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

: | FINA _PRICE “ONE CENT. Copyright 2015, by S AUSTRO-GERMANS CAPTURE LEMBERG: KAISER SEES HIS TROOPS MARCH IN ‘The New York World ty aia saeley $ MMe L be [“Cirenlation Bi [“Cireulation B Books oks Open to All.” | to > All.’ Ad NEW ‘YORK, WEDNESDAY (JUNE 23, ‘The Prese teint THAW, COMPOSED ON STAND DECLARES HES SANE NOW; WOMAN WITNESS VANISHES State Refuscs to Cross-Ex- amine Prisoner, but Will Call Him Again. ALIENISTS WATCH HIM. Jurors and Tombs Chaplain Toi Court They Think He Is Perfectiy Rational. Harry K. Thaw testified briefly to- d@ay on direct examination in the hearing before Justice Hendrick and a fury that will determine his mental condition. When his own counsel had finished with him, he braced himself for cross-examination. Deputy Attorney General Frank K Cook surprised the defense by an- nouncing that he would not cross-ex- amine the witness. Thaw is to be called later as a witness for the State and Mr. Cook and his asso- ciate counsel expect to show by ‘Thaw's own testimony that he is as crazy to-day as ho was when, on two former occasions, he went to pleces on the witness stand, Mr. Cook aroused the indignation of Thaw and members of the Thaw family by defending, in his opening addreas to the jury, the memory of ‘Thaw's victim, Stanford White, He declared the conduct of Thaw and} persons in his employ In persistently villifying White's memory to be ghameful and disgraceful, “There is no evidence to warrant the charges made against Stanford White,” declared Mr, Cook, “save that given by Evelyn Nesbit. We kmow that she deliberately sacrificed herself to enable this defendant to hide behind her rts with his de- fense of ‘Dementia Americana,’ ” The State suffered a heavy blow to-day when it was announced that its most important witness, Mrs Susan Merrill, a former New York boarding house keeper, bad dis- appeared. In line with his promise not to call ailenists to tho stand and ask long | hypothetical questions, John 13. Stanchfield, Thaw's chief counsel, called many lay witnesses, many of them jurors at Thaw’s recent trial One by one they swore they thought Thaw was perfectly rational. It was also brought out that the Jury which tried Thaw for conspiracy after his escape from Matteawan dis- regarded the Court's instructions and took a vote as to his sanity, unani- mously declaring he was sai Detectives for the State, it was ad- mitted, had discovered hor in hiding in Boston, where she prouised Ui ghe would come forward again and testify against the slayer of White. But to-day Deputy Attorney General Frank K. Cook declared she had given his detectives the slip again and that she could not be located, He added that a searching investiga- | 5 thon was under way to discover why the woman is keeping out of the Jurisdiction of the court, Mrs, Merrill has been a most tm- portant witness in ail the Thaw san- ity hearings. It was she who pro- duced the jewelled whip with which (Continued on Fifth Page.) — anos, Mest tte fe ule {sioner Kingsbury TOSUEKINGSBURY FORS200,000 0WED BY CHARITY BUREAU ———— Comptrolle, Says Debts Were Made in Violation of City’s Charter. According to City Comptroller Prendergest, Charities Commissioner | John A. Kingsbury has exceeded his appropriation by nearly $200,000, It is specifically charged by the ex- perts of tho Comptroller that Com- missioner Kingsbury has given or- ders for supplies, without legal ap- propriation, amounting to $174,763, and that he took this action knowing that the Carter of the city has a spe- clal provision applying to his depart- ment and prohibiting unauthorized expenditures. “There was Absolutely no excuse for these unauthorized expenditures,” said the Comptroller, "I would have stretched a point if the money had} been spent exclusively for the feeding and clothing of the poor, But we find large items for chinaware and other equipment.” About one hundred creditors of the Department, unable to make any col- lections for months because Commis- had exceeded his appropriations, are preparing to take the case into the courts to compel the Commissioner personally to make good on all of his purchases unau- thorized by the city John T Loew, the attorney who is handling the case, announced to-day that the suit which he will