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VOL. LXXXIL NO. 142.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1915. Copyright, 1915, by the Sun Printing and PublitMnp AtsoclaUon.
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TWENTY JERSEY
STRIKERS SHOT
BY DETECTIVES
Fusillade Fired at Crowd of
jni) at Carteret, Roose
velt Korough.
(INK DEAD. SIX OT II Eli S
I.N S EI! 10 US C0NDLTL0N
"Xecr Would Have H ap
plied it' I'd Been There:'
Says Sheriff.
f;r.vi;i)s rrifxisu i:d by
AX AliKXCY IX XEWAIIK
CItieiis Aroused and l'rose
cutor Starts Invest ira
tion at Onee.
ltooKviavr. N. .T.. .Tan. 1!). Forty or
fifty private detectives, sworn In ty
Sheriff Ildw.ird Houghton of Mlddesex
county as special deputies to preserve
the peaci at local fertilizing plants
where strikes are In progress, uttuckod
a crowd of 100 unarmed strikers, pYao
tlcally all foreigners, on tho property
of the Jersey Central Railroad, J0O feet
from the Williams and Clark Fertilizer
Works at Carteret In this borough, this
morning, and shot down twenty men be
fore they fell back Into the company's
plant.
One of the wounded men died at 0:30
"'clock to-night In the Alexlan Brothers
iropual. F.llzabeth. Half n dozen others
wer reported by physicians at a late
hour to be in a very serious condition.
Mayor Joseph A. Hermann of the bor
ough of ltoosevelt, consLstlng of the
municipalities of Carteret and Chrome:
Chief of 1'ollco Harrington and his force
of eight men and the greater part nf
the citizenry of ltoosevelt were greatly
worked up to-night over what they de
scribed us an unprovoked assault by Im
ported non-residents upon defenceless
men,
ppcnl to riot rrimr.
The strikers themselves at a meeting
to-night formulated a letter to Gov.
tames F. Fielder In which they nppcnl-d
to him to prevent a repetition of tho day's
Moody doings.
Tho pollco have been relieved of the
esponslblllty of Investigating the real
reason for tho attack and that matter !s
now in the hands of Prosecutor of tho
Pleas W. Kdwin Floranco of Middlesex,
tvho, with County Dotcctlve John It. Far
Ufon, spent the greater part of tho day
here questioning strikers and strike
cuards.
Prosecutor A. A. Stein of Union county,
where the wounded strikers were taken,
aUo assisted lu getting at the bottom of
the tragedy.
Olio fact looms up largo In the inves
tigation and that Is tho statement of
Sheriff Houghton that if he hail been at
tho Williams & Clark plant "the shoot
ing would 'never havo taken place." It
Is understood that while tho detectives
were shooting down the strikers tho
Sheriff was at the plant of IJcblg & Co.
at Chrome.
Tho guards who made tho attack wero
furnished by the O'lirlen agency of New
ark to the Williams & Clark Fertilizer
Works and tho Ueblg & Co. plant, both
controlled by tho American Agricultural
'hemicnl Company, and Armour & Co.'s
fertilizing plant.
Many of them aro said to ho Now Torlc
era and uonn of them lives In this sec
Hon. They came hero a day or two ago
with tho arrival of strike breakers and
ingagcd in their llrst shooting yester
'lay, but apparently used nothing then
hut blank cartridges.
limit for Strlkn IlrcnU.-rs.
When the 8 '.Ofi A. M. train stopped nt
iho Williams & Clark station In Carteret
the strikers wero clustered about an open
shed which serves us a station, waiting to
se If any strike breakers wire on board.
Several of tho pickets went aboard tho
train with tho permission of tho train
tow to look over the passengers, and up
narently they saw nono they suspected of
being strike breakers.
Tho detectives, who had remained In the
Williams & Clark plant until Just before
'rain time, eharged down from tho plant
with a man in front who seemed to bo the
lenrter. They lined up on tho opposlto side
"f the train, and Just as tho train started
"n Its way to Chrome there was a chorus
"t shouts, In which tho major part of tho
noisn was made by strikers.
