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Turner, on PPINAL port PRICE ONE re) Copri tt ‘he Press ate t ont 7 Ae, ic ENT. _NEW ‘YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE. as, ‘ CHANGE IN BRITISH FOOD BLOCKADE: REPORTED TO WILSON, BERLIN RUMOR EMPEROR WILLIAM ‘JO CONSULT GERARD (ON ANSWER TO WILSON LUSITANIA WAS gel SWEARS AT INQURY: | WILSON STATEMENT PROVED Witness Stand, Testifies Owners Ordered the Speed Cut Down. USED ONLY 19 BOILERS. “Impossible,” the Officer De- clared, “to Make Twenty- five Knots.” —_—— LONDON, June 15.—The official tn- quiry into the sinking of the Lust- tania, which opened here to-day, will prove beyond shadow of a doubt the truth of the American contention that the steamer was an unarmed mer- ‘chant vessel, Attorney General Sir Edward Careon declared to-day in his opening statement to the investiga- tors. The Attorney General denounced the men on the submurines as mur- dere! Capt. Turner of the Lusitania wi the first witness examined by the At- torney General, The ship was not armed eitber for offense or defense, he sald and car-| ried no masked guns. He confirmed Sir Edward's statement as to the speed of the Lusitania and the num- ber of her boilers in operation, The captain estimated that ten sec- onds after was impossible to stund on deck. He said the three difficulties in reac! uing | passengers were the list of the ship, | her headway, which carried her two or three miles after being struck, | and the shortness of time. Turner placed responsibility for the Lusitania’s comparatively slow speed on the Cunard Company, his em- ployera. “We were proceeding at only 18 knots an hour when the ship was etruck at 2.15 P. M." he testified. “Though the average speed through- out the journey from New York had been 21 knots it was impossible to make 26 knots because the company ordered only 19 boilers worked, “I was on the port side when an officer called out: ‘There comes a torpedo.” I ran down immediately aod cay the torpedo eoming just be- fore it struck. There was a loud ex- (Continued on Second Page.) picts eather abate ALEX SMITH IMPROVES ON HIS MORNING CARD. SHORT HILLS, N. J., June 15.— Alex. Smith improved on his morning card of 79 in the national open golf championship by making the second round of the links in 74, a total of 1 George McLean of Dunwoodie, N. Y., made a 73 on his second trip, six strokes better thun his morning round and equalling the early cards of Sar- gent and MacDonald. The latter fuiled to live early game, as he turned just seven strokes behind b tempt, a total of 15 Boston, with 76, also, Eben M. Byers, Pittsburgh, playing up to his an 80, = had a tot consistently, dupliculed his earlier ecore of 82—164 in One of the outstanding reversals of form wus shown by the French Lick sional, Adams, who h his 74 of the morning pate Akl GIVES BIG WAGE INCREASE. The International Nickel Company 2 Bayonne, N. J., which already ha: profit-sharing p!an with its employees, to-day increased wages of 1,500 era ployees 7% per cent. An additional per cent, increase will be Kiven Lo ¢ bloyeos who have five years or mor The increase will t $150,000 a year vnd was given voluntarily on account vf growing business, { , with the comp the Lusitania struck It) 1915. MRS, LAIMBEER NT sl TELLS HOW TRAIN AILLED HUSBAND Widow of Wictan Testifies for Mrs. Pell in Damage Sui HEIR TO MORGAN MILLIONS WEDS | ——— MISS SS CONVERSE| Fagan Nor Ra Light Wreck ee Crossing. VANDERBILT ON STAND. Junius pence fn Morgan Takes| Boston Society Belle as His Bride. Mrs. William §. Laimbeer, moving with difficulty with the afd of a crutch, took the witness stand this afternoon in the Supreme Court Long Island City, to tell (Roectel to The Evening World.) knew about the collision between a BOSTON, June 15.—The marriage of | Long Beach train of the Long Island jJunius Spencer Morgan, son of J. P.