' ' , . ' . . a . ? . '- ? . . ? ..... M na 1. .?" ??? ? , . , ? a ? a ' C?un?' th" **n*in* ?' 'hat letter not -M .i n" ,'nr| '*"'- ?'"'" brought I.? '??<l??)n Bay Imp. ? ?." or ???.hone mem *"* of th. Ko ?.frkv f-imilv that are "v?re*?ed m same." hut neither ha? ?re?, I h,"*"rd ????'?'?'?''S further ? ?? them upon the i-ubiect. nor have *? counsel teceived anv replv to the ?***. mmtioi.ed letter. ?ml? ?x.n*xi ,lbea ?"u,t to bo broueht pon th*., article? wa.? a Yiberinaii ac rViW ln|,'1'aJ'"* 'hi? week against The kia a" Ai"m" "?,""1 -*1'*' Samuel Mop Fk i i m' ?l* 'VH'" not hroui'ht by "**'P L>berman; Ihr Tribune ha? not ?e? i r'" i,f *?''* ,'"'r' Pfoceediiur con mi i j ^ *?' ,"ni '* ?*>* howevii. in "?ted 'hrough the agoncy of Philip'? ? nnt'nur.) ,.,, ,,M,, s, roliimn I ^"lAT BEAR bPRINO WATER V -~ggfx**'- of ??"* lUra ?tOlHa-crod bottlwe U. S. WARSHIP CRIPPLED The North Dakot.t Meets Acci dent During Manoeuvres. Norfolk. Vs.. Feh |] W-.re.r pst.-hes from th? bftttleshlp North Ds? kota ?ay she i? -inkin** foi ths Norfolk *m?v ? V?r,l ?t hnlf ?peed from liusnt? r.amo B?y. Cuba. Whil? ?ngaged ?? \ 'antic fl???* euvr? ,.-T r'i?> i uban eo??t. th? North Dakota suffered an arrujen? to her moehincr*,' ?nd was <>rder?-d here r??t repair? Th? battleship ?tart? Sundaj ?ml i? expected hrr? early next i-rrl?. KAISER LOSES DIPPEL Noted Opera Impresario Now a United States Citizen. Andrea? Dlpptl, formerly a tenor *t ?he Metropolitai Opera il?-? i??- an:i later BRSoeiste manafei of the eom psny. be?-nn>e n citizen of tho l'nited ? lerda*, and renounced a' Ic (*iai ,. ppe ??i?,iiHc<-t of a companj pro during <>i??-rh eomlque, look the oath in the oil ? ?? i ??inn y Clerk. He i ?.??u , ? . ,,, . ?n 1910, in ' himno ? ? ,-? .x<. boi n in Cassel in 1866. that his "-re is now \ nnna. and that he intend? to e ? ? of the Irrite.) Si ? CREMIN??CIDE AT LAMBS' CLUB Merchant Asks Thai the Members Scatter His Ashes from Noof. Leaving a noto asking that hi? ashes *>e thrown to th? om '.he roof of the club. Stephen B. t'remin. forty Sis ..ca?? old. killed himself last nicht at the Lamb 11" eul hi? throat and ?evered sn artery in hi? wrist. The letter, which wa? found o; Cor ont-i Fetnberw, ?ut .-.ddrc-=??. Jaini ie:.?i: "I ??in tired ai'd lia-e ?iecided to go 1 prefei r?, b. cremated. After th? ar.^ ?.wept together, it i? my de ?ire tha- the) be thrown tc the wind? the roof of th< Lambs' i 'ab. "I would like Fsth?r 1.avile and Dr. Houghton, of the Little Church ".round ? ' orner, to ear- 'tincral es. I should like my ?bar friend, Wilton l.nrkaye. if he wishss? to say "r.ni-, ?le tell? the tru1-i, but I hope h? doesn't lell i1 ;?h?it?t me. " i il ? ire o? *.?'?? line and tell George point Bill tn West Point "I have sW '.; i?-' ?d n jsi?. ?nd If end Krank ' roxton care? to com? pliment my memory ? will remember it in - ?rid. I want Gus Bar ? '? to emi the c?r?monie? by ?ingirg that son;.' ?>f hi? o?? :i composition, 'Tlnil All.' "Any bill? 1 owe will be honor? ?1 by the .-.r m ?.?' Heilen ?*. Son-, at 90 Worth ; Street. Porgiv? me, fellow Lambs. "MKVK." ? ren.. ???! with hi? li?t*r at 1?9 L.i-t S? ?-? Street, He was very! sctivi in club life. fiTid wss a. member of the New York Athletic, the New Vork Yacht an?l the !,nrmtiiont Yacht club?. He ?a? corn?ete?) '?. i th the dry i m of V. i . D. Borden ?- Son?. A member ol" the I tome ' remin?] occasional!; ?pent the night there. Yesterday ?"?ernoon he ? . one ol ' h? bed i ooms. Shortly befoie !? o'clock an attendant heard groans and opened the ??nor. He found ( remin on the flooi. bleeding profusely from the v.ound? in his throat ?