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y jah _ be oe Circulation [Circulation Books ks Open to All.”| to All.’ ed —_— ——— $50,000,000 DIVIDED BY TWO SONS OF DE WITT C. BLAIR PRICE ONE CENT. Coprttant, 1918, by 4 The Prose Febtishing Co. (The New York W; NEW “YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, m “Circulation Books Open to All. ms od. (1915. 16 PAGES Weather—Partly cloudy to-night and Thursday. Warmen . FINAL PRICE ONE CENT. TRICK ON U. Nitin That Te That Dr. 7 “Gerhard Was Not Munitions Buyer, as cheek. LANSING TO INQUIRE. Says Bryan Had Assurances | From Von Bernstorff Re- garding Emissary. Denial was made to-day to a “e- porter of The Evening World at the Bummer German Embassy at Codar- Yhurst, L. 1, that Dr. Anton Meyer- Gerhard, who recently sailed for Ger- y as the agent of Ambassador von Aeernstortt to acquaint the ‘Berlin Government more fully respecting American sentiment, was in reality) Dr, Alfred Meyer, of the Kaiser's War | Ministry, who actively ea- gaged in this country in attempting to} purchase War munitions Dental was also made of another | story thta a Dr. Meyer had sailed with] rhard when he took pas- Scandanavian-American apacity of erman Envoy's Ern- iszary to hia home Government Back of the two storics was the statement, d Wash- | ington, that the United States wa tricked into obtaining for Dr. Meyer- Gerhard what virtually amounted to a safe conduct to Germany In the absence of Ambassador von Bernstorff Counsellor von Hainel, rep- resenting him, saw The Evening {World reporter at the summer em- bassy. Of course,” sald the Counsellor, “we cannot take any official notice of the conflicting statements that Dr, Meyer-Gerhard was not Dr. Meyer- Gerhard and that Dr, Meyer-Gerhard was Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, but sneaked Dr. Alfred Meyer across to Germany as his secretary. We cannot officially even deny these ements, But, I can say, unofficially and for the information of the readers of The Evening World that the stories are absurd. Dr, Meyer-Gerhard was in this country for months as a represen- tative of the Red Cross. During his stay here he met hundreds of people and is known personally to hundreds as been hich has ama (Continued on Second Page.) — CONLEY ‘MURDER NOTES’ UP AT FRANK'S HEARING Reasons Given to Snow They Were GERMAN EMBASSY DENIES 5, BY AGENT AMBASSADOR SENT HOME * CLERK WHO TRPLED STOLEN FUNDS FREED AND GIVEN JOB BACK Employers Refuse to Prose- cute Young Man of Such Business Acumen. The employers of Albert Rees, $6,000 by good inv tments, a: ploy. The complaint,against him was withdrawn in the Morrisania Court to-day. “In view of the fact that Rees did hot use the money in gambling and on women,” explained Edgar Martin, counsel for Lanigan Brothers, Bronx ‘his employers have reached this de- elsion. “Rees was an efficient worker and shrewd judgment that he is able to make full restitution. As this is the first arge against him, ghey want to give him a chance." Magistrate Levy said he as will- int District Attorney Mullin agreed, Rees was freed aad now will the firm, ‘The arrest followed an investiga- tion which disclosed that checks which Rees had been given to de- posit in the firm's bank had been diverted to his own use, He led de- tectives to his own bank and showed deposits of $6,000. He declared he only wanted to run the account up to $10,000 and had planned to make restitution then, Rees lives at No, 969 Tinton Avenue, The Bronx. pence oly BOURKE COCHRAN FILES Present Becker’s Side Fully to Jury. ALBAN cane of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was filed in the Cowr of Appeals to-day by Bourke Cochran. Written by the Negro Without ATLANTA, Ga., June 16.—Resum- ing his argument to-day bef: Gov Blaton for a commutation of the death éntence against Leo M. rank, At- torney W. M. How: pnt into de tall concerning the neg ley's testimony as chief witness against the prisoner. He produced the “murder notes," written at Frank's dictation and found beside the body of Mary Phagan, and adduced many reasons for believing that Conley himself wrote them without dictation from any on ‘The Governor was expected to de- olde by Friday or Saturday whether oF mot to commute Frank's sentence wo uta Dictation by Prisoner. | second Jim Con-| ene rial, did not } case fully to thé jury MAYOR SENDS MULLAN TO CARNIVALE TRIAL, That Mayor Mitchel is Interested in Commissioner Mullan had been subpoenaed asa wit- ness for the prosecution or defense, but the lawyers on both sides said they had not called him, Asked if he represented Mayor Mitchel in the case Commissioner Mullan replied “I don't exactly represent him, I am bere at bis requegt, hawever,” the money he made by using the| |firm's funds was invested with such to disiniss the complaint if devote his talents to the interests of DE WTC. LAR EF $000,00 EQUALLY TSONS Will of Famous Banker Is Ad- mitted to Probate in Bel- videre, N. J. $50,000 TO HIS NIECES.