| Railroad and the automobile of 8. Os- | Morgan of New York and grandson of | good Pell one night Iast summer, In {the late J. Plerpont Morgan, to Miss/ this collision Mr. Laimbeer and Mr. ;Loulse Converse was solemnized at) Pell and Mr. Pell's chauffeur were noon to-day in St. Paul's Episcopal| killed and Mrs, Laimbeer was crippled Church at Westwood, ‘The bride in| for life. é Mrs, Peli is suing the Long Island aa Sree BER ene eat arate Railrond for $260,000 for the loss of Spiga shies) and {6 of the) he husband, and Mra, Laimbeer, who | Boston social elect. . also has a sult against the railroad The wedding ceremony was simple, | for $200,000, was her 7 but the display of flowers at the {fr $800,000, was her principal witness. the; chapel and at Crossways, the Con- verse summer home, was lavish. Mr. Morgan and his bride will spend their | honeymoon on the Converse estate at |Lake Sunapee. ‘The bride is a sculptor of consider- able local repute, a finished musician, |and in addition a housekeeper and a cook, trained in the arts of homo- | making by her mother. She (s twenty. |Mr. Morgan is twenty-two years old and will enter business with his father. For several months Mr. Mor- gan was attached to the American Ambulance Corps in Franc —— GERMANS TAKE MOSCISKA, BIG RAILROAD TOWN Victory for at what she put by Mrs, Pell's counsel, ex-Justice Van Wyck, ssid: “We had dined at Long Beach and were on our way home, My husband and I were in Mr, Pell’s limousine and Mrs, Pell and William K, Van- derbilt were in Mr. Vanderbilt's car behind us. T was directly behind Mr. Fell and my husband sat beside me on my left. “T was talking to my husband and did not notice anything outside the car until we were at the railroad track. Then suddenly I saw some- thing that looked like a big black thing bearing down upon me “Il sprang to my feet so'—(illus- trating by arising from her chair)— “and tapped on the glass between us! and Mr. Pell and the chauffeur to warn them, Then I threw my arms aiser’s Troops After a around my husband. After that I Week of Desperate knew nothing. There was a great Se crash, and I came to a long time Fighting. afterward.” BERLIN, June 15 (via London) —| Mrs. Latmbeer sald she had often ridden with Mr. Pell in the car which was in the collision and he was known to be a cureful driver, The car at the time of the accident was moving at moderate speed, she said, Mra, Laimbeer was preceded on the stand by William K, Vandertiit jr, He was the host at the Long Beach din- ner party and had taken Mrs, Pell in his car to avoid crowding the Pell car, Mr. Vanderbilt said he remembered Official announcement was made at army headquarters to-day that the Austro-German forces operating in Galicia had captured the town of Mosciska. Mosciska is situated on the River Wysznia and is an important town on the railway running between Przemys! and Lemberg. It 1s 87 miles west of the Galician capital. ‘The struggle for this position has been] crossing a bridge just before reach- particularly desperate since June 8. ing the Wreck Lead crossing | —_——- Q. What caused you to stop? | JAMAICA ENTRIES. A. Cars ahead of mine. eens = ae Q. Before you stopped did you #ee | RACE TRACK, JAMAICA, L. any train coming from New York | June 15.—'The entries for to-morrow's| way? A. No. @ Are you # careful deiver with much experience with motor cars? A, Yeu, Lam. Q. Did you see any train approach- | races are as follows: HOIT RACE—For aud ing from New York? A. No, 1 dtd ety mi ft lig: | not. i Thine ite “Mig Wiair, 107; | Mr, Littleton read from the ex- |N "tod: seinen, 108" MM | aevimation of Mr. Vanderbilt. before Hh ange SHY the Public Service Commission in ie which he testified that trains ap- proaching the crossing could be seen | for # long distance in both directions, | Q. That was correct, was it not 1A. Yeu. The first witness to-day was Her- bert Patterson of Lynbrook The witness was asked to relate what he saw at the crossing when he and his wife, in their automobile, Mrs. Laimbeer, In answer to questions | ® Wealber, Soe (Continued on Second Page. HOUSE MAID MAKES NEW TRACK RECORD: FORS 1-2 FURLONGS She Wins Nevada Handicap by} Five Lengths, Covering Dis- tance in 1.06 Flat. > \ JAMAICA RACE TRACK, L. L,| June 15.