The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1915, Page 1

PRICE ONE CENT. Circulation Books Open to Ali Copyright, 1016, by The Press Eyetuting Co. (The'New York World! po HAS $13,000,000 PLOT > FOR $10,000,000 BULDNG To Cover Original Blunder State Con- NEW “YORK, “TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915, J “Circulation Books Open to im ik Partly cloudy to-night and Wednesday; colder. ~ e - FINAL 18 PA GES ‘WHITMAN, IN RACE FOR 1916, TONAME ~ STATES ‘BIG FOUR’ Friends Plan to dy evmay Put | | Him Into Presidential Run- ning This Week. stitution May Have Been Violated NOTICE TO LEADERS.| —UnabletoSell Extra Land With-| out Legislative Act—Brown Com-' Governor Expects Progres| mittee May Attack City Adminis-| ‘ves’ Aid, but Hasn’t Heard tration. ™ %t fs generally understood in po! [ative committee, acting in concert SAwministration, intends. to exploit the new court house project wag an From the Colonel. By Samuel M. Williams, (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World). WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. — Gov, litical circles that the Brown legis- with certain members of the City _fmatance of bad city management, tending to increase taxation.».This move | Whitman's candidacy for the Presi- “@) designed to cetablish that the extravagance and @Mloclale, and not the State direct tax r mandat Jogislatie ” helped fo burden city real estate to the breaking point. f @enator Brown, in attempting to¢ 'y the direct Stato tax, has laid Plans along the line of an attack @% the city government and the new court house site offers him the oppor- tunity of opening with heavy artillery. Just how the city administration 1s @oing to defend the court house pro- fect is not clear for, as an example @f one blunder mado to repair @nother, and an engineering bungie of stupendous magnitude, it stands by! fiteelf in the history of municipal “muddling through.” All the city bas to show in the @hape of a new court house is a great @tretch of waste land and partially wrecked buildings stretching away to @he north and east of the Municipal Building. ‘This plot’ has been ob- tained in two condemnation proceed- fage and stands as a charge against fhe taxpayers of the city, of about ($23,100,000. ‘The city, after eight years of in- action, went into the matter of erect- fms @ new court house in 1911, Four Years of varied activities on the part of the city administration and the’ Court House Board bave brow, @bout « situation, from a taxpa:; wiewpoint, which is ax follows: paannina THE BLUNDERS IN SELECTING THE SITE. Who first site, acquired at a cost of 97,148,760 was abandoned because of a mistake of engineers and architects ployed by the city. They reported Opet tye cost the property was availa- for court house purposes and, After tithe had been taken by. the city, Gtsqovered that no foundation could be sunk at the point selected. ‘The city, instead of abandoning the Qeeless site, pocketing whatever loss @ight accrue and making @ new etart, (Contiaued on Fifth Page.) a 0 WOMEN WOUNDED IN COLOGNE FOOD RIOT Potice Sald to Have Charged Hil Through the Fighting 5 Throngs, LONDON, Dec, 14.— Amsterdam Gespatches to the London papere this efterncon asserted that twenty-six| Dutch steamer Hamborn, which was fwomen were wounded, ten seriously, | seized and brought in here on Oct. 2% of clty|4ency will be launched officially this | week by some Republican County Committee selected for that purpose, Arrangements are now being made whereby resolutions will be adopted by one of the organizations in New 5 TAFT SNOWBOUND HERE; % on oft ormnianion orl announcin, t SLEEPS IN DAY GOAGH |a+ tneir choice tor Presiaent, ana tne |1s to be followed by similar action in up-State county committees, ‘The Governor's enthusiastic backers are asserting he will have all the local | delegat from every district in the Former President Refuses to Go to Hotel and Uses His Satchel as Pillow, Whon former President William H.