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WEATHER—Fair to-night and Thureday. Warmen ) AIL ¢ EDITION NAL @be ——— a —=>=— ——=== = ——= ss —— eee BTCB O ONE “CENT. crm HN, a pease NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1916, 14 PAGES 8 PRICE ‘ONE CENT. CAPTUREOFERZERUM WITH(G0,000 TURKS _AND GERMAN FIELD MARSHALS REPORTED | MUNTION SHPS BLAZE 28%. COMPROMSE ON WHTHAN. MI9!@TY WL GRAND DUKE NCHOLAS | AT SWEEPS BROOKLYN PER - REACHED BY6.0.P LEADERS. SL 8 PANG" EADS VICTORIOUS RUSGANS HUNT FOR INCENDIARY IS ON TDAVOD SPT NV PARTY oN ORES AGANST THRKS: ——_ a | | ‘Thompson Committee $12,- * ® eterna | | 000,000 Will Be Owed Thein Three Steamers Badly Dam- Seritinat of Detegn Delegates Is rail ON] ; eport of the Fall of Erzerum, Great ) ‘aged and 37 Barges With | | Root Is G. O. P.’s Favor- SHONTS EXCUSED AGAIN Fr. ; F 4 1 War Stores Consumed. ! ite Son in New York. ‘ ; pola | ortress in Turkish Armenia, Pre- | MaciInnes Says P. S. Board : : : eyaleaelab ek ceded by Official A m LL IN CREWS SAVED. OF PLOT 10 BLOW PY |BROWN IN “BIG FOUR.”| Didn't Even Scan $48,000,- | 'y al Announcement . en ; . ——— \ 000 Interborough Charge. | Of Capture of Nine Outer Forts. en on Vessels Forced to Leap | Customary Party Endorsement} ~— ; Into Water, as Flames | is Given Whitman’s Ad- | Duncan Macinnen, Chiet Account: C7 AF? S ARMY HAD CUT OFF Spread Rapidly. i ministration. ant in the auditing buerau of the! A |Letter Signed “Canada” Is Re : [Fire Occurs in Section of inane, iperimen of the city of ESCAPE OF DEFENDERS Two vig ocean steamers, chariered | “CUET SIRE -anada a | “Aster lot srhanigting and: dlaean sa New York, testified this afternoon be- > | x t ‘ ei a n= | ate imu ‘ rh eee RESIST he carry munitions of war to the| Ceived—Extra Police Are | Braet | ioc catresi Gisy, PRINS unk a6 Building Where Crones Poi- | gore the ‘Thompson Investiguting ON ; | allies, were partly destroyed, another Put on Guard. | Feld M hal dex GOLTZ | tho Republican party succeeded this sons Were Stored. | Committee, Mo hay been in the, -ONDON, Feb, 16.—Reuter’s Petrograd correspondent telegraphs i ras badly damaged, thirty-seven - \ iter ee ora eg ly afternoon in effecting © compromise | a. Coniptroliers' office since 1997, and he | that Erzerum has been captured by the Russians, 2 Barges and lighters were consumed} 4 loiter signed “Canada” addressed| that would prevent a schism in the, CHICAGO, Fr Police believe, {s familiar with the details of the, it i ; gwith their cargoes and « 900-foot pler.'to Mayor Mitchel was recelved at the ranks. The State Convention that that anarchists sought to burn the | negotiations that preceded the sign-| The capture of Erzerum has been the objective of the recent came Piled to the roof with merchandise City Hall to-day warning the Mayor had been held waiting in Carnegie |!” Mall to-day to destroy evidence | ing of the dual contracts whereby paign of the Russians in the Caucasus. Its possession is of considerable > faa trbned to the! tt Ree vat against Jean Crones, alleged leader |the City of Ne he Inter io i tance ae san aie te : ~ es Pe a y Ba ae! Mes Hall for three horn adopted unant- |" sheniben ioscan zhi renal lees pas arian me eran importance, as it is the chief city of Turkish Armenia and the - troyed by fire any day is week, 2 - 7 . : iy da eek. {mousy “Aprwasdrie- of commit teus | ihe. BARE baseuer tendictaarons| centre of a system of roads. It was reported last night “by