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THE WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy and warmer to-day; ftlr to-morrow; west winds. Detailed weather, mail and marine reports Mil b found on pace 21. VOL. LXXXII. NO. 83. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1914. c,riBht, mt, by the nH rrittp una r,tbu,Mn,, Aocntion. 66 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMAN SUBMARINE, NOT MINE, SANK THE AUDACIOUS; SINGLED HER FROM ENTIRE HOME FLEET OFF IRISH COAST; USED TWO TORPEDOES; FIRST DETAILED STORY OF THE FEAT - .r --v -s- t 1 I I , . -r - I I f. T f, -in i- in PM'RAk-SJf?JOHN-JELLICOE. Jhc BISITI5H BATTLE. SQUADRON STEAMING IN LINE AHEAD j r ' FORMATION sAeic run mh I :v ff?ffr PROBABLE ROUTE . Tv-i P jf OF 5UBMARIME5 ff 3ZZ TO IRISH COAST ' HffmCH'T"ij 2: II znsn - r r A fi CE t J ., 'v i ll env- , fspF ii u BIG SHIP WAS HIT AMIDSHIPS BY SECOND MISSILE, WHICH CAUSED MAGAZINE EXPLOSION Submarine Sighted Liner Olympic After Sinking Great Vessel, but Did Not Fire Again Berlin Fears Squad ron Has Since Been Lost. RUMOR THAT CREW DESTROYED THE AUDACIOUS SET AT REST j Admiralty Suppressed News That Position of 1 Home Fleet Off Irish Coast Might Not Be Revealed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Almost a month after the British supordrendnouKht Audacious was sunk mysteriously oil' the north Irish coast the authentic story of her de struction has become known that she was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine and not by a mine, as formerly sup posed. Despite all the mystery which the British Admiralty sought to throw around this disaster to one of her newest and greatest ships, the real facts can now be published. The news was received here from an authoritative source in Berlin and the details lit closely with the report that came from eyewitnesses who saw the disaster from the steamship Olympic. TU A ..J : u: ...: i u i ii SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS. . ?. . T, 7 ' , . nci iiwgniiici iu upiuuc. tins cmticiy iciuica inc suggeBllun I The UritlHli fcuiHTdrwHliioiicht Aiida-.liurniau i.roj:rt'M nour Uxlz iiud sayn ' that the big battleship was blown up by her own crew "to IcIpuh, wlik'h wits di'Mioyud off the tuirtli Itint tlii' Coriniiii forces nro jmrsutiig . i . . .. .... ,hi ..f in-hind a mon.i, wu. whs mk. .h- Itu-ian, ro.rc:,lnK thvoum. Mlawa prevent her becoming a menace to nav.gat.on as was stated by uot i- a lulu.- us at UrM vutiNiKni. lmt . tiiul I Muck. - ' " ftar the disaster. ii.v two torix'iiof.s iircd from a titTiiian Tin- othviai o.iiaiiatloii of the Turk- The Audacious cost $1G,000,000, and she was put out of Hiiimmriiie. i entile to itiformaiion re- ish (iitvenimeiit of tue UriiiK on th..- commission by ji little boat that cost at the outside $000,000 The ,vm,l In Wa-hiuu-toa tron, anlhori- . han,, ,, t the t nite,! Slates annoa.l German ul)mnr!ne was of a high number class, probablv 17 or tatlve Ci'i-iuan sources. eruler 'leaneee In the harhor ot , , , , IVtreni.l hel.eves that the Cennan Smyrna was r.-vH.M In Washington'18- lne ooats of that c,ass are about 1Q Ct long, and they drive into roiami haw hivn ciuvke.i yeMeniay. it i to the effect that thn have a displacement at the surface of from (500 to 700 tons and iletlnltely ami that the liiissiun line i shots were not tlntl at the launch, lmt a cruising radius of about 2,000 miles. Thev are driven when fuel oil engines of the Diesel typo Of SUPEtS DREADNOUGHT AUDACIOUS. will he ahle to holil at-alnsi the asvtttlts I merely In her direction as a W!irllI"K ' running Oil the surface bv fll .'of Hen. von Illtideiihurtf's army. It will he that the harhor was mined and there-' , , , ., , . ' i ., , , . . , , . ,. . . i and luel oil gives n much longi , leeessary. accord ll to the tilssinn he-1 fore could not he entered, it Is ( h " !i r a lief, for the Hermans to hrlm; men- llrxed In Washington that the t nlted -. l' iiiwuu. . forcemi'iitt from the western the.itre ( States Government will accept this o to sireiiL'then Ihclr line In I'olanil. thus ( ulatiatlon as satNfartnrv. weakenini: their forces oiioeil to the! Take .Iones.Ni. the liitmanlnn Minister rreii'-h, Itrltlsh and lteli;l.ins, The 'of the Interior, has teleurajilit'd to a Itussiiins say that they hao caitured lvtrocrad new spiijier that Kumalila's (iermau hattery