The evening world. Newspaper, February 23, 1914, Page 1

WNO INTERVENTION BY THE BRITISH IN. MEXICO WRATHER—Snew to-night and Tuesday; colder. PRICE ONE CENT. bade “4 a York World). e Say Defeat — in Race for Endurance Viet Pes ‘WHATHER-Gnew aay’ and Tuesday; coldon , FINAL 7 | “Circulation Books Open to eT Prove Publishing NEW YoRx, MONDAY MPVOLUNTEERS BEAT REGULARS, @ IN ENDURANCE TEST RACK: WALKERS OFF 10 CONEY SHOT AND KILLED BY MAN CARRYING ! Soldiers cautes Guns Finish ‘Nine-and-a-Hilf-Mile Sprint 4 to Brooklyn. Z . VETS OFF FOR CONEY. Walkers Starting ‘From City Hall for Coney In Annual Endurance Contest of 11'4 Miles Specially Photographed by an Evening World Staff Photographer. ore r044468 Youths and- Veterans_ Start From City Hall on Jog to Seashoye. Assassin Fires Eight Bullets at e Victim, Who Is Driving a Cart. past wea THEN HE DISAPPEARS. Militiamen demonstrated their su- perterity over Federal troops this af- terneon in a gruelling nine-and-a- half-mile race from Manhattan to Breokiyn. ‘The contest, one of the pcasall Slain Man, a Driver for Empire ‘uaual wr held in New $ York, pela g'a seventy-fret| Barbers’ Coat Supply Co., Regiment. The Fourteenth Regiment of Brooktym was second. Although the Federal troops were looked upon . ‘as gure winners, they made a poor For no reason that his friends and ng and were far from showing | Felatives can assign, Vito De Alles- the “agama displayed by the mill- sandro of No. 694 Becond avenue, | Manhattan, driver of a delivery cart Shot Without: Ga oe Savedty-tour equads, consisting of men in all, took part in the race, hich’ tearted at Forty-third street n@ Broadway and was finished in ‘Thirteneth Regiment Armory yn. It looked like war times in way when the racere, wearing fatigue uniforms aad carrying gathering. Rrcarea gibes were directed at militiamen by Uncle Sam's sol- who said they would grab every- in the race, which took place the auspices of the Royal Arca- One of the Government soldiers, pping big fellow, said if he didn’t the State troops by five blocks he id go and fight with Huerta. LAY y RACE CARRYING A FULL EQUIPMENT. conditions of the race were that contestants, carrying guns and tigue uniforms, should run in juads. The distance to be covered ‘miles, 1 Pees member of @ squad dropped according to the rules, the entire met was disqualified. A lagser, , could be picked up and by fellow members of his quad, and in such an event the uad was not disqualified. ‘The route of the race this after- was from Forty-second street Broadway to Fifth avenue, to nty-third atreet, back to Broad- jay, down to Canal street, thence to ‘Williamaburg Bridge and then to Armory. A gold stop watch will be presented each member of the winning squad, Each member of the second team to \finigh will recelve a gold medal, and “silver medals will be given to those in the third squad. ‘The Walkers’ Club held its second ual after-lunch stroll to-day. The from the City ateps to Coney Island/a matter @leven and # half miles. OUTHS AND VETERANS RACE TO CONEY ISLAND. One hundred and twenty-five youths others far from youthful came | into the cold and the snow in tere, stocking caps, everyday and specially constructed varied assortment of gar | tg, none too heavy or too warm | , Bach wore a number and the y attracted thousands, including “fans and others anxious learn about the new kind of holl- | yy “bug.” “Sparrow” (Continued on Fourth Page.) ppoinntiaulhd aaley SAILING TO-DAY. Company, No, 687 Eleventh avenue, Manhattan, was shot and instantly killed to-day as he was driving through Roebling street, between North Fifth and North Sixth streets, ‘Williamaburg. The assassin escaped. The crime was committed in a thickly populated aye ate section. As the cart North Sixth street a man foacahay on of the door of a tenement with a re- volver in each hand, with both Eight shots were fred and most of the bullets struck the driver. One, passing through his head, killed him and he fell back into the cart. Policeman Philip MoGrath of the Bedford avenue station was in North Sixth street and heard the shots. When he got around into Roebling street the murderer had disappeared. ‘The police followed the trall of the murderer through the hall of the tenement at No, 117 Roebling street, Into the rear yard of that tenement, through