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~ Suspect in La INA FINA _PRICE ONE CENT SWOBIDA WAS ONCE CAUGH L @be cr Clreul ulation Rooks Open te anl id Coprrems. 1m en SPYING ON DEFENSES AFTER WAR STARTED, PARIS HEARS + ->- Suspect Now Held for La Tou- raine Fire Was Then Freed as Americ: SEEN DISGUISE. IN A Investigation of Fire on Liner | Indicates Blaze Was of In- cendiary Origin. PARIS, April 2-—-That Bwoboda, tho self-declare accused of being responsible for the Raymond American fire on board the steamship La Tou- | raine, acted suspictously during his residence here after the war was the declaration to-day of those began who are investigating his case According to statements made newspaper reporters by residents of the suburb of Viroflay, where Swo- boda lived at one time, Jong been regarded with suspicion. He was very intimate in the Austro- German colony and spent much of his time with an Austrian named Padour. A few days after the outbreak of hostilities Swoboda was discovered at @ late hour one night close to where ome important defense work was being carried out. Upon being rested he explained he was an Ameri- ean and pleaded ignorance. Upon to the man had are the production of satisfactory papers May 10 Is Set for Hearing at be was allowed to go. This incident, however, according to the recitals of the people of Viro- flay, made a strong impression upon | Bwoboda’s neighbors and they de-| cided to watch him. One night he| was seen to go to the house of a man| mamed Prusst. Shortly after the two men emerged and made thelr waY) mawin Carman of F cautiously in the direction of the local defense works, looking around meanwhile to see if they were being observed, It was known that Prusst was an Austrian, born in Vienna, Some tiro later Swoboda, dis- guised as a mason, was scen coming from the defenses. The police were informed of this, but for some reason they took no action, Weeks passed, and finally on Jan, 15 they arrested Prusst and sent him to a concen- tration camp. By this time Swo- boda had left Virofay and was on his way to America. HINT AT AN INTERNATIONAL PLOT. Sensational revelations will follow the arrest of Swoboda, the Petit Journal asserted to-day, after hinting at an international plot. Swoboda, according to the Paris newspapers, was suspected by allies before the Touraine fire, Cor tain proposals he made to the British authorities at Havre, it was) @aid, caused the British to ask the; Secret | French authorities to act. eervic> agents were put at work, ac- cording to the newspapers, but the| inquiry apparently was abandoned when Swoboda left for America, Further stimulus was given to-day to those investigating the case by a report from Havre that the fire on Doard La Touraine was undoubtedly | ™ of incendiary origin. There was no explosion, but the blaze originated in three large cases of textiles in the baggage hold. Although the pollco investigation of the history of Swoboda has brought out additional facts regard- (Continued on Fourth Page.) ¢ the! the first trial of hi HAS NEW EVIDENCE FOR SECOND TRIAL | bp The Peeme Petiieting dork Wonka) NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1915 ] |°REDS" PLOTTING SAY RAE TANZER |FIVESENT PHONE | TOBRING BOMBS TO, WILL PLEAD GUILTY | RATES ACCEPTED COURT, POLICE SAY Detectives Prevent “Demonstration” at Anarchists’ Trial. IS ACCUSED. ie Swears He Was Given OF MARS. CARMAN! sc rc MRS. CARMAN —_~—->—- Mineola, Justice Black- mar Presiding. MINEOLA, N. Y,, April 3.