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Evening journal., 1916-10-05

Former President Theodore Roosevelt and former
President William Howard Taft have met in public,
shaken hands exchanged the courteses Of the day
That is further evidence Of Republican unity Quite
naturally. it is disturbing TO Democrats. who have
watched with dismay the enthusiasm with which Re
publicans and Progressves striking hands and
standing together in support Of Hughes and Fair
banks.
Evening journal., 1916-10-05

Charming pumps are without orna-
mentation. except for perforations
around the tops and on the vamps.
Evening journal., 1916-10-05

Il is sharp-eyed friend OF the Teutonic alliance
who at this time can see anything of an encouraging
nature in the European war situation
Evening journal., 1916-10-05

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
DEAD MAN ACCUSED" ARABIC.
I b"nt OMceP Qooted by berlin
Lost With ship. Snys Britain.

The New York Times says this morn.
!ns that the British Government has In.
formation upon which TO base a charge
that the Information contained in the
not" handed hy Ambassador Won BERN
siorf to Secretary Lansing OH October
. IN justification Of the sinking Of the
White star liner Arabic was know.
ingly false. In this memorandum the
German Government stated that IL had
received reports from Oberleutenant
schneider commander of the submarine
which sank tho Arabic, and also from
other members of the crew that the
comma nder did not order the sinking of
tho \rahIc until he became convinced
that IN" liner WAS trying to ram the
submarine.
The British Government. tho Times
say, nov states positively that "a Brit
iHh naval patrol boat destroyed the sub.
marine after the sinking Of the Arabic
and that oherlemtnani Schneider went
down with his vessel. the Ter. The
British Government guarded its infor-
nation for months. waiting for an ad-
mission by the German Government, that
tn" submarine was lost. Recently an
of'hal request WAS made by the Berlin
tov'rnment through Ambassador Page
for Information whether one Wilhelm
schultz, warrant machinist on the
'-:', was prisoner in England
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
BERLIN PLEDGES STAND.
Hut Armed Merchantmen Are Not
Included, says German OHiciaI.


BERLIN tvia Sayville wireless, Murl.l
]. l.-"Gcrnany's memorandum declaring
that armed merchantmen IN the su:ur.
VIII ne considered a. warships does not
change the pledges Ambassador Won
Bernstorff gave the American Govern
ment. because when they wcr. .ivrn 10
such thing as an armed merchant liner
was thought Of declared i'arou Mumm
Won Schwavzenstein Of tn. Foreign ON, =
to the United Press to-day.
When Germany mad" those
pledges" he continued. "sAc never
dreamed that the British Government
would instruct merchant liners to con.
duct offensive warfare.
For this reason the two t.rnan
statements remain distinct aud separate.
THE first, as made by Ambassador Won
Bernstorff, applies to liners az they
should be TO conform 10 International
law. not armed for offensive pulyos, :
The second memorandum applies TO ships
armed for offensive warfare and also
contrary to international law"
Along with the necessity for tbs
armament Of merchant ships or the high
seas the privilege of armiug merchant
ships disappeared long ago" the baron
added. for cessante ratione lsgis ces.
sat lex ipsa (when the reason for the
law ceases. the law itself ceases)."
III perhaps in some remote local
waters %; hlackest Africa and yellowest
China merchant ships may find It neces.
sary to defend themselves this il done In
spite OF the present general usage no, TO
arm merchant ships This us;tg. certainly
holds good on the gray Atlantic and the
blue Mediterranean.
But this question can take II back
scat. FOR the merchant vessels OF our
enemies are not only armed fo de.
fenslve hut also for offensive PURPOSES.
This III clearly proved by the British .\d-
miralty orders which fell into our hands.
Look at these and you will scr that al.
thougN, there are headlines TO throw dust
into peoples eyes by speaking OF dc.
fensively armed ships. yet they insiruc,
merchant vessels. for instance. not to
open tire at u range greater than 500
yards. unless the enemy has already
opened flre,' and they instruct ships ,ur.
sued by submarines to open fire in self
defence. Notwithstanding tina, the sub.
marine may not have committed "a den.
mite hostile act, such as firing n gun or
torpedo
Furthermore, a long last of British
merchantlnen's attacks On German sub.
marines which simply s!snaied them TO
halt, which list was communicated To
the American Government. but wh.,u
unfortunately seems not 10 have reached
Washington. will prove convlncingly 10
tho American people the true mcanins
OF these instructions We do not men.
tlon 40 further proof the German sub.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
CROWN PRINCE CALLED
BACK TO HEADQUARTERS,

