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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1840
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1380.
ADER-JOUI
VOLUME 1.--.NO. ;T.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. SATl'If DAY, JAMAliV 20, 1917,
PlilCE, TWO CENTS.
THE WEATHER.
Increasing cloudiness
and colder late tonight,
followed by snow Sunday
in north portion.
FREE
INAjL
UMTS OLDEST
MM
Y IS ABSORBED BI t LI
ILLINOIS & MISSISSIPPI TEL.
IS TURNED OVER TO LONG
TIME LESSEE
Pi MO A year:
FINAL DISSOLUTION OF CONCERN
ORGANIZED HERE IN EARLY
DAY BY JUDGE CATON, TAKES
PLACE THIS MORNING.
: raigi'id against her husband, was
Tlio Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph threshed (Hit in the County Court ue.
Company was dissolved at a meeting f"re Judge Mayo and a conuii.saiou ot
held by tho directors of tht corpora-j doctors consisting of W. II. Jamieso;.
t'on at tlx National City lank ...t a.ui A. .1. Huberts. The inquisition,
11:30 o'clock this morning and tho wliith was held yesterday afternoon,
assets of the compnnv turned over to n'su'.tod in a sweeping victory lor J.-
the
Western I'tiion Telegraph Com-
pany.
The meeting was attended by the
full boartl ot dinrtors, including Leon
fir,: B. Karcler, Hugh S. Pettis, Wal
ter S. Cnderwood, W. Melt' Milne all':
Claude II. Kuha. The company was
also represented by counsel Henry O,
Miller and Russell Whitman, of the
firm of Whitman & Miller, all resi
dents of Chicago.
The transfer of lite properly of th"
Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Cmi
pany was a formal proceeding. The
company was organized in Oltiwa by
the late Judge Caton and alter li.nin)
miles of line had been constructed it
was leased to the Western I'nien Tel
egraph Company In pet in tuit y for
tn annual rental of JSO.nim Th's ren
tal was paid in four annual install
ments and was paid regularly by the
Western Cnlon up to tin- date ot
the dissolution.
Tho stock, however, had practical
ly all hern absorbed by the Western
Union Telegraph to at the present
timo there is only three per cent of
the old stock outstanding. This stock
is either lost or held by persons whom
It was Impossible to serve with notice
of the meeting for the purpose of dis
solving the company.
Since the Illinois & Missisiopi Tel-
egraph Company was leased to the
Western Union all oxto.isloin and r.
newals have bren mado-hy the West
ern Union Company until there is hard
ly a town in the central west that is
not reached by this network of wires.
The consideration paid for outstand
ing stock at the time of dissolution
was $10 per share.
ANNOUNCE DATES
OF COUNTY FAIR
September IS to 21 are the dales
for the La Salle County Fair for 1 - 1 " -Tuesday,
Sept. ISth. will he known ;v.
Children's Lav. Plans are now being
made to have a bigger and better l-a:t
.'or 1917.
METAL FACTORY
MAY LOCATE HERE
A Metal Stamping Co. is one of the
possible factories that may be induced
to locate In this city. Upon informa
tion furnished Secretary John () Kane
by W, .1. Dwyer, it was learned that
such a factory could be secured. A
representative of the company, whose
name Is being: withheld, was in Otta
wa and looked over several sites for
his factory. The plant will employ
about, thirty-five men. The concern is
moving from another city.
MARRIAGE STOPS
COURT'S ACTION
This nfternocn at. ? o'clock in Jus -
tire Koenig'R court, Harry Miller, who
was Indicted on a serious charge, wa
married to Mrs. Nettle Thomas, The
marriage of the couple nolle presses
th criminal proceedings and guaran-'
Ices Miller Immunity from prouecu
tlon. FOREMEN HOLD
SAFETY MEETING
Twenty-four foremen tn the employ
of the National Firo Proof Construc
tion Co., at the Pioneer and Twin Manager Lewis, of the Gayety The
Illuffs plants, were tho guests at v nler, announce Hmt be has booked a
safety first and efficiency dinner held trained seal act h his vaudeville for
lust evenlne at Wuh Hop s Chop Suey ; Sunday. The act carries a Shetland
house, with Superintendent G. P. Fish
er as host. A fumptunuH supper was
nerved, foltowlntr which talks were
Riven along the standpoint of effi
ciency and safetv by the employees
r' the concern. It Is planned to hold
these meetings monthly, at whlc:i
time working conditions will be d;
cussed and progressive movements
planned. Tho gathering abounded
with o wholeFome cooperation upon
the part of employees,
HO RICHEST
i in
s
PERU WIFE FAILS IN ATTEMPT
TO HAVE HER HUCtSAND SENT
TO KANKAfKEE HEARING WAS
FROUGhT WITH INTEREST.
