The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1915, Page 1

GIVING uly » im valuations and methods. Ceairman Seymour Van Santvoord findings of the Commission f) septeg ee pin’ tlie testimony presented we concluded that the value of the telpbone company's property in New York ‘City is $82,000,000, A fair rate of return on that investment is 8 per cent. per annum. the 4% per cent, of gross operating revenue paid by the New York Com- pany to the A. T. & T. Company for use of telephone instruments, and we find that it is excessive by so much as it exceeds an annual rental of $1 per instrument, which we think a fair charge. a “We hold that there should be a ¥ reduction in the telephone company fl operating revenue of $3,000,000 per itech a cut will still leave consid- @rable margin of income to the t phone company over and above an 8 per cent. return on the valuation figed.” ‘The $82,000,000 valuation fixed by the commission is approximately mid- way between the $65,000,000 estimate af the Foley committee and the $92,- 8,000 report by the telephone com- pany’s experts. The $9,000,000 to be cut out of ‘charges inflicted on New York is the same ag recommended by the Foley Commilttee, which had allowed a larger margin of leeway in the re- turn on investment. + Directors of the New York Tele- ‘plone Company will meet next Wednesday to decide whether they will uccept the report of the Public “ Sérvice Commission without further contest or will exercise their right to eontinue the case with evidence chal- Jenging the findings and then go to rts. Mee olay Committee is willing to ‘abide by the Public Bervice Commis- sion’s findings, if the telephone com- pahy ‘accepts the $9,000,000. If, how- @ver, the company renews its old tactics of delay and contest at every point, the committee will at once re- Port a rate bill to the Legislature for mandatory action. John L. Swazey, attorney for the @empany, made the following an- ‘mouncement: *)*1 am unable to answer for the com- pany whether it will accept or reject the findings of the commission. They Wil, be presented to the Board of Di- (Continued on Second Page.) ———— FIRE SWEEPS MOULIN ROUGE, pCentre of Paris Night Lite T! 4 With Destruction, PARI#, Feb. 27:—The Moulin Rouge, “well Tnown as a centre of the night life Parla, caught fire early to-day, The entire fire department of the centre of Paris was called out in an endeavor to the place. SEMATTE TA. SEROLRIA Charatan 300, PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD BACKS UP CUT IN TELEPHONE PROFITS, of Company’s Property at siamo, 000 and Slashes $3,000,000 in Dividends. . The up-State Public Service Commission, meeting to-day in the Met- Fepoittan Tower, sustained The Evening World's demand for Jower tele- Phone rates. It reported that $3,000,000 must be cut out of the New York e Company’s profits in the metropolis. the recommendation already made by the Foley Legislative Com- if as to general results, although the two investigating bodies differ “We have taken into consideration | ee SE ad Cnree ttas Se Te Wore Wee hades SE ORTS BLOWN UP INSIDI RAIDING SUBMARINE U-9 REPORTED LOST -WARSHDS FIGHT WAY 14 NILES NEARER 10 CONSTANTINOPLE a: ENT TOLLS The announcement con- PAID $3 ‘ANDLOSES HAPPY HOME AND HUBBY Young Hoboken Mother Fells How She Tried to Palm ‘Off Infant as Her Own. Mrs. Charles Kirk, the young wife who got a baby from afi woman and tried to pass it as hee own, has been abandoned by her husband. She told the whole story to a reporter for The Evening World this morning at the home of her mother, Mra. Annie Wrenn, No. 715 Clinton Street, Hobo- ken, Sho is a tall, handsomo girl of twenty-one, with dark, wavy hair and large dark eyes, “Charley and I were #0 bappy when we were married,” she amid. “We had a dear little flat. But after a few months I began to feel lonesome oh, so lonesome! while Charley was away at bis work. I used to send for my little sister Dorothy to keep me company. “Then I began to think what a bless- Ing it would be if only 1] had a baby. But as the months went by J began to fear I should never have one, I spoke to Charley about adopting one, but he said we'd better wait awhile. “I read an advertisement last Mon- day offering a baby to adopt, and I went over to One Hundred and Twen- ty-fifth Street, New York, and saw « Mrs. Nelson. She showed me a dear little fellow with blue eyes, and oh, he was the dearest, merriest little boy, always in good humor, I said I'd take him, and she