The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1915, Page 1

‘ uf INAT EDITION CASI NEAR “PRIOE ONE OENT. GERMAN SUBMARINES REPORTED SUNK | | _IN A NEW SEA AND AIR RAID ON DOVER Covretehe, 108 a, Te COLLAPSE AS HE AND WILLETT ENTER SING. SING AS PRISONERS Former Boss Begs Court to Let Them Begin Serving Sen- tence at Once. HURRY OFF TO CELLS. Queens Leader a Wreck of Robust, Smiling Figure of Other Days. “Curly Joe” Cassidy, once Demo- @ratic boss of Queens County, and ‘William Willett jr. of Far Rockaway, to whom Cassidy sold.a Supreme for $10,000 in Oc- tober -seathrdegeeeh thie gray convict uniform in Sing Sing prison this af- thneoh and began to serve their sen- tences of bot less than ono year nor more tBAs eighteen months. In addi- tion eneh must pay a fine of $1,000. Healiging that they had reached the limit of appeal, Cassidy and Wil- lett ai that they would start on their prigon experience as soon as pos- aide, ang after the court formalities had ‘completed in Brooklyn they pat fo the Grand Centra! Station catch the first train, In the cus- tol ¢ ef deputy sheriffs and escorted by a crowd of reporters and photos- raphers, the convicted politicia walked from Raymond Street Jail Brcokiyn to the Nevins Street Sta- tion of the subway. Casaidy was in the lead descending the stairs, When he reached the ticket window he threw a dollar bill en the ledge andremarked, with a forced display of bravado: , “Well, this is the last buck I'll have ‘a ghance to spend for some time. Give me twenty tickets.” mn he counted up the pasty ae it numbered sixteen perso He dropped sixteen tickets in the ‘and put the remaining four in bis pocket, saying they might come In handy when he gets out, Just before taking the train Cassidy sald: “] have no statement to make, I don't see any airships around to pick ‘us up, and I guess we'll have to see it The pallid, shrunken man who walked into Part VII. of the Supreme (Continued on Second Page.) SN a JOURNEYS In considering where to, 5 4 your winter vacation it wil well to note that there were printed: 51,574 R] World summer and Winter Resort Y Advertisements Last Year— 36,743 More Than the Herald! it ber of the Winter Ang Gat fofat “and Boarding House an- nowacements published In The World are wy ted in ‘ The World’s Winter Resort Annual For 1914-15 yt? at all World offices and by raaill A big volume, handsomely printed on coud paper and proiasely il- in far the rane sect, valuable guide of its ineooventent «4 call, address, for THE 8 WORLD: WINTER RESORT DEPT, PULITZER BLDG., NEW YORK CITY, EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ROME AND VICINITY, EIGHTEEN KILLED Famous Structures in Eternal City Damaged and Heavy Loss at Other Places, ROME, Jan. 13.—The earthquake which shook Rome to-day, badly damaging many of its historic s trae tures, is reported to ha enormous damage and considerable lous af life in the province of Abruz- zl, where it is said at feast eighteen persons were killed. The entire prov- ince is declared to have suffered and many of the small towns have been almost completely wiped out. Several towns in Rome Province also suf- fered. The towns which are reported to have been damaged the most include Capelle, Magliano, Frosinone, Mon- terotondo, Veroly, Valmontone and Albano. It is stated that many of the inhabitants were caught in the ruins and crushed to death, The Government has taken steps to ald the sufferers and troops have begn rushed to the aMicted province@” to ald in the rescue work. The convicts at Frosinone prison mutinied when an attempt was made to keep them in the prison after it had been partly destroyed by the earthquake. Officials say that the earthquake was one of the most se- vere ever felt in Italy, and they fear that a large death list will be re- | ported when all of the details are ob- < | talnable. The earthquake was the heaviest ever experienced in Rome and con- siderable damage wae done, many f mous structures being badly dam- aged. The shock lasted several sec- onds and c@used a panic throughout the city, people rushing from their homes in terror. So far as known nobody in the capital was injured. Among the old buildings damaged was the Palazzo Chigi, as well as the famous Column of Marcus Aurelius. Historic buildings on the Plazsa Colonna, in the centre of Rome, also were