|S'4'*, excepting some in New York Taft entered the Grand Central Tor-|“'Nevutiations ase on for a combina. minat here just before 2 o'clock ‘this! tion between Whitman and the Pro- morning, expecting to start for New) gressive party leaders, but so far Col, Haven on @ train scheduled to leave) Roosevelt has not been included, As- at 2A. M, an attendant told him te] sertion 1s made by the Governor's train had been abandoned and ad-| managers that Frederick M. Daven- vised that he go to a hotel, | port, Progressive candidate for Gov- “Oh, never mind,” replied the ex-|ernor, and Bainbridge Colby, candt- President. “I am a good enough) date for United States Senator, are New Englander not to mind a little! soon to declare for him. Intimation thing like being snowbound.” is given that the Governor would be Then Mr. Taft went to u day coach) willing to receive the Colonel's «sup- of the “dead” train, used his over-| Port as well. In fact, he considers coat as a blanket, his satchel as a|he would bo the ideal candidate on pillow and soon was sound asleep in | which both Roosevelt and Barnes & seat. could unite. SGlecas eaken, alive. An emissary of the Governor came to Washington last night and saw sev- eral of the Republican leaders, tn- | cluding Mr. Barnes of New York. The object of the call was to impress on them that in any arrangements made exclaimed a dusky porter, “I never knowed “Mis- tah Taft was a contortionist. But) that't what he is—the way he's done doubled hisself up in dat seat and gone to dreamland.” Shortly before 7 o'clock this morn- ing Mr. Taft got up, stretched and) said he had enjoyed a better rest than in some of the hotel beds he has ocoupled during lecture tours.| His train pulled out of the Terminal at 7 o'clock and he took a liberal sup- ply of sandwiches with him. P. 9.—He was a wise Mr. Taft. Ao-| cording to the best information at) the Grand Central Station late this afternoon, his train was then “some- where in Westchester County,” near New Rochelle. HOCKING WILL CARRY BRAIN TO ENGLAND ° Hamborn Has Also Been Released concerning the vote or the delegates ; from New York, Whitman would have to be considered. In the language of the confidential agent from Albany, “It Col, Roosevelt wants to go to the convention as one of New York's ‘Big Four, he muat have Gov. Whitman's approval, It even William Barnes wants to be one of the ‘Big Four,’ the Governor's con- gent will be necessary.” To back up these claims, the Whit- man men have tabulated the vote of New York counties and districts to demonstrate that the State is prac- tically in his hands, Here are some of their figure claims: The Assembly vote at the recent November election proves that Whit- man ts as strong, !f not stronger, than t the time of his election last year, A change of only 600 votes would have defeated every Dem- ocratic Assembly candidate out- side Greater New York. While the Republicans have three mblymen this year, their total vote was 50,000 more than in 1914, The 1915 Assembly vote was al- most equal to Whitman's extraor- From Prize Court for a Similar Purpose. HALIFAX, N. 8. Dec. M.—The fm a butter riot yesterday at Cologne. | with the American steamer Hockjng, | Mounted police charged the ricters,| of the American Transatlantic Com- ff was stated. pe BILL TO EXTEND WAR TAX. Congressman Kitchin Would Have It Ran Until Deo. 31, 1916, ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—-Democratio der Claude Kitchin to-day tntro- ced a bill extending the emergency til Dec, 31, 1916. An at- tex wi Brn! will this week, ‘| with grain and sent to England for pany, was released to-day from the} prige court and turned over to an agent for the Crown, as was done in the case of the Hocking. Both vessels will probably be loaded one trip. The British Admiralty an- nounced on Dec. 2 that they had been requisitioned for one trip each, after! which they would be returned to the nade (o'pass the meass| Admiralty Prize Court for final dis- ition, in 1914 wae the largest any Re- publican candidate for Governor in New York ever received out- side of a Presidential year, a SAILING TO-DAY, N. Amsterdam, Rotterdam... 12M, 12M, + 1P,M, aerne 2PM, El Vi A ‘alle, Galveston Jacksonvil | SESE maar RR aC POMC ATC 2 AeA aC BE SCARRED Marie Doro, Who Became Bride And Kept it Secret for Weeks | BR 20 CCRC CKO 2A AH OK SSR | BN SESH I IC SMG II a 2 THE HRT AE SORT SS POMC 9 x Prererritae reeertenr i terri tt The rumor of Marie Doro's mar-| picture studio in Los Angeles, and riage was confirmed to-day when| Will be home after Christmas, The friends received cards announcing] Present were ap) that six weeks ago she became the wife of Elliott Dexter, an actor. Th couple are now engaged at a moving TRAFFIC ON TWO CRO ALMOST PARALYZED BY STORM Trains Stalled All Along Lines of the New York Central and New Haven—Force of 14,000 to Clear City’s Streets of Snow. “Diplomacy last spring. Mr. Dexter of Augustus Thomas, ‘The snowstorm which caused inconvenience and delays throughout this city to-day brought about almost unprecedented conditions on the New York, New Haven and Hartford and New York Central Railroads, After the arrival of one Boston train which was fourteen hours on the way not a passenger was delivered by the New Haven system at the Grand Central Station, Trains which were sent out during the early part of the day were