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60,000 Huerta
Troops Ready
To Curb ?antu
Surrender of Villa Leaves
Government Free to Deal
With Recalcitrant Head
of Lower California
Treason Seen in Actions
Officials, Failing in All
Efforts to Adjust Issue,
Now Await Open Break
By George E. Hyde
Sprrial ('flUr to Thr Tribune
(""r*- ripbt. tita. N>? York Tribune fnc.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 1. Provisional
President de la Huerta to-day an?
nounced he has 60,000 troops mohiliza
ble instantly to force Governor Esteban
Cantu of the northern district of Low?
er California to comply with the order
of the Federal government that he re?
port, to Mexico City in person.
f)e la- Huerta announced he was in?
formed that Cantu was arming Chi?
nese. He said he considered that trea?
sonable, but was unwilling as vet to
assume responsibility for provoking a
new war and would give Cantu a chance
to obey orders.
"If necessary, we are prepared to fill
Lower California so full of troops that
it will be impossible to turn around,"
?aid a high official of the Department
of War to-day, in discussing the steps
being taken by '.lie Federal government.
Hreak Believed Inevitable
The government will he able to land
troops at any point on either coast un
r the guns of small naval craft, and
he campaign can thon be limited to a
:'ew small an-a s to which access by
water is available. The topography of
the country is such that it will be*im?
possible to carry out guerrilla warfare
such a? Villa conducted in Chihuahua,
the country being uninhabited and not
sble to support troops.
General Alvaro Obre?ron, lending can
lidate for President o! Mexico, was un
?viliinp to express an opinion to-nay as
to whether affairs will develop into a
; il between Governor Cantu and the'
? .' forces. However, a break be
ve.-n Cantu and Provisional President
? :; la H-ierta appears inevitable. At
irpts to compose matter'; diplomati
'!*? '*-\. failed and ciie Mexico City
>ver.iment is now taking steps to ex
mpliance with its orders.
CtVorts are being made to have the
?wer California case appear similar
.i that in Sonpra, which started the
?brecen revolt and the overthrow of i
'"arranca, but officials point out that
honora was a sovereign state with a1
Governor elected by the people, while
Lower California is simply a Federal
ritory, with a Governor appointed
by the executive of the nation.'
Cantu Virtually a King
Cantu virtually has been king of the
?northern district of Lower California I
last ten years, owing only
777 na! allegiance, and this only when
.: did not interfere with his wishes.
"Lower California might have been j
.".siien-d in open revolt for several
ars past, so far as the central gov- j
rrment is concerned," said a high !
?ici .. of the Department of War to-day.
this situation is intolerable and shows
n? weakness of the past governments
in failing to alter it.
"It is to the interest both of Mexico
:.ud the United States to end the dis?
graceful conditions there."
Whiie military measures are being ;
kept secret, it is known that the gov
irment took steps some time ago to
ieal %vith possible developments and
is now ready for any eventuality. The
hunger of international complications
Is admitted, but has been fully dis
issi d by the officers of the Depart m-, ..:
War, who hope to avoid danger by a
. loper distribution of troops.
Trouble With Obregon Rumored
lovernor Cantu has under him about
infantrymen, all veterans of the
: 25th Battalion, and can possibly
?ise another thousand, but these will
inable successfully to o?.pose the
? rces which are mobilizing against
hem.
Rumors that General Obregon and
i .visional President de la Huerta have
ad a disagreement, circulating here
or s.a.eral days past, are regarded as
inspired by intrigue forerunning the
ntial elections. Some persons
re generally qualified to speak in be
the remnants of the last r?gime
av? en insinuating that Huerta de
:??? ; tain the Presidency to con
work hi has begun. General
. licul -.. mything of the kind
He said Huerta would not be
? . iuch talk. ' le?era! ibr? ..? n
! the a pp a ice o tli con
?ty, sa) ing: ?
rtj is a ?11-born ? erana ?a
ism whicii already has been
a ; by the Mexican people.*'
sional President de la Huerta
>-daj announced that Article '1? of
constitution dealing with oil will
?tend.