start with- in the next few weeks will be on behalf of the creditors, whose claims total about $100,000. I'll go to Jail if I have to, but the lawe of humanity and morality re- quire that I support the poor of the elty” This was Commissioner Kingsbury's comment when informed of the plans of some of the creditors of his de- partment to sue him personally, “I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea," he said. “The statutes require that I shall care for the poor, And that’s what I'm trying to do, But there is also a law that I must not go over my appropriation, 1 know that and I know that the Comp- troller is right in his stand, 80 I had to choose between the two as to which I should follow, “And I am satisfied in my con- science that L have done the right thing for the poor unfortunates of this ety." > OTTAWA RESULTS. Bac pinse 4 ri ‘ut Gur Movoto Tod 6 tot tum Tame, 148 , (annie Jean,” Mana ire 8400; for two-year Pull Unger, at" uma) L Ma 1 iat i : for three-yoar-olle on Uenaaity S "to, BY a and (VanDusen), 7 nt Pham LI and AoA Prontiet RIPPER” RECANTS HS CONFESSION, BUT MAY BE MAN; F> Had Fits of Homicidal Mania Every Six or Seven Weeks. THE EAST SIDE. Faurot Says KNOWS Murders of Leonore Cohn and Charlie Murray Took Place Six Weeks Apart. George Blumlein, detained in ths General Hospital, Philadelphia, as a {insane person, may be, in the sucg- ment of Inspector Faurot and Capt. Gildea, the maniac wh» killed and mutilated five-year-old Leonore Cobn | at No, 352 Third Avenue-on March 19, |and little Charlie Murray at No. 270 First Avenue on May 3, The man accused himself of both murders when quayters in the Philadelphia City ed the confession. Blumlein and his wife lived in two rooms on the fourth floor of the tene- 428 East Fifteenth Street up to two weeks ago. They had lived in the house four years. No, 428 East Fifteenth Street is near First Avenue and about two, short blocks away from the home of the Murrays. All the tenants in the East Fif- teenth Street house told an Evening World reporter to-day that the Blum loins were quiet, orderly, good-natured peopls who minded their own busi- ness. Blumlein greeted his neighbors with a smile when he met them. The pair were regarded as thrifty, the wife working occasionally in restaurants when the husband was out of a job. At the time of the murder of the Murray boy the whole neighborhaad talked of nothing else and Blumlein and his wife gossiped about the case with others, Mrs, Frederika Hoblitz, who lives at No, 428, and was the closest friend of the Blumieins is also a friend of Mrs, Murray, the father of the little “ripper” victim. Bhe spoke to Mra, Murray about the case only a couple of days ago. So far as the people in the house know Blum- jein and his wife did not know the Murrays except from hearing about the tragedy, The Blumieins moved suddenly, telling the neighbors they were leav- ing because the landlord would not paint their rooms, They went to Greenpoint. None of their old neigh- bors ever saw anything abnormal about Blumlein; in fact they say he appears to be @ particularly well balanced, philosophical individual Inspector Faurot and Capt. Gildea, who were called to Philadelphia by jche police last night, questioned Blumlein at length, On their return to-day they sald they had left the case in the hands of the Philadelphia authorities and allenists have Blum- Jein under observation, “There is a chance that this may be the man,” said Inspector Faurot, “We are going on the theory, of course, that the same man killed the little Cohn girl and the Murray boy. “We have no description of the man who killed the Cohn girl, Nobody saw him at the scene of the crime, As for the man who killed the Murray boy, we have @ description furnished by the victim's eight-year-old sister. “The man in Philadelphia does not fit the description at all, but the Mur- ray child, on the other hand, has given several contradictory descrip- tion ment at No, nis man Blumlein is a study for psychologists and alienists. He ap- (Continued on Fourth Page.) Hall yesterday, but has since retract- | he gave himself up at Police Head-' | aad GIDEON PROVED HE KNEW MORE ABOUT RACE THAN MADDEN Both Had Entries in the First but Former’s Horse, Little Dipper, Won. JAMAICA RACE TRACK, L. 1, June 23.