The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1915, Page 1

Roosevelt Grilled About Harriman’s $100,000 Campaign G _ Se 25 (*Circalati tion Rooks Open to All." PRICE ONE CENT. The Free Vere Werte) NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1015 os Browore probebie te-might, wermer, Beturdey faim . FINAL) "C ‘irentation Rooks Open to Open to All.” | iad 24 PAGES PRICE ONE r) eur. GERMAN TROOPS IN DESPERATE CHARGE | DRIVE BRITISH ACROSS YPRES CANAL CITY TAXPAYERS ROBBED (0 OF VAST AMOUNTS IN LEVY FOR USE OF 6. 0. . MACHINE The direct tax appropriation being rushed through at Albany will compel New York City to pay $14,000,000 without a single improvement being secured for the city. It increases the General Appropriations Bill of last year by $2,500,000. ; It calls for $3,700,000 for canal purposes, which * ex-Gov. Glynn says should be cut out. It calls for $4,500,000 for construction and repair, where $500,000 would be ample. It calls for $7,600,000 for highways, of which; $2,000,000 could be repealed. It raises the cost of prison maintenance $240,000 over the sum allotted last year. - It provides for another limousine for the Governor. Other Governors got along with one limousine. By Martin Green, Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World. ALBANY, April 23.—Ex-Gov. Martin H. Glynn, whose experience in the office of Chief Executive of the State and in the office of Comp- troller has qualified him to speak as an authority on State finances, went through the direct tax appropriations with an Evening World reporter to- day and shot them full of holes, The figures given hereafter, which scarcely more than touch the surface, are compiled from data gathered by him. The people of the City of New York are facing the prospect of paying direct taxes for State purposes amounting to $14,000,000 next year, solely because the Legislature and Governor are determined to pile up a lot of money by direct taxation under the excuse that such taxation ‘was made necessary by the extravagance of the last Administration. The fixedness and determination of the Legislature and Governor in this respect are close to awe inspiring. The loud roar of protest aroused in New York City by the passage of a resolution fixing a 1.7 mill direct tax has had no effect on the Legis- lature. The Republican majority has the steam roller and is not afraid to use it. The fact of the matter is that every Republican leader and follower here considers the position of the party impregnable. They hoot at any suggestion that they will not carry the State and Nation next year. Secure in that belief, they are going to raid the taxpayers of New York City to the extent of fourteen million dollars in order that they may distribute State funds among willing workers in Republican districts, Ex-Gov. Gly»u admits that, ylelding to some of the arguments of the financiers who are administering this raid on the taxpayers, a direct tax of $3,500,000 might be justifiable, but he holds that with an economical, busi- nesslike administration, no direct tax at all should be necessary. Inasmuch as the administration is committed to a direct tax of $20,000,000 in round figures there is no need of speculating on what might be. New York City faces a condition. Here 1s the condition, The State is to raise by direct taxation trom New York City approximately $14,000,000. It 18 true New York City is part of the State and should bear {ts share of taxation, but there is one thing about this direct tax that citizens of the city should remember, ta First—The best posted experts in the financial affairs of the State—among them ex-Gov. Glynn—assert that, allowing even for a liberal administration, the direct tax contemplated ie $16,500,000 in excess of requirement: Sccond--A study of the appropriation bills now before or to come before the Legislature establishes that of the money to be raised by direct taxation New York City will not share to the extent of a penny in $14,000,000; or, to try to make it plainer, of | the $20,000,000 to be raised and expended New York City will | pay $14,000,000, and exactly that sum will be spent in projects en- tirely outside of New York City. The remaining $6,000,000 will probably go into a surplus the Republican majority is figuring on collecting against the forthcoming national campaign. ‘The Evening World, with the intent | (ng fact. of getting at the bottom of the