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

_Cbe (*Cireulation Rooks Open to All.” NEW jel oe BOB ONE CENT ; —— TORPEDO SANK THE HESPERIAN HER CHIEF OFFICERS SWEAR’ | MRS. J. OGDEN ARMOUR, ROBBED OF $3,300 GEMS (PTER FIGHTING THIE CONSCRIPTION CONDEMIN BY BRITISH TRADES CONGRESS; WARNING SENT TO KITCHENER GODOWSKY HOME? YES, SAYS NEIGHBOR ‘NO, SAYSDAUGHTER Whe tiem’ Lives Next Door Declares He Saw and Spoke to Him. ° Union Delegates Unanimously ' Vote Against Compulsory Enlistment. MAY DISRUPT NATION. Also Vote for the Nationaliza- tion of All British Rail- roads. | | Lawyer | BRISTOL, England, Sept. 7.—Reso- lutions condemning compulsory en-| listment in the British armies were adopted by unanimous A neighbor's assertion that Leopold voto at to-! ¢, xdowsky, the pianist, who disap- f pees Trade Un i day's session of the Trad 10M) peared last Wednesday, reteurned to Congress here. his home at Avon, N. J at 7.10 Copies of the resolution were tele-| o'clock this morning and positive de Lord graphed at once to Kitchener.) nial trom a member of the Godowsky es J. OGDEN ARMOUR Premier Asquith and Minister of Mu-| family that the missing man is home| ba At nitions Lloyd Geo waa the ew Gavsloninentin the’ onee Action was taken following fiery| to-day. Vanita Godow’ ky, a daugh fi of the more rad-| reported the poi'oe lust night epeeches from some ¢ tor, raported go the Dates last nisi {eal labor union heads, who declared | , ssage, purporting tu come from fn attempt by the Government to n-| hor gather, stating that he was at force a Conscription Act might dis-| work in a secluded place and would rupt the nation return home as soon as tis work was aaa , akera told] finished, | More \conseryative \speskere ¢), Charles W. Ostrom, a Jevsy Cl the congress tl the advocates Of | lawyor and a member of | 10 New | strength | conscription were gaining detmay, Ueaiunture ives “at Nol 1st and that it was possible Parliament soln Avenue, Avon, a block and a , t t usuro at the| CoCwe*y OF he a ulgheation ars Se sly 2 pulsory enlistment measure at tne ee ne antin, thoroughtare| POUr Others Seriously Injured coming session, They quoted from! jeading directly from the railroad ata When Motor Car Skids reports in the London newspapers)tion to the beach, and Mr, Ontrom's that Lo?d Kitohener already had ap- home ts between the dowsky resi- Near Corigers. bet ret parliamentary | 7°nce and tho raliroad atation 5 peared before a ® par ent akessbiclidses ioe for conscription. ‘They urged that|/o 0 in i ax te CONGERS, N, ¥., Sept. 71—Goorge the trades unions place themselvees Otte. zn pana 8nd Mr, AW ciee ua wee nis aritare aquarely on record before Parliament ‘3 be sen A as} seated on the porch at 7.10 o'clock, | Were Instantly killed and three men when a man and a woman approached from the direction of the railroad sta- tion, Mr, Klussmann called to Mr. Ostrom: “Como out here,” he said. ‘There | goes that missing planist, Godowsky. | I recognize him from his pictures." Mr. Ostrom and Mr. Godowsky had been neighbors all summer and Mr. fn order to inform the Government that an attempt to force workers into ithe army against their will would re- pult seriously. The congress also declared in favor of nationalization of the railroads, taking the position that the experi- ‘ence of the Government in managing ‘the roads during the war was euffi- seriously injured ident and a woman wer In an automobile a near here early to-day ‘The injured are Mrs, Louise Ber son, of Haverstraw, cut and bru d and possibly injured | nternally. ciently encouraging to justify this] Qo cies that socnivni| James Brophy, of Haverstraw, ekull tep, ; ‘ Godowsky and b¢ to him, and|fract 1 James A. Seddon that the woman was one of Godow-| Robert Brophy, skull fractured thimself moved the resoluti alist | shiers, A train t . , ots hoa ety | 3K¥'S daughters, ain