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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
German Spies Busy,
State Department
Warns Country
No Clew to Indicate How Enemy
Learned Of Destroyers Sail
ing and Destination
From Tie Tribune Bureau

Washington. May 26.-The German
spy system in the United States is re-
garded as a real menace by the State
Department, which fears that the ma
tional apathy in regard to it may lead
to serious danger. The government
does not desire to create spy scare,
but does desire the people to appreciate
the danger that was illustrated in Ad-
miral Sims's report yesterday.
Navy Department officials have not
learned where the German agents OBJ
tanned information of the sailing Of the
American destroyers 10 England in time
for the German submarines to spill
mines off the port of entry.
Some navy officials suspect the Ger
man spy system in England.
1t was stated officially to-day that
only a Few officers in the Office OF Ad-
miral Benson, chief of operations, knew
the destination of the destroyers The
commanders themselves were ignorant
Of it until they opened sealed orders at
sea.
There was an impression in some
quarters that Admiral Sims's report
was made public to enlist public sup
port for the censorship legislation.
Navy Department officials denied this,
saying the Germ ans did not obtain their
information from the American press,
as it was not published in the United
States until after the announcement by
the British Admiralty of the arrival.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
5000 at Funeral OF
Sister Theresa Vincent

More than three thousand persons AZ
tended the funeral services OF s's'e'
Theresa Vincent. one OF the iouna'''
of the New York Founding hsyia'"'
at st. Patrick's Cathedral yes'e'u'''
Solemn requiem mass was eeieof sssS
By Bishop McCort, nephew oil N, ,S s,.
woman and Auxiliary Bishop OF '"''
delphia. ,,..od the
bishop Patrick Hayes delivefe' INV
eulogy. .l oaeisl
should try to take the credit IRON "a. s
work Sitter Vincent did, he sala' s;,y
me quote some statistics; ~ n.I ~,
wears $4,000 babies passed unoel "a
eve and impress. Twenty thou' rar
were placed in happy homes. "a
thousand children were re'uih'a ii.
their mothers when they were 80.
TO care for them. Some OF the ~ ~
are now vice presidents oil pahAs -
United States Senators
Following the requiem, the po'y ana ma
taken 70 Mount 81. Vincent, the n'"'
of the order. for burial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
John Bull on His DUN

With the single exception of food
production during 1917 John Bull
can look after himself. He has been
financing most of his allies and now
you have come to help him in this.
In 1913 we shall have 100000 extra
acres under wheat and potatoes, and
should be self-supporting.
The help of all the Allies should
now be given to France. 1t is on her
farms and in her cities and towns
that the war is being fought. Her
manhood has been drained to a de-
gree not realized by the outside
world. She needs help, and we must
give it generously and beautifully.
Germany, by her enslavement of
Belgians, French, Poles and Serbs
and her armies of Russian prisoners,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Rockefeller Deer
Rob Young Gardeners
Rockefeller Watchman Trails
Hoofed Lunch Stealers

Schoolboys in Tarrytown started
work yesterday on a five-acre garden
plot at Pocantico Hills. the use OF
which was given TO the school by John
d. Rockefeller. They put their lunches
on a stone wall. At noon the lunches
had vanished.
An irate parent sent an advertise.
ment to a Tarrytown newspaper offer.
ing SO reward for the capture of the
thieves. Frederick Hackett, a watch.
man on the Rockefeller estate. to whom
the boys told the story of the theft
examined the ground near the wall
which bore the sharp imprint of small
hoofs. and declared that the robbers
were couple of Mr.. Rockefeller's year
ling deer which he had seen in that
vicinity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Shonts, Answering
Mayor, Says Lines
Face New Burdens
Declares They Have Given
Public ST, 100000 a Year
While Losing Money

