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‘ ‘ : AL he EDITION {Circulation Books Open to All.” | 117, by The Prev Publishing he New York World). PRICE ONE CENT. NEW ‘YORK, UI AMERICANS U WILSON WRITES WAR MESSAGE | FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1917. TWOGIRISKILL EACH OTHER. HAD “AGREED TO DE WAGNER DEMANDS MAYOR BE CALLED 10 SENATE BAR TOPROVE ROCKAWAY CHARGE DECLARES MAYOR and Explain His Attack. ; “Touched Gentleman RESOLUTION IS OFFERED | Athlete Companion Fire With Revolvers at Heads. FALL DEAD TOGETHER. Gov. Whitman, Leader Brown and Senators Generally Back Wagner — To Investigate Real Estate Deal. PORTSMOUTH, The cause of the tragic death of two young women at the Portsmouth Club cafe had not been cleared up to-day by the authorities, who H., March 23.— From Prussia, Wagner, in Tender are still In- eo Bia? Cormependent of i : T | vestigating. Ina cheb booth the girls Cont Oe fbrening World! roe Spot,” Says Mitchel, “> {held revolvers at each other’ temple “ALBANY, March 23-—Senator Rob- _ ba and fired, both dying instantly, ert F. Wagner introduced in the Sen- | One of them, Ethel Stanton, twen- Questioned to-day about bis ate to-day a resolution directing that Mayor John Purroy Mitchel be sum- moned to appear before the bar of the Genate and produce such evidence | ap he may have to substantlute ‘his charge that Mr. Wagner's opposition to the Rockaway fortification bill was wo, a Wellesley student, ughter of J. L. Sti agent of the Re |in Los Angeles, patch from Cinein mother, nee TA In a nton, city pasaen- « Island Ratlroad according to a de: tl, which sald her efter being divorced, married Snider, a catsup manufacturer Pa,, and later was killed in an Robert PF. Wagner, in| ¢ Away fortifications’ | Ke 4 present forn, is working in Germany. Ma Mitch ecusation, Foll wing ts a report of Interview with the Mayor in his of. | #tomobile dent, The other girl, more in the interest of Germany than) 4) i. city Hall to-day |Pegey Spaulding, twenty, was a of the United States, Action was de- er of Mr. dnd Mra. G. F, Q. What have you to say concerning | Spaniding . " ferred until next Monday night on) eee at dpa d hoe 4 ited uel ling of Newton Centre, Mass, absence of most of the ‘ und a noted athlete eeqpunt of absence of m: m to have touched the gentleman| The girls came here Wednesday and ae d from Prussia on # tender spot. went to the Rockingham Hotel, where | The resolution is the prelude te @, Have You any proof to back j : Needs : eontemplated contempt proceed: das Ethel Stanton and the charge which you made cor s of Wellesicy. They were Inge under the law which gives | ing Senator Wagner! A. 1 d Se tonnes wed and had plenty of money, for contempt not exceeding IM | fo. 4. what T waid c. eating pent yesterday tn thelr room isonment during the entire sit | and eurly last evening went to the pre | was that there seemed to be some per-leafe, Choosin aa Reais paaet ting of the body. The specific : ne a close h farth. ee sons in the Legislature wao were|est from the entrance, they ate din h prohibits “the publica- A he entrance, they ate din- ye ta working more in the interest of Ger-|ner and conversed earnestly in low tio, of a false and malicious re- | ii. than in the interest ot and ed earnestly port of its proceedings, or of the tones, Several times they ordered United States, I | the blocking have reference to of the fortifications and | nd draak black coffee. re were few pe conduct of a membor in his leg- tive capacity.” ns in the cafe aying construction Rich Wellesley Student and| GERMANS HIT BACK IN NIGHT BUT FRENCH Kaiser's Troops Make Stand Notrh of St. Simon and Gain at First. REPULS SAYS BERLIN. German Report Says French Lost Heavily —230 Prisoners Taken. PARIS, March 23.