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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
U.BOAT CAUSES LIBEL ACTION
One Of Nicosian's Crew Sues, Denying
killing of Submarine Men.

Suit for $4,000 damages for alleged
libel has grown out Of the sinking Of
a German submarine by British
cruiser. The plaintiff is James j. Gull
Ian. who is suing "The New York
Times" Company for asserting that the
men on the American mule ship Nico-
sian were responsible for the death Of
the German crew after the latter had
taken TO lifeboats. Cullan was one of
the crew Of the Nicosian.
Cullans story is that carly one
morning last August the American
steamer WAS stopped by the German
submarine. Just then the Baraloug
appeared flying the American flag. The
British cruiser fired or the submarine
and sank her. THE crew Of the Brit
ish war vessel" says Cullan. without
Justification and cause. unlawfully and
irhumanly put to death the crew Of
the German submarine after said crew
ceased resistance to the British
Cullan complains that on January 2l
last the defendant published an edi-
torial saying that the American mule
tcerS murdered the Germans and not
the British" "Thc Times it is al
legged also published special cable
message from Christiania, Norway,
which was published there from Lon
don dispatch. which said that the Ger
man crew were killed 10y the muleteers
after they had got into lifeboats of the
\lcOSian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
LINCOLN BRAVES
BRITISH GORDON
London Officials Are Ready to
Pounce on Alleged Spy.

London. Feb. 9. II is automatically
reported that lgnatius Trebitsch Lin
coin, ex-Mcmbcr Of the British Paria-
ment and alleged German spy, is on the
way TO Europe. lie is expected to reach
this city soon.
No one was surprised by this turn Of
affairs, as Lincoln's intimates here be-
lieved that his vanity WAS certain 10
persuade him 10 attempt TO gain fresh
notoriety in Europe. The arrival Of
Lincoln, who escaped from the New
York authorities while wanted here on
charge of forgery. would be hailed
with JOY by officials because it would
obviate all questions of eXtradition.
Thus he would be quickly tried Tor
treason. with prospects OF swift and
not uncertain outcome. The author
tiles are confident that Lincoln cannot
escape the British Gordon. His wife Is
said to be on the way to Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS;
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHlPS

cant WILLIAM u THEARLE Med Corp up,r
',rirAtion prr-enI leave 81 absence Ivpolt %
commanding officer o., Preside Of san IRA"
Ie.,e ~ absence % one month and 10 DAYS e
take c-eG upon sTivai a. L. ; sfai lei Srloill
IT, ALEXANDER /. J.. JOHNSON. iih cav
NAVY
Ill To WISE 'comroi..ionJ
L. 3D. e. e. NJ HALL, detached Wheciins feo
10. 10 Vermont March 10
A p.vmaIer A. N HARTLEY 20 Naval Pas
Officer school. Washington
A pa,mastef /. & BECK. detached Feifel; 90
4 chapian " " ELDER TO Temporary du''
ci i'f' iio.i'Saia " a MCDONALD. de'4eh~d re-
ceirilg sIlp a. San Francisco. 90 = Louis
Msctinisf & = CHAPMAN. detached kaintpH o.
MOVEMENTS
ARRIVED
bel, WaisNorth a. GuAcAnsysUo Ba,
Fra s-DIaytou and Orion a. Gu4lts ano. lup
Ter - Lambert Point. OBnen a. Guf,si .s' clio
E4t SsTlfugs az Brcmeffon. =. Louis ST liuliui
SAILED
reh --Oreson from san Diego f0r sen t.4a
~ -.yeia I'D Ericsson he, wcsf .oi Gas.
Jupiter. Norfolk ior L4mbCt Point. =. louis
SAL Francisco for rhurVl. S4I.r. san lrs..
CISCO fur San Diego
,.ascrnment trausrol alton Will He available fiaI
Uamp. too Road. fH Guantanamo about -Il lf.'.
Celtic noe o. Huofpl Yard. wll lcaF, about -oIh
in.t 'of Ncf NofA ala thence. about -slh l.s.
f.r Guantanamo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
Austrian Writers Say 1t
Forced Early Economic
Mobilization.
COPPER SUPPLY NO
LONGER A PROBLEM
Cotton and Food Questions Also
SOlved-Trade Gains in
the Balkans.