Then the leader dlsoharged his revolver
n the air and tho next moment practically
-II the detectives wero shooting at tho
"t-lkers as fast as they could pull their
t'iggers.
Tho men grouped about the station shed
'ecine.t to be tho principal target, as the
"iiny bullets Imbedded In tho woodwork
of tho shed gavo mute testimony when tho
fusillade was over.
The strikers started to run nt the llrst
"ep of levnlvers and tho blast of riot guns
"Ulc.l with buckshot. Several dropped on
'he r.ilbfud track and at the sides of the
titlon. uihers, wounded In the legs, hoh
i''el Imndie.is of feet away before they
t :i'lei over. The detectives, with re.
"lvcrs aimed low, ran after the terrified
""-" as they scattered In all directions.
'"'I Mime. It Is said, wero even pursued
M ' nearby swamps,
Watched li- I'ollrcninii,
IVieeinan Powlnlg of tho Hoosovelt
f"p who wns standing at Hallway mo
tile s the train eanm In, said ho saw the
'hoofing start He was sure fioni his oh
erv.itHMih that not a single striker bad a
K'in .if any kind. He said ho saw one of
'he deputies point bis gun heavenward and
Haze away anil the others Immediately
' '"'I it teemed to him, ho said, that tho
'"' in the air was a signal for action.
1'owlina said that after one striker
Continued an Latt I'ag.
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WILSON SEES NO CHANCE
FOR MEDIATION NOW
Washington, Jan. 19. With un air
of regret President Wilson told call
era to-day thnt he sees no signs of
Kuroitcan penco nt present. For that
reason ho paid he will not now Insti
tute any proceedings to get mediation
In tho great conflict.
- t
Wilson Not to Name
Grandson 'Woodrow'
President Hellevcs He Should
Start Life Unhnthpcrcd
Old Smile Ifcuirns.
Wasiiinoton, Jan. 19, Close friends of
President Wilson declare that he Is a
cltHiiged man since tho arrival of his
grandson, who was born to Mrs. Francis
Howes Sayre at the White House on
Sunday.
The I'resldent Is eald to be In more
buoyant splilts than at any time In many
muuths. He Is readier with a smile and
In general seems to have developed a
keener Interest In the personal hnpiicn
Ings iitK tit him.
It was indicated by the President to-day
that he u lieved his grandson might be
expcct-M to start life under better aus
pices than being named after his immri.
father, that he was entitled to his own i
inuivictunllty unhninered by the name of
a President of the United States.
PORK BARREL BILL PASSES.
Holme Vlilirinen Measure by ulr of
till lo HI.
Wasiiinoton. Jan. 20. The rivers and
liar hoi h bill passed the House shortly
after midnight by a vote of 16) to SI.
Two noteworthy things happened. Un
der ordinary circuinitnnces the House re
jects propofced ainendmints, but a provi
sion appropriating $150,000 for an Im
provement on the Tennessee Illver, known
as the Mussels Shoal project, was struck
out and as a peace offering to the Ar-
imt"to i,(-,.u,iu (iiiitriiiioieiii was in
corporated appropriating JlfiiiOOi) for the
impiovement of the Arkansas Mver.
WHO'S TRYING TO GET
THE PRESIDENT'S JOB?
Gov. Fern's Snys a IM'oiniiiPiit
Dt'inocrnt Is Plotting nnd
rndorinininp; Wilson.
lNsi.vn, Mich.. Jan. 19. After speak
ing for a few minutes beforo the Demo-orntli-
Slste central committee hri tn-dar
Oov. Kerrls created a sensation by an
nouncing that some prominent Democrat
with a national repututlon Is endeavoring
to undermine President Wilson and will
be a candidate against him for the Presi
dential nomination.
(iov. Ferris, positively refusing at this
time to give names, indicated that he ex
pected to be able to show absolute proof
of tho plot within a short time. He said
he had been told there In a letter In
existence In Michigan that will prove It
without a doubt, but until he ses tho
letter himself no name will be mentioned.