—John E. Madden and Dave Gideon met in the paddock before the opening event here this after- noon, Madden had an entry in the first race named Sprint and Gideon was represented by Little Dipper, “1 think my mare will win this race, Dave," said Madden, “Well, before you do you'll have to catch my filly,” replied Gideon. Madden's entry was the favorité ‘at 6 to 5 and Little Dipper was a 13 to5 shot. The race proved that Gideon had the correct dope, for, after kicking up a fuss at the post, Little Dipper got away on her toes and was never caught. Edith Baumann tried to chase her, but the effort cost her the for Favour, after running third wa place, all the gamely responded. to Jockey Stewart's urging and got the second money by a length. Madden's favorite was fourth, one-half a length behind Edith Baumann, FIRST RA IL, Wrethastones tae b tores inne dean, ‘Start poor driving: strvomer-—-itelen iner, J. Whaien, Hore, woight and jockey. Little Diver, Ar UP sbrotne) we 46 yi 4i Favour. too a) 2 bait Nieo ran) ward Maumann 110 Tres iar) F 21 Sprint, Golden Gate, Heury Jr, SECOND RAGE. For Une you-oa tllng ime tutes Pants 06. OM Sie, ae. Rb abe Riera hein ae anne, Wit be, of. by d~ Sadaquada, Owner, Theo. ia Trainer, G. M, Odow, —-Botting Se et Hore wolat and pokey. 1 sh 102 1 MePag’t) TS Of #7 iLatiey) ar O iHottman! 20 4 Dolly | Madinon, Verte, Lima Hive, Beat Bit"and Tewker Lag jalnaborougl, Carlaverock won ‘he second race under a good ride by Johnny Me- Tageart. He layed off the pace set by Sammon until well into the streteh and drew away when ready to win with plenty to spare. Gam- mon tired very badly in the stretch- run and this ts all that enabled the well-played Eviyn C. to get up in time to win the place money, Evelyn C. was best and might have won with @ good break. Mints RACE. on olde; sell! nat Sanh: ae fuaones ae C838. an a *. ‘sie wh ee oe wy Vani Sy ‘Owe, RoE Piteon J Je, Tratner, T. ae & Flore, we! 28 jacks LA ‘Str ‘Bh, i. Ethan Nii ‘on ( “ahey) 16-5 0.1 14 Guttook, 07 (tah A Pinal bo, tut Hovidas) 9.2 7811-20 Algo ran—3i Hiker, adword, Beretched—Feanoure, Ne Pin, Menlo Park, Outlook was an hour the best in the third race. Practically left at the post, and twenty lengths out of it in the first sixteenth, she closed streak in the stretch finishing second only two lengths behind the winner, Ethan Allen, who had all the the racing luck, Dinah Do wi after being out of it in the run to the stretch turn FocRTH Ra , three year-olde ‘ue mille aml en: 4.02. Tune, 148, 8 tanily, place aamas. Winber, ch. 6 OY SU Priscilla, Owner, A.” Belmont ©," Hudeeth, Betting... ait and Jockey. Dugan). horses, Stromboli, Sur- Charlestonian went to prising and post In the Kings County Handicap and Stromboli was the 1 to 6 choice. They finished in the order named Surprising cut out the pace followed by Charlestonian, At the far turn, however, Dugan made his move with Stromboli and the race wan practi- cally over then, Charlestonian was very lame coming back to the post. AMERICAN | LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. FIRST GAME, Highlanders 9010100001 Athletics ........2000000000- Batteries—Caldwel) and Sweeney Crowell and Lapp. ONE-MINUTE KISS HIT ROBERTSON AS HE SAT IN WINDOW Detective Swears Millionaire Received It From Mrs. Mina Tempest. SHE KEPT IT UP, TOO. Maid Testifies to His Staying All Night and Keeping His Clothes There. Mrs, Mina Tempest, fashionably gowned and Jewelled, sat in the rear of Justice Delahanty's part of the Supreme Court to-day and heard herself described first us a “love pirate” and later by Attorney Max Steuer as “a lovable character, a g00d natured soul—one of the best— | who lent herself to the accommoda- tion of friends and now gets into this diMculty.” Mra. Tempest ts named as co-res- pondent in a suit for divorce brought by Mra. Co against her millionaire husband Ed- Robertson, importer, of No. Laurien Robertson, | ward F. 27 Ferry Street. The suit went to trial before a jury to-day. Five months ago Mrs. Tempest was name das co-respondent in an- other divorce suit In the same court, Sho did ‘not defend herself then as she did to-day. It was this previous experience that led Attorney Gustav Lange Jr., to call her a “love, pirate,” in outlining Mra. Robertson's case to the jury. Mr. Steuer in defending the