- rift. Dr. O. M. Leiser, o? .263 West Forty fifth Street, an?l Dr. F. < . Yeomans, of 230 Wert Fifty-ninth Street, wen moncd. and worke<i o: pi the wounded man for an hour before he died. A* the Seventy-nrith Street bouse a woman anawered the bell, she was asked if ihe ws? the "Adeline'1 men in Ihe note She .aid sn? wasn't. She ?a?? then asked .:' she knew C're imn wa? ?lead. "Yes." -he said, and Died the door. None oi* the prr-.on? nsmed in the1 ;io!e cuiilil give any reas-on foi ihe iui W ilton Lscksyf, a ho il confined home, <<t 261 West Ninetieth ,i- y ???Id. -in?! he eoiibl not understand the paragraph in which i.. mentioned. Dr. Houghton <? press? orrow at th? ? .v- ;, ??. Mi ' rem ns'? ?le.-.th. He Mid he ?mill eonducl the funeral ser? bul desired Rral to be notified illy. Howard S. Borden, ol the drygoodi i i ?n mentioned in the letter found by ihe Coroner, <??ul?l giv? no motive for Mi. Crem in a'? deed PRICE ON Ht At). DOG FLEES Fox Terrier.SentencedtoDeath for Biting Boy. Quits Haunts. ! .? ti)] iweel te .L.ik. the fox terrier, owned by William l.erhu?. of D<- Peyster Street, Tsrrytown. ."a?-'?. o?o ?lav la?t week, bit a boy who ws? ; ? ng on a bill For so doing he ' ? | sentenced t? ?leath by Jostii.I - , Irmstrong. The t'.;.?Se? -' p?llate.! that ihr f.'\?1 e, mu?1 pay ?1 25 ''or every forty sight hourh Jack remains slive. H hen the police went to exeergts 'ne 1er Jsek had disappeared th: t ? hile the dog wa-. a household'pet he uouid turn him over to the police if hi knew where he waa, . ci" to' H*Tor?l to pay th" rne. .Ixik h??. bowe.er. put his life abo e ?noney ?nd i? still at lat?? -.?'?ar SEYMOUR J. HYDE DYING Friend ot Rockefellers Hurt in Fall from Horse. Greenwich, Conn., Fob. II. Seymour i,i. Hyde, saaorisU of Willism and Percy Roekefellor? Il m a lying condi? lia,? tonight as the retail O? being ti. i ov. ii I ? ??in hi? h o rae t?\o ?lay .? ago. Mr. Hyde, who !?? n?h and h?K ?n rxten.-ive e?iale at Field Point Park, is head ol the importing ' rui <?! A. <?., Hyde 4 Son?,. :;?'?! Broadway, New' '? YorV He ha?! thouble la-t .?pring with a forrnrr ? ?let, who t ri?d 1" ?h??ot him 'after basing been difcharged. The i man, Joseph Deult-eh, threatened to te i veal what h? Btid were family secrets i if any attempt were mail*- to commit ; him to an asylum m? insane. Small Fire; Big Smoke. A Ays which -?tJ,rt?'?l in an unoccu? pied ?wilding at II hrankfoit Stu-etl i ?arl> th:s inorniiig .sent a clou?! S? ; ?nicke toward City Hall. Th* base ' ment of the live story structure wa? ! used a- a htoreroom tor newspapers and magannrs. Stereotyper?' ?up plies. nhirh were ?-tored on the sec? ond floor, caught lire. The blaie ?a? r>t niruished in a short tun*, EEIST'S WIFE REJECTS HITO BEFORE COURT Father Suggests They Make Up, and Hus? band Accepts. TENSE TRIAL CROWD TURNS TOWARD GIRL Banker's Daughter's Defi Is Climax to Reading of Love /Missives. "I ; i? ectlj willing Ihi I daughtri ?h. u I ?.<< back I i hei uu*' K.l?.ii.i \. Breitung, I ?? banker, ti.lih*.! his chin and noted the eonater "?ition that hi? Htateme.it wrought on the heHiitijr of K. (. Crowley, counsel 'ot Ma\ Frederick Kle t. ? ho is suing Ir. Breitung for %2b0J0p0 foi alienating the affections of ;lr- banker's daughter ?? lei heir clandestine marriape. M Crowley paused in his ere ei - eue to step a-i.le ;.? counsel and espouse the cnu??? of Cupid, vhose wings have been ba.lly rumpled (he ls?t three day? in Judge ?I M. Hand'? court In the Federal Building. Turning to the young hu? band of Breitung'i daughter, he ?sked: "Ar." von "il?nK *o ?" with the girl ::' r-lie '-.ill tul.e ? on hurl. "" ? ? ? hit elbow ? 'rom tel table, where he .,at ghoul the trim Kl?.*is1 nodded and laid he ?'? ? -. \\t(e Refuse? lo Mako i o Aie you ?'?Hing to go ?'Mil the ti..-"" ? ke?l Crowley, tui ting to lire. ? I .. sat with he.