MEXICO CITY; Aug. 1 (By rhc As
iatcd Press). -Wu Vu Kan, presi?
dent of the Chinese Fraternal Union,
itten to T. K. Fong, Chinese
? ; ffa as at Mexico City, urgi nj>
ask the Mexican Foreign Office
1 ' (?? Chinese L igatior. at \S asi ???a
o action for the Low-, r Cali
,.r e '? ho are declared to hi
' .- ? I by Canl u's rebellious pi;
Fernandez Free in Mexico
Officials ignore Telegram Ask?
ing irrest in Trunk Mystery
DETROIT, Aug. 1.?Telegrams to
Saltillo, Mexico, urging the apprehen?
sion of Oscar J. Fernandez have been
unanswered by the authorities there,
Edward H. Fox, chief of Detroit detec?
tives, said to-day. A photograph of
Fernandez was yesterday identified by
Patrolman Leo Trumbull as that of
"Kupene Le Roy," husband- of the
woman victim of Detroit's trunk mur
'loi mystery.
Chief Fox was uncommunicative as
to what further action will be taken
in an effort to get custody of r'crnan
?Investigation of reports received
yesterday from Mrs. August Strunk,
of West Hrooktield, Ohio, that the mur?
dered woman might have been her
daughter, disclosed to-day that Mrs.
Strunk'? daughter is living here with .
her husband. Georse Vandecar.
Dying Man Accuses Woman
Former Mexican Minister Is
Found Shot in Hotel
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1.?Carlos Fe- ,
?;x Diaz, former Mexican Minister to
Bolivia, was found at the point of ;
death from a bullet wound i" a local
hotel to-day. He died shortly after
ward. j
The manager of the hotel, hearing
?* shot, forced his way into Sehor Diaz's
room, where, he afterward reported
*o .the police, he found Diaz and a
Woman struggling for a pistol. Diaz
?'ready had been wounded in the
breast. The manager took the pistol
from the couple, sustaining a wound
???elf and inflicting a slight wound
uPon the woman In the struggle.
The woman was taken to a hospital,
where she declared Diaz had com?
mitted suicide. Before his death, on
the contrary, Diaz accused the woman
?' having shot him, according to the
IWliu.
Troops Quell Disorders
In Mexican Elections
Little interest Shown in Con?
gressional Contests and Light
Vote Is Cast in Capital
By George E. Hyde
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1520. New \<nk Tribuno tnc
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1. Conces?
sional elections took place quietly to?
day, ?nd apparently little enthusiasm
was shown. A light vote was cast in
the capital. A few minor disorders
occurred around voting places in some
suburbs. These were quickly sup?
pressed by troops. All the saloons
nave been closed since noon'yesterday.
Political observers forecast that the
Liberals will carry the north and west,
the Conservatives the central states
and the Socialists the Yucatan penin?
sula. The Conservatives have no can?
didates in the capital. The fight here
is between independent tickets.
Provisional President de la Huerta
voted this morning, concealing the
ticket to avoid comment later. He
seemed well pleased at. the manner in
which the elections were being con?
ducted.
A Cons.Tvative proclamation indi?
cate.-? that thf party intends to fight the
constitutionality of the candidacy of
General Alvaro Obregon for the Pres?
idency under the provision that per
? sons participating in an "uprising,
! riot or military coup' are not eligible.
i General Obregon said he did not be?
lieve he was barred because he partici
; pated in the movement ousting Car
, ranza, since this was a true revolution
; and could not be included in the con?
stitutional prohibition. He added that
otherwise he would have withdrawn
1 long ago.
Caliler Would Cut
Coal Exports to
Relieve Shortage
New York Senator Forwards
Suggestions to Shipping
and Commerce Boards
to Deal With Fuel Crisis
Suggestions for relieving the acute
coal crisis in New York State and New
York City and in New England have
beer, offered to the Interstate Com?
merce Commission and the United
States Shipping Board in letters to
those bodies by Senator William M.
Calder, of New York, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Reconstruction
and Production.
The suggestions are based on infor?
mation obtained by the committee in
hearings held recently in this city. Sen?
ator Calder's letters were made public
yesterday.
Senator Calder says to the Inter- |
state Commerce Commission that alle- j
g?tions were made by witnesses that
priority orders issued by the commis- !
sion have been ineffective. It has been
charged, says Senator Calder, that cars ;
diverted to the coal trade by recent ;
priority orders are held in transit for j
speculation, making most urgent the
enforcement by the commission of
orders prohibiting more than one re- j
assignment of coal cars. Much con- i
fusion exists, says Senator Calder, a? !
to th?> purport of the commission's i
order requiring shippers to obtain per- ?
mits for the export of coal. Senator !
Calder also calls attention of the com- i
mission to representations he has re?
ceived as to the necessity of curtailing
coal exports to conserve the supply of j
coal cars for domestic needs. The com- j
mittee has been informed, says the
Senator, that the curtailment of ccal '
??xports "would reduce the price of
coal in this country, would relieve the '
domestic shortage of coal, and would I
re?? ase cars for general industry-."
