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THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and warmer to-day, followed by rain ;
rain and colder to-morrow.
Detailed weather, mail and marine reports will be
found on page 21.
VOL. LXXXII. NO. 76.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1914. coPVh9m. iu. bV the s Printing an,t publishing AModnUon. PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUGE PLOTSEEN
IN LIGHTED BOMB
ATTOMBS COURT
Jiulffos Who Convicted Neds
on List to Die. Says
Linvis.
LORDROBERTS
BRITISH SUPERDREADNOUGHT AUDACIOUS SUNK BY
GERMANS OFF IRELAND; OL YMPIC RESCUES CREW
BEFORE THE GREAT SHIP GOES TO THE BOTTOM
DIES SUDDENLY
VISITING FRONT
MAVOi: ALSO MARKED
RV "LXTKLLKCTUALS"
T;t fuse of a, liomb sizzling and
ajvittenrs under a spectators' bench In
the T .nibs police court tit 9:1G yester
day morning caught the sharp ryes of
Patrolman George O'Connor. Until
that moment O'Connor was bemoaning
hlr tuck th.it he should have to bo In
court t'i make a charge nftnlnst u push
cart pertler instead of liolng homo with
his wife nnd two children on his usual
hours "f leave. Instantly he darted
forward and grabbing the bomb, which
hod oily thicii Inches of fusp visible,
started for tho doorway. Hp tried to
rub tlie fuse out, nnd fnl'.lng In that he
terked the Insulated fuso from Its
faMenlng In thp heart of tho explosive,
Kxrept for his quickness of eye, his
preface of mind In a most ticklish
situation nnd his cotirngo the Tombs
police court probably would have been
wrecked and many persons. Including
Magistrate John A. L. Campbell, who
s sitting on the bench with his wlf.j
anil several visitors, might have been
killed or severely Injured.
There were mo,ro than two pounds of
mixed black and smokeless powder nnd
about thirty loaded cartridges In tho
bomb. Experts say that tho explosive-
would have done great damage.
IIiikc Conspiracy Seen.
The bomb Is tho fifth powerful ex
plosive that has been placed In churches
or courts slnoo the I. W. W. and tho
anarchists began their campaign In this
city last winter under tho ruIbo of un
employment. Tho attempt to wreck the
Tombs court yesterday, following
within three days the explosion of the
h nib outside tho Itronx county Court
Hou.e, led many experts In the I'ollce
Department to believe that the bomb
was part of a huge conspiracy on the
part of anarchist or I. V. W. men to
wage war on churches and courts.
There is no doubt in their minds that
it was a deliberate attack on Magistrate
Campbell. Ho has figured more con
fp'.cuously than any other City Magis
trate In the handling of tho I. W. v.
tases. He sentenced 170 of tho 190 per
sons arrested at the time of the raid
of Frank Tannenbaum on tho Church
of St. Alphonsus. He .sent Hecky Edol
sohn to prison. Ho convicted llounk
White, the pastor of the Church of
Social Involution, and sent him to the
Island. All these convictions were the
result of tho I. W. W. agitation. At tho
lime of the I. W. V. trials Magistrate
Campbell received many threatenlnr let
ten and was followed by gangs of
loughs on several occasions.
Furthermore. It will be recalled that
Arthur Caron, who was one of Tinmen
taum's assistants In the raids on churches
last spring, was killed by tho premature
explosion "tfa" bomb In a llathousu at
1626 Lexington avenue on July 4. This
convinced the police that members of the
I. V were engaged In the manurac
ture of bombs and responsible for thel
p.acing.
I leu nt tin mors nf I'lut,
In connection with the attempt of y
terduy and tlio other bomb outrages the
Matement of Iluiriette
(J I ewls Deputy I
ctlon. "yesterday af-
Itflmml.iinn.. ,.P rn-fr
lernoou is regarded as of grave Impor-
tance, llt. inserted that he learned from
what he regards as reliable authority of
a meeting V tli Mmelleetiials of the
anarchlrt ami socialist factions" In last
Member when the t.ernons nresent "de-
ereed' in their minutes "opposition" to
Mayor Mltchel. Commissioner of Corre&
Hon Katharine II. Il.ivls anil City Magis
trates ('.iinpbell and Hlmms.