Theodore p. Shonts, president Of the
New York Railways Company, yester-
day sent a letter to Mayor Mitchell
taking exception to remarks contained
in the Mayors open letter protesting
against the application of the surface
car companies to the Public Service
Commission for permission to charge
2 cents for transfers.
The Mayor pointed out in his letter
that a scent fare with free transfers
had been the recognized policy Of the
city and state for years. and declared
that it should not now be upset mere
ly because the companies may have
encountered temporary difficulties or
because the war demands universal
sacrifice"
you are quite right in saying that
the war demands universal sacrifice
and the universal sharing Of burdens.
Mr.. Shonts's letter reads. "The public
utilities which | represent, and. ! am
sure, all others. are only too willing
10 bear their share of all such BUR-
dens. But is there any reason why
public utilities should be compelled to
bear more than their share
THE steel companies have many
burdens. and they raise their prices
Bakers must pay more for their -four.
and they raise the price OF bread. The
newspapers pay more for their paper.
and there is very general movement
20 increase the price of newspapers
from one TO two cents. Street railway
companies are paying more for their
labor, more for their materials and
higher taxes as their share Of the
burden of government expenses. All of
these are burdens imposed by the war.
"Our revenues are practically sta
tionary, but our costs OF operation are
continually mounting. At the moment
the increase is distinctly dangerous,
and beyond any question threatens the
bankruptcy Of the company and the
possible disintegration OF its unified
service.
81 r,urf ai-o tafo r--a-+t IN "a =. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
CiUing Up Luxuries

As to England-improvident, ex-
travagant, liberty-loving England
she is beginning to take the war in
really very serious spirit. Potatoes
are quite scarce, all our private mo-
tor cars were stopped this week;
meat is 30 cents a pound, sugar IS
short. but candies are still plentiful.
Hot weather and bad management
have caused some strikes among the
workers.
People who escape from Germany
and come here ask if we are really
at war, just as an Englishman, land
ing in New York and entertained IN
a whirlwind of cabarets and ban
quets. might ask if the United States
is at war.
The very fact that our reserves
are being so slowly exhausted by the
German submarine blockade and the
very fact that the United States are
going into the war so slowly are in
dicative Of what the final end Will
belong distant though / believe
it to be. In my opinion Britain
ought to have its food rationed, just
as France rationed her sugar. We
ought to be reserving every kind of
food now, if only as a factor for
safety in the far future. | have no
doubt. indeed, that if tonight |
should transport myself to Sherry's,
the Astor, the Plaza or the Knicker-
booker / could have exactly as good
a dinner on May "a, 1917, as on the
same date in 1914.
This same remark applies to Lon
don. except that at hotels we have
only new spring potatoes growing
under glass and two ounces Of bread
ger head. You have the greatest
authority on rationing in the world
in Mr.. Hoover. | am sure that he
would agree with me that thi; state
of affairs is wrong on either side of
the water. II makes for longer
war. The worlds food supply is
limited. The industrial population
of the world will be affected by the
food shortage and this will result in
labor troubles, all making for a
longer war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
How the World Shall
Kill Its I russian Cobra
Continued from page !

is able TO do much in munitlon work,
trench digging and harvest gather
ing and leave her manhood free for
lighting. That she is hard pressed
for many material things may be
gathered from the fact that her soap
largely mixed with clay, sells Tor
Sf.25 pound. She has to boil up
her corpses to obtain fats to make
glycerine for the manufacture Of ex-
plosives. She needs oil Of all kinds.
She is extremely uncomfortable, but
until the last twenty-five years she
was unaccustomed to comfort on an
American or English scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
DoUer Is Important
British Naval Base

Dover is a British naval base of great
importance. II is finely situated on a
small bay al the eastern end Of the
English Channel, directly across that
waterway from Calais. The popula-
ton, including the garrison, numbers
about $4,000. Dover is inclosed by
chalk cliffs, on which are a castle and
several strong detached forts. 1t has
been made harbor of refuge by throw
ing out jetties and a granite pier into
the sea. The town, which is sixty-six
miles southeast Of London, is one of
the chief ports Of communication be-
tween England and the Continent. Ship
building. sail making and rope making
employ part of the population.
Folkestone is municipal borough in
Kent. FIVE miles southwest of Dover 1t
lies on hilly. uneven land, and is irregu-
larly built, with many steep streets. II
is well known watering place, and has
a good harbor, which is used for mack
ercl and herring fisheries. Folkestone
is one of the principal points Of depart
ure for steamers plying between Eng
land and the Continent. 1t has a popu-
lation OF about $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Surgery for Anthrax
Used at Bellevue
Condition of Longshoreman
Reported as Improved
After Operation