mill- lonaire, admitted that ‘Robertson knew Mra, Tempest long before he married, “But, must a man give up all his friends when he marries?” asked Mr, Steuer. “That is what you men must decide.” A vivid picture, provoking much laughter in the crowded courtroom, was that painted by a young red- haired detective, James F. Finn, who saw Robertson and Mra. Tempest sitting in a window in her apartment in the Sonoma, No, 1730 Broadway, klasing each other, “What was Mrs, Tempest doing? was asked. "She had her arms around Mr. Rob- —~lertson and she was kissing him all over his face,” the detective an- swered. Q. Did she like it? A. She seemed to, Q. Did he like it? A. Sure. He was gesturing with his arms, like Sousa leading his band and I could almost hear the smacks, Q. Was it one Kiss? A. It was a big kins, Q. How many did you observe? A. Her mouth was close to his for a whole minute, Q. Soul kiss? mean? Q. Full minute kisses? A. Certainly, each one was that long. Finn said that Mrs, Tempest was supplied with a Packard limousine and that wherever it went, it seemed, Robertson followed in his little yel- low Stutz rucing car, Often the two cars would drive up in front of the Sonoma apartment, and Kobertson and Mra, Tempest would get out and go upstairs, Robertson, the witness declared, would enter in an ice cream suit and the following day emerge in a black suit, Benjamin Phillips, @ real estate Jealer, told of taking Robertson and Mrs, Tempest on an auto tour to Briarcliffe, N. ¥., to look over some ? | country property. Robertson and Continued on Second Page.) A. What do you ow bi ic qemuilaniee i Ne 1915. ‘BERLIN CLAIMS CAPTURE OF HILL IN VOSGES REGION Artillery Attacks on Dunkirk, Bergues, Hondschooc:, Furnes and Caisel Are Reported. BERLIN (via London), June 23— ‘Tho following official statement wa: made this afternoon concerning the fighting on the western front: | “We eubjected the Fortress of {Dunkirk and the troop concentration jcamps of the enemy near the villages lof Bergues, Hondschooce, Furnes and Cassel to our fire. From Givenehy, north of the Canal of La Basses, and at Neuville attacks by the enemy were frustrated at the very start by our artillery, South of Souchesz we made good progress in trench fight- ing. “In the Meuse hills the French con- tinued thelr attempts to break through our lines, but without the slightest result, All attacks were re- pulsed with considerable losses to the enemy, We have taken 280 untn- jured Frenchmen prisoners, inolud- ing three officers, seven machine kuns and twenty mine throwers, “Advance post engagements east of Luneville continue, In the Vosges we took Hill No, 631 at Ban-De-Sapt, which had been fought for months and which dominates the surrounding country. We took in this Jengagoment 193 prisoners, three ma- chine guns, one mine thrower and much other material. ‘The enemy's attempts to re s.ture the position were unsuccess ul “North of Nouville one of our aer- oplanes compelled an enemy aviator to descend, The French official report that Bel- gian troops captured a German trench southweat of St. an invention,” STATE PORTFOLIO IS OFFERED TO LANSING President Asks Him at Conference to Take the Post Per- manently, WASHINGTON, June 23.—President Wilson offered Robert Lansing the post of permanent Secretary of State at a conference held at the White House to-day, It was said officially that an announcement on the subject would be made later in the day. Ae SUBMARINES COLLIDED, ¥ Diese! h Off Hook, WASHINGTON, June 23.—Secretary Daniels to-day ordered an inquiry into a reported head-on collision off Sandy Hook between submarines G-1 and G-4, No official account of such an accident hud been received. <———araieemmaens LATONIA RESULTS. FIRST three-year George's in Start of 1 hia Nay Sirians straight “Wrenn iN er |i ‘Wiarner) ab pas HO: aa. Sow’ aio, RUSSIANS IN FLIGHT LIKE DISORDERLY MOB Germs Reports Say All Available Artillery Was From Lemberg Stricken Soldiers Evacuated City. GREAT CROWDS AT BERLIN IN WILD FRENZY OF JOY BERLIN, June 23 (via wireless telegraph to Sayville)— a Lemberg has been conquered after a very severe battle, ace cording to official reports received here from headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian Army. The Galician capital, held by the Russians since Sept. 3, 