LONDON. March THE Dolly
Cnrontclcs correspondent az Gen
eva quotes despatch received
from Mainz. headquarters Of the
German General STAFF. to the effect
nhat the Kaiser's military chiefs
are divided on the question whether
to continue the attack on verdun.
Gen. Won Falkenhayn. Chief Of
Staff. In said to be urging resump-
ton OF the attacks, while other
generals oppose the plan.
The despatch adds that the Ger
man stan estimates the German
losses In the fighting from last Fri
day until Monday at $4,000 men. Of
whom $1,000 wounded were dcs.
patched to the rear OF the fighting
line on Saturday alone.
The same correspondent transmits
information from Mainz to the ef-
feet that the Crown Prince has
been summoned to the stan head.
quarters. where there Is expecta-
ton Of lamentable events" The
Duke Of wuerttemberg Is reported
TO have been placed in chief com.
rnand during the Crown Princes
absence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
MAN GONE 2S YEARS
RETURNS TO FAMILY
Lost Memory by Fall in West,
but Gained Wealth
Afterward.

STAMFORD, Conn, March Twenty
three years ago Frederick =. Prange SAID
good .Sy 10 his wife Sarah and his chii-
drsn, AlettA and Charles. and SAID that
ne was going West to establish himself
in a growing city.
II will send for you when l get set
tied" were his parting words
Weeks went by and the family heard
nothing from Mr. Prange. They became
uneasy and began a search Tor MN WIN,
out result. The family finally decided
he was dead. His daughter married
Henry J. Flick Stamford photogra-
pher. and they have daughter. Lillian
aged ~. His son Charles is dentist
here.
A week ago the wife of the missing
man received letter postmarked New
York saying that the writer was her
husband and asking forgiveness FOR his
long silence. He sought an interview
Yesterday Mrs. Prange and her daughter
went to New York and met Mr frahge,
now SO years old. In the Grand Central
station. They brought him back TO
stamford and he will spend his remain
ing days with Mrs. Prange at the house
of their daughter. Mrs. Flick. q.
"Not long after father left home, said
Mrs. Flick tonight, ''he was thrown on
a horse In Western mountain road and
suffered conclusion Of the brain. lie
was i'll a long time and when he recov-
cred had little memory OF the past. lie
drifted about and finally settled In CALI
fornia, where he became interested In
mining. He made his headquarters at
Los Angeles and he grew rich.
"A month or SO ago he conceived the
idea of returning East to see II his rela
tiyes were alive. lie did not write. but
went to Hackensack. n. j.. where the
family burial plot OF mothers people is
located lie expected to find on a monu-
ment there an inscription telling of the
death of mother. There was none lie
went 10 New York then and found his
brother-in-law, William Iluyler, and
from him learned that my mother and
his children we're alive and that I had
a nineteen-ye daughter. Then he
wrote US.
NEEDLESS to say, We were delighted To
hear from him and lost no time in going
10 him. Father Is now very happy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
CHEMIST IS INJURED
IN n. Y. U. EXPLOSION
Howard Brownell, Laboratory
Assistant, Severely Cut
by Glass.

Howard Browneil, an assistant In.
structor in the Havemeyer chemical
laboratory of New York University. mar.
rowly escaped serious injury yesterday
In the private office and experimental
room of Or. Arthur Hin when chemicals
that he was mixing exploded with q
bang that was heard for blocks around
The shock was so great that all the win
dows In the office were shattered and
many bottles and test tubes were
smashed
Brownell was preparing an experiment
which Involved the use Of methyl nj
irate, The apparatus with which he was
working suddenly becain. extremely hot
and burst Into fragments. The young
man was standing near and was caught
In a shower of glass lie was cut
severely about the face and hands and
was assisted In dazed condition TO
the outer office. where his Injuries we're
dressed.
The explosion Jared many OF the SIN.
dents, the majority Of whom didn't
worry about 1t. however. believing that
II WAS blast that had been net ofy hv
Italians at work near the campus. When
they learned that 1t happened in one of
the university buildings they wers
greatly surprised.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
Germans Plan New Dt4ve
37Mes South of Nerdun:
Checked tNorth and East
French Artillery Bombards Second and Third Lines of
Invaders in Pont-aMousson District, Where Kaisers
Troops Attempt to Launch Offensive.