- mother ?t the Mde of the room, loi an instant it ?earned that the sensational sail might be dropped then and there The girl's hesitation, however, was S al .'he nature of the question and hardly ?O any SCI ion? con? sideration ol renewing marital rela? tion? with the youth who was nine a gardener, a? her reply indicated. "I certainly am not." aha ails'" ?red. "What was that?" queried the lawyer. Her word? were uttered in a Io?v ton?. "I certainly do nul." Mrs. Kleist snapp'-d. and then ?I a ?hod crimson as a tittrr run through the courtroom. Siie regained her composure ? moment later and ?miled at her mother. The trial proceeded under heavy war cloud? after the one flash of blue that for a moment seemed to indicate a clearing I ? it) of th? difficulty. The effect upon the spectators in the | room made hy the girl wife's answer vas sharpened by it? contrast to half i a dozen more of her caloric love letters i which had been read into the records scarcely half an hour before. Suicide, she had written, ?muid be her resort before ?he would give him up. "ou and I can easily v-ait a year or i two," ?hi ? rote to Kleist, who at that time WSI drilling at the bottom of one. of her father'? mines in the West. ? "You must know I am always true to ; you end will tight for you and make. .1 | ? i'.r you stronger than anything clsr I have -"er done, and if I do not win I ?'ill co from the family or shoot myself, because I could not live with? out you." 11 oi altitude toward her husband be- : tween the time ?he wrote the impul? sive words and the moment in the court loom yesterday v?h?-?i ?he de nounccd him publicly had run down the i -cale of emotion?, obviously. Oaughter lo Testily To-Day. Statements ;.? startling as tho.-.e vi'.icli marked the proceeding! yester? day are expected to day, when the girl wife will go on the witness ?land to tell, in her father's defence, how much ?he doc? not think of her husband. An injured eye, which .Julie? received at hrr mother's hands, wa? told of early in the session, when the Swiss ? "iitinned un litase .1. column ?*? FOUR BOYS ADRIFT ON ICE FOIL DEATH Lad Swims Par in Newark Bay to Carry Aid to Comrades. I i, ,t 1,(.,* float?.! out into Newark !.. on a cake of ice late yesterday afternoon, from North Street. B?y onnc "ne of them swam ashore and ??? intually got help, hut not until the other? had been in peril for three hours. | !... boyi wer" ?bout IM feet from ihore whe a bil? cake broke away and, earried them out toward 'he esssneL lohn SeilUS, sixteen years old, of 91 Wet Twelfth Street, dived in and j ?warn b?ck to ?he ice which they had Itft After some difficulty ho rlimbed ! out and ran as fast a? he rould for help He didn't find anv one on the ..hire and ha.i to go some distance to the Howard estate, at Avenue A and Howard Place, whore he E?v? the alarm to the garden . r. JsliSS l?rimholm. The latter got icrersl blanket? mitl the ran to the water's edg'. "here a launch belong ing to the est?te i? moored. With the half froren NollUS, he put out into the dsrknesi in search of the three missing Following 'he (entrai Railroad of New Jersey bridge across the bav. (.rimholm ' at length discovered the floating cake ?nd th.- three bov.? hud? dled together on it to keep warm. He ?ooD h?d4hfm in the launch, wrapped RUSSIAN FORCE BEGINS RETRE/ IN EAST PR?SS Retires from Mazur Lakes Before Army R ?nforced from Bzura GERMANS WITHDRA1 IN ?NTRAL POLA Preparations Under V^ Point to Early Evactu tion of Lodz. B ? . i ? . t a THI ? - Petrograd, leb. 11. The Rui column? m the far noith have beg t tresl truiii the Vlazurian '.;<:.?? 10 <>?' Ki??t i'rus.-ia to.'.wrd thrii own ?1er? before a Ornan forCS aiiginV by immense number S? troops, w until re<ently were sharing in the perate lunges at the Russian lines Of 'A :?r *?? . To-night's official report i-ici? conically lo this retrogrstie movei in these words; 'Our troop?, kee the enemy m ?.iieck. sre retiring * th? Mazurian Lake? toward our f tier." The Germss olfensir? is ?trongei r-.?o nornt? ^^-,iii,',r th? troops wl ha\e just been reported r.? threat?'