The evening world. Newspaper, September 18, 1915, Page 1

-~ | i Cd _GERMANS SEIZE RAILROADS LEADING FROM VILNA * aged PRIOR ONE CENT. [Circulation Books Open to AlL’’| 1006, by Tne Pesne Cobtiohing The Rew dork to all” NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER [Circulation Books Open to All.” 1915 10 PAGES a WEATHER Srhomere Premenie Te might ond Suntage - Aa ——=s to All.” PRICE ONE onNT. PLAN TO END MURPHY’S RULE IN TAMMANY "BEHIND MURDERS IN FOLEY-ROFRANO FEUD GERMANS GANING GROUN D IN GREAT BATTLE AT VILNA; RUSSIAN ctsmmstipnaniine Capture of City Will Give Gen. von Hindenburg Con- trol of Railroad Line. RUSSIA CLAIMS GAINS. Petrograd Reports the Capture of 3,500 Men and Sev- eral Maxims. PHTROGRAD, Sept. 18—A violent LINES PIERCED BABY HAD “NICE RIDE” WHILE BRONX POLICE battle for Vilna bas begun, The Ger- mans ‘Ar6 attacking in great force east of the city, which Is one of the keys to the defense of Riga, The Germans haye cut the rall- way line between Vilna and Molodechno, and the only outlet by rai! from Vilna still remaining in Russian hands ts the line run- Bing southward to Lida, The War Office maintains that there are e@uMicient wagon roads for use in emergency. It is stated that a decision concerning the retention longer of Vilna will be goon. The Lida Railway line has been Under sharp attack to the west- reached ward of Lida. In an effort to check the German cavalry, the Russians are developing strong cavalry forces in the Vilna dis- trict, The official statement from the War Office to-day emohasized the fact that tho fighting around Vilna is the greatest strugeling now going on along the battle line from the Baltic to Galicta, It is not improbable that the Czar will order the evacuation of the city within a few days if the enemy's attacks threaten the envel- opment of the armies in that region, The city is in danger of attack en three si The troops of Field Marshal von Mackensen have reached a point near Vileika, thirty-six miles southeast of the city. The fall of Vilna would place in possession of the Ger- mans a considerable section of the railroad to Petrograd, a portion of which, between Dvinsk and Viln hey already hold. “In renewed fighting for the pos- session of Derazno, we drove the enemy from the outskirts," sald the Official statement, nemy forces he treated upon the village of Rudak- ramovia, which was stormed and captured by Russian troops, who teste 2,000 prisoners and four Max- bawaw “SME RETT Slipped Into Subway Was Found Over in Brooklyn, and With memories of the “ripper” mur- ders spurring them on, the olice of the Bronx, aided by numerous volun- teer ses rchers, combed the neighbor- hood of Dawson Street and Intervale Avenue from 9 o'clock ast night until this morning trying to find ttle Lil- Nan Zimmerman, two years and nine months old, who had disappeared last evening. Tho case was puzzling in the ex- treme, The child had trotted away from in front of her home, No. 876 Dawson Street, and around the curve leading Intervale Avenue. Her mother saw her going and started after her. When the mother got eround the curve the child had van- ished utterly and a most thorough search of all the hallways, cellars, areaways and yards in the nelghbor- hood failed to yield a trace of her, The one place the archers forgot to wear the frontier village of Gon-| towa, wo counter-attacked success: | fully, taking twelve officors, 640 men! and three Maxims. In the Strypa River region, north of Buczacz, we captured fourteen officers and 800 men. Northwest of Buczaca wo oc- cupied the villages of Janowka and Pielawa, tho enemy fleeing in dis- order.” BERLIN, Sept. 18 (via London) Rusian advance positions have been taken in an attack on the Dyinsk Bridgehead, and the Russian front has been broken through to the south at several po between Vilna and the Nieman it was officially anounced by erman army head- quarters to-d: pops for Ma- MAZATLAN, radio to Ban Diego, sand Villa troops wu Mex., 18 (via ee thou- Buelna , a town according to advices r day. z the vicinity troops haye mob! under ex and the indications are ‘campaign between th anes to inquire was in the subway station at Intervalo Avenue, and probably that would have done no good, for the secret of how little Lillian evaded the ticket chopper, boarded an ex- press train and got off in Brooklyn doubtless will remain loeked forever within her childish breast, She was reported from the home of the Children's Society on Schermer- horn Street this morning, where It was said she had been found on the platform ia-the Atlantic Avenue Sub- way station last night at 8.45 o'clock by Patrolman Daniel Pinnell, Mer father then recalled that every ti jhe took the child for a walk she in- | sisted on taking a ride up the moving stairway leading to tho Intervale Avenuo Subway station, It is pre- sumed that she took the stairway as usual last night and then continued wayly on her way Sho was having a good time playing with five other lost children when her mother came after her and did not want to leave the cetention home at all, Her only explanation of her trip SEARCHED FOR HER. | carried on vigorous! FIND NO TRACE. OF BANK TELLER IN AUTO MYSTERY. 