} Millions Left to Wife, Now Dead, Revert to His Huge Estate. The will of De Witt C. Blair, for many years head of the great bank- ing house of Blair & Co., has been admitted to probate at Belvidere, N. the} s., by Surrogate Smith. It disposes twenty-two-year-old clerk who stole] ot an ostate valued at more than $50,- $2,000 from them and ran \t up to} 000,000. Nearly all goes to his sons, 9°! 0, Ledyard Blair, formerly Cemmo- impressed by his business acumen’ ao... o¢ the New York Yacht Club, that they will not only not prosecute | him, but will retain him in thelr em- | and bis brother, J. Insley Blair, on equal terms. According to the terms of the will, | which was made Oct. 6, 1906, one- sixth share of the estate goes out- right to the sons for their services to their father in his lifetime and for yntractors for whom Rees worked, | thelr work as executors and trustees, | Beque: wife, Mary C. Blair, because of her death revert to the estate. Fifty thousand dollar trusts are established for three nieces of Mr. Blair, and there are bequests of from $4,000 to $500 to servants, Tho residuary estate Is left to the sons and provision js made that their actions shall not be questioned as to their right to employ, discharge, buy or sell, or in the appointment of their successors. POPE WARNS AGAINST AIR RAIDS TO ROME Tells Austria Destruction of Church Property Might Cause Serious Trouble. APPEAL FOR BECKER Declares Justice Seabury Did Not Y., June 16.—A reply to District Attorney Perkins’s briof in the application for reargument of the Tho reply reiterates that Justice |Seabury, who presided at Becker's present Beck 's trial of Rocco Carnivale and) the allegations concerning Deputy Rofrano was shown} to-day when Tax Commissioner | Id by the prosecution to have been | George V. Mullan, former law partner | of the Mayor, was a spectator. It was at first believed that Commissioner ROME, June 16.—Pope Benedict has informed Austria that should an air raid result in damage to church property in Rome or to the resi- dences of dignitaries, the Vatican would consider it a grave incident, His Holiness added that under friendly relations between the Vatican and Austria would be extremely dim- cult. —_—>—__. TORPEDOED STEAMER JUST WOULDN'T SINK Cruiser Couldn't Send Swedish Lumber Ship to Bottom, COPENHA June 16.—-The 950- ton Swedish steamer Verdandi was both torped warships off Christiania und yester Verdandi, but she failed to sink, A German cruiser then came alongside, steamer for se vessel. ——>—-— — ‘The World Travel Hureau, Werluy Huila * of several millions to his| such circumstances maintenance of and shelled by German| day, but remained afloat because of| her lumber cargo, according to des-| patehes received here to-day | A submarine first torpedoed the took off the crew and shelled the ‘al minutes. The Germans then abandoned the crippled ten day one wight, nie YOUTHFUL BURGLAR SAYS GIRL ROBBED SEA CLIFF HOUSES Admits Complicity, but Lays Blame on Beautiful Young Society Matron. LOOT IN PAWNSHOPS. Her Husband, Following Pair, Discovers Clues That Be- tray Female “Raffles.” Everybody in Sea Cliff blames the girl. Since the time Father Adam made his lame excuse this has been the case, but to-day the Nassau County Grand Jury listened to the story of how Donald Clapham and Ruth Taylor became burglars, and will or will not indict one or both an that august body sees fit. More than @ dozen witnesses have been sum- moned to appear and testify against the pair. Just before going into the Grand Jury room to-day, aftet having waived immunity, Donald joined those who blamed the girl, although he ex- plained that he didn’t want to do it “I don't want to place the blame on Ruth, but really she took all the things and I stood by,” he said. “We had a good time, all right, and I know I was an awful fool, but [ want to tell the Grand Jury all about it so they will understand how it