An ' insanity hearing trough! with
Saterest in which a wife was ar-
t ph iosledik, a I eru miner, against
whom iniormation wan tiled by Mis.
I'osledik.
I'pon the witness stand the wife
railed ami ranted over tho actions ot
Porlodik and alt em led t; convince
I ei auditors that her spouse was ot
hopeless mental condition. All the'
while the "defendant' sat in cour. '
calmly listening to the damaging tes
timony of his helpmeet without p.
murmur of protest untiu his time
came to take the stand
In a voice pitched "'Kh with i tnu
lion the woman told of the man's pe-
cullarltie.t
her and
md of his conduct toward
their children. To "save
herself" she said she was forced to
adopt stringent means of protecting'
herself against ' liodily harm and filed
insanity proceeding.-, to have I'osledik
cent away.
I'osledik, when he was given a
chance to tell hi.; side of the story, tn
tlmated in eiled insinuations that lie
had good and justifiable reasons for
a -ting towards his helpmeet as he did.
He mentioned names of men, tho ri
no time did be directly accuse Mrs.
I'osledik of any wrongdoing, IobvIiir
his remarks to take effect in whatever
manner they were received.
When the hearing was finally com-
pleted It was decided that Tosledik
was san but that no and tne .missus
(diould separate. I'osledik agreed to
these conditions and offered to pay
her $10 a month as ' alimony'' a id to
keep un nil paytnentsjipon the build
ing and loan stock owned by them,
which amounts to $11 a month. Whil"
yesterday's "insanitv test" co'-t him
$21 a month, Tosledik made no out
ward manifestations of regret and
took his lot with good grace.
PRESENTATION OF
FLAG POSTPONED
Th" presentation of a ug to the Ot
tawa township high school by the no
tary Club h is been postponed on ac
count of the inability of Captain
Steevi r to attend the meeting plan
ned for next Monday evening.
V. J. Dunlin, of tho Ottawa town
ship high school hoard was advised
by Captain Steever today, that owing
to previous engagements, it would be
impossible to attend this meeting, but
that he would bo able to come at some
other time within the near future.
The date of the presentation has been
postponed until word can he received
from Captain Steever fixing the date
f,f ,ni
meeting.
WINROW TBIMMER WILL
TAKE NEW POSITION.
I George Pollock, who has been en
gaged for the past live months as win
dow decorator for M. Stiofel At Son,
! clothier, will leave thi.i owning for
' Manitowoc, Wisconsin to accept a
; similar position with a clothing linn
jn tt,(1t city. Imring the library week
here. Mr. Pollock donated his time
and service in drawing artistic poster :
card't. i
ilia excellent taste in arranging the j
windows for Stiefel & Son, won him :
nun h pral .e. His many friends wish
him continued sure ess in his new (
field. ..
TRAINED SEALS TO BE
ON GAYETV'S SUNDAY BILL
pony, which one or tne amis rmes.
Manager Lewis statrs that the par
ents should be sure to have the chil
dren witness this show, at the mati
nee If possible.
Gene Conley end Companv In a
sketch, "A Cup of Tea,'' is said to be
one of the best ever offered on this
circuit. "Three I vres," a comedy mu
r leal act, Is also on the hill. Two oth
; rr goou neis muse up me leiiiiiiiiuer
f the bill.
MUSI M
;M CLEARS i
1M
EUGENE MYERS TESTIFIES IN,
OWN BEHALF TO AVOID GOINqI
TO JAIL JUDGE STOUGH RE-I
FUSES TO COMMIT HIM WHEnI
STORY IS TOLD.