"I want ivory Democrat In the State of
Michigan to go on record as favoring the
jiresent Democratic Administration headed
by Woodrow Wilson," the Governor said.
"I cannot see n chance for the Democrats
to win without him, nnd I know there Is
at present a movement In Michigan and
other States to belittle him."
After the committee meeting tho Oov
ernor said that his Informant was deter
mined tn prove to him that such a plot
was on foot.
"I expect to see that letter," said the
Oo ernor, "and If I do I may tell who 4h
leader of the plot Is. Until that time I
shall tay nothing more."
"HOT AIR" TIRES BILLY SUNDAY.
"(Jet (inoil nml fins;," He Tells
Apntlictlc I'lillnilrlphlniis. '
Pltti AncU'lltA, Jan 19. Seventy-six
converts at the afternoon service and
.135, mostly women, at the night service
was Hilly Sunday's record for the day In
tho Kvangellst's Tabernacle here. At the
afternoon service Sunday strongly Inti
mated that he was discouraged at Phila
delphia's apathy toward his efforts.
"I will bo in my roflln In a month if
the people in the churches don't quit
loating on tho Job," ho said. "I've never
worked harder in my life than In tho
last two weeks. I've heard enough hot
air propositions and It's high tlmo to get
good und busy."
ROBERT S. L0VETT ILL ON TRAIN.
Ilecord linn Mnile lo Ort Doctors for
I'nlon I'ncllW- Clmlrmnn.
Omaha, Jan. 19. A special train bear
ing Itobert S. Ixivett. chairman of tho
Union Paclflo and administrator of the
Harriman estate, to the Pacific coast
arrived hero to-day after a record run
from Iowa, doctors having been sum
moned by wire to meet tho train.
Mr. Ixivett caught a severe cold late
yesterday and this morning was unable
to speak or leave his bed. President
Mohler of tho Union Pacific announced
that his condition was not dangerous.
OBJECT TO MORGAN APPRAISAL.
Iloth Sides 'lb I ilk Itrnl Kstntr Hi.
perl Poor Jniltcr of Art,
Tho executors of the will of J. IMer
pont Morgan nnd the representatives of
State Comptroller Travis aro dissatisfied
with tho appraisal of Mr. Morgan's per
sonal effects In his city homo and his tuo
country place. It was learned ytslen'ay.
Tho appraisal was uiadii bv SamuM Sfarx,
a Tammany man who was selected by for
mer Comptroller Sohmer to fix the value
of tho art objects nnd other property In
the Morgan hoiisei, nUhough ho ha been
known In tho past chlelly as an expert
on real estate Mntx Iris abendy col
lected $15,000 for tho Job, of which Inlf
was paid by th. Ai irgan ntatv and half
by tha Stato of New York.
A conference wl'i Iho o'ljcct of coming
to a decision con.'enimg the appraisal will
bo hold In a few days ny Comptroller
Travis and John V Hiltchitis-jn, recently
iiPioliiied special aL'orney for tho Stnti-.
Mr Hutchinson believes that tho appraisal
cannot bo dono properly -except by ex
perts In the various lines of art objects
ownod by Mr. Morgan.
BRITAIN VETOES
A FREE VOYAGE
FORTHE DACIA
Reply Says Request Would
Constitute a Dangerous
Precedent.
COTTON SHIP PREPARES
TO SAIL DESIMTK VETO
Wasiiinoton, Jan. 19. Notice of Great
llrltaln's refusal to grant a request of
the United States Government that the
former aerman steamship Uacia bo per
mitted to carry a cargo of cotton for
Germany tn Ilotterdam without molesta
tion was received nt the State Depart
ment to-day.
At tho Kiiim time despatches frou
Galveston said that tho Dacla had nearly
finished taking on her cargo of cotton
and woa preparing to sail for Hotter
dam to-morrow night.
Announcement of tho British refusal
was received from Ambassador I'age.
