The evening world. Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 2

4 ee ee ee ee Oh a ~ GERMANS FLOOD LENS BY “DAMMING THE SOUCHEZ RI VER hour, and she is armed with five 14-pounder guns and three 18- inch tor- pedo tubes. She carries 87 men, — @ HARBOR PROTECTED BUT SCORES OF TOW ALONG COAST ARE KOT New York Harbor is guarded by Submarine nets, it is known, but) whatever other defenses there are is! kept secret by the Navy Department. The Navy Yard in Brooklyn was Closed to everyone this afternoon, Stretching from Now York to At- Jantic City are scores of towns along the New Jersey Coast which are en- tirely unprotected and might be bom. barded by a hostile submarine. With the presence of « hostile sub- marine ‘an order from the Navy De- Partmemt ordering all coast lights out at t may be issued, Maring. insuran affected by the U b destroyer Smith. The rs gaid to-day, are alweady high el “to discount) = submarine a 6 appearance of the sub- ma received by steamship ting a menace to coast tin-American shipping as To Employers. . Defective eyesight is re- sponsible for much of the in- ferior work that causes lost motion and inefficiency in »f- fices and factories You will, Mr. Employer, find the time required to have the eyes of your employes ex- amined by one of our Oculists (Registered Physicians) a good investment. The improved quantity and quality of your employes’ work will more than offset our charges for Harris Glasses ($2.00 or more), with which are included the services of our Oculist. This is, of course, viewing it from the commercial angle. Incidentally, your sugges- tion to your employes may, if glasses e prescribed and they were not aware of their need, make them muchly in- debted to you for the comfort and help they will derive from their use. Krookiyn, Brooklyn. | Newart. all get the best, urself of the opportunity ” Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday i fiii2, tions. For cleanliness, it h equal: for variety and’ quality, it stands direct ion Markel, the New hi MUNICIPAL MARKET, fs located at Washington, West, ‘ond Fulton wosily a6 cess from * | Court against Frank P, Blair by Mrs. Mary Barbour Blalr, his former wife, Mrs. Blair alleges that when they! | married at Digby, Nova Scotia, | | attack by @ German submarine on an American warship. | “If the Smith or « he was fired on it is ne o uA, officer attached to the staff of Admiral Usher sald. “It is pons.bl however, that a report might ay been sent to some other naval district, We have had many reports here of | | the presence of submarines along the jcoast but none of the reports have | | been verified.” | NO SANDY HOOK BOATS, AM Not Me Put im 8 Pan | Steamers Wit | view This Summer, ‘The Sandy Hook steamers will not be wit in service this summer, unless the esent plans of the Central Rallroad changed, accordine o-day by General CG. Hope. "Cir beyond the line's control” the reason for not resum~- | ing service, and It °ts promiard in the t it becomes porsible to run the boats prompt notice will be K! public, Additional train service arranged to ¢ for the busine verted {rom the steamers a BERLIN'S PEACE TERMS GOING TO THE NEUTRALS tatement Soon to Be Issued, Says! a Report From Christiania— Bernstorff Active. | CHRISTIANIA, April 17.—Germany | n tot be aie is shortly to issue to neutrals @ state- | ment of the tetms on which she con- siders peace negotiable, according to rumors in diplomatic circles to-day, Tho reports came from sources known to be closely identified with the German officials’ plans, Count Bernstorff, prime apostle of peace propaganda work, bas been se- Jeo as German Ambassador to Sweden, BOY LUGS $10,000 FIND AROUND WHILE HE WORKS Picks Up Suit Case With Fortune! in Money Orders, Delivers Tele- grams Then Returns It. Mere possession of $10,000 in ne- Botlable express money orders did not deter William Diliwaski, fitteen years old, a messenger boy, of No. 538 Kant One , Hundred and Forty- Street, Bronx, from delivering five telegrama after he found a sult case containing the orders to Avenue and One Hundred and Thirty- ninth Street, While Dillwaka carried the suit e back and forth through Bronx, John T. Tierney of No. Lewis Avenue, da 1 lector of th Company's Mott Haven ‘Terminal, was scouring the same locality in an automobile in search of the bag,/ which had fal After delivering bis telegram, Di iwaka took the suit case and mone orders to Tierney's office, where the latter found him waiting on his return, SUES HER EX-HUSBAND FOR ‘HER WEIGHT IN GOLD’. pa elaine 3 | Chicago Woman Demands Account- ing for Dowry and Other Money She Advanced. CHICAGO, April 17.