Senator Calder inclosed in ins letter i
to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion one from Louis J. Hill, chairman '
of 'he board of the Great Northern
Railroad, which reads:
"Regarding exportation, we feel con- ;
ditions require this country's needs to ;
be taken care of before coal is shipped I
to foreign countries. If it Were possible ?
to mine a surplus of coal it would be
desirable to find an export market, but
with the serious shortage in practically
?very state the'needs of this country i
should be adequately taken care of be- j
tore exporting coal. We feel that ex?
orbitant prices being paid by agents of j
foreign :ountries for export coal have
had an unusual sffect on price and dis- I
? ? ibution in this country."
To the Shipping Board Senator Cal
ft -:? asserl s that ?ome coast? ise ship
g : ? rep n-ted to be ly ng idle awail -
ing charter, and thai hi situatioi is
iccentuated because the present cost of
transporting ccal to New England by
water is "some $2 greater ?.ban the
c-ft-t of all-rail coal transportation."
As a remedy, he suggests a reduction, j
during the present emergency in water'
coal rates to New England, in place of
the increase ir. rates which the cominit
ee has been advised is impending.
Coasl-to*Gu?ast Mail
Planes Reach Nebraska
First ?Viccbinc [V?nmes Trip From
Chicago ?u - ?i"';:r.
1] Sty.hiv.tes
? vM.', HA, \'e. ., Aie.-. I. Th-i firs ? of
the three coasl tc-coa?l mail route air?
planes arrived at Ak-Sar-Ben Field here
al 11:10 a. m. to-day from Chicago.
The first machine made the trip in
1 hours and 11 minutes. The second
plane arrived JO minutes later.
!n the machino:; were Pftots S. C.
Eaton and Bert Acosta and Mechanics
H S Myhers and Ernest Buehl. Cap?
tain Eddie Rickchbacher, premier
American ace, and ?lohn Larsonv, de?
signer of the planes, arrived in the
second machine, along with E. E.
Alivne, of Cleveland.
Mnior L. H. Lent, superintendent of
ft??? United States .ft. mpil service, and
j'chn A. Bockhorst were passengers in
?lie first plane. Bockhorst bpought :
ieltej from V:<\oi- Hylan of New York
i,, Mayor ft?. Smith.
The third plane arrived in Omaha
.?i G:15 p. m This plau3 was in
charge of Colonel 1ft E. Harlot, chief
of the training gioup of the army air
service, and Lieutenant Charles R.
Colt. '_ r j
Explosion Wrecks Plant
Steam Vat Blows Out Side of
Building; Three Hurt
A steam vat which three employees
of the Radiant Dye and Color Works
were filling at the factory at 2S37 West^
Twenty-first Street. Coney Island, ex-'
ploded early this morning, blowing the
entire side out of the three-story
structure and alarming the neighbor
Firenien who responded to an alarm
found nothing for them to do. An am?
bulance surgeon was able to patch up
the injuries of the three workmen so
that they could go home unassisted.
They are Thomas Eviro, of 2816 West
Fifteenth Street. Coney Island; Luigi
Fevino, of 148 West End Ayenue, Man?
hattan, and August M-rz, of lb27 Gates
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Roads Seek
Rate Raise
From States
(Continued from page on?)
placed on those groups by the com?
mission. On a valuation of $8,800,000,
? 000 the Eastern roads would receive
! $528,000,000. They asked for a return
of $559,400,000 and are receiving a
standard "-return from the government
of $354,700,000, or approximately $200,
000,000 less than they sought.
The valuation of the Western roads,
including those in the New Mountain
Pacific territory set up by the commis?
sion for the purposes of the rat?p deci?
sion, is placed at $8,100,000,000. The
Western roads thus would receive an
estimated net operating income of
$486,000,000, or about $50,000,000 less
than the $53T,800,000 which they
! sought. The standard return they are
now receiving is $401,000,000.
Southern roads were valued by the
j commission at $2,000,000,000, so their
I net operating income would be $120,
000,00o. This is $16,000,000 less than
the sum they sought and $18,000,000
less than tho standard return of
$138,000,000. The commission ex?
plained tnat the financial condition of
the Southern carriers as a whole was
more favorably than that of the roads
in the other groups.
