The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 1

} SANE OR INSANE, TRIAL WON'T SET THAW FREE, . SAYS PROSECUTOR IN OPENING FOR THESTA RATE FOR ELECTRICITY CUT 0 PER CENT. BY SERVICE ‘ FINAL PRICE ONE CENT. es [7ielirion Beode, Gren te AB” ae» Cah ro ore Cy Seta my O Per Cent. Ordered | or ‘Electric Li The “ Circulation Books Open to Al NEW YORK, TUESD AY, _MAROH ®, Rind +L 10 8 CENTS BOARD ORDER Mandate to Edison Company Is Effec- rm tive at Once, and Will Be Extend- ed to Cover City—Saves Public $2,500,000. The New York Edison Company was this afternoon directed by the Public Service Commission to make a reduction in the cost per kilowatt hour-of electricity from 10 cents to 8 cents, This will affect about two-thirds of the small coneumers in ‘the greater elty and will, it is roughly estimated, coat the Edison Company about $2,500,000. Woday’s flat cut goes into effect immediately. although to-day’s Order Wepeettio- ally girected against the Edison Com- pany aé the result of action taken in & test case heard for months before Commissioner Milo R. Maltbie, it is understood that other companies in the several boroughs will make sim- flar reductions. If they do not the order will be speedily applied to them. The order, while immec:.tely af- feoting the smaller consumer, will Proportionately save money for the Digger consumers. The details will be worked out between counsel for the commission and for the Edison Com- While the Edison Company has not been heard from officially, the opinion ‘was expressed at the offices of the Public Service Commission to-day that it would acquiesce in at least part of the order, and that probably the entire order would be immediately ebeyed without a court fight. Commissioner George V. 8. Will- jams, who Introduced thg, resolution directing the Edison Company to make the reduction, had this to say: “The immediate effect of the order will be to reduce the Edison kilawatt | charge in Manhattan and the western { part of the Bronx. 1 " “While the effect of the reduction will be felt at once, the Commission Will agree to the contentions of the eompany and will order an appraisal. “It will take about a year but will fn no way interfere with the cheaper rate for electzicity. “We find that the profits of the company on the service affected Is about $7,000,000 a year, and I estimate that the reduction will amount to about $2,500,000 a year. At least Chairman McCall says it may run up to that figure.” CRACKSMEN MOVE SAFE BEFORE USING DRILL “Can-Opener” Tears Open Strong Box and Burglars Get $1,200 Loot. Cracksmen equipped with a power- ful electric drill, and gloves to avoid dea! telltale finger prints, broke {ato ‘the safe of Abraham Granowits, a dealer in bakers’ supplies, at No. 190 @tanton Street, stole $1,000 worth of jewelry and $200 in h and made their escape early this morning. They were evidently frightened off before they had completed the job, as they let: both gloves and drill in the wreckage they made of the safe, Entrance to the place-was gained through a rear hallway and as the safe stood in the front part of the establishment with two gas jets burn- ing over it, the robbers carefully rolled it to the rear room and there MRS. DECKER WINS SEPARATION SUIT INSUPREME COURT Son of Head of Milk Firm Must Pay Alimony to Be Fixed by Referee. Justice Blanchard of the Supreme Court to-day signed the decree of separation asked by Kathryne Brown Decker, wife of Henry Edwin Decker, son of the head of the slawson-Deck- er Company. He appointed Warren Leslie a referee to determine how much alimony should be paid to the plaintift, This decree was signed after the Justice had reported finding that the plaintiff had received a call from Sidney Rosenfeld two months after her marriage; had known and gone out with one Robert Allen, a twenty- year-old youth, during her marriage; had given to Atherton Brownell two gold cuff buttons and charged them to her husband's account in Tiftanys: had known and gone out with Brough- ton Brandenburg and had luncheons and dinners with him in 1913 without introducing him to her husband, The findings set forth the alleged grievances on both sides in so far as the Court has found them to be correct. The defendant accused the plaintiff of unfaithfulness upon various occa- sions. These allegations were de- clarel unfounded, The plaintifr charged that her husband threat- ened to shoot her; that he called her names and pushed her out of his bed- room; struck her In the chin with his closed fist and threatened to push her head through a pane of gluss, It was in connection with these latter findings, coupled with threats to give the plaintiff! a k eye and disfigure her that Justi Blanchard arrived at the decision that the plain- tiff could not safely reside longer with the defendant and ordered a decree in her favor. The facts alleged were brought out at the trial of the case in December. Justice Blanchard stated at the time that he would give judgment for the plaintiff. Woman Outrage: Murdered. YONKERS, March 9.