said I ought to do something for her; so we went out together, and she picked out a bat for $3, and I bought it for her. I took the baby home and hid him in the kitchen of our flat. The dear little fellow didn’t cry once, | ‘After Charley went to work Tues- day I sent for Dorothy, and she gave me the baby in bed, It looked all right—pretty nearly, I intended to tell Charley after he had grown fond of the child, “When Charley cathe home that evening and Dorothy. told him, he was so proud. He kigued me, and I let him haye only a peép at the baby and begged him not to disturb the little chap. He went around and told all bis folks and every one. His aunt, Mrs, William T. Verdon, of No, 1218 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken, is the wife of the Republican lea 4 [ein moots, Open to Au? | = WEDDIGEN WHITMAN FOR REPEAL OF ALIEN LABOR LAW Governor Tells His Opposition to Act and Majority of Legislature Believed With Him. ALBANY, Feb. 27,—Gov. Whitman favors the repeal of the Antl-Allen Labor Law. He so expressed himself here to-day. The statute prohibits the employment of allens on public works. The general sentiment of the Legislature apparently opposes the present law. Indications ar® that it will be repealed. WILSON NOT TO CALL EXTRA SENATE SESSION President Feels That Opposition of Republicans Will Prevent Action on Treaties. WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.—President Wilson has practically decided not to call a special session of the Senate to consider the Colombian and Nicara- guan treaties. At the White House to-day it was sald that while the question still was under consideration there was little prospect of a special session being called. The opposition of some Republican Senators makes it improbable that any action on the treaties can be tuken during the present session. The President expects, however, that | at least some of his nominees for the Federal Trade Commission will be confirmed before March 4. Any not confirmed are expected to get recess appointments. and when Charley came home Wednesday evening she told him that to tell couldn't be my baoy. “So Charley told me he truth. Idid. He got awfully mad and we had never had a quarrel before. He said: ‘Get up out of bed, you faker, and take that child away! “I got up and fell on my knees and begged him to forgive me, but ne only got madder, So we took the poor little thing tu the police and then back to Mrs, Nelson in New ‘ork. “When we got off the ear near home Charley went off and left me. TI haven't seen him since, I came here to my mother's home because [in ir, and she is a great leader, too. She went around inquiring everywhere, afraid to stay in our own home alone. Qb, I do wish!Chariey would forgive nd come back. J meant no harm.” 5 —+— » All Baggage Carefully Gone Over by Detectives at Big Liner’s Pier. The natural trepidation of the 485 passcugers <iling for Liverpool to-day aboard the Cunard giantess Lusitania was hardly relieved by the extrac. <i- nary precaution: taken on ship and pier to prevent the possible smuggling aboard of any explosives or time clock bombs which might blot out the big ship in mid-ocean, The most skittish passengers thought the risk of Gerntan submarines in the Irish Bea was enough without being reminded by the diligent work of a score of detectives and steamship attaches that danger might be at thelr clbows all the way across: Nobody was allowed to go up the gangplank until he or she had been persunally identified by a display of the steamship ticket or, in the case of those coming to say farewell, by being vouched for by the voyager. In fact, many friends and relatives of those departing had to say their goodbys ashore because they could hot get past the guards, Every piece of baggage had to be identified by Its owner on the pier before it was trundied ubourd, Nand- lers had thelr ears attuned to the menacing ticking of hidden clocks, but discovered none. Capt. Daniel ("Paddy") Dow was Non-committal on the score of whether or not he would hoist the American flag in passing through the danger zone, as he did on bis last voyage across to Liverpool, “Look back at the rail and you'll see the Irish flag there,” he said, in- dicating the British ensign, pee NAME IN HUGE LETTERS UPON ST. PAUL'S SIDES Big Liner to Carry Old Glory on Every Mast Going Througin Irish Sea. If te hidden eyes of some lurking German submarine fail to spot the hull decorations the American Line steamship Bt. Pant