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The Snowflake herald., 1916-02-18
SNOWFLAKE LOCALS
AND PERSONALS

OOCCOHWOOu WASH mas again
become decent to ford.
Frank Gardner of Woodruff
is visiting here this week.
Lars Petersen was here a cou-
pie days this week from Pine
dale.
Mesdames H. S. and Sarah C.
Hunt were visitors in Holbrook
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Frost of
Linden are in town for a few
days. visit.
Jack Smith of Walker took
lay-off the first of the week and
visited Snowflake.
DR.. Bazell was in town from
Holbrook yesterday, being mo-
tored over by Walt McLaws.
Ranger Frank Owens left
Monday for Heber where he will
probably locate for the season.
Robin Adair has been laid up
for few days on account of an
injury received while playing
ball.
Mrs. L. M. Monson and little
son, Kenneth, are over from Hol-
brook visiting relatives and
friends.
After next Thursday, the Oath,
the meetings of the local Relief
will be held on Tuesday
afternoons.
F. j. Willis of Linden was re-
Gently reappolnted fair commits
sioner of Navajo county by the
board of supervisors.
E. Nicholson and Jack Pearce
returned yesterday from a trip
to st. Johns, where Mr.. M. went
on tombstone business.
A new line of spring and sum-
mer dress goods just received at
RuShman'S. A line of millinery
will arrive within a few days.
Forest Supervisor Jennings,
Clerk A. G. McCloskey and
Ranger Ashurst mmotored over
to Holbrook yesterday afternoon
for a brief visit.
Word received from Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Taught says they
have located at Freese Wash,
Mohave county, and are well
pleased with that section.
Assessor Fay Gardner and fam
lily of Woodruff were held over
here Sunday on account of the
assessors Ford refusing to get
up and walk in the right direc-
ton.
Joel Flake of Joppa, who was
in town the first of the week,
infomed us that he recently pur-
chased the interests of T. w.
Turley and Al Frost in the E S
cattle company.
Prof. Haynes of the public
school has his pupils at work at
leisure hours fixing up tennis
court in the southwest corner of
the school yard. Tennis is a
fine game in which one gets an
abundance of real exercise in
addition to the playing"
Charles T. Savage, merchant
and otherwise prominent citizen
of Showlow, was a caller at the
HERALD office Tuesday. He
made the visit to give us a big
Job printing order, which we
agreed to accept without any
argument or further words.
County Engineer and Mrs. G.
F. Perkins of Holbrook have
been stopping in town for a few
days. Mr.. Perkins is overseeing
the repairing Of bridges in this
section, some Of which were
badly damaged and put out of
use by recent floods. We are in
formed the Silver Creek bridge
The sun., 1916-02-03

l'i.luE his conference to-day with Soc
reldry Lansing 'nr British Ambassador
'ontent"d himself with request that tn.
passengers and British crew OF the cap
turei liner b" released giving the Sec
rotary to understand that no requcs, or
demand regarding the d disposition OF the
vessel would hc mad. by the British
Government pending u decision 10y the
United States
Nevertheless the department received
during IN" day a demand from tn. New
York agents Of the Appam's owners that
she be turned over TO them. No reply
has been mad. to this demand
Although II j. understood that officials
OF the state Department have made up
their minds to grant the vesse! the
asylum asked tor by the German COM
mander, they do not expect the decision
to be announced for several days The
delay Is ocCasioned by "A desire to max.
sure that the decision will be one by
which the United States can afford 10
stand.
Already IL is realized that the grant
ing of an asylum TO the Appam would
run counter to IN" policy OF tn. State
Department and the Senat" at the time
the United states decided to reject ar
tiCle ~ Of the Hague convention IN
1907. This article, which Great britain
also rejected. provided in substance that
all prizes seeking asylum IN all neutral
ports OF the world In time of war should
be granted n. same privileges which
the German American treaties of 1893
and 1925 specifically granted to German
prizes OF war In American ports and
vice versa 10 American prizes In Ger
man ports.
The sun., 1916-02-03