Northwest Rail Heads
Welcome Rate Increases
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\ Minnesota Commission Chair?
man Sees Nation-Wide Pro?
test Against Boost in Fares
Spcci.il Dispatch to The Tribune
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 1.?Executives
of railroads with general offices in St.
' Paul express themselves well pleased
! with the action of the Interstate Com
: merce Commission in granting rate in
! creases. Officers of the Northern Pa
. cific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
| Paul declined to make specific state
j ments to-day. Ralph Budd, of the
j Great Northern, declared himself as
especially pleased with the decision,
; both in providing increased pay for em
; ployees and affording roads an oppor
| tunity of obtaining funds with which
to meet the payroll demands and
? finance new equipment badly needed.
Chairman Ira B. Mills, of the Minne?
sota Railroad and Warehouse Commis?
sion, said that the 50 per cent advance
in rates for Pullman and parlor car
service would empty those cars, while
in his opinion the 20 per cent increase
in passenger fares would arouse a
storm of protest in all parts of the
country. Tho increases in freight rates
and the 20 per cent advance on milk
and excess baggage, he thought, would
meet with little opposition. He based
his-statement on the fact that passen- i
ger fares are regarded by the general
public as a direct tax. while freight
rates are looked upon as a form of in?
direct taxation.
Rate Raise Is Expected
To Boom Many Industries
Plants Turning Out Bail road ;
Equipment Look for a
Big Increase in Business
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, Aug. 1.?All lines oil
industry related in any way to rail?
road equipment are expected to de
velop as a result of the rate increase I
granted the roads.
A big rolling mill of the Bethlehem j
Steel Company at Sparrow's Point, idle j
for more than a year, is expected to I
resume operation soon.
Howard Carlton, president of the j
Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry j
Company, said he felt sure the deci- ?
sion will boom the railroad equipment ?
industry.
The Baltimore Car Wheel Company ?
and the Maryland Car Wheel Company j
are expected to benefit by the effort? :
of the railroads to improve equipment. '
The demand for men ?s expected to '?
afford employment to thousands.
See No Big Price Rise
Owing to Rate Increase \
Eastern Railroad Men Say Ad- j
vanee Will Not Be Felt to \
Great Extent by Consumer \
Special Dispatch >o The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.?Increases
in freight rates awarded by the Inter- I
r.tate Commerce Commission should :
be no justification for execessive infla
tion of prices bj- retailers, according ;
to railroad officials and packers.
Feedstuff's are transported by train ;
m?i carlod lots, it was said, and by the |
time the 30 per cent increase is divided j
among the many pounds, in the ship?
ment the buyer should not find his
prices materially increased.
J. B. Large, general freight traffic I
manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad i
Company, declared that he believes the j
retail prices should not materially in- |
crease
"The increase on a whole carload of
wheat or flour, for instance, he said, |
"will naturally be quite an item; but !
there are so many bags of flour in a !
carload among which the increase will |
be divided that the increase on each !
bag should not be great."
E. B. Crosley, vice-president of the '
R :? '?no-, in charge of traffic, said: "Of
jourse, any increase in freight rates
? it be reflected in the cost of food
3tuf?9, but I have not yet gone into
trie question deeply enough to say just
how much effect the increases will
have. But the retailer will not be
justified in boosting his prices, laying
the blame on the new freight rates, or
the railroads themselves, for the in?
creases."
' Frederick M. Hall, general manager
of the Philadelphia territory of Swift
& Co., also expressed the belief that '
although some slight increases in food j
prices may be made necessary, they |
should not bear heavy upon the con- ?
sumer.
"Railway Age'" Editor
Calls Raise Inadequate
...,.??-?' VisacAch to The Tribune
CHICAGO. Aug. 1.--Samuel O. Dunn, ,
[?tor of "The Railway Age" and an j
authority on railway matters in the j
United States, after talking with sev?
eral railroad executives here concern-'
i.ig tee increases in rates granted yes?
terday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, to-night issued a state?
ment in which he said the rate ad?
vance was insufficient. j
Mr. Dunn characterized the $1,500,- !
000.000 increase a step merely to stay i
from ruin the railroads temporarily. ;
He said the increase was likely to put
the roads back approximately to where
they were three or four years ago.
Notwithstanding the fact that the in- :
crease is not sufficient, Mr. Dunn said,
the roads should accept it and make
the best of it.
St. Louis Expeas, increase
To Solve /?o?f/s* Problem
S'prciat Dispa'ch to The Tribune
ST. LOCHS, Aug. i. St. Louis rail?
road officials to-night expressed entir>
satisfaction over the increase grante?!
in railroad rates and declared that it
would prove a material aid to business.