several yards to the hallw: of a tenement facing North Fi¢tl and through that hallway to the street. He was last seen headed 4n the direction of Marcy avenue. One of hie revolvers, a .38 calibre weapon, was found in a corner of the hallway of the Roebling street ten- ement, The murder was witnesded by @ dggen persons, They déscribe the assassin as @ man about thirty years old, 6 feet 6 inches tall, dark of complexion and well dressed. He wore a blue cloth cap and a bive chinchilla overcoat and a distiaguini- ing mark of identification was a very heavy black moustache, ————>__——__ FOR RACING SEE PAGE @ Don’t Be a Cave-Dweller Time was when man hf to live in caves or crannies in thé ¥ock that Dame Nature had carved out, but to- day, especially the New Yorker, finds comforts and luxuries of all kinds awaiting him in houses, furnished rooms, 2vartments, etc., at every hand, wok 470 | 2,475 yt AST PEEK Mie NERALD For preséftt vacancies In all manner Robertson started the Morning World ads. to-day y: ‘orld A Constitute the Moss Pound te Mow York TWO REVOLVERS of the Empire Barbers’ Coat Supply; He opened fre|* of residential and business places see |! $10,000 IN GEMS FOUND IN GARRET Newark Police Arrest Andrew Berson After Searching His House. Andrew Everson, who posed as a painter and lived at No. 169 Howard @treet, Newark, N. J. was arreated there this afternoon by Detectives Donovan and McMahon, “They had wearched the house, Hidden in the garret; they reported, they found §10,- 000 worth of jewelry, which was iden- tiled by Max Smith of No, 22 Mon- mouth street, Smith's home was robbed on Saturday night. ‘The police say a gang of alx or sht burglars have committed more than forty burglaries in Newark, Har- rison, East Orange and other sur- rounding towns since last December. Eberson was captured through the confession of one of the band, Ac- cording Jo the police, he admitted the charges and corroborated the list of robberies which his accomplice had already given to the police, The informer gave his name as Frederick McMunn and his age as twenty-two years. He gave no ad- dress. Detective Sergt. Meehan saw him loitering about the neighborhood of Twenty-second street and South Orange avenue on Friday night and arrested him on suspicion. Mechan was still trying to learn scmething about the prisoner when the Smith home was robbed on Satur- day night. The police decided Mc- Munn might know something about this and questioned him with the result that he broke down at noon to- day and implicated Eberson, According to the police, he named jas members of the gang also Jacob Greenberg, who ts now in the Rah- way Reformatory, and Philip Schil- ling, who. ts serving @ term in the STOLEN SATURDAY | onion com ,| firet flush of their official life they | Waldeck: HARBURGER DEPUTIES TO LOSE FIRE BADGES Call In All the Old Ones, Fire Commissioner Robert Adam- son has finally got around to the fire- badge question, All the Commis- sioners get around to it, and in the announce that they are going to call in the old fire-badges and issue new ones only to thone entitled to the same, So Commissioner Adamson is go- ing to call in all the badges and cards admitting bearers within police lines at fires and@ssue new cards. He will pay special attention to nullifying the special deputy sheriffs’ badges, sev- eral thousand of which were issued by Jullus Harburger. Often there are 80 many spectal deputy sheriffs wear. ing Harburger badges inside the fire| linen that the potice have firemen | turn the hose on them. FRENGH CRUISER ASHORE. Eee Dam- age im Gulf of Juan, TOULON, France, Feb. 2.—The French armored cruiser Waldeck-Rous- seau went ashore to-day in the Gulf of d near Nice, Divers r te ihe had cet any damage 4 at ed it woul ona her off at high tide.” o'tew CHURCHILL IN FLYING TEST. ie He Tries merged Submarin PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 23.