The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 1

tals E INDICTED IN PLOT TO BLOW UP SHIP CANAL — FINAL @hbe [“ Circulation Book Books 3 Open to All”| to All.’ “Circulation Books Open to All _ PRIOR ONE OENT. Coreiant 1916, by The Pres Ce, (The New York World), Publishing NEW “YORK, THURSDAY, _DEOEMBER 23, 1915. 16 PAGES” WEATHER—Unsettled to-night and Fri INA . Warmen ¢ EDITION is PRICE ONE. CENT. _ ——= —=== SUBMARINE BLOWS UP JAPANESE LINER; 280 PERSONS ON BOARD; ALL RESCUED LONG FIGHT FOR 850. GAS AGAINST BROOKLYN COMPANY NOW CERTAIN OF SUCCESS ese Commissioner Williams Sees New Light and Will Now Make a Modified Report. [EDISON SUGRESTS 1 400,000 PLANT ADMITS HIGH PROFITS. The Evening World Finally Forces Lower Price From Kings Co. Lighting Co. |Tells Board He Will Supply All Plans for a Great i The Evening World's long tight | Laboratory. Aguinst the %-cent gus rate charged by the Kings County Lighting Com- pany le 'Won. Foluwing thochange ot! Thomas A. Edison, before the Navel mind by rs iio Service Commissioner Consulting Board in ite wonston at the George V. 3. Williams, it is likely that Brooklyn Navy Yard this afternoon, the Commission will restrict the rate made what is said to be the first to 85 cénts, beginning at an early date. speech of his life, when he offered ‘The news was announced to-day by|to furnish the board with detalled Senatot George F, Thompson, Chair- plans and specificattons for a labor man of tho Legislative investigating | tory of physical research to cost committee that has been overhauling | $,100,9 the Public Service Commissiun of late,! He said he would prepare the plans *Couimissipner Williams told me at his expense so that all the Gov-| yesterday,” sald Senator Thompson, | ernment's architect would have to do “thai be ts convinced he was wr o take plans and build fm bis opinion that the company 1s) the building “entitled to charge ¥5 cents a thow {4 Vice Chairman’ W. 1 gand feet for gus. He believes now | Suunder neing the purport that 7 per cent. profit is quite enough of Mr. Hdison’s offer, said he had re- for them to make on thelr Invest-| ferred It to kland, Wood- ment and that other charges were] ward and Whitney, a r Admir- put tdo high. fe says ho belles] als Taylor, Grifing and Straus, all of and that Com-| whom received with enthuslastic ap- and commengation, ——$—— ee ‘AUSTRIA PLEASED WITH ANCONA NOTE; he made a mistake missioner Hayward's opinion Is ce Tect-85 cents a thousant feet enough for the Kings County Light: ing Company to charge.” “How soon will the 85-cent rate be | ~ | proclat on established?” was asked, “1 don’t know,” replied the Senator, “1 suppose Commissioner Williams Pill draw up a modified opinion and present it to the full Commission, It should not take long.” Commissioner Williams explained | that im his original opinion he al-| lowed a 7% per cent, return to the| company on its capital investment, | basing this figure on former Com. | —_—>— missioner Maltbio’s opinion, which One Report Is That an Answer May Be Expected Within allowed the same rate. Since writ- ing the opinion, which has been gone over by the Thompson investigating cuamien Commissioner Williams - conferred at length with Mr. Two Days. Saltbie, who explained that the ex- tra one-half per cent, was allowed for “going value.” VIENNA, Dec. 23 (via London).