The evening world. Newspaper, February 25, 1916, Page 1

oe — neers es Teter tes es ee lee FLOOD IN SUBWAY PARALYZES CITY TRAFFIC LANE EDITION ——————— PRICE ONE CENT, —SS——— WILSON, DESPITE Copyright. 1916, by Co. Ciclo new fhecetad Che Circulation Books Open to All.” NEW YORK, _PRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, The Press Publishing _Werta). J« Circulation Books Open to an?| 18 Pcdoachodbled LEADERS IN 1916, le to-night; Saturday clearing, solder AA EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. HOUSE, STILL ADHERES TO HIS U-BOAT POLICY Jess Willard as He Looked To-Day | SUBWAY, “L” AND TROLLEYS INAGREAT TRAFFIC TANGLE. HICH LASTS FOUR HOURS Wood in the Underground Line Starts Trouble Which Ex- tends ta, All Systems. MILES OF CARS STALLED. Thousands Forced to Walk Through Trains to Places of Exit From Subway. ‘TraMe in the subway was seriously mpered for hours to-day by a flood in the tube at Forty-sixth Street and Broadway, which extended southward as far ap Times Square. ation was entirely suspended between Q@rand Central Station and Ninety - sixth Street, and only a scant shutile @ervice was maintained on the rest of ‘the line. All subway traffic, local and express, was resumed at 2 o'clock afternoon, At first the ser- vice was slow and jerky, but the Interborough operating officials promised to have everything run- ning smoothly within'an hour. So important a part does the sub- way play in the transportation sy4- tem of the city that passengers’ traf- fic inconvenience was soon felt in all parts of Manhattan in Brooklyn and the Bronx, Because of danger a& cave-in at Broadway, ‘Train oper Street a ixth B where the bo ing a tube Kd subw Broag@way and Seventh Avenue sur face cars were not allowed to run be tween Forty-eighth and Forty-ftth | @treet sfrom 11.45 o'clock to 12.80 olclock. Cars of these lines were stalled for miles north and south uf the seat of the trouble. Even after Capt. Ormsby of the Traffic Squad Permitted street cur traffle to move through the danger zone vehicut between F (waffic in Broadway fourth and Forty-seventh Str prohibited and only northbound traf fle was allowed through Seventh Ave- hue. Bouth of Forty-second Street only @xpress service was maintained to Brooklyn Bridge. North of Ninety sixth Street the congestion was so gevere that the service was practi- cally worthless, The subway break- ddwn throw an enormous increase in travel to the lines, which were soon crowded beyond their capacity and al! marage | lines within walking (Continued on 6 Second Page.) SCORE ARE INJURED IN ANOTHER N. H. WRECK BOSTON, Feb. were seriously injured others badly shaken up Randolph train, entering station, crashed standing just outside shed. Tho thick fog is said to have responsible f for the ac the acc idont U. 8. OFFIGER AND SEAMAN Six 5 and when the the locomotive soul unto a of the train. been DROWNED FROM BOAT) «= CHICAGO, Web. and an apprentice Naval Training Station at Bly were drowned heavy sea dashed a boatload reserves aguinst the breakwate A peity seaman at omticer the Lake whe of the The to-day ‘Robert M. Walters of Phil Chief Gunner's Mair Bradford Bixby appreniics avaman, Mush Ow \[ CITY GOT ONE CENT OUT OF CONTRACTS FOR DUAL SUBWAYS George 8, Coleman, counsel for |] the Public Service “Commission, i xplaa on the witness stand be- I] tore Thompson Committee to |] day he had received $8 from Intesborough Company 18 part of the cv of the Admiral Realty action explained that $10 of the that the " had been divided law firms and the odd cent | And that odd cent cent the city hi der the dual conti Chairman Thompson. TWO’ PARADES PERHAPS | FOR-ST. PATRIGK’S DAY Attempts to Adjust Fight Mayor Between Two Factions but Meets Failure. s lamentable that Irishmen of ork Clty cannot bury their fac- differences and at least join| s in an orderly and dignified pa- on St. Patrick's Day,” declared Mitchel to-day in discussing | ism in the ranks of the Hiber- Mayor denied the charge of hi id friend, Roderick J. Kennedy, head yLone of the factions, that he favored Coroner Tim Healy, head of the other faction, because of political afMia- on | “1 ashod Kennedy and Healy, both old friends of mine, to come and talk over the matter of their difference at my office,” said the Mayor, “When | got them here I tried to impress upon them the undesirability of a lot of good Irishmen fighting over noth- ing. An Lrishman js never afraid to fight for something tangible, but it struck me that the difference of opinion involved on this occasion wasn't serious enough to split a fine Patrick Day parade. d to meet the other side half but Kennedy would have nothing to do with the Healyites, So there you are, It struck me that inasmuch as my old friend Kennedy refused to arbitrate he must bave