Tho Itrltlsh Government declared It
could not consent to waive any of Its
rights In the case of the Dacla and
assigned as one of the reasons for 'ts
position the fact that such action might'
constltuto a precedent which would oo
Invoked to the prejudice of the British
tiosltlon In reiranl to i.npmi uhina tent,,.'
ferred to neutral registry during th
war.
While the officials of the State De
partment aro greatly disappointed at
the llrltlsh refusal It was not wholly
unexpected. It Is not the Intention of'
the State Department lo take any fur
ther action In the coso unless those In
terested tn the Dacla should come for
ward with a new request entitled to con
sideration. Notice of Ambassador
Page's report was sent by the Depart
ment to-day to Kdward N. Ilreltung.
the purchaser of the Dacla, who is in
New York.
All representatives of the owner of the
Dacla and of the shippers of the cotton
with which she Is laden have left Wash
ington and no statements could he ob
tained here to-night as to what they
Intend to do In the matter.
Test Cane Vti iireil,
It Is understood that some officials of
the State Department are of the, personal
opinion that those Interested In tho Dacla
siiuuiu itliui !i:i oil t voyago to 'letter
dam and bring about a test case of the
Issue Involved.
There Is reason to believe that this
course may be adopted Contracts have
been made for the Dacla to deliver her
cotton cargo at Ilremen and the ship
was to have sailed from Calveston not
later than Friday last She was detained,
however, pending receipt of the British
nnswer to the State Department's tenuest
that she be permitted to make tho one
voyage to Ilotterdam without prejudice
to the case of either country should her
status ever be contested.
It is said that tho freight charges on
the Dacia's present cargo amount to
nearly as much as was paid for the
vessel when she was purchased from the
Hamburg-American Line. The rottnn on
board of her would not be treated as
contraband If tho llrltlsh should seize
her, as Is expected. Thus neither tho
owner of tho vesiel nor the cotton shippers
apparently stand to lose any more by
venturing the trip than by defaulting on
existing contracts.
Should It be decided to send the D.icia
to sea the case will be watched here with
the keenest Interest and a decision In the
case will probably be of great slgnillcnnce
with regard to the proposal of the Ad
ministration to buy Gorman -and Austrian
ships now confined to American ports
nnd operate them as a Government ownod
steamship line.
It Is known hero that tho llrltlsh view
of tho Dacla casn was partly based on
ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR
ALARM IN SHIP QUESTION
Anonymous American Author of a "Daily Mail" Article
Emphasizes the Peril and Lays It
to German Intrigue.
fiptcial Cable Detpatck to Tlii.Sl"
liNtON, Jan. 20 (Wednesday!. The
Daily Mall prints prominently an article
by nn unnamed American living In 1on
don, who describes himself as aggresslvel
friendly to Hngland. The writer takes a
most serious view of the result of the dis
pute between tho United States and Ung
land In regard to contraband of war and
the transfer of ships to American registry.
He recalls thnt tho war of 1812 arose
from matters which In their broad nspocts
were Identical with thoso now pending be
tween tho two countries. The American
people, ho says, complain that Kngland Is
Interfering with tho legitimate commerco
of tho United States. They especially re
sent this Interference when It Is based on
mere suspicion. Tho wrltor continue :
"The Idea of war to safeguard business
Interests In nowise disgusts tho average
American. We should not feol ut all
abashed If conditions forced us to light
our next war for business."
Sees Grrmnii Intrluue,
The author of tho article contends, how
ever, that the Dacla eplsodo Is lending to
become n question not of biislnesrt but of
national honor. He says thore Is no doubt
thnt German Intrigue Is at the bottom of
the whole matter.
