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MKDKORD. OlfKOOX. WKDXKSDAV. .lAM'Ai.'V 17.
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GERMAN RAIDER SIS TEN ENEMY
flQUTRPITIQU RUMANIANS IN !
Liuiiiumiiun OF ENSIVE ' U
SE RETAKE VADENl! P 4
Ul 111 U UUI1IV
German Commerce Raider Operating
Off Coast of South America anil
Still at Large Captured Crews;
Placed on Captured Ships Bring
News of Operations Rio Janeiro
Report States Nine Vessels Cap
tured Besides Seven Sunk.
I llVnrtV l.i.i 17 V.iirlit Hiilish
niul two French iiu'rehiint vessels lire j
believed to hnve been sunk by a (ier-)
111:111 miller. ' I
The ships sunk by the flermnii j
in Uler are: British- llrnmatist, Had-
lmrsbire, Minicli, Xetberbyliall, Mmiiil j
Temple. Kiinr (ii'iiriip, (Jeoiyic, Vul-1
tuire; Freneb Nantes iiinl Asnieres.
The steamsliips St. TheiHlinv anil
YnrruWfbile were eantureil. Their
whereabouts is unknown.
The following annoiiiieenient was
Riven out here officially today:
Official Aimoiinrenient.
For some time vast it hail been
assumed that the following IlritUlij
and French merchant ships which I
had Innjr been overdue had been sunk ,
by a fierinan raider: Urilish Dram
atist, liadnnrshire, Minicli, Xellierby
Hall, Mount Temple, Kinff fieol'ne,
(teornie, Voltaire; French antes
and Asnieres.
"Definite infonnation has now
been received from l'crnainbuco eon
finninir this assumption. On the eve
ning of Monday, the Japanese steamer
Hudson Maru arrived off I'erniim
buco, hiivinsr on board the musters
and 2M7 men of the crews of sonic
of the lost vessels which were sunk
on various dates between December
l'J and January 12.
"In addition the steamer St. Tbeo
ilore was captured and a prize crew
put 011 hoard; and the steamer Yar
ro'.vdale was captured and sent away
wilh about -1(10 men, the crews o!'
others of the sunk vessels, who were
to be landed, Xo further news has
yet been received of their where
abouts." In South Atlantic.
Most of these boats when last re
ported were in the South Atlantic, in-
dieatins that the German raider had!
been at work off the South American
coast. At Norfolk last nii:ht there
was picked up a wireless waruini; that
a flcraian raider was off the Itraz.il
inn coast near I'ernambueo last Fri
day. The niosane, addre-sed "to all
ships," placed the raider in latitude
7 dcirrees oitth and lonuitude "2." de
crees west. The German vessel was
de.-ciihed as a ship of about -Willi
tons, well armed and with torpedo
tubes. She had one black funnel and
two masts.
The Voltaire and Roomie, lout:
veidue, had been virtually given up
'...rlost. The Voltarie left Liverpool
Nov. 26 for Xeiv 'ork and was not
heard from aj;ain. She was believed
to hnve been sunk bv a mine or a sub
marine. Tlie Voltaire was a vc-m-I
of 8018 tons sross. She was -IS.",
feet Ion':, ,"S feet beam and built at
filascow in 1007. She was owned by
the Liverpool, Itrnzil & Iiiver Plate
Steam Navigation Co.
White. Stnr Krciuhler.
The While Stnr freighter Gcnr.-ie
sailed from Philadelphia. December
(Continued on Pago Two.)
TO STEALING AUTOS
I.OS AXOELKS. Jan. J 7. Three
youths, who confessed they stole 21.
automobiles in three months, accoril
lns to the police, were charged to
day with grand larceny.
They were arrested last nlpht after
parts stripped from Koine of the cars
were found at Ihe home of Paul OM
liert, 17 years old, known as the
' president'- of tho "corporation." The
two other hoys ate only sixteen.
Russians ai d Rinnans Show Increas
ing Power of Resistance and Strike
Back at Mackensen On Somme 1
Front Ger.T.ans Attack French j
Lints, But Are Repulsed. ;
I'KTi'Oiil'AI), Jan. 17. The war
of lice announ-.-es the recapture of the
village of Yadeni in I'liiiiniiiu, six
miles southwest of the Danube town
of (lah'ilz.