the Russians Yidsln, BROOKIya e-day Secretary Rousseau sent the lettor Tcontaining the agrecd upon pro-/ dAvoh-| new subway. He made tho estimates ‘ ; & The steamships in the fire © to Pollee Commissioner Woods at leanne and quickly adjourned. ‘Tne bishop Mundelein of the practical results of the eon: | War office that nine of the outer forts had been taken. Bo Castle and ‘Pacific Castle, onee and Capt. Louls Haupt of the} |compromixe results achieved were as | A seat videntl diary, wa | a aueeens they would affect the City's It has been understood that the Turks had concentrated at Erzerum ve : seth Street 3 . a iscovered tn the cioakroom of tha » | oF ‘ : ae re e burn Elizabeth tation was instruct- | | follows aig iat i em ae He recalled that tho first plan failed {an army variously estimated at from 80,000 to 440,a90 troops. De nd the Be jo, which was ed to protect the building. | R Re- ‘ os FOF thet of adoptic July, » whi n= | ‘J », BERS. thes iain, ack ai at-large to the Re anion laboradécy,. sehete poisons adoption In July, 1911, which con-| snatches trom Petrograd recently said that the German Field Marshals « nin deck in un were sta- National Convention: % templated a return of 9 per cent. to Put into the upper be ent to the building United ‘Starea Senator James W. nd in Crones's voom were being| ¢ ¢ Interborough on its capita Baron von der Goltz and von Sanders were in command . veer eagi ARE s Were set to work ‘ alyzed | “The plan adopted in Murch, 1918," © 16 wae reported thal: thelv, ena is building Wadsworth, Gov. Charles 8. Whit ho blaze, thourh checked with |%@d Mr. Macinnes, “included an al- had t " - BY eit ea | man, State Chairman Frederick ikea or lowance of @ preferential of $6,000,000 7ae heen cut off and that they had Barber & | ©, Tanner and State Senator Elon = smail loss, would have wrecked the) 0 4), Interborough’s capital of $48 Provisions for only a fortnight. A filed a statement saying R. Brown, Alternates: E. H. laboratory, where many chemicaim are | 090,000 und a return of 6 per cent, on rie eeitios Was. Sent. hy ie TEs 40 velleva. the fire Sree eiertace | Butler of Erie, Jesse Phillips f stored, but for the opportune discov- |its new capital. This would be equal Se ee ae ae Steuben, Cornelius H. Bliss o! ory by Dr M. Phillips, laboratory |to 8.76 per cent, on the Interborough'’s 1 ed by the Rus rn SIX MORE STEAMERS | Suffolk and Gharles W. Anderson (employer, that flames were creeping linvesiment, an advantago of one |stans with heavy losves f Seek ih 5 7 tluns i sane | Bats 2 Srzerum is about sixty miles weet ; ‘of New York. up the Walls of the cloakroom, quarter of one per cent, over the old eset Piready under way HELD UP BY BRITISH! Resolutions prociaiming mili- A quart bottle containing some kind | plan.” f the Rustian border, It has: be t ane id tos mic onninen Orin - tant Americanism as the keynote of oll wan within a few inches of the} Mr. Maclnnes said he had seen no i : fy to Turkey for four centurter eee n this city. The other ts |Kig Freighters Filled With Ameri- of Republicanism for the coming | flames, When Phillips threw water|proof of thy accuracy of the Inter- erste marae A prominent part im be! a A att = hal I r ; | national campaign. Separate reso- jon the buttle It exploded, hurling glass|borough's clalm that their investment The ¢ i pein wed atten poeta eputy can Goods Are Tak | | \utions mildly indorsing Gov. /about the room and filling the entire jin