will carry through the “war zone” a fow dayn hence the services of & periscopic oculiat will be needed For when the St. Paul sailed for rpool to-day with 280 paseen- gers, under the Stare and Stripes, she curried on both sides the words, “st. 6 |Famous Raiding German Submarine U-9 Said to Have Been Lost in the North Sea Toate wishin, se ee Paul—American Iéne,” in letters of white four feet high. “I don't expect any trouble trom the sea terrors,” said Capt. FL M. “T Passow, the St. Paul's akipper, don't believe the Germans would UR esenger ship even if she ‘Gew'the British ensign.” Capt. Passow said that the ni; spent in golng through the Irish would see the Mt. Paul lighted up like Coney Island in carnival time He will fly the Stars and Stripes from every masthead as well as on the taffrail and have searchlights picking out each banner, ——_ LOVE LAUGHS AT WAR, AS BRIDAL SHIP SHOWS Ninety-two Happy Newlyweds Sail on Oceana for Bermuda, Defying German Cruisers. Love Is credited with laughing at add to that German id you have an explanation for the record number of bridal couples—forty-six, count ‘em—that sailed to-day for the flower gardens of Bermuda aboard the Oceana, of the Bermuda-American Line, The Karlsruhe may catch the Oveana before she gets to Hamilton; but who--of the blissful ninety-two— cares? pao nes a ee MAY NOT RECOMMEND OUSTING P. S, BOARD Legislative Investigating Committee Changes Mind Again; May Only Give Summary of Testimony. The Legislative Investigating Com- mittee had changed its attitude again to-day, and it was the Impression Would decline to tell Gov. Whitman the Public Service Commission ts tn- efficient. The committee afier a stormy svssion last evening put off until next Wednesday @ reply to the Governor's letter. It is believed the committee will make a summary of the minutes of its investigation, but will refuse to draw conclusions, ieaving the Gover- nor to do that himself, At the meet- ing last night a sub-committee was appointed to draw up the report. To-day’s session be the held by the committee in this city, vd last A number of citizens who have auked to be heard may be allowed to appear. Bis a i dereey's Fame: Special to The Even NEWARK, N. J., Feb. Benedict, New Jorsey's famous hang- man and for thirty years a deputy sheriff of Eaxex County, died t at his home, No, 872 South Filtcenth Mtreet, Newark. He was etxhty-four scars of age iTON, Fob, 27.—~Arguments ul of Leo M. Frank, of ndev sentence of death in for the murder of Mary an, « factory girl, were completed in the United States’ Supreme Court yesterday and tho case taken under ad- Visement, A decision in expected Mom: NEW YORK, aletahidbe nd BN arnt FEBRUARY 27, 1915. r Backed Up by St DE DARDANELLES: AUTO STARS START GRAND PRIZE RACE AT SO-MILE CLP yy On his deniand for 4 Weleral writ of | was thrown on the Pullem payin Ruckstell Early Leaders in Big Event at Frisco Fair Grounds. EXPOSITION ,GROUNDS, BAN FRANCISCO, Feb, %7.—The long grind of the Grand Prix automobile race was started at 10.80 o'clock to- day (12.30 New York time.) Cooper, driving a Stutz car, being sent over the exposition course, the first of the thirty drivers to start, Following Cooper came Ruckstell in a Mercer, Newhouse, piloting Delage, then Taylor in an Alco, Bragg with a Californian, and the remain- der of the entries at three second in- tervals, At 10.38 the last of the cars had been sent away and were pound- ing around the course at. terrific speed. The sky was overcast, The distance of the race was oM- clally announced us 400.2856 miles, ré- quiring 104 laps to complete it, Just before the start of the race it Was announced that five cars had been withdrawn. They were the Er- win Special, driven by Grover Berg- doll, who was injured while practic- ing recently; Blankman Special (Roy Francis); Bens (Erwin Bergdoll); Ke- nault (Iva Gates), and Tomasini (Domasini). At the end of the fourth lap Ruck- stell had jumped into the lead. Gar- ney Oldfield, driving a Maxwell, wus wildly cheered as he set wail after the flying Mercer. Cooper was forced to stop at the pit on the second lap be- cause of motor trouble. It was evident that the drivers were finding the Presidio end of the track, where tho turn Is sharp, @x- tremely dangerous, All slowed down there and made the turn with great caution. Toward 1 o'clock the skies were beginning to clear and it was believed u record-breaking crowd would be on hand by noon. When the race started, however, the main stand