Wugene Myers, bent with years and;
hard toil, while ably represented by j
j counsel, won his own argument thts j
i morning against his being committed 1
! to jail tinder contempt when he was'
taken tiefore Judge Stoiigh to show j
I w'.y he had not paid his wife, Minna'
j Myers, alimony during the peudency
of her divorce suit. j
i Myers, who resides in Center Otta-
wa near the Fox river, is defendant in
proceeding) Instituted by Mrs. Myers, t
j who alleges extreme and repeated'
I cruelty in her plea. Shortly after ;
the bill was filed Myers w as ordered f
to pay tho complainan' $4 a week,;
; $8.95 in court costs and $25 solicitor's !
fees. j
I'e explained to Judge Stough just'
why he had failed to follow out the
iub the; (by jeopardizing his freedom.1
He raid he worked as a driller in the
Chicago Retort & Firebrick ( o. s
plant and could secure work only on
n:rl: days as ho was needed during
the winter months, and that he would
; not average two or three days em-
ployment a week during the winter
! months. lie said he was keeping
bach" In his shack, for which he paid
! $.i a month-rent. His pay was $2.2'i a
(lav when he worked, out of which he
was able to scrape ontv the mere ne
cessities of life for himself. His ar
! gument won and he was released,
i Toothless and his barK bending
from (roubles that piled one upon the
ether during his sixty-six years of un-1
happy life. Myers was a pathetic tltf-j
lire as he unravelled his story before j
the Judge. Myers explained to his,
lawyer just why he was without teeth.!
He had had at one time a perfectly j
good set of store teeth. He took them i
out our day and they were lost. He!
never found them again and since ,
thin he lias been unable to purchase j
a new set. j
Skeletons were rattled during tho i
bearing and unusual as it may seem,
. theru wasn't a man in the room but J
who felt sorry that some of the tea-'
tiinony was woven into the trial, j
.Myers' eyes filled and his throat j
' choked as he testified, tho he was
; fighting bravely to bold his head up
and be brave.
! At one t'tne Myers was a prosper
ous farmer residing In Waltham
township. Adversity came his way
and in the Hood of troubles that were
poured upon him he lost family, farm
and all When he tried to recover
from the blow he only met with de
feat and since then has been doing the
best he could as a common day labor
er. He accused his wife of running
away from him, and said she could
have the best home he could give her
if she would return to him. Mrs. My-
! ers and her eleven year old daughter
are rooming with relatives. She ts
forced to work out by the day to sup-
i port herself and child,
RUSS ASSAULT
GERMAN LINES
Berlin via Sayville, Jan. 2i. -Desperate
efforts are being made by the
Russians in Moldavia to break the
lines of the Herman and Austro -Hungarian
troops.
The War office, in Its report today
en Roumanian operations, said that
nimiTous attacks were made by the
Russians in the Carpathians and all
were pressed home with the utmost
vigor. At one point the Russians pen
etrated a German position, nut were
driven on' after bloody hand-to-hand
fighting.
Field Marshal von Mackenzen's
forces fighting their way forward In n
bllpard have captured the town of
Manesti on the Serelh river. Four
hundred additional Husso Roumanian
prisoners have been captured.
SEIZE ABDUCTOR
OF YOUNG GIRL
st. Louis, Mn., Jan. 2't,- -Lucy Mag-:
;rlo, 1.1, of No. 27 Stale street, Buffalo,
N. V., and John Lnuvelle, 2d, of Depew,!
X Y,, are tinder arrest hero today
chaiXTd with violating the Mann act.
They had been living here as man and
wife two weeks, all hough l.ouvelle
I'dniltted, the police s'ty, I he girl was
the victim of a marriage Pcense hoax
and thai he had a wile and child In
Tie Pew.
The girl : :;:d she mo! Li uvelle lasl
May and I hut after he had courted
lie;- to look lie.- to the city lull where
lie procured a paper and said they
'were then married. The paper was
m"ioly u nrTiiage license. She said
sho lrd lived With Louvellc i t Cleve-
,anri. Marion, Manousny ami .Norwaiu,,
; oliio, coml;:i, i'eie from Norwnlk
EXTRA
WIFE OF BANKER IS SHOT
BY BANDITS.