In rejecting "A broader application of
the principle In 1907 the United States
took the position outlined by Ambassador
Choate, It's delegate to The Hague, that
acceptance OF article NNllI. would in
volve the United states in dangerous
complications In time of war.
All the questions involved in the
Appam problem from the standpoint OF
international law and neutrality obliGa-
tions of the United States were referred
to-day by Secretary Lansing to the neu-
trality board, an advisory adjunct of the
State Department This board. II is said.
inclined to the view that the prussian
treaties were applicable, although final
determination OF the recomme ndat ions
of the board to the Secretary have been
withheld pending further consideration
of the facs,
port submitted 20 Ambassador Won Bern
storn by Lieut., BERG contained the asser-
tion that not only WAS the Appam armed
when captured. hut that she had en-
dcavorcd 10 resist capture. This fact,
II is said In German circles, would have
justified the commander of the Moewe in
sinking her had he .not needed tho Ap-
pam to carry 10 a plac" OF safety tho
passengers taken from Nh" other cap
tured ships.
In German Embassy circles all efforts n
to get an expression of opinion as to the
character Of the Moewe. whether a con-
verted merchantmen OF II cruiser, are
met by broad smiles and an assertion
The sun., 1916-02-03
So VESSELS SUNK
IN MEDITERRANEAN
Germans Give Three Lists Of
.AuXiliaric>. supply ships
and Transports.

A copy ~ the W,>'r-Zci'nn1 NJ Bre.
men. received here yesterday. contains
a list Of transport ships and vessels
carrying supple and war material sunk
ranean since the inception Of the allied
Salonica expedition The list includes
the cunard liner Transylvania. Of $4,000
tons. sunk, according to tho German az
count. IN the Mediterranean while con-
veying troops. munitions and war ma
t.rial There were repeated reports from
German sources last Ma! of IL. torpedo
ing of that liner. but they w"r. con
tradctcd by tn. British Admiralty. The
vessel however. has not been heard from
since then
The W,s,r-Hcurry' l.>t includes eight
allied vcsS.,~ d"~crih-d a. "auN ilary
cruisers and troop transports" aud tw"n-
ty.SiN ships which carried war material,
making a total Of thir'y-four ships sunk.
The total tuurdr" ~ given a. ~ is&.
Besides the~" vessels. 'i"ru1u I-h"ats
sank IN October and November i' NJ"
Mediterranean tw"nty-f"gr ships aggr"-
eating 6".t56 tons
The German paper explains that the
transport hv Hand W TIA. frclghtax" d.
~troy-d with theS" ships would have
taken ahou. 2nu railroad trains of nifty
cars each. TN" paper adds that the
Allies have concealed the exact losses uf
merchautm"u ~ their r"spcottN" ,oun-
tries.
Following arc the lists ~ vessels re.
ported sunk
The sun., 1916-02-03

Besld.s th- ships carving troonS and
war material for tl- Salonica expedition.
the following ships were sunk I'm IN,
Mediterranean by L boats in October
and November:
/, D!mi,rIs, creek ..JOS. rte. Tor Eng.
!. woolNt,h, nr. ce3s. phosphate. tin
ore. "
wsoausts Norwegian. ah:i, sugar
railroad wagons and material FOR Russian
Government railway.
Den OF trombc. Hr ,9an. rico
=, pahrs, Fr. ?l.7. groti, ana harlov
=. Sidt F'rruch. Fr., islH gopds
=. Nscr. Fr $500. goods
Sa,.or Prince" Rr, 31h har'ov.
foolstuns
. Hsli1ones Br. t.o9a ore. cotton.
10 Apollo. Rr., 3.;It, coal and tso
warship launches,
II, Apscheron. Russidn tank. 1000.
1000 tons of heating oil
IL, katja Russ. tank to0 tons n.
sugar
la. Enosis, rr.. 3,tO2, coat
-. Name unknown. 600. cargo nm
known
10, Mersanscr Hr., ,.oo'; goods.
u, ranis, Rr., a,65i; cattle
is Kngswdy, Rr, S,s47; empty.
10, Omarn, FIR, t3i, empty
20. Malinuhc, Br., lsOS. goods
Fl. '"l'nSo Br, 1851, goods and rail
road wagons
9s. Iangtnn Hal, Rr, at1I. goods
% IHrins, or, e.aoi fnud ana pro-
visions for England ,cnutrahAudN
- Alg"ri"n, Fr. I,703; goods
The sun., 1916-02-03
SEA INSURANCE JUMPS.
some Firms Even Refuse 10 Take
business for Africa.