"The.-e wis no mention of violence at
that meeting," said Mr. Lewis, "but the
minutes of the meeting specifically de
tnti oppusition to those four persons.
The question of what notion should be
taktn Has left undiscussed In the mln
ut(s foi It was feaied that the minutes
mie.it r.1,1 into th humlM nf the tinltce.
It Has not decided, so far as I can learn,
what aetinn should be taken, as It was
deemed better to wait until the hard times
ie felt more keenly,
"timer feeling and ridicule were ex-'
fretted toward .Mayor Jlltchel, Conimls
."iiei Imus and .Magistrates Campbell
and Si mms The Mayor was attacked be
eause. a,, the responsible head of the city
goveiiiiiient it was felt he should have
noV tun i .ty .Magistrates act differently
(Rui'Iihk tint eases of Hecky Kdelsolm
' l i le other I, W, V. agitators. Miss
I'ui'n (1h condemned because she did not
..trivle the ,uv mid release Hecky Kde.
hh Magistrate Campbell because ho
entmnMl the I. W. V agitators and Mng
ittra'e Humus because on one occasion ho
'H'.ented lleeky Kdelsuhn.
Kiriiliuitrii llonrk White.
" don t believe that Bouck White had
nut i.ik to do with the bomb nffulr. I
J)M.f distinguish between the 'lutcllec
t'iu of the anarchists and tho socialist
an.i is, I v y ,lKitat(jS who entered
' " iiiuche I think the nnarchlBts
K 'fl the oiporluiilty to hide behind th
mill. iti that White, Just released from
J'1 1 ' attracting."
inspti-tor F.nirot, who has charge of
the bomb cases .Itid who Immediately ncnt
to v, .in on the new outrage, refused to
' ' i it ho believed that there Is any
' 1 m.i .icy of anarchists ugalnsi the
" 1 oi .tii-t uther city otllrlals. He said he
'"' ed the exploding of bombs undoubt
i done by liidivlduals who work lu-
"M i lentlv of one another.
T le tlfllll'n ii i, t ii'iitlilnf, rn u.l'a.ul ntll.y
la audition to watching several groups of
rwfjri tney me looking ror a swarthy
'"'tiliig person who left the Tombs court
estenlay morning only a few seconds be-
'lir' I'ltmlllli.,, O'Pnnnn. ,tlku,nt.ur,l lha
lonil.. Ho wore a discolored whlto sweater
Continued on Tenth Page
. P mine Chrhtmss PliotuBraphs at pla
" "i' 1'ACU IlltOH,, 670 6th Ave., 40 St.
-.4ffl
England's Famous Warrior
Takes Chill Resulting in
Pneumonia.
"BOBS" WAS THE IDOL
OF BRITISH SOLDIERS
Special Cable Detpatel) to Tiis Sex '
London, Nov. 14. Lord Roberts, Kng-1
land's oldest General nnd popular hero
of thp South African wnr, died nt tho ,
front nt 8 o'clock to-night, according to
nn olllclnt announcement of the press
bureau.
The official bureau Issued the follow
ing announcement to-night:
"Iord Kitchener announces with deep
regret, which he knows will be shared
by the whole army, that he received on
Saturday the following telegram from
Sir John French, the commander of tho
llrltlsh forces in France:
" '1 deeply regret to tell you that Lord
Roberts died at 8 o'clock this evening.'
"Lord Roberts was on a brief visit
to France In order to greet the Indian
troops, of which he was Colonel in Chief.
Ho contracted a chill on Thursday and
succumbed after a short Illness to an at
tack of pneumonia."
Lord Roberts's age he was 82 on
September 30 last was a contributory
cause of death, although he had been
In his usual health lately, which was ex
ceptionally good for a man of his age.
