The evening world. Newspaper, March 28, 1917, Page 1

— PRICE ONE od dtd EDITION MANCHURIA AND AD € ht, 1017, by The Prose Publishing wrt (The New York World). _NEW YORK, _WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, loat. RAIIC DODGE U BOATS AND REACH icles » éAmerican Ship Carried 15,000 + Tons of Freight, but No Passengers. CREW OF NEW YORKERS. Sailed Twenty-Four Hours ’ Ahead of the St. Louis, but Latter Passed Her. Two more liners have eluded Ger- and eeeotren Tengiten according to cable re- ‘Weeived hore. The first is the 14,000-ton armed Manchuria, formerly of the Pacific Mail ship Company, but now of the Ar can Line, the first « American vessel to leave American She sailed twenty-fours ahead of the St. Louis, but was passed by the lat ter ship. The Manchurla carried 15,000 tons of freight, but no passengers. Most of her crew of 145 live in New York. he is commanded by Adrian Zeeder. ner eam- rte ned an port, Capt a. The second was the ite Star Viner Adriatic, which sailed from America the same day as the St Louis, with 100 passengers 18,000 tons of cargo. She by Capt. B. I’. Hayes, The arrival at an Atlantic the White Star line freighter Cretic from a European port is announced) to-day. was commanded port of Safe arrival at Rotterdam of an- other relief ship was reported to the, Belgian Relief Commission, The an smouncemnt was made in a cablegr from Hugh Gibson, former First Sec- yetary of the American Legation in Brussels. ASSEMBLY ISN IN FAVOR OF UNIVERSAL TRAINING Bitter Denunciation of Socialist As- semblyman Shiplacoff, Who Op posed It as Conscription. ALBANY, stormy debate, diities were freely exchanged and the patriotism of Assemblyman Shipla eof, a Bociali#t, was assailed, the Ax-| to-day March 28 — After a during whtch person- a resolution| by Democratic Lender Joseph M. Cal-| Jahan in favor of universal miltar training. | Mr, Shiplacoff compared it to con-| scription, Assemblyman McCue of} New York replied that if he pos sessed only the brand of patriotism reflected by the Socialist he ask for the ship papers. 4 Assemblyman declared that Mr. psembly adopted would revocation of his citizen Brooklyn d the Wells of Shiplacoft yellow dog sort of patriotism” and| at /one point asked What's ui matter with putting this fellow out” by Shiplacoff and his part est Whitehorn BH Catling for War ¢ us Pasnes the Aanembly. ALBANY, Ma 8 e R passed by tho Asvernbl iny w now goes or eppoajtion. It + BRITISH PORTS IN SAFETY MAID SUPPORTS “BENNY” IN HILAIR GASE ALIBI Testimony at Inquest Indicates Mur- der Was Committed After Stern- berg Was in Brooklyn. The inquiry into the murder of Mrs. Elsie Leo Hilair of Brooklyn, in 4 room in the Hotel aMrtinique, pro- ded along two lines to-day. The Grand Jury began an investigation into the case, hearing testimony un- faverabie to “Renny ernbers, the suspect under arrest, whiel an in- quest before Coroner Riordan devel oped evidence tending to support | Sternberg’s alibi The Sternbergs were plainly elated over the testimony at the inquest of Mrs. Marian Hanley, a Hotel Mar tinique maid, She said she went into| Room 726 at about 7 o'clock on the evening of March 15 ‘Be door hid all the bed but the foot, which she noticed was disturbed Without glancing again at the bed, she sald, she went to the bathroom, which she cleaned, and, on leaving, © took away some solled tow placed clean towels in the rack is and Not until then, she said, did she notice 1 form in the bed, the head covered by a pillow, he importance of this evidence os to Sternberg lies in the body was discovered nearly twea tyfour hours later there were soi towels in the bathroom, If Mrs, H ley stocked the bathroom with clean towels at 7 o'clock the murder mus hay n committed after that he and Sternberg has established that in a Brooklyn saloon at 7.30 o'clock | (For further details of the Hilair case see Page 9.) —_ ASQUITH COMES OUT FOR VOTES FOR WOMEN With- Couldn't Carry on the War out Them, Says Former Bitter Opponent LONDON March 28.—Former P nier Asquith sald i He Commons to-day the Hou wou be uny ¢ other members no regarded the question of woman suf age from the standpoint they \ pied before the war, Mr, Asquith made this statement tn moving the udoption of a plan for electoral r¢ form, He a bitter op penent of woman suffrage was former! Mr. Asquith explained that his of Position to woman alway had been based solely on considera tions of public exped wom en had now worked out their own salvation, The war could not be car ried out withodt them. What om pecially, he added n of on truct He consid ered {t just nor expe dient to withhold from women the power or the to make their voices heard di WASHINGTON, Mar §.