damaged, as was also the famous Farnese Palace, occupied by the French Embassy, flere a piece of the stone cornice had fallen, The belfry of the Church of St, An- drea is in danger of falling, and the building has been surrounded by a} cordon of police to prevent the people from approaching It. The Church of St. Charles Gattinari was badly damaged, its cupola be- ing shaken off, The main bailding of the Church of St. Arata Gott, which is the seat of the Iris college, was also badly cracked, A section of the left end of St. Peter's colonnade was cracked slightly. Crowds gathered to-day in the square in front of the column ofvMar- cus Aurelius, observing with interest | to a point about half way up the monument, Here i: was seen that the column has been broken and twisted and is at least #ix inches from ita true axis, The immense bronze statue of St. Paul on top of the column also has been thrown from its correct position and from the ground it is apparent that it in- “ Circulation Bocks Open to All.’ | Tour wer ‘Werld). ALL “L” OFFICERS HELD BY CORONER MUST CVE BA EMBEZLED$50,00 Riordan Looks Up Law and Finds He Cannot Let Them Go Without Bond. HE CHANGED HIS MIND. Had Decided Overnight It Would Be Too Much of a Humiliation, 9 Coroner Riordan, after consulting counsel, decided this afternoon that the law compels him to hold in bat! the Interborough officers and direct- qre held guilty last night by a Cor- oner’s jury of culpable neglgence in connection with the collision on the Let One Hundred and Sixteeath ‘Street and Eighth Avenue Jast month, in which a passenger and a trainman were killed. Previous to reaching this decision he had announced that he would parole the eminent finan- clers and railroad men held respon- sible for the accident in the custody of their counsel. It had been arranged that John 8, Moulton and Michael Daly of Inter- borough counsel were to appear at the Coroner's office at 2 o'clock and accept responsibility for the appear- ance of the accused men in case they are indicted by the Grand Jury. But Coroner Riordan while awaiting the lawyers looked up the law and sought legal advice as to his duty, “I find,” he said, “that the presence of the accused men Is absolutely ne>- essary and I must require bail. The law does not give me the right to Parole them, I had thought to save them the humiliation of appearing here and giving bail, but I have nu choice in the matter and have so a4- vised Mr. Moulton and Mr. Daly.’ In accordance with the Coroner's demands the two lawyers appeared at his office at 2 o'clock, accompanied by the representative of the National Security Company. They brought with them Harris M, Fisher, secre- tary and director of tne Interborough, and W. Leon Pepperman, a director and secretary to President Shonts. Mr, Moulton asked that ball be fixed at $1,000 in the case of each of the accused instcad of at $5,000, the figure set when the verdict of t jury was brought in last night. The Coroner acquiesced and Mr, Fisher and Mr, Pepperman promptly fur- nished bail and hurried away. . “Two of the fifteen directors are out of the city,” said Mr. Moulton. “The others will appear here and give bond during the afternoon.” Daniel G. Reid, the tin-plate mil- onatre; Edward 8. Marston and Ed- ward R. Bacon were the next direct-' ors to appear, They were accompan- fed by a couple of husky special of- ficers, who were acting as a body guard, Coroner Riordan fixed up bonds and they hurried away, District Attorney Perkins said to- day that he could take no officias cognizance of the finding in the Cor- oner's court until he had received a transcript of the record of the in- quisition. “This will come to me in a day or two, I expect,” he added, “and then their |X shall lay the matter before the |Grand Jury. Witnesses will be ex- |amined, and if the evidence war- rants indictments for manslaughter will follow.” NEW YORK, behead! oF ss8 JANUARY ‘13, 1915. WOMAN VAMPIRE BETRAYS MAN WHO Phoned to Office That He Was Squandering Oil Magnate’s Money in Tenderloin. PRISONER CONFESSES. Secretary to William L. Hark- ness Tells How White Lights Caused His Ruin. A telephone message sent by & woman who did not give her name to the office of Willlam L. Harkness, the Standard Oll capitalist, at No, 12 Broadway, led to the arrest to-Gay of Willard B, Thompson, confidential