—Mra. Florence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. ‘reeport, will go on trial again charged with the mur- dor of Mrs, Loutse Batley, District Attorney Smith of Nassau County announced to-day that the case would be called on May 10, The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has assigned Justice Abel B. Blackmar to preside at the trial, The District Attorney Indicated to- day that he had discovered new evi- dence of a most important nature. He declined, however, to discuss this new evidence and sald that both he and counsel for Mrs, Carman had made an arrangement act to discuss the case in any manner prior to the thine when the case Is called, The now evidence, it was sald in was other quarters, of almost equal Importance to that of Cella Coleman, the negro maid in the Carman house. hold, the star witness for the State at employer. Celia Coleman testified that after sho heard the report of a pistol Mrs, Carman, dressed in a kimono, dashed through the kitchen on her way to her room on the second floor of the physician's house, Since the first. trial, the District |Attorney said, Colla ‘Coleman has | been constantly under the watehfal of detectives, can be pr duced at any time, could not be rmined just where Celia is at the but it was believed she | ell, the tramp, who sald on the witness stand that he had| seen a woman of Mrs, Curman's height and build run away from the | window in Dr, Carman's office, | through which the assassin of Mra.| Bailey shot, has disappeared since the st trial, Btrenuous efforts to find arrell ha All eu he witnesses lon, it was said, ar Gourge M, Levy of Freeport, of Mra, Him to Confess, Uneasinesa prevailed around the Criminal Courts Building to-day be- cause of a report that a group of Anarchists, at a secret meeting last evening, selected five of thetr num- ber to attend the trial of Abarno and Carbone, the Cathedral bomb plotters, in Judge Nott's court to-day, carry-| ing explosives with them. Because of the report, every person entering the Criminal Courts Building was ques- tioned by “plain-clothes"” men, It was sald the Anarchists were planning a “Good Friday demonstration.” This information was brought to Police Headquarters this morning by Anarchist “stool pigeons.” The po- lice detailed around Part IT, of Gen eral Sessions would not discuss the matter. A “spy trial” was held last eve-/ ning in the headquarters of the Cir- colo Studi Sociall in Bleecker Street, and this warning issued: “At least two of the witnesses for the defense in the Abarno-Carbone trial are police ‘stool pigeons." those two witnesses show their hands on the witness stand the sen- tence to be meted out to them will be an extreme one.” Carmine Carbone was recalled to- day and questioned by Simon O, Pol- lock, his counsel, regarding the part Polignano took in making the bombs He said Pollgnano had given bim money with which to buy wire to wrap the bombs, Carbone finally led up to the Sun- were left in day before the bombs the Cathedral. ‘This was the day on which the missiles were made. “aAbarno and I went to the fur- nished room at No. 1341 Third Ave- nue,” he said, “Holignano met us there, He kept wanting us to make the bombs. I wouldn't do it, I was scared, “Polignano got mad and grabbed me, We had a little fight and threw ourselves on the bed, and he struck me. When it was over, Polignan sald: ‘You know I belong to the Black Hand and those terrible soci- You elther me in mak- bombs or something terribl I'll have you punished.’ assis oties. ing these wil) happen “He got out the bomb materials and ingredients, all w with a shirt, He give mea hand.’ 1 said, ‘I am afraid to do such a thing.’ “Polignano kept threatening me, {Continued on Second Page.) Carman's counsel, his to say to-day: “Mrs. Carman has always insisted that she be given a new trial, and she has asked me several times to make a formal demand for upon the Distric f this county, J have never done so, however, [do not know just what made Mr. Sinith decide that another trial should be had. “We have no new evidence of any Importance and the case of the des | fense will be practically the same as it was at the first trial, We know Mra. Carman is innocent and we by Neve that the Jury this time will say 80." — Are You Going Sonth? ao fuenata saiiiugs and tury of al) We Disha be wade, tab aud F vagy Wahl vn Pat 1% i 4000, Cligeh fom for bawunge ‘aud tools abst ay wight, — Aste Are on Guard to) cused Osborne Will Aid the Government. “OLIVER” IS LOCATED, Grand Jury Yet to Hear 20 Witnesses—Quick Trial if Plot Is Shown. A rumor that Rae Tanzer bas an- nounced her Intention of entering « plea of guilty should she be indicted for attempting to defraud James W. Osborne