The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1915, Page 1

| i i | es | raza Che (“Circulation Books Open to All.’ Do Coersape 5. ny A WEATHER—Falr to-night and Tuesday; clightly coldery » FANSL ‘The Frees York World), ‘Colonel's prgats Ready to Go into Ring Again After Sift- ing Process Is Over. "THE MAN OF THE HOUR.’ Big Interests Think They See in Roosevelt Main Chance to Beat President. Col, Roosevelt 1s a receptive though not yet an active candidate for the Republican nomination forthe Presi- @ency, The Gary,étaner at which he held the centre of the stage, had for fee motive the consolidation of senti- ment against the Wilson Administra- tion and the urging of the necessity of Repudlican success at next year's national election, Polictes more than candidates, par- ties more than individuals, were dis- cussed. According to the echoing ‘views in Wall Street to-day, the para- mount object is to put in the White ‘House an essentially “Practical Man” with sound principles along Repub- Nean take the place of “theories, wabbling and incapacity." For this cause the Colonel is report- @d already enlisted and ready to lead, {f called upon. Richard V, Lindabury of Newark, N.J., who was one of the sponsors of Mr, Wilson's entrance into politics, ‘was at the dinner. Interviewed to- day and reminded that he was large- ly responsible for making Mr, Wilson Governor of New Jersey, Mr. Linda- bury was quoted to have replied: 8, I suppose that is true, but YM never do ft again; I'll never do It peain,.” The Colonel himself is silent and #ecretive, but some of his close as- pociates and political advisers in Mnes, to (Continued on Tenth Page.) ——————_—— BRITISH CASH HERE TO ESCAPE WAR TAX Parliament Told Capital and Busi- ness Offices Have Been Moved to New York, LONDON, Dec. 20.—Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna was invited fm the House of Commons this after- oon to prevent others from following example of some Britishers who po has transferred their capital and Dusiness offices to New York, thus escaping British taxation, Mr. McKenna remarked that his at- tention had been called to the cir- ‘cumstances, but that he was not pre- pared to act as was Suge he Mate adit lacus TRAGEDY STEAMER SOLD. Which 812 Lives to Naval Reserve. Rastland, From Were Lost, Go CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The steamer Eastland, which overturned at tts dock “tm the Chicago River July 24, causing | the loss of S12 lives, was sold at auction to-day to Capt. Edward A. Evers of the Tiiinols Navid! Reserve for $46,000, The vessel was offe for sale by the United States Marshal, on an order fe Beites States Disirtot Court claims for salvage b; pe company which raised GARY DINED ‘PRACTICAL MIEN’ TO INSURE WILSON DEFEAT AND RESURRECT ROOSEVELT... irae» { |late Jacob Ruppert, VILLA MEN SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT WITH CARRANZA Rebel Leader Eliminated From Affairs—U. S, Pledges Him Asylum. Mexican 4 PASO, Dec. 20.—An agreement ached and papers were signed at noon to-day whereby the Villa faction in Northern Mexico concludes Peace terms with the de facto Gov- ernment of Mexico. was The conference was held between Mexican Consul Garcia and former Neutenants of Gen, Francisco Villa at the consulate in El Paso, Villa is re- ported to be in Juarez, The signing of the peace agreement eliminates him from Mexican affairs, WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—State De- partment officials have decided that Gen, Villa will receive the asylum ac- corded a political refugee should he enter the United States. This decision was sent last night to Gen, Funston by the War Department for transmis- sion to Villa or his representatives. State Department agents had roe- ported that alleged intermediaries had requested Villa's immunity from arrest, saying that if this was given they believed Villa would abandon the fight against Carranza and retire to private life in the United States, The intermediaries also said that the plan was for the retirement from the fleld of tho entire