The evening world. Newspaper, April 8, 1916, Page 1

__PRICE ONE Cc memento |“ Circulation Books Open to All?" “Covrrienty 1910, by ENT. | Co. (The New York World), The Prese Publishing NEW YorK, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, GERMANY WILL IF U-BOAT SAN BUT WILL SI ‘ <i Annel Liner a Passenger Ship and Entitled to Protection, Berlin Announces. WILSON STANDS FIRM. “No Moré Quibbling”’ on Sub- marine Issue Is Word From Washington. BERILAN, April If the mteamer Sussex, carrying Americans, was torpedoed by a marine, the U-boat Inted his instructions, it wnoonditionally to-day channel German sub commander vio- was stated The Sussex was a passenger -carry ing ferryboat. according to reports DiBht Here. She. therefore, came under the protection ihe German| Government assured to passenger ners in a ation trans~ communi Wilson by after the Ard mitted to President dassadar Bernstorff tor doing the other hy Hy plain her Ye four athor ? sident Wilson has made #re entirely different These four Germany at no time during the tations pledged herself to freighters befor her submarines. While these freight Vessels continue to supply the allies with both munitions and food, 1 Jong as the allies continue their star vation policy against Germany the German Government, it ix stated with authority, will never yield the right to sink them. : a WILSON DEMANDS ABSOLUTE SAFETY OF LIVES AT SEA hand wos day, the ¢ rbot w inquiry, vessels were freighter nogo- warn WASHINGTON, April 8 uation between America and Germany The sit- is more serious than it has been at any time since the Lusitania torpedoed, with the loss uf more than @ hundred American lives. All the evidence at hand tends to prove that the British channel @teamer Sussex was torpedoed with- out warning, and not hit by a float- ing mine. This evidence, laid before the Cabinet yesterday, engrossed the was (Continued on Second Page.) ‘ho, 000 Reasons! There is a reason for the insertion of every advertisement, and it must be a good one, too, for people don’t spend money for advertising without having a definite purpose in view. To-mor- row’s Sunday World will contain about 10,000 separate advertisements representing as many distinct needs. It may be the advertisement of the manufacturer, storekeeper or house- wife seeking help, or one seeking a position. All are equally important. } There will be about 1,200 real estate offers to buy or sell, 1,300 apartment and other vacancies, 600 business op- portunities, places where to spend the spring holiday, business school inouncements of exceptional inter- * and about a thousand other ads, . importance to many. New York is the wealthiest and largest city in the United Stares. It must have one great newspaper to act as its recognized Pusiness exchange. The people have selected The World because of its great circulation and its ability to ive rfvertisers results, Last year World printed 1,318,945 adver- tisema@}ts, or 698,729 more than the 620,216 of the Herald. Advertise in ‘orid and prosper. attacking them with | ADMIT GUILT PAUSADEPERKINS, K THE SUSSEX, NK FREIGHTERS CUPD DRIVES BiG AUTO AS PAIRELOPE AT DAWN; WED IN POLICE STATION Quick Trip to Greenwich, Conn., From Broadway Res- taurant Precedes Marriage. While the Town Justice of the Peace of Greenwich, Conn, still asleep early this | morning, a big auto, with Cupid at | the wheel, stopped at Police Head- quarters, Two pretty young women, | with opera cloaks covering their eve- |ning gowns, stepped from the car with a young man in evening dress and entered the police station, The young man called Capt, Andrew Tal- bert aside and whispered Wills you help us Clerk and the were out, Captain? nt party and find the Jus- We're on a little elope we want you to try We made up our nly | minds rather sudd The Captain inforr der law five days’ residence | in Connecticut was necessary to wed. | The young man replied he was Karl I | Fisher of Greenwich. Later, he sald {he lived in New York City, but gave last night.” him that un- a new ja fictitious address on Weat One Hun- dred and Sixty-third Street. The bride-to-be he introduced as Miss Ruth EB. Livernois, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jullus Livernois of Manhat- tan. ‘vown Clerk Robert Wellstood was called from his home and issued the ROOSEVELT ENVOY, CALLSON WHITMAN Discusses Parks—‘l Am for Hughes,” Governor Says in Reply. DONNYBROOK FAIR ON. to Elect R.