SSects' csois Despo,cA to rus Sos.

oSoSsW SOOs6 DeSp0{CH 10 TuU Sun.
Paris. March 1.-The iuii In the fight.
ing north Of verdun continues. There
was no Infantry action last night or to-
day In the district east Of the fortress.
TO which the Germans transferred their
snorts on Monday and Tuesday. Com
parative calm prevails all about the fort
ress and In the woeyre district. The
German artillery resumed action to-day
against the French lines between Malan-
court and Forges. northwest of verdun |;
In the regiops Of vaux and Damioup.
northeast Of verdun, and about Fresnea
The Tempe. in discussing the situation
at verdun. says:
The situation Is satisfactory. II re-
mains. nevertheless, very serious. Our
vigorous adversary has not engaged in
an affair of such importance and with
such effective to renounce II after =
partial check. lie Will renew the attacks
on tho same front or In other parts of
that region Our supreme command is
aware Of all these movements and is
ready TO meet An offensive with all
energy"
AUG Wcst OF
has bscome a centre OF interest as a re-
suit OF German activity in this region.
In the communique issued this afternoon
the War Office announced that the
French artillery had directed It's fire
against the second and third German
lines In this section, where It appeared
that preparatory evolutions were In
progress. IL 10 recalled that the Ger
mans held a sort OF man9uvre rehearsal
under the eyes OF the Kaiser before
launching the attack on Verdun from
tie north. Because OF this Importance
is given to the evidences OF such prepara-
ton in the district west Of Pont-a-
Mousson. which Is thirty-seyen miles
south OF Verdun.
The centre OF the artillery activity In
this region In the line between Regnie-
vile. on the >Thiaucourt road. and Rem
enauville. between this road and the road
from Pont Mousson to Flirey The
official communique issued tonight tells
also Of the activity Of French trench
cannon in the Bos-le-Pretre. between
this line and Pont-a- Mousson.
Ne Iafaatry Action st Verdau.
The official communicate issued to-
night by the French War Office follows
In Belgium our artillery In concert
with the British artillery executed AN
effective fre against the enemy
trenches TO the southeast of Boesinghe.
East OF Rheims u detachment -sti-
mated at two companies. which at.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
SLUMP IN W0MEN'S VOTES,
Drop Of 'I,5 5l5 In Year at Ch,c.~U
Municipal Primary,

CHICAGO, March 1.--Corrected returns
OF yesterdays primaries show that The
women voters showed noticeable lack
OF interest. The net result was a dron
or !l.5l5 IN the feminine vote compared
with the municipal primary last wear,
wheh Mayor Thompson and Judge Olsen
were fighting 1t out The returns shou
total woman's vote yesterday OF 81.
III, In last years primary the tota,
WAS 152,636.
The slump was more noticeable in the
Democratic primaries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
BABY WORTH 500; MAN $4,000.
Pr"f. Fisher of Yale. urain9 Social
Insurance BiII, Fixes yalurs,

RosToN. March i.--Prof. Irving r.
Fisher of Yale. urging the adoption of a
bill for compulsory social insurance for
workmen, told the Committee on Social
Welfare AZ the state House to-day that
h. estimated the value of baby to be
500
And estimate the value of an adult
10 h, si.0oo.' he said. 1.-THE value Of an
aged person, by computations under the
proposed system, becomes negative
quantity,
"The hill would bring preventive
medicine into every homo. Last wear
there were 100000 unnecessary deaths In
the United States. The bill also would
distribute the enormous burden Of sick.
ness 80 that II will not entirely over
welm worker when 1t comes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
LEAVES $l,e75,000 TO CHARITY.
Twenty.eight Cleveland Institu.
lions share In Bequest,

CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 1.-Bequests =
totalling ,l,s75. 900 were made 10
twenty -eight charitable institutions of
this city In the will Of Robert II. Rhodes,
fiied for probate to-day. This is re-
garded as the largest individual bequest
ewes made to a group Of local institu-
tions. The amounts arc bestowed with
out regard 10 denomination.
Mr. Rhodes, who was banker and
business man Of Cleveland for the last
half century, died Saturday His for
tune IL computed at $?a25 900. The
charity bequests are left to the Citizens
Savings and Trust Company as per-
petual trust fund.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
SPY AIRsHIPs" TOY BALLOONS
Regarded as Plan tn Tervo,i..
Workers In Middle West.