blocked at New Rochelle, and at 8 o'clock service was abandoned “until further notice.” The New York Central situation © was but little better, The de luxe Ch UN $ ‘ATES PROT ST Saao traine, ike tne ‘Twentiets con-}UNITED ST E tury Limited were reported at & Tarrytown and Yonkers, running i a without signals and stopping at sta- tions and switch towers to get the|Qur Government Objects to the latest news of what was ahead, r s Sait Big snow drifts, signal systems out Removal of German Subjects of commission and breaks in the elec- From Ships. trical feed ‘vires shared the blame 1 There was endless and continued con-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 The fusion at the Grand Centra! Station.| American note to France making rep The information bureau was mobbed | resentaions against the taking of Ger by frantic inquirers and would-be] mans from the Amertoan steamer ltravellers, for whom there wag no in-] Coamo by the cruiser Descartes and the operations of the warships against formation other American vessels 1s to-day on A diapateh from Poughkeepsie de-| \ty way to Paris scribing conditions tn the Hudson Offictais he « Ane t ipcuss the valley said that twenty-five traing|nete in a rrangements fo publ lat were stalled near that city, Acol-|'*# Publica He. tater dents caused by the demoralized 000,000 schedules occurred at Harmon, Bea- $1, WAGE DIVIDEND. con, Hudson and Colonie, It was! Rocsms’ , 14.—-The ai- reported that several lives had been| rectors of the Madimen Roden Company . ve authorized the distribution of ap- mately $1,000,000 in the form of an ual wage dividend, ¢ employees will receive 3% per cent office of Howard Binort ued that the § o'clock notice was of thelr wages for each year of om- ertyr-onipanenee ployment up to five years, July 1, (Continued on Second Page.) wi be the date of ution. BROWN PUTS SOFT PEDAL ON STATE'S MISRULE OF CITY Inquiry Chairman With Mayor to Hold Leg- islature Blameless. Fences | MITCHEL SCORES LAWS.) Favors Greater Centralization and Full Relief From Man- datory Salary Rolis. Senator Elon R. Brown of Water- towm Chairman of the Legislative Committee whieh has eome to New! Tork to investigate the city's fnances, | Mitghél to-day able and efficient in Increases And additional expenses in the city government for which the Legislature is not responsible—aa, for instance, John H. MoCooey's salary of $9,000 as chief clerk of the Surro- gate's Court in Brooklyn—but quite tind in bringing out points relative to salary incrensés and additional ex- penses for which the Logislature Ia ble, And when points re- tine on legislative interference with city affairs were brought out Senator Brown was nimble-witted in finding excuses. Senator Brown ted Mayor Mitchel to admit that he expense imposed on the city by the 1916 Lewislature was ineonsiderable. Then Senator Wag- ner, although @ member of the com- mittee, had to exercise considerate persistence and ingenuity in spread- ing on the record the fact that the reason why mandatory expense im- posed on the city by the 1016 Legis- lature was light was because Mayor Mitchel vetoed most of the bills af- fecting the city which were passed by the Legimature, ‘The Bronx Parkway Comminsion, a State board, which hae been engaged since 1907 at the expense of the city in condemning land for a parkway along the Brohx River, has three ie publican members. Mayor Mitchel gaid the city ought to control this board and, if the city had control, it would be abolished, Senator Brown maintained that it I» a& State board because some of its work Hes outalde the city limits and should be contfolled by the State, “Then,” declared the Mayor, “the State ought to pay for it and not the city." Senator Brown couldn't see the alt- uation from that viewpoint. Neither could he se¢ Why the city should bave anythn« to my about the sal- aries of the employees of the Btate Board of Elections, although those malaries are pald by the city, “In the 1910 budget,” the Mayor auld, ‘the amount fixed by mandatory legislation is $58,251,787.96, or 25 per cont, of the total budget of $212,000,000, There is @ further debt service of 963,218, 210.10."" Senator Elon R. Brown, of the committee, asked: “Will you tell us what amount, in your belief, should not be mandatory in this budget?” "I think that only the salaries of elective officers should be mandatory cbalrman Everything else should be in the fur- ipdiction of the Board of Estimate.” | Senator Brown asked the Mayor to go more into details of the manda tory part of tim 1916 budget, and he prom|sed to prepare @ supplementary statement as soon as possible, Senator Brown—We want all the data wo can get, because we want to abolish the direct State tux ‘The Chairman then read from Com- (Continued on Second Page.) ‘ ‘a ’ PRICE ONE OENT. pALLIED ARMY MAKES A STAND IN GREECE, HALTS ONRUSH OF BULGARS AT BORDER .Y, COURT HOUSE MUDDLE: ALLIES DODGE BULGAR TRAP, JUST ESCAPE ANNIRILATION IN RETREAT FROM SERBIA Thwart Their Enemies in Attack After Attack and Lose Only 500 Men, Although Berlin Reported That 30,000 Had Been Wiped Out. BIG ARTILLERY BATTLE ON ALONG THE GREEK BORDER ATHENS, Dec. 14.