—A violent attack was made by the Germans last night north of St. Simon, in the region east To-day's War Office an- nouncement says the Germans gained of Ham, some ground at the beginning, dut were counter-attacked immediately and driven back as far as Seraucourt- jrand, three miles northeast of St. Sim The French continued to advance north of Solssons. Fresh detachments crossed the Aillette, The ment says details which had been received regarding the at- tack by the Germans on the Vregny- Chivres line shows that they suffered heavy losses, Two companies of French Chasseurs which were isolated for a moment from the remainder ¢ the troops cut thelr way through and brought back prisoners. The statement followa North of St. Simon the enemy made a violent attack last night on our positions near the village of Artemps. Our troops were thrown back slightly at first but immediately counter - attacked with vigor and succeeded in driv- ROCKAWAY DEAL. roof of that? A, The record in the tes au a wife heavy artillery James A. Foley will offer) ©." Stanton held q $2-callbre and the ‘Thero was heavy Beneier h 1 Hy Legislature shows the blocking. T/other girl a 22-callbre revolver, A| fighting between the Somme and on Monday night a resolution ca ling said it wor'd appear that son garibuiad’ $e f was found aaking| tho Olen Boulth of the Oise fur- il Ee aidlinhonap mma hantilabaey by Ling J working more In the inter that Judge C, 8, Ma Johnson ther detachments crossed the eae ontire Rockewsy bess aca of Germany When we are about | puiiu hg, Cincinnatt notified, It Alllette There was inte ittent eM gS HEA fone. | 2 99 to war with Germany, to block | through Judge Malsbury, the ex-} cannonading in the hill region Ae eet era pili A rough, |@_ 9reat_and necessary fortification, tor of Miss Stanton rother's os orth of Sotssons we made new fted if ms aE BH ue H2Mel can certainly be only in tho interest of | \«\¢, { vat her identity was cleared up.| nr Te te now learned that nd fortifoation land grab Under) senutor Wagner by name * wed to MM He. Spa ling’ of Se, exinatinly violente: The Gee groun 1 did n Centre. i ommunt- % af vmpere will be a leisiative inveatt-|" pig you aco that Senator Hrown [sitted, WIth her and sho wuld’ "TRoag] mans hurled an entire, remimeny | eager Ramet aelie erate jstated you sald that he had entered) “ia” this letter nelosed $14 in| companies of Chasseurs, momen day when he was asked If th struction? A. [did not, | pills, Its text was not made public,! tarily tmolated, succeeded after would seek material, as well as sen-} @, Did you have any particular |but the police suit it declared that! Votent fighting in. disengaging ee eee TELE by oane at be]. Senet pausan ameng the. men 1 at “all would ners. The losses infilcted on forced to the light by means of the Senate who had obstructed? ss gto wie eer neha Sans investigat! Benatar Valery ¥ A. Yes. Because he led the ob . ‘ | giacies wise way heave fer the oper re utter 1s s struction. dD in 1 T A r a are i medion Several gurprise attacks of the as se, mane ; sie pa ee ao eee aa ee Wilhzout hod € jay w fd that at the time enemy, northwest of Kheims, near night.” be able at any future time to give] oP Ynti. death the young women ap SHU ood ae Te tie ran mee KS SUBPOENA TO) inore reasons thon you have given in| Darentiy were in normal and healthtu)| court woe a te the vecionen WORE MITCHEL TO ALBANY. he assertions concerning wtor|eondition An Inquest did not ap St. Miblol, were repulsed by our follows: QT . tof th n am f Mr. Malsbury asking th of Veaellze.” “Whereas, a public statement gran Mr. Mulsbury asking that _ was given to the press in New | asin for A I gi the | aces *York City on March 22, 1917, by , n and tha iH he , wan . FRENCH LOST HEAVILY Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor | 's ' Quis Nae of the City of New York, wherein | & Ihive you rea ta ts sa IN SI, SIMON ATTACK the charge is made by him that ‘ iov, W \ Htanton, 4 At the activities of a member of the | hacking uy tor Wagner? A, No, |} i Pe SAYS BERLIN REPORT ate, in connection with legis- |My ‘lear fellow, I did nol make the | - lation providing for the acqui ha (Wagner) was working for | Traged of Mise! Gauiainecapaaioe tion of lands by the State of New | P r for the German Govern-| 1. axed March tJ. ted. SAN, Maron $8 tbo wireless 40 York in the vicinity of Rockaway = dy T waid it) of A + the | BMX VHl#).