The evening world. Newspaper, December 30, 1914, Page 1

rt Flight of Witnesses Prevents Indictment of Baff Assassi Famer PRICE ONE © L _Gbe = “ Circul: on Books Open to All Copyrig! by The Freee Pabil Pb bn da A 8 SO N tT. id (The onthe Le rk World). BAF INQUIRY WHEN WITNESS TRIO FLEE STATE; NO INDICTMENTS Moral but Not he lane Proof of Gunmen’s Identity, Whitman. Says MAY KEEP UP FIGHT. Two Men W: 1 Wanted Are New Jersey and One in Philadelphia. Startling ond apparently almost hopeless collapse of the Baff prose- cution on the day of promised in- Gictments came at 1 o'clock to-day when, with the adjournment of the Grand Jury for the day, District At- torney Whitman announced that no indiements th The Dist ugh “ultimntely jet Aitorney, whose fond- est hope was to clear up the Baft mystery before being sworn in as Governor, attributed the defeat of his plans and the present positive stop given the prosecution of justice to the wilful absence from New York jurisdiction of three crucial wit- nesses. Two of these were now living in New Jersey, he said, and Philadelphia, They were away from New York on the evi advice of counsel and showed no dis- position to come to this side of the Hudson voluntarily Whitman regretfully admitted that in the present status of the case, though the Identification of the gun- men now in cnstody was morally cer- tain, it was not legal proof and would not stand up under the assaults of defending lawyers. Without the identification gunmen made absolute, against others for complicity in the conspiracy which resuited in Baff's nation on Nov, 24 would not have the legal strength the District Attorney desired. Whitman made it plainly under- gtood that rather than leave the legacy of a doubtful case to Mr. Per- kins, his successor, by hasty and un- considered action, ho had sacrificed his ambition to secure indictments before leaving office. There is no doubt tn the minds of the District Attorney and his aidex that the three missing witnesses have full knowledge of the iniricute mur- der plot and its execution If Perkins and Delehanty are able of the (Continued on Second Pag ) The Flight of Time But a short span of weeks ago we were welcoming in the “New Year"— 1914, In but a few days she will be burled in the musty pages of history We may gaze upon a beautiful land- sca But turn our backs and the tilon is gone for all time. And so fleet the opportunities to work, hire, buy, sell, rent, invest, &., disclosed from day to day’ through the “Want” pages of World ads. are fair to see, interesting to read and highly profitable to act upon. But the passing of time quickly robs us of the advantages they offer if DELAY intervenes. Reaa World ads. during the w Year, take them Into your daily :ife, and the fralts iy Mey 2k yield will remain with you for time would be found to-day, | there might be. | indictmente] § COLLAPSES | GIRL'S AUTO IVES: | AMONE, SHOPPERS: TWO WOMEN HRT Machine Climbs to Sidewalk and Crashes Into Window. Runaway A wild auto w ® helpless = jan in its tonneau climbed the side- lwalk at Hanover Place and Fulton} Streat in the midst of a shopping crowd this afternoon, pinned a wom-| Sey ce=- = WATMANOFCIYS NEEDS IN LAWS a ERMAN Oi nee gam lcornea(sa bees of Accounts and Cham- | berlain's offices. | Terminal markets. Excess condemnation of Police rehearings. Central Purchasing Bureau When the Mayor got back to the City Hall he was asked how he had impressed the Governor-elect with his programmo of legislation. “I had @ pleasant and satisfactory interview,” replied the Mayor, care- fully weighing his words, an against the side of a building in jits Might and plunged througiy heavy the ensuing excitement cay tines | were blocked and police reserves had} to be called to clear the street, | The automobile, which was the! property of Henry Wollum, of Ocean Parkway and Elmwood Avenue. was being driven by Miss Lottie Wollum ; ; —_— — and her motier was in the rear seat. | Passing eastward up Fulton street.| Mayor and Governor « Elect) the stalled at the Hanover Placa) : corner. Mias m rot out to) Hold Two-Hour Conference crank it, but negiected to put on her brakes. ‘The minute the spark eauglit | Phat Is “Satisfactory.” the car leaped forward, | The girl managed to dodge aside an her mother sereaned a warning, ut! Gov.