the new subways—their old lines Se rte capture of Erzerum, if accom toes, 2 oid eens ate: Panag Obie to Kirkwall, | | Whitman's administration. eventh floor of the City Hall with{and equipment really worth] _ , [ pibes aa Eeperies, represents one of spe i es ca 1 1 at = LONDON, Feb, 16 © Norwesan | Elihu Root proclaimed by many | an unusual odor, | $45,000,000, Germany Understood to Have] tno Caitcen es Soee PHO Rae of Bike iW the duvcatiedtion, aniet ea shiveeal Calacanis - MARSHAL VON SANDERS. leaders as the favorite candidate | Another bottlo which hod contained, “I don't think,” he added, “that the Apread to “Recovnize! \vear of she war eae ee In the first wee 5 In tt eh. steamer . from New Orleans tor) — — of New York State for the Pres’ n ounce and a hulf of some chemieai| Public Service nimission Lee ecognize yar of mar the ans sent an Edy fav: wit thatthe fie wo ; ; , . t . ; sa tatit ANT ny into the Caucasus and won ss ry Aari a Dar dential nomination, but official | wi» fou the room. ‘The top of | 4 the Inte at, Liability for Sinking. an ene Dingo | venidly § 1 With cargoes of cotton | t ready exploded, possibly {uid do?" asked Senator Thompson. AVR REECE: , fisiglad ds Sari Kamysh, but the tn by oll, a r been taken into Kirkwall, These} IN HOUSE OF LORDS, Neither Gov. Whitman nor ex- f the fire, Dr, John Dill; Mr, Macinnes glanced at the coil a co a ee phat in Gh aM une Mee sro Hole. Masbachia Parr ales held at Kirkwal | —_—— Boss Barnes able to claim a deci- y Health Comminstoner, ing, then bent g qulzzical glance on| von Bernstorft, the German Ambassa- | [9% oan and Tess put ~ a achachian, of the | Virginia (Danish), from Baltimore é ith police estigation, | Senator Thompson and smiled. It] dor, delivered tho latest revision o! a je time to further active Bellagio, visited tho Barber offices |¢or Copenhagen: Rovere (N SeaniEn The Baron of Hever Castle’s First iy victory, ae 8 ales yee {oe aiid tue dlimticecun garg wigan aioe Ri iewarlon =H . ene na TST pe f the efforts in thin fleld PERT LE ate aNOr ' i i ; ere oppos: ° le eaid the clreumatances of 9 as 3 wusitania agreement to Scere! oe his afternoon and made this state- | from Mobile to Horsens; tanker Pio-| Session With Peers Is a Very Rating esr Mulidarity at this [coming at the time his laboratory ts| Mr. Mactnnes declared that ho had Fansite a ORS IATY, pin September of last year Grand ‘ neer (American), from New York for Brief One. | break, although analyzing the potsons found in| under the Comptroller's orders made) “An#ink to-day at noon uke Nicholus, who had been Rus- “Thero isn't a doubt in my mind | ¢ Start(N niet One, time by any epen break, althoug Neither Secretary Lansing sian Commander-in-Chiet, wa 3 u Copenhagen; Start(Norweglan), trom H d condemnation of the | Crones'* room, were undoubtedly sus-|a complete analysis of how the work.) **°' . tanaing ‘ner . whtel, Was seat SpELS the origin of the fire, It was| New York for Copenhagen, LORD UN, Eoby Abas Baron Astor « Hae saai traely expressed. pictous ing out of the dual subway contracts|Count von Bernstorft would discusa|‘? the Caucasus to take charge of ; wae | : : rnor wi I. a 6 camps started by incendiaries | —— Hover Castle (William Waldorf As Oa eae did not come to New | Chief of Detectives Hunt announced | would affect the ctty. the matter, but it wag reported that | ‘W® Campaign. He received reinfures- "Dhey lad an easy job of it. T went! The Maersk mentioned is