— Ay no going valuo was found by|The new American note regarding the commission after the case was] the Ancona has made a good impres- — ion here. (Continued on Second Page.) An curly answer may be expected —_~<_ ——. U-BOAT REPORTED TAKEN BY TWO SUBMARINES, Work on it has been be already, LONDON, Dec xchange |‘Telegraph Company's Amsterdam cor- respondent says: “A despatch received here from Vienna says that Austria's reply to the American note regarding TOAD NEW NAVY, SWEARS HUSBAND WAS MEANEST MAN IN ALL THE WORLD Mrs. Sheffield Tells Court “Ro- man Terror Men Had Noth- ing On” Her Better Half. WAITS FOR HER IDEAL. Is to Touch Black Hair of Her Visioned Male Perfection. | Her Life-Longing | Soft, Mrs. Irene ShefMfeld sat before Vice Chancellor Vivian Lewis in Jersey City to-day and told of her un- happiness and hatred for her hus- } pana, Justus SheMeld, Harvard grad- uate, lawyer and clubman. This was the answer she snapped at Merrit Lane, her husband's lawyer, When asked to describe Shomela: “He Is a tyrant, a cheat, a liar, and, if I have to say it, Your Honor, the meanest man God ever gave life t She didn’t add that otherwise he was all right, either, To the con- | trary way he treated me and ny children is simply Indescribable men never had I had to call The old Roman terro anything on the thing my husband," Mrs, Sheffield admitted there had been little happiness in her life after her stepmother came into It, when she was twelve,years old, “Two months after my father was married ain my stepmother told me to,get out of the house,” she said, “I! was sent to boarding school on an ullowance of $26 a month, and I was | not properly clothed or fed. I met this man and I thought I loved him. Ho was getting only $10 a week then, but I didn't care about money, L wanted love. But we never got along, We fought right through our boney- Sheflleld was successful as a lawyer and soon became prosperous, But Mrs. Sheffield said that no hap- piness came of bettter material con- ditions, Mrs. Sheffield said that her son} Nelson, who later dicd in a sani-| tarium, was punished for soiling his all day Ina room by himself, Lawyer Lane asked questions about Golden Hollow, her book, which was sup- pressed by her husband after a thou- sand coples had been It con tained easily identified portraits of] her husband—with a keen tion of his alleged less worthy qual- {ties—as well as those of some of their friends, the Hapgood Brothers, sold, apprecia Hutchinses and n and Lloyd Osborne, the novelist “That book,” said the plaintiff ‘stood between me and my children and starvatic ust how?" asked Lawyer Lane. “1 pawned my gold watch to get the money to buy the paper on which lt was written. |WILSOKS ON GOLF LINKS, clothes by a whipping and was locked | This, if True, Is the First Event} the steamer Ancona is expected Mr. Lane directed her attention to ae within two days, but that it se on page 208, * a tho of Its Kind in | possible Baron Burian, the Aui a passage on page 208, "I like th nd tro-H in Foreign Minist jingle of gold, gold coins with the Histo Will viel Borlin before it la di head of the eagle on them,” bas vis book Is suc Fr Mee submarines have captured an Aus ¥ fron AM | wwith your sworn itatément Ju t now| e and are towing tt to despateb yo en pt , eat ht athe "s Sasi iehea) re of the|about not caring for money?" asked eas. ee Tues-| the lawyer ceived hero to-day, Soca nell gE Pioneers Malta despatches to Paris ye CHRISTMAS SPECIALS sheffield retorted, “ha Jett me with assorted that an Austrian sul ie $12 Men's Overcoats and Suits, $5, gut money tod een destroyed by two allied tore |. THE "HUB" Clothing Cor. Mrs, Sheffield ve made aw lo nae eet cor. Tharelay St. opp, Woolwort Jof money making photographs of io boats. If the Rome version is! {ng, will sell to-day and. Friday 0° 2 erapne Porrect this is tho first time in history Men's Suits and Overcoata, fine |Jonn D. Kouckefellor and others at her has been captured thibet, grays, penell striped ANA dark | studio, No, 120 Mudison Avenue, and mixed’ wors #34 to $12 In any o ‘Our'special eiek| wot along nively until her husband to-day and Fr balance of | insisted on her to Connecticu Iron Money. | our $21 1 Tailorea Suits.) «1 way God's D (via, Loudon) The gia eee Mouneil has decided on the Cleth Adve, n even'ss Lil Christmas. Hu voudway, corner