? Insterburg and against the .-oli operating no?-th of Johsnnisborg, wl marks the ?outhern end of the *< llrisn i-'-atn. 'I; c German column? in Lust north of the Vi tula, siso i by iro.ip? from the R-.ura Ras ' -??i-.;, ha-e df. riop-J an northern Poland against r>o?iti?v. - recently raptured bj the V. ?ian? that -is . brought :h*ni as far the reg on of Sierpcc. (.ermans Pour We?t*?ard. Meanwhile the Germans along Hawks and Bsora li'ers are pour ncn through I.?"I westward to Ks aii'I Thorn, whence they ?re bei rushed over rh<* ret of German i Austrian strategic railways to streng en furthe?- both ihe army in the no anl that now battline along the G pathian panser. At Lodz, the capture of winch by Ger-nan? on De.c?nbcr 8 vor. Hind burg recently call?d "the turning po in th? present campni^n," every t?ct ;ty point? t? a speedy e-acuation. 1 f.port here, in "act. i? per*i'tcnt tl t!ie (?ermans airead;, have abandor th? - ' -. but this lacks official c>" lirmalion. However, it Is known tl the (?ernioii authorities ha-e t'orbidd the inhabitants of Lod*. to stand. the -Meet? while the troops are pass? through *?" the westward or fv?n u-at them from their ?indorvs, an?) ha been removing all the store? of we from the big factories to ?'ermans. Breakdown Looked For. The stubborn, sucres-ful Russian a vanee on the t'erman left, in the bei or the Vistula, neai the mouth o?* t Bsura, increased Russian activity the Mla??a region, the intermittence Austro-Germon artillery demonstr tions on the Cilica and Nida rivers, co ering the withdrawal of troops ? point to a speedy break-dovn of tl (?ermans* effort in Poland. It i-, now clear that the ('erman o slaujrh*. ut Bolimow was a demonstr tion intended to divert attention fro tiie redispnsition of the Kaiser's foro in Poland and prevent a lr?nsfer ? Russisn forces from mid-Poland to tl Carpathian* a prelude to the tin abandonment ol their hopeless nati? on '.lie H'.ura and Rawka. For ??on time mysterious movements have be? noted among the ('erman armies o ire upper Rawka and the Pilica. E'adual withdrawal of hospitals an Mure depots and a stead*, shifting I regiments indicated the trend of tl new movement. Some troops, it. a peara, neu- Kent to Rolimow to aid I i he big demonstration, but the great?, number to Austria. The Russian-'' fresh ad-anee over th l ??i patinan-?, the ilanifr of their foi ward movement westward and nortl war?) in the lower Vistuls basin an? further, the threatening attitude c Rumania had aroused the (?ermans t an energetic counter arti? ity. Thei pr.-s-.ure on the Hzura and Rawka. hold inp out a continual inenice towar Warsaw, was lately important for th (?ermans, but now that the main Ru? < nntinur?! on page t. ? -??nmn 4 in warm blankets, and returned ti ?hore at full speed. i if the three, Ray McAtee. twelve of 319 Avenue C, i? threatened ait1 ??neumon?a. When the cake of ice go further from shore be decided to tr? ?u -wim buck, but when he got int? the water he found it so cold that lui ?ourage failed him, and he was gla to have hi? companions Renjamt' Rarchenhagen, ?ho lives in the ?ami house with him. and John (?uille. of 1*1 ffeat Niniii Street pull him back or the ice It WM about 7s? : no o'clock before th? boys were finally landed on shore. They said they started out on the frozen ba; soon after I o'clock. ACTOR LOSESFIRE BATTLE William Courtenay's House Destroyed by Flames. Die home of William Courter.ay, loading man in "Inder Cover." on the l'o.t Roail at Rye. ?as practically de? stroyed by Tire yesterday, (?nly a small I art of the belongings ot the house wa? . aved. Mr. ('ourtenay tried unsuccessfully to extinguish the blaze while a servant turned in an alarm. Thi? brought the local tiremrn and also the department from Harrison. Assiste?! by neighbor?, the actor ^aved a few of the household goods. The origin of the fir? is not known, but the loss is estimated at about ?115. 