probably Gov. i ‘1 i se ments and several weoks ago began ‘ By i probably) tor) took his seat for the firet time] y, for n, but his}that ho had positive evide: thar Theae paper anid, fondlingleng Ambassador w fe at = few the pier at 12.50 o'clock this morn- |the Danish steamer Eleonora Maersk, Tere 08 : Gronesand JobniAllegrini; whois held lene bully parce ts, "represent * informed It/ active operations. ‘They are designed to go aboard my ship. There was |which sailed from Savannah Jan, ag,| @228¥ in the House of Lords agonts said that they wery ee i rie ctlgn ceive tha Wise pokes uel * aby) wae dee eaante [could not be accepted as final until] to rr pressure on the British in watchman at the 1 looked for | >—- ao ma asia pares vealed the bie one cng |gether in @ ABloon on Phureday, th 1 Sawbath afternoons.” — - ad been submitted to President | Mesopotamia, and it ls assumed @ rdowen + . utes, There was no debate, | named as one he “Bis \« ain ‘sday, the/ and Sawhath 4 | Junction w p ats ta ME SUny Sea 'any whe vie one WILLARD ‘BOUT DELAY ie ee ee eee ene pan iay of tho banquet, and that Crongr| “And without extra compensation?” |Wilson. ‘The indications wore, 4] Neton WIth the British 1s hoped for ’ nies On the other hand he suffered some |rhunged 4 bundred dollar bill ip the | asked Counsel Bainbridge Colby sym. |seemed, satisfactory to &ecretary Let was awakened as soon as the | IS FINALLY SETTLED WOMAN SHOOTS WOMAN | bumps Jed th ha eo ap of the City Hall w yeti ghed Mr Marinnes “Elon | AMBASSADOR MARYE {aire started and went on deck. ‘The i The Governor had demanded that | nap of the Ci all wa cheb,” nighed velnne {itis stood Germany agreea to| a | ; s name |found, police say, among the papers inj was not on the Interborough pay-| stint } & 1 know a fire spreads rapldl ampion's Manager Formally Asks} {was put don th “. OW : a ie r 8 mrether ow i fio rir ‘ roll. | substi word: RESIGNS HIS P T but this wasn't a cusc of a ecks’ Pos Aon i > + 4 am 4 | sisted the resolutions ineluds | Dit nN be ce jing und ne crowd ht | lability’ the words “assumes | . - ape ee a oe re: i ns oe Two Weeks’ Postponement | Puts Pistol to Victims Head and eilua (tor “Sie “aamaiiiatratlo ite joovorgh skysobapers “You m ais,” asked | jiapitity” in speaking uf her responsi. |Stite Department Will Relieve En al fires Joining forces, Th is tho] of Big Garden Fight } Kills Her—Claims Husband's had to te content with « few sea-] Anarenintio prapiranda has gained | afr, Colby and porti-| pility for indemnity for the loss ot] voy to Russia Soon As Resig THICAG' re 6.—Jess | ections * ‘\Monated neces tacked or F bi hited States.) nacity?" nerican live | i é opinion of ull the w ip men who | CHICAGO, Feb, 16.—Jess V 4 Affections Were \lienated a SEES OBA : con, |The alleged «nar od ralioh_seals -pairhaney | Guneia nation Is Received. eaw the fire that it was incendiary, {aad ‘Tom Jones, his manager, de-| grrx-ry \ te | he Principal expr Deak avcnniiean oH p "| BERLEN itse| somnomnen teen oe j “The fife progressed so fast that my jay that the proposed. bout . | vention aig anes , “ Mr. MacInnes, “lut cer- \G mansie te t the| a . Ke 16 (via Lon erew. jumped overboard on the side | Moran of Pittsburgh must| Mrs. Rose Wood, a married| Likewise, the Whitman faction lost ean en iY : ee pairtinaeity Itwo chang rotary | ree T. Marye, the Ameri pway from the pier. I had to cast off |he postponed for at least two weeks} woman, was shot and instantly