had reached} wijjam Curra aufte cut and conscription. It expresses Ee ee a ee uaa Gel appreciation of the magnificent re |e een eo atrom arlior Sige TBoutl heals tao ean ahaa sponse to the call for olny ae to) Miss Vanita Godowsky, when tola| The automobile party was return a he tyranny of militar- Nght against t yra Ake | of the statement made by Mr Ostrom. ing frem funce at West Haver- ism,” and protests agai the sin. | m Re iealet itl ; fater efforts of a section of the “ st Ban t hey were | straw when the accident eccurred actionary press in form ug news- | nee . The Windlers bad planned to spend paper policies for party purposes and | P| aRUSe VAN Wat y Haverstraw and then itempting to foist on their country | i s wo h aitempting to f ° dal neeRkie®: Cane: tid talRDNEn 1 to New York on their honey conscription, which always proves a| her oe a burden to workers.” The resolution | message In Bnei o'clock, answered the call and a voice said | N f vjured promises aswistance te the Govern. | 4m : : : w the nt o ment in every W iy to procure @ suf his 1s Papa ave ead eo paper 10% ficient number of volunteers, and arn surpr fed ft j ‘ Mr. on twitted Lord Nort t 5 r cliffe, proprietor of the L. ndon Times | Work and can't cone | or be ' and pinned and other pub tis new urbed until 1 paper campaigns on s¢ Wd espects| “Lam sur 5 fat WA ired t of the war which he said wer arn \ ve “ “Rut when it came t ae CONSCIENCE COSTS $300. to rush country and force Uh ester hand the Government fw S Wome Moye t & tor for democracy to say Uiat no ma ue 6 see Tents Years ay h oy nl suppl the t 7 Vey , Mr, Seddon 1 ‘ net “t ve 4 atie to embr het a in a] they hod urd fron great internal confilct which wo he will return before tong, Godowsky, Py tie duty or u D WigEled eplit it in two at a time when m@m according tu his managers, had no ito tt oun 1 on ional unity, Was all essential.” ewentention»e! going into vaudeville, years age “a aamsenstahAd > — = WEATHER Perty cloudy to-night ond Wednendage et = PRICE ONE osnt. \* Circulation Booka Open to om YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. 18 PAGES Se PROOF OF TORPEDONG CABLED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSUL (6 | ee = GZAR TAKES COMMAND =| Affidavits by Captain Main and Chief OF ALL ‘RUSSIAN ARMIES| Officers of the Hesperian, Giving | First Details of Explosion, Say There Was Practically No Panic. WMRS.J.O.ARMOUR FIREMENBATTLE. BATTLES ROBBER, DEADLY GAS FUMES BUT LOSES GEMS: AS MANY FACE PERIL Millionaire Packer's Beaten With “Billy —— —---+¢2-—-_ —— Wife Is) Sulphu by Chlorine Similar War, lhreatens Neighborhood. Chloride, Jsed in Invader of Home | PUSHES GUN OVER HEAD|STREETS ARE CLEARED. oo Rubber Company at No, 661! West Fifty-elahth Street were threat- ened er, to-day described her expertence last night with two masked and armed robbers who looted the Armour resl- dence at No. 8724 Michigan Avenue of jewelry valued at $3,300 and $75 in | according to a joint affidavit made by Capt. Main and two chief.offl- cers, forwarded to the State Department this aftertiéon by United States | Consul Frost at Queenstown. The affidavit was sent at the request of with suffocation by sulphur chloride gas to-day when the chemt- | ona cal ate through a steel tank in the |the State Department cellar of the building and the fumes . Mrs. Armour, although stunned for lar ‘ fei Fragments of steel from torpedo cast upon the ship's deck res & moment by a blow on the head with seeped through. The leak was dis- , : a “billy,” fought hand to hand with| covered before any one wae overs move all doubt as to the use of a mine, according to her officers. ¢ one of i ropes She asin sie come, but the building could not be! “When the torpedo struck and exploded, eight feet below the water barrel of a revolver pressed into her ine,”” e affi “4 great mass ( d face, threw it