ASHLAND, Wis, March Wisconsin
Minnesota and Michigan have been tbs
victims OF hoax on a large scale Tor
five days.
It was discovered to-day that "aero.
planes" reported over the northern coun.
ties were only toy balloons,
II appears that the hoax was ON a
thoroughly planned scale. and the au.
thorities believe II WNs part OF q plun
to terrorze the workmen AT the Wash.
burn du Pont Powder plant and the
Lake Superior docks.
Three hundred men refused To work al
Washburn to-day. In fear OF the dyna
hitting Of the plant, az threatened In
anonymous letters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02

tempted to reach our line. fled under
our fire. leaving their dead on tho
teld.
In the region OF verdun there WAS
no Infantry action In the course Of
the day. The enemy bombardment
continued west Of the Meuse. in the
gone between Malancourt and FORCES.
to the east Of the Meuse notably in
the regions Of Naux and Dainloup and
In the Woevre. on our trenches at
F'resnes.
Our artillery has shown great ac-
tivity on the whole enemy front. West
Of Pont-a.Mousson our trench can
non destroyed German organisations
In the Bois-ie-Pretre Our heavy
artillery bombarded enemy establish
merits In the region OF Thia,icourt
In Alsacs there were actions Of
Continued on Third Pace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
SEAPLANE RAID ON BRITAIN.
Hnby KILLED. No Military Damage
In Attack IN Coast, says Report.

LONDON. March IA German sea-
plane tonight made raid on points
along the southeast coast of England
according to a War ofYice statement
Issued Tonight A nne-months -old child
WAS killed. The statement asserts that
no military damage was done. though
the raider dropped several bombs" 1t
Is believed in some quarters that to-
nights visit is the sorerunner OF other
raids.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
Other ships Near danger Zone.

ShppinS men expressed a belief that
The vessel viii halril, get through with
out al. attempt ou her being made. She
Is the vanguard os the Italian armed
ships. ani 10 send her to the bottom
would be AN inaugural blow for the
tirrin.a campaign.
There are other ships in tn. Medi,.r.
rnncah The White Star liner Cre'ic
should hc At Gibraltar to-day. with her
viii |" the Italia. which sailed Oh Feb.
iuary 20 for Naples. The Italian lloyd
liner Taormina will also enter the zone
to-day ur Tomorrow. The Navigaziun.
General. lt,liano liner America due
here "n sunday, is clear OF the danger
zone.
The first day Of the new submarine
campaign brought no change III war
risk rates on the local market. There
has been considerable stifteniug in All
tranaatlantic quotations for two weeks
past, anticipating the Introduction Of the
campaign, and the feeling among marine
underwriters rules that there will ha no
fnrther rise until actual destruction of
merchant vessels indicates increased
danger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
RECORD FOR PENNSYLVANIA,
Grcstcst Of B"ssleships speeds
Hits n nOts an HOuP In Trial Rvn.

NORFOLK, Va, March with a
record OF 2l.7s knots AN hour, the hest
ever made by battleship Of her class,
tho pennsylvania IN" newest and great.
est sea fighter IN the world is on her
way back to Newport News, where she
was built.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
7avo Ships Sunk as UBoat
War Begins; White Star
Drops Passenger Servtce
All Probably Lost on One British Steamship-Sir Ed
ward Gray Denies German Claim-Italian Liner,
Armed, on Way to Danger Zone.


marines that rot at the bottom Of the
| sea. whose gallant crews can no more
raise their accusing voices against the
violation OF international law to which
they fell victim"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02

FLORIDA 4 CAkOLINA RESORTS
-Four steel trains via short line to best
resorts. seabosrd Air Line, ilsi broadway.
---ldU.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
IvOusc IL COufisient.

A. thr same time on the floor NJ the
House and in the lobbrs confident ,,Sscr-
ti"ns-- The kind that were heard "A wcch
or more ago--wcre being made by Dem
ocratic leaders that u the armed mer-
chantman resolutions were Immediately
pt, 10 "A vote. as the President had re
uuested, they would BE- passed by the
House
There was no doubt that many mcr..
hers of Congress wcr" angry oN"i f9'
turn affairs have taken and were 'lih ~
of showing their resentment by N"'.n"
against the President.
Administration leaders ucl" un' go
cockSure to-day aS tue! ""r" last rti
but they stli insisted that tho rrc~u."r'
would easily carry the day both IN 'ns
House and the Senate. Nauy are n
clned to believe tho rrosti"ut's ca.
will grow IN strength af'c' ~" tir~'
furry over his cNtraordlirar% demands
has suhSided
one careful estimate prepared by Ad
minisiration leaders IN Congress showed
there would h" a margin of ~ least 'c
votes against the resolution in N, House
Tho Presidents advisers rra'izc. ho'"
ever. that this figure IL altogether too
close and the Congress leaders content
a victory for tho President by such %
narrow margin would hc moro disastrous
20 this GoNerumrnt's fore ign policy ths,
u continuance of the present uncertain
situation
\ Tense situation.
n has been a long time S,ncc there
has been a day as tense as this IN 'Gc
halls Of Congress. The residents de.
termination to force a vote on the Nj
1 Icmore aud Gore rcso ,utiuns has rcyi,~c
all III. fear that manifested Itself d,
week or NOR" ago among tong-cssnc
in regard to the possibility of a hrca
with Germany
Added To this pahrhy feeling ~.
many uncertainties over the political ~.
sibilitiss involved in the prcScn, siiiIa.
ticn. Between the Two The average Cor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
Special Cabs Despatch TO ruE Str.