killed| its fight to have Dr. David Jayne | onq ‘ M4 & as bu Another shout from the crowd Jof State Lansing, but proposes a new |“ sador, has resigned, giving ; Lagi one develupment in the new anaroh- Mathy' Kend 4 ana att . i ' as his reason, He the stec) hawsers and they were go | from the date orlginally set, March 8.)on @ crowded untington Hill of Roohester named as one of 08" SUIT Mr, Coli “ n one of the ne-| wording for the other. | hot. J alinpst burned my hands off.” Jon arrived here this morning! , the “Big Fo against William |* ™ z sae ‘the theories on: ¢ ports Mr. MacInnes made to the Leen advised of the acceptance of tits ‘The Barber \pany gave out a|trom New York and immediately went|Merurban car to "| Berri of Brooklyn. who Was Chis ed eee ieee ead nat omptrotier, in waich he pointed out 1, 1917, ic | 7estRnAtton by th te Department Statement this afternoon in which it| te Willard's home, He finally became} 4d Defoe, who elatmed th "Jus the Barnes ma daha ORE aNd arg wlowunce Was made in the} would would | Mr. Marye desire to be was asverted that the wateamen at|convineed that the champion could] Wood had alienated her husband's af ‘The contest between, Hill and Rerr SOU F pe re proponal fi on the | relieved as early ible, the piers were on duty § training for about a week, | fections, was the one teat vote of the rival |!" ih and deprectation t 1 charges | WASHINGTON, Feb, 16.—Ambas to use the special fire ap reporters, Jones made what Wood was seated in the car! factions and the victory went tos ' ptt . te elég thas cee , eA Y, lor Marye's resignation will be a | he blaze wos ff! Y official statement regurd-| With Defoe, bound, t was l, forlator George BT pou ber of | acutied “ ‘ v DANY: tolentar Int 0, ‘The iner at t Med ow reaches Washington sere forced by the rapid spread of | {NM i i" Le ay Which wes the tlettsburg, Ky. Mrs, Defoe rded| publ service vm n who |), eer yo | the r t with the city withou nent t Ne nit It was sald to-da Depart the flames tu seek refug no | OS M Ward te < y he car in W Hun ton and.| plaved lone band in the 7 . t f the ' t 4or tain hire one. sm! Mialine In Van Cortlandt Park, | SURI bo Ue of During # long k been on There vi (Mr. Muctn ‘ 1" perl rye | ones Ri NS DRORRRB ED 156 Sy Tho firo was chy raeen nore tvan COUPLE, drew a revolt toe on Delegates Thompyon | ane RoE HAGE HAG . f ereiaieny ere 7 wh uth was wffocted wpecta isin \ ing ae Alay pit aa. permitted (4nd placin vgait Joolding yute. He refuel leaity ha ree Hecearie tual deta. TH tre Mac ' rograd eu firms the tha Hoboken disaste ata a ar M Wood's head fired. either we ae 4 a aan np th Ww 1 i | Me M . when five German steam Bale tise {died almost in ly M foe | for Senator Kion 2h. | rn j : aaa UPON tab ove apenas, |would ot | ) | ry, Ray Bake destroyed ower weoanise the skating iy | SUrrendered to ! three hours of strug Chompson la ted t nes tnuy | Ser ‘This table,” he said, “indicated * ya | For 1 yeday mar wer ut > Japproached Williuin Barnes and said: jbe hid f the How long 9 1 Mr|that in 1948 we'd still be $12,000,000 | « > have presente Ohinese erows of two of the ection, WINTER CH Take 1 re Aatioenel If you do no aut SiouD Kole a i i in thw aby, “before ‘| partied) ‘ , ba ador's resignation, Mr, Marye'’e ; ‘ ‘ von, was eacused | appointed ena in (Continued on Second Page.) kept "clove (Continued on Slats Pages (Conligued ou Vows Pages - If)" Mr Maclanes replied, until (o-morrow. July, 1914,