The evening world. Newspaper, March 2, 1914, Page 1

TRAINS HALTED, rd Es Rebel ONE CENT. ‘OCEAN LINERS HELD UP. TRAFFIC PARALYZED BY BLIZZARD. She (« Circulation*Books Open to All| _ 4, ‘New brisctadlas y The te aed NEW YORK, _MOWDAY, “MAROE 2, 1914. (SEVEN BIG LINERS OVERDUE WITH 4,000 PEOPLE ABOARD: ~ NOVESSELS CAN LEAVE PORT Blizzari. Holds 4s. Ships at Sea and Even Wireless Fails to Reach Them. \ THE BAY IS FREEZING Ferries Have to Smash Way Through Ice Packs Into Their Slips. Not in years has shipping been s0 badly cripple’. No ship ventured out. Nineteen big steamers wero due to arrive. Of this number ar ocean Mnors, carrys Not a word from tue liners, rm of two weeks ago nome sort of communication wa: ha swith the overcue ships, but in the Sage of to-duy no connection has heen cstablished. ‘The wires to the obpervati stations are down all @long the coast. ‘The wireless is out of commission. The lners due this ning are the Wh ak liner Cel- tie, Italian line's Oceana, Anchor liner Calabria, Hoyal Dutch West Indies, Pring Wilhelm V., Austro-American steamer Kaistr Fo na Josef L, the Hamburg-American .iner Cincinnatl iner Principello. and th iner Min- netonka and th an liner Phil- adelphia, held out for hours, got into port this afternoon. From all reports the bliazard Is as bad, if nov at sea than inside. Warnings have ween given to all craft to remain in port, and the waralngs have been observed ICE IN BAY THICKEST SINCE BLIZZARD OF 1883. In the bay, and along the rivers re were mantles of white, The ice has no —»en so thick since tho great blizzar 1838, The ice had been carried wown the rivers to the bay w by the auaw of last week, ‘The Dilzzard ew ico. It was aw: bay in big cakes. "the pasted miniature bi ut their way through | the fields, which closed in again tm- mediately in the wake of their pro- pellers. The ferry boats time in making across the rivera that has been known in many years, Their puddles would and against the ice with grinding force and the nolse was not comforting to the crowds of passengers. The weathers was thick, The snow was blinding and in addition a gray mist hung over pay and river, The boats were slowed down to half speed. The piers are stocked up with ice and alips are in like condition, Every ferry boat making its slip had to break the ice before a landing could ‘The boats ran up against hen backed out and made This had to be re- peated several tines upon every ar- the hardest Gi timers say thad there tn little hope for a clearing of bay, river and ,, outside conditions for several days. In 1888 one could w k from Brooklyn to Manhattan, ‘Tife walk may be re- peated. . HODES SCHOLARS WIN POUR EVENTS AT OXFORD. LONDON, March Four victories were scored by Rhodes echolars at the Oxford University sports which were bac teaag to-day. I mile flat in 1.57 2-6 seconds, ‘Adams of Texas was the winner of the putting the weight contest with a put of 33 1-2 feet. 2 RES NO WALTHAM WATCH REVIEW. Migh Court R. Again Hear Appeal of Company. -ASHINGTON, March 2.~The | su- Court to-day struck #nother blow ‘ontract system when it view by th ‘MURPHY OUSTED AS STATE LEADER " BY His OWN VOTE Is torm Keeps sie Undies Mem-| | bers of State _ Committee | Away, but There’s No Hitch. |OSBORN NOW CHAIRMAN | \Tammany, Controlling Big Majority of Those Present, | Carries Out Glynn Plan, ‘Tammany Hall furnished most of the votes in the meeting of the State Denfotratic Committee at the Knick- erbocker this afternoon at which Charles F, Murphy was formally de- throned as State leader and Gov. Glynn's choice, William Church Os- born was chosen Chairman to auc- voed George M. Palmer of Schoharie, There were only thirty-six members of the committee present, all the far {northern and western members being {snow-bound, and Tammany Hall | co nded the allegiance of a ma- |Jority of those on hand. Gov. Glynn'a programme went throygh without a hitch. Charles F, Murphy