His death will have purely a sent!-
mental effect upon the situation. Since
the outbreak of the present war he had
been working hard imploring young
men to realize their country's danger
and to offer their services In the present
war.
For years he had been preaching the
doctrine of llrltlsh military unprepared-
ness, and when he retired from active
service In 1905 he devoted his time to
attempting to arouse all England to the
urgent, necessity of adopting compulsory
military training nnd service.
His earnestness In this regard cauied
him to be looked upon by opponents as
a fanatic upon the subject.
Several times since the end of last
July he had conferred at the War Ofllce
with Lord Kitchener, and- these meet
ings may be regarded as consultations,
but the effect of any suggestions offered
by Lord Roberts Is problematical.
Of all the brilliant soldiers who helped
to found and consolidate the British
Umpire In the Hast none has acquired a
higher niche In the temple of military
fame than he who was known In the
llrltlsh peerage as Earl Roberts of Kan
dahar, nnd to the public as "Bobs,
name popularly bestowed almost a genera
tion ago, when the fiery little soldier was
first focussed In the public eye through
the drab medium of official "mentions,
He was of slight physique and In his
youth suffered from a weak heart. Tet
he was so courageous that early In life
he won the Vlctoila Cross and gave many
other proofs of physical prowess. So
skilled a lender was ho that In his
Indian campaigns on more than one
occasion with C.000 troops he defeated
50,000 of the enemy: so skilled In ad
ministration and organization that he
could bring order out of chaos In as
aulck time as he could quell an Indian
mutiny, nnd withal kindly, cheerful, stanch
In bis friendships and continually fighting
fr the best for his soldiers. It was no
wonder that "Hobs' soon won worldwide
fame, i"1' a sf,cure I'lllce he l'eafts of
his countrymen.
was born In 1832 at Cawnpore,
India, the son or another famed Indian
tighter. Gen. lr Abraham Roberts. O. C.
It., and was christened Frederick Sleigh.
He was educated at Iiton, Sandhurst
and Addiscombe. At Addlacombo he suf
fered much from his heart, and when he
went to Bombay with fifty other cadets
It was doubtful If he could endure the
ellmnte. At the outbreak of the Indian
inutlnv In May, 1857, ho was transferred
from the quartermaster-General's staff
to the Delhi Held force, and here no saw
his first real service.
It was service such as millions of Euro
neans are undergoing now. Bullets rained
around him; ono or ins neat menus, sinna-
Imr with n a few feet or him, was killed,
and when tho final assault was delivered
Huberts' horse was Killed unoer mm.
After th Is he went back to ins mrtn
nlace to serve as a staff officer, dlstln
gulshlus himself repeatedly. In one action
while In command of the Ninth Lancers
he performed the feat or inarcning sixty-
six miles In rorty hours, giuing an uie
way. ...
He was with Sir Colin u.iinpnou at
the second relief of Lucknow, and at ths
battle of Cawnpore snortiy anerwaru.
it wns In the engagement at Khudagnnt
on January 2, 1858, that he won his
Victoria Cross y capiurmg in inic
h.-inrled combat a stnndard from two
sepoys and also by killing a sepoy who
was anout to am a miwar.
He served the rest of that month and
then returned to England on u year's
sick leave. Healdes the Cross in tins, nis
flrt campaign, ne was innuiuuni ncven
times In despatches, received the medal
with three clasps, and on hU promotion
to Captain, shortly after the expiration of
his sick leave, a brevet majority. Dur
ing Ida sick absence he married, on May
17, 1S59, Miss Nora Ilrews.
On his return lie saw service In seme
of the mountain campaigns, and In 1887
was appointed Assistant Quartermaster
General to Sir Donald Stewart's Iiengal
Hrlgade for Abyssinia. He then made
another record for etllclency In handling
troops, for which he was mentioned three
times In omelal despatches. Then h got
another leave, returning to India In IMS,
when he undertook another particularly
troublesome campaign Into Lushal, In
which he had to ciu a pain iw imm
through dense forests, while his troops
were attacked by cholera, as well as
h...uiAii iv the natives. Later he be
came Quartermaster-General In Ilengsl,
and In 1875 Quartermaster-Ocne.-al and
Colonel,
Ho settled thc detnlls of the
great camp of exercise at Delhi when tiro
Continued on Mxth Page.