--Hopes for a nondpart hization of u ti ves at the Pp sio was virtu ubandoned by ' t House »pone th an on Racing Entries on Page 2.) the fact that when} MITCHEL SAYS HE “WON'T RETRACT His WAGNER CHARGES “Will Not Be Changed,” De- clares Mayor — Admits Con- ference With, Senator Mills. | TAPPING STORY DENIED. | Answers Report That Senators’ Lines Were Tampered With. Mayor Mitchel Indicated to-day that he will not retract his charge that Senator Wagner appeared to be work- ing more in the interests of Germany than of the United States in the Rock: away fortification land deal, Asked to-day whether he would apologize | for the statement, the Mayor Roi | night. FRENCH IN FLANKING MOVE CAPTURE STRO EDITION _PRIC zB “ONE ‘CENT. NG POSITIONS; GERMANS STILL FALL BACK Gen, Nivelle Seeks | Seeks to Encircle Enemy in the Lower Forest of Coucy. CHECKED AT LA FERE. Berlin Says French Were Re- pulsed in That Section With Heavy Losses, PARIS, March 28.—The advance of the French tn the region north of Solssons was continued during the Progress was meade north of “1 haven't withdrawn i the Ail haven't changed it; | don't iy Hette River and east of the ty aesatee Leuilly-Nouville-sur-Margival tine, Previously the Mayor asked | where important positions were cap- whether he had held a conference with United States Senator Calder, who, | it was reported, had gone to Albany} in the interests of the Mayor to spread oil on the troubled waters ' “I have had no conference with Senator Calder,” Mr, Mitchel ans-| wered The Mayor was then asked if he had talked with State Senator Ogden L. Mills who, it is said, is also trying | to make the Mayor's ordeal as light | as possible. “L did talk with Senator Mills,” the Mayor replied. Q. Did you discuss the Wagner | matter with him? A, Yes; surely. Wo discussed it very fully. But I jam not going to discuss the details jof the talk I had with Senator Mills, Q. How do you regard the an- | Nouncement that you will not be per- mitted to make an oration in the Senate Chamber? A. I've seen no | Such announcement—I've seen a fore- cast, that’s all. | ‘The Mayor was then asked con- corning @ report that he had engaged ormer Senator Harvey D. Hinman of Binghamton as counsel More speculation,” was bis an- swer Mayor Mitchel this afternoon de. nied that t had been PHONE WIRES TAPPED IN WAGNER CHARGE, IS REPORT IN ALBANY |both the south of the forest |Wild Rumor Shows How Tense {of St. Gobain, Progreas feported } ore Indicates possibly another | Is Feeling in the State | Frenoh encircling movement. Both nate. the towns mentioned to-day are Petre Commevondest of Yue {#OUtheast Mf Coucy le Chateau, and | ¥ is World, font main road from Coucy to Sois- | ALBANY, March 28,—As illustrating | sons the tense f over Mitchel eae wildly sensational —_ report—whelly | WITH HEAVY LOSSES AT junsubstantiated—that word had| come that Mayor Mitchel's aides LA FERE, | FERE, SAYS BERLIN | |had tapped the telephone wires jot all of the Senators opposed to him, including that of Senator Wag- | Trenches in Champagne, South of | ner, and that the Mayor would read | the transcripts of such conversations if he were ailled to the bar of the ISenate. The report spread iike wild on Second Page.) ‘ ntinued, day's official report, dicates unusual activity further e: The artillery of both the French and the Germans kept up a violent fire yesterday and during the night on the front tured, These gains are recorded in to- which also in- between Butte-du-Mesnil Maisons-de-Champagne. Heavy a d tillery fighting is in progress in the region east of the lower forest of Cuocy. The statement follows: “Between the Somme and the Olse and south of the Oise there were no important events during the night. Tho artillery firing was rather heavy in the region west of the lower forest of Coucy, of the Aillette we North made further and also in the sector Ine Leuilly-Neuville- progress, east of the sur-Margival, where we captured several important points of sup- port “In the region made a surprise attack east of Neuville, taking prisoners, In the Champagne late yesterday and during the night the artillery fighting became violent, especially in the region of Butte, du-Mesnil of Riieims ‘we and Neuville-sous-Margival Ripont, Also Reported Captured by Germans, BERLIN, March 28 (by wirel: is to fire and created a huge sensation, | 3ayville).