dl- Legislature {¢ about to levy a rect tax measure, has gone Into the tan of $20,000,000 through a question here in Albany and has dia- covered tha ouMMianding apd amas: owe | he ot (Continued op Second Page. __ | Jewelry. ROBBER STRNGLES ROOSEVELT NAMED DR. JEKYLL SIDE OF BARNES 10 OFFICE BROOKLYN WOMAN; FLEES WITH GENS Man Servant ant el Departing Just Before Body Is Found in Pantry, VICTIM'S HEAD CRUSHED Wife of Wealthy Corset Man- Killed She Looked Into Ice Box. ufacturer as Mes, Julia Hellner, forty-eight, wife of Seligman L. Hellner, President of the Princess Corset Company, was found dead this afternoon in her home at No. 217 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn, her skull crushed and the marks of a atrangler upon her throat. Her wedding ring and two diamond rings had been torn from hor fingers and the house had been ransacked for The police have sent out a general alarm for Frans Hamer, a German man-of-all-work hired by the family @ week ago, who was @een leaving the house with a bundle just before the body was discovered, Miss Helen Buck, employed as a companion by Mrs, Heilner, left the house early to-day to visit friends. She called on the phone at 11.80 A. M, and the servant told her Mrs. Vellner was visiting a neighbor. She asked him to get her to the phone and he rep'ied tn a short time that he had been directed to take the mes- wage. She became suspicious and de- cided to return home. A few hun@red feet from the house she met the manservant hurrying in the direction of a Church Avenue | car, He wore a suit which Miss Puch recognized as that of Mrs. Heil ner's nephew and carried a paste- board box, “I am going back to the Home," he told Miss Buck in answer te query, und referred to the Seama Home, at No fouth Street, from which place he was sent last week to work for Mrs, Hellner, Miss Buck hurried to the honse and found al! the doors locked. She ran to the home of Mrs. Lush, # next-door neighbor, and asked help {n getting into the house, A man- servant from the Lush household went to the rear of the house, He climbed w transom over the pantry door and on the floor within saw the woman's body, partly covered with a table-cloth. Patrolmen Blessman and MeGovern forced of the Parkville Station the door of the house, It was apparent the murderer had given his victim, but little chance for her life. She was evidently struck as she was looking in an ice box. Her skull had been smashed with a beer t and then sho had been strangled, the marks of 1 rope and the slayer's Anger-prints being visible on her throat A quick search Through the house, a | hands efamily structure, vo of the crime had been ransacked é f of Jowelry taken Deputy Police Commissioner Leon G, Godley and Inspector Paurot were | at the scene within a short tine ay photographs were made of the th prints found in the pantry and ont woman's throat All the approacnes fi Brooklyn to Manhattan. were ordered watched and an early arrest was predicted by Commissioner God- Wey, amor wan known to the house hold as “Joseph,” and was apparently industrious, He is vat weighs about 10 pounds, and is about five feet six inches in height. He is apparently about thirty years old "The clothes he wore away from the house fitted him poorly, and he wore fa very high and ill-fitting collar Mr, Heilner was overcome at his office at No. 6 West Bighteenti Street When he learned of lis wife's death. Hellne Mra was delicate woman, weighiag less than one hun- dred pounds, ct emt, a |Colonel on Stand Pictures Him- ‘| (Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) AND LO! HE self as a Sort of Mission- ary of Politicians. BIG BATTLE OF LETTERS. | i} Tells How Platt Named Hen- dricks and Gave Him Tele- gram of Acceptance. By Samuel M. Williams. BYRACUSB, N. Y., April 28.