northwest of I.odz. future !. Inseparahry hound tii In a longer cruising radius than any other. It seems strange to many that there are no British or Ger man battleships or first class cruisers anywhere on the North Sea. These huge lighting machines are kept far away from the scene of active fighting because of the constant menace of the submarine and the mine, but they are in close touch with Map of te North Ka and the rltlh Inlw. Hhovrlnif the apiirnxlmate route anil (llnance (S00 iiill-8) traversed tiy th lierm.m submarine llot'lla in ill vn,K from Cuxhavcn to IjukIi Swlllv. on the northw'i-at coast of Ireland, and also the port of Trondhjeai, In Norway, to which the converted cruiser Herlln, reported to he the mother ship of the attacking flotllU. steamed after the attack and In now Interned. No reports of the return or wherealwuts of the sulpinnrlne-s have been pub lished. The British fleet was steamlnK In line following tho llaKshlp when the attack whs muile. Turkey Says Smyrna Firing Was Merely a Danger Signal Official Explanation of InoiuYnt Assorts That Shots AVciv DiivctHl. Not "At." hnt '-Toward' the Launch of tho Tennessee was Instructed only to make Inquiry rc BarillnK 'the occurrence. The statement Issued at tho White House follows : 'The first advices from Constantinople coneemlmr the Smyrna Incident were re ceived this afternoon at 3 o'clock and by 5 o'rlock had been deciphered. They were promptly communicated to the President by the acting SivreUry of State nnd the Secretary of the Navy and he following summary of their contents was Klven out by the President : " 'Despatches concernlnK the Smyrna In chleut have Just been received from Am bassador MorKcnthau, which were sent before ho had received any communica tion from the State Department. He In forms tho Government that on the eve ning of the day on which the Incident oc curred (on Monday last) the Ottoman Minister of Interior Informed him that the commander of the Tennessee had at tempted to visit Smyrna In his steam launch, passhiK tliroiiKh the mine zone, contraiv to the Turkish Government's regulations, and that the boat had been stopped by warning shots fired toward her. Mo added that the Governor-General after the Incident had offered to take the ottlcer overland In his automobile. '"The Minister of Vnr later commu nicated with the Ambassador, fully In forming him of Die Incident and icmiest- 1 1 I.... !.,., tli.i 'r..mi..uir. wlilMi vua tliun Id-at. Inasmuch as the Turkish '"'.'". ''.l'' " " . . . . , .ill ,11111., nwiim ..i.toiv. ....... ..I.- ... of Smyrna, should he withdrawn, The Kmbassy hail some time ago been offi cially Informed that the port of Smyrna was closed alike to warships and mer chant vessels. The Ambassador there fore iKpitMted I'apt Decker to withdraw and he of i nurse did so, proceeding to the Hand "f '"hlos. "'Owing to the extreme dlltletilly of communicating with fonslnntlnonle fur thdr ailvlcea have not yet been iceelved, Instructions hud already beeti sent to the Ambassador, We are still awaiting V'AHiifNOTON. Nov. 2t. Turkey's ex planat'on of the firing on the Tennessee's fh tit Smyrna, forwarded by Anitas-.olni- Morgffithau, was received tn-ilay at the State Department. The explanation probably will be accepted. The nlllclal version of the affair trans it! ited to the American Ambassador by the Turkish Minister of the Interior was th. t warning shots had been tired "lo i;ird'' Hie steam luunch of the Tennessee warn her not to enter the mined harbor k ne h bad be..n olUclally clo-ed to iner- mt ships ami warships alike. This - a lenient was followed by one from the '" ..ter of War, who requested that the Ani,ican cruiser be wllhdiawn. I is explanation of the' affair Is most ' -01111 to the Administration, which hud h- k .11 to manifest signs of nervousness o ,'iiblle opinion regnnllng the Smyrna - unl Asset lions wero made at the v. i ii. House and at the Navy Depaitment ft ii were liHtdly consistint with pre u.i' statements of Ihe affair and ic s . d onlv in mom uncertainty than ever in what had happened at Smyrna and x.liii'iilstiatlou's position In regard to "'tuition Is the one put forth by Ad f i nalioii oltlelalh le're as the pinbabll it f the ruse, little doubt thai It will be , ii d is entertained. iu ins taleiiieii lo.nlsht. however. I- THE SUN TO-DAY CONSISTS OF SIX SECTIONS, AS FOLLOWS i l'mitl FIRST -Genrr.1 News , .16 SEC0SD Sporting. Automobiln. 