Barclay St, indy of iron ton-pfennig pieces, intry,"” she sai pee op Second Page.) yeaa FOOT V Oa For Husbands: I. Thou shalt keep thy past unto thyself. This is the first and greatest commandment, IL. Thou shalt not scoff. If. Thou shalt be a careful kisser, IV. Remember thou keep holy marriage vows. Six days shalt thou vaguely dream of might-have-beens, but on the seventh day, wake. Remember thy wife sing her praise, and give her freely of thy time and wit; for a dull husband is a dis ce to the gods nd a clever one almost human, Honor thy wife and all hee bills that thy days may be long the sand which the Lord thy giveth thee. V1, Remember thy mother-in and keep her guessing, for a wi mother-in-law Joveth a cheerful 11 and a good excuse is better than none. *VIL the and Thou shalt not steal a mareh unto thy club. VILL. Thou shalt not danger—thoush verily a live im- pulse has a low vollage domestic foredoom beaten to a frazale. 1X, Thou shalt choose thy brands of tobacco ani likewise thy expon- diturés according to thy Income, X. Thou shalt be a man depend- able as thy best investments; thor~ Gughbred as a racer; mellow as old wine; constant as thy club dues; then of a surety will favor cling to thee ax a lichen to un old oak tree, fog wiih Rules for Married Couples Suggested by Mrs. Sheffield For Wives: I, Thou shalt not g LL. Thou shalt keep thy temper to thyself. MIL. Thou shalt not bore thy husband, IV. Remember thou keep unholy his many socks, Six days a week and do but re- see pro- reh to mergen t thou frivol all things thou wan fake member his linen to that it is spotl vide thou extra # be sh. on the seventh, used | Vv husband and let him do exactly as he pleases, so that thy praises may be fong tn the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Vi. Thou shalt not ask him any Honor thy questions, neither morning, nor noon, wor night, for whatsocver a man want) n to tei thee h will give thee unsolicited, VIL. Thou shalt not complain. VIL ‘Thou shalt not steel thy heart against his hobbies, ix Thou shalt obey him Thou shatt be fresh and sweet ark “dainty 45 & shower bouqu dingerie ia more to be desired th rubles pnd good cook above govs ernihent honda, Th¢ commandments were given “In respohae to a question by Merritt Lane, Sheffield’s attorney, as to her domestic ideals. In provious testt- mony Mrs. Sheffield told in what small esteem she held her husband's personality. = SE MEET OTHER PLAYERS) President and Bride Play First Game at Hot Springs—Get News- per Clippings of Wedding. HOT SPRINGS, Va. Dec, —The President and Mrs. Wilson made thetr | first appearance on the golf links here to-day. Other players were 3 the course and with these the Prest-| dent and his wife chatted during the round. Mrs, Wilson wore a light blue tailored suit with tan walking shoes and a black toque hat ‘A fall of snow kept President Wil son and ‘his bride Indoors during the forenoon and the Executive aned | up a great mass of oficial business | which had been forwarded ty him from Washington. Among the papers forwarded from | Washington which especially tnter- | ested the Wilsons wer "Yellow of clippings regurding thelr | 1 management Is making an attempt to have the President and his bride participate the hotel's Christmas celebr 4, for which elab- orate preparations are bein The Marquis and M ness of Abe who have been in the west, urrived here to-day rite he $7,000,000 PROFIT GOES TO HEIRESS BRIDE Mrs, Catherine B. Spaulding, Wed Five Months Ago, Sells Prop- erty Willed Her by Father, Seven mill Bar CHICAGO, De dellars profit ix ready fo ng of Mra, Cat b of five mas stoc ker aulding te m Purchase of the big Haske Cor Company at Michigan City, I by eastern Interests was suld to-d nave netted her tha: amou plant was willed her | father _ German General Dead AMETERDAM The de ‘ Karl Jung T Announce the teriin dun r Mast Pland commande CROWN PRINCE TO VISIT KAISER ON’SICK BED Suffering From a “Slight Inflamma tion of the Cellular System,” Says Berlin. BERLIN, telegraph (by L. wireless to Sayville, 1).