(flbove) British dreadnought
Audacious. (?o) deck
Plan of the audacious.
r
11 British Warships Sunk
by Mines or Submarines
Following Is a list of llrltlsh war
vessels sunk by mines or submarined
since the outbreak of tho war:
Amphlon, light cruiser, sunk ny
mine August fl, 131 lives lost.
Speedy, torpedo gunboat, sunk by
mine. September 3.
I'athllnder, light cruiser, sunk by
submarine September 6; 250 dead,
wounded and missing.
Abouklr, Hogue and Cressy,
cruisers, sunk by submarine in North
Sea September 22; 1,100 lives lost.
Hawke, light cruiser, sunk by sub
marine October 15; 387 lives lost.
Niger, torpedo gunboat, sunk by
submarine In the Downs November
12; no lives lost,
Hermes, light cruiser, sunk by sub
marine November 1 ; 40 lost.
D-r., submarine, sunk by mine; 12 j
of crew of 16 lost.
Audacious, superdrendnought, sunk
by mine or submarine October 27.
SHEEPSHEAD TRACK
SOLD FOR $2,500,000
Buyers Will Kniltl Oroat Motor
drome for Automobile
Knees.
After negotiations which have hung fire
for more thnn six months, the Sheepshead
Hay racetrack has finally been sold with 1
the Idea of turning tho former home of I
the thbroughbrcds Into a huge motor-1
drome for the purpose of holding auto, j
mobile races. The price paid for the
property Is 12,500,000 and the decision
to accept the terms offered by the buyers
was reached at a meeting of the direc
tors of the Coney Island Jockey Club held
on Thursday at the olllccs of the club,
18 East Korty-llrst street.
Among the directors present when It
was decided to dispose of the famous old
nicetrack were Schuyler I.. I'arjons. John
M. Bowers, Harold Vanderbllt. Frank
Gray Grlswold and Herbert C. I'ell. Im
mediate steps were taken to oust the few
remaining occupants o the stables on
the track and notice was sent that they
would be expected to vucatu Inside of
three weeks.
Among the owners still stabling at the
track Is Auguit Ilelniont, chairman of
the Jockey Club, who bus eighteen year-
lings getting Initiated Into tho mysteries
of racing. Mr Belmont contemplated
bringing his racing string to Sheepshead
Hi- at the close of tho I'lmllco mooting,
Ths Qulney stiblc has twenty-two year-
lings quartered at the track and J. H,
Maiqu'tte has a number of brood mares
and racers In his stable there.
C. fur :ih eOUlll U IJirlllU. It IS me
Intention of the purchasers 40 carry out
1??' T'n "venturo w Z
flrsVbroached. Thl, Included the building
of a track two miles In circuit and the
. tn,i. ti,. vu
uuiinniH " , ;",
road side of tho grounds Instead of ithn
present poMtlon on tho Ocean avenue side.
There lias oeen no race inei hi miccp"
head Bay fluce 1910, when the passing of
the directors' liability law enured the
cancellation or the ran meeting.
The principal stockholder In the Coney
Island Jockey Club Is William K. Vun
derbllt. whoso racing Interests have been
largely In France for many years.
Several options had been granted for
the sale of the property for building pur
poses, but all fell through. It Is under
stood that many men prominent In the
automobile business are Identified with
the movement to make a motor racing I
plant out of the track, and that the financ
ing of the scheme U under the direction
of nn olllclnl of the National City Bank.
There are 430 acres In the holdings of
the club.
J NEWLANDS AHEAD BY 36 VOTES.
Ofllrlnl
('nnvnaa In Nevotln
Senn-
tnrlnl llnee 4'oniiIeletl.