—The Southampton Handicap, bringing out one of the best fields of | three-year-olds so far this season, | seemed the magnet that attracted an unusually big crowd to the track this! afternoon. Barring a alight wind, which blew down the stretch, the con-/ ditions were as good as could be de- sired. Sam Hildreth to-day sold a half In- terest in Sam McMeekin to his eni- ployer, August Belmont. To prove it Hildreth exhibited Mr, Belmont's chee’ | for $7,500, Hildreth bought the col! from John Madden yesterday for $16,000, but ran him in the colors, FINST RACE, For two-year-olds: selling: , $400 added furlongs, Post 2,28 i. Time, Btart good. Won cring ‘place seme rtacer ch f, bp Colt—Sanci, Owner, RK. T, Wilson jr Matner, td. Henley tive nd jokey, “Tralee, Cahor) 2. o High (Lanuler) 1 g's Paradinn 107 | Hat Also ran-Lity Heavens, Ting-A-Ling, The start of the opening event, a dash for three-year-olds, gave little chance to Ting A Ling and Lily Heavens. High Horse ran off in front, followed by Tralee and Queen of Para- dise. Tralee caught High Horse in the stretch and won going away. High Horse was an easy second, while Queen of Paradise outlasted Lily Heavens for the show end SRCOND RACK. For three year-olds and upward: sallin poe $4000 daemons Sauce wae 3b} Home, weight Ty ian" Time, 1.49. Start bad, Won “fitrinas pists same” Winner, Dik. a. by. Bannockburns: ‘Ounes, Biactone Stable, ‘Trainor, Fin- Be Higree weigit and Ba ey. Su. Pl Bh, “2.4. Lallis, 107 (Corey) i 1b k GF ed Teresa, vO (seas $8 i ledge, 111 (Byrne) Aleo rap eno Bem Slick. Heratched Otte Floto, Kobinetta, Camellia. J. J. Lillis won the second rave, after a spirited contest, from the odds- on choice, Lady Teresa, with Hedge thind. The latter was all but left at the post and had to run on the out- side of her field throughout, She might have won with an even break J. J, Lillis was off on his toes and soon raced Sam Slick into submission. He then atalled off Lady Teresa's challenge and finished out gamely under the whip. Patrick 8. had a lut of speed stopped in the stretch, THIRD RACE ada | Handicap 3 thiteeyearalds and #800 added nd ft furlonas ‘off Time, wo. fasion dsietag Wenpee ts e'bs Frroomsti oe. Owner, Ih C, Hallen. beck. Trainer, 1, W. Hetfner Fe I tore, weight and jockes. Str My J. -Honematd, 123, Remo) 9g 38 2 2 3 7 0 Sphine Malden, ‘Pence * Pamette Blew Maid broke the track record and ahalf furlongs in win- Nevada Handicap. She gal- for fi ning U Joped home five lengths in front of Comely with Hester Prynne third, in 1.06 flat. The previous best py formance over the track was 1.06 1-6, made by Lady Amolia, with 126 pounds WW in 1905, House Maid went into the lead shortly after the break and stayed there all the way. Comely was the contender, Hester Prynne was in early difficulties. Kaskaskia ran away below expectations. pbb La WOMAN MUST DIE IN CHAIR, | Hefuses New Tr: a Ferolo. Ry a decision of the Court of Ap- peal at Albany to-day the convic- tion of Madelina Ferolo on a charge of murder in the first degree is sus- tained and the date of her execution will be set in the near future, Mrs. Ferolo was convicted a year and @ half ago of shooting Carmelo Canastrella, twenty-seven. on the Park Avenue Railrood bridge at Park Avenue and One Hundred and Forty. ninth Street, Racing Results and Entries LATONIA RESULTS. ‘SOCIETY PAIR HELD FOR ROBBERIES IN FIRST RAGE—Purse $600; for three= year-olda; six furlongs,—Fidget, 105 (Gentry), firet; Flossie Crockett, 100 (Garner), second; Dude, 107 (Campbell), third, Time—1.16 3-5. ‘Whims Grecian, Doreris, Allen Cain, Sir Rye a, Hingo, Rebecca Moses also ran. jtuel: id. a is tent 6.40, H q p | place $8.70 show $210 Floste croeker, | Mrs. Contin and Young Clap- place $12.70, show $6.70; Dude, show | $66.4 40. —pese BLUE BONNETS RESULTS. FIRST RACE—For and up, foaled in Canada Herrmana, 110 (Goldatel $2.30, first; Slipper Day, $4.00, $2.30, second: Lady” Spendthrit 93. (Collins third, Time, 1.16 8 Reddest, Mary Masters, Master Neka, Melasen’ and Orf Volant also ran. SECOND RACE—$500 added; for two- year-olds; five furlongs.