—A vill for ac- jcounting, asking a judgment against jher ex-husband for her weight in ‘gold, has been filed in the Superior 107 Col- were ‘Edmund B, Barbour, a wealthy Bos- 4." Tt amounted to $32,558 together with sums over to her husband inthe financing of coal property develop- ments, amounted to $56,200 for which sum sho is now suin:. The which |i were divarced in November, 1915, “ASKS HELP IN FLOATING ($5,000,000,0001NBONDS | WASHINGTON, April 11.—Secre- tary MeAoo to-day informed the ad- visory council of the Federal Reserve Board, comprising big banking in- teres of the intty, ineluding J, Fr Mor, that the Government wo welcome suggestions from th 000 war bond cond | , y at Mott| 4) the | 4 from his ear earlier, | It 1 man, as her dowry “her weight in| \! 58. Nt |W dividuals on floating the $5,000,000,- | \ WILSON SUMMONS. HOUSE LEADERS 10 HURRY ARMY BILL Growing Chelilen in Con-| gress to Conscription Plan Cause of Action, WASHINGTON, April 17—In an effort to bring about nonpartisan support of the Administration Con- scription Army Bill, President Wil- won to-day asked Representative Mann, Republican Floor Leader of the House, and Representative Len- | rot to confer with him at the White} House, With unfavorable reports from the House on the possibility of conscrip- | Hon going through, the President has summoned the Republicans to bis ald | in @ final effort to get }.ompt action on the ‘military bill, which he feels |is absolutely vital Secretary of War Baker, votcing the Administration's unswerving stand, declared to the House Military Committee in session to: that he was compelled to reject flatly all jcompromises, He was inclined to yleld on minor points such as ages of conscription, but insisted on the welective conseription plan, Chairman Dent of the House Mill- President late this afternoon, and, tt is understood, will report that the Conscription Bill cannot be passed Junless provision is made for firs! trying out the volunteer system. |Growing opposition tn Congress to the Selective Conscription Bill prompted the President's action to- day. At a Republican Senate caucus to- laay it was decided Kepublican Sen- ators would stand behind the Presi- dent's selective conscription plan, a CLOSING QUOTATIONS. With net changes from previous closing, High, 1 Last, eb'ges, ws y He — & we So Sky R ao ay + fe fy SR Soy yf 4 oe ry a” St oR — 8 th ne 1 ” ey WH *1 Was ie . % : Hae Lae > ; ete: Sed | 1$ Am, Wovllen 4% 2h - Apecunda Mining se OTN -* Aue, 1 a BO .. Wee 108 At Guilt & W dos vee » Heidwin Locomotive bd s Malt, & Obto i 16% ” i vig 1p 1% LK May. Ws + « ‘Superior * y - a Vetroieum gn seal Ether 4 an peifie » er Intettearo | Con, Int. Magy, of inter, Ni Juter Marine ct. Moriae et weeks Fee eee 2 OESEEEERE PESEE FE | Witive-overiand Mra, Schwartz and Mrs, Fox are CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN |xnown on the stage as the Dolly | MARKET. sisters, ‘The will was executed Jan. | stamaay’ Wareat. wae [26 HOT. Bees ~+ Sedhe Oneo, High. lov, ae abt Mr. Brady ned as trustees an art Neat ty Het Se RY stay... SH ER 4 fy [executors the Columbia ‘Trust Com- 1, 212; baith F,, 100) 100% July fer” ior isd iw — AW! pany and his friends, Robert L. Gor- NTO" Bet ss 2 178M 184 18F 8 | don and Richard C, Crowley, who are 12\ Ma ay |to serve without bonds. ‘They are to Meetiena en: | 189" July UX | seu his interest in the Standard Ste Temy9, Yanan ait, 100} “Too 11; Kathrye’ Gray, Habie limp). th FOUKTIC HACE Por three year ol 7 wit Curangs io Dio. 1g dtmy Brn Mind Kadudd aes a ec i on HACK Wr tire. yeerokle and pe sty furloupy sl 11, Stock sales to ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. Senra-Roebuck & Co.—Regular quar- | terly dividend of $2 a share on common stock, able | April abe | Crucible Steel | per cent. on accour on preferred Roce ntock re per cent. dividend mpAny. ‘his leaves only et en ‘seumaat of back General Electric npany—Year end ed Dec, 31. Balance chi $ib.ces, 628; increase, $6,861,618) equa \% et ‘je share earned against $11.5 91) Magma Copper Company—Year ended | dec Net profits, $1,097,833; brense, $480,004; “equal’ to $4.37 a ubaro earned on stock compared with $2.51 4 | share earned in 1916. Utah Copper Dec Balan af i 4 Bulgaria have formally brok-~ 148.9: . Bey anc wolage y : yejuat te aaa tb a Wf en off relations with the United nat $10.69 in 1915. States. tary Affairs Committee, will see the! lus to do, lay 15 to stock record Declared | of back dividends istration the rene May 15 to| rine Giaser is gi’ ® TURKEY AND BULGARIA SENATE DEBATES $7,000,000,000 WAR BOND ISSUE | Hains in Giving Aid to Allies Is Urged in Several Speeches. WASHINGTON, April 17.