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etre Tere eet et WED. THE WORLD: |" Daffy Dan” and His ‘‘Dutch Boy”’ N CIUGHT WEL FLOOD BARELY ESCAPE Blowout in Battery Tube Will Entail Months of Delay. ACCIDENT MAKES HERO Dozen Workmen Forced to Dive and Swim in Dark | to Air-Lock. That the “Mow-out” tn the north tube of the En River tunnel cornect tng ‘Brookiyn with the Battery, last Bight. in which a dozen workmen Marrow eecnpes from death pertous than first believed was today when engineers of the Rapid Tranatt Commissioner examine’ the @uba It will Aelny the completion of the tunnel for several mo ‘The heading .of the tube sank «foot @F More in the soft mud bottom of t iver, ‘That cmuned the break tm the Ited in the “blow it May Ww eye} eral months before the heading can be feleed to ttn proper level so that the work may continue. ‘Whttr a biewtng cous. se tf camset br exesink steam, Tohowed ‘tre sae the bottom of the river immetiately ever the heading was blown upward A torrent of water rushed down upon the men. They were carried off their fem mm the flood which broke into t tube, threatening to drown the twelve men like rete in a trap. Dived to Escape Death. ‘Three hundred feet distant from them twas their only means of escape. It my fm the air jook dt that point. but the intervening distance being interaced mith « close webbing of fixed titnbers but the whith of a which to pas, rendere slim the chances of the men Teaching the look. These obstructions obliged the fee tng men to pass through «ingly, and in several instances the only apenings were close to the bottom of the tubs necesmitating the Cugitives’ crawling through the Sood on thetr stomachs, the Ume the fre tedlenders af mane bad reiched theee opentnurs, the water bed rien four fest in the tube and it was nacomwary for these man to actually dive below the surtace of the water and swim through the opentnas The tute was tn totel darkness, the tients baving become extinguished when the biow-cut ooourred, and the iniverilied mon ware fore«! to feel thelr way. In the mean me the seven meo nbead of the five compelled to wim through the narrow aberatures were flouncering through the four-foot deep water, thelr foreman. rank MoGuire in the lead and, directing the man In thelr efforta to escape The three hundred feet distance be- tween Ce beading and the air lock had not been traversed before the wa- ter wae up to the necks of the etrug- sling man. In the moan time the fact that a blowout had ooourred was in- atantly khown to the man in the com, pleted portion of the tunnel bepond the sir lock and at the offices of the oon- tmctor stationed near the scene of the operations, “Mike” Proves a Hero. ‘The aly pressure was increneed m the hope of keeping beck the water, whjob the man above knew moat therttedly feto the tunnel mudfalantly Jong had was more learned [ opened the lock into the tube in which the “blowoat” bad taken placa, He fiashed his lanier end eaw the whirling water and then the voloe of MoGuire was “Dike,” he abouted as he and hie men struggled on, “keep that lock open or we will be a bunch of dead ones. Keep ft open—the water @ up to our neckal’’ All Escaped In Time, “TH keep it open until every one of you ate tuside,”” yelled ‘Mike, aa he placed # plank tm readiness for the ae sistance of the mon. He grabbed each by the hand, pulling him into the Jook, yuth aj] twelve were inside. Then he applet >the alr, closing the doors againgt the rising tide. Dwo minutes later tube, which is fiftéen feet in diameter, was flooded to te root, Deputy Chiet Bnginesr Craven, of the Hoard of Hapid. Trane! Commis siontrs, raade an investigation to-day. “The trouble was tuat the heading Was just belng pushed out of a strata Of wold Pock into soft mud, ‘There ia alwaye danger in that. I am not pre- pared to apenk now of the sinking of the tube. The definite condition of It eannot be determined the water ty pumped out And, coures, Ube ual the Water cannot be pumped out break in the mud ts filled tn BOARDERS WANTED. Who has hot sought for thyt brightest of all places next homee=a good boarding-houve? There's 2 Jot of them advertised in The World This week alone has” seen offers of good Bride, Now ina Cozy Harlem Flat. | FROST |S SAV ROM SING SING BY WIFE'S ACTING “UMPAH! ZIM!” WENT RIVAL "=, i BANDS IN MUSICAL DUEL Battle for North Beach Supremacy Fought All Night to a Draw Between ‘* Mayor’’ and ‘‘ Police Commissioner.’’ Habeas Corpus Service. aha A very effective piece of acting upon the part of hie pretty young wile saved Kdwerd H. Frost from going to Bing Bing to-day, and may be the cause of his escaping the penitentiary term of from two w four years. Frost was indicted for grand larceny ia {he seooud degree on = change of having stolen 96,000 from the Nationa Park Bank, of which he was paying teller, ‘Tlie wae in last July, When "he “Mayor” and the “Police Com} would be oblige to tke oniers from | lls case was called before Judge Rosai timatoner’’ of Morth Beach acted ile) tbe victor t #hut off the flow of |sky yesterday be entered a Plea of friends, beonawe thay mtared an ad- | melody, @ullty, and the indeterminate sentence verse Jot tn the Lone tetand City Polloe| | fo, at 6 o chuck veatacday afturnson, | wun pemed, Joka n pogen 2 pene Se tesule plantian Pe Pintle | lowed anwe mboticutes, w be tuned pon | With Bve others bound for Bing Sing tled. bot te the musinal dual that fan | pact. . team was disabled | Prose was beutkouffed i . | of the. two WC Mattia Tad | abou 4 mtd the ‘Docate “for tram yemerday afternoon until this| been notified aud they Were there in| @ing Bing when hie wile appeared. The tmornink. but by the unfortunate events | “Hoe When She algae. wir given Black Maria Wes Walking al the gute, pret 7 The bande ais tod Me! wad hid she nox ed when ene follow | did her husband woula Have been paken . Around Asan, The ‘Mayor’ te Henry Deatktrvob, | son's slogan, while | Away without a farewedl 3 mho tune a oevition oh the Bowery Hay | used “Waltiiw at the Church Teprmediad ‘ . was considered a foul b Be wily Aire. From set eyes upon road. The “Police Ioapector’ ws Chri | wee considered fu im aby oubraced him and wegen cry tan Anderson. commandant af Fort| est’ As the munda mingled toe patrons | 26 The time wee pamaing “gilokiy, Andetwon, directly morose the way | did the only thing poslbie—onled the | 290 Warden Flynn wae fearful ure Bach hae hie cartionne and enah tly | Welter convicked tes would miss thelr train It Went on til midnight and the ad Laemed parents of tha. oontendtn Dvery summer Cor ve yas there tie | by Muantaliy, “then tarwe tet teem nee | been @ series of Atetremting incklent, | With kurge aoe c pyre | War o few weeks the Norwamen wiv toot | Whey, were Pulicen fe | minutes passed, Again nod agaio be tned to eapar husband and wie, but might lite abe became hywterioal, and yan would anh walk apuy. oe. | turn hie 7 unt WL JUAt time i, | mUnuiee pakeed. unt at length Jurt tim “i Hows, eam from t Astora pol for Anderson woud play twowteps, | station by { the | pontinued fo delay weatlort ty banuinn while the Deutmche taualciane of Hare | out) Caar of © Ps 7 notied jon, - Daufkirach were playing wallzen, If the| sioner tat ihe abre inuet clase on @nrtiaon band af Fort Anderson dropped | tine, Then tiey dlamppeare * {Ee Mage Breet trom bie mito ragtime “Die Waekt am Khing | The bars sheaf an woukt thunder from ovte thw way. Twi!) Bow ena: * , there would come « tune of truce, tar | fimpty and Ma place taken pat s and Frost was wives a of beer couidn't| ute AL AA. M. eminmnrieg named from Bing Bin orm wvoe Aid at 24) both bends Hag be peach: : ne duel Waa OVer, hanor wie +4 ae See trate che wits dub the patrons’ min! go the ear-split wpyld have been vokd i and jt was @ Ue Henceforth Oe eumnStna Cons / Proet’s dalbyin, iT a a aa nde will never dntartere with one | vfuen her hustand was led book oink paither the “Mayor” nor the "Police (ie exuberance of the moment, |away with @ smile on her fe VuRA Commutamoner’’ could gm together, It) Herr Dauficawoh