The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 1

er ae ) /_ TERMS OF AL DITION os ae 4 — = hs ’ REPLY OF THE ALLIES TO WILSON PRICE ONE CENT. Cone 7,y isht, 191 Co, (The New The Press Publishing York World), NEW wy . ¥ YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, f “Circula 1917. ti 18 P ion Books Open to All. To-Day’e Weather—FAIR AND COLDER. ¢t a EDITION AGES NE CENT. 8 PRICE 0 HARRY THAW ATTE MPTS SUICID ———) AS POLICE ARE ABOUT TO ARREST “GERMANS MUST SURRENDE ~ ALL THEINVADED TERRITORY, |! ALLIES REPLY 10 WILSON Reparation Demanded for Belgium, France, Serbia, Roumania and Russia—Big Awards to Italy— Turks Required to Quit Europe. LIBERTY AND SECURITY FOR ALL SMALL NATIONS LONDON, Jan. 11.—It has been learned by the As- sociated Press that the Entente reply to President Wilson makes specific designation of its terms of peace. These in- tlude the restoration of Belgium, of Serbia and Montenegro and complete reparation for the damage they sustained, and the evacuation of the invaded territories of France, Russia nd Roumania, with such reparation as is considered just. The retirement of the Turkish Empire from Europe and liberation of Italians, Slavs, Roumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign domination are rlso required. While Russia’s claim to Constantinople is not specific- ally alluded to, one clause is considered directly to mean the replacement of Turkey by Russia at the Dardanelles. The assurances of Emperor Nicholas of Russia con- €erning Poland are indorsed. The terms also provide for the reorganization of Eu- 4 Yope, guaranteed by a stable regime and founded upon the seepective nationalities and the full liberty and security of all great arid small nations. a While Alsace and Lorraine and the Italian Tyrol are not specifically named, yet the terms require the restitution of territories previously severed from allied nations by force or contrary to the wishes of their populations. This is Eonsidered clearly to refer to Alsace and Lorraine and the Gtalian Tyrol. ——~-—-+ REAL PEACE OR WAR GOES ON ULTIMATUM OF LLOYD GEORGE Premier Declares Fighting Is Preferable to Chairman Henry Recommends No Further Inquiry Be Held Based on Tip to Wall St. WRANGLE IN THE HOUSE Whole Matter of the “Tip” to Wall St. Again Threshed Out —Lawson a Puzzle. By Samuel M. Williams. ‘ (Special Staff Correspondent of The i Evening World. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Chair- man Henry of the Rules Comu.ittee reported to the House of Representa- tives this afternoon that the Wood resolution calling for a special in- vestigation of the peace “leak” | charges should Me upon the table, as his comm! c's inquiry hed not dis- closed “one article of evidence to sustain the charccs contained in said resolution.” “Representative Campbell for the Republican members of the mittee, made a minority report call- ing for the appointment of a@ special investigating committee. com- followed by animated debate and the | whole subject, “leaks"* all stock speculation, fought over again on the floor of the House. The point at issue was whether to approve the Henry report, which would put an end to further inquiry into “leak” scandals. A vote will be taken on the subject first thing to- morrow. In the mean time the problem of what to do with Lawson is held in |abeyance. No action was taken by the committee on the contempt charges preferred against him. It ts under- stood that if the House sustains the Democratic report and drops further “leak” investigation, the prosecution of Lawson is likely to be pressed. The House will be called upon to vote him in contempt and his case will be turned over to the District Attorney for actton in the courts instead of before the bar of the House. If, however, the House Chairman Henry's report and rders further investigation, Lawson will be given another opportunity to reveal the names of his informants and dis- close the identity of the Congressman |who told him about the Cabinet Jofficer, the Senator and the banker who were alleged to be in @ pool for speculative purposes. Lawson, and Street was This was| rejects | Prussian Domination—Say That Is | There rn some Avision ot sentiment : ° ‘among Jemocratic jeaders © Made Clear in Reply to Wilson. | House over the advisability of ehut- | ting off all inquiry into “leak” rumors LONDON, Jan. 11.