—George Smith, 123 (Burns), $8, $2.60, firat; Golden Liat, 113 (Taplin) $4.20, second; Blume, 113 (Smyth » third, Time—1.0i 2-5 Blue Cap WOMAN'S FIB ON AGE NO GROUNDS three-year-olds ix furl FOR A DIVORCE So Jersey Judge Holds, Al-' though Mrs, Robinson Says She Didn’t Lie. The inalienable right of @ woman |atter marriage she left her husband his guests. In the mean time Germany will consider President Wilson’s yn to the/and sent an announcement to her, suggestions regarding proposals for improving food conditions and will also collect data bearing on the Lusitania case. It is believed here that that portion of th8 second American note with Although the first of the burglaries reference to President Wilson’s willingness to mediate between Germany. Jersey City in the case of Wade Rob- /are said to have occurred last Decem- and England respecting ocean shipments was based on formal intimations It is understood here that England informed the United to lie about extent her age, of deceiving a man she is) about marry, was upheld to-day by Vice Chane lor Stevenson, sitting in| ingon In an action for divorce on the ground of misrepresentation and fraud. Mr. Robinson is a marine in- surance broker, with an office at No. 37 Wall Street. The Robinsons were married in 1906, when he was thirty-three years old, His wife represented herself aa thirty-two years old. Mr. Robinson established a household at Leonia, N, J, and expected to raise a family; in fact, he was most anxious to have a son, he being the last of his line, and he eaid in court to-day that when he mentioned the matter to his wife she said she shared his hopes. Mr, Robinson said in court that for some time after his marriage he did not suspect that bis wife had mis- represented her age, but in time he came to believe that she might be considerably older than himself. Two years ago, he said, he discov- ered that when she married him she was forty-nine years old—sixteen years his senior, She is now fitty- elght, he says, and he is forty-two, in the prime of life and still ambi- tious to be a father. Believing his wife deceived him, Mr, Robinson sald, he left her, but he deeded her the house in Leonia and provided amply for her needs. Then he sought to have the marriage annulled, and falling in that brought an action for a divorce. She also filed a divorce suit at that time, al- leging desertion, Mra. Robinson, who looks much older than her husband, took the stand in opposition to his application for a divorce. Her examination was brief. She maintained that at the time she represented herself as being thirty-two years old she was thirty- two years old. Vice Chancellor Stevenson held that misrepresentation of age, sovial position or wealth on the part of etther party to a marriage does not constitute grounds for a divorces bogus nobleman, he suid, may win an heiress by deceit, but she cannot di- vorce him because of his misrepre- sentations, Mr, Kobinson’s suit was dismissed Mrs. Robinson's cross sult was iere Was no dispute about called. Mr. Robinson leaving her two years | ago, She was given a decree of lim- ited divoree and Mr. Tobinsou was ordered to pay her $160 a month. ‘ ham Are Accused of Many Burglaries. SPENT \.” NEY FREELY. This Caused Suspicion When Returning Summer Residents Discovered Losses, (Special to The & SEA CLIFF, L. vestigation of the robberies in unoc- cupied cottages owned by summer renidents here has resulted in the ar- ening World.) rest of two well known young peo- ple who have been travelling about for months past, spending money freely. They are Donald Clapham, = jana Mrs, John Conlin, Both have been admitted to bail miven by Mra. Conlin's motber, | Taylor, to await Grand Jury, the action of the woman who eloped | with Joifi Conlin, a chauffeur, but her | friends requesting that she be known |by her maiden name. She te reputed |to be an heiress, ber none was discovered until the ar- rival of summer residents. The hear- Peace Henry L, Schaeffer was held in | private and the evidence against them is being kept secret. They have moved in good social circles in the village | and have been together almost con- stantly during the past winter. The complainant against the couple in Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, one of the summer residents, who made a strong demand for an investigation when she discovered her home had been entered. Although the young woman accused had an allowance from her mother, her free spending of money with young Clapham attracted much atten- tion. Detectives are searching Man- hattan pawnshops for stolen articles, —————_——. GERMANS REPORT REPULSE OF FRENCH WITH HEAVY LOSS BERLIN, June 15 (via London).