was on hand by virtue of his |membership in the committee, but he ‘took no part in the proceedings be- |yond casting his vote to oust himself from the State leadership. The Tam- many membera_of the committes, being trained politicians, entered into ¢the new order of things with an ap- pearance of .athusiasm and satis- faction and by reason of the fact that the chief anti-Tammany com- mitteemen were barred out of New York by snow, it was considerable of a Tammany occasion. TAMMANY MEN HAVE%A BIG MAJORITY. The meeting could Lave been held at noon, the time originally set, for Murphy and McCooey had enough Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Rich- mond, Westchester, Bronx and Hud- son River County men on hand to furnish @ quorum. ‘But it was de- cided to wait for the up-State people and by 2,30 o'clock some of them had come in through the blizzard up the Hudson Valley. Mr. Palmer called the meeting to order, explaining that its purpose was one of reorganization. The first busl- hess was the selection of three new members to fill vacancies. Thomas J. Drennan and Theodore E. Eppig of Brooklyn, recommended by John H, McCooey, were chosen to suc- ceed James 8. Regan and John T, Wil- loughby, deceased, Mark Goldberg, nominated by Thomas F. McAvoy, was elected to succeed Bart Dunn, whose resignation had previously been ateepted. ‘The renignations of George M. Palm- | er, Chairman; John 47 Mason, Secre- | tary, and Arthur M an, Treasurer of the committee, were accepted. Mr. Palmer sang a short well-rehearsed swan song, in which he called atten- tion to the fact that under his chair- manship the party carried the State in a State and national election. He announced that Gov, Glynn will carry out the Democratic platform pledges and prophesied that the pariy will g) to the polls stronger than ever xt fail Mr, Osborn, in (Continued on Twelfth Page.) epting the chair- | | | | eeee oreryey peeeeeeeooesee . 20006000090 000 00000-00000: FEDERALS OFFER FOR THRE VEARS| Contract at Marlin with New York Nationals. CHICAGO, March 2.—President J. A.|and Cortland Counties. Gilmore of the Federal League, to- day wired Christy Mathewson an offer | yer that the fact that State Treas- of $65,000 to manage a Federal League club for three years, and invited “Big |Check for the sum and deposited It New York on} in’@ bank here did not constitute a Six” to meet him Thursday to consider the offer, more's ti ram, addressed to Matty at the Giants’ training camp at Marlin Springs, Tex., follows: “Newspaper reports state you do not take Federal offer seriously, Get acquainted with Federal League officials and be convinced we are not fourflushing. I will give-you $65,000 for three years’ service as manager of a Federal club—$15,000 in advance. If satis- factory, meet me Waldorf, New York, Thuraday at my expense. Wire answer, Chicago,” Chicago Federal club headquarters announced to-day that ground will be broken at 10 A. M. to-morrow for the new Federal ball park here. Gil. MARLIN, Tex., March 2.—Chriaty Mathewson to-day signed with tho New York National League team, ex- ecuting his contract with President Hempstead of the New York team. —————— ON TRIAL FOR MURDER, HE I$ SHOT TO DEATH ST. LOIMS, Mo,, March 2.—Wealey to-day for the murder of Emmett Carroll, was shot to death to-day as he was being taken to lunch, guard- ed byt ral offietals. It is ted that he was killed by gangsters. eects ("Red") Simon, placed on trial sien | a Giant Pitcher, However, Signs] iast October against Everett Fowler, q|Pert of the “Democratic State Com- 4 SNOW PLOW AND SHOVELLERS ON ee OEE PREGDODODS SESH OSHS COL ISDHOHEHIDHIHOTHOOHSHOOODD 4 HH GOHOONNOH HNO HOF POTEET ODEO ¢ “A WRANg ey on -BAGMAN” FOWLER'S pgp al UPSET. to the Bill sige Last October, Supreme Court Justice Davis to- day sustained Martin W, Littleton’s demurrer to the indictment found charging him with extortion of $250 from Seneca