invited blu mus Prot will nak staat be be given a etal and those of the faithful who rei to come imo the bar fe crendemt Adder: was then that made thetr agoond a, Be Kmail He contends that he pleaded guflty under « promise thet he would be sent pte Bimina and net to fing Bing wee from the mustclan thet the mug qentiom came. Altbowprh Artenson pokey out only Boandinaviane and Deuficineth, 6 drink. Com id_the ams. Dire pear adce. aan Capt | —_—_e Gerviene, the cmenbers ate al anton Anderson” Nik father’s bar- | 4 ” ty men, ‘They got towether and decided on a | tender, was, fr a JUNGLE MAN'S LOVE STORY, duet ‘The band the cova play Gio] Therefore to-day half of North Beach | Upton Sinolair, author of “The Jan longest continuously would afterwart| was in court (0 see What Magistrat de." > mith would do to. the and Deut. |-@ Dan written a great love story) called “King Midas.” whieh will ferially in The Bvening World. bewin- ning next Monday, Aug 20 Don't miss le chapter Of thie stirring heart “POLITE LUNATIC WEDS “DUTCH” Stage Folk Married in Christian Science Church and Settle in Flat. Kirsch and Atderson appear have the rigtt of TAY Om could thy a. APE eee mnt Mt gol tired. lostng band — ————- a Artist Flinn’s Idea of How to Dress for Coney Island WHERE RE YE GOIN’ IN ¥HaT MASQUERADE RIGGIN? In @ comy Iittle flat at No, 24 West One Hundred and Nivth atreet, “Dacy | Dan.” the Polite Lunatic and te: |"Duteh Boy" of ‘The Seminary Girl" jure keeping house Tide strange couple Were unarried secrethy. The “Polite Lunatic” is known oo thle side of the foottights as Kiute Erickson, and the “Duton Boy” le a pretty, petke girl who before ahe jn- yaded the etago wes known tn at, Lows se Miss Elinor Bergere, great- granddaughter of tho pioneer of that city, who lived dn @ iw cabin on the Misaistipp! bank and married an In- dian squew. The Mriokeons were married in the | Fifth Church of Christ, Bolentia—the | couple to have the honor. Chrivttian Atiet readers have no authbarity to But wheo Knute Erick With Aolentiat Ohy fifth aurdet, he frnd ¢ Guatay Haas, a repent convert to | firat Be the ghuroh from the Lutheran fold, and he mareted thy le without q We went the Clty get murried, on to-day, “bat kod, We d mar ried ih a Chy Soientiat Chur unt wae over, We simp wanted to get married, and we did are where.” Se oo THINK 98 DIED IN RUS! tibe howd ¢ gain of 43. over fast yeor, you seek a board- ingsouse lor Worid Wants help IAN FIRE | SYYRAN, Aum. ih —Hince the fire | which destroyed the great part of this oy. on July Mh ninety 0 ve th sahed | Prison Delayed Until | GIRL HUNTED ~AND LASHED RUSSIAN TROOPS Pursued in Street by Czar’s Crack Guards and Punished for Joke. ST. PETERSRURG, Ave. 15 —Intense ar {ndgmation haa been created by the brutal treatment of Mile. ff. @ refined young |ady, at nds of the orack Cheval hile @ squadron of these was pase Newall Proapect yester- Quanta dey Mile, Smirnoff, who was socom | panied by another younk lady, re | marked They are as may as if they nedeag- | tured Port Arthur. | Pedestrians bearing the remark re- | peated it and quite & crowd collected jand joined in the jeering, ‘The ocom- | mander of tho cavairymen suddenly | wheeled his squadron and gave the command to charge with drawn whips ‘The troopers dashed imto the cgowt, | \mylne about them right and left. Mile Smirnoff and her companion. who tn \the mean time had passed on Gown a. street. were pursued. They tried eocape into 0 dourwasput ware on ease the direction of an officer they were forced to ra cab and driven ti Juan Barracks, where the young ladtied “Were extee beteve (a itaobork termor ‘The latter was disposed to turn Mile @mtrnoff over to the police, but other ofteere iptartered, and the «irl wns [Guay taken qo the counupand. whtre in the presence of two officers, stored to her twenty-seven lashes ther whips, The mirt’s clothing wae out as tf by knives Dy the wire thongs of the whips and her Sesh wae \acorated papere are demanding the eet poth of the officers and men who- par lolpated