—A French attack on the | There also came another statement | west bank of the Otse, near La Fere, to the effect that Gov, Whitman had | failed yesterday with heavy jonses, sent word to the Senators that be |the War Office announces, French jregsarded the suggestion of the em- |trenches in the Champagne, south of | lr nt of Edgar T, Brackett as|Ripont, were captured by the Ger Air the Senate in the proceed- | pans ings A personal affront” and that| The text of the statement reads he would not siand for it for a With the majority of the | minute armies the day passed quietly. | Later this afternoon it was decided | ain the district on hoth sides of (Continued on Second Page.) TORPEDO MISSED BRITISH STEAMER the Ruahine, Which Arrived Here To-Day. Had « torpedo German submarine in the English channel on March 17, been almed to Ait the big British freighter Ruahine about twenty the Ruahine would not have reached New York to-day and anchored off the Statue of Liberty to await a cargo. The Ruahine is @ 9,000-ton steam- ship under charter to Norton, Lilly & Co. She left London on March 15 for New York and was convoyed from the |mouth of the Thames for two days and nights by British destroyers. ‘The destroyers dropped the convoy as the English Channel broadened into the | Atlantic ahd the Ruahine was left to | make her way alone | Capt. Smith was on the bridge with his second officer in the afternoon when he detected the trail of a torpedo approaching him at an Jangle from the port alde, He alg nalled more speed and the big ship | forged ahead ne torpedo passed so |close astern that Its path wi under |the overhang. Capt. Smith estimates |that the torpedo missed the rudder by not more than ten feet The Ruahine given turn to port and then sta was @ sharp ed on a |zig zag course, The crew of @ 4,7 ch gun astern went to quarters and |loaded a she After about fifteen minutes the periscope of 4 submarine ippeared about 100 yards astern fol Jlowed by onning tower, The | ead of an officer appeared | Capt. Smith swung his vessel vround ‘to ald the gunners in atming at submarine but before the re Jquired position was attained the vessel had submerged again The Ruahine sighted no more sub age. U.S, ORDERS OUT FOUR MORE GUARD REGIMENTS marines on the enty-Fourth New York Infantry Among Those Called Into | | | Fe | feral Service SHINGTON, March 28.—Four more Nationa Guard = regiments | were called he Federal service | to-day They are the Firat West Virginia, the Seventy-fourth New York In fantry, the Hecond Connecticut In fantry and the Second New Jersey TRENTON, N. 1, March 28.—ov Bdge received the easage calling Jout a third New Je regiment rtly before no The First and Fifth Regiments were calied out Sun day Tho Second Regin te head quarters are in Trenton Orders were issiied also oa Nattonal Guard untta w wh ha tially demobilized back tnto ral servigo FEARS BUILDERS MAY STOP WCRK ON NEW SUBWAYS i Hea in Hr in Hurried C Site with Service Board to "Preven at Tie-Up. ONLY HALF FINISHED. , | Legistation Introduced to Avert Cessation of Construction of the Tubes, number of contractors in the new | 9276, 000,000 dual subway system are) Passed ina thee the Overhang of | Feady to “lay down” on their jobs be jcause of the high cost of labor and | | materials, remulted to-day in a hur launched from a) Mitchel, fect farther forward whitney, | Han, riedly-called neoret conference in City It was attended by Mayor Comptroller Prendergast, Corporation Counsel Hardy, Chair- man Straus of’ the Public Service and Commissioners Hervey, Hodge and Rapid Transit Chief Harkness, Probabl more than half the Commission, not new subway system is completed. A by troubles would cause untold compli- paralysis brought about labor cations Contractors who are contending PRESIDENT'S WAR MESSAGE. ABOUT READY FOR CONGRESS; GOL HOUSE AT WHITE HOUSE ——¢-—_____. New Overt Act or U Boat Raid on U. S. Coast in Next Five Days Would Leave No Room for Doubt or Delay, Is Capital View. REDFIELD TAKES STEPS TO SAFEGUARD COMMERCE By Samuel M. Williams. jal Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, March 28.—While the predominant sentimert for militant preparedness and defense is miles ahead of the timid an reactionary state of legislative mind that prevailed three months ago, it still falls short in some quarters of marching boldly forward. So far as can be sensed in Washington, there is general approval of all that the President has done, but how much further he can go and have a united Congress behind him is still problematical, There are two great possibilities within the next five days which would leave no room for doubt or delay as to the course of thi Government ; they are losing money because of war | Prices and the demands of labor will, | If necessary, be compelled to finish their Jobs. This decision was reached at the conference. Tt ts felt in some oficial quarters that some contractors, like dealers in food, may try to seize upon high! prices as an exeuse for boosting the