Vienna, Jan. Economic conditions
in Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bull
garia and Turkey are described as
satisfactory in several reviews of the
year appearing in the Austrian press.
All writers agree in protesting that
the almost total cessation OF imports,
due to Great Britains attitude on CON
traband, has been a blessing in dis
guise for the Central Powers, though
annoying at times. Unable to import
from oversee markets what formerly
had come from abroad, Austra-Hun-
gary and Germany. the writers point
out. modified economically soon after
the outbreak Of the war.
One Of the most disquietng prob
lens was that Of metals for military
purposes. notably copper, tn and
nickel Thousands of tons we're un-
earthed in the metal campaigns "
These are still going on, but, with tho
taking OF Serbia. and the opening Of
the road to Turkey, copper and tin are
now no longer on the list Of worries.
Copper is produced in considerable
quantities in Serbia, Bulgaria and
Turkish Asia Minor, the latter country
also producing tin.
Chemicals and other substances
needed for the manufacture of explo-
sives have never been really scarce.
This is especially true Of cotton, one
Of the principal ingredients in tri-
ntrocellulCse explosives. The costly
methods in which chemicals were won,
from the nitrogen of the air. for in
stance, will be superfuous as soon as
transport conditions from Anatolia
have become normal
The food question, also, required
much thought and attention. No
precedents were available. Supplies
were husbanded by restricting con
sumption and speculation and price
driving were prevented by fixing
maximum rates for some articles, and
making TIE handling Of necess sites
and commodities for profit" illegal and
punishable with heavy fines and impris-
onment.
War loans were made with little
difficulty. The fact that little of the
money SO raised by the Central
Powers governments went out OF tho
country Is LARGELY RESPONSIBLE for This
Had Austria-Hungary and Germany
been able TO buy abroad. they Nigh,
he in a difficult position to-day. espe-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
SAY CANADA PLOT
HAS BOSTON BASE
Officials Believed to Plan
Indictments on DiCtO-
graph Records.

BOSTON. Feb. g. Investigation by
Federal officials of an alleged conspir-
acy by German svmpathlzers IN this city
to harrass Canadian cities in various
was. mas proceeded so far that United
states Attorney George W. Anderson -
prepared 20 place the matter before the
grand Jury. II is understood tonight.
The Jury. which meets next Tuesday,
will hear evidence Of several lines o.
activity By a group of men said 70 be
operating in the interests OF the leu
tonic Allies. according 10 Federal gov
eminent employees.
Dictagraph records, containing re
ports Of conference Of the alleged
conspirators, are in the possession o.
the prosecutors staff, II is said. Inc
identity Of the members OF the sds-
pected group is known, and they are
under surveillance. Their meeting place
which has been watched By investiga-
tors. for several days, has been aban-
doned.
The inquiry has caused the presence
i'm Washington today OF District Al
torney Anderson and Edmund billings,
Collector of the Port. Members Of
their stats are under assignments IN
the case. which has taken at least one
Of them into Canada. II IS suspected
that the German plotters here may
have had something 10 do with the IRE
i'm the House Of Parliament al Ottawa.
Washington, Feb. .. George W An
derson. United States District ATTORNEY
At Boston, said tonight that he had
not heard Of a German plot to use
Boston a. a base from which to direct
hostile activities in Canada. lie de-
clared he had come 10 Washington
solely for the purpose Of attending the
Senate committee hearing on the nom
nation Of Louis d. Brandeis Tor the
Supreme Court.
Ottawa. Feb O. investigation Of las
FRIDAY night. fire IN the Grant Holden
/ Graham munitions factory SHOWS ina
i there were three separate fires on dir
/ ferent floors Of the building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10

cially since an unrestricted, or partly
restricted, import would in nowise
have been countcracted By export.
With nearly 100000 men under
arms. German and Austro- Hungaria
industries could not hope to supply
their foreign purchasers in n measure
great enough TO maintain the balance
Of export and import e normal times
Imports. therefore, 1t is said. would
have caused detrimental financial
drains.
As one Of the writers says: Eng
land did us great favor in cutting
off our avenues of trade"
Fully 50 per cent of the war loans
have remained in the two countries
The money has been spent for war ma
terial turned out in the home plants
and most Of it has been paid out in
wages. Rich and poor alike have sub
scribed TO the loans. The savings bank
subscriptions and participation OF
working people show that the wal
loans keep more or less the same
money in circulation. The sures'
barometer Of leakage is the conversion
Of commercial securiti-s, it is assert
ed. and this, while increasing a little
with each successive loan, has never
theless been slight.
Wages in Germany and Austria Hun
gary have gone up two and three fold
This is due in the main to the fact
that labor is scarce, and living. on an
average, rs per cent more expensive
On the other hand, the employment at
skilled labor Of uLskilled men and
women has made production more
costly in many cases. One OF the re-
suits Of this is that. as the lot of the
working classes has been improved, the
wealthy have seen their incomes dwin-
die.
Wars on large scale, says one OF
the writer's, have always been great
economic Jewellers, because the de
mands made upon all sre Of the same
character. Society retraces It's steps
toward the primeysl state in which the
defence of the tribe lessened personal
prerogative and privilege, law which
to-day is sending scores Of would-be
monopolists Of foodstufrs and the like
into the German and Austro- Hungarl-
an penltentlaries.
Much comfort is derived from the
fact that the debacle Of Serbia has
made the foodstufs Of Rumania, the
Balkans and the Ottoman Empire &C
cessible. II is expected that the ex-
ports 20 those countries, which the
Central Powers are fully able to meet,
will pay for the food and other sup
plies bought there. Economic loss will
not ensue. On the contrary, the new
conditions will favor certain industries
which have lain almost idle, and will
thus contribute TO the ability to carry
on the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
Reach Dvina, Only Seven
Miles from City, Pet
rOgrad Admits.
RUSSIANS CERTAIN
LINES WILL HOLD
Say Hindenburg Failed When
Situation Was More
Favorable.

