The evening world. Newspaper, January 15, 1915, Page 1

FINAL PRICE ONE SS tCe ORS CERT. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915. ‘GERMANS TOOK SX TOWNS IN FIGHT NEAR SOISSONS, OFFICIAL BERLIN REPORT = Paris Declares Thatina Later Battle Kaiser’s Troops Took a Village and Then Lost It—Heavy Fighting at Arras. BERLIN (by wireless to London), Jan. 15 (Associated Press).—The German official statement on the progress of the war in its reference to- @ay to the engagements north of Spissons, in France, says the north bank ‘ of the River Aisne in this vicinity has been cleared of French troops, and # mentions six villages north and northeast of Soissons which have been @coupied by German troops. , . ‘The French suffered heavily and retired to the south of the Aisne (ender the fire of the German heavy artillery. ‘The text of the German War Office report follows: “The northern bank of the River Aisne, to the northeast of Boissons, has been cleared of French troops. By continuous fighting we were successful in taking Cufies, Crouy, Busy-le- Long, Missy, es well as Vauxrot and Vallerie [all to the sorth and fortheaat of Goissons), French here suffered heavy Josses, Their retreat to the south of the Aisne took place under the fire of our beavy artillery. “French attacks on both sides of Notre Dame de Lorette, north- west of Arras, were repelled by us. A trench which we took eight , days axo from the enemy, near Ecurie, and which had since been ecoupied by a portion of one of our companies, was lost by us. The fighting in this locality continues to-day [The French War Office report to-day says the souaves, in a bayonet charge, captured positions om the road between Arras and Llle.) “The French made a very strong attack north of Verdun, near Consenvoye, on our positions near Ailly, but were repulsed by us. “In the region of St. Mihiel, the French delivered some attacks, They reached our front line of trenches but were beaten off by GCounter-attacks and sustained heavy losses. During fighting last night our troops occupied some of the positions of the enemy, but after rebuilding our positions we voluntarily left those taken from ‘the enemy without e contest. An attack in force near Mesnil north ef Gt. Mibiel, was beaten off by us. (The French report to-day says the foot-bridges thrown across the Mouse at St. Mihiel were destroyed.) im” ©. Gains at Many Points on Line q Reported by Paris War Office PARIS, Jan. 15 (Associated Press).—The French official report to-day gefers very briefly to the military situation to the northeast of Soissons. It gays the Germans yesterday occupied the village of St. Paul, close to @oissons, but the French at once drove them out. ‘The text of the communication follows: » “From the sea to the Lys there were yesterday artillery en- gagements, some of them quite spirited. We made progress near Lombaertsyde and near Becelaere. “To tue north of Arras a brilliant attack by souaves resulted fa the capture at the point of the bayonet of the positions of the @nemy near the road between Arras and Lille, “In this same region, at Targette and at St. Laurent, as well @s @ point to the north of Andechy, in the region of Roye, our artillery secured the advantage over that of the enemy. German batteries were reduced to silence, two pieces of artillery were de- molished; @ depot of ammunition was exploded and field works in course of construction were destroyed. “At @ point two kilometres (a mile and « quarter) northeast of Sotssons the Germans yesterday attacked the village of St. Paul. They entered the village, but we lost no time in recapturing it, “In the region of Craonne and near Rheims there were yester- Gay violent artillery engagements, during the course of which the batteries of the enamy were frequently reduced to silence. “In the region of Perthes, in the Argonne, and on the Heights ef the Meuse there has been nothing important to report. We have Gentroyed the footbridges set up by the Germans over the River Meuse at St. Mihiel, and in the Forest of Ailly we repulsed an attack upon the trenches taken by us Jan. 8. “In the Vosges, to the south of Enonnes, we repulsed the Ger- mans after o spirited infantry engagement. We broke through their Barbed wire entanglements and occupied thelr trenches.” q PARIS, Jan. 15 [Associated Press].