-clect Whitman had to split NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, WILSON’S PROTEST ON SHIP HOLD-UP DISCUSSED BY THE ENGLISH CABINET ON ence in poLano oa land. Mints: mp and ut Inauguration. ALBANY, Dee 49 —Milltary pomp oad splendor will mork the inwugura tion of Charles & Whitman ae New York's forty-fourth Governor here Fri day. ‘The ceremonies will begin to-invrrow night with the inaugural ball, which will the elder woman in the tonneau did| seconds of time to- not dare risk jumping. The wild car careened zig-nag fashion street ioward the Sturling day as between {his present fob of District Attorney is Chief his pros the from it Just je cit cole Jas y in New York county, Med with the low fran fF the show: and it was the Dusiest one of his foom, between the window and the career, sidewalk, a wom a, about fifty: years, old, was caught and crushed, Glass showered down on her as the hood of the machine crashed through the show window and she was Pinned beneath the radiator. Her name, an nearly as the hospital attendants Mayor Mitchel took up two hours! of his time in the morning discussing the City’s in legislation and State administrative support, Fin- | ishing that, Mr. Whitman plunged into work at the District Attorney’ before the Grand Jury} which is considering the Baff murder | needs could get it later, was Mrs. Adeline 891 Smith and her residence No, office, Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, Two siviers, the Misses Irene went case and in the afternoon vleared up Grace Pahex, whose home is in he formalities of turning bush, found themselves in the fly aMlve tw hin aucceaso car's path Grace managed to leap) He received amd aceapted the r to on de, but her efforts to pull) nutions of two A Distr her sister out of harms's way were! torneys, who aro to move into higher | vain, [rene received severe cuts, places on Jun. 1. These were Charles about the head and shoulders from|A. Perkins, who will ba apy >intad | falling glass and was considerably | District Attorney and William Hay- bruised |ward, who will become legal adviner | Ambulances from Arooklyn and |to the Governor Holy Family Hospitals brought Dra Mr. W man i# going to Albany Brown and Casgrande and Dr. Curtis. sometiine toemorrow afier iat They removed the two injured women just what train he can get depends into the plano store and there gave pressure of business them first aid. Mrs, Smith was taken Miethet ar ‘ ee to Brooklyn Hospital, where the sure nv had o i vent | grons disvovered noes of a frace maj isthtion tuped skull. Miss Fahey went tu her York « ‘ to 06 home after her cuts hed been ped out for p tion at Ale patched up. bany at the coming session. The con ference took place at No, 37 Madison pine sao ALARM CLOCK FOR WILSON. Given Avenue, the home of Mr. Whitman ‘The bills explainea to the Governo elect hy the Mayor, and every one Mitchel He Can Awaken th AM, Jan, 1 to Open San Diewo Fatr, which Mr s very anxious to! WASHINGTON, Dec Dave paased, ate t | might not fail to awak The abolition of the Board of ¢ oners in New York ¢ A Brovkiyn Terminai Railway Final disposition of garbage The creation of a Department of Administration by merging of the press tha button apent: ‘ Fxporition on Jan, 1 iffer~ ence in ce iy ry font oni have |3"te up ai {ts kind in recent years, ‘The Inaugural parade has been planned down to the last detail, Hoth the retiring Governor and the incoming official will be at- tended by thetr roilitary staffe in full alin and a woore of © National ¢ ompanies of the ct Hbhy hed an 1 rostrum mm whien the A Axecutive Mangion Mrs. Whit- nian hae already taken charge, She ar- rived late yeaterday vants, ® housekeoper and a butler who have scon Administration follow Admin {stration welcomed her to her new home —— |CANADIAN STEAMER STRIKES OW A REEF, an Admiralty Vessel, Go-| es Of Nova Scotia | Fate of Crew Not Known HALIFAX, N steamer Navarra, 2,947 tons, which left St, John, N. B. terday und: > r to the Admiralty and bound