Villa army, The proposal to secure the elimina- tion of Villa from Mexican affairs was sent to Secretary Lansing and Gen. Carran: after @ secret con- ference of United States military, State and city officials with repre- sentatives of Carranza and Villa, Among the conferees the opinion was expressed that the importance of Villa's elimination overshadowed the retention of the right to prosecute him on charges that ordinarily would be of a serious nature, — JACOB RUPPERT ESTATE MORE THAN SIX MILLIONS Appraisal Shows, Nearly Entire For- tune of Late Brewer Was In- vested in Stock. An appraisal of the estate of the widely known brewer, who died May 25, 1915, was filed.to-day in the Surrogate's Court It shows the personal property of the estate to be worth $6,382,789.02, consist- ing of the following: Bank accounts, $75,142; stocks, $5,- 914,839; bonds, $67,012; accounts re- coivable, $259,412; personal property at Hudson River stock farm, Pough- Kkeepsle, $63,481; personal property on farm at Rhinebeok, $1,266 The brewing company stock hel vy |the decedent is valued at $4,864,508.71 ‘This is his largest holding. The in- ventory also shows he owned ten shares of the New Yorker Steats- Zeitung Company and $25,000 worth of {Rh stock in the American League Base- ball Chub of New York. NEW YORK, ‘MONDAY, “DECEMBER 20, MCALL WAS NOT SURPRISED 10 HEAR OF BRIBERY CHARGE S. Chairman pe Con- | tract Proposal. JOHNSON HEARD AGA Against Wood Are Given to Grand Jury. Alfred H. Renshaw, President of the Federal Signal Company of Atbany, testified late to-day before the Thompson Investigating Com- mittee, Mr. Renshaw said he had told Judge McCall about Commégsioney Wood's offer “to receive @ proposi- tion" with two or three days after it was made, He saw Judge McCall frequently. “I told him,” he said, “that Com- misstoner Wood had practically given my associate, John T, Cade, an ap- portunity td give him compensation for his influence in getting the Fourth Avenue contract. Also that Mr, Banks sent for Mr, Cade and offered to use his influence and that of Mr, Wood to get us the contract “Judge McCall expressed indigna- tion but not surprise, and suggested that I make charges against Commis- sioner Wood to Gov. Glynn, I did not do #0, because it would be only my word against Mr. Wood's.” Q. Did you wear that charges were already made against Mr, Wood? A. Yes, I understand #0. I don't re- member whether Judge McCall told me of the charges or not, Q. Was that all Judge McCall told you? A. I saw him five or six times, He always told me that he thought our company would get the contract (Fourth Avenue subWay), ‘That is, if we could give the bond to secure the work against prosecution for in- fringement of patents. In fact, Judge McCall told me only a Iittle while before the award that he belteved our company would get the contract, Sidney G. Johnson, the electrio sig- nal sales agent who accuses Wood of asking for a $65,000 “commis- sion” jn connection with awarding subway signal contract, was a wit- ness before the Grand Jury to-d Although he was questioned for two hours he had not finished his story when the Grand Jury adjourned and he will return to-morrow. Johnson's testimony before the Thompson Committee last week con- sumed but a fraction of the time he spent in the Grand Jury room to-day, It 1s assumed from this that he gave the Grand Jury a more complete ar- ray of facts than he furnished the Thompson Committee. Other wit- nesses are to follow Johnson before the Grand Jury, and it appears that the investigation by that body can- not be finished before next Friday. Before the ‘Thompson Investigating Committee ‘began its hearing to-day Public Service Commissioner Gnorge V. 8. Williams was closeted with Senator Thompson, going over a bank account and explaining certain items satisfactorily. He was not to testify \ Full Details of the Charges Agent Who Tried to Hold Red Cross Supplies. PROTEST ON WAY HERE. Soldiers Take Flour Meant for Starving Serbians, Although Flag Was Over Building. BALONICA, Dec. 20.