1914, is now free of the enemy and the first Austrian troops have entered the town. “Our second army has violent fight, It is stated that 60,000 Russian retreated in wild disorder, before the soldiers began to move. to protect them from the weather. berg. Wagon tral: artillery horse: rode awi the wild rush for safety, Great out and bands paraded the street: capture of Lemberg is regarded an miles, making their next stand near German pursult will continue to the territory. Field Marshal in the Prussian army, campaign against Lemberg. On Each Side Lemberg, capital of Galicia, was occupied by the Russians on Sept. 2, 1914, about one month after the out- break of hostilities, in the course of HAZEL GUGGENHEIM GAVE HER MOTHER A SCARE Disappeared From Gedney Farms Hotel After Altercation With Parent. A sheriff's posse late this afternoon, after a search of several hours, found twelve-year-old Hazel Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Guggen- heim, wandering around the grounds of the Gedney Farms Hotel at White Plains. The girl had disappeared from the hotel after a slight quarrel with her mother and had been seen wandering | in the direction of the hotel'y swin- ming pool. For a time it was thought “4 Fair to-night and Thursday; northwest te nerth — vid, FINAL a northeasterly direction toward Brody. read the official bulletin. Emperor William probably witnessed the fall of the city. He was within a few miles of the Galician capital two days ago and planned o enter the city with the Austro-German troops. captured in the fighting around Lemberg during the last eleven days. According tw the correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, the Russians All avallable artillery was sent to the rear Many of the guns were without covers Part of the ammunition was discarded because it has proven of inferior quality, The panic-stricken Russian troops th begea to leave Lem- blocked the roa heediess of the plight of the others. Commands of officers were disregarded; units were broken ap in finally, according to the correspond. ent, the entire army degenerated Into a frensied mob, News of the capture of the city was spread by newspaper extras, by telephone and by the ringing of church bells all over the city. ‘4 rongs crowded the public squares and parks, flags were bang playing patriotic airs. Everywhere the’ The capture of Lemberg deprives the Russians of their last military — base in Galicia, Several railways centre from the town, The ; lines were in the hands of the Austro-Germans before the city fell. The Russians, it 1s believed here, will fall back more than Bug and Styr Rivers. There is every reason to believe that the Headquarters plans contemplate driving the last Russian owt of Galicia and an invasion of Russian Bessarabia, on the southeast, Emperor William has given Archduke Frederick of Austria the rank ef Hundreds of Thousands Lost she might have ended her life, Mrs. Guggenheim, widow of a wel ———————_= Sent to the Rear Before the Panic- The Slavs are falling back in: © conquered Lemberg after a soldiers and nine cannon have been of the soldiers selsed important step toward a final victory, — Aa Busk, between the branches of pts “a Austre. Galician border, if not into Russian in recognition of his services in the Around Lemberg the early Russlan drive into Austria. Tt has, therefore, been in Russtam control for more than ten months, The figures of the killed, wounded” and missing in the capture of the city as given by both sides run inte the hundreds of thousands, For the last twenty days, since the Austro-Germans took Praemys! from ~ the forces of Emperor Nicholas, Leta« bere has been the objective of a series _ of flerce and concentrated attacks om the part of the Austro-Germama, / Their success will have a far-reaeh- ing political effect, as the driving ome of the Russians from Galtola is oowmte — ed upon in Berlin to help the status quo in the Balkans, With Lemberg now in her banda Austria has reclaimed virtually the” Whole province of Galicia, The fight. || ing in this campaign bas been of usual intensity, with heavy losses, — i " Russia had made plans for pertiar | nent occupation of Gallela, b In officials to set up clvil adm! tion in the territory as fast as it taken. Lemberg was © Lvov, the old Russian Polish