— Heavy losses were inflict Point for defense purposes, have | MORNE BASeTA Cier Lanne: Taland TaihORd, ta Phone [ed by the Germans yesterday upon been in the interest of a foreign | \! Naty Samion. } : 1 Mig,| EFench troops who had crossed. the Government and, whereas, such | ¢) terest of a ane hoeeuit| Somme sat canal he wiciriity oharge involves the honor, patriot ited States, " 1 by M Spauld 1 f 8t, Bimon, ara adquarters an jem and loyalty of one of the week vail an ether: He ah th i would | o od to-d 1 | r were members of this body, now, thore " not being in Ho sa ir | ed on Se Pag fore, be it resolved that this body terfered with? ALN and had been traveling almost con-| me ees oe sta rT aving { five] = MContinued op Second Page.) (Racing Entries on Page 15.) yeérs ago, Soa ST AFTER TERRIFIC FIGHTING ~ KAISER SERIOUSLY STILL DRIVE 0 ~ ILL, MESSAGES 70 Emperor. Is Reported Suffering From Severe Nervous Breakdown. as Grave, Vrivate men |suges have reached The Hague that Emperor William ts suffering from « severe nervous breakdown, an Ex- ‘change Telegraph despatch from The | Hague reports, First Step for Full Emancipa- tion Is Taken by New | Government, | The Kmperor's physicians are « j to have ordered him to take the WASHINGTON, March Firet | cure at Homburg —— steps by the now Russian Government toward the enancipation of ewe in HOLLWEG TO CONFER Russia were reported to-day by Am- WITH KAISER WILHELM bassador Francis, who sald all educa- tlonal restrictions us to both schools| AND VON HINDENBURG and colleges had been removed. A |bulletin given out by the State De- partment was as follows “The American E at Petro- ad reports that all restrictions lim iting the rights of Jews to nter unl vyrsities and schools In Russia already by German Imperial Chancellor Goes to Army Headquarters for Im- portant Meeting LONDON, March 28,—-The German Impertal Chancellor, br, von Beth mann-Hollweg, left Berlin or Wednesday, acconing io an Ex change Telegraph despateh from Am- sterdam, with the Kaiser and with Field Marshal von Hinden- burg at Great General Headquarters. “Fortunately, our fears regarding the possible effects of a restricted vansy have n removed and that they are now permitted to enter any schol! in the Empire,” here look on this s forecast of freedom for the | Russta which ov univers! ap an @ Jews In All remove one of the es against the old Rus Incidentally, to confer gravest char alan regime it also forecasts the removal of passport re- supply of foodstuffs have been un- | strictions because of which the United | founded,” said Dr, Karl Helfferich, States abrogated the commercial! Minister of the Interlor and Vice f “Circulation Books Open to All. | 20 PACES OAT VICTIMS; To-Day's Weather—FAIR AND WARMER, DAVE EDITION . = —= PRICE ONE CENT. ——— ) nny ws SUBMARINE SINKS U. 8, SHIP THE HAGUE Shy, OUTSIDE OF “BARRED” ZONE; DUTCH RESCUE 6 AMERICANS ey Tanker Healdton, Carrying Cargo to Neutral Country, Sent Down in North Sea— Twenty Drowned When Lifeboat Capsizes. NO ACTION IS EXPECTED UNTIL CONGRESS MEETS | ROTTERDAM, March 23,—The American steamer Healdton, bound from Philadelphia for Rotterdam with petroleum, was torpedoed withow warning al 8 o'clock Wednesday nigit OF thirteen Americans in the crew only ¢, survivors, tre Captain Carstophen of New York, Engineer, and G. W, First Assistant Engineer, all of whom landed at Ymuidea; O, Willerup, of New York, Chief Mate; Y. Swe Assistant Engineer, and W. C. Johnson, of Hoboken, N sistant Engineer, who landed at Terschelling ix are among The six Americans saved Charles Brooklyn; John Caldwell, of Chie! Emery, of New Orlean in, Second hird As- | The crew left the ship in three boats. One boat, containing seven jmen, was picked up by a Dutch torpedo boat, and a second, with thirteen }men, was rescued by a Dutch steam