—Em- peror Willian has postponed the trip he had planned making to the west- ern front, the Overseas News Agency | announced, slight indisposition | making it necessary for him to re-| a THREE INDICTED INPLOT 10 BLOW Federal Grand Jury Finds Bills Against Koenig, Leyen- decker and Justice 'FACE 3 YEARS | Anti-Canadian Plot Was Wide- | spread and Aimed at Destruc- | tion of Much Property. Paul Koenig, head of the secret ner- | vice of the Hamburg-American Line; | Willlam Leyendecker, a curio dealer, acting as an operative for Koenig, and Edmund Justice, another oper- | ative, were Indicted bythe Federal tion of Section 3% 6f thé Criminal Statutes. One indictment was found against Leyendecker and Justice and two against Koenig, there being five counts in each of the Indictments, ‘The indictments are more sweeping than were the complaints upon which the men were arrested, ‘They tell of the expedition into Canada of Koenig land 1 decker and thelr intention by of arms to blow up the | Welland Canal, and charge the plotters with attempting to destroy other military strongholds : in € In with that they underteok to gain informa regard to Just Koenig's activities the Indictment says |tlon through avin him regarding troops Canada and munitions of war leaving this country and Can- ada for Great Britatn The indictments were drawn by istant United States Attorneys er B. Wood and Hen A. Matthews and wero returned to Judge Julius Main indoors for a few daya, M. Mayer shortly after 1 o'clock. It The agency's announcement de-|is charged tho plans for both con- scribes tie Emperor's ailment spiracies wera outlined and the d slight tnilammation of the cellular tails completed In this country, Seo- vi has ‘eo, tion 19 reads as follows: NDON, Dee An official mes-| “Whoever, within the territory sage Just received here from Ber-| of jurisdiction of the United Mn describes Emporor William's ill-| states, begins, or seta on foot, oF ners = =as —“zollgowebentzuendung”| provides or prepares the means for (mure trequently given as “binde-| any military expedition or enter- gewebentzuendung”) prise, to be carried on trom there A despatch to the Exchange Tele- painit iho termtorsior danaions graph Company from Amsterdam| eee een inew > atate, says: “Emperor William 1s suffering) oe et ee ane oe neato from a bad cold. He is under the) 9) he m the United St ae eat care of throat specialists and con Ses ii ba‘fined not sori lise fined indoors, He was /greatly ta-| Peace shall beAned not more than tigued by his recent strenuous trav. ae Dae ela nt elling and must take tions, The Crown Prince will pay a short visit to bis father during the! holidays. VIENNA ROLLS GUT OUT BY AUSTRIAN DECREE and Other Also Prohibited at the Biscuit Fancy Breads Bakeries, VIENNA, ald) Dec, 23 (via London) the baking otis, biscuits er fancy t and permitting uking of loaves of ordinary order does not apply to persons and on requires pecial precaus| 1 eu Mute Leper (went here, TOTAL BRITISH ARMY SOON TO BE 4,500,000 of 4,000,000 ( Asquith Total Men Authorized By Doesn't Include Colonis Says ommon: LONDON, Dec, 24.~ . in the field when British forces, | including coloni the Army Bill y 1 last night goes t will tota oT han 4,800, and are expected to soon ap Pp 1 4,500,000 Premier Asquith stated in Com include colonials, On j i were - > New Yorker Wounded in § OTTAWA, 0 i LM. Henshaw yew ¥ Ty UP VELAND CANAL IN JAIL. | Grand Jury thin atterndbW tor viola. |) ne 9 WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE ON TORPEDOED SHIP: BOAT GAVE NO WARNING. $——__ ——_— Survivors Picked Up by a French Gunboat Many Hours After Ya- saka, Maru Was Attacked and Safely Landed at Port Said. IDENTITY OF SUBMARINE NOT YET ESTABLISHED LONDON, Dec. 23.