Hull, a State road con- tractor, Mr, sittlcton had made the point that New York County had no jurisdiction in a crime alleged to have been committed in Onandago Justice Davis agreed with the law- urer A. A. McLean had received a ‘part of the act of extortion on the mittee's bagman.” District-Attorney Whitman will ap- peal from the decision to have set- tied the right of the New York Grand Jury to exercise its powers on similar canes. pr STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. Philadelphia, Southampton., Calabria, Naples .. . Fi Why Pay Graft? It’s a fallacious idea thet a person must dig deep in his pocket to get ahead in this world. Opportunities to work, hire, buy, sell, rent, learn, instruct, Invest,secure cap- ital, recover lost articles, etc, await World ad. readers at every band. And you can get a fairly good ides of Just what this means by the fact that there were printed 15: 544, 239/771, ,805 MORE Ast YEAR| THE UBLALD The Morning World Costs but a Penny and The Sunday Worid but | Five Cents, You Don't Have to | Dig Very Deepl | See ON BRADYvar at t TRAINS ARE LOST, |FIRE ALARM WIRES IN SNOW DRIFTS; | CRIPPLED ALL OVER WIRES ARE DOWN} THE GREATER CITY Leading Railroads Almost Completely Tied Up With No Relief in Sight. Uneasy Feeling Among De- partment Heads and Extra Precautions Taken. The railroad tieup incident to the present storm is the worst in the city’s history, Telegraph and tel phone wires are down and, as sult, many trains are as com ly lost as @ ship at sea before the days of wireless, Hundreds of thousands of commuters were unable to reach; !y¥n and Queens, not @ single one the city, could be operated on Staten Island, The Twentieth Century, the New| While conditions in Manhattan and York Central's prize train, last | the Bronx are bad. Nothing like it heard of passing Albi It was| bas before been known. creeping along and was expected to, In the face of the terrible con- reach this city late this afternoon, | ditions the city bas been singularly ‘The Congressional Limited, one of fortunate. Between noon Sunday and the Pennsylvania's finest trains, ar-|% o'clock this morning there were rived at 12.18 o'clock, fifteen hours only twenty-six fires in Manbattan and eighteen minutes late. It had| when forty would be @ usual min- been stormbound east of Trenton, ; imum, The Bronx had only one small There were eighty passengers on| fire, while it is remarkable that hoard, They were greeted by fright-| Staten Island had none. Brooklyn ened relatives, many of whom had| and Queens were not so fortunate, walted at the Pennsylvania station having twenty-two fires, here all night in hope that some word| All-night duty was the lot of Com- would come from the train. ‘They| missioner Adamson and Chief John reported that they had spent a com-| Kenlon and his aldes, who felt greut- fortable night on the cars which were | ly alarmed. All leaves of ubsence for sufficiently warm and there was! firemen have beon declared off, many plenty of food. | are patrolling the streets on the look- ‘The storm completely crippled the fire alarm telegraph system through- out the city and the New York Fire Department faced a serious situation. Commissioner Adamson said this morning that scarcely @ half dozen alarm boxes were worki: in Brook- Paul Sweet, a Pullman conducto:,! out for fires and Police Commissioner said the Congressional encountered! MeKay has ordered all policemen to a stalled passenger and a freight be especially vigtiant in reporting | train at Monmouth Junction and th» fires, Klghty extra horses were ob- three trains were coupled together.) tained by the Fire Department yes- Thus they tried to buck the drifts) terday to help haul apparatus until the breaking of a ling ended] through the heavy snow drifts, and Wale SHOrt to minke ‘headway, efforts wore made, With little success, Women passengers especially were 4o got more to-day terrified