—The body of Mrs. Della Lioyd, a widow, was found to-day in the White Plains freight Faged F-yh hy murdered and out- tween the MORE WARSHIPS ORDERED T0 JOWN VERA GRUZ FLEET Wilson Backing His Demand on Carranza With !ncreased Show of Force. FIRST CHIEF DENIES. Declares in Preliminary Answer|They Are Accused of Ineffic- Food Has Not Been Prevented Reaching Mexico City. WASHINGTON, March §.—Amerl- can Consul Silliman telegraphed from Vera Cruz to-day that he had been reliably informed thet the evacuation of Mexico City by the forces of Gen. Obregon began at 9 o'clock last night. WASHINGTON, March 9.—Follow- ing an order to-day by Secretary Daniels for the hasty despatch of two more warships to Vera Crus to joln the American naval force there, in backing up President Wil- son's demands on Gen, Carranza for full protection of foreigners in Mex- feo City, the State Department re- ceived a preliminary reply from Car- ranza to Wilson's representations, denying, generally, the existence "of conditions in Mexico City which the United States has called upon him to improve. In a atatement, made orally to American Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz, which was laid before Presi- ent, Wilson and the Cabinet to-day, the Mexican chief denied that Gen, Obregon, his commander in Mexico City, had prevented food from reach- ing the Mexican capital or that he had sent supplies away, Carranza’'s oral statement was taken in official quarters to forecast the tenor of his formal answer now being drafted. Generally, it was re- garded in Administration quarters as favorable and as an indication that Carranza would no longer ap- prove any inconvenience to for- elgners. . Meanwhile, however, the order went forward to Rear Admiral Fletcher commanding the Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo, to send the two additional warships to Vera Cruz. Admiral Fletcher selected the ar- nored cruiser Washington, now in Hatien waters with Rear Admiral Capertof, and the battleship Georgia, commanded by Capt. Robert R, Coonts, now at Gua..tanamo, to p.o- ceed to Vera Cruz, The Washington i: Gagship of the cruiser squadron of the Atlantic fleet, She carries forty-oue officers and 902 men and is commanded by Com- mander Edward L. Beach, The eorgia ig one of the first line bat- tleships of the Third Division, She carries forty-nine ofilcers and 864 men, ‘Tho Washington is @ little (Continued on Sixth Page.) ps ascaltoi Mazel 14 KILLED, 70 INJURED, BY AN EXPLOSION IN ARSENAL AT ANTWERP. LONDON, March 9.—The Central respondent at Amaterdam tele- that fourteen men were killed Snd seventy injured to-day by an és: plosion in @ German arsenal at Antwerp. —_—s_ SAILING TO-DAY, ONSEVERE CHARGES Public Service Boar’ Members | Scored in Findings by Legislative Committee. ALL ARE StATED TO GO. iency, Neglect of Duty and Misconduct in Office. (Special From a Staff Correspondent! of The Eveying World.) ALBANY, Marcf 9.—Gov. Whitman will at once try all five members of the New York City Public Serv! Comunisslon- on charges—looking their removal from office. Haq will use as the basis of proceedings @ let- | 16 PAGES WEATHER—Pate to-night and Wednesdays . , FINA EDITION ly Hare Thaw’s Mother an ister | MRO-GEO. L’ CARNEGIE ter written to-day to him by a ma- Jority of the Legislative Investigating Committee, supplementing Its offictal report. While the report ts mild and innocuous in its findings, the letter is strong in denunciation of the Com- | missioners, After calling attention to the presentation of facts in the report, | the letter says: “These facts If unexplained and un- | denied, constitute in our opinion auch | Inefficiency, neglect of duty and mis-| conduct In office, as to justify thelr removal by you and to require your use of said report, as the basis for charges against the Commissioners of the First District