The evening world. Newspaper, July 7, 1915, Page 1

\ here I'll sce that she comes, _ PRICE ONE Cc WILL ARREST EVELYN THAW AND FORCE HER T0 TESTIFY: JUSTICE WILL ISSUE WARRANT Sudg eee toh to Accept Doc- tor’s Certificate and State Asks for Attachment. IN CONTEMPT OF ae Detectives Locate Susan Mer- rill, Missing Witness, and She Comes Here. For her failure to obey the sub- oena served upon her and her sub- sequent contempt of court, Nesbit Thaw is to be brought back to New York under arrest on‘a body attachment, band’s ganity trial. Evelyn to testify in her hus Justice Hendrick, who ts hearing the case, said this morning, after Dr. Bernard Livingston of No, 536 West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street, her physician, had testified that Mrs, ‘Thaw’s nervous condition was such that he had advised her not to appear as a witness: “There is no need in going further with this witness, The reasons given | ‘for this woman's fallure are entirely inauffictent. sukmoena to appear In this Court and She is under if the Attorney General wants her For her failure to obey the subpoena served upon her I'll issue an attachment if the Attorney General desires it.” STATE WILL ASK FOR WRIT OF! ATTACHMENT, As Dr. Livingston Deputy Attorney General Frank K. Cook said that he would have the writ of attachment drawn up at once and presented to Justice Hendrick for signature at 2 o'clock. ‘Another surprise in the proceedings | to-day was the appearance of Susan A. Merrill, the State’s long- sought w: nees, In whose house in West Fifty- sighth Street Thaw is said to ha beaten young girls. A woman detec- tive located her in New Bedford, Mass. and ehe was subpoenaed last «Continued on Second Page.) Advertising Manager, Bvening World, Gentlemen: It may 600-2ine ata ment in As we used the Evening @ have reason to express our gr eider the wonderful selling p It 4 hardly necessary ; bhirts. FINAL to appear} left the stand! The SELLING POWER of One Evening World Advertisement July 2,925 be of saseres te yt the Evening World of June 25 advertis~ ing our annual $1.00 shirt sale has sold to date over. 14000 shirts, Bvening World the biggest advertising shall ‘employ it more largely than we planned in advertising our Very truly yours, WOLFF'S SHIRT SHOPS, INC. The ‘ “Circnlation Books Open to Al id Coprrtent, 1915, by ENT. AAS CATHEDRAL | ISSETONFIRE BY GERMAN SHELLS Berlin War Office Announces That the Great Structure Was Practically Destroyed. BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L. 1), July 7—The Arras Cathedral was set afire and practically destroyed during the German bombardment of the city last night, the War Office re- ported to-day, The Germans found it necessary to shell the city, it was explained, be- ause large bodies of French troops concentrated there during the fight- ing Tho official statement admitted! that the English captured a German }trench in the fighting north of Ypres, | | but declared that the earthwork was reoceupled by the Germans in al counter-attack last night. Weat of | | Souchez two French attacks were re. | | pulsed, | “Between the Meuse and the Mo- | selle lively fighting is proceeding,” the War Office declared, “Halt way between the Ailly Woods and the For- t of Apremont the Germans stormed | and occupied enemy positions on a front of nearly a mile. At Eparges the French have continued‘ their ef- forts to win back the positions they jlost recently. In their first attack the enemy trenches, but our counter-attacks re- took the lost ground with the excep- jtion of a 100-yard sector. “Near Croix des Carmes, in the Le Pretre Forest, the enemy made an ex- pected counter-attack against the po- sitions we had won, but was repulsed. In the Vosges we stormed an enemy trench on Sudelkopf and, after mak- ing it of no further use for defensive purposes, withdrew.” Co. (The New York Worl entered 4 portion of our | ‘The Preee Publishing ‘ NEW ‘YORK, "WEDNESDAY, “JULY 4, IN ITS ENTIRETY President Wilson Said to Have Refused to Consider Case by Piecemeal. FOUR PROPOSALS MADE. Washington Declares That Neither of Them Could Have Been Accepted. WASHINGTON, July = 7.