Shock to Mrs. Mohfm Reminder of Her Threat to Kill Girl Is "Circulation Books Open to AllJ PRICE ONE OENt. Cuprrltht, into, br The Pr-. rnbtltliluc la. (Tlis New Votk Worlil). NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916. w , "VnNV WEATHEn Snow to-night, Friday falrj mueh coldtfl . k . I "Circulation Hooka Open to MV'J . JH 16 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. II ; ',7 Is. ft in t it v CAPTURE 1 6 MORE MAT TO KILL GI RIVAL MADE BY MRS. MOHR STARTS WinnW'Q t" IIIUUII I J M . . I r ii "Stl Will NMrr I W. r , k f ft' Port Alive," Was Message to J Emily Burger's Relative. CONFESSIQNS RETOLD. Police Chief Says Negroes Told Him Mrs. Mohr Instigated ' Crime; to Pay $5,000. ' XBpaclat from Staff Corratpondant of Tha Evening World.) PROVIDENCE, It. I.. Jan. 13. Mrs. EMrabcth Tiffany Mohr to-da; lost for the first tlmo tho firm hold-sho haa had upon licr emotions at her trial for tho murder of her husband. Bhe brokn down and cried, -with her handkerchief held to her eyes. Mri. Mohr's breakdown occurred during tho reading hy the State Proa ecutor of tho post card threatening tho llfo ot Miss IJmlly Uurgor. Dr. lfohrfl housekeeper. Mrs. Mohr ad-1 mltted having written this to Ocorgo! Hooks, Miss Hurgcr'a brothcr-ln-law. j about a year before tho assassination of tho doctor and tho murderous at tack upon Miss Uurgcr In tho phjsl clon's motor car. After warning Miss JJurgcr that tho should never oincrgo alive from Dr. Mohr'K Newport houso I If ho visited It ugaln, tho post card closed: "Tho world ltt with mo In my sor row, I am heartbroken." K was o,t theso two sentences Uiat Mrs. Mohr's haml suddenly went up to covor her eyes. .Silo bent forward for a moment screening her faco from Ihoso In front of her with her wide brimmed hat. Then rfho straightened up and pressed her handkerchief to her streaming eyes, holding It thoro until she was once moro In control of her feelings. Whan Hho again had herself In hand Chief of Uotectlvcs O'Neill, tho witness-on tho stand, was telling tho Jury of the confessions of tho negroes Cecil Brown und Henry Hpullman, Accused with Mrs. Mohr, and ot George Healie, Dr. Mohr's chauffeur. Later In his testimony Chief D'Kolll admitted that tho first to Baxno Mrs. Mohr in connection with ttie murder waa George Hooks. Ho Hold, that Hooka accused Hcalls In the Rhode Island Hospital of "fram ing this up with Mrs. Mohr to got . iho doctor and Mltw Burger." HOW THE 15,000 WAS TO DE PAID NEGROES. Tho "confessions" of tho three ne groes lmvo been published several times since they were mado on tho - morning of Sept. 2 last. Fight over their admission in evidonco was mado by the defondlng attorneys on tha jrround that Chief O'Neill had used "third degree" mothods In obtaining tham. As the attorneys could not provo this, O'Neill wae permitted by tho Court to relate his conversations yilh the nogrocs. He told of Urown'n statement that Mrs. Mohr waa to pay tho $5,000 for tho murder of Dr. Mohr in throo earns, 42,000 to Brown, 42,000 to Spell man and 41,000 to Healls, Then O'Neill came to tho arrest of Mrs. Mohr on tho morning of Kept. 2, fol lowing the statement of tho negroes. (Continued on Fourth Page.) deck In such position that they could Mill, for Inetim.. Tin. ' not bo Ufcod fur an aggressive attack ALHANY, Jan. 13--Tlie sul;,tltutlon ' forward, but could bo trained to of un Income tax for a tax on personal ither sldo and aMcm. property was udvocated by .Senator i The ruling by tho State and Tie.i Ogden L. Mills. Chairman of a special 1 ury Departments is the first during leaUlatlvo committee investigating tho tho ar. The iiuchtimi wan raised subject of taxation, before the Nuw , v hwn tho Adriatic prepared to sail York btato Convention of Asscsfcora U-lth two guns mounted aft at tho b. w'aa . I ginning of the war, but the British frvia0,dktiartWo,ui.L, :Vd.m1lra"y vlunl:"-ly dismounted TFARR AT TRIM ILIIIllf III I I 111 IL. . . TWO BOMBS ARE HURLED AT PREMIER OF