on which they of course have a right to a hearing as provided by law. Six members signed this, Senator Cromwell added that the commission has been diligent in subway con- struction work. Senator Lawson of Brooklyn would not sign because he favored unequivocal canviction of t Commissioners. He was oppos:’ to the words “unexplained and unde- nied.” Senator Ogden Mills of New York wrote: “I concur, but In view of the fact that the Commissioners are about to be tried on charges, T do not regard It as my duty to do more than to find the facts, leaving the conclusions to be drawn by the Governor.” Three reports on the workings of the down-State Public Service Commission were submitted to the Legislature and Gov. Whitman to-day, All the Republican majority joined in a formal report of great length which weakly and indefinitely concluded as follows: “Commissioners of the First Dis- trict have not put into operation the provisions of the Public Service law in a manner which has produced re- sults reasonably to be expected.” Three Republican members, Law. son, Knight and MecQuistion, mat a supplementary report definitely de- nouncing Chairman McCall and asso- ciats as ineffictent. Then because neither of these re- ports had said’ McCall and the other Commissioners should go the Repub- lican majority joined in writing a let- ter to Gov, Whitman saying that from the evidence the Commissioners seemed to be inefficient, and unless the charges were disproved they should be removed, Meanwhile Senator Foley for the Democratic minority issued another report saying that It is weakness in the law, not in the Commissioners, which has caused all the trouble over complaint’ and lack of enforcement of orders, The report asserts: “In- stead of enforcement the opposite intended, and this may demonstrate why the railroads and other operations bad bo opposition to the passage of SHELL AMINUTE IS HURLED ON TURKS BY AELIED FLEET: SMYRNAIS ABOUT T0 FALL Saros has not yet succeeded in de- stroying the defenses of Bulair. PETROGRAD, Russia, March 9 (As- sociated Press).—The bombardment | useiiaanes Fort Kilid Bahr Still Defends the Narrows of the WITNESSES TELL.OF FLIG FROM MATTEAWAN 4 As result Of the 0 SAP ig? QUA tn the lc | Thaw and his five helpers in the éscape from Matteawan, there decided check to the theory of the defense that this trial will est His lawyers have maintained that in order to. pe him guilty of conspiracy as charged, the State must prove him sane, But the State’s attorney in his opening of the case to the jury ® ad the law that an insane, or even an imbecile, person is held for his act so long as he has enough mental power to know the: and quality of his act or to know that his act is wrong. Therefore the hope of seeing Thaw punished by a brief for his escape and then going free as a sane person began to fade. But the air of confidence that has since the beginning of these proceedings was not diminished in As for the contention that Thaw’s original commitment to by Justice Dowling was illegal because it was “untf thence di due course of law,” instead of “uatil cured,” that scemed to be @iapl of by Judge Page's ruling that the order was quite legal. 9 Thaw’s sanity. WHAT WIL Court Decides Thaw’s Commitm Was Legal—Is Sane Enough Realize Nature of Act, Says Prosecutor. Witneges summoned, to-day were William 3. P HAPPEN R. Murray, Edward G 4 dostruction of the docks there con:'l- |] BECAUSE OF INSANITY. |) Matteawan: William tutes a serious blow to the Turkish fleet. From this point the Turks have drawn their chief supply of coal for the navy. Benderegit, forty miles to the west, | which is another coaling port, also was damaged. The only damage to the Russian fleet during the bombardment of Zun- guldiak was a slight injury to the| cruiser Almaz, which was struck by a| 6-Inch shell. Three soldiers were | wounded. he crulser's soachinery | was not damaged. The Black Sea fleet. will continue its | ralds on the coast while waiting for | the Turkish squadron to come from | the Bosphorus. DON’T CROWD; WAIT =| FOR THE CAR BEHIND Health Commissioner. Points Out How Brooklynites Can Travel | in Comfort. Health Commissioner Goldwater is- sued an appeal to the citizens of Brooklyn to-day in which he says: “Now you have tho extra cars, use| them properly. If the car is full, walt « minute or two for the next one. The company is bound to fur- nish all tho cars that are needed, and in a little while, if