—The Havas Agency has received a @espatch from St. Omer dated Jan. 10 which tells of a British victory and @B advance near La Bassee of one mile, The message follows: “The British by an impetuous attack, stormed the strongly eatrenched German position near La Bassee at 2 o'clock this after- moon efter a vigorous preliminary shelling, This is an important $y strategic point, and its occupation represents an advance of one mile, ‘The British losses were slight, but the Germans lost heavily, Many INVITES ATTACK, LODGE DECLARE Cites shri Peal Peril and Calls for Strengthening of the Army and Navy. TELLS WEAK POINTS. “Cut Expenditures Where Votes Are Thickes{”” and Get Needed Money, Says Senator. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—"Un- armed, unready, undefended, the United States offers « standing invita- tion to aggression and attack, and the Idea, still popular or used for pur- poses of oratory by some people, that ‘we can mect all dangers by apringing to arms when the moment comes, is a dream so wild that it would be gro- teaque If it were not tragic.” ‘This was Senator Lodge's statement to the Senate this afternoon in urging the adoption of his resolution prowid- ing for an inquiry into the military | preparedness of this country. | “T want an adequate national de- ind, speaking broadly, I care at it costs If we can obtain " sald Lodge. “Were it possible in the present state of human nature in the United States we could obtain this adequate national defense without ad- ditional expenditure. Cut off our needless army posts, cut off our need- less navy yards and stations. Lay aside for a few years appropriations for public buildings and river and harbor improvements where they are not needed by the pubitc at lai “Every reflecting man must favor general disarmament or a general re- duction of armaments, but there ts no such incitement to war possible as for a rich and prosperous nation, whether great or small, to disarm alone and remain unarmed in the mi of an armed world. “Drop off all the expenditures which are designed for spots where votes are lying thickest and you will have money sean to provide for a sufficient army and an adequate navy without adding to the burden of taxa- tion,” “Our army to-day is neither prop- erly balanced, properly proportioned nor properly equiped. It 1s aleo clear that we have no reserves to draw upon for the support of the regular army in case of war. These reserves should be created. No one would think of suggesting either conscrip- tion or compulsory service for this purpose, but the end can be obtained without either, “What I have said of the regular army is true of the militia, It ts un- balanced, it 1s insufficiently equipped, it requires the careful and liberal uv- tention of Congress. “Tt is also true of the navy, It ‘a strong in certain directions and very weak in others. In some important particulars it has little or no equip- ment.” aaa QUEEN OF SPAIN HAS FEVER. Comfined to Her Apartments With Serious Attack. *MADRID, Jan. 15 (via London).—It was made known in Madrid this after- noon that Queen Victoria of Spain ts confined to her apartments with an attack of scarlet fever, RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. FIRST RACE. For three-year-olds; five and a half furlongs.—Eatimable, 104 (Cory), 12 to 5, even and 1 to 2, first; Fly Home, 106 (Murphy), 5 to 1, 2 to 1 and even, second; Phil T,, 104 (Turner), 5 to 1, 2 to 1 and even, third. Time—1.06 3-5, Endurance, Jefferson, Henry Wynda, Boling Broke Belle, Sunno and G, W. Misker aleo ran, OF GIRL BY FRIGHT; SUSPECT ECT BURGLAR Terror ot Wiig Midnight Intruder Killed Miss Florence Lewis, Brooklyn Police Believe. DIES WITH LIPS SEALED. Fails to Regain Consciousness After Man Is Heard Flee- ing From House. Florence le, twenty-six years old, a maid in the family of Mra. A. P. Cornell, at No. 41 East Twenty- ixth Street, Flatbush, died in Kings County Hospital last night of “fright,” as the entry in the hospital records has it. Her death is involved in a mye- tery, the Nke of which Brookiym de- tectives have not faced for years. John B. Mileon, of