France, struck on reef at mes Island during the night eported this S. Dec, 30--The cha for H iftevnoon tha kup. No w ee as to safety o: ry Isiand 4 t Ha, Une of Yar. | Nevarra's plight was + ported to the Marine and Fisheriow Agency of the Dominion Government there, ‘The Government steamer Aberdeen was or: to proces Mt | ta to > ald. | re| a Navar it Was reported, The Navarra was rying hay and feed standing by For Racing See Sporting Page Snag: be one of the most brilliant affairs of! ‘The two old ver- | GERMAN TRENCHES AND DEFENCES AFTER SNOWSTORM en sed Ree en's hom ML formerly, with him WHICH MRS. ROGERS GAVE FATAL POISON TO TWO CHILDREN? sanaeigpecmee xp cumatanes Loretta old daugh banon tempted Police Mystified About Domes- tic Relations of Husband in Polson Tragedy bln haste h ee pee en" mattor. Ho went from the train to the Foreign Office. When he entered the . saiaaal himself whon the Httle girl died, He | Cabinet meeting he took with him the American note and the reports already raved at physicians and attendants | compiled by his assistants answering the various points raised by the United | Owing to the distraction from griet |) @nd declared he knew nothing which | States. would aid lof Lorlya Elton Rogers, a Park Row lawyer, after the dewth of his olghi-|ever, Mr. bmontis old donghter (his ehildry Lebanon Hospital to-day of biehler Pee Rogers, and she was @: 1914. pected fron New Jersey at her broth- Peared at Lebanon Hospital this af- Veatigation of the cane, Loretta, at tha! be able to prove that the poisoning of “One of the children,” he said, wa Sliswee pS Ae ey ne where German attacks have been repulsed. Thy a SERRE Fair and much ir to-night: BAL At clear, . FINAL ————_—_ PRICE “ONE CENT, { | 4 ———-——¢e. COSSACKS ARE DRIVEN 10) PRUSSIAN BORDER, REPORT FROM BERLIN <+¢--- German War Office Disputes the Claims of Petrograd and Declares. “ That Kaiser’s Troops ’Are Still on — the Offensive in Poland. GAINS AT MANY POINTS REPORTED FROM PARIS LONDON, Dec. 30.—A special meeting of the British Cabinct was held this afternoon to discuss the American protest against the hold up of American ships. A discussion of the note by British. officials shows that | ithey regard it as friendly and they do not believe the differs ile lences between America and Great Britain are such that a partner of Rogers and still sharing an office cannot be reconciled satisfactorily. at No. 38 Park Row, ap. | Much depends upon the effective effort on the part of ;Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden to prevent the ree _ anation of the domestic cir- Shipment to Germany and Austria-Hungary of cargees ex of Mr, Rogors.® {received from the United States. Until Watertight regue ae SP enema: |lations are put into force in these countries, little hope, it is understood, is held out by the British Government for free | saying he wished ke | Hospital, A charge of at- suicide and manslaughter |faxation the matter of searching American cargoes. nat Mra, Rogers Ono prominent British official pointed out that Italy has effectively *, who Was at the Hronx checked contraband shipments to Austria-Hungary and Germany, with the result that Great Brituln is not stopping slips desiined for Italien ports, Sir Edward Grey came back from his holiday vacation to handle the urt House when word! im of the potwoning late yes- 1 tho authorities in tho in- | Earlier, how Rogers said that ho would! Inasmuch as the Avabtican position is based on the interpretation ef j{nternational liw made by tho legal experts of the State Department at Washington, It was not belloved that the protest can castly be disposed ef, 1On a few of the points ratved there is a wide difference of opinion at jexperts, and this may cause long negotiations with the United States. on was accidental “gat! ide of Feuia | Eolsoal ng aie “'- | Not of the poison, took a little of it] Certain of the members of the Cabinet take the position that there thorities of the Bronx were row | ang Rave it to the other, Mrs, Rogers, | WO precedents that operate tn the ent case. They hold that the Us inte contusion as to the domestic rt eiieving they Were going to die be- | States cannot enforce Its protests where the British Government lo in j tations) of Mr. Rogers .