0<x*i. Butterfly Out in Jersey. Vei.ton, N. J., Feb. II. Francis Rowett. Ii\> years old. of C2-". Spring Street, captured a live butterfly toda, in front of his home, and ha? the ?peeimen under a glass now at hi? father'? home. The oldest inhabitant cannot recall that a bu-terri}, has e\er? bifote been seen her? in February. U. S. Defies Germany's Decree; Warns Against Sinking Ships; British Must Respect Our Flag Beaten Germans to Rule World, Edison Predicts Allies' Victory Inevitable. Inventor's Birthday Propbec}'? Declares New Teutonic Republic Will Arise and Win Industrial Triumphs?Scoffs at Aircraft. * but Praises Submarines in Warfare. "The \llies ??ill win, but in tier rnany"? defeat will come her greatest victory, for her form of government will change to thai of a republic, and ?Ithin liflv ?ear? ?he will he on top of u? all." This prophecy came yesterday from Thorn?? A. Edison durins* his celebra? tion of the fact that he had reached the age of sixty-eight years a celebra? tion that consisted, a? always, of more work than he performs on the other M4 days. ("In those oilier days he slackens down ?o eighteen or nineteen hour? a day. The only other evidence of another birthday was revealed by buttons, bearini; Mr, Edison'? picture, to which celluloid streamer? were joined, worn by ?he employes in ihe laboratory building? m Valley Road, Orange, N. J.I Mrs. Bdiion spent the morning in her DIES AT DOOR OF GIRL MET ON BOAT Student Shoots Himself in Romantic Mystery in Brooklyn. (?tto I.. Bariche, of Rio tie Jane-ro. who came north a few wash? ?go to study a?, the University of Pennsyl? vania, ?hot him?elf dead last night in front of Ml Y.ir.i s.,,-,.), Brooklyn, i where a rill he met on the boat i* ' ?laying, lie topnlerl into ?he arm of the taxicah cnaufiYur who had dri en i.irn. Ihe young itadonl und two friend? ???iled from Rio ou 'he Sao Paulo January H. On ihr boa? vas Mis? Helen F. Laaing. of Rocknort, N. S. She went to the Brooklyn home of Mr?. H. E. Reynold'. Ihe thie? men aid they' were going ta the Biltmore. Bunch*" Bctvsll] did g" to the Bit more, but stayed only one night and then went 'o a mailer hotel. Sundav Mi?? I amg rSCShrod a telephone ?all troni Bstieho, who was then at the Hot?l A'Hch'. 'n Philadelphia. Wednesday he si? <n Brooklyn, and the young couple went to walk m ' Proapec-. Tark. Kuriche hailed a taxicab a'. Broad mv and Korty-sivtn >treet ia?t even? ing and ira?- the chauffeur. Thomas W. Lock, of ISJ We-t ISIS? Sine?, the Brooklyn ?ddres?. A.? Rock opened the taxi door there. Buriche ?ent a bullet into his breast and feM forward. I'atrolmen Key* ordered the chauf? feur to drive to the Methodist Kpiseo nal Hospital, but the pa??enger was dead when doctor? eierr.ired him. Mia? l.aing and Mrs. Reynold? identified the bo,I,, .vh-rh e as then taken to the Berzen Street police ?tation. M M Lai*',r* in?i?i*d that she could give no reason for the young man'?, act. She ?ad she never saw him be fore they met on the Sao Paulo and ' that they had ne-er been any more than friende. # .. . husband's o:r.i-??. bur he ,? there fr? I ?lUeiitly, having foun?l it necessary t keep her eye on the young man to se that he doesn'7 work too hard. Lather Time Kind to Kdison. There w?; little ri-.aiij'P in the in renter's appearance; now hi? voie cracks when he ?peak- continuous! for more than one or two minute? But the same energy and vigor of bod and mind are present. And that browi t?le?cor?e hat he wore carelessly could ' given voice, tell many a story, n? doubt, of early year? in Orange. lie sat in s smail, dull room on th? 