you will help by being patient, the Graham Avenue line will be Brooklyn's model road. LONDON, March 9 (United Press), A steady rain of fire—a sbell nearly every minute—is pouring in upon the Dardanelles forts. Aeroplanes, first used only for reconnoltering purposes, are dropping bombs upon the smaller Turkish batteries, The 16,500-ton battleships Lord Nel- son and Agamemnon are battering away at the Turkish forts inside the strait while the Queen Elizabeth is hurling great shells across Gallipoll Peninsula in an indirect attack. Tt is alao announced that Smyrna js about to full before Rear-Admiral Peirse’s fleet. Only three Turkish and batteries are now replying to the fire of the British squadron, which has moved into the harbor and in shelling the enemy’s guns bigh on the hills in the Turkish quarter of the city. British occupation of Smyrna is ex- pected to be the first ¢. cisive victory im the naval war against the Sultan. With the Smyrna forts leveled ma- rines will be }: ided under protection of big naval guns to seize the city. Little opposition is expected from the Turkish garrisons. The Admiralty again emphasized to-day that the Dardanelles fighting has really just begun. The Krupp} guns mounted at the entrance to the/| nattows are keeping the alited fleet at a distance of several miles. The most optimistic officials of the Ad- migalty set the middie of April, or Dopeibly the first of May, asthe time| “Remember, the Graham Avenue when the Anglo-French war fleet will! order ts only a beginning! emerge trom the narrows and deavend | “we know that overcrowded cars| When cit! upon Constantinople. At least 6,000 tons of shells, it te estimated, have been hurled against ; the Dardanelles forte, The way has| been cleared for’ peveral miles inside year. Upon the THE and are dangerous to health: yoy know, how uncomfortable they are. With! If Thaw is convicted he will be sentenced for not more than & At the end of that time he will go free. It Thaw is acquitted on tho sraune ef Bs nity this will hap- ores °VERIDCT—NOT GUILTY. the ground of the de- fendant'’s insanity at the time of commission charged in the Indictment. UDGMENT OF Tho defendants, on his trial on sald indictment, having been ac quitted on the ground of insanity, and the Court being certified of the fact and the defendant being in custody, and the his discharge ous to publ Ordered ‘Thaw be detained in safe custody be sent to the Matteawan State Hospital, there to be kept in said hospital until harged by due course of law, It is further ordered that the Sheriff of the County of New York jo forthwith convey sald Harry K. Thaw to said hospital, ALIEN LABOR REPEAL PASSES THE ASSEMBLY that ALBANY, March %—By a vote the Sonate amended Alien La’ or Bill passed the Assembly to-day. The measure repeals the preseut law pre- venting the employment of allena on | public works, Americans the preference, for the employment of allens only ns are not available, Having already passed the Seni's, the act will be immediately signed by oy. Whitman, was no discussion of the bill| showing rine Ansomn ue was mecond and final 5S 1 aid a ‘ con, N. ¥., who saw the Hospital for Ineane; Dyke and William Leigh, Corson, & garage man of and Johm Collins. the acts THE of come mixed up for conspiracy. Evelyn Thaw Is qi the process server tha, ® | peared at all at the trial was hee ballet that Thaw ag was her bellef that Thaw h Zourt deeming t this time danger- afoty, It is sald Harry K. thence dis truth in the statement i ‘Thaw would be called as a The Attorney Genera) also ness. DEPUTY ATTORNEY Deputy Attorney General Kennedy opened the Prosecution, explaining just why Thaw is in the history of the crime for jury acquitted him on the insanity. Thaw listened to However, it gives sel's table, between young Mi and Abraham Levy. “On June 25, 1906,” anid nedy, “Harry ‘White, and | Thew heard ot PRICE ONE ‘CENT. It was reported to-day that Thaw would probably appear witness for her husband. -#t was that @ week ago a process from the District Attorney's called upon Evelyn Thaw, whe’ then in the city appearing ata. ville house and that the young wees declared that she did not eam te. the trial of: = stinguished Thaw ané bis te ides the Holland House im Bencea;: fumiclentiy for the Count for Taaw, whee asta the matter, sald that there tempting to get the dancer as 6 © 4 PRESENTS THE CASE, to the fa court and pollte attention, eltting at th = 1 > es wa