|fore her eyes, took a dose of the|sossion of positive information that cargoes of conditional contr Mra, Ida Rogers, acknowledged by x the lawser an hin wifo, te at the hoa. |Ocl#e nin dosperation: intended flnally to reach Germany and Austria, even though those |pital under arrest for causing the} Prom the moment the woman andl are in neutra) bottoms and consigned to neutral firms in neutral countries, the baby girl and for at. {Children were taken to the boroital ants iy especially the case in the varlous cargoce of meat etuffs whieh have | Geath of bay & Dr. Greenberg of the house etait tas | tempting her own life; it 1s #0) worked over them with two nurses, | Deen Bselzed aud which are claimed to be owned by the big American pack. charged by the police that her #on,|tie satd to-day that he had not re- jing firms. John Rogers, two years oid, who,{serted to any of the extraordinary ee a Wke his mother, in at the point of/teane for combating bichlorite pot. a sa , such as a knife operath death. inthe hospital, reeniven «| 22nung, woh, ae 8 |East Prussia Nearly Cleared ihe tal dome of the poison from Mra.}of trying to fluyh the polson out of! : eae ft : ' h atem Q : i paralyzed el . ) ° | Rogers yesterday afternoon the svatem before it paralyaed f R C l Si B 1] ee rie Wkers int a So cajamate” al thes'ntteht at uint| OF Russian Cavalry, Says Berlin One Hundred and Sixty-any- [A restions night, te malls aud from) — BERLIN, by wireless to Landon, Doc, 30 (Agggelated Press).—lae War lenth Streat, and 1t was they an ams}the baby girl There is littiy more, |OMeo report to-day on the progress of the war on the eastern front ts nee from Lebanon Hospital us| accoriing ie the physician, for the follows called for minist to the tripie| mother and boy “In East Prusaia the Russian cavalry was driven back in the ro soning case yesterday afternoon. direction of Pillkalen (four miles from the Russian frontier and Lawyet Rogers, wha was at the | LUSITANIA PAID $50, 000 south of the Niemen River) SCPE esr ates ith a “In Poland: On the right bank of the Vistula the situation Sewn 00 = INSURANCE FOR ONE TRIP : dito tn remains unchanged tlearwvaneny ane 79 a Rese "On the western bink of the Vistula the nsive to the east 4 tho: donth of ¢ Pho Cunard Muer Lasitanta, the iat! Of the tributary Baura continu + For the rest fighting on and to . 3 twarned'| ot she wiper-ahina Gf the Mauretania the east of the Rawka branch continues as well as at Inowloda * may and type still on the and in the region to the southwest of this place Mr Rore ved wit erpool toda < ‘Reports from outside sources give the impression that Lowiez hin at Suffern, N.Y lap of the most expe and Sklerniewice are not tn our possession, We capturcd these The following yr Rogers wast voyage ever under by an places miore than six days ago. Skierniewice is situated far be- married to Miss Caruline Gt passenger ship, she was in. nind our front.” sister oof = Profess Franklin oH an additonal million dollars [The above statement is in contradiction of @ Rusetan report , Giddings, writer and protec t ing England, the extra in- that these two towna Aud Been captured.) clology and nomics at Colun srance to cover only one round trip, ’ University +t the Madrid} Too premium amounted to $60,000. Se Aparimenta at 2 Diver Because of the recent exposure of priv until | F wien tans Blot in New Orleans to piace pombe : Gains in Flanders and in Als moved to. a Mountain in the noid of a French ine stiz S t e ear itn” extra preemutionn were taken by tte | Says the War Office in Faris fi 1a inay © vitinss anytning ex- | Bofar ax was ‘ plosive being taken mvowrd the Lusi. PARIS, Dec 40 [Assoctated Press|.-France claims el ins near * \of Prof. lddings totday there had |tanta, A squad of special detective : heen no distus anee recently of the |#erulinized every peroon who went up Ki euport in the official announcement given out by the epartment nappy relations of Rogers and dre, /Ciler Kanzway, and nobody who did this afternoon This communication also mentions other gamts along the