"The increase is eminently satis?
factory " declared W. C. Maxwell, vice- ?
president of the Wabash Railroad. "It
is the most substantial action ever J
taken toward placing the transporta?
tion system of the country on a sound
financial basis and one that will enable
them to serve the public and to remove
the frightful check that there now is
Upon the commerce of the country, duo
to inadequate facilities."
J M. Kurn, president ot the ht.
Louis & San Francisco Railroad, de?
clared that the increases in rates|
made a every satisfactory solution of I
the railroad problem.
"It will be enough unless wc meet j
with unexpected increases in operating j
expenses," he said. "I look for a ,
wonderful improvement in the trans-;
! portation situation in the next six
? months."
-.
i Police Capture 40 Men
In Jersey Gambling Raid
?Detectives Seize Wagonload of
j - Paraphernalia in Three
Houses
j . Detectives from the prosecutor's office
in Paterson, N. J., joined detectives
: and patrolmen of Passaic, N. J., early
yesterday morning in a raid on three
alleged gambling houses in the latter
1 city. Forty men were arrested and a
wagon load of gambling paraphernalia,
including dried lima beans, said to have
been used for ships, was confiscated.
At the Imperial Club, in Passaic
1 Street, Joseph Mazzn, Frank Marizano,
? Joseph Veluzzi and John Healy were
j arrested as prrfprietors. It was there
that the lima beans were confiscated.
? The other two places raided were bil
! Hard rooms. At the first, also in Pas
! saic Street, Theodore Yalonos and Jolui
i Hotzokis were arrested as proprieto?.
! Samuel Lucano was arrested as pro
? prictor of the other house, which is in
I Monroe Street.
Forty other men were arrested.
: Thirty-five of them were held for the
: grand jury as gamblers and the other
j live were held as witnesses. Those ar
. rested as pronrietors were held for the'
grand jury. The police met no resist
. anee in niaking the raids.
,. ,?,-e?-?-?
; Girl Student Is Slain;
Former Sweetheart Held
Man To Be Charged With Mur?
der of Fairmount College,
Kan., Pupil
WICHITA, Kan.. Aug. 1. Miss Car?
rie Cunningham, a student of Fair
mount College, was shot and fatally
wounded here to-day as she was about
I to enter St. Mary's Cathedral to attend j
mass. Theodore Osweiler jr., a former ?
sweetheart of the girl, was auestioned
; by Countv Attorney James A. Conley to
: night, and the County Attorney stated
| afterward that. Osweiler would be
charged with murder of the girl.
i ,-,?-?-??
Thugs Attack Cashier
I Steal S60 From Till of Eighth
Avenue Restaurant
Adolph Bromberg, sixty years old,
1 night cashier in a restaurant at 089
! Eighth Avenue, was >attacked by two
? men earlv vesterday morning, who es?
caped with $60 in cash, which he had
just removed from the register after
checking up the night's receipts. Pa?
trolman McGee, of the West Forty
seventh Street station, was attracted
by Bromberg's cries, but was too late
to prevent the rohbery.
Bromberg said the men had just had
their breakfast and were at the cash?
ier's desk apparently to pay their bills,
when thev covered him with revolvers
and made'a dash for the money. When
he resisted they struck him in the lace
with the butts "of their weapons. Brom
berg was attended at Bellevue Hospi?
tal for injuries to his face and mouth.
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Alleged Assailant Captured
Prisoner Denies Shooting Wash
ingtonville Young Woman
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y? Aug. 1.?Joe
Roach, who is alleged to have shot
Miss Nettie Loud, of Washingtonville,
five times Saturday night at her home,
was captured early this morning near
Monroe by Deputy Sheriff Osterhaut
and locked up in Goshen jail pending t
an examination to-morrow. Miss Loud. ?
who is a daughter of Mrs. Minnie Loud.
proprietor of Turner's Hotel at Wash?
ingtonville, is in St. Luke's Hospital.
Newburgh. She may recover.
Roach says he did not do the shoot
*ine but that an Italian who did it,
?rave the revolver to him afterward.
Miss Loud says Roach shot her. A
32-caliber revolver and twenty-three
cartridges were found on him when ar?
rested.
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20 Passengers Injured When j
Trolley Car Jumps Rails:
Twenty passengers were injured yes- |
terday fternoon when a DeKalb Ave?
nue trollev car jumped the rails at
Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood.