was industriously ciroulated around the Federal Building to-day. United States District Attorney Mar- shall, when told of the report, said: “L have not been notified officially of such an intention on the part of Miss Tanger. If sho sees fit to really aid the Government by telling all she knows that fact will be taken into consideration.” It was strongly intimated at the United States District Attorney's of- fice to-day that a clue to the where- abouts of Oliver Osborne had come into the possession of the Post Office | Inspectors, Since he decamped from No. 161 | East Sixtieth Street a week ago Sun- Hegel loaving all his personal beton; ings behind, he has kept himself we! concealed, but trails picked up by a soarch of his effects have led in prom- | ising: directions, ‘atherine Magenhetmer, another of Oliver Osborne's victims, appeared at the office of the United States Dis. trict Attorney this afternoon. | February, 1914, while working as a nursegirl, she was accosted by an af- fable, well-dressed man at Seventy- second Street and Madison Avenue. She was wheeling a qo-cart with a baby in it at the time, The man made her acquaintance. He gave the name of Angus MeDon- ald and said he was a wealthy Cali- fornia ranchman. tis friendship lasted two months, at the expiration of which time he borrowed $250 from Miss Magenheimer and disappeared She produced fifteen letters she r ceived from "MeDonald” all in’ the handwriting and phraseology of the “Oliver Osborne" letters written to Mixa Tanzer and others Miss Magenheimer {dentified somo of the clothing of Oliver Osborne selzed ut No. ll Kast Sixty Street as attire she had seen worn by the nan she knew as MeDonald. Kae Tanzer, her counsel, Harold Splelberg; Mrs, Spielberg and Mrs. Samuel Elkels, who has been caring for Miss Tanzer, left at noon to-day for Atlantic City in an automobile. They will remain there over Sunday. | Ruth Tanzer, of Rae's three | state who did uot identify James |W. Osborne as Oliver Osborne, ta to make & statement to the District At- torney Monday, She .as not been on the best of terns with her sisters and »|18 stopping with her brother at No, § Bast Seventy-ninth Street. Mr. Marshal may tid it expedient to call r before the ° Grand Jury, United ttoraey | Marshall say calendar in'ee clear |that if t e indictments in the Jease he expects to be able to try the defendants within a month, witnesses were heard by the Grand lJury. yesterday—James W, Osborne land Miss Tanzor’s nephew, Abraham Tanzer, who was present when she made her first confession of error, ian ke Cohalnn Dien, ary Cohalan, the upreme Court J died th Som ¢ Dermott O'L |yeur-old son of w 6 hom yhaln afternoon Rast 1 of tk t as ope 14 and and tive o! Monit Hi ny renee chuddien aut vive ime Only two) With Victory. ERA OF GOOD FI Big Reductions to Be Effective July 1—Case Biggest of Its Kind. Five-cent telephone rates for New York City were finally assured to- day by an announcement of the New York Tolephone Company, accepting the schedule of reduced charges fixed by the Public Service Commission. The two years’ fight waged by The Evening World in behalf of the pub- lic haa ended in complete popular vio- tory. Inaugurates an era of good feeling between the corporation and tte pa- trons, which promises prosperity for one and good service for the other, John L. Swayze, general attorney following statement: “The New York Telephone Com- pany accepts the order of thePublic Service Commission of the Second District fixing the rates and charges for telephone service in Now York City, and believes that the condition of unrest and disturbance which has oxisted for the last two years will cease and from now on the company will be permitted to devote all its Jenergies to developing its business ‘and providing the public with te! phone service and facilities. ‘The company believes that the cor- dial and pleasant relations which have always existed between the com- pany, its patrons and the general public will continue and the company will devote every effort toward merit- ing the continuance of such relations," Members of the up-State