'hin! floor of the laboratory buildin? yeaterdsy morning to which a I'l ibum reporter had been ushered by WilliatT 11. Meadowrroft. Mr. Edison'? ?ecre taiy, who, prior to the electrical wll ar?!'? entrance, placed two chairs closi lo?ether near a ?mall table and -?aid: (onlinne.l on puce 1. ?iilnnin 5 GERMANS FIRE ON FLAG OF HOLLAND Disguised British Steamer Eludes Submarine After Stern Chase. II. ? ?h.? ??? 1 ? Ml ?M Rotterdam, l-'eb. 11. The -?reainship Laertes, belonging tn the Ocean Steam? ship Company, of Liverpool, arri'ed at Vn'Uiden th- morning with a stirring tale of Sn attack by s German subma? rine in the North Sea and th? e cape from the enemy s craft after a chase lasting an hour yesti relay afternoon be tiveen 4 and 6 o'docK. Th<> ship, which hail -aile?i from Japan with a valuable cargo, ?vas north of the neighborhoo?! b->tv?ecn Schouvaer bank an?! tire Maas Lightship a hen she -. a-- challenege?! by the (?erman sub? marine v-2 an?! entered to stop. At that time .?he was not flving a flag and refused to pay any attention to the ?ubmanne' order?. Full "team ahead v.as ordered, ?nd the -toker? ?ere a sed to get the utmost ou? of the en? gines ?nd they responiled v, ith a will. Aboard the ship vere neutrals, and the captain, m or<ier to save them, hoist"?! ih' Dutch flag, but the Ger? mans refu-?.-"i ;?, honor 'his, and con? tinued to fire. One shot struck the compos? and other? crashed into the lifeboats and '?n the upper deck, put? ting the lives of the neutrals aboard in the utmost danger. A? the tight continued, the stokers, working ?ith tremendou-t erergy, managed to get more speed out of the ship, sending her along at a good sixteen knots. At this speed the submarine could not hope to g?t alongside and make a hit with a torpedo certain. In anger at not being abie to cripple the ship an?! compel her to obey hi? signal?, the German commander ordered a torpedo to be launched. The sinuous > whit? wake of tin- torpedo was seen speeding toward the Laertes. The ?peed and course of the ship .saved her, al? though the torpedo passed just ast?rn, nursing by a few yards. Importad LA CAROLINA ?'-rr to? 10c. CtttrleetU V leiiaA"?-?01'-?' mild, aromatic. -Ad-.,. - ?. a * ? ? -~ This Government Prepared, Says Note, to Take Any Steps Necessary to Safeguard American Uves and Property. MAINTAINS RIGHTS ON HIGH SEAS Will Mold Germans to Strict Accountability for Destruction of American Vessels and Resent Misuse of Nag. ? From The Tribune Bureau. I Washington, ! ci>. 11. -A Warning to Germany that it will tie held to a Itricl SCconntabilfty for the los? of any American vessel or the death of snj American citizen through such act? as may be committed in the enforcement of its war ?one decree ii contained in a note. ***nt by the State Department last nighl through Ambassador Gerard to the imperial Gorman govern ment. Further, the German government il informed that this government is prepared "to take any steps necessary to safeguard American lives snd property and to locare to American citi7.ens the full enjoyment of thci. acknowledge?! rights on the high seas." Another note sent last nifrht was to the British government, through Ambassador l'aac explaining the attitude of the United Ststes in the matter of the misuse of the American ensign by British merchant vessel* tor protective purpooos. Germany Is warned that the first destruction of American property 0'- the loss oi' the first American life through the secidental misiaonception oi* the identity of an honestly neutral vessel will be looked upon as "an In-Jof-snsible violation <>!' neutral rights which it would be very hard indeed to reconcile with the friendly relations subsisting between the two eovernmentH." U. S. MINISTER BIDS GERMANYAPOLOGIZE Van Dyke Declares Lega? tion Mail to Luxemburg Is Meld Up. The Hague. Feb. 