Ho says tho Administration nt Wash
ington has been duped Into assuming a
delicate and dangerous jiosltlon, "but," he
adds, "we are confronted by conditions,
not theories, and If tho llrltlsh seize the
Dacla a wave of Indignation will sweep
over tho United States the possibilities of
FLEET OF ZEPPELINS RAIDS ENGLAND;
6 TOWNS BOMBARDED, 5 PERSONS KILLED;
KING AND QUEEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
i r .Q- - i iimd
1 9 foANcVN
T
HK map shows some of the towns
attacked by German airships,
Yarmouth, on the east coast, Is
) and Is about flftl-flve miles cast of Handilngham. the seal of
a nival palace, and King's I.yim. Yarmouth is 370 miles
the knowledge that action favorable to
tho Dacla would result In the Immediate
release In nil probability of other Ger
man and Austrian ships here by their
transfni to American registry.
HlfTerrlK-f- of Vlrvrs,
Though It Is held at the White House
that tile barU case can liuve no connec
tion with the Administration's plans for
a Government line this view Is not shared
by those who have studied the cas,e In
Its relation to pri-cedents In Interna
tional law and the attitude shown by
the llrltlsh Government.
A decision by a llrltlsh prize court
that the sale of the Dacla was Invalid
would commit Great Ilrltaln to a policy
of objecting to the operation of other
German nnd Austrian ships In trade with
Uuropo under the United Stivrtei flag,
whether they should bo owned by the
United Stntes Government or private In
terests. The controversy, It Is believed, would
be far more serious and dangerous than
any of the Issues which havo yet arisen
between the United States and Kngland
as a result of the war.
In some quarters the opinion Is held
that the United States has prejudiced
Its own case by refusing to grant war
risk Insurance to the Dacla nnd also by
asking the llrltlsh to permit her to go to
Rotterdam with a single cargo without
molestation.
It Is argued that these actions Implied
that the American Government Itself was
not satisfied that the transaction was en
tirely above suspicion.
Should the Dacla case be brought to
trial the United Sta'es Government will
have no part to play In It. The burden
nf proof will be on the owners of the
vessel, nnd there will be no appeal to the
State Department unless the owner of
the ship In case of an adverso decision
may allece a denial of Justice nnd seek
redress diplomatically.
DACIA TO SAIL TO-NIGHT.
That l Ibi-
I'nilrrstnndlug nt
vestnn.
Gnl-
Gvlvkston. Jan. 19. More than 9.000
bales of cotton have been loaded on the
steamship Dacla. She will complete her
cargo of 11,000 bales to-morrow afternoon
nnd, It Is understood, will sail to-morrow
night for Ilotterdam unless orders are
received to the contrary. At the office
of D. Itlpley & Co., agents, It was said
no orders had been received altering pre
vious arraimements. The Dacla Is being
loaded under the Inspection of tho Hiltlsh
Consul.
Tho llrltlsh note to Washington has not
caused any change In tho preparations of
Continued on Third '(ins.
which are not agreeable to contemplate.
The Iseuo will be clean cut and straight
forward. It will be: Is Fngland to be
permitted to Insult our flag again at sho
did In misr
The Daily Hail editorially expresses
tho opinion that tho apprehensions of the
writer are probably Justified and adds:
"If his forecasts are verified every
Briton will deeply nnd sincerely regret It.
This country, however, Is fighting for Its
existence as an Independent nation and
the centra of a worldwide empire. It can
not afford to throw away uny weapon
which It Is Justly entitled to use.
"It has so far employed Its naval power
If anything far too leniently and with too
attentlvo nxard for neutral commerce.
It has certainly abstained from pushing
Its contraband policy anything like as far
as the Americans pusned theirs during
tho civil war.
A llriuliidrr for Ainrrlcniis.
"Wo may fairly remind the Americans
tn remember this and to bear In mind
that the Issuo of this struggle Is only less
Important to them than to us,
"'A aerman victory would react on
American Interests and American wel
fare with a force that would reduce all
questions of cotton or copper on this whip
or that to utter Insignificance.
"Wo must rely on the patience and good
sense of the Americans, on their under
standing of tho prodigious questions now
on tho anvil of wur and on their appre
ciation of British necessities to prevent
any minor and relntlvely trivial Issue
from taking on fictitious Importance."