JAPAN Chauffeur Speeds Up Car as Assas sin Throws, and Saves Okuma. TOKIO, Jan. 13. Count .Okuxna. the Japanese! Premier, had a narrow cscapo from death early this morning nt tho hands ot assassins. Ho waa returning from tho royal palace, and an ho upproached his residence two bombs were hurled at his automobile, Tho Premier waa not Injured. Okumu'H chauffeur caught a gllmpso of tho bomb-thrower oa ho was about to launch his mlssllo and put on speed so that tho bomb exploded behind tho machlno without causlng.any. damage. A second bomb was thrown, but It failed to explode. The assailant orassallants escaped. i CANADA DOES HER SHARE, nilfr jri I Q D1QI IAMPNT UUrvC ICLLO rflnLlflfTlLllI . .. GoVcTllur - General Recommends That Life of Present Body Be Extended One Year. OTTAWA, Ont.. Jan. 13, The Duke of Connaught, Uovrrnor General of Canada, in his address nt tho official opening of tho Canadian Parliament to-day. strongly recommended that the llfo of the present Parliament bo extended for one year, in order to avoid a general election and "best meet present requirements of tho w.n." A resolution to extend Parlia ment will bo presented. Normally tho Parliament would expire noxt fall. The Duke, praising tho Cana dian ptoplu for their part In tho war, said in part; "Tho call to service has evoked a widespread und notable response In Canada. Already 120,000 men havo crossed the m-as, and an equal number is now being trained and equipped for service abroad. A oall extending tho authorized enlistment to 500,000 men ban been leceived with warm enthusiasm. At tho front our gallant soldiers 'have Hpread lustro upon their country and uphold Its traditions, "Tha high courago and tho aplen dld determination which has marked tho united efforts of all portions of His Majesty's dominions during a year of unprecedented strain and ef fort, Justify our aupremo confldenco In tho triumph ot liberty and Justice throughout tho world." U, S, LETS VERDI SAIL WITH MOUNTED GUNS Government Rules Italian Liner May Clear With Deck Armed for Defense Onh. Acting under instructions from Secretary of the Treasury MoAdoo, Collector of tho Port Dudley Vicld Malono notified tho Italian Lino late to-day that tho steamship Oluseppo Vcrdl would bo allowed to make hor homeward voyage with her defensive guns. Tho ship arrived hcie from the Mediterranean a week ago with two three-Inch rapid lire guns, effectlvo at four and a half miles, mouutod on the Mooring gnar house on the utter LEADER Of. REPORTED SLAIN IN MEXICO SISTER OF KAISER REPORT IN ROME! Wireless Despatch Declares the I Queen of Greece Will Hurry to His Bedside. ! BETTER. SAYS BERLIN. Official Statement Declares I Emperor's Illness Has at No Time Been Serious. LONDON. .Inn. 13. A wireless des patch from Home says that Queen Hophta of tlreecc has bcoii summoned to the bedside of her brother. Km pcror William, whoso illness Is de scribed ai serious, Tho Queen, the message says, Is to depart at once for Berlin. BKRIJN, via Amsterdam, Jan. 13. The United Tress was to-day officially authorized to deny rumors circulated In foreign countries that tho Kaiser Is. seriously ill. Tho Jhnperor'a Illness has at no tlmo been serious, It was stated. It was necessary for him to remain In his rooms In tho Palace for only a few days. Ho Is now improved to such an ex tent that he is holding dally mill tary conferences with members ot tho General Staff. Tho nbovo Is tho first olllelnl state ment regarding tho Kaiser's condition authorized In Berlin slnco tho first brief bulletin, several weeks ago, stotlng that tho Kaiser was miffcrlng from "cellular inflammation" and would bn unable to visit tho western front. It Is the first despatch dealing with tho Ka!8c.r'H Illness passed by tho Gorman censor, all other reports re gardlng tho Kaiser having originated in countries ouUiido Germany and having been based on supposed ad vices from Berlin. Virtually all theso reports havo described tho Ocnnan ruler's