—Consi: eration of the §7,000,000,000 war finance bill was begun to-day in the Senate, Senator Stone, opponent of most of the Administration measures, an- nounced that be would yote for its passage but thought it Mould have been framed along different Hines and reserved the right to state his views Inter. | “This is @ war measure, however, | I accept the judgment of the | committee,” said Senator Stone. Senator Simmons predicted that} at a higher interest rate. For this reason, he sald, it was desirable to give subscribers to the present iss the conversion right, to exchan| their bonds for those having higher rate | Senator Simmons sald it would be “long, weary months before we can| render much assistance in the field.” “This bill represents all we c he said. “All hey are « In the name of Americ patriotism, of liberty and dem« let us do it now, quickly, jcarping or hesitation, jnow,” racy, without in the spirit of men inspired by the cause for which we are fighting. Let us giye to the German Kaiser and his people and to all their innuendoes that we are obsessed with wealth and that the canker of riches has taken possession of the American people, this answer, “The conversion privilege has been found absolutely necessary ‘by all the European Governments, Probably we will have to pay more for money within a very short time.” Senator Penrose, Senior Minority Member of the committee, said the conversion privilege was necessary. “It is very evident that the loan could not be floated otherwise,” he said, “adding that the Finance Com- mittee was practically unanimous in approving the issue. “The majority and minority,” sald Senator Penrose, “are united in a single patriotic purpose of sustaining the Government, Therefore the min- ority wii support this loan bill de- spite any views of its members.” While it was well known that he differed with President Wilson in re- spect to his Mexican policy and other matters, the Senator said all such things were laid aside and that he now stood behind the President ‘to bring this war to a successful con- clusion.” Senator Penrose said he hoped the bill would pass to-day, Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, in his firat speec! gave warning that Germany still "is strong and the Russian army now is at its weakest and that future sacrifices might. b necessar! FRIENDS GET BRADY GEMS; $3,000,000 TON. Y. HOSPITAL (Continued from First Page.) H. Hewitt, cats-eye scarf pin; W. H, Miner, enameled studs; T. M. Schu- macher, star sapphire ring; A. 'T. Herd, black opal scart pin; Frederick Housman, fancy sapphire watch; Clarence Housman, fancy sapphire searf pin; R. 1, Gordon, diamond studs; George Stevens, enameled dia- mond ring; R, H, Wilbur, black opal; FE. Loomis, star sapphire watch; R. C. Crowley, diamond ring; P. R, Todi, garnet and sapphire scart pin; BE. B, Thomas, platinum transporta~ tion L, D, Smith, amethyst and diamond scart pin; W. G. Resler, diamond monogrammed pocketbook; W, S$. 8. Keith, transportation scart pin; R, H. Kitz, diamond scarf pin; Raymond Hitchcock, sporting watch; Harry Fox, sporting ring; Jean Schwartz, sporting scarf pin; Rose Dolly Schwarts, pearl chain; Jennie Dolly Fox, pearl ring, and Jules C, Weiss, Napoleon watch, } Car Co, and other corporations at any | time within five years that will not jinjure the businesses. He names Dr Oswald 8. Lowsley, one of his physt- cians, to be head of th Brady Uro- ‘ml Institute of the New York In the petition for letters of admin. address of Miss Cath nas No, 807 West One Hundred and Eleventh Street. When asked who Miss Glaser ts, Robert L. Gerdon replied: “Simply | one of his f ola it go at that.” BREAK WITH U, 8? ZURICH, April 17.—A_ report re- Djornsen as saying in an interview trenches. I have lived a King, what peace means.” BRITISH GAIN MILE, FRENCH REPULSE ALL ATTACKS BY GERMANS (Continued ed trom First Page.) after the present issue another issue ten days by the British makes 23,000 probably will be necessary, possibly in the latest biel ’ FRENCH HOLD GAINS, Heavy attacks in force Ailles and Courey were repulsed last night by the Freneh, according to an official French War Office. service. SE wont wore of the 1917 class. REPULSE ALL ATTAGKS MADE BY THE GERMANS Losses Inflicted Upon Enemy In Front of Newly Won Positions, PARIS, April 17.