No, 1811 Sixtieth Street, Brooklyn, who wae the last person known to have been with Mize Lewis before she was found uncon- ecious, called at the Flatbush station this afternoon to find out what her condition was, not having heard she was dead. He was detained until he could be questioned by the Coroner. Detective Daniel Carey, in charge of the investigation, sald this after- oon he had examined the dead girl's room and coulf find no sign of a sruggle nor an indication that en- trance had been made through a wigdow. Mrs. Cornell, a widow, eighty years old, and Misses Carrie and Nellie Cor- nell, her daughters, live on the upper floors of a detached two-family house, one af a row of similar houses on East Twenty-sixth Street. The lower floors are unoccupied. The roald went to a dance Wednes- day night with Milson, returning to the Cornell home near midnight. Mil- son sald yood-night to her at the door and the girl let herself in and weot to her room: on the top floor. Mrs. Corvell's daughters heard the girl come tn, climb the stairs and enter her 1wm. They were sleeping lightly, becauise a few hours before the neighbortood had suffered « bur- glar scare. ‘Two burglars had been surprised trying to force an entance into the Garden Arms, @n apartment house at the corner of East Twenty-sixth Street and Newkirk Avenue, a block away. A policeman had started in pursuit and had fired several shots at them in the darkness, One burglar had run down East (Continued on Segond Page.) BRYAN WARNS CARRANZA OW OIL LAND SEIZURE Tells Mexican Leader “Serious Con- sequences Will Follow” Threat- ened Confiscation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Spcretary Bryan announced late to-day that the United States Government had warned Gen. Carranza that “Serious consequences would follow’* the threatened confiscation of foreign oil wells at Tampico. ' ——__. $12Men’ etueeee $10 nd al Pucens edhe, “HUB" Clothing Corger, cor. Barclay Btr.. Opp. W. Bui ding, will ‘da; the balance of thelr ter Si Or black BERLIN, Jan. 15.—Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, daughter of Mr. Biorld, FINAL “Cirenlation Books Open to All.’’ WEATHER—Cloudy to-night and Gaturdan ' NA] ° ARMY IN COMMAND OF ITALY’S KING } RESCUES THOUSANDS BURIED ALIVE U.S. UNDEFENDED {MYSTERY IN DEATH |4meri« an Young Woman Weds Nephew of Kaiser of Kaiser Wilhelm and Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers of Washington, D. C,, was married yesterday to Prince Christian of Hesse, nephew of the Emperor of Germany and captain in the German army. The Kaiser gave his consent to the wedding, it is understood, when the Prince renounced bis royal prerogatives. FIND EXPLOSIVES IN PRISONER'S ROOM; TIP FROM TOMBS Young Chemist’s Talk to Fel- low Prisoner Leads to a Search. Bufficient explosive material to blow up a city block, according to Inspector of Sombustibles Owen Egan, was found by the police to-day in the room of George Egio Cesare, at No. 145 Lexington Avenue. Cesare has been in the Tombs prison since Dec, 12 awaiting trial on a charge of at- tempted grand larceny. He In twenty- three years old and ts a chemist, Egan met on the street yesterday a man who had been discharged from the Tombs, and he told Egan that in @ cell near him was a youth who was Taving for fear a quantity of ex- plosives in hie house would cause @reat damage if set off by atmos- pheric changes. Without a definite address to work on, and with only a picture of the youth, detectives assigned by Inspector Faurot covered lower Lexington ave- nue until picture was recognized by Mra. Marquardt, who lives at No, 145. Egan and Faurot visited the place ;' with the detectives and found beside dynamite and Mtro-glycerine more than 100 vials, chemical apparatus and many pawn tickets, The explosive ma- eral wus removed by Egan, ay LOST AT SEA FROM LINER. Firet Officer H, Michael of This City Vanishes from BI Valle, GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 15.