—An Interesting experiment for the purpose of tenting whether it In possible to lo- cate submerged submarine boats with the aid of aeroplanes was carried out to- day by Winaton Spencer Churchill. First Lord of the British Admiralty, who pl- loted a hydro-aeroplane over the Solent. He carried with him « naval afrman Several submarines as @ passenger. waterplanes participated in the | Kenta.” Mr. Churenlll few trom here to Spithead a k twice, paid ae ee STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. FEBRUARY 23, 191 PRIOE OR ONE OENT. - 10 PAGES WOMAN IN AUTO AIDS THREE MEN IN FUR ROBBERIES Show Windows at Several Shops Broken and Valuable Garments Taken Away. A woman and three men in a black Hmousine rode down Sixth avenue just before dawn to-day. Stopping at various fur and clothing stores they smashed the side windows with a brick wrapped in a newspaper and robbed the display windows of prac- tically all they contained, Because furs and gowns of little value were left untouched while ex- pensive pieces were taken the police believe the woman's part in sale robbery w Praisal of the costumes and fur pieces while the men performed the actual work of robbery. The car was at Thirty-elghth street and Sixth avenue shortly before 4 o'clock and @ few moments after it d disappeared the side window of the shop of Charles M. Bernstein & Co., at No. Sixth avenue, between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth streets, was found broken. ‘The shop of Lindau & Company, at No, 581 Sixth avenue, was broken into the same way and when Sam .in- dau, the proprietor arrived, he found the display window empty. At the West Thirtieth street police station where he hurried to report the rob- bery he discovered that a policeman had frightened the robbers away and had himself emptied the window and carried the stuff to the station for protection, ‘The managers of both shops said that they had heard that other places farther south in Sixth avenue had | been robbed, The police have not disclosed the addreases of these places. Bernatein & Co. do a business of buying gowns from wealthy wo who wear # garment only on Five sets of furs ar, comprised the loot tal fle place, ‘The hole in the win to was leas nan a foot wide, so it Rain var artmbed hia diitndiod BRITAN AROUSED OVER BENTON KILLING, BUT Stirring Scenes in Parliament as For- eign Secretary Says ‘England Does — Not Hold United’ States Respon- sible, but Cannot Act Personally. “BRITISH INTERVENTION FUTILE AND IMPOLITIC” Cheers for Statement That Public Opinion Was Likely to Be Seriously Affected by Villa’s Attitude. LONDON, Feb, 23.—The puiting to death of Willam $. Benton, * REBELS BLOW UP TROOP TRAIN; ALL ONBOARD KILLED Fifty-Five Mexican Federal Officers and an Englishman Among the Victims. British Parliament and people to a:kéen appreciation of the British inter- ests involved in the Mexican situation. The killing of Benton was the- principal subject up for discussion before the House of Commons this, afternoon, when a full house listened with intense interest to explanations given by Sir Edward “Srey, the British Foreign Minister, and Francis Dyke Acland, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of the British Government's attitude and communications with Washington, accomplished, but it is impossible to effect it by British intervention. We. do not intend to make any attempt of that character, which would be’ both futile and impolitic.” This is the attitude of the Gritish Foreign Office, as outlined by | Acland. A signifiecant cheer wae given by the members ef the House when Sir Edward Grey eald that Sir Ceol! Spring- Rice, the Britich Ambassade: at Washington, had told Geeretary of State Bryan public opinion in Europe was likely te be cerioucly affected by Gen, Villa's deings. Bir Edward Grey explained fully that Great Britain did net held the United States respensible for Villa's acts, but he eald the Britieh Gevern- ment was peworless to take any mens- ures in the disturbed regions. Several members questioned the Secretary for Foreign Affaire to mak: sure that the Government was tak- ing all posd®ble steps to learn the facts of the Benton case. ‘ American Ambassador Page ex- pressed his personal regret at the killing of Benton in an in- formal talk to-day with Sir Edward Grey, whom he visited to inform him of the ratification by the United States Senate of the arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, This was previous to Partiament. ALONE CAN LEARN THE TRUTH." The history of the Benton affair as contained in the information fui nished to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Brit- ish Ambassador to the United States, by the State Department at Wi ington, was communicated in clal form by Sir Edward Grey. After the British Foreign Secre- tary had related how Sir Ceoll Spring- Rice had told Secretary of State Bryan that the public opinion of Eu- rope was likely to be seriously af- fected by Villa's attitude, and was cheered, he added that Bryai while declining responsibility for V' la's doings, had promised full inquiry. He sald details would be forthcoming, and expressed deep regret at the oc- currence. Sir Edward Grey con- tinued: ‘Hefore this incident occurred the ited States Government had, at our VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Feb. 23.