—Word reached Washington to-day that the German note in its entirety will be handed to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin next Saturday. This news fol- lows the report that the United States had refused to discuss with Germany any plecemeal reply to the latest note of President Wilson, even in an informal way, The intimation was given after the receipt of the informal note of yesterday that a complete and formal answer would be expected without delay. Officials of the State Department are convinced that the German note was merely another effort to gain time, in t > that by prolonging the discussion American anger will die down and that eventually the campaign to swing /.merican public opinion into favoring Germany will succeed. Those portions of the German note which were received here appeared to be prepared as the basis for a com- promise between the two Govern- ments on questions involved in the submarine warfare campaign. It is understood that Germany's note, as forecast In to-day’s extracts, will present these four proposals to the United States Government: A repetition of Germany's re- quest that the President use his good offices with Great Britain for the purpose of inducing the allies to give up their present pro- gramme of starving out the Ger- man people. If Great Britain con- sents tc give up the starvation «programme, Germany will end the submarine warfare and thereby jons at issue will be If the United States will keep American vitizens off ships carry- ing contraband Germany will not js carrying American If Great Britain will disarm all merchant and freight wv js and will compel the masters of ther to heed the warning of to learn that our one World exclusively on thie eal jat satiofaction at what we co; of the Bvening World. that we coneider the uy in New York City, and to e German commanders, the vessels will not be fired upon or torpedoed until the crew and passengers are jely in the boat: | The establishment of a system of certification whereby the | United States will inspect all ver | s leaving American ports and will advise Germany which are subject to destruction as carri of contraband and which are not subject to attack. Officials who have followed care- fully the development of the present German-American situation to-day appeared to believe that the President | will be unable to accept any of the {German proposals and that Great Britain could not be induced to take any of the steps suggested by Ger- | many as the price of a cessation of | her submarine warfare. BERLIN, via The Hague, July 7.— Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg conferred to-day with Foreign Secre- tary von Jagow, It was stated at the Foreign Office that the communica- tion probably will be handed to Am- bassador Gerard on Saturday, Excepting Count von Reventlow, editorial writers here have refrained from discussing the probable son- fente of the reply for anveral days, rnin Rae Se, ISDUESATURDAY, THREE EE STEAMERS |Two Found in One din One Ship Carty-| INTHE CARGOES OF ing Autombiles and Grain to France FAILED TO EXPLOD! United States Government| Said to Have Joined in Hunt for Plotters, Three ships sailing from this port! to Havre and reaching there last May, it was learned from an authogitative| source to-day, were found to have| unexploded bombs aboard, the mis- siles having been placed on the ships in this city before sailing. * Two of the vessels, it was learned, were the British steamships Bank- dale, which sailed from New York May 7 for Havre, and Lord Erne, which sailed April 29 for the same destination. In each case, it was sald, the bombs had been placed aboard a ves- sel carrying automobiles and other supplies for the French army, An investigation in which the United States Government have Joined, it is said, has been begun. The bombs were found among the cargo, In at least one case the bomb consisted of two large Iron cylinders, one of which contained acid and the other explosives which would be set off when the acid should eat its way through the walls of the cylinder, The plot was frustrated in each of the three cases, it was said, by the failure of the acid to penetrate the iron and reach the explosive during the voyage pros, The existence of a well defined plot to destroy munitions of war, it was said, had been uncoy sed by the dis- very of the three bombs, Announcement that the bombs had been discovered was made by a steam- ship man of high standing In this city, who confirmed the story told to-day by H. C, Hill, a passenger of the steamer Espagne, Mr. Hill said that two such bombs had been found aboard @ vessel which he declined to name because be thought its designa- tion might hamper the investigation. When Mr, Hill's statement was con- firmed the man confirming It did so emphatically and said that the ship to which Mr, H‘il referred was only one of three whose destruction had been threatened by bombs. ‘This man declined to