over her head, and eatieg /entered for hours and firemen with | Ss line,” says the affidavit, “a great mass of water and steel fragments From the ers declared were thrown on deck ments the offic out an alarm to her servants. | safety helmets were required to bring Mrs, Armour had retired for the night when there was a knock at her 2 of RUSSIA odor of explosives and the steel frag- CZA\ S the tank to the street and stop the| 0 + ; “ . h rped Goor, She opened it end faced a leak | Makes the Announcement To-Day ar ig ape et that the explosion was cansed by a to 0 oe isan i The sulphur chloride tank was} . " TE a hee inate etated lag in Message to the President “No warning was given and the track of the torpedo was m meantime had overpowered three| stored in a vault ander the widewak | , i, . maids. ld gront of the Bullding with ot her | of France. , seen. A submarine was not seen before or after, “I tried to shut the door,” Mra, Ar-| chemtenls used tn experimental work. |p, aunt si rn mour said to-day, “but the man| {oo a's Used in experiments PARIS, Sept. 7.—In @ mesaago thrust his foot into the opening and|!Mployees on the lower floors first! President Poincare Emperor Nicholas pressed a revolver into my faco, 1| noticed the leak when several were | announces that he has placed himself seized the barrel of the weapon and | | When the explosion occurred It was nearly dark and the officers sald | they doubted if they could have seen the wake of the projectile, although the sky was clear and the ocean calm. Regarding the gun mounted on the Hesperian's stern, the affidavit taken with violent attacks of cough- hed tt & ‘ ek |i command of all the Russian armios.| states that it was painted gray, was not conspicuous and could not have pewaiieee ue vita ail pte re jing, ‘They quickly ran to the street | The messago was sent from Taar-| been seen by a submarine in the dark. ‘The Canadian soldiers were not hurled himself against the door, and |“ and Dr. Wiitttloson, the chief chem- | koye-Selo, the Emperor's residence,| organized and were not travelling as a unit, The only American was as it flew open raised a ‘billy,’ bring- |! nmediately Investigated, | near Petrograd, under date of Sept Steward Dallas, according to the affidavit | ing tt down on my head. When the leak was located the em- | 1t follows: Only a slight panic and confusion followed the shock and the Ife. | “I called for help,,but the three ployees were ordered from the bulld- “In placing mynelf to-day at saving devices worked well, the ship's officers declared | servants were confronted with a re. ing and the Fire Departinent was | dha head of cavivailant armien ct The sirens, signals and rockets brought a Hritish warehip to the | volver held by the second robber and| notified, Several firemen who were | - . scene by 9.80 o'clock P. M. and two other admiralty vessels arrived later, forced into the room with me sent to the place wera driven back | have in my + Monsicur Pres- | 1. officers stated their veasel was not under convoy and settled ten feet "rl knock your teeth down your) by the fumes and they called for] ident, the moxt singers wishes for 11) rue hours after being struck throat if you don’t tell where your| Rescue Squad No, 1 with their aafoty | the greatness of Frifice and the | ——® Refore the aMdavit of the Hespe Jewels are,’ the man who had attacked | helmets. When the latter arrived the # me said. fumes were apreading through the} “ity of her slorious army. DUMBA’S EXGUSE rlan‘s officers was received It wi While Mrs. Armour und her maidy! wreet and Lieut, Hotchkiss ordered | “NICHOLAS.” thorttatively announced that no were held in a corner of t der @he threat of death to any who moved, one of the robbers swept tho dresser of Jowela Then all rooms wer searched, Completing their task, room un- los bie . A Ua the police to keep the street