london. Feb. o. Severe fighting is
again developing on the Dvinsk front
preliminary artillery duels having been
succeeded by continuous lombard
ment Of great intensity on both sides,
according to a Petrograd dispatch.
The Germans have taken the initia-
tive and attacked the railway station az
Liksno. O the east bank Of the Dvina,
seven miles northwest of DvinsL. rms
would indicate a serious penetration OF
the Russian lines. but the Russian stan
explains that the German fo,ces were
unable 20 advance, still occupying their
old positions. and succeeded IN reach
ing Liksno only by using heavy artll-
lery. which they now have had time 10
mount.
Regarding the security Of the strong
German fortificatlons which were erect
cd along the northern front during
Field Marshal Won ilindcnburg's cam
naign against Dvinsk. Russian military
critics believe they will remain effective
only as long ~ the ground remains
frozen. and that in the carly spring the
German position. including Mitau, VIII
become untenable.
Little importance, therefore, - at
tached IN these circles to the persistent
predictions Of a great German offensive
against Riga and Dvinsk in March, since
Russian military men have been con-
vinced BY the failure of won linden
hurgs last efforts to take Dvinsk that
even under conditions most favorable
TO the Germans the Dvinsk-Riga line
is impregnable. =
Tho German Official statement Is
silent concerning this advance on
Dvinsk and confines itself to enron
telling the repulse Of minor Russian
attacks. 1t says:
minor Russian attacks, made IN the
neighborhood Of Illoukst, northeast OF
Dvinsk. and against the field guard
post that we captured on the 9th on
the Observation-Disclosures Railway
wore repulsed.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
HOUSE, IN LONDON,
WILL CALL ON GREY
Wilson'S Representative Refuses
10 See Visitors.

London, Feb. 9. -Non-communicative
is a mild term for the attitude Of
Colonel House since his arrival here
from Paris tonight. He went TO the
Ritz Immediately, and at once repaired
TO his rooms, where he locked himself
in. together with all the important
secrets he is taking home TO President
Wilson.
All efforts Of representatives of
American papers 20 communicate with
Colonel House were effectively blocked
by Mr.. Carver. his secretary. The most
courteous notes were sent, asking a
few minutes time, and were returned
with q notation on the bottom: Call
tomorrow at four-thirty. Carver"
All Of which is mystifying 70 those
who remembered that the Colonel was
a good listener, al least. At a late hour
tonight it could not be learned wheth-
er Ambassador Page had applied for
admittance to the Colonels presence.
Mr.. House will confer with Sir Edward
Grey tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
ONE GERMAN SONG
ROUTS APPAM CREW
Refugees Return When They
Find 1t Is Swedish Lit
Chorus a Dirty Of Love.