11 i.via London?.? Henry an Dvke. the I'nited State? Minister to The Hague ?nd a!?o to the ' Grand Duc'i.v S? Luxemburg, said to-day thp.t he lias appealed to the government ?t Washington to protest at ('erman in? terference -vith his duties as Minister to Luxemburg. He said his diplomatic communications with Luxemburg have been cut off bv tho German military commander at Trier (Tr?ves), who had , refused to permit Tiis letters to pass because they ??ere sealed with the seal ! of the American Legation. Dr. van Dyke has been trying for four days through the friendly medium of the German Minister at The Hague to obtain an explanaU.ui from Berlin of what he considers an invasion of his diplomatic privileges, but no ans'ver has come from the German capital. "That statement of fact is correct," said Di. van Dyke lo-dav. "The action of the German commander at Trier may have been a mistake of ignorance, but it must be explained and apologized for. "Luxemburg is a very small country , of "50.000 inhabitants. Hut the peace? ful duties with which the American government lias charged me toward that ' country are just as sacred as if it were '? a huiuireil time? as big. "?t was the first of the neutral coun? tries to be invade?!, and appears to be threatened with a failure of food sup ply. "I ?annot consent 7o interference with my duties toward Luxemburg by any ? Po.? er in the world except that which ?onferre?! them upon me, namely, the government at Washington." BRITISH EAGER TO SATISFY AMERICA London Paper Declares Desire lo Avoid Exposing Neutral Ships to Peril. B? <???>!? lo Th? Trtbun? | London, Feb. IS. "The Times." in an editorial discussing the American note regarding the use of a neutral flag, ?ays: "The fair and reasonable attituile which America has observed in all the problem? raised by the war has strengthened our customary desire to re^pe?-t not only her right?, but her ?< Iahe? and h*er ??isreptibilities. Roth nation? locogaiae the ?am?.- general principles of international lau, and' both are anxtou?. not to strain claim? ' which are merely technical. "As regard* thl? particular question. whit,- IT? ?on tder the use of a neuiral flag to avoid an enemy a? an undoubte?! right, it is a right which w? ar?* most unlikely to e\ernse so as to expose the shipping of neatlal states to serious peril or ?ncon.enicnce. It i? clear that the -ahole neident of Ihe Lusitania arose from th? tact that the Admiralty had information of Germany's real in? tentions before these were proclaimed in the memorandum ?>t February 4. "The step wa? so regular as to be a1 mo,' a matfr of course, but unluckil. it ?as taken in a wav which, vithout necessity, gave the Germans a dialecti cal advantage. The advantage lav la ?act that just ?hen American in? dignation at the German menace was very vehement the statement of the Foreign (?flic? and the arrival of the Cunard liner under the American flag suddenly revealed that (he Admiralty had in fact a?i?i*ed British merchant? men to resort to the fam'liar dev.ee of flying a neutral ring. "There ha? not been any misuse of that flag, as the German* falsely as? serted, but resort w?s had to an old custom of the sea ?it a time when the step wa? particularly likely to cause discussion aiiii to afford (?ermans in the *':r.ted State? a fresh opening for mis? representation. "The cool ?en?e of the American peo? ple and their respect for i ?cognized latea *f n.lernaiional law ha-e ap? parently prevented them from being miele?! We do not claim to make use | of flags of neutral states which we <i?> not allow belligerents whan ?*** arc neu? tral to make of our own." > The fall te?t of the note? to Ger many and Great Britain wa? me?i public at the State Department to night, under date of February 10. Th Secretary of .?