clear in| President Poincare sent the follow the direct! wind was blowing. NOW WITH WILSON) =! % wien ey cate at in which the to question the good falth of Ger- | ing responae to-day "I know that Your Majesty, in } BL PIRSA: cerabio:di@ivaiter Hie bes : many’s recent assurances unless it had been cut to prevent an alarm. through the gas filled cellar to the armnies, intends to continue ener- | Government Sent Here by Am- the ship was in violation of the docu. ——— 1 uit and carried the large tank to! getically until final victory the 5 nent delivered by int Von Bern- | BASOLINE PRICE KITES the elevator shaft, Chemists of the) war which haw been tmpoxed | bassador Page ise Lege Pose was made clear by a |company said the Ras ¢ ipon the allied nations, T address WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Secretary ant Ww : - no <apieined ae crete cnicvine ons $ " 7 lison and tary Lansing TO NEW TOP LEVEL!" Sctsatt tate | to aur assy Lamune anton tha Meg th anatase ote at . _ epi lighteat defect in. France, my most cord py medley Dumpee oor jovernment at thetr face value : lthelr oxsee upplying apparatus AYMOND POINCARE stirs —_ } ae *0) re reluctant to believe the Biage |Rate Is Now Twenty Cents a Gal-} night result in death eas ES, Len eee sn was sunk deliberately without lon After Steady K Dur- HALE and tekttoveaaleid Dosw white lise Husiie torsae le ihe tua te aes | President W as : a ae It was sald authoritatively that the ing Last Six Week nder the # vistor the chemist rdance with recent rumors | : te Aus, | American Government ts silt noma he « wast rred tr a nev - a ! att ubmarineg issue with Gan Id in New York to. he pate salad, davaral imma ditrin rave nothing te ard | Germany will be cleared up satisfae. for 20 cents a a new reapelcenila vA avian ‘Hache FRENCH STEAMSHIP \t No final conclusion on the ate pan figs ate on! TRPEDOED AND SUNK ee al Se ea 4ny announced ar t ikbth # and Filove Avenio FRACTURES MAN’ § SKULL at cases have been cleared wp thelr eniployeds |p ke ot. cloaea. ‘he smmnlayabe ot the note on the Lusitania, whieh ' H A dott atin butiding WILE as been prepared in Berlin, has been SCORES IN ALL T-GOMERS aie tom Off | vad here _ t nat cowie aud tev waited i 5 M. K. Le G Self t yA TITLE TENNIS MATC the street f ime before West Ce f Lee Cn U. S. MAY CHANGE POSITION AB a H the @ th ling was final! | thori After Acid | TO ARMAMENT, First set mit pur 4 the pla es There is a strong possibility ot wat) > Hyper ; on seh te \ t that the United States may 2 2-114 weed bee at : Ly ‘ : change its attitude toward what 1 mets , , constitutes arming # merchant hen t~10—¢ FRESHMAN AT 11 YEARS. ar ade vessol, and hold that the mount- ~ ' 4 . , ing of small\defense guns only— z Marr dabrrn Baters Toohajont panes t ; i ates heretofore considered as not arm- eerenaeree Hight Sehoot Barty Ite ‘h t ! aa arivg ing a ship—may be considered MONTREAL RESULTS, Snnist i 5 i H Kt "'*"\ armament which will remove the ' + opened ; : NPet) Vessel from the non-combatant K bee et ‘ . = class. ny hes i ‘ p len eit = P ment to-dey fie #0, thi. "L 14 Pie awe'ot cloven yearn. Me is eal talwas @ treighte 4,530 gross, 370 : and cams | stated that when the United @tagam | Lamb's Tau, "be, ever enrolled her: tees long and built in lee, es Mica, Lee was released on ball, at the beginning of the war Bandits ke $3,300 Jewels Helmeted Squad Risks Life in! While Maids Are Held at | Dragging Leaking Tank That | SAYS GUN PAINTED GRAY Revolvers’ Points. } Spread Gas From Factory. | WAS CARRIED AT STERN. | elt CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Mrs, J. Ogden| Sixty men and women working In| WASHINGTON, “Sept. 7 7.—The Allan liner Hesperian was sunk by Armour, wife of the millionaire pack- the laboratory building of the United 1a submarine torpedo and not by a mine, without warning of any kinds —~ els Sees ae 4