22 Krnnrls . . . 6 ' THIRD Society, Resorti, Fashion, Muiic, Theatres, Art, Problemi . . . FOURTH Pictorial Magazine . FIFTH SIXTH TheWarllluUratcd . Foreign, War Features. Special Features, Schools, Books, Queries, Real Es tate, Financial, Gardens, Poultry .... Total 16 66 RtaJtti or nticsJealtrs irfo Jo not tittitt all of thtst ittliom uill tonjtr a Jator on "The Sun" by notifying the Publica tion Dtpartmtnt ot once by the phone (2200 Bcekman) and the missing sections ulll be promptly JoruarJeJ, if possible. correspondent reports nnoiiiciaiiy I victory for the Triple r.ntente ami that , operations and are constantly on the alert, ready to battle at any j that the Germans already are In re-1 ittimunla must eontrllmte to this victory , moment the enemy should leave port. The German vessels are treat In I'olanil. hv participation In the war, German , , . , ...,, , , . .u . , . ., ,.. , , , ! Yesterdav was calm in .ho western victory, he s,,,-s. would mean "the hurlal ept at Wilhelmshitven. Guxhaven and in the Kiel Canal, and i theatre of war. according M the French of nil the hope of the ltalkan States. , me eturances ui uiose naruuis are cioseiy guarded and thor- Isilllelul stiiteinent. except at I.o I the end of the Independence of neutral oughly mined. Kpargea. twelve nnd a half mile south east of Verdun, where live German tii.is attack's were made within two hour'' and all were drhen hack by the French artillery. Klsewhere there were only light artillery ousaireinenK out with Its nrms nnd hacu'iige. The The Gerniau oillciiil stiiteinent reports i Itn-sl, ins refiied to '.-rant these tenn- DUTCH HEAR GERMANY IS MOVING FOR PEACE KAISER HOLDS FAMILY CONFERENCE ON WAR Declare Tltnl a Hired lias llcen .Made by Welfare I'm ion. Appeal Ihe (ierninns ciisse Helieve (Nuincil Plan for Cerltiiii Victory. KAISER'S SON IN MOTOR SMASH. 1 nt Wilson carefully avoids any i"'ir on the nature of (he explana- Me stales that Ambuss ulor Morgeii- - di'sp.it'-li wii- sent before he had i I uiu Mule leiai imeiit'H Instrue n tho alt Ur and that a t -1 .1 to 1 itniei. iim Ik still awaited. This is ti i as Imphuig Dial thn Amhabsailor en .'luthorUed to curry the matter rt ...i with Turkey, although the Statu DcartiHwu Uuliu that tho Awbutwidor j7ontinwa on B(xth Pogct I'rlliec AiiKiist Willielin Unit Thltfh I'riielored In lllllHry Tour, Special Vnhlf Drtiidtch In Tar. Si s, A mhtkiuiam, Nov. 21, A telcgiam from llerliln Biy that Prince AilRilst Wlllielm has u compound fracture of rhe thigh nnd severe contusions of his Jaw as a result of u motor accident which occurred whllo ho was mnklng a mlllUrj' tour, Sutler Prince llrenvrra mill Will Itr tiirn to HI" Nlilp, Special Catilf Keipatch lo Tin: Si n, Amstkkiiam, via Paris, Nov. JI. II In announced that Prliu-e. Adalbert, the Kalsm's sailor son, has almost recovered tlOIII Ills leeept llllleMS Mid Is about In i- turn to his ship, laikcwnod t.aural Hau.e anil Laurel In the I'lnea now open. Hpeclal (olf luuroament XMllOliK :6th, UU. Iltb. arfU. The Haoi'i:, Nov. 21 Although the nermnn priss asserts that Germany can bring 6,000,000 reservists Into the Held without making use of men under 18 and over 45 years of age, there nre several Indications that the Gerniau olll clals are an.'.lous fri peace The International Wohlfahit Vereln (Welfare Union) of Iteilln has made a direct appeal to Influential Dutch news papers by means of a printed circular enclosed In an open envelope, exprtssnig the wish that all neutral (-outlines nnd lovers of pence work together and pre pare thn wa for mediation overtures to ne mnJe by some neutral power, -as for Instuii'";, the I'nlted States. It Is eonslileied remarkable that the circular should have reached Its distlrn t. n. If Its contents bad been displeas ing to the Geiman censor it never would i jm.. passed the frontier. In mlllt.irj nnd goMrment.il circles In Holland It Is1 b. lie"ed that the German Government sees Itself seilously menaced by Invasion and should the enemy mat c h Into Ger-1 many the people would feel that they I Irive been ni sled by the Government ns I to the trtiul of the war. Germany, public men nl The Hague believe will try to bold llilglum ut all costs until peace negotiations are opened. GERMANS ACTIVE IN JAPAN. Ily Central .Vein. ToKto, Nov. 2t - The