The evening world. Newspaper, September 15, 1915, Page 1

ES! PRICE ONE CENT. Cope rare. o- ro TRAIL OTHERS “HIGHER UP" IN The ELECTION MURDERS Lawyer Indicted for Hiring Assas- sins Fails to Surrender—Grand Jury Hears Plot to Kill Foley and Riordan. In order to avoid a repetition of the diMculty in finding Michael A. Rofrano, former Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner, following his in- dictment yesterday on a charge of purchasing the assassination of Mike Gajmari, one of Tom Foley's lieutenants in the Second District, detectives Were sent out to-day to shadow others whose activities are under the scrutiny of the Grand Jury, The Grand Jury investigation into the Second Assembly District affairs will continue through the week. Rofrano is still a fugitive from justice. Through sources of informa- tion in the Criminal Courts Bullding and the Tombs he learned on Monday that Frank Fennimore was about to accuse him of procuring the Gaimari murder, and as soon as he had satisfied himself that the tip was well founded he went into hiding. The District Attorney's dragnet 13s ——<—$—$<$<— Foreign Bankers Asked Through Financial District. to y did not know where not heard from morning. to-day that t Rofrano is and him since ona Rofrano called at thoir office last) Monday morning at 11 o'clock. He) said he had heard that Frank Fennt- have Travel Singly moro was about to make a confes- sion to tho District Attorney. Ro-| 890 numerous and determined have on to tho Distric orney. | frano declared that he knew he was) become the letters threatening the accused of murder but protested he! tives of the members of the Anglo- Wes innocent | French financial delegation t 5 Mr. Howland and Mr. Root advised | |) al delegation that the him to wait for developments, Ro- Police Department has taken a nised to return to thelr|hand in the matter. A number of frano prom office at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, ag Chtaataninn nui ears = r, Howl ed foi unti Mr, Howland wait 4 ‘ eB Iai | eoliog Henauvatiarn: and a6 8 remult Bee eee tgiay the greatest precautions «are being id not appear or telephone and the have been unable to find |'#ken to safeguard the foreign visi- detectives have ree him after noon on anybody who sa begween Canadian ports and Glasgow, | (Continued on Second Page.) _ Che ("Circulation Rook Books ¢ Open to All." to All.” AS POLIGE SEEK ROFRAND 2. niin out and Rofrano is the first catch. Behind Rofrano's activities In the Second Assembly District there were men of wealth and certain ambitions. From the confession tn hand and from oilers to come the District At- torney expects to learn how far these guiding influences extended in fo- menting t terror and dis- | cord that ha ad the Second | Assembiy District for the last four years F. W. Howland and Elihu Root jr. law partners of Emory Buckner, sald NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, ERNSTORFF S START SLASHING | 74,58 Harteys, Not Tromwers, CITY SALARIES ‘ — §00000000 first to Fall Before Knife of Economy. BOSS SOS M'COOEY DODGES CLIP. Brooklyn’s Democratic Boss Had Special Bill Passed at Albany That Saves Him. Democratic Leader John H, Mo- Cooey of Brooklyn, who is Chief | Clerk of the Surrogate’s office at | $9,000 a year, enjoyed a good laugh to-day at the expense of the sub- | Dudget committee of the Board of | Estimate. Slashing salaries in every city and county department right | and left the committee, tt was learn- Ree Proposed reducing McCooey's ry to $4 eaitais it was learned that some | time back the astute McCooey, antic- | tpating that some day the cutting of the budget would fall into the hands \§ the enemy, went to Albany and had a bill passed making his job a | statutory office and fixing the salary | at $9,000, Tho slashers of city department salaries got busy this morning and| began with the City Clerk's office. After recommending that the salary of P, J. Scully, a Tammany man, be cut from $8,000 to $7,000, the commit- teo recommended a general cut in the aries of Mr. Scully's office staff. Spencer Phenix, who was brought on from Boston a year ago by City Chamberlain Bruere and given a $3,000 a year job wanted to\know from Mr. Scully if he thought the br City Clerkship was worth $8,000, Mr, Scully thought