Bkno. Nev,. Nov. 14, Ottlclal canvass
0f an the coiiutlrs In tho State, com
pleted this uttemoon, given .-Newmans 3
plurality over Plati In th content for
United States Senator,
, , X v - - V '
EkZZT &rasf33 Q 'K, . MCLGOLfltiD t
7 CORK ' tefi -y A 3Hrt6U j (
r
In the above map are shown the mine areas In the North
Sea and tho points where llrltlsh warships were sunk by
(eriiian mines or submarines, A roughly Indicates tha
llrltlsh mine area anil II the (tcrnian mine area. The llrltlsh
cruisers Hawke (1) and Pathfinder (2) were sunk off tho Scot
Rockefeller Aid
Ship Now at Havre
Tho Mnssnpequn Carries Food to
the Extent of $275,000
for Helffin'nR.
Svtcial Cablt l)e$patch to This Sen.
IIaviik, Nov. 14. The steamer Massa
pinua, chartered by the Itockefcllcr Foun
dation to bring relief to the suffering Bel
gians, arrived here to-day.
The steamer brought 27f,,000 worth of
food for the Belgians. She sailed from
New York on November 3.
BELGIUM NEEDS MORE AID.
Fn m I ne Threatens Kurller Tlinn
Wns Kxpeeteil, American Suyn,
I-oNtKiN. Nov. 11. Cnpt. T. F. I.ucey
of the American commission for relief In
Belgium telegraphs the American relief
committee In London asking for further
' assistance and saying that the supplies
now available are entirely Inadequate for
the immediate needs of the suffering,
1 Ir. Henry van Dyke the American
Minister to the Netherlands has rece ved
the following letter from the American
V.UIM-... ........ i-
"It seems that Belgium will havo to
face the danger of famine much earlier
than any of u, thought It would. I have
been can e, upon ny , e or n,
. .,' A,rio... .,.i..
"!""
could and would render, as mey nnn more
()Hn 20,000 people without biead and
w,hmlt work In this little town and no
mPllllH pf providing for them,
' An pnunllv stronir anneal hns come
from thc Mayor of the stricken city of
1 Mnllnes, and I learn that down in tlie coal
district near Charlerol a number of poor
persons, maddened with hunger, nttacked
a Oerman military train laden with pro
visions." W. H. HARRIMAN HAS A FALL.
I Tumbles Off III Horse In the Hun nf
file Harden Hunt.
Gosiikn, N. Y Nov. 14.Wllllnm Ave
rell llnrrlman. eldest son of the l.ito R.
H, llnrrlman nnd vice-president ot the
Union Pacific Hallroad Company, fell
from his horse when the animal attempted
to Jump a fence at the run of the Olen
nrden hunt this afternoon ilr, Harrl
man escaped Injulry.
Ho said that the accident wns caused
by tho sun shining In his eyes and
thst ho was unable to see the fence. He
followed the remainder of the run In a
motor car.
IIUNn.U.OK TKA HTU.I, 38C. Ml.
Iniltl upon Urucers uppl)lng It. Adv.
GERMANS CROWED TOO SOON.
I'ostnl Sliniva Are ilr Trtomplie Oil
ten red liy Kalier's llrntl.
Special Cable DfUfxiteh to Tns Scn.
Oknkva, Nov. 14. Tho newspaper I.n
Swlsse, under the heading "Don't Count
Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched,"
describes a postal canl which has had
a wide sale throughout Germany. It de
pIctB the Klffel Tower with this Inscrip
tion: "The Germans before Paris." To
the left a German soldier waves thc na
tional Mug, to the right the Arc de Trl
oniphe is overshadowed by a medallion
showing the Kaiser's portrait enclrchd
with oak leaves.
COUNT B0NI AN INTERPRETER.
A nun fimilil'K First llnshnnrt
Is
ServliiB nt Front.
Special Cable' Detpatch to Tub Sex,
I'ahis, Nov. 14. Count Bonl de Castel
lane, former husband of Anna Gould, Is
tervlng at the front as an Interpreter,
Count Jean Castellane, his brother, Is a
Lieutenant In the aviation corps. The
I'rtnce de Sagan and I'rlnce Murat me
attached to the motor transport tervlce.
aiisport crrlee.