Jupioi 7'lmi sa s tin-re Is a propaganda (hiouglHiil Japan, triteenlil.' to liei'mun agents which ret king to stir up animosity ngamst the I'nlted States. the end of the Independence of neutral ,.lrl " a central News desnatch from Home German Submarine Squadron Went Out. Miys that the pirrion of the I'rz.emysi ' There has been much mystery about the base of the ttritish fortress has offered to cnpituh.te on J fleetSi but iast month the Germans, through their svstcm of condition that It he permitted tn march ',., ,..,. w ii, n,.Ui K.,uw.l,;. n.. .... .t.s.... its base at Lough Swilly. a harbor on the northwest coast of Ireland, where the water is deep and there is fine protection in all weather. When this information was obtained by the German authorities a small squadron of submarines was sent out to try to catch one or more of the big British battleships, and at the same time to show how alert the Germans were in having discovered the British base. ... j The submarines, convoyed by a "mother ship," left I'l.s- ...-it. ,.i t ..l r..n.. .i. ..i..: ii . ... ...i . . vv HiiuiiiiMi.iv uii .uiu, i-iiiciuii.v uuugiiig inu iiiint'.s, worKeti uieir way north and then skirted the coast of Scotland. On October 2(5 they discovered the base tit Lough Swilly. Early on the morning of October 27 a gale was blowing and a big sea was running. In a measure this was favorable to the. submarine, because in the high tumbling sea it would bo very dif ficult to see the small periscope when the submarine came to the surface to take a sight. At the same time it made things more difficult for those on the submarine. It is possible to picture the sight which met the eyes uf the daring German commander as he gazed through his peri scope. Ho saw the British home fleet, on which Britain's great ness depends, cruising in "line ahead" formation, in what Sir John Jellicoe thought perfectly safe waters. He was able to choo.se his victim from among the latest and best ships of the British navy. t . , British Home Fleet Discovered. German writers have described the satisfaction and pleas ure with which Lieutenant-Captain Weddingen of the sub marine U-9 watched the three cruisers Aboukir. Cressy and , in.: ..r Ll . i l . ..ir 11.., 1-1..1..1 which is now being published here, says Iloglie come wuiuit range ui ins un puum-s. 1111 nit- which cuhm. ItoMf, Nov.' 21. The Kaiser has called a family council for the iliei tune since the beginning of the war, according to a despatch from Merlin recelvd here All his sons were prcxt-tit. including Prince Joachim, who has Just returned fiom Handling, where he has been convalescing. I'b's. iclativi-s of tlie Imperial family and the Imperial ('liaiu'elloi , Dr. van lletb-inami-llollweg, I'leld .Marshal von Mnllke and Admiral von Tlrplt., the Minister o( .Marine, were . 1 1 the confluence While nothing Is known of what the council talked about. Germans who know of the meeting feel encouraged. The' think It could have no other object than tlie discussion of some plan which must lead In victor BRITISH ENVOY TO POPE. KI11U' lli'iirue tn Mine lteircsf illa tive 11 1 V 11 1 lean, sprcial t'ahlt 'e.iiiW lo Tin: Si v IUviii:, Nov. 21 --A Mi-lgian ucWHpaiwr, Great Mrltaln has decided to send a 1 11 ; uuit,ln i i,,,., friim t lm immni-wnlv irnml or j!i t iufii etinn wi'Mi itlolonmtle renresenlative to the Vatican' " 1'"'"" 1 ' . " v". V ." v." miNOAI.OK TRA STIM. 3SC Ml. IntUl upa Ureter supplying U.Uiv. during the war which tlie uennan commantier on me trisn coasi launcneu iiid The Pope wllljiccept the Hrlllsh envoy. torpedoeS Which Silllk the AudilClOUS. itoMi:, Nov. 21 Pope iienoiirt xv. j Never before in the history of naval warfare lias a sub-i-dcbi-atid' his sixtieth birthday to.dnv.' ! marine come in conflict with a dreadnought and Sir I'ercy Scott's .iVrihew;!, ! assertion that the navy of the future will be made up of sub- He iceelved numerous telegrams and UllirineS instead ()! (ireatlllOUghtS SCCHIS to 1111(1 SOIllf 1 Oil 11 (itlt loll is aiiiiitsses from' aii over the win id, tlie i ;., the latest disaster to the British navy. headsot's The submarine took one look and then submerge.. A l.ttl,. eases Included expressions or the hope later S11C Ciime 10 lilt! Slll'iace agillll IllHt Was U1UII Hlll.v .1 spun, IhuihTnoKtsTaho'opr'11 "b0UlI distance from the Audacious and within striking distance. Tho