—A violent grtilléry battle is being fought along proved, i hie éxaniination of Mayor '/¢ Serbo-Greek frontier, according to despatches received here to-day. Bulgarian shells are falling on Greek territory, ‘but thus far have bringing out pointe felative to salary | done no material damage to any Greek property.’ Despatches filed from frontier points late yesterday said that no Bulgarian or Teuton soldiers have crossed the Greek border. Palling back from Gievgeli and Doiran, the main body of expedi- tionary forces intrenched four miles inside the Greek frontier. Their re- treat was covered by an English division and several French battalions, who held up the Bulgarian advance throughout Sunday. From their new positions the alles have directed a heavy fire at the enemy, whose advance was halted, The Anglo-French contingent left behind to cover the retreat narrowly ewoaped annihilation or capture, The Bulgars made repeated attempts to envelop them, but ¢ach time were re- Pulsed. In the last two days of fight- ing the expeditionary forces lost less than 610 mean. (Reports from Berlin yesterday — =e PRUSSIAN LOSS SO FAR REPORTED AT 2,244,248 Latest Lists Contain the Names of asserted that two British divisions comprising men—had been annihilated, ing te the above despateh practically all of the foree essawed.) One correspondemt stationed xt Salonica telegraphed that a small Bulgarian force eetually had ad- vanced dve miles tate Greek terri- tory. ‘The Balgars have established head- quarters in Giegvelt in the buildings formerty eecupied by the American Red Croas hospital during the Serb- jan typhus outbreak, Bulgarian flags . have been holsted over public bulld- ings in bibgbbes' omaha. and Dolran. 65,340 Killed, Wounded and Missing, ROTTERDAM, Dec. 14 (via Lon- don).—Latest Prussian casualty liste, according to Rotterdamsche Courant, contain the names of 65,340 killed, wounded and missing, making the total to date 2,244.8 ‘This total ts exclusive of the names on 237 Bavarian, 310 Wurtemburgian, 283 Saxonian and the naval and Turk- ish lists, guys the newspaper, —— GRECIANS THREATENED AGAIN BY GERMANY BULGARS | BROKE LINE, CUT OFF FRENCH FORCE, SAYS BERLIN REPORT BERLIN (by Wireless to Sayville), Dec..14.—The following statemont hav been given out by the Qverscas News Amency: “The Bulgarians continued pursuit of the Anglo-French troops an both banks of the Vardar, in she direction of Qievgeli and Delran. (It has already been announced that both of these towns have been occupied by Bulgars. This despatch must relate to conditions of several days ago.) “On the right bank of the Vurdar the Bulgarians stormed the whole French front between Milektovo and Smokavitsa, southwent of Kovanstx French Regiments Nos, 45, 84, 145 and 284 suffered heavily. Near Nebortsi our cavalry fouted the French bat- talion and captured its commander, “On the left bank of the Vardar we Berlin Trying to Prevent Any More Concessions to Anglo-French Allies, LONDON, Dec, 14--Germany ap- parently has no intention of permit. ting Greece to grant any further concessions to the allies without @ vehement protest. Reuter’s correspondent at Athens says German diplomats already ha taken steps which ure likely to add considerably to Greece's diMiculties, ejected the Frenoh and British trom fortified positions on Raba Mountain, The defeated British withdrew to the southeast toward Karauglariar and the French to the southwest toward Bogdantal. A Macedonian division broke through the front, captured Bogdantat and cut of the Frenen if pressed. KX is , feo the British, * French killed or captured be- od for the most part to Gen. Bail- louu's division, compared of Regl- meni Nose. iy Sou and ue Sec- ‘The pur- announced unofficially e Athens, the correspondent continu that Germany has asked Greece “whether the new facilities afforded the allies compromise Greek neutral- ity in any way.” Greek officials admit the situation | yelscgare ber the at marth is becoming more delicate, announced in an it The Athens newspapers announce Hed ace German this that Greece wtll demobilise Afty per cent, of her troops under an agree- Pon ptoneches i ‘to oe went just entered into with the eiiiea, draw.