3radley's Accounts Seem Cor- rect and Disappearance Can- not Be Explained. BROODED OVER Much Affected When Boy Died After Auto Acci- dent—His Wife Talks. Harry 8. Bradley, mall teller of the Merchants’ National Bank at No. 42 Wall Street, is still missing to-day and no news bas been heard of him, | although an investigation has been y ever since hi motor car was found yesterday tying partly In Cove Pond, near Stanford, Conn, It was thought at first that he might have been killed by robbers and hia body thrown Into the pond, but no trace of him could be found, nor was there any trace of two sult cases he had taken with him, Joseph Byrne, vice president and cashier of the Merchants’ Natio Bank, made a@ statement to-day about the case. He scouts the idea that there was anything wrong with Brad- ley’s conduct in the bank, “Mr. Bradley,” sald Mr. Byrne, “was not the note teller of the bank, as has been asserted, but mall teller, and in that capacity handled no money or notes, but hundreds of checks from out of town banks and customers. He handled thousands of dollars’ worth of checks every day. There is noth- ing to indicate that he appropriated any of the checks or the proceeds from the checks “We have received no complaints from banks or customers regarding checks that he handled, but we are looking over his affairs, having start- ed the investigation yesterday, as soon as we heard of his disappear- ance through the Aetna Bonding Company, which furnished the bond for Mr. Bradley, “We no expert accountant making an inquiry and we have dis- covered nothing whatever of a sus- picious nature, Everything was all right when he left on his vacation on Sept. 8, Mr. Bradley told his mother on ‘Thursday that he was going to mako a little visit to a friend in New Haven. He had three suit cases in the car when he left her home in West Avenue at 7,80 Thursday evening. Nothing bas been beard from him since. A woman's voice answered the tele- phone at Bradley's home to-day, The} speaker sald Mrs, Bradley was not at home and that no word had been recelved from Mr, Bradley since he went away, “If there was anything to prompt him to disapp sald the speaker, ‘4t was brooding over the death of his little boy a year ago. He worried at deal over that. The little boy was injured in an auto accident and died soon after.” Mrs, Bradley, wife of the missing teller, arrived ‘this morning at the home of her husband's mothor, “Lam utterly at a loss to under- stand my husband's disappearance,” said Mrs, Bradley, Vr Harry have went away leat first tacked by robbers been here and learn don't. know what “My to husband was a never went out n week to his Mas 1 cannot belheve he committec he always saw the bright side of things, He told me he was going to New Ha ven to see A man nportant bust ness for the bank, had only one suit case, Where n ue wo cam from 1 cannot guess promised to be home ¢.oP) waa tat abe had bad # “nice ride,” beard a word damn Lisa, have ma SON. | Little | Holds Long-Distance Kiss Record And Wants Man to Pay $150,000, — | ’ | Mrs, Cecilla M. ‘Virginia Davis of| him for the amount claimed by Mrs. Chicago tells 6% A Kies that makes the| Pavis his record-breaking long-dis- tance kiss will cost him $1,260 a min- far-famed Ne‘iersole buss resemble @ slap on the wrist, Mra. Davis, omplaitit Are, Davis alleges whoso soulful features are herewith | that she becamo acquainted with Mr Eastman while seeking to become a moving pleture actress, and he prom- ised to assist her in her ambition, Because of Mr, Eastman's oseulatory proficiency, she alleges, her husband divorced her and she Is now cast upon her own resources. GREAT GERMAN ARMY MAY BE SENT TO TURKEY pr ented to view, says that Robert Eastman kissed her for two hours. She is suing Mr, Hastman for $150,000. Tho ardent and persevering Mr Fostman ts President of the W. F Hall Publishing Company of Chicago, Should judgment be rendered against TRY TO MOB DRIVER WHEN BOY IS KILLED) in a Speech to His Announces Police Reserves Have to Fight Big|Enver Pasha, Crowd to Tilolla. Riotous scenes took place th lower East Side to-day whon Benja- Rescue Troops, New Move, BERLIN (via N on wireless to Tucker- 18,—That the ar- ton, J), Sept. ]13 Eldridge Street, was killed Dy “M1 rival of Duke Albrecht von