The evening world. Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 1

I + Ae a has psi: Rall ONE, CENT. AISSING LILLIAN MAY COOK'S BODY TS FOUND IN SUBURB OF NEW HA\ GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TSK PPSS ss t: D AI FROM BROOKLYN HOM WEST ROCK Bhe Is Believed to Have Killed Her- -. selfin Cave on Top of Hill, Where i ‘ Body Is Discovered After Week's of Search. The:body of Lillian May Cook of Brooklyn, who disappeared last y, was found this afternoon on top of a hill called West Rock, in] from: the Capitol, President Wison F This information: reached Police f ‘stville, a suburb of New Haven, ers in New Haven through a man named Phillips, who discov ‘ered: the body but failed to tell in what manher she came to her. death. 1s Westville is five miles from the Mayo factory, where the girl was} employed and where she was last seen. ~~ There is a cave called Judges’ Cook vbited it last summer with her roommate. {the spot to kill herself. the toay Virginius Mayo, president the déompany by which Miss Cook employed, admitted he conducted “nome at No. 546 Fourth Street, Brooklyn, Where a woman known as ‘Mrs. Dudley lives with three children, Mayo admitted the parentage of two @f these and also admitted he was hknown in Brooklyn as James Dudley. Mayo's, confession brings him ‘for- (ward as & striking figure in the mys- \ 96d of Gisappearance of Miss foro he has figured only py 8 solleltous employer, offering first reward and then $600 reward for tion"of the whereabouts of the Powe years ago Lois Waterbury, & tty New Haven girl, was employed way Mayo in his office as a steno- pher.- After a year of service ir. i ‘8 office she disappeared. It tx How known she was taken by Mayo } Haven to Brooklyn nd in the Fourth Street house, which hp owns. She took the name Dudley and shortly after her ar- & child was born to her. we @ GIRL KNEW OF HIS DUAL PERSONALITY. (Mayo Visited her once or twice a jo sehen aed in an automobile, The @asumed he was James band of the woman occu- tN house. He made no ac- @aintances in Brooklyn, however, md to-day says he never ‘old any- body bis name was Dudley. Two years ago Lillian Cook ob- tainedemployment in Mrs, Dudley's Thome és nurse to two children, an- other having been porn. She workeg «(fm the house férover a year and fre- . : a “quently met Mayo. ‘tag Magen ‘® course in stenog- fer tide one went to New Have' Bag as stenographer in Mayo's Bho knew Dudley of Brooklyn Maye of New Haven were the he lived in the Y. W..C. Haven. appeared, four years ago. ‘Mayo made bis confession to-day only after he had been positively ider- tified by several persons, including \Cook’s father and } Clogely questioned, i rad @ ghow of irritation: Yes, the woman in Brooklyn known Mrs.|Dudley lives in a house I own Mere end two of the three whildren | fm that Wouse ere our daughters, She Lols Waterbury, formerly my ote. Tare a Gave on top of West Rock. It is believed she sought few hours prior to the discovery €————~——— gard for conventionalities and neith has she. I am no angel and I do care what people say. She took the name of Dudley for convenience, but I never called myself Mr. Dudley. HE DECLARES GIRL WAS SEEN IN SPRINGFIELD, Mass, “It Is folly to connect the Cook girl with the Dudley affair. ‘hat little girl Widn’t know anything about, it, and a purer, nobler girl never lived than ‘pf Mayo's attention was called to the fact that the Cook girl lived in his Brooklyn home for more than a year and must have known of hig double life, He wouldn't discune that, but said he believed the girl is-alive and will soon be found. “I received a letter to-day from a friend in Springfleld, Mi sald, “telling me Miss Cook was seen there last Thursday—the day of her Haven saw her get on a Springfield train last Thursday. The police of Springfield have been given this in- MAYO TELLS HIS WHE ABOUTS TO ESTABLISH AviBt, Mayo lald etress on the fuct that he was not in New Haven when Migs Cook disappeared. On this point he wal “T left. -¢ last Thursday afternoon with Chance Vought of my hydro- aeroplane department for Washing- ton at 4 o'clock. We had business in Phllade!phia and remained there over night. We arived in Washington F; day noon and went to the New W! lard. We found a telegram there from Ellen Wilson, chum of Lillian Cook, announcing fhe girl's disappearance, I immediatel¥ called up the New Ha- ven factory by phone, Effie Doherty answering and giving me what news she had ¢ Mias Cook's disappearance, “I was upset by the news and told Miss Doherty immediately to inform the police and begin a search as the police instructed them to do, I re- marked to ‘Vought that it was a good thing he was along With me, We had to remain ip Washington that night, but Satugday morning I took an early train hettic, “LE offered @ reward of $100 and helped-conduct the search till) Bu! day night, when I had to go to Buf- falo. On. my return on Tuesday I went to the Cook house in Brooklyn after Miss] “GREAT CONGRESS HAS CLOSED,” SAYS “Nation- Boi Wo 80 to Test by War, It’s Dignity and Strength - Will Abe: : MUCH DONE AT § AT ‘apna $1; 120, 484,324, Total Appro- priations Made, Are Millions Below Recent Records. WASHINGTON, Maroh 4.