Queens. The most seriously hurt were
Agnes Brown, sixty-four years old, of
"0 Strong Street. Ridgewood, and Dcra
Holtzbach, twenty-eight, of 197 Arnolu
Street, Ridgewood. They were cut ano
bruised and were taken to Wyckoi:
Heights Hospital, Brooklyn. The othe?
passengers refused medical aid.
The car. which was in charge o.
Motorman Patrick Kraft, was rounding,:
a curve when the accident occurred.
-s-?
Finds Man in Home, Attacks
Him With Knife, Stahs Wife
William Webber returned to his \
home at 766 Park Avenue, Weehawken,
N. J., early yesterday morning and
found a man in his house. He seized
a knife and started to attack him.
Mrs Webber sprang between them and
was' accidentally stabbed by her hus?
band. . ? ,
She is in a critical condition at North
Hudson Hospital. Webber is locked up
on a charge of atrocious assault and
battery. The stranger got away.
Yard Foreman Is Crushed to
Death Under Carload of Coal
Alexander Pillburn, foreman of the
coal yard of Smith ?fe Co., Henderson j
and Ninth streets, Jersey City, was,
crushed to death yesterday under a
car load of coal as he enteredyone of
the pockets to examine the supply. An
employee, ignorant of his presence, had
dumped the contents of a car into the
pocket. Pillburn was dead when his
body was dug out. He was twenty
eight years old and lived at ISO Eric
Street, Jersey City.
r
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the vaults but by ceaseless
vigilance as well.
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Tribune.?Aavt.
5 Ex-German
Warships Due
Here To-dav
j
Battered Hulks of Cruiser,
Dreadnought and 3 De?
stroyers To Be Anchored
in Hudson for Two Weeli
Craft Allocated to U. S.
Four Were in Jutland Fight-,
Public May View Them;
To Be Destroyed in Year,
The battered hulks of five former
German warships, allocated to the
United States for experimental pur?
poses and to be destroyed within one !
year, are due in New xork Harbor to- j
day. They will be anchored in the Hud- |
son River for two weeks a*nd will be
open to public inspection.
The German ships, four of which I
were in the thick of the Jutland fight
against the British, are the dreadnought
Ostfricsland, flagship of Vice-Admiral
Schmidt, commanding battle squadron
No. 1 :n the Jutland engagement; the
light cruiser Frankfort and three de?
stroyers.
The Ostfriesland is the only ship of
the enemy fleet that will enter this port
under her own power. British shells
! wrecked the others beyond repair, and
f it was necessary to tow them across the
' ocean. The vessels sailed for New
York from Brest, France, in command
of Captain Julius F. Hellweg, U. S. N.,
and he will remain in. charge while
they are on exhibition here.
In the Jutland fight the 22,000-ton
Ostfriesland was the ninth ship in the
line, immediately in the rear of the
flagship of the German commander in
chief, Admiral Scheer. Although rec?
ords of the combat show that she was
in action during the entire engage?
ment, the Ostfriesland was not dam?
aged until after the withdrawal to
Wilhelmshaven began. She then struck
what was believed to have been a Ger?
man mine and was towed into port.
The Ostfriesland was a second line
battleship and mounted 12-inch guns.
The light cruiser Frankfort is virtu?
ally a wreck and is being towed here
by the United States transport Han?
cock. She was the first ship in the
German battle line When the Kaiser's
fleet met the British at Jutland. She
was then the flagship of Rear Admiral
Brodicker and was leading a division
of four scout cruisers when the Jut?
land engagement opened. She was
struck repeatedly by British shells, but ;
nianaged to remain in the engagement j
until the Germans withdrew. The third j
cruiser behind her was sunk in the j
early part of the fighting. The Frank- ?
fort had a speed of twenty-eight knots, !
and during the war was reported to ?
have taken part in several raids on the
English coast.
Of the three destroyers the G-102 j
and the V-43 figured prominently in the !
Jutland battle. The G-102 was with
the scouting forces operating with the
Frankfort, and later took part in the '
destroyer attack on the British battle '
cruiser divisions. The V-43 was also i
in the thick of the fighting and was
part of the flotilla that launched the at?
tira 'i- . t?; i- k which covered the re
treat of the main German fleet. All
of the destroyers were sunk with the
Germand grand fleet at Scapa Flow.
The destroyers and the Frankfort
wii] be t'iken to the naval statiort at
Newport. News in two weeks, while the
Ostfriesland probably will go on a tour
of Atlantic and Pacific port.--. ?
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