Surgery was resorted TO for the first
time in the history Of anthrax cases
al Bellevue Hospital last night, when
DIR. Joseph b. Bissell, Of +6 West Fifty
fifth Street. operated on William Mar
meek, 'longshoreman, taken 10 the
institution on Friday.
Marmeck had been handling hides OF
the waterfront, and the infection first
appeared back Of the left ear. A guam
tity Of Eichhorn serum was rushed from
the Department Of Agriculture labora-
tories al Washington. and the first in
lection was given at IL o'clock yester-
day morning. DR.. Bissell found that
the Inflammation, differing from other
eases, had spread downward 10 the
mans chest and affected his breathing.
An operation was performed on the af-
fected area and large number of an
thrax baccilli removed.
Marmeck's breathing was reported 10
be greatly improved as "A result Of the
operation. The injection OF serum in
twenty-five cubic centimetre doses will
be kept up at tweiye-hour intervals,
according TO DR.. Bissell.
OF the four previous anthrax cases
handled al Bellevue only one resulted
IN a recovery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Device Of American
Mastering U-Boats,
Says British Paper
Simple Method Is Believed to
Have Life of Submarine
Campaign Measured"

London, May 26.--"The Westminster
Gazette' publishes "a message from a
correspondent who says the submarine
menace is being mastered by simple
method, which the correspondent indi-
Gates Is the invention Of an American
ut is giving away no secret" the
correspondent writes. "to say that the
method which is reputed to be in
fallible, requires only a little time TO
come into full effect and wear the Ger
man submarines out. II is a model of
simplicity. The press has been liberal
in its announcement of Marcon's de-
vice, but while extending encourage
ment to Marconi 1t must not be over
looked that the genius who perfected
enc OF the most monumental advances
in maritime navigation has devoted his
unremitting consideration to the men
ace, and this resourceful American. too.
has worked toward the device along in
dependent lines"
Asserting that the British have bet
ter submarines than the Germans, the
message continues:
"Only a little time is needed for our
prominent inventive brains to outstrip
the pirate professors, and by a method
which is simplicity itself we already
have the life of the U-boat campaign
measured"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Americans to Make
"Birdseye" War Maps
John D. Irving, Yale Cartogra-
pher, Will Command Unique
Unit in France

Captain John Dewar Irving, profess
sor of cartography at Yale, will COM
mand a unique unit of the 1st Engi-
neers Reserve Regiment when that or
ganization goes to France. Known as
"skyographers." their duties will be to
analyze "birdseye" photographs taken
from scout aeroplanes and to make
strategic maps from them.
The practice of drawing maps from
photographs of sections of the battle
field has been Of great use to COM
handing officers on French fronts.
From the scout aeroplanes it is pos
sible to see the lines Of trenches and
their communications throughout E
large district, and so highly has the
science been developed by the French
that the actual number of enemy troops
and supplies has been worked out from
photographs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Wounded French Ensign
Pilots Ship to Port

Paris, May 26.-The Ministry of Ma
rine has issued statement on the de-
stroyers' engagement off Flanders on
May 20 which says:
"The enemy, superior in force,
opened fire, but, seeing the French tor
pedo boats. retired. The firing lasted
about a quarter of an hour. Lieuten-
ant Blot, commanding the Bouclie-,
and the navigating officer were Killed.
Ensign Peyronnet. although wounded
in six places, one wound being serious,
took command during the end of the
action and brought the ship back TO
Dunkirk"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
The Three Great Factors