—H. Michael of New York City, first offer of the Morgan liner El Valle, which a rived to-day, waa lost at sea carly 1m believed to have talien ATLANTA, Jan. son Jesse, and Harber's two married daughters, Bula and Hila Chartes, ne- groes, were taken from the Jasper County Jail at Monticello, Ga., Inst night by a mob and lynched, according to & telephone message re od here late to-day. ‘They were shot to death and their bodies left on ond. Woman Falls six 2 to Death, Mre, Ida Relbel, who lived on the sixth floor of an apartment house at No, 490 St. Paul's Place, the Bronx, forgot her keys when she went out this afternoon, and, returning, tried to climb through « window r apartment by er: over the fire escape from a neighbor's rooms. She fell to the paved court be- low and was killed. Elevator Man 0 Post as Fire Fire in the fur of 8, Chaitin on the fourth floor of a six-story loft bulld- ing at No. 31 West Twenty-aixth street to-day caused a fire and water damage of, #10.000 ‘and brought, fright to thirty men and girls who worked in the build- ing. John Hines, the elevator man, kept hia’ car going up and down the ‘shaft until all were out of the building, though hoavy smoke made bis labor a danger- ous one, Sagar 22 PAGES King Orders Army and Red Cre disci’ 8 PRICE ONE Onn, tel 12,000 WERE KILLED, | "AS MANY HURT, SAYS AMERICAN AMBASSADOR Into Districts Destroyed by he quake and They Dig Out Thou- sands Entombed in Ruins. 500,000 SUFFERERS GET AID eo STRICKEN TO told, cays there are betwodn 18000 and 16,000 ded and many far” ‘ Jurled. ‘The Asscclated Press cays there are £0,000 dead and Shen | Injuired. pe ae ee Jured may reach 100,000. ROME, Italy, Jan. 15.—Constantly shifting est! based om reports that continue to trickle in now place ti death to\ll from Wednesday's earthquake at 20,000 and injured at a figure in excess of 35,000. Hundreds, p thousands, of victims are still buried alive, imprisoned the wreckage of their homes, while rescuers from every of life striiggle desperately to dig them out. Emmanuel, who returned to Rome from Avezzano last ni personally superintended the release of a number of unfortunatus. The King reached the capital in his private car, to were attached three coaches bearing forty wounded. like the othe hundreds who are slowly reaching were distributed about the hospitals, regular and ex: nary, in the oy. Pope Benedict this morning offered to the Rome the use of the Hospital of Santa Marta, which visited yesterday, The offer was gratefully accepted, and i 300 beds serve as\a material relief for the difficult at The situation In, Avezzano fs increasingly grave because of the da struction of the aqueduct — and the consequent shutting off of water supply. Communica are slowly being re-established, and hastily improvised hospitals and one refugee camp have been set up RESCUE WORK NERVE RACKING. , Rescue work in Avezzano Is becoming a ghastly task. The mutilated bodies of the are being tald along the read which once ld to the rallway atatoe Seat g of the bodies are so unrecognizable that they frequently are claimed relatives by different people, As the work of rescué goes on It becomes more and more app that many of the inhabitants did not die of injuries sustained in the quake, but as a result of becoming exhausted and frozen during the fs hours of the winter night. | One girl who had been hanging by her clothing for many fous 6 from an upper floor of a building was finally rescued alive. Count ippo Resta, a prominent resident of Avezzano, escaped, though ‘his family of nine persons and two servants were burled in the collapse of, thelr dwelling. The Minister of Public'Works, who Is at the scene of the di 2 ki to-day, wired Premier Salandre that every city, town and village in Lira Valley has been damaged, with many of the Inhabitants dead al wounded, Because many of the victims are still entombed in the of their homes additional troops were sent to the quake zone to Hundreds of wounded victims are streaming into Rome and all of public buildings have been ordered opened and turned into t hospitals to relieve the pressure on the regular hospital hospitals already c to the limit. The minor shocks which still continue have added to the terror, thousands of the residents of the poorer quarter of Rome have return to thelr homes, but remain quartered in the open squares of ya ( aa The water supply of practically every elty and town in the quake zone has been cut off, Mus: # in a few Mayor