Sr.AIIOAItll IXOKIIIA I.IMITKK, XiOR P. M.
lleet equipped train to riorlda, Havannth,
Columbia, Caindsn, a. C. Inu. lilt B'wax.
Mv.
BELGIUM
In Kngland which were
110 mllew from London,
TWO MORE PAIRS OF BOYS
DESERTED BY PARENTS
Father and Mother of "Down to Last Cent" Kiddies Con
fess They Abandoned Two Other Infants
Children Found in Locked Room.
Two moi'H pairs of desertel children
came to the attention of the authorities
yesterday, one pair being Infant brothers
of the two boys nbandoned recently lit
front of a department store with n note
pinned to the clothing of ono saying the
parents were "down to their last cent."
The father nnd mother of these two
children appeared to claim them.
Through Information given In an un
signed noto they were forced to confess
thnt Inst November they had abandoned
two other children tn chance- chanty,
one of them two months nnd the other
eighteen months old.
Another pair of boys, 3 and 7 yenrs
old, wero rescued from tho top lloor of a
tenement house, where they had been
locked In by their parent's, who had I
sold their belongings and depnrted. j
INFANTS DESERTED TOO.
I'nrrnls Appenr lo Claim "Down tn
I. list Cent" Unties.
When Richard and Jlmmle, tho two
little boys left last Friday in front of a
Sixth avenue department store with a
note pinned to the baby's clothes Jlmmle
Isn't 3 yet saying that his father and
mother were "down to their last cent."
ran with whoops of Joy Into the arms of
thnt same father and mother yesterday
everybody at the Children's society patted
everybody else on Iho buck. The happi
ness of lllchard ho Is I and Jimmie
was a pretty thing to eer. It stood out
all the more when the events of a few
hours showed that the happiness of the
children was tho only ceitalnly genuine
thing about tho emotions incident to the
reunion.
I'or after Richard had said lo his
father, who is George Frederick Ilaeffner,
"It's lonesome heie, daddy, and 1 want
to go home" and had been told that ho
should go home Just ns soon as the so
clety could get work for his daddy nnd
help him to reestablish a real home It
came out that Richard and Jlmmlo havo
two younger brothers who wero aban
doned to Iho chance charity of the passer
by even as they were.
Tho littlest Ilaeffner bos, Karl, IS
months old, and u - mouths baby lack
ing even a name, wero left In the street
on November IK last with not even a
noto such as Rlchnrd and Jlmmle had
to explain why they were abandoned and
tn ask that their whereabouts be made
known through the newspapers so their
parents might claim them in better days
A paragraph telling of a foundling taken
to llellevue Hospital had Informed Mrs.
Ilaeffner of the fale of tho elder of these
two waifs. She had never heard of tho
2 nvmths old baby since that night.
.Mother In llooir for Xlulit.
After learning these things the toclety
agents placed Mrs. Ilaeffner In a home
for the night and extracted a promise
from her husband to come back to-day,
when they will try to unravel tho tanglo
of motives,
Mr. and Mrs. Ilueffner went tn the
Children's society rooms In Fourth avenue
late Monday night. Tho children wero
asleep nnd It was not until vterday
morning that the reunion took place.
Ilaeffner Is a painter. Ho and Ills wife
have been living recently In a loom nt 329
l.cnox nvenue. llefore that they lived,
among other places, at fi3 West 100th
street. He told of being often out of
work nnd of his nttempts to care for his
children, but he didn't speak of the two
youngest ones, and with his wife stonily
denied for a long tlmo that there hail been
any children besides Itkhard and Jlmmle.
Two former employers said that Hneff.
ner In the shoit time they were able to
give hint work was sober and Industrious.
Mmest 1C. Coulter, supei Intendent of the
society, was sure ho hud a good Job In
sight for Ilaeffner anil he had only tn
choose, among kind people known to him
who wonted to give lllchard and Jlmmle
a homo until their fnther got on his feet.