An attempt by die Teutonic forces
wilh reinforced columns i,, recapture
Vadcni was fruM ruled bv the l!n-i-ans,
wlin in lli :t I'd heavy losses.
The oflieial slatciuent rends!
"Our detachments, after nrlillcry
preparation, gained by storm tlie vil
lage of Vadcni. ten versts southwest
of (ialatz. 'file enemy, having receiv
ed leinrnrtiienw. and assisted by an
artillery iliuni file, hilnelf look the
offensive wilh ibe oh.ieel of rejaia
1111; the vilhitif. His dense forma
tions which came under our euneen
t rated fire, suffered crciil loscs and
failed lo reach our trenches.
It- Xljtlit Attack.
"Our detachments, by a niht nl
tiiek, succeeded in driving the (tcr
maus out of GcrlcM'hi, soulhwct of
the mouth of the Kivcr Kininik, cap
luring two machine Runs, but as the
result of 11 counter attack bv super
ior enemy forces we were obliged to
withdraw- from the captured village.
German attacks southeast of Ger
Icscbi were cheeked bv our file."
On tlie Suintne front, in northern
France, German troop attacked the
French lint's near Clerv ::ri(l liiaehes,
but were repuUecl. according lo the
French war ol't'iee. The other opera
linns on tlii' Franco-Iielian front so
far as reported were of a minor na
ture. (ienrmn Statometit .
liKh'UX. Jan. 17. Kuian at
tacks nyahwt t be German po-it ions
south of Smoruou, on the Kiis-ian
i'l'otil, were repulsed ye-terday, sav.-.
the (leniuin official statemciii liiven
out today. Tlie Kusians who had
enteretihe German lines aloiiu a nar
row I'ronl. were driven bind;, leaving
nunieroiif dead on the field.
Hussion and Kumaniun foree ve.--terday
continued their io!ent attacks
with troii'j forces ai:ain-t the Ger
man lint'-i reeently eapund by tlie
Germans between tlie Ka-ino and
Snehit.a valleys, says today's Ger
man a tiny headiiiailers statements.
Only one place did tin Russians and
Uumanians ueeeeil in aiiiin a foot
1 1 1 hein aniruiiiarily lepuUeil at
the "oilier battle points.
Near Vadcni, betwe.-u Ihail.i and
Galatz. tbe -talcmenl adil-, the ad
vanced Turlii-li po-e were li-tired.
aeeordini: lo i-ntiiimindeis. in the face
of mirneiicjilly superior ho-tile
forces to the main intercept in; line.
XEW YOKK. Jan. IT. ICsiimatns
made help toilay hy stiMiniship
broki-m. fainilinr with the prpsent
market price of ocean tonnage, place
the monetary loss of the twelve ves
sels reported by the British admir
alty as bavins heen captured or sunk
hy Ihe Herman raider at aiiproxl
mately $ 1 ".Oi'iOhiO. The total carRO
loss was rouMhly estimated at be
tween .:. iino, nun and $ 1 "."0'i,ft"rt.
TEXAS TO V01E ON
PROHIBITION IN 1918
AI'STIN. Tex.. .Ian. 17. -Suli-iiil;siiin
to the voters of Teas of a
prohibition amendment was lavor
ably n ported by the bouse commit
tee on constitutional amendments to
day i-y a vote of 1:: to 2. The r so
lution ai ted upon calls for an eh c
tioli March If', r.l for a vole upon
tlie anti-liquor measure.
TEN 1LLI0NSL0SS !
B! GERMAN RAIDER;
1
C tl35! r 5 V
jt immMt. m m fhk v,,
Tlie 1'. S. oitiiser Mihvjiukee, unround on Siiiihmi Ileiub, off 1-liireUti, Oil. The $1,HHl,H waislup 'was winked timing an attenipl to sjiI
vnm tlio Mibiiuuino which went iHioiv ii'cvntly in the dangerous waters known as "the (ii-avcyai-il of of tht I'ncitic.' Thi. tictmv .shown
men of the Milwaukee iu'hitf carried ashoix by means of the breeches Imoy maniu'tl by the Coast (iunrd crew. St-veint of the men were rescue-:) hi
hoat. The Milwaukee is at the mercy of heavy breakers ami is being pounded farther inshore. lApci-ts say the vessel eaunnt Im rloated. Ibith (ho
Milwaukee and the M-:t will probably be left to their doom.