was less than half full. Ruckstell’s time for the first five laps was 17.57, Resta, Anderson, Wilcox, De Pulma, Grant, Hearne and Oldfield followed in or- der at that time, When the race wan well under way the sktes clouded again und « sharp shower, which promised to continue indefinitely, threatened to bring the race to a clone. Resta at that time had taken the lead, At the end of the twentieth lap alley, No. 2, had taken the lead away from Menta who had dropped back to sixth plave. Huchstell was still in second place and wileox third, The shower turned Into a drizzle that made nad’ track slippery und dangurous, ore 12 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. ‘Long Missing U-9, Which Sank the Hogue, Aboukir, Cressy, Hawke and Hermes, Believed to Have Been Lost in North Sea. DESTROYER HURRIES TO AID | TORPEDOED BRITISH SHIP: — | ATHENS (via London), Feb. 27 (Associated Press).—An allied fleet aggregating forty warships to-day penetrated the Dardanelles Straits ‘as far as Hortarl and within range of Fort Intepe on the Asiatic side. Fort Intepe was pation Various Turkish encampments als; jwere wombarded.. The ships are now within range of. Fort, Dasdanoe. A French squadron is cruising under the forts at the entrance to the Straits, which are now entirely dismantled. Several vessels in the allied fleet have suffered slight damage. The Turkish shells are badly aimed. Although the range is short the forts have been unable to force the warships to retire. PARIS, Feb, 27.—The Athens correspondent of the Matin has cabled the following: “After the complete destruction of the forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles, tho allied fleet penetrated the Straits and shelled the interior forts. It proceeded down the Dardanelles fourteen miles from the em-' trance.” ‘ The allied fleet divided the task of demolishing the forts ones the entrance to the Straits. * The English battleships battered the Turkish works on the Baropesa. side of the entrance. The French battleship Gauleis shelled Kumkalesal fort with remarkable AerwMerberery Bxtiratiis ss tially dismantied two French battleships steamed into the entrance = ? firing from @ range of 2,000 yards, completed the work of It was ofMffctally announced that none of the French ships was aged. Fishing Nets Caused the Loss Of German Submarine Raider CHRISTIANIA, Feb, 27.—A disaster to the German submarine U9 is indicated by wreckage picked up near Christiansand. There have been. no reports of the U-9 since Nov. 1, when a Dutch trawler reported it had met the U-9 in a disabled coridition off Haaks Lightship near Helder, on the north coast of Holland. The submarine had become entangled with fishing nets. No German vessel hag played a more important part in the war than the submarine U-9, commanded by Capt.-Lieut. Otto Weddiges. It eank the Britieh cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy in the North Sea on Sept. 23 and, eluding pursuit, next came into metice on Oct, 25 by sinking tho Britten cruiser Hawke. It was) also credited with sinking the cruiser Hermes on Oot. 31, » Capt.-Lieut. Weddington is one of the Kaiser's youngest com- manders, being only thirty-two, His exploits made him popsilar idol, and he was decorated with the Order of Merit, which - member of hir crew received the Iron Cross, In the ainking of the Hogue, Cressy and Aboukir aixty pra and 1,460 men were lost. Tho British Admiralty reported that about ~ 600 mon Were missing after the disaster to the Hawke and 40 were lost on thé Hermes, It was revealed after tho three cruisers were sunk in September that Licut. Weddigen was ready to spare the Cressy, the only ship in sight, to suve the men from the other ships, when the second officer in command said: “You know we have four navies fighting us.” Weddigen thereupon returned to the periscope, made bie obser- vations and sent the torpedoes that eank the Cressy. Weddigen gave The World exclusively the story of his exploiteta October, Ho was invited shortly afterward to visit the Kaiser and tell the story over again. He was described as a quict, unassuming young man, keen for his work but regretful over the 3,500 er more lives it had cost the enemy, British Merchantman Reported ' : Torpedoed in the Che DIEPPE, France, via Paris, Feb. 27 (Associated ported that a British merchant ship has been torpedoed ig channel off St. Valery-Sur-Somme, A French torpedo boat destroyer has gone out from Dieppe ta assistance of the British i is il