—Mrs, Walter Farwell, Chicago society woman, was roughly bandied by Bulgarian soldiers who attacked Dr. “uiry 4 Fobes of Boston, American Red Cross worker, in a raid on the Amerl- can Red Cross headquarters at Mon- astir, Serbia, according to word brought here to-day. The American flag was torn from the building and Red Cross stores for th» relief of Serblans seized for use by the Bulgarian army. Sentries Were stationed at all doors of the Red Cross bullding and the American workers and Mra, Farwell virtually made prisoners. Edward Stuart, chief of the Ameri- can Red Cross forces in Serbia, to- day appealed to the American State Department, through Consul Kehl, to demand that Mrs. Farwell and Dr. Forbes be allowed to leave Monastir. A Red Cross agent who reported tho attack to Stuart sald that they were safe last Wednesday, but that tho situation was growing very unpleas- ant, If not actually dangerous, Dr. Forbes, according to reports re. ceived by the Red Cross officials here, purchased twenty-four carloads of flour from the Serbians before they evacuated Monastir. He stored it in Red Cross headquarters and was dis- tributing small portions daily to the 2,000 impoverished families in Mona- stir, Tho Bulgarians repeatedly de- manded that Dr. Forbes sel! the flour to their troops, offering double prices. Forbes refused, explainin that the flour was the property of the Amert- ,| Can Red Cross for distribution among etvillans, When the Bulgars threat- ened to confiscate the flour Dr, Forbes hung an American flag over the door, Several Bulgarian officers with thir- SEIZED BY BULGARIANS WHO TOOK MONASTIR. by Bulgarians at Monastir, Serbia, is the wife of Walter Marwell, son of the late C, 1. Farwell, who succeeded John A. Logan as United States Sen- ator from Illinois, Her husband is a millionaire. Mrs, Farwell was engaged as cor- respondent of the Chicago Tribune at Monastir, According to the Tribune, she had been assured of safety at Monastir by the Bulgarians, She was Miss Mildred Williams of Washingtou D. C,, daughter of Gen. and Mrs, Willams. Her mother’s first husband Was Stephen A. Douglas, political op- ponent of Abraham Lincoln, accord- ing to relatives here. Farwell went to Salonica recently when his wifo was repo to be missing, Despatches from Salonica brought word that he had succeeded in reaching the Bulgarian lines @ few miles from Monastir, but bad been turned back without seeing his wife. Bulgarian officers assured him that she was safe in Monastir, PARIS REPORTS BATTLE OF GREEKS AND BULGARS avers ie Several soldiers sprang upon Forbes, according to the report received by Red Cross offictais here. In the strug- gle an officer struck him with the butt | Havas News Agency. It Is said several Greek officers and soldiers were killed or wounded und reek Government is hastily Sf tls pword, reinforcements to the ¥ fighting. Mrs, Farwell attempted to photo- | that the dis- raph the invaders, Three soldiers |turbances o the Province at the western end of the om border, ress maintains silence » incidents,” the de- “but the Govern- seized her by the neck and arms and smashed her camera, Tho Bulgars then seized two car- loads of flour and warned Forbes and Mrs, Farwell not to attempt to leave nent is dleturbe to-day The payment by the General Rail- way Signal Company of $60,000 for ¢ ab control” device, which was p | forward as one of the reasons wh got the Fourth Avenue subway con- | tract, was one of the subjects for in- quiry by the Thompson Committes| to-day, The device, which was bought just before the awarding of the con. tract, was later rejected. = why NTE ony and * WABarn CLIMKS deta W: ‘bureen: bas. eis ws fey : the building, A Red Cross agent who was sent U-BOAT JAT RUMOR BURIED. Ato Nerbla in an attempt to reach : sand Mra. Varwell was t NTH eo. 10—The longelived kat the Bulgarian lines, He gath- ru f the Gor jored the story of the rald from Bul. sbm h sank the Cunard itn |earien ofciala wit whom to con- | Lumen + burt the House wAake nN Admiralty hy CHICAGO, Dec, 20.