-"fate instructed Amba??a dor Ge -d, at Berlin, to pres.ent U the German government a note to th. following effect: Tiie government of the United State?, having had it? ottention di? rected to the proclamation of the German Admiralty, issued on F?b ruary 4. that the waters surround c Great Britain and Ireland, in? cluding the whole of the English Channel, ere to he considered a comprised within the seat of war; that 'S ' enemy merchaitt viliel? found in those water* after Feb rooty 1" will be destroyed, al? though it may not always be possi? ble to save crew? and pa??enf?-er?. and that neutral v?asela expose themselves to danger within thi? zone of war, because, in view of the misuse of neutral flag? ?aid to haa e been ordered by the British gov? ernment on January 31 and of th? contingencies of maritime warfare, it may not lie ussible always to exempt neutral ve????ls from at? tacks ?ntendeJ to strike enemy ship?, feel? it to be its duty to call the attention of the imperial German government, with sincere respect and the most friendly sen? timent?, hut very candidly and earn.*?tly, to the very ?eriou? po??i bilitie? of the course of action sp p.rently contemplated under that procl.-matien. The government of Ihe I nited States *. ewa these po??ihilltiea with ?u. h grave concern thai it feels it to be il? privilege, and indeed it? duty in the .irnim ?lance?. lo requeat the Im? perial German government In con? sider before action i? taken the critical situation in re?p<M-l of the relation between thi? country and l.ermany which might ?n?e were the (.erman na?al force?, in carry? ing out the nul ii y fiire?hadoe ed in the Admiralty'? proclamation, to de? stroy any mer. han t ? easel of the I'nited Slate? or cause the death of Viiieriran citizens. (an Only Vieit and Search. It ;s, of course, not necesssry to remind the Germsn government that the ?ole right of a belligerent in dealing with neutral ve??el? on t'.c high ?eas i? limited to visit mid search, unie?? a blockade is proclaimed and effectively main? tained, which thi? government dee? not undcr?tand to he proposed in this case. To declare or e\?rci?e a right to attack and deatrry any ve??el entering a prescribed area of the high tea? without flrat cer? tainly determining Us belligerent nationality and the contraband character of it? cargo would be an aet ?o unprecedented in naval war? fare ?hat this gn\ err ment i? re? luctant to believe that the imperial C"' ernmert of fierniany in thi? ca-e cont?mplate? it a? potiiblf. The ?unpiclon that enemy able? are using neutral flag? Impn.pert? ? an eraste no ju?i preen ?a pi loa that all ?hip? traversing a preaeribed area are ?object I? ihe same ?a? plrion. It I? lo determine evad?? ?urh question? that thi* govern? ment understand? the right of ?iait and search lo have been res-ngaiied This government h?* carefully noted the explanatory -te'eiiaerj?, j,. sue?! bv the imperlj.1 GenSBB gev e nment at the ?ame time ?* ' '. the proclamation of the German Admiralty, and take? thi? orration to remind the imperial (.erman gov? ernment very r*?pectfu!ly ?hat. the (?overnment of the I nited State* i? open to none of the criticism? for unneutral action to which the Ger? man government believe? the gee erninents of certain othe- neutral nation? have laid ihemsels-e?^pen: that the government of the United State? ha? not contented to or acquie?red in any meaaure? which may have been taken by the other belligerent nations in the nreaent w?r whieh operate t>> rost?ais trade, but ha?, on the contrary taken in all such matter? a positie? w'uic.i warranti. it m holding those government? responsible in the proper way for an-, untoward ef? fect? on American shipping which the accepted principale? of inter national law do not ju?tify. and it therefore regard? itaelf aa fro? In the prosent m?tame? to take