LASSEN PEAK IN
SINCE Ml 1915
K'KIfDlXG. Cal.. .bin. 17.-l,a-en
Peak erupted with tremendous lurce
today following a series of violent in
ternal explosion-, aeeordinir to ;l re
port telephoned here from .Ma con tu
ber Flat. A str am of heavy htaek
smoke tweuly miles loiiii' poured out
within a half hour, indieatiii' that a
ureat sealed crater oil the mountain
top has been blasted open.
It was by far the greatest erup
tion since May 'J'J. I'M -". The whole
lop o the moitnluin apparently belch
ed smoke. The preal crater on tlie
mountain top was sealed in l!ll." fol
lowing a series of eruptions.
Xo report.-, of flowinir lava or of
iljiinaiie had been received up to
o'clock. The phenomenon was vis
ible lliroiihoui the Sacramento val
ley. Thousand crowded hoii-ctop-and
open place-, for a siidit t' the ex
ploditr mountain.
The eruption lictan at !:!() a. m.
At 1 1 :4tl tlie "inukc wa boiling tint
d the mountain in unabated volume,
eoniletely cloaking the peak. The
cloud had completely spanned Ibe
soidbern skie- with an arch forty
milt:- lonu, it- ue-tctn lip re-tini
well beyond the we-teiu vei'L'e ol'
Happy alley, in the vu-inity of Ilto.
The erupt ion in May. 1 1t I .", inun
dated Hal fveek allcv wilh a flow of I
thifk, a-hv mud.
VILLA DFFERS TO
1:1. i'asu. Tc-.. .inn. ir. -Finii-
ei-i n Villa h:i nl'l'i-ri-il In l.r.ileel (he
Aiiierii'.-in hoiilrr Truiii ruidim; luind-
lit' Ml'xieuil- illid ir"eet the lojilent-.
lit' the lii-trirt IHIW nreupicil hv till'
Americ'in punitne e.eililiiiii wlii-n
ihe Amci'ii-iin trni'i- wiihilruw, m'
"riliiur tu ;i ilhi iiarli-uii here who
elailueil to h.'l.e rwei I'd the lelter
rnnil Villa al S i!"Vm, luakinu lhi ni"
I'lT. The letter. In- -aid. n- I'liruanli'il
to the New York jiinla Saturday.
CHIEF OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON. .(.,. 17. -.Vmiral
William S. lien - on today bee a me
ranUin'.r nil r o t !m- na v y and prob
ably V.ill be .'e-l-n.lted lo -ee I
Adin-lal !ewey .1 pte-idenl of the
L'eh'-ral b: .Hi', retaititie.' a'-o Id- dn
tie. as ehiet 'f uaal ope-a t ioi; Ad
miral Ilen-n vas n! in rank to Ad
Iijit.i Ih-uev.
RESCUING MEN FROM UNCLE
f
SIX HANS !
KILLED IN BATTLE
WITH COWBOYS
N'OGAI.KS, Ari... Jan. 17.-Mexican-
were killed Sumlav bv
Si;
iu- , J
American cowboys thirty mile-, ue
of here w ben 1 1 hey Were t ired up
wliiie herdinu' back catile "rustled" I
the Mexicans, a-eordin.y to rcporis lo
the -.herifl" oft'iee here. A troop of
I'tah cavalry stationed here is on the
way to the ranch ot the Aravaea Land
tS; Cattle. Co. on the American side of
the bonier, 'owner of the entile.
A det a eh men t of cavalry already
at (lit- ran: h ha- been ordered to pa
trol the bonier laar there, hepttty
sheriff-, lel'l hen- during Ibe nijjltl to
iuvt-stiuate the affair.