Public Service Commission who were in New York to-day in joint seasion with the city commission were grati- fied over the final settlement of the largest and most important telephone rate case on record, Commissioner Martin 8. Decker aa “Lam greatly pleased with the out- come of this long and difficult case, and I am sure the other Cominis- sioners feel the same. I think we reached a conclusion In the valuation proceedings through the short-cut method of utilizing the company's own records that was quite as satis factory as if we had continued the technical appraisal over a long pertod, “Congratulations are due to all con- cerned In the case for the manner in which they handled their respective cases, Credit should be given to the attorneys for both sides, quite as much as to the comission for thi results obtained,” While the telephone compaby rep resontatives asserted that they had ample grounds for continuing the contest in courts and dragging it out for years, the executive management | decided that it wanted peace with the public and the good will of its pa- \trons more than extortionate profits, | On July 1 next the new schedule of rates will go into effect. ‘The maxi- mum charge for subseribers’ direct line service will be $40 for 800 mes- lsages per year, As the use of mex sages increases the price decreases to a 2% cent basis. No extra char will be imponed for calls between Manhattan and Brooklyn; local zone areax are greatly | widened and tolls to outlying bor+ eughs reduced, Tho signing of the treaty of peace for the telephone company, made tho| World. F, ———— Soe mee Ve Oey’ Weether—# Ain INAT © EDITION “Cireulation Rooks Open to All. »] 28 PAGES GERMANS TORPEDO FOUR MORE SHIPS: TO RAID ALL BRITISH COASTS AT ONCE RAIDERS THAT SANK FOUR SHIPS FSHESWDGTE) BY THECOWPMY) — QDGED A FLEET OF DESTROVERS Report That Girl Who Ac-| Evening World’s Long Fight})~ for People Formally Crowned GARROS WINS BATTLE FOUGHT HIGH IN AIR | SES TEPETOOSS eee Brings Down German Aeroplane by His Machine Gun Fire. PARIS, April 2—An official atate- ment issued by the War Office says: “To the south of Dixmude, Aviation Lieut, Roland Garros brought down an aeroplane by machine gun fire, In the region of the Alsne another Ger- man aviator was brought to the ground by the French airman, Na- varri “belgian aviators during the night of March 30-31 bombard: @ the avia- ton camp at Handsaeme and the ratl- road junction at Cortemarck,” rveceilisie=seeenosiiiet CRUISER EITEL WAITS FOR MORE PROVISIONS Washington Officials Still Believe Raider Will Interne at Last Minute, WASIIINGTON, April 2.~Though couled for u voyage as far as Bremen, tho German converted cruiser Pring Kitel Friedrich, at Newport News, was not yet provisioned for the trip, according to advives received at the Treasury jepartment to-day, Officials” here continued to believe the Eitel would interne after delaying to the last possible moment. ‘The ship remained under heavy guard. esate aeneeiee $12Men’sTopcoats&Suits,$5.95 | submarines 68 PRI Norwegian Bark fore They Wer SQUADRON OF LONDON, April 2.—A flotilla ers four ships have been torpedoed Sea. For the last week the Germans exclusively to the English Channel and Wales. GERMANY THREATENS REPRISALS ON BRITISH Treatment of From the German Submarines, LONDON, April 2, 5.30 P.M. (Aa. soctated Preax).-A German protest and threat of reprisals on account of the treatment of Great Britain of the prisoners taken on board German was mode public here to-day. This protest was transmitted by Germany to Great Britain through the United States. ‘The reply of Great Britain also was made publie. The British Foreign Secret nied that the German prisoners have been mistreated, In every cane they have been treated humanely, "he said, though they could not be regarded as honorable opponents use they had been guilty of causing the deaths of non-combatants, He added that since the beginning of the war there ls no case on record where German ships have saved Rritish sallors, MANY NOTABLES WILL SAIL ON LUSITANIA Swift Liner to Carry 200 in First Class—All Unafraid of Submarines, Resents