War risk underwriters Yesterday re-
ported that certain parts OF their mar
ket have been almost demurallzed IS
the result of IA" Appam affair Some
Of the Insurance men a~ refusing to
write Insurance on shipments either ~
Africa or destined for other ports Via
the African capes.
TIE insurance rates 10 All Atlantic
points have been raised because the un-
derwr!ters are not confident that other
submarines will not duplicate the feat
of the one which has been active re-.
Gently on the African coast. and other
rates have been increased for the same
reason.
The rates to all points ON the Atlantic
have been raised from between y to l..
per cent. to - to Ia per cent. on
shipments via the Suez Canal 81. per
cent. is being asked, which IL consider
ably lower than the 10 per cent. asked
Immediately following the sinking of the
Ancona in the Mediterranean.
According to the local marine insur-
ance men the market will remain high
for day or so until confidence Is re-
stored when the rates win drup back
to their customary level.
In commenting on the situation Will
lam q. wilcox of the firm of Wilcox.
Peck & Hughes said
"The market for shipments to Africa
and via the cape to Australia is simply
demoralized. In the present state OF
the market cannot make any defnite
quotations,
But as an indication Of the dis
turbed condition ! may say that rates
indicated are anywhere from two to ten
times IN" rates previous to the arrival
OF the Appam. Rates to the River Plata
also are affected, The entire marke;
Is uncertain and II will take some time
for 1t to settle down. Some compa e.
are declining African business"
The sun., 1916-02-03
APPAM TO BE HELDIN u. s.
PORT AS A PRIZE OF WAR
gers Will Be Released Without Restricton-Ger-
many to Demand Holding of Troops Aboard

WAsHiNGroS, Feb. :.--Following a re-
quest filed with Secretary Lansing to-
day by Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British
Ambassador, the state department or
dered the release Of all persons on board
the British steamer Appam with the en-
ception Of the officers and members Of
the German prize crew.
A. the same time officials OF the state
Department let 1t h- known, although no
definite decision has been reached as to
the status OF the vessel, that she will
lie regarded as a prize uf war. As such.
it was plainly intimatcd, the vessel will
be treated ~ accordance with the
treaties Of 1879 and 1873 between the
United States and Prussia.
In other words. the disposition IL to
accept the German View as expressed n
formally ~ Germau Embassy circles,
that under these treaties the commander
OF the prize crew has the righe to ask
asylum for his captive IN the American
port until such time ds he may elect to
remove her.
The sun., 1916-02-03
PONGA The RAIDER
DECLARES MASTER
81 Was on the German Ship
Six Days and Know" Says
Barton.
SAW 4 VESSELS TAKEN

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. Capt David
Barton. master of the British steamer
Corbridge which waR captured hy tho
German raider on January 10. told the
most graphio story Of any ~ the men
who came ASHORE from the Appan to-
night.
lie was positive II was not the mocwo
that captured tlc Appan,. lie said he
was on ,h, German vessel for six days
and knows of what he speaks.
.She was the German steamer Ponsa,"
he said. "I know her we'll. she was
buiit for the fruit trade and she knew
the water. around the Capsries like I
know my hack yard.
Il was on her when she took the
Trader, the Aradnc. pronmonby and
the Author. know she WAS In COM
munication with other ships as her
wireless was busy mos, of the time. Her
aerial was unusually high and she must
have been able to send and receive from
"A long distance.
I'VE could not make out what she
sent, 7, was all German, and there
were many figures and words that our
wireless men could not make out.
Two days before she met the Appani
a wireless man from one of tho Brit'sh
ships sunk by the Pnnga who was "A
prisoner on board. told me he had made
out the W.. H.. 1000 tons unelfhi.' I
don't know what that meant, but nave
been told. while on the Appain that IL
might have referred to the fact that
tn, British liner carried about 1000
tons Of cocoa.
IL believe the Ponga knew just what
the Appam had Oh board and when sho
would arrive near the Canaries j have
no doubt OF this The ponga lazed
around for two days. She seemed tn
cruise in a circle. We were kept be
low decks but ". could hear the wireless
buzziug away. Th. officers seemed ann
ious and held frequent conferences.
81 do not know what transp!red on
deck when We sighted the Appam. but
| believe there were other ships In the
vicinity that had been in communica-
ton with the Ponga. I did not know
the Ponga was bearing down on the
Appam until she changed her course first
on" way aud theu III. other"
The sun., 1916-02-03