a wenk case “Bu view two parades and at different points, of cour: concluded hastily HUGHES AGAIN SAYS HE'S NOT A CANDIDATE “Has No Right,’ He Writes, “t luke Partin Any Political | Discussion, er to Henry A. Wise ber of Secretary Advisory Board, ma United § « E, Hughes reit- ) that he is n¢ esidential nomi reque: ductor | Jus fies’ Hugh 1am perfectly willing to re at different hours he 6 Ina Wood, let Naval ® public here tu-day Justice Char erates his declarati | candidate for the P nation, Mr, Wood | Statement as to Justice non preparedne dime meats part in make inen would office, 1 «ONDE Am not or ta undo vaything wvded i Cussd Liu uuewes us pou! luquie, Daniels’ |r ates Supreme| CITY MAY BREAK SUBWAY CONTRACTS WITH COURTS’ AID ho aes Fraud Claimed in Charging $400,000 Accident Claims to the City. REPUDIATED. QUIGG IS Interborough Counsel Apolo- gizes to Committee for “Blackguard” Letter. ona chief of department, James 1, Quackenbust the Interborough legal at the opening of the ‘Thompson in- vestigating committee's session to- | day apologized on behalf of President | Theodore P. Shonts and himself for the action of Lemuel Ely Quigg in =| writing a letter to Senator Thomp- son accusing him of “conselous blackguardisin.” Quiga’s grievance Was the publicatio® of # photograph of the $2,500 check paid him by the Gillespies, engineers and contractors, "I have not seen or read Mr. Quigg’s letter except in the news- papers,” said Mr. Quackenbush, “ have no control over the private acts of Mr. Quigg. 1 deplore the lan- wuage of his letter addressed to the Chairman of this committee, I speak the sentiments of Mr, Shonts, as well as my own, when I say this: We do not fee) that a lawyer employed from time to time by the Interborough should indulge in vituperation of this committee or its Chairman, Every one connected with the Inter- borough has been treated onsideration by with the this com- “Lam glad to bear counsel,” said Senator Thompson, smiling, “but I must say that Mr, Quigg’s letter has been a real benefit to this com- mittee and we are glad that it wan written—not on account of its spirtt, but because of ite effect.” LAWYER MARSHALL EXPLAINS ADMIRAL SUIT. Louls R. Marshall was sworn as a volunteer witness, He read a long statement of his service as counsel for the Admiral Realty Company, which tried to prevent the carrying out of the dual contracts whereby the City of New York became partner with the B, R. T. in building the new subways. He started with July 28, 1911, when he received a telegram in the A@irondacks calling him to his office on account of “important new business.” Ralph Wolf of Hays, Hershfleld & Wolf next day retained him to carry on the Admiral Realty Company's case against the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, the Brooklyn Rapid Tre Company and the Bradley Contracting Company to re- strain them from going on with the proposed subway extensions, on the ground that such a partnership was unconstitutional. As he told his atory | he mentioned conferences with George S, Coleman, eh lie Service Commission Mr, Coleman |testyied on Wednesday that he did ot vemember any such conferences | “Ave you sure you met and talked with Mr, Coleman?” asked Counsel | Frank Mo! | “Yes, quite.” replied Mr. Marshall -] “And you are perhaps as busy as lithe counsel for the Public Service | +, would not make comparisons,” seid Mr, Marshall; “but | am busy nd | beve a clear memory of those ab with M n ‘These questions wer bine with the theory of the Thompson Commit tthe Admiral Realty Company | ringing the neted under the nspiration of the L igh Com OU ey a aT) ' f counsel for the Pub-|! WILLARD S MET. - BY SPORT CROWD. § AT GRAND CENTRAL Stretched to Keep}: in Check When Champion Arrives To-Day. Ropes | FIGHTER IN FINE SHAPE. | Weighs 260 Pounds Now and): | Will Meet Moran ai | About 245. Willard, heavyweight |champlon, is In town. He arrived to- day from Chicago on the Twentieth | {Century Limited, A crowd {thustasts jammed the Grand Cen- tral Station to meet him. Ropes had to be stretched around to prevent their swamping the championship |party. The platform along whieh the train pulled in was also roped off for the benefit of sco-es of newspaper in and photographers who crowded toward the car in which Willard and his manager made the trip East. In addition, it seemed as If all the col- ored porters in the New York Cen- tral’s employ had knocked off work to get a glimpse at the big fellow who laid Jack Johnson low in Havana last April Willard was snapped in a dozen different poses, and all went well with his manager, Tom Jones, until he detected some movie “men on the job. Jones hit the ceiling right “Duok, Jess, or keep walking, shouted to tho big smiling champion “The newspapers can have