Prisoners Taken rc Apparently unafraid of submarine attacks, more hundred first-class and 176 second- class cabin passengers will sail on the Lusitania to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, The Lusitania ts now the fastest ship afloat and those sailing on her seem confident that she will be able to outstrip any possible hoa- tile assailant. There will be unusu- ally strict rules at the pler regarding visitors going aboard prior to the sailing, the recent scare on La Tour- aine having made the steamship au- thoritios somewhat cautious as to the possibility of sples being among the passengers, Among the prominent on the first cabin Hat ar Croker and bis Indian bride; Anthony J. Drexel, Lady Ross of England, F. W. Whitridge, President of the Third possible than two passengers Richard THE "HUB" Clothing Corer, Broad. | cor Str, opp. Woolworth day and Saturday ults, Topeonts and with ‘loose back blues, tartan che Ware! will |browna, grays & dark mixed worsted Al ta to 44: worth $12 in ap other store; our special price to-day & day, $5.95. Open Saturday night til | Whitridge, Avenue Railway Company, and Mrs William O'D, Iselin and his daughter, Louise M, Iselin; Mile. Gabriele D'Orziat, the French act- ville Fortescue, Mra ods, of New Y widow of the “tin-plate king;" tenant-Commander Takahashi, of ; Japanese Navy; Mme L. Vand a | velde, wife of the Belgian Prime Min- (eggb, and 4 number of others, Victims of German Submarines— Crews Left Three Trawlers Be- SEEN IN THE NORTH SEA“ acing North Sea shipping, according to despatches brought here t While destroyers were seeping the English Channel for the undersea Admiralty officials believe the Germans now plan to | frighten English shippers by delivering simultaneous attacks on all the | coasts of England, | ‘# A despatch from Rotterdam aai@ —z CE ONE cent. One of the’ Latest e Torpedoed. RAIDERS « of German submarines Is now meme and sent to the bottom in the ota have confined their activities almes® and the southwest coast of England that Dutch skippers reported sighting several German submarines within @ few miles of each other, patrening tha North Sea, According to reports to-day, three trawlers from porte on the ‘Tyme / have been sunk off the mouth of the river by the German eub- marine U-10. The Norwegian barks Nor was torpedoed by the U-20 off the const of Holland yesterday while en route to England, Her crew of twelve men was landed at the Hook of Holland to-day, Despatches from Newcastle eal@ that the crews of the Gloriana an@ the Nellie, 0 of the torpedoed trawlers, wore taken to that port by fishing vessels and that the crew ef the Jason, also sent to the btotom, ip believed to have been rescued, The crews reported that they were treated with every consideration by. the commander of the U-10, who fra ordered them to take to thelr bomta, passed them cigars and coffee am@ then sank their vessels, The sule marine’s commander told them, they reported, that he had orders “to aint thing oat.” ¥ A deck: xtension in the range of operations of submarines ts indicated by a Lisbon despatch to the effect that the U-28 has been operating off the t of Spain, The Britis steamer Southpoint, which went dowd, off Cape Finisterre, Is now sald to have been torpedoed by the U-a8, It is more than 700 miles from Caps Finisterre to tho nearest Germay submarine base. The Cape ts about 600 miles north of Gibraltar, The torpedoing of these steamers brought new demands for reprisals from English shipping f™ ‘They proposed that German pt of war be placed aboard all English vessels traversing the German “wap sone" as a safeguard against gube marine attacks, A petition to that effant was culated tn shipping cirdlew eo. many aigners, z pica EEE BOWIE’S OPENING RESULT, FIRST RACE. — Two-year. four furlongs—Sandpocket, 109 ( art), 3 to 1, 7 to 5 and 7 to 10, tires lolite, 109 (Buxton), 3% to 1, 7 to & and 7 to 10, second; Irrawaddy, 16) (Warrington), 20 to 1, 8 to 1 and 4 te ‘!), third, Whimsy, King Neptune, Active, Rose Water, Ellen Smyth, Dehra Semper, Stalwart, Tom Elward, Mustard, Phil Ui and Lewls Opper also ran.