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EDITION FINA SOO Sa L Che PRICE. ONE OENT. bh | ree NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1915. I RITISH 70 BLOCKADE ALL GERMANY IS REPLY TO SUBMARINE RAID Th PONE TRUST SURRENDERS I EVENING WORLD'S FIGHT: READY 10 CUT FG RATES | a for New Schedule. rs ¢ | ! | PROBES COST “$500,000. Investigations Prove Heavy Burden and Trust Is Ready to Stop Overcharging. Attacked pn all sides for tts extor- +—“eRillldte telephone rates, the New York Company ran up signals @iptress to-day and made over- for surrender in The Evening (World's long battle on behalf of the lqvercharged public. At a hearing be- fore the legislative committee investi- i@ating telephone affairs, John L. Swayze, general attorney for the com- Dany, made the following statement: “We want to meet the people of the State fairly. I hope that the event- ‘Wal outcome of thesa proceedings, \sreatever the conclusion may be, will prere satisfactory to everybody—pub- Ale, ‘Legislature and Public Service ‘Commission—and produce out of this ‘pituation « condition ofjasting peace. “It hes been a serious drag on the ‘télephone business. Already it has , goat us over 9500, 000 for purposes of various investigations. We have to meet all inquiries on an equal without discrimination, and te fureish all the information re frem our books. It has cost time, money and effort, but ever (Pines I have been in charge of pro- "geedings of this kind it has been the qempany’s policy to meot fairly all in- @estigations in the open. { *% do not eay that In the long run money will not have been well but it has been a serious bur- 40n.on the company.” ‘When the hearing adjourned it was with the understanding that there be conferences during the week officials of the company and representatives of the legislative com- Mittee en the direct subject of a new Fate schedule. Prof. EB. W. Bemis of Chicago, who { lower telephone rates for that and is now employed as expert the: New York Committee, was by Senator Foley: “What information, in addition to alfesdy derived from the com- Books, do you require in order "(Continued on Fourth Page.) - oe Re Racy s rs WHAT 1S A SHOW GIRL? most positively that my she cannot act. She's got LIST TO HUSBAND OF ONE ae ®& showgirl upon the stage; Seay because she fills spac wats Jacobson said to-day in his ‘to his wife's sult for separa- ae im the Supreme Court: camnot sing, that she cannot Mrs. Jacobson, whose first name % cimpany In to Confer/FINANGE BOARD PASSES ) With Legislative Committees | MREAMLAND BEACH BILL First Victory Won in Evening World Fight to Give Ocean- Front to People. The first victory in The Evening ‘World's fight for a public beach on the old Dreamland property at Coney Island was won this afternoon when the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen paseed unanimously the resolution providing for the aonv sion of the recently purchased prop. erty into a public beach. ‘With the recommendation of the Finance Committee behind it, The Evening World's measure will come up for approval before the full Board of Aldermen to-morrow and will be passed. This action is safely pre- dicated upon the known favorable. attitude of a majority of the Board. This means that instead of a formal park with “Keep Off the Grass" signs and policeman to see that nobody looks too severely at the grass, Dreamland Beach will be a public frolicking place with another big public bathhouse erected to match the one already overtaxed during the Coney Island season, with awnings for the mothers and plenty of clean sand for the youngsters to play in. FRAMCONIA IN ENGLAND; DODGED SUBMARINES a—— From New York~ Passed Lusitania—Met Fog and Ice Floe. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 15.—The Cunard liner Franconia, from New York Beb, 6, arrived here to-day without en- countering any of the German sub- marines reported off the west coast of England. Special precautions were taken, however, to guard against at- tack. After the Franconia sailed from New York her port holes and sky- lights were blanketed each night, and only ber port, starboard and fore- mast lights were displayed. Look- outs were doubled, but the Fran- confa’s course was not altered, and aside from some lively speculation among the passengers there was lit- tle to suggest any real fear that the Mner would be made a victim of Ad- miral von Tirpits’s new naval policy of submarine attack. Last Monday night the Franconia practically hove to all night. A dense fog surrounded her and she was pass- ing through a huge ice foe. Her siren sounded all night, The Franconia passed the Lausi- tania, bound for New York, off net Sunday morning, going at’ full speed and apparently not worrying about Germah submarines. Approach- ing the coast 6f Ireland and all through the Irish Sea the Franconia was challenged every three or four miles by emall trawlers and other scout ships, showing the thorough- ness of the patrol established to guard British vessels from the Ger- man “untersea boote.” Liner ,witness against Becker, to go to the JACK ROSE OFFERS TOHELP BECKER IN HIS FIGHT FOR LIFES =. Ready papier Examination by Becker’s Counsel if District Attorney Will Agree. “PLOT,” SAYS GROEHL. Prosecutor Declares Many Have Hounded Negro Wit- ness for Repudiation. The repudiation by James Marshall, thi sro, of the testimony he gave in ‘he second Becker trial