—At Army Headquarters to-day the follow- ing announcement was made: “The French yesterday suffered a fresh defeat. In spite of the heavy losses they sustained on the Wth of June, they continued the attempt to break through the line between Lievin and Arras with great stubbornness, ‘Tho French attack, which was carried out with large forces in close forma- tion, broke down everywhere with the [heaviest losses under the German |\fire."” “Northwest of Moulin-#ous-Tout- vent we have not yet succeeded in regaining portions of the trenches lost by us on the éth instant. In Cham- pagne, north of Perthes and Mesnil, fighting continues, but the enemy !# unable to gain the ad- edvantage.” 2 pil 16 PAGES Belief Is Expressed in Berlin That the President as Mediator on a Hint Sent From London. 1, June 15—19-| WORKING FOR PEACE, WILSON ANNOUNCES By Carl W. BERLIN, via The Hague, June 15 (United Press).—Ambassador Gerard expects to confer with the Kaiser before Germany’s reply to the son of Mr, and Mrs, Alfred Clapham, Second American note is forwarded to Washington. expected to return to Berlin after the Foreign Office prepares the reports Mra, Lucinda p. Of Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, the special envoy here from Weepoatans The German reply will not be | Mra Conlin t® a pretty young stand Ambassador Gerard learned this at a luncheon at the pie. two years ago which Foreign Secretary Jagow and Under Secretary Zimmerman were from England. States that she was willing to modify ing of the pair before Justice of the food supplies to enter if Germany would modify her submarine | against British merchantmen. | the offer to mediate between the two London. receipt of the second American note. proceed at once to Berlin. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Tho United States is doing everything tn its power to encourage peace propa- AGAMEMNON NOT SUNK, BRITISH OFFICIALS SAY Deny, Too, Loss of Any Other Ship in the Dardanelles Not Officially Reported, LONDON, June 15.—Officlal dental was made to-day of the report circu- lated in the United States that the British battleship Agamemnon had been sunk in the Dardanelles by a German submarine. It was further announced that no other fighting unit, not already offi- cially reported, had been lost in the Dardanelles. —_——>—— No Movie for Bryan, WASHINGTON, June 16.—Former Secretary Bryan laughed to-day at a re- 0 | Bart that he hed 1 ennived a, 8100, ace to appear novies,” — “Noth- ped the ‘cind.” ho. sald. Pe a ae AT AND Dm Leos rm, 20 sum | I was reliably informed that America Informally told Germany, before | Germany replied to the first note, that she (America) would not repest reference to this subject in President Wilson's second communteation, therefore, caused the greatest surprise here. It 19 the belief in Berlin that America must have the strongest reaseag for this change in attitude, and in well informed circles it is the opiates that this reason is the knowledge that there is a changed attitude af A general rise in prices on the Berlin Stock Exchange has followed the CHRISTIANIA, June 15,—Dr, Meyer-Gerhard, special envoy from Am bassador von Bernstorff, who is en route to Berlin to explain the Amerie attitude regarding German submarine warfare, arrived here late last night. He conferred this morning with the German Ambassador and will Wilson Doing Everything He Can - To Encourage Peace, He Says Offered to Act Ackerman, The Emperor is completed for some’ days. her blockade of Germany and belligerents on this point. The new ganda, but it is of necessity Maited by the attitude of the belligeremes, ” President Wilson to-day explained this to callers, to whom he comtra- dicted reports that Amertoa ts the only neutral nation which is net en> douvoring to find a way to stop te war, Tho contrary is the case, he eald-, the United States is encouraging th¢ peace efforts in every legitimate way. ‘The President said he hoped Col. B. M, House would be here in @ few | days to tell him of his observation a: © sentiment in the European He denied that he sent for Colonel to return from abroad-ia § hurry, Col, House came back of ne own accord, President Wilson wae asked by. Washington correspondents just. the changes were to which Secretary Bryan referred as been made in the recent note to Germany after his tion as Secretary of State had tendered and accepted, ‘ felt. it was best for him not te cuss the resignation or other tions connected with tt. The dent had no comment to offer situation with Germany,