Kanopolis, Kans., Jan. 20.
Mrs. Emma Cowie and her two
sons were shot down by five bank
bandits who wrecked Cowie's
bank, the Exchange State bank,
at 2 o'clock this morning. The
battle occurred when Cowie and
his sons rushed to do battle with
thj bandits after being attracted
by the Hast which wrecked the
vault. None was injured serious
ly. The bandits escaped with
$3,00O.
CALL SWISS RESERVES FROM
UNITED STATES.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20
Swiss reservists of the second,
fourth and fifth army divisions in
this country have been called to
the colors, it was learned at the
Swiss Legation here today. The
mobilization is ordered for Jan.
24. Many were in the former
mobilization but were given
leaves and returned to this coun
try. EXPECT HEAVY LOSS
LONDON BLAST.
IN
London, Jan. 20. Heavy loss of
life may have accompanied the
ammunition factory explosion in
a suburb of London last night, ac
cording to an official announce
ment by the ministry of muni
tions. There was great destruc
tion of property also. So great
was the force of the explosion that
this city was rocked as though in
the grip cf an earthquake. Some
thought that London was being
attacked by a big fleet of Zeppe
lins and that bombs were falling
all over the city. Many windows
arc without glass today.
SEATTLE FIRE CHIEF KILLED
IN HOTEL BLAZE.'
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 20. Fred
Gillam, assistant fire chief, is
dead, eicht firemen pre seriously
injured and the Grand opera
house here is a total wreck follow
ing a fire of unknown origin which
started this morning and isi still
racing. The huge structure is
brick with a wooden dome, Seat
tle's landmark in the theatrical
world, caved irt after the fire was
in progress.
ELECTS OFFICERS
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS ARE DI
VIDED INTO TWO COMPANIES
LOTHROP FOLLETT IS HON
ORED A3 BATTALION LEADER.
With a membership of one hundred
an 1 thirty cadets, yesterday after
noon the students of the Ottawa high
school military class elected officers.
The soldiers were divided into two
companies and a separate set of ofll-
cers named for each group.
Lothrop r'ollet, who has been the
principal Instructor of the high school
cadets, was honored as battalion lead
er over the two companies. The of
ficers for the first company are:
Loader - H. Milliard.
Assist. Leader-F. Aeuff.
First Platoon Leader--,!. P. Shaver.
First Asst. Platoon Leader--R.
Dwyer.
Second
Second
Hitter.
Platoon Loader- G. Baker.
Assist Plater Loader K.
Second Company.
Leader - Harley Langan.
Assist. Leader-L. O'Neil.
First Platoon Leader - W. Sanders
First Assist. Platoon Leader -C
Bradish.
S"cond Assist, Platoon Leader- ('.
! Kleiber.
Corporals will be elected at a later
meeting. As soon as the weather is
permissible shooting at. tho open
ranges will be held.
SPARTA, ILL., MAID
VICTIM OF THUG
St. Loul.i, Jan, 2u.- Bruised
bloedip.", Miss Fannin Moss, 21, of
Sparei, III., early today staggered into!
the home f Mrs. Harry
'niter here
when i he is employed as a maid, and
11011 COUPS
told of a brutal assault by an tin-J
known urn. Miss Moss was .etcn-irtAG TIME CZAR TO OPEN
Inn nfler a vis' to frl -nds. She was! BRANCH SCHOOL IN OTTAWA,
neir the P.ittet home wien she vas '
seized, ..triiek en the head w ith a ' Axel Christetisen, well known the
blunt ins'r inie't anil dragged Into world over as the 'Czar of Ragtime,"
nearby hall where ihe lay for two1 and President, of the Christensen
no rs, W'r,n he regained cnscious-i Schools of Popular Music, with1
m.ss see crawled to her employer's branch schools In every large city In
homo. She w a:, unable to (lescriho her; the Union, has announced he will
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i i-saiiaui.
lOBJECTOflSBEMflND RAIDER VICTIMS ANNOUNCE
CHEEJF1I SHIPS WERE ALLOWED.FREEDOM
SENSATION SPRUNG
COURT THIS MORNING WHEN
NEW JUDGE IS ASKED FOR
"LOOP" PAVING.