--Premier Lloyd! The Premier's speech was delivered | wnile the names of aie end efi George, speaking in the Gulldhal! this|‘t a meeting In Guildhall held for! ciaig are still mentioned in gossip. afternoon, said Emperor William had | Promyting the new “Victory loan, The Republicans are endeavoring to Thousands jammed the streets and| make the most of these unsupported told Gis people that the Entente Allion| oacxeq ovory avaliable bit of space|rumore for political effect and to dis- had rejected bis peace offer. The Em-|in the Guildhall. Zloyd George was lcredit the Administration. peror did so, he sald, to drug those! granted a tremendous ovation and| In the Rules Committee executive Whom he could no longer drakoon. | there were prolonged cheers for both | session the Democratic majority eae nad relate 1 a pence Lehi Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar | voted down all save one of the vari- | Law and form fered terms but a trap baited with! yoKenna fine words, It would suit er chancellor Reginald | oug resolutions before it calling for + | “leak” Investigations. What is known Germany) ALLIED NATIONS ALL LOOKING | a6 the first Wood resolution was not to have peace now on her own terms, ) TOWARD ENGLAND. acted upon, as It was suppo We all want peace but it must be al pye pritian emier said he had| superseded by a second, w! real one heen impressed at the recent confer-|the principal one Involved, Tech- “War is preferable to Prussian | ence over the “increasing extent to|nically, there is still one resolution domination of Europe. The Allies | which Allied pe es were looking to- | before the committee not adversely have made that clear in their re- ply to Germany, and clearer still (Continued on Fourth Page.) Leceeeeeamiinnemenan ward England “Tam more than confident,” he con- in their reply to the United /tinued, “that Britain will not fail in Gasman Ganesal Dosa, States, the trust thus tmposed on her. Our! AMSTERDAM (via London), Jan. 11, “With proper support our gal- | navy bas strangled enomy commerce mae Bewspapers .snnoypee the i e in erlin of a nm lant armies will cleave the road Ne ames ee wae commander | te vietory during 1917.” j ! | (Continued on Second Page.) of an infantry division. R NO LEAK EVIDENCE | OLIVER’ IDENTIFIES 0 BACK CHARGES | RAE TANZER AS HIS MADE BY LAWSON} OLD SWEETHEART Picks Her Out in Courtroom and Tells of How He Wooed Her. “TERRIBLE!” SHE CRIES. Young Woman Much Excited and Is Finally Taken From Courtroom. Charles H. Wax, otherwise “Oliver Osborne,” and Rae Tanzer met to- day in the Federal District Court, where Franklin W. Safford is on trial for perjury. Unhesitatingly, Wax, who the witness stand, |picked out the young woman as the! ‘one he wooed in 1914 and declared | that she was his companion at the! Kensington Hotel in Plainfield, N. J. | It is for swearing that the “Os-| was on was James W whom Rae Tanzer sued for $50,000 for breach of promise that Safford, formerly the clerk of the hotel, 1s on trial. Osborne, the lawyer, Rae Tanzer ws much excited as | Wax identified her and told of the many times he had been in her com- |pany and of how he had dined in her home. Her flashed and clasped and unclasped her nervously. eyes she hands Her lawyers wanted her removed from the courtroom after the identification, but at the request of William Rand jr., special prose cutor, she was forced remain j Where she was while “Oliver” con tinued the story of their romance As the testimony continued sho grew semi-hysterical, at one time erying out: “This is terrible.” Finally Judge Hand permitted her removal | from the courtroom ADMITS HE WAS TWICE CON- VICTED AND SERVED TIME, ‘Wax was called to the witness chair as soon as court was reconvened for the afternoon session and questioned by Mr. Rand, the special prosecutor. He eaid he waa born in Gloversville thirty-six years ago, He left there | when he was twenty-one and served for thres years in the United States Army, attaining the rank of quarter- master sergeant. His service was in the Philippines, from which he re- turned in 1904. He had also been an to ten months on Blackwell's Island for grand larceny. being & custom in country sections! Brooklyn Deal 80 Days for | _Q Ever convicted elsewhere? A.