'w. hardly moved for two DAYS TN.
German ship bore away from us and a.
night we could not 50. her at all When
they met the clan McTaNish she wF.
perhaps eight miles away. We .aw
little Of the fight, but they were too IA.
away to descrihc IT, The raider r.
turned To- tiS with several wounded men.
thre. Of them being East indians
The Germans had little 10 sav ~ N.
fight. nor would they per,ui, the English
tu discuss II among themselves.
eve could see smoke aver the horizon
a, IL another ship WAS near the two
nghtlng vessels.
I'VE We're treated fair on the Apram
We got the same grub that the Getna,
officers got and the women and children
were well taken care of. Tho Presence
~ bombs about the ship kept iuaiY a. %.
ufraid ut being blown W. There we've
all KINDS nf rumors nfoat. hut upitrg
happened
l.. &. Fuller .. NJ. e., who cam.
ashore with the party. said he pas
"dreadfully bored" from remaining on
shin 80 long
"Th.r. wds nothing 10 do" he ,aid.
hut. walk and wait. We had very l'''a
,N.rcisc and IN" principal a'utsr're''
Was card playing We spent our 'H.
below and got ou H." upper do'r ,,t.
seldom.
"Th, capture of the Appaw was do"s
- easily really felt bad about u. W.
had no chance oven To- nch, had Wr
wanted to "" wcro taeru 80 uV.h ty
s!rpris" that f"lt Hike I VIE .n 4
dream
1T reminded me "f higNWa,r.1
holding up = helpless citizen ~ The '-'..
~ q big gun Tho German yes,,' ho.e
down on us and appeared 20 ho .p-''t
tur assistance. We were ready 20 help
her aud all "f = sudden she threw down
her sides AND hir guns wcr" thrown N
our faces.
"Th.u y. simply held NJ "ur Nsnts
and waited for our captors 10 take gs"
The sun., 1916-02-03

t." Commercial cable Company mahcs
''' following announcement
'tHhlcgrans FOR chinese provinces of
Kwo.rhow and Szcchwan must he writ.
ten IN Engl!sn and Vii only hc accepted
q; scudcIs' risk"
The sun., 1916-02-03

Collector Hamilton also was instructed
o. nernlt the various foreign Consuis AT
Norfolk with subjects aboard the Appan
"a board the ship. subject to the consent
n, ~. commander OF the prize crew.
Late this evening unofficial adN1ces were
rsceiyed here to the effect that the COM
m,,,d,r lad refused this permission.
The decision which the state Depart
,ncni ia eAucut,d 10 announce concerning
tho status of the vessel Will not OF itself
ne ukely TO arouse protest, either from
Great britain or Germany. The protests
viii come from Great Britain when, AZ
now seems certain, the State Department
decides 10 grant the German commander
tho rich, to sequestcr his prize and de-
cidcs not to release the vessel and turn
her over to her original British owners.
Count Won Bernstorff the German Am
bassador, while making no request as to
the disposition of the vessel. Iot!hed the
State Department this afternoon that
Lieut. Berg had brought the vessel into
Norfolk AS prize, The British En-
hassy, while Siraining from making any
demands for the release of the vessel.
also regards the snip In the light of a
prlze. As stated in THE Sun this morn
ing the difference between the Germa
and British points OF view lie in what
Is claimed to he tho obliei'ions resting
un the United states.
The German point Of view and the
one which the United States rs expected
to irdors. Is that under Ia, treaty of
1899. ~ rccnacted and modified by the
treaty Of 1925 between the United States
and Prussia. Germany has the right to
The sun., 1916-02-03