Xinely head of cuttle were taken
from the Aravaea ranch hi twenty
Mexican-- u cri--ed the border
there, according to the sehrift"- report.--.
They were -ecu by loy .Mar
tin and MaM Ibireh, cowboy at the
ranch, who watched the alle-ed lust
liucr tbfoii'jh field -la--e.-. 'I'hey fol
lowed the Mexican- across the bor
der ami -tai led to herd I hem back,
they said. The Mexicans opened fire
and the eouboy-. from behind boubl
er, killed six ol' ihe Mexicans ;tud
IllCi
atlb
ALLIES' DEMANDS1
l.nNIiUN, .Ian. 1 7. The annonm-e-
ment that the (ireek ovenunenl has
accepted in I heir entirety Ihe demand -
of the allii--. wa- re-cixed here today
in a cable-ram from Sir 1 K. II. Ki -
lini, liiili-h iniiii-ier ul Athe
l.nXDn.V. Jan.
p.ltrl, ,, the I!
eot,iiiiny ay- lu
ment ha aeei'itc
liiatiiiu witlliiut li
17. -An Aihen- .li- j
M'hailL'e 'r'h"i'ath I
it I he (ireek i:o eni- j
il lite ellletiti-V uti- i
-er.ation. I
The deei-joii w.tr- reuehed by the
crown coiini'il on Tue-day afternoon,
aeeordinj; to the di-pulch, and was
imuicdiatelv comtiniuicntei to tlie en
tente mini-let-. The release tf the
e'iicli-:N W-io were itrt'e-ted follow
ing t itc ont hi i c k in A llicii- ui De
cember 1, j- Cpeeted llOlllly.
I.ONlMiN. dan. 17. An
military mi-iou ha- arrived
t-n- ami will pa 1 1 ii-i a!e in t he
allid control j,, (in'i-ec, ; i -
Italian
-t Alb
entente a 1 S - -
patch ffoni Allou- I
Tele.:! a oh eoinpall V,
the KvcliatiL'e
v. The carry in-.'
.uniaMe,.- v ill be
I' riiiatioii of si
o i'i.I.tite a'iicd
chai-.cd with thi
ek l roop- and
eolntn
li.iMd
-d b
; in
ililti t- -T 1 1
and ( Jm'cJ. i. i iecr-traii-lercnei-
.f (li
monition- into IVIopom
SAMS STRANDED $4,000,000 WARSHIP
SEVEN VESSELS,
CAPTURED NINEi
IUO JAXI'tUt), Ilni7.il. Jan. 17.
According to ini'orniation reeeiveil
i ; nert; ioua
liritish ofli.ial
,n i source, sev
vessels in the Atlantic
I
liavo been sunk and nine c apt u red
by a German raiding vessel.
The ve.-riel.s reported sunk me:
llritish Kadnoivliire, Saint Theo-j Virnil G. Hiushasv, of ( "h ica'to. cuair
dore. )ramatist, Alinieh, Tredr-tiar man of tin nation dry federation"
Hall; Freiit-liXantt'S. Asnieres. The composed of all of the temperance
vessels captured includo tlu follow- i orKani.atioiiH in the Fnited Mates
i iik : Hritlsli Kiim Ceoie, .Mount
Temple, George, 'oltaire. Yarrow-
dale. .Japanese Hudson .Maru
AH these vessels were sunk or cap-
tared between December I - ami Jan
uary 10 on the route between tlie
Azores and Pernumhuco, in lornjt
tudes varying between 10 and '.','2
t.ast. and latitude between :lu north
and 7 south. The crews of the steam
ships sunk were placed on Hie Hud
son Maru. This vessel was compelled
to r. ."company the raider to a point
seven decrees south latitude, where.
she arrived January I She Hun
received permission to so lo I'ernam
bma, where she arrived on Monday
evening with ":!7 men from the crews
of tiio vessels which w
ere sunk. No
'eceived ill H
I Im' ca pt ured
h
information has been 1
Hard to the crews of
vessels.
The raider is said to 1m
ship of .
the Moewe type.
