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‘ {LABOR MEN SHOW WHOLESALE |New Things in War—Grenades Modernized Into Murderous HOLD-UP OF CITY CONTRACTS, “PUTTING 30,000 OUT OF WORK E EVENING: WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 1914 , Bullet-Throwing Missiles Of These 652 Had to Come Steerage, to Th Great Discomfort—Bankers on Pier With’ a $75,000 to Help Distressed. ‘ -Disprove Assertion of City Heads) Tho frst wards of Uncle Sam to| There, After « two-hour exam . ‘ come from the war zone with pas- ts. woulat ol asee [hed te, q That Registered Contracts Are Pier Mor a south trokiyn, tosdny| Sorat the rey bond 1} Not Stopped—Broadside for the B. R. T. Armed with a mass of evidence gathered from the city records, the @ub-committees appointed by the Central Federated Union on Friday to GAvance the legal end of the case of 30,000 workmen who have lost thelr fobs as a result of the city’s retrenchment policy, fired its first volley to-day. The sub-committee is Frank X. Sullivan, counsel to the Central Fed- @rated Union; Ernest Bohm, Secretary of the union, and Edward I. Han- ®ah, Chairman of its Committee on Unemployed. After an all morning ses-| @ion at No. 223 East Fifty-ninth street the committee made public a Hat of | Contracts for improvements in Queens which have been held up by the city, @lthough the money has been appropriated, the lowest bids accepted the contracts duly certified and registered by Comptroller Prendergast. City officials have persistently de- four jobs in Manhattan, thirteen con- Mied that registered contracts have tracts in the Bronx, eleven in Brook- been held up, lyn and seventeen in Queens. snd Hurled by Howitzers or From Rifles, They Scatter Leaden Hail for Yards, Mowing Down All in Range—Maxim Silencer Will Get First on the Italian steamship, San Glo- vannl, of the Sicula-Americana line. There were 678 aboard in the first cabin and steerage, all Americans, and this afternoon Martin Vogel, Assistant Treasurer of the United States in charge of the sub-treasury | here, will turn over to the cashier of the line in New York $33,000, which the Government had promised to pay | for the tickets of destitute Americans, {On Thursday tho San Guglielmo will bring more stranded Americans) | whose passage money to the extent | lof more than $20,000 has been guar- | anteed by the United States, | | Tho Bankers’ Association; ax well | AN representatives of the Sub-Treas- ury, had active agents on the pler| to recover and convert into cash the «un carriage bound to a flat cary “LUE” DESPAT Will Be Necessary as In addith oI i As far as the committec's Invest- has been’ Investinay Lanna, who Real Trial in European Confict. waned see ot Oe creeper Daneerer | to Press, gation has gone it has found the fol- hook, reported to the committee a | PsGine Sania tate ectbipdiiaa Nbr cenberhd ¥ lst of sewer contracts held up by the city approximating $114,749 June 4. Tho sub-committee will take up to- | lowing contracts in Queens “regis- tered but not ordered to work” and ft expects to find many more: since T the siege of Port Arthur the Japs made such effective use of impro- vised hand grenades {.at the attention of military experts was at- |euests of Uncle Sam. Six repre-| jrentatives of the Bankers’ Aasocta- ition, with $75,000 in gold, circulated | 678 REFUGEES FROM EUROPE: ASQUITH REBUKES, LONDON TIMES FOR | Hopes No Drastic Legislation LONDON, Aug. 31.—Premier A be a i quith publicly reprimanded the Lem | \ Sewer improvement of New. |4ay, the contemplated charese to ‘be tracted, with the result that this ancient weapon has also been mod- Jamong tho passengers as fast as they town road, let on April 22 to the; Pfeferred by the Central Federated @rnized. Offe type of modern hand grenade, the Augen, welghs one kilo- came down from the ship and re-| qn Rrarheces hE Saoae bearer MNGterch Coniihetion. c | ua lon to Gov. Glynn against the five &Tam and contains 190 bullets. As these fly in all directions, it can only be | deemed bankers’ checks and letters of Phen’ n n Com- {Borough Presidents and other city used from under cover. Another form of the grenade can be fired from | | deadlier eo resented, By thin) A” Cespateh which created such ems 7) Pany. Bid, $2,823. Registered officials. A day for the Albany vis- | “howitzer” weighing about twenty-four pounds, which can be carried in «| ae ovislon all Whats onegane hid been | citement on Sunday mornin ae July 27. oe be set. | case like a rifle. It throws a murderous missile weighing about two poun provision all whose passage had been | The publication of this despatel,” Paving of Jerome avenue, MASS MEETING OF CITI-|to a distance of 800 yards, It explodes on contact, scattering 215 bulleti guaranteed were able to make immo=! said the Premier, “seems to me a re awarded on May 6 to Cement ZENS TO PROTES .