—The- odore Roosevelt to-day declared on the witness stand at the trial of Will- fam Barnes's suit against him for MUbel that he regarded Barnes as a sort of “Dr. Jetyil ant Mr, Myce." He said he appointed the “righteous side of Barnes” to office, and was con- had got only the The Colonel said he vineed later that he Mr, Hyde side, was a missionary appealing to the he hest side of politicians. Barnes, said, had his good and bad side. Now it Is a battle of letters in the Barne sevelt libel trial, For days Col, Roosevelt has been drawing on his inexhaustible files and hurling 42-centimetre bombs of typewritten documents at his nent, But Barnes, too, has a letter file and what is more he kept a He un timbered his docun artillery to-day and gave the Colonel a shock with rattling fire of originals and of copies dating ‘way back Into the be ginning of their political relations Even in 190%, when the renomina- THAW I STOHAVE RICH MAN'S DAUGHTER, GOT MR. HYDE: O6-0-6-0-6541-24s00<+ser000 2 TRIAL FOR SANITY: BEFORE A JURY : Justice Hedi, Granting Motion, Sets May 17 as Date for Test. e soooees “ LET PUI FATHER the question of the sanity of Stanford White's slayer will be tried out ‘Thaw, smiling and affable, although >, Se + . under the guard of six special deputy, Prepared List of Questions and sheriffs, heard Justice Hendrick an-| nounce his decision. ‘The prisoner} Made Breitung Answer then arose and shook hands with hls ‘Them, Witness Says, chief counsel, John B. Stanchfield The doubled guard had veen put ——_— around Thaw by Sheriff Grifenhagen| jowing information that official re- ed of an alle, plot to kidnap Thaw and take him to Virginia PORN 4 OOO OHOD New testimony that Jullet Brettung Kletst, Kdward N Brettung, had told her she must give after her father, Mr. Stanchfold «nounced after he| yp per boy husband, Max Frederick had examined the decision that he ' he haat would move for a jury trial at the epi celine ora age jener and was not of her station tn life, prepared a written questionnaire for her father, embodying promines to do something for the boy, was of. -day at the resumption of 3 vation suit against Federal Judge earliest possible meantime, be sald, matin in the custody ley of the Tombs. In the haw would re- Warden Han If any attempt is ny . It would be strenu- posed by him before Hreitung Hough ‘Tho teatimony was drawn from Ada Baseball To-Da Gatner, formerly a mald for Juillet, tion of Gov, Hughes caused the first y who declared under questioning by break between the roy Cl Bates —— Edward C. Crowley, Kleist's attorney, velt was not In the beginning a she heard Juliet read the questions backer of Hughes. In fact, the Col- NATIONAL LEAGUE. to her father : onel disliked the new reformer, wh AT PHILADELPHIA, "1 waw the lint” said the matd threatened to supplant him in. the | BOSTON— “Miss Juliet read to her father from spotlight of public favor, The Col- 000 z {t, Later, dhe showed It to me and onel wrote to Herbert Parsons, New! oi apes pla — 1 saw It contained many questions York County Chairman, uncompli- i oncerning what Mr, Breltung was mentary views of Hughes and the 020 is soing to do for Max if he sent him man's stubbornness; also he wrote to apeperes eich (ind Whaling: lia New Mextco to learn to be a Barnes about Hughes, Thus the let pany pare RAAT OP mopires “KUgler) ining engineer, ters run on until they end in the final —_.— ‘Mise Juliet required that her fa- outbreak between Barnes and Roose- ther promise to give Max a good Job velt, political alliance turning Into AMERICAN LEAGUE. n his mine; that he be permitted to hostility and friendship Into hatred, Eye pend Christmas with her; that she ‘The cross-examination of Col. pg tore CLEVELAND, be allowed to write him twice a Roosevelt. in the Barnes libel suit 0002 _ week and that, if he went away for will be finish to-day, and court % . long time, she be allowed to see him with then adjourn until Monday. ‘The}| CLEVELAND — : y wlx month sfense will continue the Colonel on o100 “Miss Juliet was erying and was witness stand for redirect examin-]| Hatteries—Covaleyki vad Raker, | very positive when @be talked to her ation, questioning him about any new|(eumbe and Kagan Umpires Ullde: | gather.” « nS 90 on Second nd Peet) n his own behalf. He continued the FEDERAL LEAGUE. tory begun yesterday of his effort to GERMANS. SAY FLEET srooxriph™ NEWARK (Continued on ie venth Page) 10 CURLERIEE CLE ee TWO PER GENT FLAT TAK miralty to-day gave out a statement | Jonnstone and byte Epes | ————— reading aw follows — ALBANY, April 24—-Protesta be "The Ger an i. wh sea fleet 5 AAs Pep Ege 8 4 ; ie fande by. dsuuio) Rlork AmAiunt without meeting the sea forces of count ieee Jay voted to agnoss a! Great Britain’ _— jwo h pins Tanks an | bellied scare ! he amouat of the it 2Men’ sTopcoats&Suits,$5.95 Ys" Clothing Corner, Broad- el opp. Woolworth to ‘dayeund saturday Suite, Topcoats 1 W lowe back tartan chucks, k mixed worsted: worth $12 ‘The, HUB, ‘Browdway, wih dana. wo bias ‘dusablened, brand and O'Loughlin Kleist was the first witness to-day ELSIE DE WOLFE DROPS SUIT. | Action Hroug annually, License ralsed sitshtiy Validity Is Withdraw Comstitue gs nue aud parcela Pilkem south as La Base at the that point. Mintel BERLIN (vin London), April, 2 (Associated Press).