—German counter- in the region of statement issued by the Heavy losses were inflicted on the Germans. Fol- lowing is the text of the report: “North and south of the Olse there was intermittent artillery fighting. Our patrols brought back prisoners. Betweon Soissons and Rheims our troops are organizing the po- sitions captured. In the region of Ailles a strong German counter- attack on our new lines was broken up by our artillery and machine gun fire, which inflicted severe losses on the enemy, Other German counter-attacks in the sector of Courcy also were broken up. The weather continues to be very bad over the whole front. “in the Champagne the night was marked by more active artil- lery fighting west of Auberive. Everywhere elge the night was cal Paris had the great offensive brought forcefully home to her to- day when thousands of the elgbteen- year-old boys of the city crowded the railway stations, leaving for acti BERLIN WAR OFFICE CLAIMS THE FRENCH FAILED TO BREAK LINE Battle Described as One of Greatest in History—Hard Fighting in Champagne. BERLIN, April 17, (via London).— “One of the greatest battles of the mighty war and therefore also in world's history,” says the official statement issued to-day by the Ger- man Army Headquarters Staff, ‘is in progress on the River Aisne." The report continues “A great French attempt to treak through yesterday, the ob- ject of which was far-reaching, failed. The losses of the enemy were very heavy. More than 2.100 prisoners remained tn our hand ‘Where the enemy at a few places penetrated into our line, fighting still continues and fresh enemy attacks are expected, “On Monday afternoon the French threw fresh masses into the fray and carried out lateral attacks between the Oise and Conde, on the Aisne. “The artillery fight which was continued to-day levelled the posi- tions and produced wide, deep craters, rendering an obstinate de- fense no lon; possible. “The fight ao longer is against, @ line, but over quite a deep and irregular f tliled zone, “The battle sways backward and forward around our foremost positions, our object being, if the war material is lost, to spare the lives of our forces and to inflict heavy sanguinary losses and thus decisively woaken tho enemy. “In the Champagne this morn- ing, fighting between Prunay and Auberive developed, the battle line thereby extending from the River Oise into the Champagne. “Our troops anticipate with en- in her ntleth y Funeral April 18 B, McDonnell funeral av. thence to Bt Church, West S1at st h papers please copy SUKA—VERDNA A.M. Francis Assia (neo Flynn), tho be 1! ceived here to-day declared that ‘Tur- : thence to the Carmelite the requiem mass will ve offered Emperor Charles Talks of the Miseries of War ; Also of the Blessings of Peace, as if He Sought It BERLIN, April 17.—Emperor Charles of Austrja is quoted by Bjorn “1 believe I know war better than most of the men who are at the head of the enemy powers to-day. I know not only the financial and economic effects of war, but I know also what it means to die in the have seen men fall and die at my feet. Therefore I know also, maybe better than any other Emperor or DIED. O'SULLIVAN, — BRIDGET O'SULLIVAN, native of Giln, County Limertok, Ireland, from P. ariors, 374 Tth of at Laxemburg, near Vien long time in the field and tire confidence the coming heavy fighting,” the War Office declares, — eee GERMANS FLOOD LENS, DESTROY COAL WORKS, | praisers AS BRITISH DRIVE ON |tried to enter all these clothes, both Dam. the Souchez River—Explo- sions Mark the Destruction of Mine Shaft Machinery. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD, April 17.—France’s brilliant part in the great offensive stimulated British forces to redoubled energy to-day, Gen. Haig’s forces continue their advance. Outposts and patrois pushed steadily forward to the east to-day Two more field guns were captured in Hirondelle Wood. Meanwhile, desperate work of de- struction by the Germans con- tinues in Lens — now doomed by the British encircling move. ment. To-eay the ‘reutons dammed the Souchez River, backing the water into Lens. Great plosions marked the destruction mine shaft machinery, and British observers—plainly able to see the enemy at work—declared there was reason to belleve jt was part of the German plan of destruction at the lust moment to divert the flood waters of the Souchez into the great under- ground galleries of France's richest coal mines. Lievin, a suburb of Lens now held by the British, was totally destroyed before the Germans were forced out. The geat coal works there had been demolished. SIX FALL WITH SCAFFOLD, Thrown Thirty-five Feet F Bridwe at Hell je. Six laborers employed