In an affidavit charging Judge Mayo
with being prejudiced against the in- j
teresta of the petitioners James J.
Conway this morning In the county j
court asked for a change of venue j
from the Ottawa Jurist to some judge j
to he selected by him for the trial of
tho legal questions contained in the
"loop paving" ordinance.
The affidavit camo as a complete
surprise to Judge Mayo and repre
sentatives of (he city's legal depart
ment, none of whom had been given
any intimation that a venue change
was to be asked from Judge Mayo.
As soon as they learned of the mo
tion. Attorneys Taylor Strawn and
R. I). Mills asked for a continuance
upon the hearing to name a day cer
tain for threshing out the legality of
the ordinance and were allowed un
til Monday morning at 10 o'clock to
arrange their arguments against the
motion for a new Judge to hear the
issues.
To avoid any more delay in rush
ing the work than is necessary attor
neys for the city will demand that
Judge Mayo be induced to remain up-
un uie utum uiiiiub uic m-anng vi i
the case. They will make every ef
fort to prevent dileatory tactics and
will urge that all haste be used in
disposing of the objections.
Judge Mayo did not state this
morning whether he would grant the
prayer of the petition or not. He
will announce his decision Monday
morning, after the city has resisted
the efforts of the objectors to get an
other jurist to hear their complaints
against the assessment roll. , i
Those who alleged that they fear- j
ed their interests would not be prop
erly safeguarded under Judge Mayo
were: Mrs. Allda Conway, John and
Michael Ilelffrlch, Willard Gay, T. W.
Burrows and Hugh Colwell.
The hearing to set the objections
for trial was to have been held yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock, but be
causo ho was busily engaged In dis
posing of an Insanity case tho argu
ments were not ' taken up until this
morning. One of the several county
judges in the vicinity of Ottawa prob
ably will be called here to decide
the validity of the ordinance and tho
roll. Judge David Gregg, of Marshall
county, may he asked to perform that
duty.
MRS. E. H. MOSS
100 YEARS OLD
Mrs. Elizabeth Haney Moss, Grand
Ridges oldest resident, today cele
brated her one hundredth bidthday an
niversary at the home of her son, J.1
A. Moss, with whom she resides.!
Mrs. Moss and Miss Elizabeth
Gleim, of this city, who observed
her century anniversary last Thin ;
day, are believed to bo the two oldest
women in this section of the state.
The celebration at the Moss noine
was quiet, tho many friends called up-
on the aged woman to congratulate
her upon her attainment. She is rug-
god and in good health, reports say.
William L. Milligan, whom she knew
as a little fellow, called upon her this
morning nd Mrs. Moss readily recog
nized l.ini and called him by name.
Mrs. Moss was born in Fayette
county, Pa., January 2, 1X17, an on;
July 13, lx3H, was married to Joseph '
C. Moss. They came to Farm Ridge
in ixtio and settled upon a farm,
where they have continued to reside.
To the couple, were born nine chil
dren, eight, of whom were boys. The
daughter died young, but six of the
sons are still living. Fdienczer Moss,
of Nebraska, came here to attend the
celebration of his mother's one hun
dredth anniversary.
j
! STREATOR MAN IN
PLEA FOR DIVORCE
William llonnessv. of Streator, to-
day tiled suit in the Circuit Couit for
i divorce from his wife, Mary K. lieu
j nessy, to whom he was married Febru
! sry 17, 1!m!i, and who, he says, desert
i ed him in February, it'll. The couple
have two children, who are with the
,i' mother In Chicago. The father, tho
be is the complainant for divorce, has
guaranteed to pay
the wire $2-n a
support of tile
mown lowam
halites.
open a nrancu scnooi in uiuwa,
IN COUNTY ,
i '
is NFfR
JAMS0N ABSTRACT ON BUFFALO
ROCK UNCOVERS INTERESTING j
HISTORY OF BOOM CITY Of!
1836-1838.
The town of Gibraltar, which was;
laid out and platted on the top of Rut- j
falo Rock by a promoter by the name j
of Hen Thurston, July 1, 1S3J, has
long been effaced from the memory of
tho residents of this county.
The record o2 the transaction camo
to light again recently in the transfer
of tho eighty acre Weidnecht farm to
William Jamison, the land man.