Goujon and Paul
,1 in net on All
Two deputies, rlcrre
Proust, have been killed
told there nre about twenty deputies at
tho rront.
VAN DYKE SAILS FOR U. S.
Minister tn llolliuiil In SnfTerliiK
From flphtlinlmln.
Dv Central .ic.
Tiik Haoue. Nov. 14, Dr. Henry Van
Dyke, the United States Minister to Hoi-
lurid, Is suffering from ophthalmia. He
sailed from ltottcrdam to-day for the
United States on a short lenve of absence,
THE SUN TO-DAY
CONSISTS OF SEVEN SECTIONS, AS FOLLOWS:
Pages
FIRST -Gtneral New . . . 1 6 1 n
SECOND Sporting. Automobiles, Kennels 6
THIRD Society, Resorts, Fashions. Music, Theatres, Art. Problems . . 12
FOURTH Pictorial Magazine 8
FIFTH -The War Illustrated 8
SIXTH Foreign, War Features, Schools, Books, Queries .... 8
SEVENTH Special Features. Real Estate, Financial, Gardens. Poultry . . 8
Total : 7 66
RtaJtrs or ncicsJealcn uho ia not recrre all of these sections uill conftr a fator
on "The Sun" by nolljytnt the Publication Department at once ty the phone
(2200 Decuman) and the mlssln( itcltoni uill he promptly jotitariei, Ij possible.
'
tish roast In tho North Sea. The llosue f3), Cressy (J)
and Abouklr (3) were sunk by a Oerman submarine off tho
Dutch coast. Tho Amphlon (1) was sunk oil the Kngllsh conwt
and the Hermes (D) and the Niger i fi) weru sunk In the Kng
Ush Channel, The point where the llrltlsh superdre.idnought
Audacious Is reported to havo been sunk Is Indicated by 7.
King Albert in
Paris for Name Day
tSoljrinn Sovereign's Visit Is
Oceasion for IMjr
Celebration.
ptcial Coble Deivatch to Tub Si s.
I'aiiis, Nov. 14. King Albert of the Bel
gians has arrived here for tho celebra
tion of his name day to-morrow.
lllu ,.r..li-,1 ,.,..,M..l ..w.r.. uv..lt.,,.b.i,, M.-,
the Avenue de ropera had known since the
beginning of thu war. An address to thc
King was signed by crowds of persons at
in my headquarters. The.e also Is a great
mass of congratulatory letters and post-
cards from all classes or French people,
which will be handed to the King.
A Tc Deum will be sung In the King's
honor to-morrow in the Belgian church In
the Ituo Charonnc.
SAY SWISS WILL FIGHT.
nniiLtN. via London, Nov. 14. The
FninfcHrter Zritima publishes a letter
i from u Swiss subject In Canada contain-
Ing Information that tho French Consuls
i r .11,... ...i... . c......
eiland also, have' exhorted Sv.Jss sub
Jeets In Canada to Join the Canadian
expedition against Germany.
, f" ot llle me" npproached, believing
' action, have Joined tho Canadian forces
i sent to F.urope,
mm inu vt,iiBiii9 nan iiuuiuni) lor ineir
Snxon Cro n Prince III.
Special Cable Detiilch to Tmk Sis.
Paius, Nov, 14. The Crown Prince of
Saxony, who Is suffering from rheuma-
tlsm In the knee, has left the theatre of
war to take the cure at Wiesbaden.
Belief That Mine Destroyed
One of English Navy's
Greatest Ships.
ju;t txjtthy to hull
lXDTCATKS TOUPEDO
Vessel, Stricken, Calls for
Aid Efforts to Keep Her
Afloat Fail.
COXFLTCTJXG TALES
CliEATE MYSTERY
Or. Beaumont, the Olympic
Physician, Causes Doubt
of Disaster.