original prices of their contracts So serious does the Public Service | Commission regard the situation that | it has had a@ bill introduced at Al bany which would give it the right, in an emergency, to proceed with the work itself. The bill was offered by Senator Lockwood, and it is under- stood Gov. Whitman will urge its im mediate passage. At the conclusion of the conference, Mayor Mitchel said “The matter le now In the hands Publio Service Commission, — Th Commission appears to feel that some of the contractors wil! ‘le down’ their work on We have, of course, ver tain recourses againat any contractor We completing who should do s« finish through other cor him to the work "There ts no question out of Nothing would would release t ities, and which doe ty, acting through the Commiasion of letting the r contracts contractors th s not leave the Public Ser- assert the interests vice tree to city's right to protect It announced at the Publi Service Commission offices to-day that but one-third of the total mile- age of the dual system is in operg ts was tion, By the end of the year, pra, vided there is no tie-up throu strikes or otherwise, from two. hinds to three-quarters of the mileage will be in operation _ _ ee Fire Breaks Up a Harvard acifint Meetty CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 28 Members of the Harvard Union for Neutrality tried to stage a meeting here last night. Just as one of the eaders was driving home a n an aged egg struck him Thea oe THE WORLD KAY KEL PUREAT Ar ade Po Ber ad One is another overt act by Germany on the sea, such as destroying more American ships and American lives in murderous manner or a submarine raid on our coasts, which would immediately cast the national die in favor of immediate declaration ‘of war. The other is »ome strategic diplomatic retreat by Germany, exempting America from its ruthless sub- marine policy, a thing which pacifists, scuttlers, slackers and pro-German propagandists are fondly hoping will , happen to forestall aggressive action on our part and to sidetrack the final showdown. ————————#_ There are two degrees of Con HOLLWEG 10 GRANT |sressional sentiment regarding the many's murderous acts, followed tion, though not all , h in Empire a) in alliance, wit of war" whatever that may |#!tuation as it stands at present: ELECTORAL REFORMS | eae by marshalling of America’s European nations now opposed to March be construed to mean, which will German mocracy BERLIN 8,—Chancellor 1A bold, defiant declaration of actual war, brought on by Ger- Chancellor Expected to| forces of ships, men, money and Take Step for Increased De- | _-- munitions in aggressive co-opera- Germany, Bethmann-Hollweg pie von may decid to grant electoral reforms in Germany | looking toward increased deme ¥| offer opportunity for quibbling In the Empire before the end of the over words and debates on how war, according to a significant hin far the nation should go in ag- Gressive warfare and a to the Allies. With the arrival of Col. BE. M. House the White House the belief was general to-day that President Wilson {9 rapidly whipping his message into shape and has called in his persona friend and adviser to go over some ot the details of tt, It th address contained tn lay The Gasette 4 ellor's sp the Cologne Guzette tc ance ared that the Char f March 14, in whic he declared in favor of an extenston f popular control readjustment after and promised such tho war, was not made as a result of the revolution in Russia, because !t was Impossible he ould have heard of the emocratio movement there at at that time. KAISER HAS DIABETES, prom 5s to President has be he longest delivered to Congress itlining the course of 1 has led up to the present In addition to eventa whi: situation with Germany, the President AGGRAVATED BY WORRY onc. or iveistation which tailed iceees pe - last Congress. Physicians Said to Have Given Him revenue leeisiatien wilt sanuae important part of his address, Assurance They Can Ef a along with the militant measures ne Cure tated by the crisis. The army appropriation bill wi BERNE, Mare Kaiser W probably be reintroduced tn be Pcs am is suffering * mild form that it passed the last House, and Mabetes and is undergoing treat-|new provisions necessitated by even ent at Homburg. a ing tow tualities which have artsen since ad- sn despatches received here to-day ment will be tacked on’ ae His physicians were said have | supplements given assurances that wit are This pi probably will be intre ful regime of treatme fy can ef-| duced in the House as soon as the fect a cure, but w # said to be\lowar branch {# organiaad and wt the Emperor's very ber od (hrough in omfer te mog ee —