| of Westchester, the idea being that | ving Short Welwht. Yes, In Oregon for forgery burglars ng the lights may be! Nicholas Chendro of No. 179 Grove | @ How long did you serve? A. I} gcared away. The MeVickar lights! Street, Brooklyn, a dealer and | Was sent up for from one to five| went out about 9 o'clock Tuesday | driver, was sent to the workhouse to years, aimhts Jay for thirty days after he was con- | Q. Did you serve your term? A.| Wagner's Investigation shows that |victed of giving short welght coal to No. I walked away after about a Harry Thaw, Who Tried Suicide As Police Arrived to Arrest Him reewyey Ononm |borne’ who registered at the hotel | ¢ P59 S De aHSESOORELS EET EROS ROTHEDS CRETE PTET Tt He Peer +4 ‘ * BIG BATTLESHP CORNWALLIS SUNK BY A TORPEDO Thirteen of the Crew of 750 Reported Missing by Brit- ish Admiralty. FLECTRIC SHOCK KILLS BURGLAR IN MVICKAR MANSION Body Through Which Volts Passed Found in Home | Near Edwin Gould's, 2,200 Noting that the porch and front hail lights of the MeVickar mansion in Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, next door to the Edwin Gould place, had not been shining since late Tuesday night, neighbors notified the agent of the Otto LONDON, Jan, 11.--The British battleship Cornwallis, of 14,000 tons, waa torpedoed and sunk in the Med- iterranocan Sea Tuesday, according to an Admiralty announcement to-day. Thirteen of the crew are missing. The seaplane carrier Benmyehree also has been sunk, property to-day. Wagner, Hastings | The Cornwallis was built in 1901 axe an Investigation, | | and carried a crew of 750 men. Sho | was capable of @ speed of 18 knots and was 405 feet in length. a electrician, was sent to Wagner found the body of a man under the switchboard tn the cellar THAW SLASHES HIS THROAT AND WRISTS AND MAY ALSO HAVE SWALLOWED POISON Tries Suicide as Police Enter His Philadelphia Hiding Place to Arrest Him on Charge of Kid- napping and Flogging Boy. HAS CHANCE TO RECOVER, SAY HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS (Special by Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Jan- 11.—Harry K. Thaw, central figure in the country’s greatest murder case, made a desperate attempt to end his sensational career here to-day. He cut his throat and his wrists in a room in the boarding house conducted by a Mrs. Yaco, at No. 5260 Wal- nut Street, He is now in St. Mary’s Hospital on Walnut Street in a serious condition, but it is expected he will recover, Dr. John Wanamaker, 3d, a police surgeon, said cursory examina- tion of Thaw's wounds indicated he had a falr chance to recover, Thaw was unconscious when he reached the hospital. His condition puzzled the surgeons and gave rise to the intimation that before slash- ing himself he might have taken poison. Members of the hx »spital staff say it will take some time to determine his exact condition, A search for Thaw, instigated by District Attorney Swann of New York, which had spread all over the Eastern United States and Canada, was suddenly concentrated in Philadelphia at noon to-day, when Capt. Tate of the Detective Bureau learned that the fugitive had been in this city ever since the news of his indictment for the crime of lashing young Fred- erick Gump with a whip reached here on Tuesday. Reports of his flight in an automobile and his presence at various points in eastern Pennsyl- vania probably were sent out by persons wishing to throw the detectives off the track. Capt. Tate received what he considered authentic information that Thaw was hiding in a house near Fiftythird and Walnut Streets in the vicinity of the scene of an automobile accident last May’ in which a car belonging to Mrs, Mary Copley Thaw, mother of the fugitive, figured. Thaw. testified in court here last Monday In a civil suit arising out of that acel- dent. Detectives in charge of Licut.