Mayor Mitchell will address members
OF the Chamber of Commerce at tho
regular monthly meeting to-day at noon
on his programme 10 reduce the tax
rate and TO reorganize the budget no
that appropriations for 1917 can be cut
The sun., 1916-02-03

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. with the WIND
blowing twenty -four miles an hour from
the northeast and with high seas throw
ing spray in their faces Sir Edward
Merewether, Governor of sierra Leone
Frederick James, Administrator OF
Nigeria. and the captains of six British
ships sunk by the German raider
Moewe, were landed IN snaiI
boat at Old Point Comfort at $40
o'clock this afternoon. They had been
held prisoners for from fourteen to
seventeen days OIL board the captured
Appam.
Il am 40 glad I could cry said Sir
Edward when he was helped up the
landing by captains OF two British ships
tha, had gone down under the fire OF the
German sea raider on the canary
Islands.
II cannot talk much. am 30 glad
and yet so nervous. So much has hap
pencd In 80 snort while | must have
time TO think 1t out.
we were all surprised when the Ger
man vessel captured us 7 do not know
her name and 80 far as have been able
to learn nobody else on the Appan. cx-
cept the Germans. know what ship IL
was.
Game On In "a Circle.
"She came upon US fying tiny bit
Of red from her mast. We observed her
some distance away. She came at us In
IA circle. then went away and came
again. When she got close some one
on our ship said she was IN distress.
We slowed at her signals ard she came
closer. Then we saw the German nag
The sun., 1916-02-03
TO HUNT DOWN RAIDER.
Britain Holds Nppam Must he In
termed In 4. =. Port.
special cabI- De.pltcA 10 Tnr s.,

sPr''u : upte brtpI''h 10 lHI S'N
l,oSpoS. Feb. 1.-THE opinion At the
Admiralty regarding the status OF the
Arpam Is that the United States never
Ieeosn!z.d the principle OF transferring
Il nercu.,ntnlln at e.'a into a warshi,.
In the discussions at the last Hague
conN ntion tn. American delegates
agreed vita the English dclcSat.s on
tnls proposition.
The case uf the 'rusCora Is quoted
When Sho vas taken INTO cape po.t
Great B.ita.n refused 80 recognize her
COM ClsiUu 10 q cruiser. "A decision IN
which IN" United States Hrqui.sccl.
Great br..d.n holds tha' under Art
oles NM. and NNiI. q: the Hague con
NeHt."u ~" Arpam must hc returned to
a,7 owuris, "nl!c the p.lGc Jew must be
!u;e!n.i. The Alternative, tn the pos.
ton taken Icy Great Britain, l. that
after IN" needs of provisioning have
been met the Appam must proceed to
SEA. whercul'un the British navy would
do .'S utmost to sink her.
The Appam carried $500. oo0 5000
oorb in bullion. II = understood here
WHiyn Vii. probably be- Gained as a
prize. since 1t IN 'onlrdbdNu.
Br.tisl mercantile marine circles have
been greatly aroused py the capture,
P-rpleN.'y in regard 20 the question Of
Insurance is st.l admitted at Lloyd's
Tur uuI, writers, however. consider her
II Mar loss, aud !t Is believed She will
not lee aHruurC-d a. taving arrived
safely iu port The total l"ss tu the un.
derwritcr> from all the ships sunk by
the my strrious raider probably will
amount to s3.HN.N
Many here believe the raider sailed
from some neutral port The pr-C-
cdent is cited Of the Alabama one sea
captain of forty years experience II
credited with the statement that the
raider could not have sailed from a
German port aud escaped the British
navy, and tha, it is his belief that she
was outfittrd somewhere along the
American coast.
Capt Scn.m,s OF the Alabama. i IL re-
called, IN capturing the Tuscaloosa In
1863 took the vessel TO cape Town as A
prize. where she WAS tnaly turned over
20 her owners by III, British Govern
iueut.
Every warshlp IN reach has hccn or
dercd To scour the Atlantic. especially
the African coast, in search ot III" Ger
man raider Not only is II felt that
there IL serious danger to British ship
ping in having the Nosse. al large but
the naval authorities ar" deeply Cha-
grined that i should have been able 10
sail the seas Al all.
The sun., 1916-02-03