secretary to Mr. Harkness,‘ en a’ charge of stealing $50,000 from, employer. Thompson confes#éa to Mr, Harkness and Detectivés Dolan and Mortarity that he had been steal- ing for the last four years and spend- | Ing the money In Broadway, Coney Island and Harlem restaurants and saloons, Mr. Harkness had the utmost con- fidence in Thompson, who is marriéd and lived with his wife and one child at No. 6 Union Park Avenue, Ja- maica, L, I. The secretary's office associates noticed that he wore much jewelry and had an extensive ward- robe of flashy clothing, but he se- ceived a good salary and no sus-| hed to his honesty until suspicion was engendered from the fact that he was often called to the telephone to talk to a woman. Sometimes these telephone converas- tions would last half an hour. Two days ago the woman called up and asked for Thompson, and he refused to talk to her. “I know he is there,” the woman . EF! NA EDITION / 18 PAGES PRICE ONE OENT. Bh er Boss and His Candidate nm Their Way to Serve Sentences LAND BATTERIES SANK TWO GERMAN RAIDERS SAY LONDON PAPER Submarines Were Sighted as The! Entered Dover Harbor and The¥ Were Sent to Bottom by thé Guns in the Forts. GERMANS CLAIM GAINS , IN THE TRENCH FIGHTD LONDON, Jan. See [Uaiad Uae.) st bs Vopied at Seem man submarines which attempted a rald into Dover Harbor tc ‘sunk-by-the lend-batteries;-- rm Tho Adminty has made no announcement ato the shaking dé submarines but all of the Londom newspapers long thelr Dover correspondents. All declare the two submarines were | and sunk. The Evening News says that the submarines were ad panied by aeroplanes. 5 “Persistent rumors,” it says, “are in circulation of the presence: this morning over the Channel and Channel towns of hostile air These reports come from various points along the Channel and from tellable correspondents, “Two German submarines tried to enter Dover Harbor but sighted by the lookouts of the forts and fired upon.” The Evening Star says that the submarines were sighted well os side of the entrance to the Channel and were not fired on until within range. Both immediately disappeared from view and the are confident the raiders were sunk. Pas Ut was tm the Straits of Dover that the German sudmeriag eonk the British bettleehip Formidable on New Year's that time ¢ was reported that the eudmerines hed tried their way into the Dover Harbor, where « number of Britteh warahipe were fenown to de held in [Dover Harbor, within sisty-sie miles of most important in England. It is protected by Dover Yes. SSE WORMIAM WILLETT DR. Ls} RUSSIA TO GET MILLIONS |TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS said to the clerk who was on the Harkness end of the wire. “Now, you tell your boss that Thompson is a thief. He is spending money all along Broadway and in Harlem. Ask about him around Forty-seventh street and Broadway.” A private detective was called in and accountants were put on Thomp- son's books. Mr. Harkness summoned his confidential man into his private office to-day and submitted to him reports from the detective and the accountants, Thompson confessed that he was a thief. “My mother died four years ago and it threw me off my balance,” was his excuse, “I haven't been my- self since that time. I stole by mak- ing out checks to pay bills for from $100 to $300 more than the amounts called for and pocketing the differ- ence, “Lately I have been making out the checks and taking all the camh, neglecting to pay the billa at all, T don't know how much I bave stolen. “The money went for good times in the White Light district, at th shore and in Harlem. I was an easy mark for a crowd that hung around me.” The woman who phoned {s said to be one of the Tenderloin vampires who led Thompson to ruin. When taken to Police Headquarters by the detectives who had been sum- moned by Mr, Harkness, Thompson wore two diamond rings and a dia- mond scarf pin, He said he found one ring and the scarf pin and found @ pawnticket which enabled him to redeem the other ring, Thompson was arraigned before Magistrate Krotel in Centre Street Police Court this afternoon and held in $,600 bail for examination on Fri- FROM FINANCIERS HERE ARE RECOMMENDED Petrograd Gives Circumstantial Re-| House Nava! Committee Also’Votes port That a Loan of $12,000,000 Seventeen Submarines, Six De- Has Been Arranged. stroyers and Other Craft. PETROGRAD, Jan. 13 [Associated| WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.