it was. “Then you consider your position next in importance to the Mayor, Comptroller and Corporation Counsel, who receive $15,000 a year?” asked Mr Phenix, “Yes, and just as important as the | she is wants peg-to| cerise pants: EE tnt ee DODD YDDIDDOIDEDRE The lady in n the picture is Miss Fanny Harley and the things wearing are neither trousers nor chaparajos, nor yet plain they are harleys. Miss Fanny 1s a dress liberator and she to set women free, bodily and mentally. The harleys are p cut and they are shirred from ankle to knee, trimmed with alls and adorned with cerise buttons. Whew! Police Commissioner and the Health Commissioner,” replied the City Clerk. Radical reductiony in salaries ure recommended In all classes of sery ment cable to-day, MASHER GETS 60 DAYS FOR INSULT TO GIRL : Ba dara MOTHER IS TOO LATE wie and furnishings were val- ued at $1 els ofen ee __ Seek Others “Higher Up” as Accomplices of Rofrano * Cirentat 1015. 18 P YS OFFICIALLY: -“ALL TROUBLES WILL END IN TWO WEEKS; GERMANY AND U.S. FRIENDLIER THAN EVER” LANSING ANDI AGREE,” SAYS GERMAN ENVOY ENGLAND SPENDS ) 517,000,000 A DAY INWAR AR EXPENSES Total say tar: So Far Over $6,- 000,000,000—New $1,250,- 000,000 Credit. 3,000,000 MEN ENLISTED. LONDON, Sept. 15.—Premier As- quith in the House of Commons today moved a vote of credit of $1,250,000,000. In making the announced that from July 18 to Sept motion the Premier 11 the daily net expenditure for the war had been $17,500,000. This is the seventh vote of credit since the outbreak of the war, bring- ing up the total to $6,310,000,000, Mr, Asquith declared that ai the enlisted in the British armies, But, he said, in recent weeks the enlist- ment han shown signs of falling off. Victory in the world war, the Prir Minister said, will come to the side which is able and continues to pur- he declared, will last only until tho third week of November, The Primo Minister's statement caused a sensation because It indl cated that the of the war to England is doubling ‘every four months, It was pointed out that "| with English munition factories only | beginning to spoed up thelr produ |tlon and with the number of troops Jin the fleld only now cost Approaching the ot | "At the request of the poitce, the in the City Clerk's office. "The stenin TO PREVENT WEDDING |r rinse ice ene en ae Monae rand Jury which indicted |déelewates will hereafter withhold ali|Papher and complaint clerks were cut poe ES soar to unheard of figure ane eran irdas veconvened to-day | ‘Bformation as to the place of their| from $8,500 to $3,180. The ordinance | ; . | ‘The main cause of the surprising | Rofr 39 7am ey in a plot to kill|*fternoon meetings and they will not|clerk ts reduced from $3,000 to $1,500. } Young Woman Struck Him With Declares Her Daughter Had Pron lanheaeay (Al wht! cxbendituren Bes to consider evidence 1 01 sully’ eens de ' Tom Foley and Congressman Dantel|° toxether into the financial dis-|Mr. Scully's Queens deputy, Mr.) Handbag and He Hit Blow ised to Marry Another micr Asquith sald, was the fact th Riordan, It is expected that two or|'Tict. When they make their rounds Frens, has his salary lopped trom | es on | England was making great advancea 3. Ric versona close to Rofrano will be| f Visite to the bankers they will go | $2000 to $1,800. Among the positions | With Cane. Man, to the allies at the same time she Js more persons close to Rofranc y suigh each: Ww. ccom- | recommended for elimination in Mr. | 3 7 Inaioted for attempted assassination, | *!28l¥, although each will be accom. |recomr 4 1 In ] “Raby, where are you going?” ro n minutes after Alderman Fred | buying provisions and munitions. sisal 7 0 considered to. | Panted by a guard. Scully's office are chief clerk at $5,000, ot Nin had cmesried Lacienetieurcucl things, he suid, were needed The nd ue ope i meanaial a| Furthermore, the department has| document clerk at “0, clerk at| peated frequently on a ride from ninateen, Of Hldstingecon-the-Hudson, (0 complete the war progvamma and oe ene aa cere and Tomaaso |#8Ked the delegates to appear in pub- ) and Nbrarian at $2,5 Brooklyn Bridge to Brighton Bench neon et eee ee ae vente: {the country still stood in. maed ae Seedy Mn clive i, who| He as rarely as possible, The guard| Tammany men are hit particularly | on q Brooklyn elevated train by Joho | vent ot” Nov so Manne | Stroct, | more lanorers, wotten ex wall ne men. Porca Jat the Hotel Biltmore was doubled |hard by the bu ahh ante ra James! Grscon of No, 1881 Fifth Avenue,| Brooklyn, an excited woman rushed| Reviewing the -militury situation (Continued on Tenth Page.) | to-day. PLAGE RIAA NY ISRGEP OF E80 Pilate nager of a cloak and suit house, to|into the marriage chapel In the Mu yr ited that in) Fran cis ani When one of the delegates was|teenth Assembly District, holds the | MANS . Keith of No. 71 St, Mark's {Micipal Building and said position of the I Asked SbOUL forday's. mention hevrer |Oh2W i cnies Rierienip in Myre Moullyis | Mise Rene Mele ee “Lam Marie Laureau, the mother heen stre ned |late this afternoon. Raa as: BURUEEDS D. W. T. McCoy, | tence of alxty days in the Clty Prison! to marry her, She was enguged to al of men and munitions, and that there | duced ‘on 00 to $1,200, is a : rom ised marry no one |), taken ove asked. : , brother-in-law of John Carroll, who Court of Special Sessions. nie prop ¥ NO ONS | tines taken fr is |, t cannot say.” he replied, “but welwas Richard Croker’s rigat hand | “You look like a gentieman, but in|" “And besldes, this man Ricke Jag) 2 the D: Steamer Runs Ashore in St. LaWsthave two places in mind, and it may |man and acting leader when Croker |reaiity you are a loa sald Jus-| German, while my daughter was born | tho iritisn f i Quebec After | be_elther.” frat “are to Trelanc Deputy Clty | tice Fleming { vis. Ah, it is terrible gains, tho ce River Above Quebec Aft : |Clerk Joseph a Brooklyn AF 10S) he marriage records showec . rence River ss DELEGATES HOPEFUL OF NEGO- |‘ is to be reduced ‘from $4,300 to | ‘The young woman testified that! , BOG FAAS LIORS Tener Ge owed that | ed in dial Collision. TIATING BIG LOAN, nk Martin, ordinance | ghe finally became sv angered at Mrs. George K, Merrell Hastings | crest of the Hritish now The forelgn delegates went into the| clerk, tx to be cut from $3,000 to $1,800, | Criscon's actions that she struck him! went te the Municipal Buliding with | held a front more than twely QUEBEC, Que,, Sept. 15.—The Allan) wait street district again to-day to] ——— with her handbag. Ho hit her with |the young wom and acted ws Wit | mites Aner Pretorian, Inward bound, was IM) tank over tho proposed billion dotlar| EARTHQUAKE RUINED TOWN. \a cane, she said, and a man who DORE onda anid oka! Wan bere {2| In the ast, Mr. Anquith anid, the collision last night and is now ashore | oan to the allies in this country, | -_— witne tho Incident caused bis|paris and Was a dressmuker at No. | Russian army remains unbroken, He east of White Island, according to Fe-| One of them, who made several such Other Places Badly Damaged by Re- | ayre: 9 of assault. \1767 Ams! m Avenue ted that the superiority of the | | | ports received here to-day visits, said later: aent Shack. at Salvader | Germans was only in artillery, and White Island, where the Pretorian edeieeatin anily vers bones ? ut their objective was still ta ia reported ashore, is in the St. La maeine) rey ni a Eee iy Nery bape WASHINGTON, t, 15.—One Balva- 68 | NTOWN N Fir Sips f 4 a: ’ y ance Hiver about 100 ‘miles’ below | £0! of newotiating this big loan in thia| aoe town was completely destroyed and | meres cil that ‘started Just after Nt dae | Mt OF KAaan il Mee Bratavinn ik teamer country, So far a sthe attitude of aged by the earthquake {fa} +4 South Au 4 d the hand club of the | “They suc ed in forcing back . . sreame ¥ we a orris mu Gn ‘ub o-day of 7,654 tons, was built in 1901 and plys | _—- «| of Sept. 6, according to a State Dopart- and ica tor Morr County ut y toed (Continued on Second Page.) { | Open to AMl.”