Now, boys. all together on the
chorusl" sang gu, T. ". Barlow. house
steward at the Seamens Church lnsti-
tute. last night Three hundred men
of the crews Of the Appam and six
ships sunk by The mysterious German
raider IN the Atlantic roared Joyously
in answer:
A. The nice girls love sailor
A The .lcc girls love tSi.
tpr there, .omr.lins afon sal"f
VOL son kr.H what sailols are
Bright and breezy
Free and easy.
snip alloy, slip shoy
All the men but few officers and en-
gincers Of the Appam leave this morn
ing on the Baltic for home. Last night
they gave farewell party 10 express
their thanks 10 those who had looked
after their comfort from the moment
they reached New York. The men stood
through the whole affair IN the crowd
ed lobby of the Institute. cheering ana
applsudng from beginning to end those
who performed on the temporary stage.
Birmingham BERTHE from Bow was
the title Of ditty rendered BY Charles
Wright. Of the Appam. His encore was
They Built Picadilly for Me.
Then there was an ACCORDION con-
test Four men from the Appam
played. Popular acclaim. measured by
the applause. voted the victory 10
Charles Nelson.
Near the end "Sandy" Peterson sang.
Il want some one TO luf me- he began
and in a moment half his audience
walked out OF the hall. Those of the
crews who didn't know him hadn {
waited to learn that SANDY was
Swede. at sounded German, don't you
know o" they said.
The Rev. DR.. A r. Mansfield bade
the men godspeed and farewell ana
told them they were the best behaved
lot oil men as a crowd the Institute haa
ever had the PLEASURE and privilege OF
entertaining.
For their own goodby the men Joined
ia singing "Auld Lang Syne' and then
suddenly the music changed TO Amer
, ica."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
GERMAN CONSTRUCTS
ARTIFICIAL HAND
Surgeons Plan Devices to Aid
the War Manned.

Berlin, Feb. Q via London).-At the
convention of the German Orthopedic
Society, which is now in session here.
many inventions OF methods for re-
pairing the wastes CT war have been
exhibited or discussed.
DR.. Ferdinand Ssuerbruch, professor
of surgery at Zurich University.
showed the delegates an artificial hand
which was able 10 grasp objects OF all
forms and 10 lift weights up 70 twenty
two pounds. An entirely novel feature
Of the hand is that il and the fingers
are controlled by muscular action IN
he upper arm. which is prepared for
-uch work by two operations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
BERMUDA GETS
NO NEWS OF ROOM
Fight Between British and
German Cruisers Un-
confirmed.
DETAILED STORY
REACHES NEW YORK
News Alleged to Have Arrived
in COde-Secret Messages
Barred, Say British.

Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. Eff 4
battle has taken place between the
British srmored cruiser Drake and the
German cruiser Room off Bermuda
nothing Is known here OF the occur
renee Numerous inquiries have failed
TO confirm the report that the Drake
attacked and captured the Room.
These vessels have not reached this
port, and, so far as can be learned, no
advices have been received at Hamil-
ton TO indicate that the Drake has
taken a prize into any other Bermuda
port.
Washington, Feb. 9.-The British En-
bassy to-day received advices from
British agents in New York that a maa
living on Staten Island, whose nam :
was not transmitted, had received a
private dispatch from Bermuda. saying
the British cruiser Drake had taken
the German cruiser Room and some
German merchant ships.
A report was circulated in New York
Yesterday afternoon that the German
armored cruiser Room had been capt
ured 200 miles north of Bermuda by
the Drake, an armored cruiser of the
British navy. News of the alleged capt
ure, embellished with glowing details
of three.mile running fight, came, II
Is said, in private code message
cabled from Bermuda.
At the British Consulate here no con
frmstion of the story could be obtained,
and the embassy in Washington was
also said 10 be in ignorance OF the al
fair. Ii was pointed out, however, that
government regulations make il impos-
sibe 10 send cable messages in any
code from Bermuda. The reports were
generally discredited.
Insurance Men Skeptical.
Rumors of the Rooms capture, while
naturally causing some stir IN marine
insurance circles. were nevertheless re
ceived with skcpticism. There was n
modification Of the higher insurance
rates that went into effect as soon a
The Appam incident indicated the ex
istence Of. perhaps. several German
raiders on the high seas.
The Bermuda message. which was
considered more ingenious than vera
cious. said that the Drake had also
brought two merchantmen 10 port az
Bermuda. They were supposed have
been csrtured at the same time, and
one was armed.
One version OF he story's origin
gave it's author as tho resident o. "a
New Jersey town. whence he divul red
by telephone the code message Jus
received from nv brother. who Is on
the Drake" The name Of this i'm
portaAt American 20 whom code mes
sages were perm red % pa7- In de-
rance Of the British regulations could
not be learned Nor was il explained
how he and his brother happened 20
have a code an arranged whereby ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
DERSIANS WIN FIGHT
nth RUSSIAN TROOPS
D sor1erly Retreat Follows a
Brush with Tribesmen.

Berlin. Feb. (by wireless to Say
vil,e). Constantinople reports gwen
out today by the Overseas News
AGENCY state that Russian forces IN
Persia have met with severe defeat
al the hands Of Persian tribesmen, and
th:t they have retreated in disorder.
The Persian forces. according 10
'hr-e adyices, were under COMMAND Of
la dar Bey. They attacked the Rus
SLAMS near Sandshulak, which was re-
conquered by the natives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
CLEMENCEAU TO HEAD UNION
E,-Premicr Chief Of Allied lntcr-Par-
liamcntary Body.