anything, but I won't stand for moving pic- tures,” belched Jones as he tried to | keep Jess out of ranve of the cam eras. Despite preceding stories of Wil- lard's iliness in Chicago, the big champion appeared in excellent con- dition, He said he weighed 260 pounds and expected to enter the ring against Moran weighing between 245 and 28 pounds. He admitted having had @ cold and neuralgia, but never the grippe. He has long since been rid of both complaints and has even done some road work as preliminary training. Tom Jones proudly an- nounced that if necessary Willard could go into the ring and defend his title to-morrow, Tex Rickard, the promoter, Jack} Curley and several others more or less concerned with the fight sched- | uled for Madison Square Garden on Mareh 25, assisted in the official wel- come of Willard. Rickard expressed surprise at the big fellow's apparent good condition, Tex told Jess and Jones that already $25,000 in cash had been received for tickets and that all told reservations for seats at the fight amounting to $70,000 had been received. After considerable trouble getting outside the station Jones, Curley and Willard reached an automobile and were ridden off to the Colonial Hotel at Eighty-first Street and Columbus Avenue, where Willard will live while [here, His regular training will begin Jess the of en- to-morrow at the Pioneer A v. Walter Monahan, who was one of the | champlon's sparring partners in Havana, is on his way from Chicago now, accompanied by Roy Areher, Willard’s secretary. Get that secre. | tary thing? They are due to-day. Jack Hemple and two other spar- | ring partners will also be engaged The general scene which marked Willard's arrival was a reminder of the day Jim Jeffries reache sign articles of agreement fight with Johnson, it | streten ind tae same keep the cok and | police rene © be called wut, | ‘The resery needed to employees had bands uy} handling the situe |wryven ¢ CRUISES To W gone CLAM: All ro 1 Arriving at the Grand Central +8 bbb booe eevee Pre Hee esos RO : non on ce ce are 5e5eseoeesoe GERMANS PUSH ON AT VERDUN 10,000 FRENCH PRISON Berlin Claims the Capture of] WAR OVER BY APRIL15, Six More Fortified Farms and Villages. JOFFRE AT THE FRONT.! Matches Wits With the Kaiser} in Great Combat for French Fortress. RERUN, Feb. 25.—The Gprman War Office announced to-day the capture of all French positions in the region north of Verdun as far as the ridge of Loudemont, just south of Beaumont. The number of prisoners has been increased by from 7,000 to more than 10,000. The capture of the fortified villages and farms of Champneuville, Cot Tate, Beaumont, Cham- brettes and Ornes was announced by the War Office, PARIS, Feb. 25. © Crown Prince's offensive in the Verdun re Marmont, fion te showing signs of slackening the War Office announced this after noon, No attacks were made durin ho night, and the a ullery fighting has become jess vio lent. The text of the War OMice re port follows it wae stated ‘To the east of Vauquois we have launched fresh enemy's works he Forest of Cheppy tent artillery carried attac In the on th ezion o Intermit has lancourt aotivit been on between and the left bank of In the district Verdun the cannonadc ished in violence and male no attack on our positions during the night, We have es tablished anized positions in { Beaumont hing and M thé Meuse to the north of has dimin the enem. on the eight to the eas: o the souti Orne was calm ® front of Ki arrived al the F directing ren vont and he defense of tie € |The news bas created great cuth ism in Pa Asposn th not ced, anlhits haniath cicada ete LMS Cee) oO lin at | ha AP G Lk me he to to | 01 | So ) Ar the An official | these rumors. formation INTERNED GERMANS TOLD fficers Advised Recent Gains Are Forerunners of Peace, Wash- ington Hears, WASHINGTON, Feb command of German ship 26.—OMoers * interned the different United States ports ve received word from home that Buropean war will be over by pril 16. Their instructions are to Prepare thelr ships for sailing on] United States to- -day instructed Am- that day, it ts learned here, jermany’s victories on the western and near-eastern fronts are described |(Wiriee at the British Foreign Office the forerunners of peace. of the North German oyd Line said to-day that so far 4a he knew no orders to prepare Ger- | Asiatic waters, an ships for sailing bad been re- colved. “L have been questioned said, “but never have been able find out what is the source of It would be interesting know who Is giving out this in- He might be able to cite me authority for his statements. far as I know there is nothing to before,” | the report. ERMANS LOSE 17,000 ON THE YPRES FRONT msterdani Reports Casualties on Wester Line in Last Phree Week: AMSTERDAM, Feb. %.