Although no formal demand viii be
made by the British Government pending
announcement OF the American position
for Il release of the vessel TO her original
British owners, il was learned that If
the United States uphoids the German
position vigorous protest viii result.
DESPITE the orders already gone To
Collector Hamilton e, NIrfu!h 10 r--
lease all ou board the .lpptm excepting
the priz, crew i, was Indicated IN Ger
man quarters to-ulgnt that Germany
may insist on tho iuterum,ut of the
British troops on board the vessel. This hse
troops, according ~ press dispatches
from Norfolk, w,r. transferred 10 the
Appam by the German raider after the
latter had sunk the british transport
promuubN
In directing that ia. passengers on
the Appan b. released the State De-
partm.ut added that lhcy should be al
lowed to 60 on shore subject to the i'm
MIGRATION laNs NDtiCc OF this WAS sent
IN. Immigration on IcidlS Of the Depart
m.nt of Labor, who SAID the immigra
tion authorities az Norfolk would be IN
struct-d to admit them as ordinary emil
grants. IN. various Consuls OF the re-
,p,ct!ye ndt!uuL.i'i"s on board Npl'hing
for 4 that tn. passengers ana o'her9
released VIII not hecom" public charges
While It is assumed that many on
hoard will apply To their consulS Tor
transportation back home no restrictions
viii be placed Oh their movements IN
the case of the German civilians VINO
were being taken to Liverpool FOR IN
/ tern,ncn, when the Appam was captured
n Is understood they viii elect TO re-
r,,'r m th.s country. Under interna-
,ioual law the United States cannot De
made by Great Britain to hold these
same prisoners OF war.
The sun., 1916-02-03

BOvE Berg, commanding the Appam To
righMembe the and of the sailors
vessels raider leaning the rail the
The sun., 1916-02-03
WOMEN PUTONLIFEBELTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Sir Edward Merewether Describes Capture Says British
Ship offered No Resistance-Tells Of Fight
With the Clan MacTavish.

in surr"nder,ng his vessel w,thoui ICON.
urdizug his men To dliuus' ,,..,,,.
slaughter
The German craft came ~ ny '-a,
the north. She Was ten miles twau q
should judg', when We saw l,. ii.
did rot notice her particularly uu'U ,,.
appeared to lie circlng us and cI.''.,
across our lane.
"Shc new what We thought was a. sic
nal ~ distress. She looked unkUrp' a,A
her sides appeared to be daub,d vim
several "olors OF paint. When she o..
close to us she ran VI the German Has
and exposed her guns.
There was No rcsistanc. from o.
ship and "" waited patienilv TO 90
boarding party 30 come tn Va. When
they got ON board they took 'oun.r,
after dcpri,iug the crew of What .sa
s'nall arms they had.
The sun., 1916-02-03

tlNru on Ntct ana bread.
For their captors the British had
nothing but good words. The only hard
ship experienced WAS due to the lack Of
food. The ship being only three days
out OF her home port the supply OF pro-
visions ran short. For four days before
The Appams arrival at Old Point there
nas no meat, and captor and captured
alike. without distinction. .ubssted on
rice and bread
br. IL, NJ. McCaffrey. the local quar-
sntine officer, who completed his inspec-
ton OF the Appam to-day. said:
capt. Harrison told me that the
raider disguised as "a tramp steamer was
in sight OF the Appam for half a day
before she attempted to effect capture
lie would play In and out far and near
from the Appam and 50 disr.putablc was
hcr appearance that even the captain RI.
marked TO his crew about IT, The cam
VAIN told ne further he Thought she
looked especially poorly constructed and
painted even for "A tramp ste. rn,r.
AFTER hriug snut over the bow
topping the Appam, dropping her false
f"r"castIc head and bringing a battery
Of big gun into play several Germans
hnardod the Appam, They told the mas.
s"nscrs, iHauH ~ whuiu had b.,,,,,,
frightened mad were adjusting life belts
mat There was no danger No one would
be- harmed, the Germans rAplained. 80
long as they did not attempt resistance