—Follow- ing. hts return” to’ the White ‘House lunged the -totlowms “statement “fe wieteing "thie acts of ‘ite! sixty third Congress, which ended its session to-day: f ‘ GERMANS CAPTURE MILE OF TRENCHES: PRESIDENT DENT WLSON BOMBARD: RD RHEIN Berlin Ripert Tie Taking of 558 Prisoners and Paris Ad- mits a Reverse. RUIN IN CATHEDRAL CITY Shells Fall Every Three Min- utes for Entire Day, Says French Report. BERLIN , (via Lopdgn), March 4 fAscoctated Presa).-The following +A volt: Congres has dloesd was 6 seadions. ‘its work ‘wilt prove’ the! purpose and quality of its states- manship more and more the longer it is tested. Business has how & time of calm and thoughtful adjustment before it, disturbed only by the Eu- Topean war. . Thé ctroumMances created by the ‘war put the gation to a special test, @ test of ite true character and hon- eat self control. The constant thought of every patriptic man should now be for the country, its peace, its order, its, just and tempered judg- ment in the face * cad rabid ait ficulties, “Its dignity and ite sitangtt alike will appear, not only in the revival Of its business, despite abnormal conditions, but also in its power to think, to purpose and to act with patience, with disinterested fairness, and without excitement, in a spirit which will firmly establish its tn- fluence throughout ‘the world.” Congress had been in almost con- tinuous session since ident Wil- son’s inauguration two years ago. (Continued on Fourth Page.) —_—_—e— U. S. COURT PERMITS WORK UNDER ALIEN LAW WASHINGTON, March 4.—The Supreme Court this afternoon granted an Injunction againat the New York Public Service Commission, tempo- rarily restraining operation of the New York Anti-Alien Labor Law. This action wil permit work to con- tinue on the new subway. The injunction is operative until the court decides the validity of th@ Anti-Alien Law in the taxpayers’ anit against the Commiasion, e ARMY MEN TO TRAIN PRINCETON STUDENTS PRINCETON, N. J., March 4.— Princeton Unjversjty is to inaugurate @ course in military training under the ‘direction of skilled United States army oMcete, BA Was learned to-day. ‘The course will not be compulsory, It will open pom aler the Easter holidays. _———_—_ ANXIOUS ABOUT BERNHARDT. BORDEAUX, via Paris, March 4.— Sareh Bernbarét, whose condition was Jearning that no trace of the girl had | sfter been found, I urged the Cooks to ‘as issued to-day by the i the heights of Loretto, north- west of Arras, our troops early yes- terday morning occupied positions of the enemy nearly one mile wide, cap- turing eight pfficers, 858 French sol- diers, seven’ machine guna and six small cannon.’ Hostile counter at- tacks during the afternoon failed. wed French attacks in Cham- ere easily repulsed. A French attack in the Affonne, west of St. Hubert, falled. Counter attacking, we occupied a French trench in Cheppy Wood. PARIS, March 4 (United Press).— German gains in the fighting north of Arraa, around Notre Dume de Lor- ettto (the Loretto Hills), were admit- ted {n the official despatches from the battle front to-day. The enemy pressed forward in massed attuck and took the advanced trenches of the allies over a considerable distance. pouring hot Rheims, completing their work of ruin, All dayr yester- wt intervalp of three minutes, leked across the valley and heart of the city, sending buildings tumbling into tne streets. Two Prussian Guard regiments, the Kaiser's prize troops, were partly decimatpd in a violent attempt to re- take positions oaptured by the French in the Champagne region. The Prus- asians stormed the French trenches northeast of Mesnil, but were beaten off with heavy French troo; progress on the plateau of near Varennes, und now bold south portion of the town. Street ting continues at all hours. t several pointe in the Argonnu German attacks have been repulsed, REJECT RESOLUTIONS INDORSING WILSON POLICY DES MOINES, Ia., March 4.--An iadorsement of President Wilson's European war policy was tabled in the Iowa Senate to-day by a vote quoi or | How the City hte For Operation of New Phone Rates HEAVIER LINE SHOWS New FIVE CENT to Be | Divided GERMANS ESCAPE TRAP: TURKISH WARSHIPS IN FLIGHT Berlin, War Office Admits Army Corps Just Escaped From 120,- 000 Russian Troops. ~ BERLIN (via wireless to London), March 4. [United Press].