—————————————_______. Wood were sent to the corner of Thaw's tamtly. ‘ Fifty-third and Walnut Streets in al warrut joreunll oy Aa Tose fast automobdtle, Somebody was| ‘As soon as I receiv that there to give them tho right informa-lr notited Capt, Tate of che tonne toa, for within several minutes min- | uve Bureau and immediately left far utes Wood and his men were rushing | he house, That toward the front door of the houne| tie motricat nee I know about ‘ c iding. im waleh Thaw was Giding, ‘W000 | cere was covsiderabie delay aaa rushed to Thaw’s room. : TWO DIPPERENT aromes OF moving Thaw to the hospital, When he was carried out of the house on @ SUICIDE ATTEMPT TOLD. stretcher with his face covered with Ono story ta that Wood found | Stretcher Thaw aitting in a chair caimly|® Dlanket a great crowd had gathered. The neighborhood ts one of the finest watohing the blood spurt from the % v * are kept turned on al a big, blonde, roughi interpreter in the Moro language. and, by circumstantial evidence, was] the Peyahty sires faite Le Q. When did you Ive in New York| able to plece out tho story of al tyine ingen, twelve alecinch, twelve City? A. In 1914-1915, | burglar killed by his own booty, | three-tnch, six. three-pounders and Q. Were you ever convicted of| «pre McVickar mansion js unoceu | four torpedo tubes. crime? A. Yes, here in New York! pieg, tit electric porch lights and| mcs under the name of Hudson, I werved| somn other ints within the house} JAIL FOR COAL FRAUD. 1 the time, thts | dressed man \* customer, cuts on his wrists, and that Wood and the other polleemen made tournt quets for his arms and bound up his throat, Another etory is that Thaw slashed himeelf before noon and not! fied hia mother over the long-distance telephone to Pittsburgh and th Mrs. Thaw then telephoned the Philadelphia police headquarter On the way to the hospital Thaw lapsed into unconsciousness and re Justicns McInerney, O'Keefe and | year. pried open a window of the mansion | joy nan in Gpecial Seasions pronounced Wax then told of coming to New] on the ground floor some time Tues-| jintenen after it had heen testified York in 1914 and going to live at Mrs.| day evening and entered Chendro pn Nov 10 bought 1,400 Denham’s lodging house in Fast Six Starting at the top of the houne the | pe ange LI «A Ee nee WN Pe ty-first Street + lintruder ily collected fixtures | gia full ton | Q. Before you left New York dig/and uten of brass and copper, | === a | you see Mr, James W. Osborne? A.| wh ed ina bag The bag! got into thy way of the current of Yes. I left the city about five days) Was Ve nohe got to the | 9200 volts and i.sd about half a| after I saw him, cellar second, RAE TANZER BROUGHT IN Ag. The switchboard ty quite elaborate | ‘Phere are no marks of identifica- | “OLIVER” TESTIFIES, Jand equipped with a lot ef copper] tion on the clothing of the dead rob- While Wax was testifying, Rao|#nd brass, The burglar, working leis-| ber, The only tool he carried was the ‘ranger wan brought in by two women |Urely, sat down on his bag of loot | cuse-knife. ‘The ity has been taken friends and took a seat on a sofa/@nd with @ meta! case-knife started |to unscrew the lower metal fittings | (Continued on Fourth Page.) of the switchboard, In this way be to the morgue in Dobbs Ferry, (For Racing E — tries See Page 8.) mained in that condition for five minutes. When he awoke he be- about gan shouting hysterically, gradu, giving way to weeping as Dr. Kirby and Dr. Saively, the latter the first to be called to the house, succeeded in quieting him “L was sitting in my office | | City Hall shortly before 2 o said Dr. Kirby, “when the telephone bell rang, I anewered and it prov to be a long distance call, I don't know yet where it came from, but @ voce at the other end of the wire paid “This js a member of Harry K. in Philadelphia, When the ambulance started on the long trip to St. Mary’a Hospital a jong line of sputtering, honking automobiles fell in behind, Thaw's insistence that he be taken to St. Mary's Hospital made the poliee susupicious and he will be strongly guar as long ag he remains thet Now York detectives, who came here after Thaw, do not think his attemps at suicide was serious. They are of the opinion that he realizes he is im @ tight place and has taken steps to create sympathy for himself. during his stay in Philadele 1, had taken feverish interest in mystery ounding the murder Thaw of Mazio Con he model, at her partments, Fifteenth and Poplas Streets, He had spoken of the ertme several times to reporters, and on one occasion recently intimated that he had some inside tnformation about “wealthy clubmen” who might be connected with the crime, It Is considered significant that Thaw ~« have followed the ex« ’