on the new Hell Gate Bridge directly above Ward's Island were injured this after- noon when a scaffold on which eight of them were eating lunch gave way, throwing them to the ground thirty- five feet below. Two of the men caught the ropes and saved them selves from falling. The injured, none | of whom is hurt sertously, were brought across the East boat and transferred to Harlem H pital, They gave th Thodore Ctosi, No, 320 ninth Street; Kast Sixty-second Georgatto, No. 66 Hallett 5 : pino Contrettl, No. 431 Fourth A nue; Rafael and Frank Baracel, 627' Painter Avenue, the four’ last named helng from Long Island City, ex- of ma New Immense BALTIMORE, April 17. — Closing down Maryland distilleries and brew- eries would release 6,000,000 bushels ¢ ot grain for food. | wupgel Favorites wit’ the matter, nice tay jew every whi ive ome fl ORTLANDT STREET homes 11 p.m. PARK ROW & NA 400 BROOME. : STREET ‘ 10 p.m. 38 EAST 230 STREET oa 10 vm Daily » BKLYN mm Daily | dismissed six exceptions filed by Mrs River on al |two miles Extrc Special Features for Loft Milk Chocolate Days April 20th, 21st. E STICKS Dainty ttle bars of Closes 11.30 P. taht Includes FRAUD SHOWN, SAYS COURT IN MRS. WARREN'S CASE Judge Hand Dismisses Exceptions to Custom Officers’ Seizure of Goods for Duty. Mrs, Whitney Warren's alleged at- tempt to evade Custom House duties in bringing Paris finery into New York is branded as “deliberate fraud which would impose upon other im- porters forfeiture and imprisonment,” by Federal Judge Hand, who to-day Warren to the Custom officers’ com- | plaints and seizure of her goods. Judge Hand gave her attorney, Will- jam L. Wimple, twenty days in which to file his answer, Mra, War- ren was accused by the custom ap- of undervaluing certain Paris purchases belonging to herself | and two others who wore with her. | In dismissing the exceptions, Judge Hand said in part: “By hypothesis the claimant her own and her friends, by means of a ingle fraudulent undervalua- tion. Those of the friends must cer- tainly suffer forfelture; they stand in vicarious condemnation though their owners are innocent. But the author of the fraud, which thus irre- trievably implicates others in its consequences, has the thardihood to insist that her own goods shall go free, even though the hypothesis prove true upon trial. The iniquity of such a result would pass toler- ance, NEW GERMAN PARTY TO FIGHT GOVERNMENT Promises of Reform With No Effort at Fulfilment Cause Dissatisfaction. AMSTERDAM, April 17.—German officials’ promise of Governmental re- forms without any steps in fulfil- mont have resulted in the formation of @ new anti-Government party Ber- | lin despatches announced to-day, The new group, an off-shoot from the regular German Socialist party, is to be known as the Independent Socialist Democratic Party. The platform is democratizing of the German Government. Hugo Haase and George Ledebour, active leaders in the new reform movement, are bitterly opposed to the supine manner in which their brother So¢ialists have — received mere promise of electoral reform without any action to this end. ‘The Berlin despatches to-day sid there were at least fifteen Soclalists in the Reichstag who formally sub- scribed to the principles of the new party, | HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS. FIRST RACE- <Two-y Jing: four furlongs: | (Wakoff), strnight show $3.70, first tnson), plac Larmont $3.10, ola year-olde; soll- Tit for Tat, 100 $16.50, place $5.30, nny Hill, 12 i 108 third. Homestead, Abrantes, Me n, Little Sweeper and ds and ————— “Storm Hero”’ selling nbout er, 140 (Corbett), 8.40, upward: atraight Ar third, Baitimore, Chas. ¥, scratched, Aviat ranger, also enworthy, Gloucester “You'll think you're way back on the farm—far away from harm, with « milk pail on when you come into our s next Friday and Saturday, Well, we should gingham aprons bonnets, while the fellers soda dispensers, stockmen and other pa] employ. wear Pound, round with a woolen string,” and bandanner hand- necks, The soda fountains will be piled high with big, bright, new tin pails from which the various punches will be served. REMEMBER, OUR ENTIRE LINE OF MILK CHOCO. LATE SPECIALTIES WILL BEAR INTERESTING PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR THESE, TWO GREAT DAYS. jweetness, presented In vom: om for ht LOC Special for To-Morrow, Wedne day, Apeil 18. ie ae ise joo th with reheat Jp 208 BROADWAY Close: Hat. 10 p.m, 14 EAST. 420 STREET pom. b 260 West “esr stReet 187 MARKET hones LL 80D. 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