in the affair, Reports of both police and private surgeons ere printed, describing in deta the extent of the wournls inflated. ‘The girl's tack is so | #wolien that it te tnpoesibie as yet to ascertain whether any of her rive are | broken. No section on the part of the military authorities bas been announced ‘The Twemieth Century, whieh printed 8 tory of the case toxtmy, has been con Bacated. WOMEN IN ANC AS TUG SORPE BG FERRYBOAT aide or T é/Astral’s Anchor Rips 30- Foot Hole in Side of Long Beach. While a score of women screamed th terror, the wide the cabinin the fertyboat Long Beach, of the Long Island Refitoad, wae to-day Yipped open for & Gimance of thirty feet by the anchor ob the bow of the Mandard OU tug Astral The women managed (0 el out on the onward deck and men from the smoking cabin Ue BUG God a wih slashed Out of the wide ae if by @ can opener Nobady waa injured. but this wae due to the fact that the cablp was fot crowdes The. Long Bench was bound from James Slip to Lone Island City, and when @f Fler No, 45, Want River nearly ran into & @tring of barges towed by the tux Dictator, of th Newtown Crosk Towing Company ‘The tow crossed the bows of -U) ferryboat, end Pilot Ole Qleen wae obliged to bring the Long Beash up With a reverse of his engtues. Just behind the Long Beach was the of women's Amtral, towiax « couple of lghtera, When the big ferrybost wis slowed down, the captain of the Astral could wot do Uphters in his tow would have borne down upon the stern of the tug The tug captain tried to swing ont, but he came wo chwe that the Dig snoher at the bow caught tn the rear window of the women's cabin. Smash the through the gtaas, ft pulled out the Strip of woodwork between that and the text window. fo It went on, sending showers of splinters and «ise about end making & notes like the reports of onntain guna. When at last the Astral broke away Thome than bal the aubln was open to view. Pilot Olewwn than took his ferry~ boat to Leng Iwland City, where she was \ei6 wp for repairs. During the Test of the trip the passengers stood om the deck EVA BOOTH RECOVERING. Tt was snnounoed today thet Mise va Booth, Commnaniier of the Salva tlon Amny, 19 recov otter en itt hess of seven weeks. The physician who fs & be com; time. ely recovered within « shor ¢ wi! gO tO & Fetrwat in the Adirondack Mountaine, ne STRENGTH to stand Hot Weather trom POSTUM FOOD COFFEE ESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1908. . MRS, MACKAY TO. | ~— ABOLISH USE OF AOD Ii SCHOOLS No Should Fven Slapped. Believes Scholar Roslyn Be %—< regards corporal p Of the bacteroun ing of the Board of mind tn regard to The, “Lady Bou the Board that durin term several complain to her of the ourpor Sbildren for disgdedience did not think the prin allowed to use other auasicn in the cont: Bhe suggested tha ton woh Bept. & t called together and ihe fact mant and at the mee ke ber mation wm punishmer © them that use of the rod hot be tolerated and that the te whould not even alap the disobed ones The other members of eed wth Mrs, Ma. SAY sme } otdedt > follow Ou gradually been dispensed wit ng Ap the casen of the mont 1 of the youngaters, Mrs. Macks pr that even the ¢ (hee Reales Toes wath | but that more wentie influen exerted to tin him CHILD’S BODY AFLOAT While fishing rly to-day Point. He took found articns tcout, which we: Tht were informed, and Detectives Ken and Powers have been put on a ‘Tse child is about @ month old and an floating off it aabore. f woman's ttire—a The potice of the Macdourul street jon report that the body of the who fall from pler 5 North River yenterday evening was recov ' day and Wentified as that of A. Marka, ot Tacoma, lying at the pier, ca Fall Styles correct in every particular, will be issued Wednesday, August 29. Pimples and Blackheads, in Half the Usual Time. DIMPLES snd binckheads baye been 4 } feribed as “internal @irt description Soulaine much truth cannet Iky claim to a high degree of re finement While you allow your face to be covered with