Tbe vessel referred to in the fore
Koinn as the Tred'-fcar Hall prolmbly
is the Netherby Hall, whose sinking
I
liy the (lorman raider was announced
bowc -ver. a Tredegar Hall, which was
r- porud al Cardiff, Wales, on
'; December Sb" f- a vesni-i of :.7; (
j '"s uross, f-i lontf. Imilt
! 1 ""'I owned Iu Carditl'.
iu
RAISE IN INSURANCE
NIAV Vtdil
Ian. !7. Nc
f allied -Inn
Hie de-t nielinu ()
the Soidb Ann rif
1 1
-I,. In
man
unci
tod.M
WeM
ir.
ed bv an a
lice int.- Ih
I-1
in li a
in -m r
from -J'-j
Indi.'fi and
Ml per cent t
oMlll A lie
port-.
Ailhoil'.:!! Ill
I ieial cmiiI u ii
or- weic till
(ierman -ea
del wilier- U ailed of
ition, pcr-.i-leid ruin
cnrrcil todav Miat tl
had
-link or eaptered. It
that the -learael Vai
T'icodlOe i II- -till jil
I he lb ii i-h admit all v
tied mil
an. I SI.
mi I that
ul r,a
I.
-oh- III i-j t! will h'dil itloioMM'-i-eiett o
the -ink in-. of tiir f i una ii v ar v c- -el
Nidil tlje-e two -hip - bad ben re-ap-luu-d.
PART! IDENTITY
CHICAGO, .Inn. 17. A recojn .ueu-
datlon that the proldbilion i-art
'Uler into no re kit Ions ;it ;u oseu.
whereby i( would in any wy sur
render Ms Independent identj' v v. a
made lo the national eommitu e of
;tlie paily. in session here today by
lor a unlit (I
ampaiqn airninsi liquor
in lit III. i
t Mr. llinsbaw elaini'd iliat the
! confederation could be worked out i
f.o that, tbe identity of the prohibi
tion irt, the aiiti-salonn leapue,
and ot her nruauUat ions wcriiin:;
town id the common end u ou!d he
safeguarded, lie sithiuitleil :i p-porl
showing that more Hum $:!ii:,im'ii'i
has been spent durlnj; the last, four
yejus by the cominilli-e. S-n'-lpv
thousand of this amount was spni In
tlie recent, prciddential rainpalmi.
BELOW ZERO IN
M
HAKKK. lr.. Jan. i;
With the
IicImW .el o
threatened
dealer- -aid
the
moiuet ri I 'J tf- lees
here loday, linker was
with a eoal fMitiitn. l-'uel
here had been ih- h'
M eun-ump-il'plv
of ,-..al
Appeal- to
I lo r point s
ev a lU o et"
tiou thai but I .' ' i .la
leu allied Hi ihe i '
I'ii- h -bipmeid I r
hae bren Inade.
i:ticine enbl -Sill pi
casern thc-.-on. North
mountain point near he
I lie tiK'H iii -t I at d
ro at da break t"d;1 .
I'fpwdcr. a
e, rcpol ted
"J I ee- beluw
SAX rii.WCISCO. .Ian. IT. -Klcveii
jiiior.s weji' sworn in to ir
TioHii.'is .1. Mounev for nnirib r a, ben
-Indc (''raiil.tln A. (liii i in ud ion ru
ed conn for the noon n-ee.-s todav.
Thirteen juiot .i will bear the vi-
e to pn.vl.le iiKiiih-'t iiii' 1 1 nplii.n
or ib'al Ii ol any
olio .luror.
This is I
till
Ihe Irial.
of live
lo,lllt' . ;n in -
anai'i-liNt bum)
for th" liniiil, ei
It'll!, Iu wlih h
atlil ill illjlireil
lie: a parade.
.1 i if
dlill.TS le-ioisiie
o.-bll hf-l e .hih IT J,
i II lie wete h"t
lurilli; a piepariil-
"
NO.
, I POSTPONED TO
HIRE COUNSEL
Hearings to Be Resumed Tomorrow
Willi Moryan ami Others Testify
intj In;uiry to Be Extended to Its
Broa:lest Aspects Authority Ask
ed For Given bv Congress.