—"The Berlin War OMce to-day gave out the following report “In the western arena of the fight- ing, during th « of yesterday wo advanced from our front at Steen- even. straate, east of Langomarck, against HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS. RACE TRACK, HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 23.—Tho winners of to-day’s racus are as follows: FIRST RACE -Pour-year-olds and upward which have not won since April, 19 Ada 105 (Metcalf), 1, firat; Sherwood, 1, 7 to 10 and 1 to 4 #econd; Ruswoll, 106 (tice), 7 to 1, 6 to Tto 6, third Time, Lid t Gitana, Koger Gordon Sir Dyke, Patience, Claribel, 5 opulveda, Yanca aud Col. Cook ECOND RACK i two-year *Broom Vale ind out, fret 4 . ite 10 *Vermont, 1s Malden filtes and longs to 4 Ate ond, fiHorbert song, Sa LEXINGTON WINNERS, FIRST RACK ing; for three your-old4 and upward; sie furlongs Billy Joe, 103 (O'Brien), frst; Droil 110 (Vanduwen), second; Salon, 112 (Warrington), third. ‘Time, 115. Mal lard, Alice Dunn, Langhorne, Bob RK Chilira, Doctor Kendall, Charley Me: Verran, Armor and Margaret Lowry nutuels pald--Billy Joe ‘ o $4.50 runt) $1.50, show ; Salon, | LOSSES BY THE BRITISH ADMITTED IN PARIS: STILL HOLD HILL 60 Great Battle in Progress North and South of Ypres—French Report Success of the Belgians at Dix- mude on the Yser. GROUND GAINED BY FRENCH ON THE WEDGE AT ST. MIHIEL There is unusually sharp conflict to-day in the reports from the War Offices in Rerlin, Paris and London concerning the fighting at doth ends of the battle line in Belgium and France. Paris admits that the allles were forced back northeast of Ypree, but claims that part of the lost ground was regained, Germans make definite claim to successes that carried them on @ front extending through four villages including Lemgemarck ané ‘ , lear across the Ypres Canal, mans had gained a foothold on the weatern bank of the canal. Sir John French in Als report declared that all the assaults of the Germans on Hill No. 60 had been repulsed, He asserted that the British still held the crest of the hill, whtch ta southeast of Ypres. London reports declared that the British were being attacked as far which would indicate that a great battle ts in progress along @ front of many miles Paris declares that the Belgians have defeated the Germane bend of the Yser Canal north of Diemude. Berlin ta silent on It was declared that the Ger The French claim a gain of half @ mile on the wedge at St, This ts partly admitted in Berlin, which declares the Ger- mans regained some of the lost ground. Germans Capture Four Towns «+. From the Allies in Belgium the positions of the enomy north and northeast of Ypres, With @ rush.eur troops moved forward along a tine extending as for ag the hills south of Pilken and east of Pouon, “At the same time they forced thetr way, after a stubborn fight, across the Yp Canal at Bteenstraate and Het~ sas, Where they establiahed themselves on the western bank of the canal. The villages of Langemarek, Steenstraate, Hetsas and Pilken were taken. At least 1,600 French and British sob. diers were taken prisoners. ‘Thirty * cannon, Including four heavy British, guns, fell into our hands, “Between the Meuse and the Me- nelle the active fighting yesterday again become more lively. ‘The ertil- lory battles were especially flerce at Combres, St. Mihtel and Apremont, aa well ay at a point to the northwest of Filrey, Infantry attacks on the part of the enemy followed only im the wooded country between Ailly and Apremont. The French pene- trated in this region into certain sec- tions of eur foremost trenches, but vey were partly driven out again. fighting at close quarters still continues. “The village of Embremeuil, to the west of Agricourt, which bad been taken by us and which was aet on fire by the French with thetr shells, has been evacuated by our ougpes « hills to the north and south of Himbremeu!l were retained," ee FRENCH ADMIT LOSS OF GROUND NEAR YPRES; GAINS BY THE BELGIANS ne PARIS, A) Following ts the text the statement given out by the French War Office: “Yesterday evening there were fafre ly lively engagements in Belgium, Im the bend of the Yser to the north of ‘Bayan troupe reyueed on