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Show DYNAMITING HAISES INTERNATIONAL ISSUE German Captured in Maine, After Attempt At-tempt to Blow Up Bridge in Canada, Will Resist Extradition Vanceboro, Mnlne, Feb. 2. Another Anoth-er international problem incident to tho war was thrust upon the United States today by the action of Werner Wern-er Van Horn, who, operating on tho Canadian side of tho border; dynamited dyna-mited the railway brldgo over tho St. Croix rlvor and then csenped Into In-to this stato. A fow hours later In a room at n hotel here, Van Horn quietly submitted sub-mitted to arrest, but Immediately proclaimed himself an officer of the German army and set up tho claim that ho had committed an act of .var and, having fled to a neutral country, iould not bo legally surrendered to an enemy of tho fatherland. The Canadian authorities, nowovcr at ouco instituted proceedings to ob-.uln ob-.uln Van Horn's extradition on a chargo of destruction of railroad prop-arty. prop-arty. Pending tho outcomo of theso efforts Van Horn Is held at tho Immigration Im-migration offico hero in custody of Deputy Sheriff Georgo W. Ross of Washington county. Tho bridge which Van Horn sought to destroy was not greatly damaged. Tho St. Croix river for some distunco forms tlio boundary between Malno and Now Urunswlck. Tho brldgo Is owned Jointly by tho Maine Central and tho Canadian Pacific railways und Is on tho direct routo of tho Can- j adlan Pacific from western Canada to tho maritime provinces. Over this road havo been shipped large quantities quan-tities of war materials for tlio allies, which wero placed on board ships at St. John and Halifax. According to tho police, Van Horn, a man of mlddlo ago nnd of military bcuilng, told them that bo left Germany Ger-many llvo years ago and for the past four years had been managing a coffee cof-fee plantation In Mexico. Recently ho made unsuccessful attempts to return to his nativo land. Friday night ho loft New York City arriving hero Saturday night and stay ing at a hotel. That night by appointment ap-pointment ho mot a man unknown to him at the cast end of tho bridge. Tho man gavo him a satchel containing contain-ing dynnmlto. Van Horn suspended tho satchel from tho insldo or an end post of tho brldgo and about 2 o'clock this morning discharged tho explosive explos-ive This done, he planned to go to Lnmbort lake, from which point bo intendod to drlvo about thirty miles to Princeton. Tho night was Intensely Intense-ly cold and ho suffered so mush that he abandoned tho trip and returned to the hotel. Thero the police found him In bed this morning. At tho request re-quest of tho Canadian officers he was taken Into custody. Tonight Attornoy Gonoral William R. Pattangall sont word from Augusta Augus-ta to Deputy Sheriff Ross to hold Van Horn until further orders. Whllo thoro was no formal charge preferred against him at first arrangomonts woro made to havo a warrant againBt Van Horn Issued if necessary In order or-der to mako certain his detention. Van Horn, tho officials stato, could bo charged with damage to a rail-read rail-read brldgo which Is nn extraditable offenso under nn agreement between tho United States and Canada, or with damage to .property on the American Ameri-can side of tho border, whero windows win-dows wero broken by tho explosion. Up to this evening Van Horn had not been a lawyer and appeared to tnko his detention cooly, apparently indifferent ns to what charges may bo preferred against him. |