1 WAKillNT.TOX, .Inn, 7 Mt'inbtTfJ
j oi Iho hoiiKi1 rulfis poimnltti'c hi :on-
1 fori'iici liito toiljiy were tinablu to
; itfjiTo on counsel to bn oniployfd t(
direct tlio Irak investigation. It wuk
; announced ttiat them would bo no
! public hearings to morrow and lirob
' ably not , until romiM-l had been,
j chosen.
I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Tlu!
leak investiutiliou wn interrupled to
day while i he hou-e extended the timo
of the iiive.i'jitiu-; committee thiHy
days ami uutltori.etl it to employ
counsel. This I'orebndows extendi HQf
the inquiry to its broadest aspects.
Taking of tc-timony will be resumed
tomorrow, probably with .1. I. Mor
gan and other financiers in tlie wit-ne-s
chair.
Although decliniiii: to ohiect, Ken-
re -entn live Cooper, republican of
I Wisconsin, critieised the inquiry t-i
' date iu a short speech.
"Thus far," lie said, ''the result
; have only confirmed the belietl
! throahoui ihe nation lmt there in
no Hue sense of honor in public )iiV
I hi- inquiry has deyenei a t ed into uj
I partisan slri-M-Je.
j (l 'nlemiyei' Sujiyested.
K'epieseutative. Moore of 1'cimsyl
. vain. i .-aul that Samuel I nlermvei
i had In en su-j'je-ted us counsel t'ol
' the commiltce and d'elnred that;
j Charles Kaus lluuhes "miiiht be i
j v.ood ina a I o consider.
, liepubliean Leader Mann Ihett dc-
ielared:
'l am convinc'd that the employ
' ''" f eilher Samuel I'nteimver or
Mr. Ilnuhes would be an act of sticli
yro-s impropriety that it would not
be considered for a moment bv tlu
ommitlce.
j Mr. Maun added lie hoped nud be
; lieved "that the in vest iiit ion wilt
t -how thai no puhlie official in hijjli
place had been .uuilty of hat whivU'
I tumid tie treiiMUi to the country ami
the people Ihroiiuli tbe betrayal of
j Iru-l."
I'eneial I n vest iat (on.
file committee is milking its plaiH
! for evleiidinu Ibe impiiry into n yeu
I eral iiixi'sli-jnlioti which was fornousl;
wlien il yi-lerdav snuimoned .1. I'.
Morgan, l-'rank A. Vnmlerlip, llciny
I. l)ai-on and other well-known fin
anciers. Some of iheiu were on hnml
today wmiIiiiit lo l-(i!"y. Thomns
l.a-on al-o was ready o -jtt nti, aim
Mi-. Ii'uth Thoma-on VKetiuti. the
uoman wloi ,aw-on says told tit in
Secretary Tuimilly was in vol ed in
the leak, had been erved wilh a sub
poena. "The committee has decided to ask
perinis-iou of the hoii-e to employ
e..:in-cl and aeenniManls and ask for
an eeii-ioii .f thirty ilays in which
: to report." -aid llepre-eiit al ive (iar-
rett, in cyplanal ion of today's action.
Wfliics.se Auultinn.
Another wilrie-to mrive before
tin- po-tpuneiiieiit v.a- announced wan
1'liny -Vk of New Voik, declared by
1 I.aw-on t,i he Ihe man nho tidd Arch.
ibald S. White he -contridled" Seeru
Itarv MeAdoo. John It. Wathom, ed-
(Continued on Paso Two.)
WAR RELIEF FUNDS
TilKMI,
ira I hei hit;
.laliall. .Ian. IT. -At a
of p'preseniiitive Japanese
, loday,
II IIIOM :
. .vliniu was Premier
wait vole,! t send l
I Teraill hi, Il
popular eoniniissiiiii to all the entenio
ciiiimriei. piobalily Iu April to ex
press .lap. to'- sympathy for lhf
wnitiiiled and' lor etber war sui;Vr
en. An appeal will be mad-,
t hniULiliiiiu Ihe empire f,iV subsirlr
tlotis, in an effort to raiae ns larLe u
fund as possible.