condition as serious, one re port from Amsterdam yesterday do cl - .iig lie was near death. AWARD SIX-MILLION NEW SUBWAY CONTRACT Booth and Flinn Agree to Have Brooklyn Turmel Ready in 27 Months. A contract for 46,630,023.50 worth of subway work waa awarded at this afternoon's meeting of the Public Hnrvlce Commission. Tho Job in tho construction of tha tunnel portion of the Fourteenth Street Kastern Itapld Transit Ttallroad, which Is to be op. eratcd by tho Now Vork Municipal Hallway Corporation. Booth nnd Fltnn i.Ui.. successful btdderti, agreed to havo tins tunnel ready for operation in twenty. seven months Instead of thirty-four monthw as called for in tho original draft of tho contract. The now subway sec tion Included In to.day'n award runs from a point under Fourteenth Street, Manhattan, about SO foot west of Avenue B to and under tho Hast P.lvcr to u point under North Koventh Street, Brooklyn. COLD WAVE COMING! Wrallirr llureiiii tilvo Hint of l)ri nf III l)rnr-r. l'.ji i.i. tlvt I me this wln'e ine white Mac with 'i hnk crntr" win dis played mi the MiUnUiffH of lh WiatllCI litircuii uc ilin Wh. I'll. ill Huil'lInK nml other lunul ttutlon.'. It It the culd f warning which U not shown unless a drop in temperature of at leant forty degress is expected. It was a ui)irr.i ti led by signals slvln? warnlns of a northeast sai. CALLED TO BERLIN 'DOOMED SINE SING CONVICT ENDS LIFE IN DEATH HOUSE jAngelo Leggio Found Hanging in Cell After New Trial Is Denied. SAW DUPE GO TO CHAIR. Horror of Following Man lit Hired as Slayer Leads to Suicide. Angclo Lc'gfflo, condemned for mur der, whoso appeal for o new trial waa denlwl by tlw Coutt Of Appcilr ea terday, hanged himself early this morning In his cell In tho death house of Sing Sing Prison. Igglo had seen William Flack, a weak-minded youth ho "had hired U kill aiusoppo Marino, go through the door Into tho execu tion chamber, and tho prospect of fol. lowing in his footsteps drovo him to noli destruction. -, Iloctntly llio night guard in the death house was reduced nnd tho condemned men wero nuppllcd with matresscs and sheets. Lcgglo hanged himself with ti sheet Leggio was an Kast Sldo whlte blavor. Ho had a girl named Louisa Macaluso, eighteen years old. Giu seppo Marino stolo tho girl from Leggio nnd took her to live in a tene ment at No. oJt East Thirteenth Htrcuf. William Flack was employed by Leggio to do away with Murlno and accomplished tho Job In a buslncss llko way, killing him with ono shot as ho lay in bod in his flat. Tim Macaluso girl was tnken away by Leggio, who cut oft her hulr, dressed her In boy'H clothes und established her in a flat in Ltttlo Italy m Harlem. Marino's body was not discovered for sovcral days after the murder, which occurred March S, 1DH. The Macaluso girl returned to tho neigh borhood to got a dreM she had left at u cleaner'n and was arrested. She declared that she had killed Marino arid Mild In oxtonuation that ho had forced her to lead an immoral life. In the mean tlmo Flack had been talking und detectives arcs ted him. He promptly confessed that ho had , killed Marino. For a tlmo tho girl In sisted that ihe was guilty, but finally she confossud tho truth. Flack was tried, convicted and sen. tenced to death. Not until then did he involve Leggio, who was arrested, Indicted and placed on trial. Flack, who hud been brought down from tho death houso, was tho chief witness against Leggio at tho trial of the lat ter last May. Tho Macaluso girl and a youth named John Orendlch, who heard Leggio employ Flark to com mit tho murder, were also witnesses for tho State. Leggio was to havo p.( l Flack 4200 for killing Marino. Flu, k, in tho shadow of tho eleotrl. hair, sworo ho never got a cent fr tho erimo. Leggio was convieted and lent to thn death house a few dayi lir '.,re FlacU was executed. BERLIN PAPER SPEAKS KINDLY OF AMERICANS The 'I amebian "Hails With J. " the Signs of a Mutual L'n- demanding. BERLIN, (via wirclehs t' rtayvilln, U I.) Jan. 13. In a leading editorlul to. dav tho Berlin Taceblut' locl.ireu 'recent hpeechea in tho United States Congress, and statements in leading American newspapers indirato that America no lunger takes Hng.iMi re ports regarding Germany ,ih i lie "Germany never aslird .iinihiiig but that things (!