The abstract shows that Ben Thurs
ton came Into possession of eighty
acres of land located on the top of
Buffalo Rock July 1, 1S33, for which
he paid the government $100. Thurs-
j ton conceived the notion of building
i a city on the top of the rock and naia
i ing It Gibraltar, after the city located
,. . , u(im ., .hirh
vn iiir iuv.iv i i tin. ouiiiu iiuuiv, " "
commands the entrance to the Mediterranean-
Thurston, evidently had
visions oi a deep water ana nan mm j
out his town with a view of safety .
from floods and dangers of whatever
nature might beset the early f;eti:er
and residents of the lowland.
Thurston's dream of the city built
on the Bock was not unlike that of
the Frenchman, de La Salle, who at
ternpted to build up a French Fnipire
in the Illinois Valley with Fort St.
Louis on the summit of Starved Rock
as its capitol.
Thurston had his town laid out.by
tlio late Col. l.'aniel a'. Hitt and re
corded in the recorder's office in this
county. After this had been accom
plished he began tho sale of lots and
on August 4, 1836, seventy-five lots in
tho town of Gibraltar were sold to
Strayer Palmer for $.1,000.
On September 7, 1837, David Letts,
purchased eight lots for $12f, and
about the same date another block of
lots were secured by David Letts and
j George W. Howe for $fi670. These, evi
! dently, were the choice lots of the
! village. Henry Phillips on July 2ft,
j purchased twenty lots for $!LS. John
J Harvey and John Sperry purchased
j eighty-one lots for $25, in the sani
i month George Forsythe and the IatH
. . . .
-orenzo l.eland purchased torty-elght
lots for $"'!'
i.-in,m,.ij ,
in, nit , i in
seventy lots for $1 is. other pur
chasers were F.. P. Woods. J. F. Stev
ens, Williams Mitchell, Oran Hamlin,
K. J. Knowlton, M. N. Idts, Jonan
for $118. Other pui.
Pope, S. F.ddens, J. D. Wixen and
James Johnson
The promotion of the town of Gi
braltar progressed favorably during
the years ISSii and ISMS, but after
Thurston had disposed of most of the
lots he lost interest in the project and
the value of the land began to deprn-
rltae very rapidly, and after a lapse
of tW(.,y yPars ,i,0 properties began
to u for taxes .and foreclosures w ere
nunu.rollf;. KjImlly the town was
1 al(an(loIU,rl anil jt r(.Vcrted to farm
,,ro)erty an(1 nallv (.amp jlto lhc
, possession of William Weidnecht, who
has held it for the last twenty years.
THREE SUBEAS
WITH RAIDER
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 2n. Tlio German
raider which lias been preying on
commerce in the South Atlantic, was
accompanied by three submarines,
says a dispatch from Pcrnnmhuco to
day. These submarines, were said to
be less than u feet in length and of a
new tyne.
The submarines were used for scout
duty, it was said. They would leave
the mother siiip at Intervals and later
returned reporting the appearance of
any
It
ships they may
have seen.
was reported iiy pel
rsons landed
from the Hudson Maru at. Pennitii
biico, that the raider looks like ani
ordinary freighter. She flies the
ish Hag while passing neutrals
Brit-
IJU,
hoists the German ensign when she!""11 iUK" "l'"lu"'"l"L ,"" "
meets a British steamer. information winch I was carry-
An officer t Ul, British sleam-r f? to KwUM. A quantity of sugar
Minis!., which was sunk bv the raider, ' n.l coffee was removed rom our car
told of an incident that happened when'" 1111,1 l,li"'(1 u"on (h,1,'','r of tn
the hip was taken.
A C.erm.m nttiefr
went on board and demanded
ships papers. I'pon beiiK told
thev had been destroyed, the
the
,'
mans laughed and
. , ,
exclaimed :
are play'n
lie helped.
e game, loo, but it can't (lmv"' , i..nusin
i "-pi,,, commander ot the Kaldshlp
tried to learn from me the where
abouts of the steamship Araquaya. but
Late Sleepers.