iraw ast nig! he third boat, containing twenty men, was overturned when the ship capsized. All were drowned the sinking show that the Healdton, after con- BLINDMILLIONAIREINU,S, = "=== proceeded to Bergen, Norway, received orders where she to resume the vo: , ord treaty with Ru and lends confi-| Chancellor, in his_speech before the! Pecite Partners’ Plea, He Is Held Neewinerandise ; el! Seite | dence to statements from officials In| Reichstag, according to a Reuter do- i Ellis Island iiigminated words: ¢Menigts — | Petrograd that the treaty goon may spatch from Amsterdam. “The gen-| it Ellis Island to Await hom Siti Teena on be renewed, oral state of health tas been surpris. | Ruling is innit anand kee veces ¢ mbined with steps toward “ne ingly good. The death rate among} M ae uM ir t J mplion Z fiabhesnd " an ane niand and promises of ao- children haa further d sed, while) Satie rs A ; " ; first shot r Poland, It convinces of- Infant tality Is lower than io time . ; P - ne a ne and ther new Govern iy Of peace." fs |day on the | 1 Pratt Hiner Zackpa | wt wice torpe- — from ( wins dor ‘ n carrying out tho pel the TANZER JURY STILL OUT \ ! SURVIVORS ON THE VERGE OF " . | Island to aw e determination a EXHAUSTION rtment already ha | a status. He is an exporter of| All efforts to save tie men in the J ay aa a E09 jand tt w uding the w that the, olg| Judge Intimates Verdict Must Be " sndir plain, w ghted Thursday by red them has passed| Re ! Regardless of Time— in as ‘ ‘ i e 8 it wlan Ja ‘ on hag f fal Rae Naps in Court Najecb Matluk, are Ta irned to Ymuld the ship At exent atage of affaire tt is ur ' not know n passports may be to After three appeara before } Fr oe ay i bin Se tales ‘ wrecked Anu haa aur- {, and ¢ involves some | Judge Van Fleet to-day the fury in| Pes c om \ the viv nes and renpe en the depart-|the trial of Rae Tanger for per-|Mération inst I ‘ ' by th end “aid Het See ss Jury retired again at P.M They an 8 lanclog,. Che pe rary ‘ >in the [Saar _ had then beon deliberating for more] num amounting, to $30,000. Phey | 2Pe? and snow, | than forty-three hours. Although the | sald they would bring neces- | 7 gh strength HICCOUGHS ARE STOPPED. tt ah anid they would } Mae xi be amd —__——— udge is he sald he Would Come | A eee ie iblie charme awl | Remedy Found to Save Life of Bae) back to receive a verdict any time be ee ae shit n aw cr onthe | t oP ef sakes 4 vat out Magistrate McCabe, ore 19 VP. Mto-day, to-morrow! BALTIC ARRIVES SAFELY, [rience aburone she boat withous The a threat: Monday, or even later. Ang E ial saypbeh i Mart Having been unable to sleep much| white star Liner ft ag awl on eee vere Fa to ales 4 bl “*\ during the last two nights, Hae Tan- | live M ie : » Rockaway | CUnDE paait t unge | The Whit ' sing of the ® a4 ban a det Fit ul A Handels- . t in ac anap while walt-| tic ; nee : 1 t German fon) j w the juror iJ ' \ 4 1 i and) t oon the ‘ld 4 € . & oat ; a narialc i i " ‘ w \ an f i nh been considering anything but Resell amar ; ; nd the be er om evidence in this case,” and sent the Bait Capt. JW I i ews Aisling said Ay out again aan f wath sah Healdton ae i 1 ore r was a rum t h JPOTS Meare tern Vinces Captives in m t hort All went publicat Mr Mote ness might make it ¢ : Line. eM until Wednesda & at 815 Jict exonerating On-| LAUSANNK, Swite fn k ddeniy Last Two Days of Big Sale. Spat tte . ir a taee ate but ae ‘ A » a “ ‘ithout $10 Men's Overcoats and Sults, $595. the erouud t h an] ni The "Hub nie | Hroudway, {he #ro. a ' { ‘ ; emerging w \ warning cot Bares ‘opp. Woolworth Bulld M 4 1 tw the gree of th ; : PHY WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU i . ps © vessel, é ef arian, | . lange actor of a» td. f a . ry e Red Crow Yan ex n in the to-day $5.95 & $6.98, en a si hase ree! oe : fe ce ‘ ght fre at once, Hight tit 10, Hub Clothie ven ay 0 a erky aivd money as Suse from " fay, corner Barclay See, —ady tan tala, "eiaphons Deskinan 400047, Of repheals. ‘The ord of & Dutoh trawler Z a an ~ LL SS