(.-rrwn b ''toked upon with unpii ludicvl lyis'1 hiid the Tagitil.itl. expresilug n.ut i -f .t.-.t loll at this fhange jn fooling in A'tierlca. "Wo hail with Joy all signs of mutual understanding with the groat Ameri can Nation, with whom, after Uio war w want to continue economic tela tlons to our mutual advantage." Villa Bandit Leader a Prisoner, Blamed for Killing of Americans v v rai i T ATONCEONMURDERl OF U.S. CITIZENS! Mexican Ambassador at Wash ington Gives Assurance to Secretary Lansing. WAHHINOTON. Jan.- 13. -UIIbuo Arredondo. Hen. I'.irranza'K Ambassa dor here, delivered to Secretary Lan sing to-day a letter, haying ho "deeply deplores the dastardly ai-tixn of tho Villa forces," and giving BMiuraiico that the Oarnuua (iovernment will act nt onrn to "remedy the situation." Mr. Arredondo's letter to .Secretary Lansing follows: "I have tho honor to iicknmvleilgo the receipt of Your Kxcollency's nolo of tills dato (an. 12). with Its In closuro relative to the murder by Villa forces of sUtcen American gen tlemen noar tho city uf Chihuahua and of tho situation In tho Statu or Durango. "Your Uxcrlleney may feel assured that my Oovornment and rnysolf deeply deplore tho dastardly action of tho Villa forooK, and that efficient action will ho taken to bring tho murderers to Jiibtlco and that my Government will iiIku tuke the nocox wiry Hteps Mini Jy the nltuatlon in the State nt Dm. in jo, "This latter matter has already been brought to iho attention of Mr. (.'arratiiu, and whlln I feel certain that ho will omit no elfoil to bring tho murderers of tlm ubove-ineutlonocl gentlemen to Justice on his uwn Initi ative. 1 have nevertheless com municated with him by wlrv on tho CARRANZA TO AC .S. TROOPS ACT AS GUARD IN MEXICO Senate Dill L-mpowers Wilson to Use Army There Same as in Mayti. WA.SIIINnTO.V, Jan. 13. A rejolu. tlon under which I'tesldent Wilson wnuM be eniiiowe.rnd to order tho urniy Iii'm Mexieo tn Mttio Internal ti.'Ublcsj was introduced in tbs Konato this afternoon by Senator l.owls of llllni.lH, nn Ailmlnlstratlon leader. Ho did not Indicate that ba had acted at tho rcqiiestiof tho .Kxecmlvu, but bis resolution cmued tho greatest specu lation of any tuovo made hIiich tlm massacrn of tho Anicrlciimi In Chi huahua. t y 'I'll i) resolution gives the l'reslileut thn Kiiino nilthorlty to uho armed forces in .Mexico as hit has with the navy in Nicaragua und Ilaytl. Jt roads: "Resolved, Hy thn Senatn, tlm IIotjmi of It'ipresentatlvus concurrlnjr, that tho 1'iusldont of tho United States bo authorized nnd enipowred tn order the unny of tlm Huttnd .Slates or rt ii !,! -i ii y part thereof to tho counirv f .leh ii and to there co-operate wr.ii any luron Ihero . Istlng, which to the 1'renidi.iit lull Hoem appropriate for thn obj.-ut of protecting tho litlaons and properly uf tho I'liltoil yt.iloi and to punish thoio violating tho security of Its (Continued on Second Page.) WOULD HAVE U BANDITS; GEN RODRIGUEZ CAUGHT By AMERICANS IN FIGHT; SOME OF HIS MEN SLAIN Party Which Brings: Bodies of Ameri cans Murdered Early in Week Tells of Other Outrages People on Border Eager for Vengeance. 