LONDON. March 1.-The first day Of
the new Austro-German submarine war
the decree announcing destruction
, without warning OF armed merchantmen
became effective last midnight---was
ushered In by the sinking of two British
steamships. the Thornaby. Of l,73? tons.
and the Malvina. of l244 tons. All
aboard the Thornaby are said to have
been killed or drowned 1t Is believed
she was sunk In tho Mediterranean. The
Malv!na Is reported to have been tor
pedoed or the Ken,ish coast. Nothing
a late despatch received BY Lloyd's
tonight says the Thornabys sinking
WAS caused by a mine.
To-day being the date OIL which the
new Austro-German campaign began.
the loss OF these two vessels was nat
urally associated with II. There is moth
ing In the preliminary dispatches. how
ever. TO indicate that the Thornaby or
the Malvina came under the head ~
vessels against which the new warfare
Is directed. Neither is believed 10 have
poses. Moreover. the sinking OF tn. ;vo
vessels. even II IN. Thornahy was tor
pedoed, IL not unusual. a. the German
submarines have been destroy Ing allied
rnerchantr \ for weeks. for carrying
contraband. taking flight or other rea-
SONS.
SIR Edward Gres's Statement.
Sir Edward Grey. the Foreign Sccrc-
tary. to-day authorized tie following
statement.
The assumption apparently made hy
the German Government that all Brit
ish merchant ships are armed is en-
tirely incorrect. Practically all Brit
ish merchant ships employed IN trade
between the United States Of America
and the United Kingdom have hithcrtu
been unarmed.
The claim therefore made 10y the
German Government TO sink all Rrit-
ish merchant ships At sight because o.
their armament Is one which cannot
possibly I've justified.
This is clearly proved by the state
ment issued last night giving a lis. OF
British and neutral unarrled merchant
ships which have been torpedoed 10y
German submarines without warning.
Grrmans May wsit.
The general opinion Is :h,, the actual
campaign as set forth IN tn, recen; Ger
man memorandum to the neutrals viii
not begin IN any spectacular way. par
ticuarly IN view OF the still uudc:e--
mined questions which lie at the bass
Of the German American submarine cu!i-
troversy.
The Mediterranean. il is believed. VII
be the chief scene of the ncw l. boat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02

coMrHxrHtST cAH" fft... fSftHht III, t!,.. ~.
SAT Atianti, coast Line Lsaves o:ik nj
rhrough Stswiard Sleeper Daily Dining ar
Service. Oftce, 5wa. and s?th Id.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER,
Soc, the cuss Of elk glass stoppersd bottlss
-Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02

Lyman insisted that he had about s34.-
0oO IN cash oil him when he was arrested
in 81. retershurg. Fla. but that only
$1,000 II this was reported by his cap
tors Who included two pos; office in
sp-ctors from the Florida district, two
members Of the 81. Petersburg fire de-
partmcnt and two h.sinterested citizens.
They all began TO search him at once. he
said. aud tork from him the $4,000 in
bills that h. carried IN "A belt around his
waist and also the twenty 1000 bills
which he mad in a wallet in his inside
purket
r" one uf the post office inspe, tors
who accompanied nim from Florida Ly-
man declared that his business at IS
Broad street MAS not nsolvent and that
he would take steps to have Receiver
John j. l.yt;ls dismissed. He insisted he
had left town because one of the sureties
ou hls Los Angeles bond. Gorham TuftA
was too close on his trail In this city.
Lyman will he taken before "A Federal
District Court Judge AZ 10 30 this morn
Ing a.d arraigned On the indictment
charging him with using the mails to
defraud. Prosecutor stanton Will ask
that bail h. liked at 100000.