—The new Japanese liner Yasaka Maru, which | was sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean Tuesday by a submarine while \the steamer was on her way from London to Japan with 120 passengers and a crew of 160 aboard, was sent to the bottom without warnling,-ae- cording to a report received from Port Said from the agents of the owners, ' All of those on board the ship, including one American passenger, W. J. Leigh, were saved. The nationality of the submarine is not men- tioned by the agents and previous rtports referred to the sinking of the ship as done by either an Austrian or a German submersible. The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tuesday afternoon. A French gunboat picked up the passengers and crew at midnig: it and landed them at Port Said Wednesday morning. GALLIPOLI BLUNDER COST THE BRITISH 112,921 TROOPS: More Than 25,000 Were Killed, Declares Report Is- sued To-Day in London. The company provided hotel accom- modations for them and is arranging to forward them to their destinations, On the passenger list were fifty-one men, fifty-four women and fifteen children, most of whom were British subjects, The agents in thelr report | say further: bie “Tho passengers express great ad- | miration for the skill of the Captain and officers and for the discipline of the crew. Perfect order was main- tained during the embarkation, which was carried out with the greatest promptitude. Tho vessel went down in forty-five minutes, but perfect order prevailed and tho passengers and crew were all saved. Tho Yasaka Maru was a vessel of 6,879 tons. ‘Tho Dally Telegraph says the sink- ing of the vessel resulted in the big- LONUON, Dec. 23.—Great Brit. | 8°** monetary loss that has oceurred ar / since the Lusitania was sunk, aagert- ain's lows of officers and men at the! ing the ship und her cargo were worth Dardanelles up to Dec. 11 was] £1,000,000 ($5,000,000), ‘The Times de- 112,921, clares the liner was in: cred against This is the grand total of officers} WF Fiske by the Japanese Govern- and men, including the naval , of | Ment. hited, wounded and missing. ‘Tho| W: J. Leigh ts an American citizen, \riimber killed waa 25,279. In addi-|born in China, His father was a Cale tlon to the total of casuaities, the | fornian, number of sick admitted to hospitals | Mr cigh has spent most of ‘his wae 06,683 | life in China, but recently hag lived The losses were distributed as fol-|!0 England, He was returning to loan. kited, officers 1,008, men|China on the Yasuka Maru to take a wounde officers men | P tlon with « business house, Bis missing, officers 337 men| family ‘9 in London, Mrs, Leigh has 11t4. received a cable message saying her - House of Common: 9 af- | husband ts safe. no Harold J. Ten Parlia- | TOKIO, Dec. 23.—News of the sink- Under-Secretary for War,|ims of the Yasaka Maru reached @eclined publicly to give the names|Toklo to-day and caused great ex- sree officers relieved from com-|eltement, The advices received here mand in connection vith the landing | Sy the steamship was sunk by of Britisn troops Suvla Bay on| Marine near Port Said, j ps th sMipoll Peninsula, . eau aie 4 waa we siat tho names SHIP RUNS ASHORE }were publ Mr nna IN DASH TO ES replied that if thie, we ky | ATTACK OF A U-BOAT ne em D n sd n "W 1 1a i ae i 4 haa! SA, Spain, Dee. bo obi 1 Paris The French PEEL San eR eine aa Horiin |Loukkous, with a cargo of sugar, ram D tt * at rt inouth of the Ebre ea ve while attempting to : ie from a submarine =e na The captain ef the Loukkous says 4 farses the submarine attempted so tospece Vossel On being ordered to stop ptain went abeud at tull speed fired several shots The commander of we party to steamship and _ AEF fo GietiEr seue " ae aro | )