Wo lire inclined as n people to let
loo much fresh nip gu to waste In the
curly morning. Toledo Blade,
Subscribe for FroeTrader-.louriial.
i
CAPTAIN TOLD THEM HE DID
NOT WANT TO KILL WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
WERE WELL TREATED
SAILORS ARRIVE AT BUENOS
AIRES AND RECITE INCIDENTS
OF SEIZURE REDNORSH I RE IS
DYNAMITED AFTER CAPTURE.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 20. The Japan
ese ship Hudson Maru, which was
captured by a German raider believed
tc be the Moew? and turned int0 a
prison vessel, is still at Pcrnambuco,
according to advices received here to
day. Tho Brazilian government, it
was stated, had sent instructions to
have her interned if she is armed.
The crews of the French barks
Nantes and Asnicres, who were among
the 23 1 sea reiugees landed at Per
nambucco by the Hudson Maru, have
gone to Bajia where they will await
the arrival of a steamship to take
them to France.
The Americans among the fugitives
ar0 bping asslstf,d by tne LTnite1
SutM consu flt Pernambuc0. The
original raider, which is still thought
to be the Moewe at large and many
guesses ar being made as to her
whereabouts. According to some re
pcrts she is lurking in the Culf of
Mexico, according to others she lias
fled to the Canary Islands.
Statements made by the refugees
at Pernambuco make it plain that the
Germans were sparing of ammunition.
The commander of the Radnorshire
Viaid that only one shot was fired at
his ship. After the Radnorshire was
halted German sailors went on board
and sank her with dynamite. The Rad
norshire was sent on Jan. 7.
It had been reported that the French
.T-.chantshin Samara. 6,000 tons, had
j been sunk by the Germans, Ht this
I has been proved untrue. Tho Samara
arrived at Rio Janeiro yesterday.
She was overrude but had suffered no
damage. The Samara is owned "by
the Compagnie Sud Amerique.
It is reported also that the Ortega
was not sunk, as reported, but this
has not been confirmed.
British seamen landed at Pcrnam-
nr,r mv Hint tho rommjinder of the
" ' ; , u.
original ncriuuu niu- wi "
!..:..! r.Hi.Min uin r trim in run n
, . . .
"1;,"-V B"'"s l" "7 , . ,
because no eia not wain ui mh wwm
en and children by sinking them.
"I could have done much more dam
age than 1 did but we Germans 8re not
the barbarians that the Allies claim,"
the raider commander is reported to '
have said. He is further quoted as
saying:
"It. was easy in the South Atlantic
to sink ships and at no time did we
feel in any danger. We took every
precaution to avoid any loss or life."
! The prisoners on the Hudson Maru
! were allowed l." minutes exercises on
deck daily, but as their numbers in
' creased food supplies grew scarce.
The Radnorshire commander said
i that secret information he was con
' veying to Knglund was seized by the
Germans His story follows:
"After leaving Bahia I hugged the
coast line and steamed in a northerly
direction. When about 10 miles from
Pernambuco the lookout sighted a
strange essel. Altho It was about
; o'eiock at. night the ship could be
seen plainlv. She was apparently tol-
lowing up and was accompanied oy a
smaller ship. Having been warned of
tho presence of a German' raider I did
not waste any time In scrutinizing the
vessels, but immediately offered my
men to don life belts. The bigger of
the two ships signalled us to stop
11,1(1 wp 1,111 HO- ,w" . ,
. lln nlloil with German sailors
A sub-lieutenant came on board and
, i. t t, ...... iinnTU
; said tnat. lie inieimcu to m"
! asked about the cargo, nut seemeu
to think that I was not leiiiug mm
the truth for he sent a man into the
i , u.. t ....(.I
111 1 VlilllV wiwi i nuei.
I "The Germans seized all our papers
1 . i i..... .iUIb ..-. t in In rr M.
uerman snip.-
Then the crew was
ordered off am
dynamite bombs were
..1 1 IK., uhm
Klght minutes
I'liU 111 (Ml 111' r-ii i.
the
after the Germans left the bombs ex-
o ouei alio I lie v'i ersiine nn
on I"1"" " " 1
I told him that I knew nothing about
her. This made him angry and he
gave a sharp order for me to go below
with my men. On January 12. we
were transferred to tho Hudson
Maru."