\ jon Rooks Open to All war began nearly 3,000,000 men have} sue the war regardless of the cost, In matic crisis with Germany that has thie world's greatest test of endur- developed out of the Arabic affair, ance, he sald, the allies, with their] The situation has been put up direct- combined resources, were bound to ly to Ambassador von Bernstorff to win, | obtain from his home government ai The war cost for the next fow official disavowal of the sinking of weeks will mount still higher, he pre- the Arabie, dicted, approaching $26,000,000 « day. No response was received to- Tho appropriation asked for to-day, —-——— WEATHER—Fair to-night ond prebety Theredep zit AGES PRICE ONE CENT. — = = —— | “Every Difficulty Will Be Adjusted Within a Fortnight,” Says the — Ambassador in Interview at the Ritz-Carlton. AMBASSADOR REJOICES OVER THE GOOD NEWS Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador, was in fine spirhs when he returned to his apdrtment at the Ritz-Carlton from Washifigton to-day. Smiling broadly he beckoned to a reporter for the Evening World, who caught his eye in the restaurant, and said: “Ordinarily, as you know, I give only prepared interviews over my signature, To-day I shall make an exception, You may say for mo that I am sure that within a fortnight all supposed difficulties between the United States and Germany will have been settled, permanently settled, and the nations will be more friendly than they ever have been.” “What gives you this assurance?” asked the reporter. “Because,” he said, “I am in charge now.” He put a mock emphasis on the “1.” “Mr. Lansing and myself have reached a complete understanding,” he continued. “We have completely shared each other’s views and we | jare in accord, Publish what 1 have said, if you please. Anything else I | shall repudiate.” ] WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—"We® have asked nothing direct from Ber- made to-day by the State Depart- ment in connection with the diplo- and none is expected for perhaps @ =). week. While no official declaration te. made, the general understanding in diplomatic circles is that this ls the last opportunity for the German Am- bassador to make good on bis plausi- blo promises or else get out of the country, The Arabic case is the question at |Prominent Railroad Man and Financie: Swallows Mercury for H che Medicine. Newman railroad president and Hat bis Mnancler, is eritically issue, That unarmed passenger liner summer in Blberon, N. J., suf-| was torpedoed by a German mb- fering from mercury polsoning. A] mar: and Amorican vcs were lost. jtelephone mewsage from there this| President Wilson, acting through + sfternoon Ww fe uy # to the effect that hope sotary of State Lansing, bas called for his r o Ambassador to obtain from very had about been aban- doned. Mr. Erb's town house is at} the German Government authoritative No. 2 East Seventy-fourth Strect,| 49d definite disavowal of the act of Ma tun tho submarine commander before any The financier came to New York] further negotiations can be consid. yesterday and attended a bankers'| ered: if ing. He k a train for home| If Satisfaction ts not obtained, the which bout % o'clock. He was| ext step will be to recall American suffering from 4 severe headache und] Ambassador Gerard from Berlin and when about fiye miles from his homo] #!¥@ ¥>a Bernstorff his passports, station he took what he supposed| It t@ admitted by officials that the was n hoadache taplet, He became| fevelations made by The World con- Jrapidly i and bet the train|oerning German activities in thie |reached the station he fell forward in| ¢untry: whieh culminated in the hin seat mand for Dr. Dumba's recall, have ‘Truinmen assisted him and he was| tended to increase greatly the official J nat once to his home upon the| rritation. | \l of the train. His daughter,| The fact that the German Govern. Ke Mayer, took immediate} 624 acting through tts accredited i { him and summoned experts | PPFesentatives tn thie country, bes “. sity directed illegal operations of various : bie was done to|#0rts has strengthened the feeling at pe 1 ellews ride cian but tle a _| the White House and State Depart- } Can it not iimprave, 8°82") ment to the effect that Germany hae | Mr, Erb sixty-seven years old, | [0st reepect for the United States and 14 He was born in St, Louis and was a| Purposes te ge to any limit In trem= aa’ pling on American rights. For these reasons, the Adminis» tration has come to the conclusion that it will be compelied to change ite metho of dealing with the Kaiser. Some more determined step, it is believed, must be taken in onder to induce him to take proper msag- practice in Little In 1883 he or- : President of the eosraph In} ime to New York and| Jent of the New England Railway, ame a part of the New Haven system, de aiininerlcillildl