permit the use of his name or to give further details con- cerning the attempts to wreck the steamers on the ground that to do so might seriously handicap the work of Secret Service men and Vetectives investigating the plot. Hill said one of the bombs, consist- ing, he said, of two metal cylinders capped with wax, was discovered in one of the automobile cases and the other in a sack of grain, One cylinder was filled with acid, the other with a highly inflammable ‘chemical, ‘Tho bomb in the automobile case, Mr, Hill said, was dosigned to be ex- ploded by the motion of the ship, using the acid and the chemical to mix. An unusually smooth passage probably resulted in the failure of the plot. One of the boards on the automobile case had been pried loose and the bombs inserted, possibly at the time the case was placed aboard the ship. “It has also been found,” said Mr Hill, “that attempts to ‘destroy or make useless automobiles shipped to the allies are frequent. We are com- pelled to Keep at Havre a large force of mechanics to examine carefully eac h machine even before it is tested. "On eral occasions during the past few months there has been found emery dust in the cylinders which will goon make the car useleas, and in some instances borings ha’ heen mado in vital parte of the ma. ehinery: oo o> ee 1915. 14 P Latest Picture of Evelyn Thaw Posed While in City Yesterday EVELYN .NESB IT THAW: > - ADRIATIC IS NOW IN THE WAR ZONE: FEAR FOR SAFETY Rumors That She Might Be Attacked Arouses Anxiety About 420 Passengers. | “The Adriatic is in the war zone to-day. She is due at Liverpool at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, Green- | wich time, or 8 o'clock In the morning here,” sald P, A. 8, Franklin, vice- | president of the Internationa) Mer- chant Marine, to-day. Because of the wireless while her location might be discovered by | German craft, it is doubtful if she will signal her approach until she ts | pretty well up to the as soon as they get word in Liver- pool that she is safe, a cable will be despatched to this office at once and | danger of using the Mersey, Then, I shall see that it 1s made public im- | mediately, If any other news of the| Adriatic arrives I shall give that in- stant publicity. “The White Star Line is using every known means to avoid catas. trophe. Whether wo have a convoy | through the danger zone is entirely up to the British Admiralty, We can- not dictate what we want In that re- spect. So far as the officers of the White Star Line here are concerned, you may aay that we are not at all! anxious concerning the safety of the Adriatic,” When questioned concerning the} report that Frank Holt, the man who placed @ bomb in the Capito) whl } | country | England to consult the lof the British | and Washington and attacked Mor- gan, had also placed a bomb aboard the Adriatic, timed to explode when she was out at sea, Mr, Franklin sald: “I do not see how the man could possibly have got aboard to place a honb there or could have sent It aboard in any way. We are using every precaution to prevent sus- picious characters getting on any of. our ships. Each piece of baggage and freight has to be identified and claimed by the person who wants it aboard and our pliers are guarded constantly by Secret Service men," The Adriatic jeft here last Wed- nesday carrying 420 passengers, in- cluding five Americans, and @ partial cargo of contraband, The passenger list includes many prominent Englishmen and Cana- dians, including Sir Robert Burden, Premier of Canada; Capt, F. Conway Jenkins of the British Aviation Corps; Dr. Charles Sarolea, Belgian Consul at Edinburgh; T. H. Lyle, British Consul General several British Army officers return- ing after purchasing supplies In this for thelr Government. Borden is his way to British Cab- inet regarding the transportation of Canadian troops. The commander of the Adriatic ts Capt. B. F. Hayes, who is an ofticer Naval Keserve. The Premier on Adriutic’s cargo of war materials in- cludes 1,996 cases of cartridges, 1,337 cases of empty projectiles, 182 cases of empty shells, thirty cases of empty untimed cannon shells, 190 cases of fuses, alx cases of revolvers, four cases of rifles and 200 auto trucks tractor engines. Tho manifest there are no loaded shelis shows aboard, officials obtained duplle manifest when the sbip oe It is asserted that German the tes of Led. uy Heket Office for al ‘and South American check and ton fo Fie, ir Jers to “Oueck and aight, Soom, Tor’ bag Trepnoue at Siam, and | the gus company AGES WEATHER—Fair Te-Night. Showere Prob: je Thureday, , FINAL | LINERS NAMED BY HOLT IN DYNAMITE PLOT WARNED BY WIRELESS AND REPORT SAFE GERMANY’ REPLY BOMBS HIDDEN LETTER TO WE TOLD “OF PERIL TO SAXON OR THE PHILADELPHIA | ing,” He Said, Sea To-day. HOLT LEAPED time-bomb, “Should Sink on July 7, God Will: _ Indicating Time- Bomb Was Set to Explode at TO DEATH AFTER ELUDING KEEPER. Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan, who killed himself in Mineola Jail last night, either arranged personally or had information of a plot to sink the Cunard liner Saxonia or the American finer Piles ~~ | delphia, or both, in mid-ocean to-day by means of the explosion of @ Both these ships sailed from New York for Liverpool last | Saturday and the Saxonia carried munitions of war. | A wireless message was received at noon by the Cunard Line from , | the commander of the Saxonia, in response to warnings sent out, saying that everything was all right aboard at that time and that a vigorous search of the ship was under way. | the message concluded. “We are taking every precaution,” The Philadelphia had reported safe earlier. The fact that Holt expected the Saxonia or the Philadelphia or | both to sink to-day became known to the police late last night. Wite- |less warnings were at once sent to the Saxonia, the Philadelphia, the = Norwegian liner Kri ZEPPELIN FALLS HUNDREDS OF FEET |Despatches from Ghent Say Ger- man Authorities Suppressed De- tails as to Casualties. AMSTERDAM, July 1.—A Zeppelin jairahip became unmanageable because of defective motors and fell several Jhundred fect, aligut house near Asseneve, despatches from Ghent, The despatches said the German authorities suppressed detatls to the casualties and the damage to the airship. a PANIC IN TEA ROOM CAUSED BY SMOKE \F ire in Basement Drives Out Lunch- | ems—Fireman Overcome When Gas Pipe Breaks, ng on @ farm- according to | A fire in the basement of No, 17 Weat Thirty-seventh Street caused a mall but active panic in the Rip van Winkle tearoom at lunch time to-day. The blaze started in a pile of rub- lish and sent smoke through the bullding. Lunchers fled to the street, forgetting thelr food and checks, Mil- [liners and others from the upper | floora of the house ran out to join | them. A gas pipe broke in the basement and filled the air with fumes, Fire- man John Brown of Engine No. 26 was carried out unconscious, and another member of the company had to be helped to the street, Men from came in the emer- gency wagon and turned off the gas. The total damage, $100, | 1s not known here, ianiafjord and the French liner Chicago—Sature — day's departing ships—and also to the Adriatic, which is due in the German submarine zone to-day, and all other liners within reach. ‘® Tho captainey of the vessels were inatructed te.starch their ships from bridge to keel for bombs. The warn- ings, it is belleved were received in time to forestall any plans that might have been made to destroy the vessels, but apprehension will be felt ¢ until definite news is received from” all. Information about the danger threatening the Saxonia, which files the British flag, and the Philadelphia was obtained by the police from @ letter Holt wrote to his wife. In this letter ho sald: “The steamer leaving New York for Liverpool on July 3d should sink on the 7th, God willing. § think it is the Philadelphia or the Saxonia, but am not quite eure, ae according to schedule these are te leave on the 3d. Don't say any- thing about this until it happens.” When this letter was mailed and when it was recelved by Holt’s wife The first informa- tion the local police had of it came in the shape of a telephone message to Commissioner Woods at the Har vard Club at 9 o'clock last night from Major Pullman, Chief of the Washington Police. HOLT'S RELATIVES THE LETTER. “I have just received a telegram from a friend of mine at Tex." sald Major Pullman, wires mo that Mrs. Holt and her. father, the Rev, Mr, Sensabaugh, have just called on him and showed him a letter from Holt in which he saya that the Saxonia or the Phila- deiphia will be blown up on the sev« enth.” Major Pulman then quoted portions of the letter which had been sent to him by wire from Texas, The Texae man failed to state and the local aus thorities have been unable to discover the most important point—the time of the mailing of the letter and of tts receipt Telegrams received to-day from Dallas state that the man Who com- municated with Major J, E, Cockrell, a lawyer of He bas been acting as ton ees SHOWED ' bs 3? ¥ vy Bre be 3