—'he ‘Yele- ar |iowses on tiie thr directing the Ie ‘aa estimated to-day that German Ypres front In the last ree weeks have app greatest German offens- since the defeat at the Marne [The Paris report shows the French have been forced back still further on the defenses uf Verdun and © now ne pon than five toa hale mil ft f . “ 0 ed by the ott pulletin ran car of Samogneux, and , word curving line teuum » the oa WObhuued va bulky veges CONGRESS AGAIN DECLINES TD DISCUSS THE MEASURES GIVING AMERICANS WARNING Speaker Clark Tells President That Resolution He Opposes Would Pass House By Vote of 2 to 1, But Wilson Is Unmoved. LODGE BACKS UP WILSON; BRYAN AIDS HIS OPPONENTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The situation raised by the new U-boat wartare proposed by Germany was still tense to-day and was full of im- portant developments. PS a Wilson feiterated his determined opposition to any action by armed ship question in a long conferencé with Speaker ane ‘aah Leader Kitchin and Chairman Flood of the House Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs. The President emphatically told the House leaders that he would not budge from hts plan of insisting that Germany recognize every American right, even when Speaker Clark told him that if a measure warning Americans off armed ships were forced to a vote in the House it would pass by two to one, oi hee Meader assured the Prositent, U.S. TAKES UP SEIZURE = jfrrerrr (hat there would be no ee tion in the House to-day ‘They talk affecting the issue Senator Page Told to Get | ts From| Stone made good his promise to pre- Britain—Release of Prisoners |¥¢R* discussion in the Senate by May Be Demanded, having the Gore resolution ordered to lle on the table when it was WASHINGTON, Feb, 25. — ‘Tho brought up again. In declaring that he would oppose all discussion of matters touching on the situation to-day, Senator Stone said: “The time ts not opportune for such discussion. I are nothing that should Bive anybody the jimjams in this sit- uation.” The Cabinet, after a two-hour ses- sion, declared itself solidly behind the President in his stand, It was re- solved that the Lusitania case should not be closed while Germany's new decree threatencd to invalidate ber promise already given A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that any issue affecting national honor should be referred be- fore decision to Congress, and that no ultimatum should be sent to a foreign Power vor seve of diplomatic relations be permitted without refer- ence to Congr was introduced by bassador Page at London to make tn- regarding the removal of thirty-eight Germans, Austrians gnd Turks from the American steamship China, in and to demand the release of the prisoners if they were arrested on the high seas, as haa been indicated, SAYS WIFE AWOKE HIM TO SCOLD HIM IN NIGHT She Berated. Him Tw ‘o Days After Wedding, Declares Armand Drey- tus in Separation Suit ‘Two days after bis wadding, Ar- mand Dresfus says in the complaint in his suit for separation from Marie! Senator Jones, Republican, of Wash V. Dreyfus, his wife opened up on] ington. It was also ordered to tie on him with a tirade of abuse in the| the table. Plaza Hotel, Havana, and though! Senator Lodge, ranking Republican that was in April last year, he say#/ member of the Foreign Relations she has kept up her vituperation ever |Committee, declared in & statement since, At other hotels in Havana, in] that he was in full accord with er parents’ home at Winsted, Conn.,| President Wilson's views on the sub in hotels in Larchmont and New Ro- chelle, he says, made all bis wak- marine as expressed in bis |letter to Senator Stone, and that he issue ng hours miserable with her nagging | would stand by the President and even worke him up in the night| ‘Telegrams to Congressmen from sometimes to scold him for not lying] William Jennings Bryan, supporting quietly the movement for warning Americans Mr. Dreyfus now lives at the Im-]off armed ships, began arriving to- erlal Hotel, Mrs, Dreyfus has an-|day, Representative Balley of Penn- | ewered with a cruelty, | sylvania received cne and planned to in whieh she a d of | read it from the floor. In this he was | threatening h ovolver | not successful laid sutiin out of the house at| KEEP OUT OF DANGER ZONE, jt hmont SAYS BRYAN. no ¢ Justice Pinch to-day| ‘The telegram to Bailey read: ed affidavits in the and 1 most earnestly hope that Con I then »pointed John Lancaster, | gress will speedily announce legisla- {cou mintiomoher of Litchteld,| tion refusing passports to Americans Con: heehee rit ling on belligerent ships; or, t ‘ of M aud M i er, refusing clearance to bel iD f M Dros to gerent ships carrying Amorican pas “ 1 engers, No owner of belligerent ships Sail GAN Spek be dae the Hany to . A a