Hut Just then there came an unsigned note
which said tint If the society was Inter
ested in the Haeffners It might .Inquire of
Mrs. Ilaeffner what had become of her
two other children,
The note enmo from (S3 West 100th
street. Tho agents yt-ho -went thera
from the German naval baso at Wllhelmshaven and JS0 miles
from Cuxhnven. It Is 110 miles fmni Ostend, where the Ger
mans may have started their attack, crossing over the Straits
of Dover
The map also shows the towns of Sherlngham nnd Cromer,
which were damaged by tho German bombs.
brought back, not tho writer of the note,
but Mrs. A. H. Hnsklns, who hnd told
them that sho knew tho Haeffners well
and that when they lived In West 100th
street they hnd besides lllchard and Jim
mle a boy baDy about 18 months old nnd
that a child was born to Mrs. Ilaeffner
last September.
I'erslst Low; In lleulnls.
The Haeffners denied It. They con
tinued their dental when confronted by
Mrs. Hasklns, Insisting that they didn't
even know her. Other witnesses who sub
stantiated whnt Mrs. Hasklns had told
wero found and Inquiries were made at
Allan!!" r"Uy where tho Haeffners were
last Hiring. The society agents had de
cide! to make a ohaigo of abandonment
against tho Haeffnen and have them
locked up for the night when Mrs, Hneff
tier wns prevnlled upon to tell the truth,
"Yes, there were two others," she said.
"I don't know where they are now. One
was t-iken to llellevue Hospital. I think
the other was adopted."
Questioned as to why she believed her
youngoft baby had been "adopted" she
said, sho thought so because "nothing
about It ever came out In the papers."
She seemed Incurious concerning the
fatn of the babies. She nnd her husband
had been !oor and thore seemed no
other way that was her only answer.
She professed not to know even where
and when the children wero abandoned.
Her husband would know, she thought.
Her Interest seemed centred In Richard,
her oldest boy.
When HaefTner was told that his wife
! had confe sed he seemed somewhat re-
lieved. "Let ine walk around the block
nnd have a smoke nnd maybe I can
remember when wo loft thoso two chil
dren," he said. He wns allowed to tako
the walk and presently produced from
bis pockctlsink a newspaper clipping,
which told of the finding of n "richly
dressed" hiby In the hallway of n houe
In Hist Fifty-seventh street. The child,
tl clippInK said, had been taken to llelle
vue Hospital. It appeared that the term
'richly il!i.isco care frtp the fiet t'nt
the baby hnd a white hat trimmed with
while fur.
Ilaeffner after much apparent effort re
membered that the two-months-old child
hnd been left "near the car barns on
Tenth avenue." It was a Sunday night
"somewhere about the 18th of November"
and raining hard Ho recalled tho rain
particularly.
Trnrrtl In Records,
Haerfner's story fixed the date closely
enough so that the sockty was able to
trace tho abandoned liable through the
ls)llco and hospital reports. Ilaeffner
said he disposed of both children the same
night It turned nut lo have been No
vember 15 but though tho two-months-old
child without a name was found thnt
same night Karl wasn't picked up until
tho next day. Hoth babies found their
way to llellevue and from there tho
younger ono was sent to the New York
Foundling Hospital nnd his brother to the
Nursing nnd Children's Hospital, one, fol
lowing the custom In such matters, being
set down ns a Protestant, the other as a
Catholic, for no one knew they were
brothers.
When Mr. Ilaeffner was told that her
children had been found she said dully.
"What's the use" 1 can't take care of
four. Hut I want Richard and Jlmmle,"
she added. "It would be hard to lose
them all."
LOCKED IN, ABANDONED.
Tvtn Children Rescued I'rom tpitrt
inrnt 1'nrrnts Deserted,
Two ragged, crying children, thought
In ho named Joseph Petrowitz, 7 years
old, and his brother John, 3, were taken
to tho Gerry society's rooms last night
from tho tenement house at 315 Hast
Houston street, whero their parents
abandoned them.