- Republicans Meet Chairman—Face T. Barnes-Root Issue. George W. Perkins, as emissary of Col. Roosevelt, called on Gov, Whit- man this morning at the St. Regis Hotel, just as the Republican leaders were gathering in State headquarters to determine whether Barnes or Whit- man shall elect the State Chairman and control the party organization Mr, Perkina’s visit to the Gover- hor was nominally for the purpose of discussing affairs of Paligade Park Commission, of which Mr. ‘Perkins is Chairman, But there was no dis- guising importance of the meeting at this time Gov. Whitman declined recog- nine in any degree the Roosevelt or | the Root Presidential candi He repeated with emphasis for Hughes.” The newly elected Republican State Committee which met to-day At noon faced complications in both national and State issues, The com- mittee is divided into various groups, with divergent views and animated by many motives. The only official business is to choose a new State Chairman and minor officers, but the doing of this has developed a polit- teal Donnybrook Fair, ROOSEVELT IS THE ISSUE BE. FORE THE COMMITTEE. The national issue at stake is Roose- velt, either as the Presidential candl- the political to marriage license. Then Capt. Talbert sont for Justice of the Peace Albert F. Mead. With Crystal Shepherd, the girl companion ot Miss Livernois, as one witness and the driver of the car, Ray Howard, of No. 210 West Fifty: sixth Street (assistant to Chauffeur Cupid) as the other, the marriage ceremony was performed in Police Headquarters, Before Greenwich was quite awake the party departed and announced the wedding breakfast would be served at a Broadway restaurant, It was learned the party left a res- taurant in West Forty-seventh Street early this morning for the trip to Greenwich STORM DRIVES WILSON BACK FROM YACHT TRIP President Due in Washington Late To-Day From Interrupted Week-End Cruise. WASHINGTON, April 8,—Presi dent Wilson, who left last night on the naval yacht” Mayflower for a week-end cruise, will return to Washington, arriving about 4.80 P.M to-day. A snow and sleet storm was given officially as the cause for his return, Secretary Lansing said no new in- formation had been received from the German Government concerning the submarine question, but it was ex- pected at any time. The Secretary plans to see the President to-night, berth tana aie FRENCH SUBMARINE SINKS AUSTRIAN SHIP Transport Sent to the Bottom of Adriatic, Says Paris Offi- cial Report, PARIS, April 8—It was officially announced torday that a French sub- marine has sunk an Austrian trans port in the Adriatic, date himself or a figure so dominat- ing the party as to be able to choose @ candidate of his own liking in order to head off Hughes, ‘The State issue at stake is control of the party organization, either by the Whitman-Hughes element or the Barnes-Ro ‘t-Root element Members the committee of varying views on these phases, no two seem to concur in all at the have and same time. The questions in contro- versy are: NATIONAL — Roosevelt or anti- Roosevelt, Root or Rooseveit, Root or Hugh: Hughes or anti-Hughes, STATE — Barnes or anti-Barnes, Whitman or anti-Whitman, Tanner or anti-Tanner, New York City or up-State, Barnes Old Guard or Whit- man-Aldridge-Hendricka-Ward New Guard, If the Barnes faction wins they plan to reorganize the State Commit tee into a close corporation, Member ship is to be reduced from 150 to one- third that number by changing the basis of representation from the As sembly District to the Senate or Con- gressional District, PLAN TO CHANGE BALLOT FOR “STRAIGHT” VOTERS, The voting ballot is to be #0 al- tered so that it will be possible to vote a straight party ticket by a sin gle cross in a circle at the top. The Old Guard may try to get through the State Committee to-day a resolution indorsing the can- didacy of Elihu Root for the Presl- dential nomination. Mr. Root has been persuaded at least to pose an a candidate, and the whole plan, ma- tured within the last forty-eight hours, is regarded as an effort to head off the Hughes boom Some of the Hughes supporters thought they saw in the scheme the hand of Col. Roosevelt, who met Mr, Root recently at a luncheon aud (Continugd on Second Page.) ooo 12 Snow or Rain To-Night. Sunday, Clearing. sont PAGES PRICE ONE VILLA AT PARRAL WELL AHEAD IN CHASE TRIES TO STIR UP GARRISON TO REVO GERMANS GAIN Heavy Fighting | Last Night Along Fronts on Both Sides of the Meuse. NEW ATTACK AT VAUX, Battle With Hand Grenades, Which Ends With Ad- vantage for French. PARIS, April 8.