-—Mrs, Walter | patie) Mo ey A Farwell, reported in a United Press loss of 1 Morse Reginald mato a th rus. | MekKenna of the Exchequer despatch to have bieu taken into cuss | Molen “ such infortaa: S40? RO fry eeie ak a es See, S ove! ent Sai @ ty soldiera suddenly descended upon Athen Re: slic maid tp Be} the building and tore down the flag.| Sending Reinforcements—Of- Ono officer, who said he was a former | ficers Killed deputy sheriff in Kansas, exclaimed me ‘ to Forbes: PARIS, Deg. 20.—Fighting between “I know that rag. It's only good | smuil detachments of Greek and Bul- enough to scare Mexicans, not Bul-|garian troops i# reported in a de- garian: {spateh from Brindisi, Italy, to the 16 PAGES _ PRICE ONE CENT. WILSON AND BRIDE ~SEE NO VISITORS AT HOT SPRINGS Replying to Congratulations Keeps Them Busy on Sec- ond Day of Honeymoon. PLAN CHRISTMAS PARTY.) Members of Their Family Will Probably Be Invited to Join Them for Affair. HOT SPRINGS, Va., Dec. 20.—Preat- dent Wilson and his bride abandoned plans to play golf to-day to reply to hundreds of messages of congratu- SBRITISH WITHDRAW FROM GALLIPOLI; — MAY LAND 100,000 MORE MEN IN GREECE U. §. FLAG IS TORN DOWN BY BULGARS WhO SElZt TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS Mrs, Prete dies Attacked With] 4MERICAN WOMAN os FAILURE AT DARDANELLES IS ADMITTED IN LONDON BY SHIFT OF BiG BRITISH ARMY Whether Troops Withdrawn Are Going to Salonica or Egypt Is a Military Secret, but London Be- lieves They Will Land in Greece. GERMANS AND TURKS MAY ATTACK THE SUEZ CANAL LONDON, Dec. 20—The following official statement was issued lation from personal friends, relatives | here to<day: and officials. Blnce reacking bere the couple Lave remained in auch deep’ seclusion that party have seen them. They expected, however, to take an automobile ride tate to-day. car has been sent away, Arrangements for a Christmas cele- bration at the President's hotel were being made to-day, There will be a large Christmas kad Last a pbseny cr musical entertain the families of Mr. hes bag wien may come for the holiday, but mo definite plans have been made. The President arose shortly after 7 A. M, and after breakfasting in his private apartments began tho task of clearing up the volume of big lated personal correspondence, called in his private peoansdn and dictated responses to messages of congratulations received from rul- ers in Europe, South and Central America and from personal friends in this @ountry. Every arrangement had been made to allow the distinguished couple to spend their honeymoon quietly in the seclusion of the mountains of the State in which they were both born, A section of the hotel was set apart for them, and Secret Service agents at- tempted to keep off a corps of pho- tographers and moving picture oper- ators, Mountains and bills, wild and ro- mantic, entirely surround the green | plains of the Warm Springs Valley. Winding roads and steep traile lead up tho slopes of these highlands and Mrs, Wilson will have unlimited op- portunity to indulge in her fondness for walking. Numerous motor trips have also been plenned by the couple, two White House automobiles having beer shipped here for their use. Tho President plans to attend to only the most pressing public bust- ness during his stay here, but he will keep in direct telephone communica- tion with Secretary of State Lansing and other officials, Arrangements have been made for a direct private telephone wire be- tween the President's euite and the White House, arranged #o that a red flash in the head telephone office will warn supervisors of any attempts at eavemlropping. WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—Cards announcing the marriage of President | Wilson and Mra, Gelt are being sent out from the White House, The an- nouncement ts simple in form, merely saying that “Mr. Woodrow Wilson Rallway, t recently In of the British Admiralty, has been sunk in the English Channel, wcoord- ing to @ cablegram received in this the service 6 im the Toronto @tar, = - and Mra, Norman Galt, nee Edith Bolling, announce their marriage on | Saturday, the elghteenth of Decem- jber, nineteen bundred and fifteen, | Washington, D. ©." | caneeerteedinerrensiaan Ste ip Cambria Sunk, TORONT On Dec, 20.