| Over an area of about 100 square yards. Still another type of this so-called | diate settloment with the agents Of | grettabte exception to the () Walk and Floor Company. Bid, |, letter was prepared and sent out &renade can be fired, with the ald of @ stick thrust into a rifle barrel, to « the Sub-Treasury. reticence which the press as @ $20,472.94. Registered on July 30. Belametions eet tasnen tw ae bag stag’ id ahr « light The poorest man on the ship WAS) has shown up to the present, and E | »" welghing*teight pounds and con- taining 400 large bullets, This is buried a few'Inches under ground. When an from to-morrow night at Beethoven | enemy is over the mine the touch of Hall, No. 210 East Fifth street. | Wil hehenine te tke ig’ Geoteat| Oe electric button causes it to spring meetings planned as a demonstration | Ut of the ground until it ts checked against the city’s course in curtailing | by a chain at a height of a yard above terk which would bring rellef_ to| the surface, when it explodes, mowing had just sixteen American penn when he came down the gangplank. But Lightford had done a tre- mendous amount of gambling aboard, according to his own admission, and had increased the three cents he had on boarding the ship at Naples to the sixteen in his possession to-day by jod) plunging at penny ante. tions and unions, whether affillated with the C. F. U. cr not, to attend & mass meeting to be held a week bid awarded to Interboro Im- provement Con.pany on June 15. Bid, $1,349. Registered on July 18. Paving of Nugget place, award- ed on May 27 to the Interboro Company. Bid, $1485. Contract Tegistered on July 18, firing stick, can be shot from a rifle or alr. Abort dl to @ distance of fifty to a hundred yards, where 4 will float in the air and burn brilliantly for a half to three- | quarters of a minute. A larger form of parachute light, fired from a field gun with a small charge of powder, floats in the alr, giving a dazzling light for several minutes. and put in prison. ton Aborn and under Mr. Aborn’: COLUMBIA BRINGS 700 PASSENGERS CROWDED | eretot him a amo shan IN SPACE FOR 250.) ana a sult of Scotch tweeds, 0 him p his mouth shut and sont h jasgow under the guidance of one of his staff. Hirsch suce in passing as a Scotchman until he Mr. Asquith opposed the suggestion to allow correspondents to go to the front, but admitted that the publie § was entitled to prompt and authentie information as to what was happen. | ing there, and sald that arrange | ments were being made which he The Anchor liner Columbia from Glasgow and Londonderry, carrying thousands of destitute families. The parade of the unemployed to City Hall will follow, just as soon as the | HELD uP. ' Worse and more of it in Queens names of the unomployed-are sent into the committee's headquarters at No. 4s in the holding up of contracts for {! which bids have been accepted. This jatami’t Pity-ninth street and reg- fs the list bo far compiled by the comm ‘tee: t Improvement of New York avenue, | fet on May 6 to Borough Asphalt Company; amount of bid, $81,221.70. Sewer on Hunterspoint and East avenues, let on May 27 to Josepa J. Dorran; amount of bid, $169. Paving 0” Henry street, let on June 2 to J. Leopold & Co.; amount of 50. Paving of Cooper street, let on July | 22 to C. A. Meyer Contracting Co., amount of bid, $378. Paving of Myrtle avenue, let on July 23 to Ganford Co, amount of bid, $11,331.10. Paving of Thetford avenue, let on July 22 to Interboro Improvement Co., amount of bid, $3,200.50. Bewer on Atlantic avenue, MASS OF OTHER CONTRACTS ‘ered. Chairman Hannah reported to-day that the hardships of the families of the unemployed breadwinners are in- creasing rapidly. “The chief cause of complaint,” sald Mr, Hannah, ‘is that the men who have put money in the savings bank to meet just such an emergency must give sixty days’ | notice before getting their savings. ‘This has crippled many of our men. The committee bitterly attacked Matthew J. Dobbins, a director of | the Municipal Employment Bureau, who charged on Saturday he was unable to muster 10@ men in the| ranks of the unemployed, who were | offered work at $2 a day by the B. R. T. “The B. R. T. asked for carpenters| and painters to work a ten-hour day tor said Mr. Hannah, The union scale is $5 for an eight hour day. The} trouble with the B. R. 7. is that it wants mechanics to work for labor- ers’ wages. The union man or me- chanic will drop in the street before | let on ¥ el ce! It. ing to refute the theory that le | to go with the commandant's bless- rg Alaa ada | the BY ra Mvante. to pay. T Prine | fired from long