disgusting blemishes: In business, or in society, & man or wor pimply fuss to be a bar to ruccmns. In Duatnons the best to the man of good fectnl appearance, ponitions «° and ac 38 years the Woodbury ecematully treated thin trou the door of success to + thotsands of afflicted people who had al rom despaired of reliet. Our new and pers fect trentmem pow takes @ cure possible fn DAM the thie formerty required. and guccess Is sewured tp every case. Write to-day Sr question bikak aad full tntormatton: or. better ti. call amt talk with one Of OUf spectaiista = Consultation join B. Nobu Dermooogie t:tive, Devt. D). 32 Week Hod Wt.. New York. “Atterbury cAxiome Atterhury System Clothes have made more converts to | ready ’-to-weer rments than all other influences combined. 3 STORES: 183 Broadway, M & Al Cortland &, Bat CASH OR CREDIT Call on write tor Cataioame 44. 39 MAIDEN LANE, N, ¥, Brooklyn Mraneh, Wi Fulton Stowe No Extra Charme for tt Advertioemeuts tor The World may ony Amerigan District She city waht Oe My “ a NEAR BLOODY CLOTHES George Fife, of Ferry lane, Westchester, founda! Lorillard’s be t- . all of chester station 90. a the stoamahty Chi ot | Our New Remedy Produces a Cure and thin You L, Aug rporal te H. Macka ne a woma | f the Bourd lucat sar | thing to say about school affairs, and the people think s! Mre. Mackay an & relic} tse of the rod in the dtoslyn sohools | )Ave's Busy Corner _ HENRY | YourPhoto on a postal finished by elect minutes tudio, + front, 3 for 25e. | Miniature Photos, | mounted complete¢ Demons! and Hindoo A seed is cut off and d OSIERY New Price Surprises. Do you want to put your feet in the best hosiery values in town af the prices quoted? WOMEN’S LISL ul colors. Double soles and heels, thee F asc. Palr : 12sc MEN'S SEAMLESS HALF HOSE, in a large assortment of colors and embroidered insteps. Also plain Black and Tan... Regula 1% price is 25c. Pair ; HILDREN'S 2x2 RIBBED COTTON HOSIERY. Guaranteed aly solutely fast black. All sizes. Pair 12ec Still plen season—~you Space, and so |}tographic modern magic Hindoo Flower-Growing T: ricity in 10 IEGEL. | New Orange | Juice Fountain. | Dispensing Clement's f amo in the Pho-{ | chsmbrose Dice, Gee Postal a te, Atiane ty. which ale second floor, | | vers Mon stasece ot \pranes Si Jutee datly Glass 50 on cards, *, for 10c. Learn to Do Magic ! Learn How to Perform the Celebrated ation by magic, dally Ten tricks possible The most. wonderful ct Price, 25 Prof. Vermelto will also do the mystifying ric. planted; {t sprouts and grows luxuriantly stributed to the audience. No Admission Charge. HOURS: 2. 3 4 and S o'clock PM the Power ofa Little Money B $1.49 was Japanese Silk. Sertions. fancy collars and cuffs Lawn, Ba embroidery. lars and cuffs. Here's your chance: E. THREAD HOSIERY Clearing Prices. ty of wearing timée-—good opportunity t save so admirably we must hurry out the Summer lines. Note the Reductions. Van ishing Handkerchief Trick. Prof, Vermelto, the famous exponent of Japanese mtrivance known to k., The flowers are (Main Floor.) Women's Dainty W aists Never Was Also Pan” effects in Japanese Silks. or Linen Warsts. Fronts trimmed with clusters of iucks, medallions, lace insertions and panels of New sleeves, trimmed col- Also in tailor-made effects, $1.50 Values at $1.25. (Second Floor) Very sheer gaure, in Black, White and in all sizes. Regular pric (Male Floor, der Proved: Manufacturer's sample Waists—values $2.00 and Lawenc-Batite-snd: Fronts elaborately trim- med with embroidered panels and lace in- her long or short sleeves, “Peter Knit Underwear. 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Were made to be sold at $10.50 to $12.00, Guaranterd or money refunded... Also a few mixtures and plain Blatk ets in SMALL SIZES, at. . $1. gains, These Suits ase made Nort lor or Russian Blouse styles plain or Il sizes. Here's a chance for mothers to OO val (Mata Pleor. Certai jors and style. Serge Suits for Men $6.75 (Third Ploer,) 09 Ik, Double fancy color buy an early 49c Every sult All in 5