Mecklen- min Rubenstein, six years old, of No: 4 jee wagon in front of No. e burg in Constantinople “is the fore- dridge = Street Crowds observing | runner to th arrival of a mi t Ger- swarmed around the wagon and| by Enver Pasha, Turkish War Min- by x to get at the ver, Frank) jster, in an address to his troops, ac- Ce cain aiitloulty «hak. He cording to Constantinople despatches serves’ from the Clinton Street ® Station took Tilolla and the boy's} | —————-——— | body th house, Thou sands followed and then those who AVIATORS SHELL TRAIN wanted to Ke at the boy, be Heving he m a relative, be- gan fighting to g ito the squad ON GERMAN RAILROAD Foum, where the body lay Several children had run in front ———— of the vehicle. The my boy as among them, ‘He slipped ena |Sevaral Pamenzers Are Renorted sll in front of the wheels, which gers Are Report passed over his hep, | GERMANY MAY ANNEX Killed by Bullets of Ma- chine Guns, | GENEVA, Switzerland (via Paris), BELGIUM 10 EMPIRE Sept. 18.—Travelera from Germany give an account of an attack by two aviators upon @ train not far over |Similar Disposition May Be Made] the border from Kiingnau The aviators flew very low and be- of the Conquered French sides dropping bombs poppered the Territor train wi achine gua a The pa 1p GEN 8 (vin Paris) under the seats in the coaches. |The Garzet ‘ye it NaS} eral of them were killed or wounded. learned that nan Government| ‘phe engineer, although he was hit, | neaing to the German » the ri Memintod tartaric’ i 2 ant | who were abis Kot out and walked __ do Vidiowen, in Baden, , } land, DR. HILLS SUED FOR $50,000 LIBEL BY HIS NEPHEW: Plymouth Church's Pastor De- fendant as Result of Explana- tion of Money Troubles, | HE REFUSED TO RETRACT | Preacher Alleged to Have Said) He Had Assumed Liabilities of phews, Dr. Newell Dwight Hilla, pastor of Plymouth Church tn Brooklya, whore financial affaira have been a aubject of discussion among the members of the Board of Trustees of the church, was served with a summona to-day in a $50,000 Hbei suit brought by his nephew, Percy D. Hillis, of Rocky Mount, B.C, The papers in the sult have not been filed, but it Is the outgrowth of Dr. Millia's alleged explanation of his reported monetary diMoulties, ‘The delay in the filing of tho papers 1s anid to have been occasioned by a de- sire to give the minister an oppor- tunity to repudiate two interviews attributed to him, William A, Moore, a Brooklyn law- yer who represents Percy Hillis, de- clined to make public the contents of the formal complaint, but sald: “When the Rev, Dr, Hillis was lecturing at Chautaugua, in the vicinity of Portland, Ore, on July 18, a sult was tnstituted against him on account of notes amounting to a little more than $12,000 by Brayton & Lawbaugh, of Chicag d Port had “cruised” several yeara previously large timber tracts in British Columbia owned by Dr, Hillis, and for which services he had kiven them his note, “Asa result of that laweult an artt- cle appenred in the- Brooklyn Daily Fagle the following day, and tn the Morning Portland Oregonian, July 15, another article appeared reporting an interview with Dr, Hilts. In both of these articles It was affirmed that the guit was brought on account of obligations which Dr, Hillis had as- sumed for his nephews in timber com- panies in which they were interested, and on account of the failure of the nephew and the timber companies he had assumed all their Mabilities, for which he was not responsible, amounting to more than $100,000," Mr. Moore added that Perey D. Hil- lis, the nepl who had looked after Dr, Hilits's large timber speculations, had denied the statement as soon as he saw it both tn telegrams and the newspapers and demanded that his uncle retract It. This, it is alleged, Dr. Hillis refused to do, ‘Mr, Hillis haa therefore instructed me to institute a sult for libel, tn the sum of $50,000, and in accordance with his instructions such a suit has yeen begun and Dr. Hillis has been who served with the summons,” ex- plained Mr, Moore, The summons was served on Dr. Hifllis in tho clevator of the Arbuckle Building. Mr. Moore and C, Herbert Vanhof had been on the lookout for the paator all morning. 