The three greatest factors of the
war we're:
Firstly, the magnificent defence
put up by the practically unprepared
French Republic.
Secondly, the entrance of five. Brit
ish nations into the war on the side
of England-Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and the
minor colonies, and India, and,
Thirdly, the slow arousing of the
United States and their entrance into
the war in defence Of world liberty.
1t is those factors which assuredly
will win the war, assisted as they
are by the Italian hammering of
Austria and midas help in the Far
East. There are many other points,
such as the capture of Germany's
African colonies by the South At
ricans and British and the work of
the japanese navy.
We Allies are all agreed that the
domination of the world by the Prus-
slams, as Belgium was to be domi-
mated, would make the world a place
in which it would be. wrong to create
children. But Prussia knows how to
have her hands in every nations
pockets, and she still hopes to make
some side-stepping peace which will
enable her to prepare to start out
again.
If you imagine that nation which
prepared for forty years with an all
dominant dynasty at its head is go
ing to quit in less time than it took
you to settle your Civil War it is,
from my individual point of view,
sheer folly. That Germany was
beaten the moment she turned her
back on Paris in September, 1914, is
agreed by most students of the war,
but between a beating and final de-
cision in war there have been periods
of fighting extending over years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

following passage in your letter: II
the companies had been sharing their
profits with the public during the years
when they were making large returns
their claims might be considered more
favorably.' The facts are that the
properties comprising the present New
York Railways Company have during
the last ten years, either been in the
hands of receivers or operating with
out any profits to share, yet during
that same period the properties have
paid the public over 100000 year
in taxes, or over 10 per cent year of
their gross earnings"
The first hearing before the Public
Service Commission on the companies
application will be held on June 6 at
2:30 D. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Verdun, or the starvation of England
and. France by the submarine.
| do not know that this war Is
slower than any other war. Your
Civil War, that was expected to last
six weeks, lasted more than four
years. and in that case neither side
was up against the preparation OF
forty years.
People, in my opinion, dwell too
much upon things which, after all,
are only the passing events Of the
war. At the present time many peo-
pie in the United States are dwell
ing upon the inertia of the Russian
military forces-a serious factor, no
doubt, but not an overwhelming one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Slackers Adopt Babies
Kansas City towards Have
New Scheme to Evade Draft

Kansas City, Mo, May 26.-Slackers
here have discovered method 10 set
at naught the peril of the selective
draft At least four young married
couples Of Kansas City have adopted
babies within the last month. Two
foster mothers have boasted that now
their husbands will not have TO go TO
the front.
When Congress declared war there
was a rush to the marriage license bu-
reau. This was checked by the War
Departments announcement that those
who wed now would be drafted just
the same. Fooled in this effort. the
towards arc now turning their attention
toward the orphan asylums.
The manager of one of the homes for
foundlings here said to-day that there
had been marked increase in the
number OF requests fo- children TO
II Loot j., h~ IT, 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
A Long War

On the basis of my belief this strife
will be drawn out to an extent not
anticipated by many people. We are
satisfied with the position of the
Allies, but wish we could do more
for France in food, ships, coal and,
above all else, in men.
If Americans are infested by light
hearted optimism concerning the
duration of the war they must not
blame the censorship, which on this
side of the water at the present mo-
ment is behaving, to the best of my
belief, quite nicely, even if only tenn
porarily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Trail of Tragedy
Left in Town by
Passing Raiders
Scores Killed and Injured and
Homes Wrecked in
Three Minutes