ranges will penetrate | will settle not only the fate of Europe drink liquor when they wor into Sane: pee or annthae are tremor! *| ing. 64. eat ‘ as much as twenty feet of sand, which | for many years to come, as all the, trouble, ‘He sold very little whiskey Morris Cukor, s lawyer, with offices company will pay the wages that! Sewer in Payntar avenue, let on AU.) Frovait in the trades I will guarantee 6 to Peace Bros., amount of bid, §! down every man in the vicinity. The mine at sea is not a new device, but it has been brought into particu. lar prominence by the simking of the first British warship, the cruiser Am- phion. In the Russian-Japanese war the Japanese used, electro-mechanical mines as well as free mines around the harbor of Port Arthur. The Rus- sian flagship, the Petropaviovak, was blown up by the mines set off by elec- tricity. On the other hand, the Japa- nese themselves were literally hoist by their own petard, for they lost two of their largest ships, the Hatsume and the Yashima, from the free mines they loosed for the destruction of the Rus- sian battleships. Every decade in the last half cen- tury has seen an improvement in the accuracy, range and power of heavy drtillery and the destructive power of the projectiles, The Belgian resistance at Liege has drawn public attention to modern fort- resses and their defense. Heavy shells offers more resistance than other so! tare exmae Tre rnurent the mils) hundreds of American refugees from e fact that an Amer. one, arrived to-day. 0 Jean invention, the gun silencer, de-| ‘nos vores ted a covion at thulls, ty vised by Hiram Percy Maxim of Hace, | Passengers had a series of thrills, for ford, will be given @ thorough trial, | Conditions were in a chaotic state There. are Maxi silencers in smali| when the Columbia satled from Glas- ch of the nation: at war, ‘The inventor expects that the | £0"? “nt eee feet grine! ue military advantage of the silencer wili | 2&4 assurances that the North At- be developed, ‘Just as Great Britain; !autic sea lane was open, Capt bepalg ener the vars of machine} John Block took no chances. He guns eer nen, the invent- | Kept his lights screened at night and or's father, Sir Hiram Maxim, first war vi sidered au extremely clever and inter-|" ‘The only ship of war sighted lay sting novelty, but impractical under | off Nantucket last evening, two or the conditions of warfare. The old| three miles from the Columbia's agument against Gatling guns was re-| course. It was dusk and her colors vived against it—that ammunition | could not be made ou, As she allowed could not be supplied fast enough. If} the Columbia to proceed it iy pre- it taxed the organization to keep the| sumed she was one of the North At- firing Ine supplied with ammunition |Jantic British cruisers. when men with repeating rifles were| ‘There were 700 cabin firing twenty shots a minute, what | the Columbia in quarters designed for would happen if an attempt were made the comfortable accommodation of to supply machine guns firing 650 260, I®r about half the voyage, which shots @ minute? But when the Eng- began on Aux. 22, the weather was lish at Khartoum were able to rout an boisterous and the sea was rough. enormous rush of mounted Egyptians Great discomfort was experienced, but they decided that the machine gun nobody complained. was a pretty good thing, after all. The smoke room steward of the All the foregoing facts show what a! Columbia announced himself as will- huge experiment the present war !s, sengers on diplomats are predicting; it will settle the future of warfare itself. on th way across, but oceans of In many was safe aboard the Columbia. Miss P, Kappus, of this city, who left New York on July 14 to seek rest in Russia, reached St. Petersburg on the night of July 30, The army was mobilizing and the Russian capital was in a frenzy of excitement. Miss Kappus decided that Russia was not a fit place for one needing rest and quiet, Through the kindness of the Danish Minister she procured pa: sage on a small boat bound Copenhagen. Convoyed by two Ri sian torpedo boats, this steamer the voyage In six days. From Cope: hagen Miss Ka) # mad London and the will rest at home, Capt, Black says he does not belleve there are uy German vessels of wa within striking distance of the Atlantic steamship lane. In case of danger, he could have communicated by Wireless with a British cruiser at almost any time. “I believe that within a fow weeks all the seas will be open to any steamer flying the British flag.” sav the captain. “At the present time it gives one a lonely feeling to steam along the Atlantic for two or three days without sighting even a smudge of smoke on the horizon, whereas ‘The cabin passengers on