-—-The Germans re- newed their attack south of Haucourt, In the Verdun region, last night and gained a footing in two small field works between Haucourt win No, 287, the War Office announced to-day. Fighting with grenades Bethincourt and Chattancourt turned to the advantage of the French ; East of the Meuse there was in- termittent bombardment of French positions, Near Fort Vaux the Ger- mans made an attack with grenades and were repul ‘The German losses before the city, it 18 semt-officially announced here have reached 200,000, “These figures, the report says, “are the result of careful Inquiry, In which the figures and between have been rigorously checked and verified.” “Declarations gathered from pri oners and our own observation: s the statement, “lead us to esti- mate at least one-third of the total force engaged (450,000) ag the min imum losses of the German snfantry up to April 1. Lt is therefore 150,000 men who have fallen solely upon the first battle line, “But the German losses do not atop there, In @ modern battle long range guns yeach far behind the first line, striking lines of communication and the quarters of troops. As the range of the artillery lengthens, the zone of destruction behind the battle line in- creases proportionately. » German artillery, literally piled up In the woods. suffered losses comparable with those of the infantry. Finally our heavy artillery reached supply camps aod innumerable convoys in the rear “We arrive thus, keeping within a most moderate estimate, at upward of 200,000 men as the figures of our en emy's losses before Verdun > NEW YORK GRENADIER WOUNDED IN BATTLE Parents Cross to See Lieu, Walter G, Oakman, Former Har vard Man. LONDON, April &- i, Oakman jr, of Ne enlisted in the ¢ soon after the b and who was ‘re action in France, has been brought to Calais on his way to England, His father and mother are coming to see him on @ steamship due to-morrow, Lieut, Walter York, who enadler ards winning of the war ently wounded in Lieut, Oxkman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G, Oakman and a grand- son of Roscoe Conkling. He gradu- ated from Harvard and wys about to enter a profession when the war began. He enlisted in the armored motor service of the Hritish army and soon after was offered a com- mission in the Guards, For months his regiment was almost constantly under fire, but Bieut, Oakman escaped injury u til recently, ai Chinese Mob Gove AMOY, China, April 8.—Withdrawal of troops from Chiobe, in Fokien Pro- REPULSEDNEARBETHINCOURT TERRLOSSES SO FAR 200,000 | did will never cease. ‘HOLLAND GETS READY vince, was followed by local disturb- ances. Mobs attacked and looted the Tax and Salt offices, ATHAUCOURT RUNAWAY GIRL FOUND IN PORT JERVIS AFTER SEARCH OF Two WEEKS. @ 4 + ALMA MVERS PPRODHHGH OOO OG KAISER IN LETTER PRAISES HINDERBURG| Marshal eee Declares German Field Has Met With Unheard ot Success BERLIN, April X.—Kaiser Wilhelm expressed the gratitude of the whole nation for the deeds of yon Hinden- burg in a letter addressed to the Field Marshal on the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into milliary service. He wrote “Dearest Field Marshal h dd of success, it was granted to you to fulfil! the diMeull and highest taska which a General in the field can be called upon to carry out You have driven, with crushing blows, an enemy far superior in number from our frontiers and, impeded by the most clever operations, further invasions, “You have advanced your positions far into the enemy's land and main- them against flerceat Those deeds ong to his but I know that | speak in the of the army and the whole ountry, when to-day I asaure you, with the heartiest congratulations that thanks and gratitude for all vou #6 With un most name TO GALL MORE TROOPS Bill Introduced in Parliament thorizing Use of 1917 Class Recruits LONDON, April §.