FIRST NEWS IN THE
SUN OF OCTOBER 30
A cjthlo (It'spnti'li from I'arls was
printed In Tin: Su.v on October HO
clvlnc n roport reei'Iveil In rnrls at
1 o'clock Unit iiiuriilni; that n llrst
fltisH British battlcshli liiul been
sunk by it mine. The nntiie of the
hnttloshlp wits not clien.
The Mierilrc;i(liinut:lil Ainlnclous
It now upiu'iirs. was sunk on Octo
ber U". thfei' ilu.vs before the report
wns received In I'lil'ls.
Ore.it llrltnln'M mighty wnrshlp th
superilrendnoiiKlit Atuliicliuts wns htink
nbotit twenty miles off tho Irish eonst
on October -7. nenrly three weeks iiro.
Absolute coiillrnintlon of thin fact
reached New York Inst night by mall,
nut even Inst nlRht, with undent
nble proof of tho disaster ilnslieil to
nlJJJie cIvIIIzchI world from New York,
4iier.AUnilrUy Office In Iondon re-
mitlhed silent, refusing eltjicr to affirm
or deny.
While this tremendous plecp nf news
wns known to till tin hundreds on hoard
the White Star liner Olympic, which
was nt linuil nnd stood by to rescue the
entire crew of the sinking Audacious,
It was nevertheless bottled up by of
ficial Injunction of secrecy nnd by thn
llrltlsh censorship until letters over
which the censors bnve no command
reached America.
During this time the Admiralty Office
hns been besieged momlnp;. afternoon
.mil night for some official word re
sardine the futc of one of England's
best nnd mightiest nion-o'-war.
Widely Known In KiiKlnnri.
Dcsplto the Admiralty's silence the
fact that the Audacious was sunk, pre
sumably by a mine, has been known to
Englishmen for some time, hut only by
word of mouth and always without ths
official stamp of confirmation. All efforts
on the part of newspaper correspondents
to Induce tho Admiralty to lift ths
censorship on this very Importnnt plecs
of news have from the first been fruit
less. In the faco of yesterday's mall from
correspondents In London, who stnte
Ulat l"eu' 18 no oouul wniiieer nnoiu
j the sinking of the Audacious, there
, Qppenro(1 ln Xpw York u man who was
, h Olympic on October 27 who
y-"i
j '(' without any equlvicatl m that the
I Audacious had not been sighted by ths
j Olympic and that her crew wis not
rescued by life boats from that liner, or
, eiHe ),e would have known It,
This man wns Dr. J. C, H. Beaumont.
I ship's physician aboard the Olymp'c.
' who got back to New York thus quickly
j because he was transferred when tns
t.,,nr iii,-hn.l Mm Irish roast to
' , vprnon wliero he boarded the Baltic.
',erp '' ,,L,.mnn.'M lb.. Zh
Becnuse of Dr. Ileaumont.s tlat iiemai
"'at the Audacious had even been
sighted by tlie uiympio hie bi n cum-
, munlcuted with I A. S. Franklin of th
l.lnternatlonal Mercantile Marine.
Franklin Knrir of Itnrnr,
Mr. Franklin expressed surprise when
Dr. Beaumont's remarks were quoted to
hltn, but said that he knew absolutely
that tho Olympic went to the rescue of
a floundering steamer off tho Irish
coust. He would not say, however, tjiat
he knew this stenmer to be thu suiisr
dreiidnought Audacious.
Dr. Heaumont was aboard the Olympic
on October 27 as she neared the Irish
coast and, nccordlng to yesterday's new
by mull, saw the sinking of the super
dreadnought. Hut he said he did not
catch sight of the Audacious or be
hold a floundering man-of-war and the
quick and daring work of rescue which
the Olympic's crow is described as per
forming. When tho Olympic reached the Auda
cious the work of rescue went on with
out a hitch, except that several of ths
small boats were capsized hy the heavy
seas. Uefpre the crew of the Audacious
was transshipped several vessels of the
Kngllsli squadron ln the Irish Sea came
up and aided In tho work.
The crew was finally transferred to
the Olympic, at noon, within three hours
after the accident.
At Irst It was thought possible to tow
the Audacious to the Irish coast, and a