at the prospect of spendi To-day Putnam Bates, the new! the night In the train, but card opie of the fire alarm telegraph see gamen were started und some per- tom, caro into ollie, succeeding | sons read wloud from novels and tonmard Day, to And his departmens magagines so that the fears timid were calmed and the t night (Contifued on Becdad Page.) 1 ea are Ais henmation wud. Kidney a eal =r Vat Seven big liners, with 4,000 passengers, which should have docked du” Clearing to-night, Teesday tair, warmer. _ FANSL PRICE ONE CENT. 12INCH SNOWFALL TIES UP RAILROADS; = COLD COLD COMING . Train Service Stops—Storm Is Worst Since Fatal Snow of 1888—Death List Large. CITY TRAFFIC IS PARALYZED; FIRE PERIL IS MENACING | Food and Milk Supplies Short and No @ Relief Is in Sight—Telephone, Teles = graph and Trolley LinesCrippled, , _ tn the grip of a bitezard, the worst since the famous one of 1888, New * York City is almost Bolsted from the rest of the world. The thid and worst storm of the year was still pouring its tons of snew on aa already partly buried city late this afternoon and the only hope of relief came in the Weather Bureau's prediction: “Clearing this after- sora an folie Ttay fa goto a west winds diminishing.” Mpc ipeatnesatriny MRA S Cleaning Departmerit, though it does not admit it, tes practicalig thrown up its hands, Supt. H. F. Gunther adm'tted thit nothing | could be done toward clearing the streets until the end of the snow, for the r:moval contractors have four hours in which to get ¢o wedi after the conclusion of a storm. At present there ene mot more than one hundred trucks working in the whole city. At 3 ofdock dhe-anenpa is fall officially registered 12.4 inches, WA A preliminary report of the Weather Bureau says “tat the storm eniianile. from Eastport, Me., to Savannah, Ga., with a cold wave oversprea®- Ing the Atlantic States a far South ss Florida, Colder weather ts reported for tonight, but relief will'come to-morrow. Tue wind, which blew eighty-four miles an hour last night, fell to texte - nine miles this morning. With ft came a drop in temperature whit) brought Increased hardship and suffering, * The entire city ts in great danger of fire, the gravest peril’ it has wad experienced. In all Brooklyn and Queens only about half s dosen ~ fire alarm boxes are in working order. None are working in Staten | Island, In Manhattan and the Bronx more two-thirds of the | alarm boxgs are crippled, For the first time in the memory of those wlio ted to we the Quill the Pennsylvania system, as far as this clty is concerned, is almost completely tied up. The Erie, Lackawanna, Jersey Central, Lehigh and the Long tsland a in as bad shape, The Twentieth Century Limited, the New York Central's biggest train, was reported this aftemoon as passing Albany. tt was expected to. bi arrive before night, The Congressional Limited, one of thag” Dinshis finest trains, ars rived fifteen hours and eighteen minutes late at 12.18 o'clock. it had been stalled in a snow bank east of Trenton, Passengers ree ported that the cars had been comfortable. The Lehigh Valley was the only road to get one of its big trains throughs in the morning, the Black Diamond arrlvit ‘ing more than thirteen | hours late, shortly after 8 o'clock. 4 Big trains on all the other lines were “lost,” south, east or west of the city, with them failed, lrains are running far behind schedule on the New York Central and the ‘ i New Haven, but even on these lines trains are “lost.” ¥ } Telegraph and telephone wires have broken down and the city is almast 7 shut off from communigation with the outer world, fi Nearly one hundred and fifty passengers spent all night tn two Jersey, Central traius no further from New York than Westfighd, Nu J. Poles’ dial wires broken down by the siorm had blocked the tracks. These were cleared at 8 o'clock this morning, also, somewhere north, : Efforts to establish communication