Mrs. Tobn Cirro. Janitor nf tho tene
ment house, said tho parents of tho chil
dren moved Into tho building two weeks
ago. On Sunday. nnld tyrs. Cnrro, tho
mother disappeared nmr on Monday the
father sold for $5 what furnishings there
were in tho apartment and departed,
leaving tho two children locked In tho
apartment.
The children nllrncted i)o nttentlon on
Monday, but yesterday morning they bent
against tho window panes nnd stirred tho
nelghlmrs to action. Tho apartment Pi on
the lop lloor In the rear. Tenants of
the houen climbed tho fire escape nnd gavo
the children enough food for the day.
At nightfall the neighbors held a con
sultation and decided to Inform Policeman
McCoy.
Explosives Arc Dropped on
Crowds of 3Ien and
Women.
NAVAL orXS BRLVG
D0WX ONE AIKSII1P
Ko.val Family Had .lust Left
Snndringliam, Target
of Bombs.
INVADERS FLEE AFTER
TEN MINUTE ATTACK
Yarmouth Badly Damaged,
Death Lis! Being at
Least Four.
Special Cabh Dr.ipalch to Tnr. Sen.
LONDON, Jan. 19. The Ger
mans delivered their first but
long feared Zeppelin attack
against England to-night. A fleet
of fast air cruisers swooped
across the North Sea to the Nor
folk coast, bombarded Yar
mouth, sailed into the interior
and dropped bombs on Sand
ringham, Sheringham, King's
Lynn. Cromer and Bccston.
At least five persons wero
killed, four at Yarmouth and
one, a boy, at King's Lynn. Many
are believed to have been in
jured by the devastating mis
siles, which exploded with horri
ble force. The first flashes from
the Zeppelins' searchlights were
seen at 8:30 P. M., and ten
minutes later the cigar shaped
destroyers were seen speeding
toward the coast, the whirring
and buzzing of their engines
clearly audible.
Wnrxhlp Cnmiurrs Airship.
Not nil of thi'in osrnpotl. At loiist
j ono was brought to wirth mid captured,
i with Us ofllcors and crew, nt Hunstan
ton, a few mile from StiiiilrliiKhnra,
It was forced lo tho ground by the
lire of n warship lyltiu oft shore.
I The others n i rot 1 1 1- regained wife
airs nml returned nt'riwt tlm North Sea
to tlm base whence they linil come.
! Just how many Zeppelins tho O'ermnns
used lu their llrst aerial raid Is not
jet known, but from various report
It Is believed that six til r craft which
struck the 'coast nt Sheiinghiim sepa
rated there, some speeding north, some
south.
The royal family had left Sandrins
liani Hull, now used as the Quern
Mother Alexandra's country palare only
a few hours before bombs rallied down
near the palarc. It is reimrtod from
Sandrlnghnm tn-idght Unit none
of the bombs Mruek the palaiv,
but that Miveral exploded with ter
rlfle violence near by. There Is every
reason to supixise that tho Germans
were Informed of the presence at
Sandrlngham lo-dfiy of the King and
the royal family, and that tho attack
upon this small nnd Insignificant town
was for the solo purpose of striking
a blow that would stun all England.
The bu.7. of nn nlrcrnft was heard
over Gravc.sond, on the Thames, twenty
miles southeast of London, at 10
o'clock tO-lllKlll.
It Is also reported that an air craft
flew over Ipswich, sixty-six miles
northeast of London, during tho night.
Tho night and tho weather wero
favorable to the plans of the raiders.
The night was starless. Tho air was
still. It was slightly cloudy, iir mists
front the sea Iuiiik low nnd were un
stirred by air currents. From aloft
the location of Yarmouth must have
been clearly visible to tho attackers
tdnec. the lights, although reduced In
number and volume, were plentiful.
Several Airships Cseil.
The savugo precision of the attack
.. i.,.,,i,?iiiv L'limeii in in s noil
(Mill..
What Is not yet clear, however, Is tho
ladles employed by the Germans. Ap
parently several Zeppelins participated
lu tho raid, but whether they followed
each other over a given and charter!