Paris. Feb 9. Georges Clcmcnceau.
president Of the French Senate Com
mittee on Army and Foreign Relations,
to-day was chosen president Of the
French section Of the Frsnco-EnClish
Inter parliamentary Union. ES-Premier
Clcmcnceau is seventy-hve years old.
II was decided TO hold large meet
ing az Bordeaux on February %. when
tho British delegates will make known
the work accomplished by Great Brit
ain since the beginning of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
GERMANS PUNISH PACIFIST
Imprison 74-Year-Old Woman for De
nouncing Sunday Killing.

Cologne Feb g. Ely Reuss, won
an missionary at Cologne. Inc head o.
a small section OF Seventh Day Al.
vcntists. who preached the practical
application Of the commandment Thou
shalt not kill" was sentenced to-day
by court-martial 10 nine months I'M
prisonmont in a fortress on the charge
of attempted treason by melting sol
diers to INSTRUMENTATION. She IS sew
enty-four years old.
The woman had advocated. IN speech
and print. the principle that soldiers
must not STAY on the Sabbath. The
court accepted as d mitigating fac
evidence that the defendant had not
acted in an anti-German spirit More
over. a court physician pronounced her
mentally subnormal. Otherwise the
sentence probably would have been
much greater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
HAYTIAN TREATY
GOES TO SENATE
Committee Reports Articles No
Vote Is Taken on Nicar.
aguan Convention.

Washington. Fcb. Q. The Senate
'anitfee Oh Foreign Relation. toe
ordered r,Dortcd TO the Senate,
20 recommendation for ratification,
netiy wl'h llayti providing for
''.elal protectofate over. th- repub-
o} the United States. There wa
dissenting Vote. Eleven Senators
&c present
ne proposed treaty provides chiefly:
aShercan supervision OF fuarces aud
'seuon Of customs.
A@erean supervision Of payments
zoe public debt; inquiry into the
@'y or existing debts and regula-
SOY contraction of future debts.
-'.y,clng Of The republic by a con
-'-.ary az first headed by Ameri-
t~'eUentiou by The United State.
.eeessary, 90 preserve order and
=. guaranteeing the territorial integ-
aug independence Of Hayti
..S,.topment Of Haytian resources
n american auspices
,oanne the debate on the Nicaraguan
'.y to-day Senator Borah continued
.igument on his motion to discuss
Nm esty IN open session and Senator
In, "@'as continued to oppose the mo-
e., a vote was not reached.
,s,~.'"uor protest agains. the Mica
-Ssn q. treaty viii be transmitted by
.,,,,, S.aie Department to the Senate
.,s.'l..'Iee IN order that u may be
.,' ''-s,Ieo Do connection with the cen
., ,,ssDIect Salyador's complaint that
s,r, i,oy,ereign rights in Fonseca Bay
.,,.I Oe iniringed through the pro
~. establishment there of a United
49,, 80. eo,aling station has already been
,e, ,s'ea py the department with he
2 T''.-uon tlat tho territorial rights
s,r ,a'sSla and Salvador in Fonseca
e,r y, divisible and not held in com
.,es Ineoleo'er Salvador has been as.
,s,. .usi u i' should develop tina, the
.stss sIaa treaty Threatened AN, .n-
d 81, \. 81 Nalyadorean right. the Unit
lain Yea would deal fairly with any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
FERDINAND VISITS GERMANS
Bulgar King Met al Headquarters by
Bethmann- Hollweg and Won Jago".

Rerlin. Feb 9 via NIrcIess 10 oa!-
willie. y. w. King Ferdinand OF bul-
earia. accompanied by Premier Rados-
iavofY and General Jecoh, commander
ir chief OF the Bulgarian forces. has
arrived al the German headquarters
according to the Overseas News Agency
Dr.. Won Bethmarn- HollweS. the Ger
man Imperial Chancellor. and Gottlleb
Won Jagow. the German Foreign MIN
ister. were present when the royal
party arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
CABBAGE HIDES COPPER
Two Tons Found Under Vegetables
Consigned 10 Germany.

London. Feb. 9 \ Copenhagen dis
patch to "Thc Daily Mail" states that
Hclsinborg papers give prominence 10
the discovery by the railway authori-
ties there of two tons OF copper hidden
in railway wagons beneath cabbages
consigned 10 Germany. The copper was
seized and search is being made for
the smugglers.