hap- pened.” At the home of Ruth's mother, Mrs. Lucinda B. Taylor, it was said that the girl was il! and would not appear before the Grand Jury to-day, Three of the victims of the burglaries who did appear were Emil Winterroth, the piano manufacturer; Mrs, Eliza- beth Watson and Mrs. Jobn Wood It was the terrible dulness, the un- endurable ennul of life in the town of Sea Cliff during the winter months that drove the young couple to try that form of larceny which contem- plates the forcing of empty houses and making off with linen, cut glass and silverware. This ts substantially what both have told the police, for they have “fessed” up to the whole affair and yesterday, in company with Constable Charles Wittenberg, young Clapham visited several pawnshops in both Brooklyn and Manhattan where he and his pretty accomplice had pledged many of the stolen pieces. He paid the pledges with money his father had given him, and the things were brought back to Sea Cliff. They will be shown to the Grand Jury to- day. Both are young, neither over twen- ty-one, and the awful monotony of their life at home induced them to the thefts. They wanted some money to (Continued on Fourth Page.) ——>———_ 5 ‘EMPEROR WILLIAM Even Shells From a German] HALTS 20 EXECUTIONS Orders That No More Shall Take Place in Belgium Until He O. K.s Them AMSTERDAM, June 16 (via Lon don).—Lvery sentence of death by a court-martial in Belgium must here after be indorsed by Emperor Wi jam be eth ern are executed, rding to am received to day by the ‘Tyd from Maastricht ror Willam telex fons on learnin, ns of Liege had bi for alleged ty others we the #aine offense. There was great anxiety as to the probable fate of the twenty until Ein phed these twen- harged with ‘| peror William's order was posted alongr'de the list of names of those delia Drexel Biddle, sister of young $300, 000INGIFTS FOR BIDDLE-DUKE WEDDING TO-DAY Guards to Prevent a “Robin| Hood” Denouement for Double Romance... A pretty double romance ts to he Gnally rounded out to-day at Duke Farms, the magnificent country estate of James B, Duke at Somerville, N. J., when his favorite niece, Miss Mary L. Duke, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Benjamin N. Duke, becomes the bride of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia, The romance had its real beginning in Philadelphia, April 28 last, when Angier Buchanan Duke, brother of Miss Mary Duke, married Miss Cor- Mr. Biddle jr. Friends of the family knew that a pleasant surprise was to follow the ceremony. It came in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Duke and Mr. Biddle jr, nd it was a real love match, this bethrothal of one of the greatest) of American heiresses and a sturdy young member of an American fam- ily which is foremost in democracy, | blood and wealth. Miss Duke had| been wooed by princes and noblemen She rejected thei a keen slean-cut, blue-eyed Society people from New York and Philadelphia flocked to the Farm to Jay. On the great Duke estate of 4,900 acres, filled with fountains and | trai: flowers, birds and trees of all kind, they found a background for a ro mantic wedding which could not be equalled anywhere in the world “A marriage in Parad Former President William H, ‘Taft, one of the guests, called It, and Mra. E. T. Stotesbury, another of the invited, RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE ACTIVE IN ARMY, DEAD) Disease Kills Constantinoviten. Military Schools. PETROGRAD, Constantine Constantine Con- stantinoviteh, perial Academy of Sciences and head , died last night He wan fifty-seven years old,|the traction 4 member of the reigning | the May of heart dls- » Constantine Constan nade \" jtion pr next week, it was announced. The| and Duke always was ¢ In 1909 he stage a. Ganiiauee oa Giuh Reged _ married in 1884 Princess Elisabeth of Gane-Aitendusa, to BOMBS HURLED BY A ZEPPELIN RAIDER _ KILL AND WOUND 30; FIRE BRITISH TOWN |Heiress Who Rejected Noblemen And American She Weds To-Day' 63 DEAD AND WOUNDED IN TWO AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN AND GERMANY Toll Taken by Zeppelin Near English Coast Is 15 Killed and 15 Injured; 19 Dead and 14 Seriously Hurt at Karlsruhe. PLACE. RAIDED IN BRITAIN KEPT SECRET BY CENSOR. LONDON, June 16.