—A Government troop train carrying a company of infantry from Mexico City eadtined for Jalapa was blown upon Saturday afternoon by rebele near the Lima station of the Inter- Oceanic Railway, 140 miles from Vera Crus. The explosion was terrific and the entire train was demolished. All on board, including fifty-five officers and the English engineer, were killed. A passenger train which was fol- lowing in the wake of the troop train was fired on by the rebels, but it escaped by backing rapidly, HALPIN EQUALS WORLD'S RECORD 'N 300-YARD RUN. that the fact that we are communi- ating with the Government of the United States does not, of course, im- ply that it has any responsibility for what has taken place. Communica- tion has been made berause the United States alone can in those cir- cumstances exercise any inf to Giscover the truth and pegs st done. Juares is close to the Mnited States frontier and we have our-' selves na means of exercising. tn- fluence in those regions under exiat-! ing circumstances.” “T am atill in communication with he British Ambassador at Washing- ton and with the United States Goy-\. ernment as to what further steps can, Bir John Reese asked whether Sir Edward Grey had any information concerning other Europeans who are ~ said to have disappeared in Mexico, Ste Edward replied: “No, sir, but | have already tele- graphed to Bir Cecil Spring-Rice avix- Geating for his consideration what steps it would be possible to take in this very disturbed region to, ascer- the whereabouts of these peo- Regiment A of the Thirteenth Regiment in Brook- lyn. this afternoon. The rv the 300-yard run, made in tl in 322-5 ‘seconds, H, Hirachon of the Irish-American A. C. final heat of the sa: by A. T. Meyer of T. J. Halpin of the ‘Time, 82 3-6 neconds. Summary: 880-Yard Run—Won by G. Kimball of Long Island A. C.; J. BE. Ball of Bt. Agnes A. A. was second and L, Gordon (unattached) third. Time, 1.56 1-5, Putting 16-Pound Shot—Won by W. C, Maxfield (2 feet 6 inches handicap) with a throw of 44 feet 5 inches; ', L, Mateuken (8 feet handicap) 37 feet 9% inches, second, and Pat MeDon- ald( scratch), 45 feet 6 inches, third, ple. In the course of his explanation Sir Edward Grey read ‘a telegram Sir Cecil Spring-Rice had received trom Mrs. Benton at El Paso, which was an fgjiows: beg to advise your Excellency that my husband, Benton, a British subject, yesterday went to Juares and after a heated discussion with Villa was thrown into jail. A friend vin- ited Villa on his behalf. Villa ‘I have not got him in prison, I sa\ him this qorning,’ and declined any further talk on the subject.” INTERVENTION WOULD SE FU: TILE AND IMPOLITIC. Mr. Acland, opening his remarks be the House, said: “The pacification of Mexicq t= an object we honestly desire to see ac-! complished, but it is impossible bad? LA AC, with ton A. A. second, ——— Breekiyn Firebug Busy. Investigation will be made to-day by Fire Marshal Brophy into what ts be- Heved to have been an attempt to burn the buliding at No. 93 Concord street Brooklyn, last night. John Fi ral, a tenant, Cg! red lean ung wast v WILL NOT ie a British subject, by Gen. Franclsco Villa at Juater-tus aroused the: «a “The pacification of Mexico is an object we honestly desire to seg © Carmania, Liverpee! La Lerraine . evident that the Peon, .jout of the window wit! some sort of hook. effect it by British intervention, We request, Impressed upon the leaders of | do not intend to make any i Bamped ‘ou jut the fnmes. Mame” lahore The police have a Soir deverintion the Constitutional party in Mexico} thas character, which the necessity of respecting the lives heey smaataett | SS mare a “ih