1¢ ton bad," commented Dr Hillis as he took the papor. When asked if he had anything to say Dr, Hillis was willing to discuss his vacation and other topics but re te his inquirers to Frederick W Hinricks, his attor for any infor- mation regarding the suit A meeting of the Board of Trustees of Plymouth Chureh was held yeater ney Jay afternoon in the law library of he Ciiy Investing Building to discuse Dr. Hillis's affairs, but great secrecy was maintained as to what transpired, Mr. Hinrichs called the session, but wae poliiely uon-coummitial about it SLAVER BACK FROM PRISON TO REVEAL WHOLE STORY OF MIKE GAIMARI MURDER Carnivale Returned From Clinton for Talk With Perkins—Foley District ! Was Picked for Opening of Fight on Murphy’s Leadership. ROFRANO MAY AVOID POLICE UNTIL ELECTION IS OVER Rocco Carnivale came down to-day from Clinton prison, a voluntary witness for the State, to give testimony corroborative of the confession of Frank Fennimore, upon which is based the indictment of Mike Rofrano for purchasing the assassination of Mike Gaimarl, With Carnivale on the side of the State it is possible for Distrlet Attorney Perkins to begin to uncover the amazing inside history of the reign of terror in the Second Assembly District and to show that back of the assaulls, the assassinations and the general violence in that part of town lay the vaulting ambition of certain men to overthrow Charles F. Murphy and seize control of Tammany Hall. Since the Rofrano indictment there have been dragged into the case the names of a high judicial officer and 4 former member of the State Senate as the instigators of the plot to overthrow Charles PF, Murphy. It is not charged, however, that these men had any idea that murder would come of their plotting. KKK? The story goes that the schemes 300,000 WORKERS cad Aceoniay Clamtax ial a OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION dependable stronghold and the seat of power of Murphy's most influential : ; ; leader, ex-Sheriff Thomas F. Foley, Railway Men Endorse Thomas,} was a logical point of attack. This Who Predicted Civil War With ['mpression was strengthened by the Forced Enlistment. LONDON, Sept. 14.—The tive Committee of the Amalgamated fact that Mike Rofrano, sore at being denied a nomination for Congress, had turned against Foley and had taken with him two hustling and presumi- ably strong young men from the For Execu- Union of Railway Servants, repre-| t wenting 800,000 workers, to-day tg aed ope served notice on the Government] ) p64 orn; cond Assembly District te that any attempt to force conserip- natingly Itallan, Roframo, the District Attorney has learned, tion will result in serious internal] ¢ troubles, fe A tho big plotters that he could The committee unantmousty adopt-|"¥'0% the Italian vote against Foley, selzo the district and thus open the entering wedge to control of the ed a resolution speech of J, H indorsing the flery Thomas, Labor mem- ber of Parliament, who predicted| PXecutive Committee of Tammany that civil war would follow an at- | Hall. tempt to enforce conscription, The|PLENTY OF MONEY BEHIND »lution congratulated Thomas and condemned “all —_ pro-conscription agitation." The committee Instructed Its sec- retary to keep in touch with the Parliamentary situation and to call a special meeting at once tf the Government introduces a bill for compulsory servi BATTLE OF BIG GUXS ALONG FRENCH LINES Paris Reports Continuous Cannon- ading, but No Activity of the Infantry, MOVEMENT. There was plenty of money behing the Rofrano movement, but Rofrano and his two lieutenants were unable to deliver the goods because Jog Minott, Rofrano's cousin, Mike Gage mart and other young Italians pows erful in their influence with thelr countrymen remained loyal to Foley, Tho Foley organization held the dis. trict Intact and the harder Rofranc and bis as#ociates fought the strong. er the Foley crowd appeared to grow, Hut before murder was done the arch plotters, convinced that Re frano could not overthrow Foley, bad become only passive co-operatore in the revolt. All this history of big political plot ting will come out if Mike Refrane ever goes to trial, Probably it will Iso be revealed how Mayor Mitchel close PARIS, Sept The French War Office this afternoon gave out the me t© epnoint Rot following statement : “leanir Seek ba. “There was diversified activity dur- | Steet Cleaning Commissioner, bow Kofrano cunningly played with an@ lecelved persons very close to the Mayor and how these persons went t¢ tho front for him when Street Clean ing Commissioner Fetherston demand. ed his resignation because of bis am sociations with the Second Distelet disorders. the night tn the se Roclincourt, th were tor of Neu- before Roye and of Quennevieres, frequent artillery bom- bardments with guns of various cali- bres and hand-grenade conflicts, but without activity on the part of the infantry ing ville upon The plateau r olitie: > frane “In the region of Berry-au-Bac and What political. promises Met in Onan I the romion arouna | Made to the administration will come Perthes etwaen the Aisne and | oUt at Rofrano's “tim 38 he is eves the Argonne district there was con- tried. In view of th@*faet that Car. tinuous and lively caunonading,” nivale, who knows more about @ah | | |