A Town on the Southeast Coast OF
England. May 26 (via London, May 27.)
Scenes Of tragedy and destruction
6lled the town which received the
heaviest impact Of Fridays German
air raid when a correspondent Of The
Associated Press visited the destroyed
district to-day.
He found a grocery store which had
collapsed, and was told by the grocer,
who lost two members of his family,
that ten dead persons were found in
ihe debris Of the building. A dozen
nore we're killed, ana threescore or
more were injured by flying glass and
bricks and shrapnel-like fragments
which were scattered forcibly by the
bursting bombs.
Bomb Kills Many
Many persons lost their lives on
narrow. stairlike passageway between
two buildings on this stree when
bomb burst overhead. the conclusion
killing them. All the victims in this
part OF the town were struck down
within a radius Of 200 yards. One of
the most striking results was the small
property damage here, compared with
the heavy loss Of life. This is thought
to have been due TO the fact that the
bombs happened odrop where large
crowds of shoppers, augmented by peo-
pie waiting in line for the distribution
Of potatoes, were gathered
In the residential sections of. the
town fashionable homes were demol-
ished, but only one or two victims were
found in the ruins. The raiders made
a bee line over the town. first bombing
the residential section and then pelt-
ing the shopping district as they flew
out to sea
Sixty Dead in One Town
The casualty list for this town alone
was tonight placed at sixty dead and
$50 injured. Large gangs of workmen,
however, continued to work into the
night on huge piles of debris in the
residential section, where several per-
sons are missing.
The raiders spent less than three
minutes over this town. They came
from places further inland, which they
had bombed freely. The loss Of life
and property damage in those places,
however is reported 10 nave peeh Coih-
paratively slight. At one place a base
ball gabe was in progress when a bomb
fell in the outheld. Fragments Of the
bursting she'll wounded the right and
centre felders so severely that they
had to be taken to a hospital.
While the towns dead were being
counted by the coroner at prelim-
mary inquest, the town council at a
meeting adopted resolution demand
ing the internment of a German store
keeper who is said to be still doing
business in the town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Advertising Campaign
Planned to Arouse u. S.

Washington. May 2s.-The Chamber
OF Commerce of the United States is
conducting a referendum on a propo-
sal 70 establish government agency
TO arouse the country by means Of ad-
,ert'sing. The suggestion will be pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
German Airmen Kill
Many in Russian Raid

Petrograd. May 26.- During the last
few days German aircraft have dropped
bombs on towns situated in the Danube
region. inficting many casualties.
A raid on the town of lsmail, Bessa-
rabia, was particularly destructive. a
large number OF women and children
being killed and wounded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
lnterned Germans to Summer
In North Carolina Hotel

Washington, May 26.-Secretary Of
Labor Wilson to-day announced the
rental of the Park Hotel at Hot
Springs. n. c., as quarters for the two
thousand German civilians now in
termed in various immigration stations
throughout the United States.
Secretary Wilson would give no as
surances Of a la carte service at this
time. 1t is believed that too elaborate
entertainment might result in the vol
untary internment of more Germans"
than the government is prepared 10
care for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
NAVY Gets Two German Liners

Washington, May 2s.-The German
steamers odenwald and President,
seized at San Juan. Porto Rico. have
been allotted TO the Navy Department
for naval use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Air Service machines. An encounter
took place between one British ana tnres
hostile airplanos In mid-channel. and
one Of the latter was destroyed. Several
encounters also took place of the Bel
gian coast. in which two large Twin
engine hostile machines were shot down.
All our machines returned safely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27


This is the second German air raid
on England within three days. On
"Wednesday night four or five German
machines few over the eastern coun-
ties OF England and dropped bombs,
illling one man For six months pre-
vious no attack on the British Isles had
been made from the air, presumably
because Of two disastrous raids IN
.ehich three Zeppelins were destroyed
except for the exploit Of solitary air
man. who on May dropped bombs on
the suburbs OF northeast London, XIII
ing one man and injuring a man and a
woman.
II all OF to-day's casualties were
among non-eombatants. the British civ
ilian casualty list, developed by ar
aids. now stands at 3O5 killed and 72s
wounded On March 81, last year, SIX
or seven Zeppelins and number OF
airplanes raided England, killing 90 and
iniuring l0l. The raid to-day caused
nc greatest loss OF life Of any IN the
war. except an attack on Warsaw on
December 81, 1914, which claimed 20
victims. -,
e. The Allies raid on Freiburg on April
ID last in retaliation for the sinking
Of hospital ships, inflicted 36 casualties
according to the German official state
ment. Three Allied planes were lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
German Statement

The Berlin official statement on the
attack reads:
During successful raid one Of our
air squadrons dropped bombs on Dover
and Folkcstone. on the south coast OF
England. Iong-distance flights inland
e also gave good results.