and hig subse- quent affidavit made in the presence of District Attorney Perkins, in which he swore that his trial testimony was true, was followed to-day by an offer on the part of Jack Rose, the chief office of Martin T. Manton, Becker's counsel, and submit himself to an ex- amination on any points in the case, Rose said the only condition attend- ing his offer was that a member of the District Attorney's staff should be present. Incidentally there developed to-day for the first time in the history of the} Becker case, an instanco where Jack Rose had been contradicted from a friendly source. The contradiction re+ lates to the manner in which Rose identified by Marshall as the man Becker talked to in Harlem on the night of June 27, 1912, Rose's offer to undergo an examin- ation in Mr. Manton's office was con- veyed to John B. Johnston, Mr. Man- ton's assistant in the Becker case, this afternoon. He said it might be accepted, but he doubted if the Dis- trict Attorney would allow Rose to carry out his intention. “I am doing this because I'd like to see Becker have every opportunity to take advantage of legal technicall- ties which might come up,” Rose said, “I believe Becker is morally guilty of the murder of Herman Ro- senthal.. But from a legal point of view I have nothing to say. If Beck- er can go free legally I'd like to see him do so, No man likes to see an- other suffering as Becl:er has been suffering in Sing Sing.” Word was sent out to-day from the office of D. W. Robertson, a mo- tion picture man, in room No, 407, Park Row Building, that Rose could be seen there by newspaper men. ‘When two re ers called Mr. Rob- ertson said Rose could be found up- town, “Can he tell anything about the con- filcting affidavits made by James Marshall, the negro witness?” asked on@ of the reporters, “L don't know,” replieg#Roberteon. “Don't get me into this, I've got my own business to attend to, But one day a negro came into my office here. It was before the last trial. A white man—lI afterward learned he was a detective—was with him, “Jack Rose was in the office. The negro walked over to Rose, put bis band on shoulder, looked at him and then glanced at the tive and both of them walked out. Rose came over te me and he said: ‘That biack man came up to Becker the night I was talking to him at One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street and Sev- enth Avenue in Harlem.’” “Did Rose s.y anything more?” asked the reporters, “No, he went away,” replied Rob- — — In Fight fo By Karl H. Von Wiegand. (Copsright, 1015, by the Un! “Jan, 0 ‘By. “oouret to —“After all, is it not the women and children who are the real sufferers in war? Theirs is the sus- pense, theirs the dread of the casu- alty lst, theirs the alternating hope, fear and despair if father, husband or brother is.among the missing. The future’to them may hold gloom and poverty. Theirs never can be the glory.”, It was Crown Princess Cecilie, fu- ture Empress of Germany who was talking. In the Cecilien House, the beautiful $400,000 building of the Fatherland’s Women's Association in Charlottensburg, I ther, She was occupied, as she has been every day since the war, acting as an angel of mercy, comforting the wounded and aiding their women and children. “Europe is one vast hospital,” she continued. , “Isn't tt a pity—such a pity. How happy your American women should be! Happy mothers; happy wives, happy sisters, For them their is none of the heartaches and miseries of war. the suspense that is ours. “Yet to them also is denied the les- gon of self-sacrifice, the unselfish and lovint ministrations to the wounded, whether our own or the enemy, the doing of something for the Fatherland. Our German women have arisen nobly.” ertson, “I didn't bother about the thing any more.” site Stage Who Says Women ve Mobilized, and Her Child German Women Mobilized Says the Cro —_——_++ Kaiser's Daughter-in-Law Declares They Have Given Their All With a Smile and Shed Their Tears Only in Secret. ol ‘They have none of |?" OF WAR TO ALLIES | IN CURRENT YEAR Lloyd-George. FRANCE FOR. 3. YEARS. | t Tells Commons England Is i Bearing Most of the | Financial Burden. LONDON, Feb. @8 (Associated Press).—In statement explanatory ot the arrangement made at the re- cent conference between the Finance | Mininters of France and Russia and himself in Paris, David Lloyd George told the House of Commons this after- noon that the expenditures of the war would be two billion pounds aterling ($10,000,000,000), of which Great Brit- ain was spending $500,000,000 to $700,- 000,000 more than were her two allies, ‘This is the expense for one year. ‘The present war, Mr. Lioyd George said, was the most expensive in ma- terial, men and money that had ever been waged. Great Britain, the Chancellor told the House, could finance the war for five years out of the proceeds of her inveatmenta abroad. France was able to do so for about two or three years, with something to spare. Russia, he said, although prodigi- ously rich in nature! resources, was in a different position. Mr. Lioyd George sald that it was decided at the conference of the Finance Ministers in Paris not to issue a joint loan. The Chancellor said Russia had in- creased her productivity from 380 to 40 per cent. by suppressing the sale of vodka. The entire French nation vaded by a wonderful spirit edt conti dence, the Chancellor asserted. The is general that Germany lost her greatest opportunity by marking lowing her retreat,from the ‘This feeling being reflect- ed in the money markets, Engiand and France have given Russia guarantees in order that sho inight unhesitatingly let contracts for the purpose of carrying on the war. ————.