—Forty thousand German troops narrowly escaped capture or annihilation by the Russians in the recent fighting around Przasnysz, it was admitted at the War Office to-day. Only by the most desperate fighting and by forced marches did the Germans extricate themselves from an extremely dangerous position. Following the Germans’ easy victory over the Russians near the outskirts of Przasnysz, a single army corps advanced eastward from the town. Russian forces numbering 120,000 closed in on the Kaiser’s troops from the east and southeast. For an entire day @ bloody confilct was waged in the marshes, the ttempting to surround the German corps, whose position was most . Toward night the Germans cut their way back toward Praasnyas. They were forced to avandon their wounded. Only Two Forts in Dardanelles Remain Intact, Report in Athens LONDON, March ¢@ (Associated Preas).—The allied fleet this (Thurs- day) morning resumed the bombard- ment of the inner forts of the Dar- danelles, according to a despatch from Athens. t “Ten big warships took part in the operations,” the despatch says. “Ac- cording: ‘o a British officer, anly two of the Tyrkiah forts remain intact. Allied laning parties found the charred remains, of diers in the damaged forts, ajowing that the Turks had burned feeir dead before evacuating these posl'ions.” LONDON, March 4 (United Pri ~The Turkish figet, assigned to give battle to the Anglo-French warships inside the Dardanelles, has fled ut the approach of the allied war squadron, serene to Athens despatches to- | no’ @ heavy fog bung over the “eat ie pep anchor and steamed out of Nagara Road and into the Sea of Marmora. With the lifting of the mist allied aviators reported not a Turkish war vessel in the strait and rgconnoltring fights up Marmora Sea Talled to re- veal thelr whereabouts. The latest statement from the Ad- miralty regarding the Dardanelles op- erations emphasized the strength of the attacking forces. The battleship Canopus, last heard from in South American water training her 12- inch guns on the Turkish forts. Her sister ship, the Octun, is ulso in ac- tion, and the 6,600-ton Russian cruiser Askold, has joined the fiee ships and cruisers, lotilla of destroy le, mening nearly thor CHEAPER PHONE ALL ALONG LINE New York Telephone ¢ Agrees to Cut Rate to Five. Cents for Intetboro ough Messages., |: ° The New York Telephone Company. today made fe the Public Service Commission ofa new rate. sci on behalf of the public: ‘. in general the three things for which: The: Eye out of its revenues in New York City, The in the new schedule are estimated at CLOSED BANK OFFICIAL | HAD BEEN IN PRISON (Special to The Brening World.) PITTSBURGH, March 4.—The Ger- man National Bank of Pittsburgh did not open ita doors for business to- day. A notice on the door said it had been closed by onder of the Comp- troller of the Currency. W. W. Ramsey, President of the German National Bank, was indicted on two charges of bribery, two of conspiracy and one of malohomenses of the Pittsburgh Co! ft scandal five years aa. He was tried only on the mindemean- or charge, found guilty, and sentenced to pay $1,000 and serve eighteen months in the Western Penitentiary. While serving his sentence he was pardoned by Gov. Tener, After his release he was employed in a local bank, and Wi erro ge returned to he Gi National and was later Ramacy’s offense ted pejaaizelty, of being too zealous to secure business for bis bank when the city depositories’ or- dinances were being considered by the old Council, —_——e——— SUFFRAGISTS MAKE MEN REMAIN DURING BLAZE When suffragists handle a fire, why —the fire's Just got to go and put It- self out, That's all, This much and more was demon- strated this afternoon when fre started under the kitchen range ia the Empire State Campaign Com- mittee’s new restaurant, opened re- cently at No, 70 Wall Street, as a part of the campaign for votes. Mrs, James Lees Laidlaw, . Mrs. Charles Howland, Mrs. August Bel- mont and Mrs, Charles Tiffany are some of the prominent workers be- hind the new restaurant scheme. About a dozen men were light luncheon in the room when Tne cook dashed in and bawled to Miss A. B. Plerce, the young society woman who |s serving as manager of the restaurant, that the kitchen was afire. All the men bolted for the door. *rewident. “Don't you dare go out of here!” Miss Pierce commanded. “You just sit where you are ane see how a meat ree calmly went to the - [street and told Policeman Geraghty to turn in an alarm, When the firemen came and quenched the blaze the meek dinera were still Saudiing crm ndering if Men i Arata = prelidtinery per cent. last year coat $2,200,000 and the additional reductions $2,700,000. redaittons.are 00 outgoing minenges (6. call) te cut to 448 tor 040