~-The House Press].—A group of New York banx- | Naval Affairs Committee this after- ers, including J. P. Morgan & Co.,| noon voted to recommend construc- have agreed to loan the Russian Gov-| tion néxt year of two new battle- ernment $12,000,000, according to an| ships, sixteen coast defense subma- official announcement made here to- | rines, one sea-going submarine, six several very strong detached forte, Large jettics and Out info the sea make an exceptionally good harbor. 4s @ much frequented watering place.) Loss of the Prussians Alone Is Now Reported at | 840, COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18 (United Prese)—Advices trom Bertin that the 181st casualty list affecting the Prussian army, published brings the total of killed, wounded and captured up to 840,343, ‘This is for the Prussian army alone, and does not include the 134 day. destroyers, one hospital ship, varian, 90 Gexon,'8® Wurtemburg and 14 naval lists already issued, This amount te subject to draft by | fradsport and one oller, | Ei majority of the latest casualties took place in the November fighting at one, two or three months, at 4% per cent,, with a half of one per cent. additional for acceptance. Prominent Petrograd bankers say that this‘ts a forerunner of further credits to be extended Russia by American financiers. The President of an important Pet- rograd bank has left for New York, where he expecta to confer with financiers and Government officials, with the idea of perfecting Russian exchange facilities. Poland, the cavalry and artillery suffering most. French Assembling 400,000 Men For a New Drive Through A LONDON, Jan. 18.—Reports' reaching here say that the French assembling a new army of nearly 400,000 men under command of Gallient, former Military Governor of Paris and a brilliant tactician, for invasion of the upper Rhenish provinces. The German army in Alsace has been heavily reinforced and it te known that the Kaiser's commanders have 130,000 men massed near ready to strike either straight across the frontier against the French ow & move quickly southward to Cernay and Steinbach {f the pressure there comes too great for the present forces to withstand. It {e waid the recent French advance into Aleace was merely tor purpose of “feeling out” the Germans. Now it is stated on excellent {ty that Gen. Gallien! will very shortly send his ten army corps on &) mendous drive to the Rhine, Gen. Gallien! lect Paris on New Year's offi assume bis new command. Two French Positions Taken; 1,700 Prisoners, Berlin Repo BERLIN, Ja 1.—German suc- The War Office says artillery ceases in the north which resulted/ continue in the vicinity of in the capture of a series of French|and that the French have trenches at Palinsburg, a suburb of/ heavily aa a result. The Le Basses, were reported ¢o-day,|fensive et La Moisclle and % coast. GIRL KILLED WHEN SHE WALKS INTO MOTOR BUS Wheel of Big Fifth Avenue Car Pasdes Over Her Head—Chauf- feur Held Blameless. ote ‘A alight girl of fifteen years, holding her hat and bent over to fight the wind, walked into the side of a Fifth Avenue motor omnibus, southbound, at Seventeenth Street at noon to-day, She was knocked down and the rear wheel passed over her head, An express wagon was halted by Policeman Haviland, and in it the girl was hurried to New York Hosplu She was dead when Dr. Dineen took her from the wagon, The policemen said Albert Rosea, chauffeur, and John O'Hara, con- ductor of the coach, were in no way to blame. The girl had brown hair id blue eyes; she wore @ blue velvet with red roses, & boy's jacket over & green sweater, @ brown skirt and h buttoned shoes. She had a silver aan and there w her pocketbook, In reply to an inquiry as to the meaning of the above Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. said this afternoon that a group of New York banks and bankers had recently made a purely banking arrangement with Russia by undertaking to accept’ short term drafts of the Ruasian Government, the proceeds of which were to be used in payment for supplies to be exported from this country. The National City Bank is one of the leading members of the group. « SAILING TO-DAY. fe a soneiee.:. Pafedatotie 8 weet J ~ S Pye Ms 2h AN