—Thirty-four persons were killed, twenty- | nine seriously wounded and many others hurt in two great air raids yes | terday—one conducted by the Germans and the other py French and British aviators. The German raid was over the northeast coast of England. It Is ak officially announced that a Zeppelin dropped many bombs over a district % near the coast. Fifteen persons were killed and fifteen were wounded. “Some fires were started by the projectiles from the Zeppelin,” de- clares the report, “but by this morning they had been overcome,” CHICAGO STRIKE ENDED BY FIRM ACTION OF MAYOR He Holds Contending Leaders | 15 Hours Under Lock and Key, Until They Agree. CHICAGO, June 16.—The strike of 14,000 street car men was called off Mortly after 6 o'clock to-day. All points at issue will be settled by arbitration, Operation of cars on all lines was resumed as quickly as the striking men could be notified. The end of the strike, which had tied up surfuce and “L” transporta- tion for two days, came with the se- lection of Mayor William Hale ‘Thompeon as the third member of & board of arbitration. Officials of the companies will select an arbitrator by Saturday, It was announced, and W. D, Mahon, International President of the Street Car Men's Unton, probably will be named to represent the men. The selection of Mayor Thompson came at the end of a fifteen-hour conference, which began yesterday afternoon, Union leaders, officials of lines and members. of or’s Aldermanic Strike Com- mittee were in attend Threaten pak-ups were pre- vented after both leaders and traction nnounced they could reach . when Mayor Thomp- d the conferees to e off |The coats, ‘The Mayor then locked io doors of his offices and told the n that he'd keep them there until 4 solution of the situation was sewal » of the Board of Arbitra- pably will be begun early decided upon stipulates that all tions at will be heard with- vance concessions having coment of a settlement came too late to start cars for the rush hours early te and the great armies of workers were obliged to Kain vend on the thousands of motor busses, moving trucks, ice wagons and railroad suburban trains —naocenepeetcnnaald This is tho heaviest loas of life recorded in the Zeppelin raids on England, In the recent bombardment of London six persons lost their lives, Following out its new policy of suppressing the names of localities attacked, the first official statement from the Admiralty to-day simply stated that the “northeast coast” waa bombarded, The raid by the French and British aviators was over the German olty of Karlsruhe. A wireless despateh from that place says nineteen persons 4 were killed and fourteen seriously r, wounded, while many others were ad slightly injured by a fleet of French es aeroplanes, The people remained calm, but are incensed because of the . attack upon an open town. \ ag In describing the raid a Paris de- om spatch says that twenty-three French % and British aeroplanes took part in es yesterday's raid on the city of Karla. ruhe, capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden, seventy-five miles from the French frontier. The particular objects of their at- tack were the palace of the Grand Duke, the railroad station and the arms factories. Though subjected to a terrific fire from anti-aircraft guna, all but two of the aeroplanes returned in safety. ‘The attack was made, according to an official statement, “in retaliation tor the bombardment by the Germans of French and Bnglish open towns.” “Although caught by a northwest wind,” says the official statement, “they arrived over the town between 6.60 and 6.20 o'clock. They dropped’ two projectiles on the objects which had been indicated to them. A great number of fires broke out during the time ¢ oplanes were flying over Karlarub Tho raid resulted in considerable damage, although the nature of i ‘had not been given in detail, The aviators reached a point tn Germany further from their lines than any point previously reached by French or British airmen, “Serious panic,” says the state- ment, “was observed at the station, from’ which the trains departed \es- tily, proceeding in an easterly ~ireo- ton. None of them was hit. Under Secretary for War Harolt Tennant said in the House of Com- shereoms. that Great Bri- eparing for eerial warfare on & gigantic scale, The Government ts now Pomeroy turing a large aeropla the Russian Sikorsky, whtgh 9 crvin five men and five times as much ex- plosive as the ordinary biplane, Ten- nant announced. Within the past few months the number of British aero- planes for war purposes has been in- creased ten-fold and the number ef five-fold,