—_—_. WILL FREE WILHELMINA IF BELGIANS GET CARGO British Foreign Office, Says Other- wise Foodstuffs Must Go r Fatherland wn Princess | BERLIN-PAPER DERIDES AMERICA AS BA AS POWERLESS “She Has No Anny,” Remarks Montag Zeitung—‘“Threats Are Ridiculous.” AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15; via London (Anagolated Press).—The Montag Zel- | tl tung of Berlin, a ‘ding to a de- spatch reaching here, asks what harm America can do to Germany, “She has no army,” this paper says, “and her fleet would not dare to approach nearer our shores than does the English. The expulsion of Germans from America would mean near ruin. America’s threats are simply ridiculous, and it is more than ridiculous for us to take them in earnest.” phe eee HOGS HAVE THEIR RIGHTS. But Passengers on B. R. T. Are Treated Worse, Saye Judge. to Prize Court, Chair an Edward E. McCall ana) LONDON, Feb. 15 (Associated Press).—The Foreign Office an- nounced definitely this afternoon that if the cargo of the American ship Witheimina ehould be diverted for the relief of the distress in Rel- gium, the decision announced to-day in the House of Commons to send hor cargo to a British prize court would nesses + this afternoon before the Grand Jury which is investigating Brooklyn Rapid Transit affaires, has. wer trom December 10x been held over mber for Rructing thet body to take ue 16 PAGES EMPEROR IN PERSON | TOSTART OUT RAIDERS | VEITENBILLIONS COST |Ambessador von Bernstordf Presen eat ahlopere nesshad titan pal the cars as the ora ti Health would ‘get at- er them for maintaining a pumtis nuls- ance.” be reconsidered. Otherwise her cargo must be submitted to the decision of REA Note at Washington — England * Has Plan to Foil Under Sea - Attacks, Declares Churchill; LONDON, Feb. 15 [Associated Press].—In a statement to the: of Commons to-day Winston’ ‘Spencer Churchill, First Lord 4 Britain Can Meet Sit ney Ex-|Admiralty, intimated that further action would.be'taken by the alien tp penses for Five Years, Says Prevent the importation of foodstuffs in neutral ships to Germany, _ England {s éully prepared to cope with: the German raiders, Mr. Churchill told the House, though he did not go i “England's. -teply,"to the, German’ threat * wilt, net be’ said Churchill, We shai .see eit that Germany ts vot 5 adopts system Of oper piracy ahd murder.” What ling this new. afgréssive action will take is not known, some quarters Clfurchill's spééch was taken to-mean that thé, definitely decided to declare ‘a blockade of the German coast and Germany into submission. “We are not going to Stand idly by and.see Germany carry fect her threat to play the pirate part and Engtish shipping. » It: probable that a new plan of action will bring the full pressure of naval power to bear upon Germany,” said Mr. Churchill, England ‘has hitherto rejected. the suggestion that she blockade German coast and stop importation of food into Germany, A rem dropped by the First Lord in his speech this afternoon indicated’ allies are seriously considering the question of decreeing such a b if they have not already acted, Kaiser Will Halt Sea Raids If Britain Will Let Foods. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (Associated Press) Colt von storff, the German Ambassador, to-day presented’ to the S D ment's noe ftom ‘is Government, anaouncng tat Germany" x ready to consider receding from its announced intention of. British merchantmen, if Great Britain will withdraw its efforts vent foodstuffs from going to Gérmany for the civilian \ Germany reiterated her request that neutral shipping avoid the man war zone and take insfad the sea track around Norther § The war zone decree was frankly: called a measure of retaliation England. The note declared Germany has information that Huglish. men are being armed, Broparascey Oy. SURE SSC 1 Otter oar sink German submarines by boiibs apd other weapons, . Under such circumstances, Germany contended, to stop.and x vessel would be out of the question, the oniy recourse being to Sight.’ It was added that English ships are planning also to use nevire} Saf in their dashes across the forbiddén area. Ambassadoy von Bernstartf suggested again that the United endeavor to have England modify Ber position concerning @ food shipments. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 15,—Ambassador Spring-Rice notified. the Department today that Engiand will seize the cnemy’s subjects, crew or passengers, entering certain ports in British colonies or cles, including St. Johns, New Foundland, Halifax, Kingston, Jamalca;- toria, British Columbia; Gibraltar, Hongkong, Melbourne, Bermuda, © cutta, Bombay, Sydney and Capetown. Kaiser in Person to Start Raid With Submarines in War Za AMSTERDAM, Feb. 45 [United Press].—Kalser Withelm will his blessing to German submarines as they take ‘to sea on their m of “starving out” England, ‘The Kaiser will go to Cuxhaven, the German naval bade, Feb. 18, when Von Tirpitz’s new policy of raiding British traffic is formally launched, and will urge the crews of the 1 terrors to wipe English merchantmen frorh the seas. The Kaiser will leave the easterg battle front We