500 CARRANZA TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF SLAYERS. EL PASO, lex., Jan. 13. Gen. Jose Rodriguez, the Villa officer credited with having instigated the killing of the eighteen Americans list Monday, has been captured near Madera, Chihuahua, by Americans, according to reports received lrerc. stated that a number of Rodriguez's icans are calling for help. The capture vas made by Maximiano Marquez, it was saiJ. Ho is an employee of the Hearst interests at Uabricora and is now at Madera keeping with him about 125 Americans and a few soldiers. The mes sage stated that Rodriguez was met in a pitched battle, defeated and his men scattered, captured and killed. Rodriguez has been Gen. Villa's aide and second in command of the Villa forces for some time. Press despatches reported that he -was re sponsible for the murders near Chihuahua. T OUT OF HOTEL BY ENRAGED TEXANS Try to Link Official at Juarez With Pledge Given Ameri cans of Safety in Mexico. HI. I'ASO, Tex.. Jan. 13. United States Consul Thomas D. Edwards of Juarez, was thrown bodily out of tho Sheldon Hotel hero this afternoon by American mining mon, enragod over tho massacre in Chihuahua. Hlnro tho responsibility for Ameri cans entering Mexico has become nn Issue, Hdwurdi declared that absolute, guarantee had been assured tho eighteen victims of tho Sunta Ysabel m.'iHsacre. IMwardi said that Cen. Gabriel (iavlra, Cnrrnnai commander In Juarez, personally nrsured him It would bn safo for thn mining party to return to Mexico and resume oper ations. (iavlra assured Manager c. It. Wat. son, leader of the party, that thn district through whlnli tin would pass en route to tho mines would be com pletely dominated by the C'nrrania forces. American mining men, rofugeos from Mexico, attacked and forcibly ejected him from tho lobby of tho Sheldon. lMwards run up Muln Street und escaped. At llrst tho rofugeos clashed with the cutiMil, loudly denouncing tho U'aMiiimton lulmlnlxttntloii American mining eumpanles uf Northern Mexico urn considering proposition to ieiiii'st permission of l Im Carrania guernmeut for a rcgi iil nt of Aiiu-rK nii volunteers to enter Chihuahua to uMorrnlnntii Villa und bis handits. They would be willing to ciitlp und maintain tho regimo.it, if Cnrrana permits, until tho bandits Inrcstlng the Mexican mining regions are wlpd out. U.S.CONSUL HROWN A message received, from -Madera m.'ii were, killed and that thd Amer A report was current that ten mors American men and two English women had been killed by Villa troops at Madera, Chihuahua, accord Ina to American who arrived hera early to-day with tha bodlea of the eighteen Americana who ware killed lilt Monday, On of the women re ported killed waa said to be the wife of Capt. Jack Leftbridat, a retired British army officer, who, with1 an English woman companion, a Mr. Berry, had been staying at Babrloora Ranch, the Hearat property. The Madera telegraph operator re ported thoro was no truth in the rumor of ten American men and two Hngllsh women being kilted at that place. A rumor waa circulated her to-day to the affect that three Amerloana had been murdered In the Cananea District of Sonora In the vlolnlty of the Phelpe-Dodge property. It oould not be verified. Itert Kramer, young American ranchman, was executed by a VilllsU tiring squad at Guerrero Friday, con firmed Chlbuuhuu City advices stated to-day. With the American mining men shot and killed by u largo VUMsU force near Santa Ysobcl on Mon day and other reported murders ot Americans and foreigners, den. Vllla'a order to "kill tha trlng" has already cost over thirty Uvea within u week, roports here declare. With tho temper of El Puo'a citi zens rising to tho fighting point, u-thorltle.-i on both sides of the border took precautions to avoid a clash be twocn Americans and Mexicans. Tho bodies of the Americana killed Monday near Santa Ysabol, Western Chihuahua, which reached El Paso early to-duy, wero taken in charg by undertakers preparatory to sending them to relatives In various parts ot tho country. Tho body of Joseph Enders, reported to havo been killed, was not among thoo arriving to-day. A a. lent croivd of sovcral hundred rriemi.i and relatives, gathered at the old Santa Fa station to meet tho train, sorrowfully watched tho caskets transferred to auto trucks, piled two and threo high, covered with a tar paulin und taken to the Morgue. Joso Maria Sancher, Mexican miner employed by tho murdered Americana, 1 -4 oubject," i. mual.'aW