—The steamship Camb formerly owned by the London and Northwestern| “All the troops at Suvla and Anzac, together with their, guns and stores, have been successfully transferred, with in- only members of their immediate significant casualties, to another sphere of operation.” «©. \ ‘The withdrawal may be the forerunner of the abandonment of the Their private railroad} entire Dardanelles campaign in favor of Balkan operations or fo defend Egypt against the expected Turco-German invasion. “Thank God they are safely out of there without serious toss” is an expression frequently heard. In giving the House of Commons tnformation of the withdrawal, Pre- fer Asquith added that the transfer NEW ANCONA NOTE |= Ss = oss reached by the Cabinet some time ago. ON WAY TO VIENNA, jn=<rxsrar seems ried out,” anid the premier, “reflects the utmost credit upon the general LAST WORD OF U.§,j2"=ic= === i) ¢ ataff and all ranks of both the army and the navy.” The War Office statement leaves predasgedy dy raghedu so! ¢ lusione ae Geetination of Secretary hie Announces’ these Leg tears ll and Unieed That It Will Be Given Out | conjectured thet any southward’ : weep of the Teutonic or Bulgar- for Publication Wednesday. tan armies in the Balkane, whether from the north, weet er east, will eooner or later come in contact WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—Secretary| With them, and that the transfer Lansing announced to-day that the pel gprs preyrly evs jos second American note to Austria on ned © fomatn'en the deivenmer te the sinking of the steamship Anoona| the near eastern theatre of was had gone forward yesterday and| longer than le requisite to assure should reach Vienna to-morrow night. by! ppd of 0 here poy While Mr. Lansing gave no intima- tion of its contents, the note is un- derstood to be « virtual reiteration of the original American demands, with the tmpifeation that it le the United States’ last word on the subject. ‘The text of the note will be laned|X°Y have at thelr disponal severa! times that number of men, although for publication in newspapers Wednes- day afternoon, Mr. Lansing sald. The names of twelve Americans said to have been seen on the Ancona when #he was torpedoed were re- ceived to-day by the State Depart- ment from Ambassador Page at Rome. The cablegram reads as follows: “Twelve Americans known to be aboard Ancona, They were: Mrs, Cecile L, Greil, first cabin; Joseph Torrisi and daughter Carmela, second cabin, bearing American passports 2880 and 2887, and in third cabin Alexander Potalivo, wife, Maria Nie- ola Potativo; two sons, Mario, aged nineteen; Irlando, aged seventeen, and two daughters, Maria Irmiba, four- teen years, {Previous spelling roneous,) Po mentioned Pattativo, was er- « Laurino, formerly naturalized, Mrs, Francis Lamura, re+ | ported as wife of ized Ameri- | can citizen, and 1e not given. “Of foregoing only three are known | to survive, namely; Mrs. Greil, who left Rome to sail to-day from Bor- deaux by steamer Rochambeau; Jo-| seph Torrisl, who is im hospital at Forryville, Tunisia, and Irlando Po- and Maria, eleven years. | Greece is opposed to the use of Bul- gertan or Turkish troops for an ad- vance on Salonica. The withdrawa! from Gallipoli af- fects more than 100,000 British troops who have been vainly attempting for several months to ad- vance against the Turks in the Suvla Bay and Anzac regions on the west sbore of Gallipoli peninsula. No men- tion was made by the War Office of any withdrawals from the Seddeul Bay region, at the southern tip of Galli- poll, where French and British troops hold Ines near Krithia. These troops attempted to drive the Turk from Galllipol!. The attempt failed after nearly | Meeting with success in a grand as~ sault. The British were driven back to their trenches, close to the water's edge. They have mado no important advance since the days immediately | following the lauding. 4 aa ileal ie aie tak att odes octet