The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-04
TheftS of Auto MagnetOs
and Tires Make Exported
Cars Useless.
TEN ARRESTS POINT
TO DIRECTING HEAD
Crippling Of VAR Material
i'm Transit Real
Menace.

ak f,es in the hold OF the tramp
Steamship Euterpe, chartered by the
British Government, lying at the break
water In the Erie Basin at Van Brunt
street. Brooklyn, caused a loss of s2o.-
toe last night and led Capt. Alfred
Smith, the skipper. TO declare his belief
that somebody purposely tried to burn
Dis ship.
The fres had additional significance in
view OF the revelations made earlier in
the day concerning what is regarded as a
concerted movement on the part of Ger
man sympathizers in this country TO
cripple the Allies by wholesale thcfts of
automobile tires. magnetos "f automo-
Bile trucks and other war supplies. Il
developed that ten arrests In connec.
tion with the thef,s of msgnetos have
been made in the last week. making a
total Of thirty arrests of men accused OF
pro-Gerinan activities.
Blaze In Cargo of sugar.
ShNly after u O'Clock capt Smith
VIZ lhl .44f'i HlEtilDa-IF III llS crew tllb1
smoke vas issuing from the forward
hold IN a. 1890. of sugar. He made a
personal Investigation and found, hc
sol, siX separate fires in the cargo
Al alarm WAS sent from the Union
Sulphur Works Al the lard end of III.
Ions pier and the fireboats Seth Low and
New Yorker responded with engine and
truck companies.
4 MIrI lines ot hose we're run into the
vta'caN1N Il. streams We're poured into
IL nod for fully an hour. Then /, was
hhpuuevd that the blaze had been
at"wa-I Out
CAPT smith reported TO Lieut.. Down
Ing pi urr Hamilton avenue police sta e
ton int he was satisfied the blaze was
The work OF incendiaries. He SAID he
vas convinced Of this because he saw
sn0Ne coming from several parts of the
hold. He couldn't understand. however.
how anybody succeeded in starting the
ara.
1h' steamship is owned by the Caiiope
Steamship Company of England Scar
nnang" Bros II II Union Hall street.
london. constitute the company. The
sh.ps net tonnage is 2,2.>.
just Came From bordeaux.
The Euterpe arrived at the Erie Basin
Gom Bordeaux, France, Il week ago and
Sas s-heduled To sail on saturday with
cargo OF sugar for the United King
Com Capt. Smith declared that he
DIDN'T know exactly what port the cargo
was consigned to. AS he hasn't yet re-
ceted ms sailing orders.
The steamship has been carrying coal
aad grain from New York and Baltimore
10 ports In France and in the United
Kingdom
Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy went
aboard the ship soon after the blaze was
eA'Ihguished ana began an investigation.
Many Other Fires.
Since August 80, 1914, fires have oc-
CURED and bombs have been found on
snlps at sea and in ports as follows:
1914.
octoDer 80, Alfred Nobel. cotton cargo
an. al sea
s'p,ember 90. Cedric, fire in hold after
kaNlng this port
october II, Degrid fre at pier on East
River
November ., Rembl andt. cotton cargo
ahIe IN tHs port, thought To- be due tu
b1n1 placed in hold in New York
1910.
January 20, Preston, cotton cargo
partly burned in this port.
Narcu Il clan Mac ackcller. cutton
eago ron United States. aiire at Genoa
March 81, San GuglielmO. cotton
cslsp tor United States. aire at Genoa
AZ -, Devon city, sugar cargo
n7ei by bomb,
Apr -, Ems. ca go atlre here.
Mdi y Banksdalc. from New York
ooMh found in mold al Havre.
Jun" 10, Srlenwald. from New York
nnr bombs found Ia cargo in hold a,
Narcotics.
Jly 4, Mnnehaha, fired at sea by
u'N"' supposed to have been placed on
sa!p New York
July -, Knltsford, fired at pier in
BrGot ..
=, S"n' 1,h"r 10. SAINT Anna, from New
'ol ~" ut "ea. conveyed to the Azores
September J., Athinai, from Brooklyn
attr 80 set rarrying food supplies TO the