—A bill has been submitted to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament to authoriz the Government, in view of tho pre- vailing extraordinary cirmumstances, to call up if necessary the reeruits of the 1917 class, says a Reuter de- spatch from The 6 Hague BURNED BY MOLTEN METAL, Workmen Badly Injured Wh dle Overtarns in Steel PITTSBURG April 8—Twelve men were badly burned at the Wood- wn plant of the Jones & Laughlin eo! Company to-day when a ladle { hot metal was accidentally over- ned. ral of the injured men, jospital authorities sald, were in a dangerous condition. Au- ALMA MYERSSAYS.- “SHE IS REPENTANT:. PORTIS Wanted to “Paddle Own Ca- noe,” So She Ran Away After Family “Spat.” POSED AS GRACE DAVIS. Father of Runaway Girl Col- lapses on Hearing She Is Safe. Alma Fuller Myers, the Bast Orange girl who ran away from home eteht days ago, was found to be safe and) sound at Port Jervis when Mra, Per- cival Francis and Mrs, Arnold Net~ tel of the Bronx arrived there to-day to take charge of her ‘The two an news of her being there was re- ceived, Her father collapsed when he learned last night that his “Smiles” was safe, and the mother had nearly atrain broken down under the of anxiety, while the police of New York and of neighboring New Jersey towns were searching for her The girl's mother recovered quickly from her nervous exhaustion and with two friends started at once for Port Jervis, She missed a conn tion at Paterson and had not arrived when Mrs, ttel and Mrs. Francis took charge of the girl Mrs. Francis and Mrs, Nette! missed the Port Jervis train at t » ter minal in Jersey City, ‘They took local train to Suffern and there hired a car to take the trip over the sixty miles of mountains to Port Jervis. Miss Myers was at the bome of Mrs C.D, Mattice at Street, Port Jervis. there last night by the police from Millrift, Pa had been staying with Mr William Sawyer, who ke hotel at which the Myers family spends a month or two every year. ‘The ght did not have a cent after paying hor fare to Milrift and had only the clothes she wore when she walked out of Mra Nettel's home after a visit, March 31 Sho greeted her Joyously and admitted she had done a foolish and unkind act At is believed by her friends she suffering from the effects of chronic melancholia, Mduced by the death of @ brother, who is burted at Millritt The Sawyera did not know the! girl's parents did not know where she was and believed her story that she No. She 25° Eliza was tal Port Jervis where she and Mra, pa summer was had b to Ko to Malirift while she ne @ position as @ stenographer in f Jervis, ‘They had not received any dally papers and did not know of the hue and ery which was being made for Mina | Myers here In seeking work in Port Jervis, Miss Myers used the name "Grace Davis.” She «poke of brother who had been drowned, of hig burial at Millrift and of having spent several summers there _ Some of the inquisitive golicemen of Port Jervis learned that no family named Davis had spent summers at Millrift, and that no man by that name had been drowned, ‘Then a woman of Port Jervis thought the “new girl boarder” resembled pictures ef the Alma Myers for whom all the police of tho East were s on confiding her belief to the proprie- tress of the boarding-house, a letter addressed to “Alma Myers” was found in "Grace Davis's" room In the mean time "Smiles" had been unable to find employment as a sten- ographer, and, practically “broke,” had agreed to take @ position \o-day ae a servant in the home of John D,) (Continued on Second Page) SS —————eE non the rough night | New York friends! rehing, and | J LT U. 5. CAVALRY IS RUSHING \ “THROUGH MOUNTAIN RAVINE IN OT PURSUIT OF BANDIT —_2+o-—. War Department Takes Occasion to Publish Order to Funston in Which He Was Told Only to “Break Up” Villa’s Band. ‘DENIAL AT WHITE HOUSE THIS MEANS WITHDRAWAL EL. PASO, April 8.—Information from Mexican sources to- day said that Francisco Villa had reached the environs of Parral and had sent emissaries into the town to test the spirit of the garrison and also to obtain provisions. The fact that the Bandit was reliably reported to have been only fifty miles from Parral two days ago gave color to the story Tex, This information served at least to act as a considerable damper on the reports of those who thought that the bandit’s career might be ended by another brilliant dash on the part of the American troopers, pies south to Satevo. ————-—— Army officers here say that a repe- tition of Col, Dodd's exploit wan diy likely in view of the great dis- WHO WAS IT SAID |: | SPRING WAS HERE?] ulvance lia Hoquitta ings for a northeast storm displayed American troops ay from Hath, Me, to the Delawarel Known to have reached some un Breakwater, ‘The local bureau pre named po nuh of S diets snow turning to rain, continu t paint wth ing all diay and to-night, clearing} From bat Be Kr " Sunday, with a severe d in tem=/ ravine, know Arroyo Alama, perature Sunday night The storm affects nearly all of t | country west of the Rocky Mountains | Heavy frosts are reported in Okla- homa and there are Hght frosts as far South as ADU OR Tex, | APRIL SNOW rt FIVE STATES. FUNSTON ONLY TOLD TO SMASH VILLA BAND IN ORIGINAL ORDER. runs directly toward Varral for twenty miles, Lt was through this arroyo that the ban ait strike toward | Parral 4 distance was expected to Storm @ Record Breaker tn Venn- sylvania and Ohio, | Special to The Kvening World | \UDDLETOWN, N.Y, April 8 One of the worst snow storms of the on |prevatla throughout this section today In some places wind causing heavy drifts, Indications are snow will continue throughout the day PHILADELPHIA, April § of snow fell t# WASHINGTON able April 8 significance is attached «iving out by the War Department of the Consider to the high to-day text of the order t Six Inches Gen, Funston when the punitive ex of Pennsy! and o-day, the] Péeditton in Mexico was decided upon \the'storm’ as a\record breaker for this| 18 ome quarters the publication Two inches of snow cov- delaware April 8 it of year of the order at this time is taken as 4 notice that the United States wii ard its mission in Mexico as com jeted as soon as thy de facto @ov ernment is able to relieve American orces of the task they have under | taken, or when “Villa's band or bands are broken up." ‘There is nothing in this order about Southern April! and f snowfall Two one-half incl di fell | ARMY AVIATION CORPS | WILL BE REORGANIZED, Addition It Not Subtraction,"| ‘sine Ville “dead or alive," | Tho official text of the order reads | Secretary Baker Tells House You will promptly organize an Military Committee | » military force of troops WANHINGTON, Aoril’ under the command of Brig. Gen “By The Army | Jo) 6 ° nim to proceed YY across ‘B i ar at : heed anenane fe the border in pursuit of the Mex! Wena si bee ba an a ae ae can bands which attacked the | ate. a a Neihy old the House! town of Cohumbus, N. M., and the itary Cor 60 ‘ This wampegarded as his answer to| {oops there qa the morning of the the questiop of what will result from| th inst. the War Mepartment’s extended in- “These will be withdrawn vestigation Yato the service, to American as Goon as who have corps from the \ Nest Supply base unless Vilin was within fifty or sixty mules of the | April Snowstorm Proves Winter Is] oa e ae It'he has reached: Pi | Still With Us, in Spite of Poets, | gown tate ‘a aigiay, rin : wan ths Robins and Baseball Games insue to be decided as an endurance + Aprit, not to be outdone by ane) st Wetween the United States soldiers pleasant Maroh, vinited the city with] ®d the bands @ snowstorm, beinning Just before §] Code messages received yesterday o'clock this morning. On its Krom Porreon gave Viia's dannie here the storm left a five-ineh blan- | Wherethouts as Tae Boquilla, which Lag Rat ng Te fifty milew southeast of Satevo | The temperature nt the beginning) #84 aN equal distance north of Parral of the snowstorm ranged about four} The code message declared Vilia Stas ria So eEITe Hane waa at Santa Rosulia two days ago The Weather Hureau ordered warn-/and from there bad turned west to