the Colum- bia were unrestricted in their praise for her way to ‘© to Glasgow. She No more happy lot of people from stricken Europe has landed in New ‘York than those from the San Gi jvannl. They had been two weeks | wea, and for the 652 whose hard fate It | Was to come In the steerage the rigid schedule was one towel per person per week, one napkin ditto, and one ; thousand’ fleas every minute of tho hoped would prove adequate. Premier then sald: “It may become necessary lation which I shi oxtrom: to the House to pass some drastic ‘eet be very loath to” propose until the urgency becomes | a Reverting to the Times despatch the. day and night. ‘They called those vicious hordes “Italian uhlans. Among the passengers was James Grow, an acguary of the New York Life ‘Insuraffte Company, who had been sent from Gondon by Ambassa- dor Pago to arrange with the Italian steamship people to accept the American Government's guarantee of passage for the destitu ‘Twonty- eight Cleveland, school teachers under the protection of EB. A, Hotch- kiss and Henry C, Muckley, Assistant Superintendents of Schools there, told of short lving In Rome while awaiting much-desired passage home, The Misses Lucy and Ruth Sher- 5 Francisco had t te en off a train and detained as su: pects for a day in Metz while toe | film packs in their cameras were being developed and examined. They were told at last that they were too pretty to be spies and were allowed | France, in which the corres; took a very pessimistic view of situation from the standpoint of allies. were QUEEN WILHELMINA URGES DUTCH NOT TO THE HAGUB. Au helmina took in The World Building, had the expe- rience of being arrested as a spy and A Teaspoonful -* a . ginger ale, and a mixture called|of the arrangements made for their % Son interes in We carpentare oat Moreoyer:a Shell which aaron seve respects these new contrivances, like quash,” which is the foundation | comfort. Carpeted and electric{ ding several score miles on @ gun Oss er in Ashland street, let on | 7.400 painters." it has penetrated soll will cause more) the geroplane and submarine, intro- nglish lemonade, lighted ‘rooms and corridors were| Catfiage as incidents in a honeymoon & Steak doubles one’s em Aug. 5 to Paine Bros, Amount of| damage than if it explodes in the alr,| duce new elements that really put a of the passengers on the Col-| partitioned off in the hold were| Ho and bis wife were in Berne wh Joyment of thisfavored —_- Did, $6,107.96, Sewer in Dill place and Charlotte ce, let on Aug. 5 to James H, eucion. Amount of bid $159. Sewer in Payntar avenue, let on Aug. 5 to Clancy and Van Alst. Amount of bid $1,062.45. Sewer in Sherman street, let on Aug. 5 to Peace Bros. Amount of ‘bid, $1,054.60. Sewer in Ridge street, let on Aug. B to Clancy & Van Alst; also sewer In Toledo street let on Aug. 5 to samo firm. Total amount of bids, $20,212.54. ing of Thompson avenue, let on Aug. 10 to Clancy & Nuhn Co. Amount of bid, $45,407. Paving of Liberty avenue, let on ‘Aug. 10 to J. Di Menna, Amount of bid, $20,727. WORK ACTUALLY HELD UP IN ALL BOROUGHS. retary Bohm sald twenty-four big cohtracts in Manhattan have been delayed, amounting to $400,000, Sewer work in all the boroughs amounting to $600,000 has been stopped. In the Bronx street improvements totaling $287,000 is at a standstill. In the list, of contracts withheld ed the committee in a seare! ite fies of the City Record and he figures given out on demand by city emnlovees, hesldes the twenty~ For Constipation EX LAX } .Bx-Laz relieves constipation, regulates stomach and bowels, stimulates the iw and digestion. Good UNKNOWN EXPERT SENDS THO MEN TODEATHIN CHAR AUBURN, N. ¥., Aug. 31.—Joseph di Gola of Erle County and Goorge Coyer of Cattaraugus County were electrocuted in Auburn prison early to-day. The executions were without Incident and that of Coyer was ac- complished in less than five minutes Both went to the chair stoically. Di Goja killed a successful rival in But. falo and Coyer slew his wife after she left him because of cruelty. ‘The electrocutions marked the end of twenty-three years of service as State Electrician of EB. F, Davis ot Corning. A statement was issued at the prison that Mr, Davis did not of ficlate because of ill health, but it added that he would not officiate in the future. His assistant, EB. B, Cur- er, Was not on hand and @ pe.son not named had charge of the execu- | tions, It Is known that there has been friction, the State officials cut- ting down the aid fee of $: per exc- cution to $150, Prison officers de- clined to give the name of the new executioner, ee MAY DISMISS OFFICER FROM AMERICAN ARMY FOR CRITICISING GERMANS, WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Associated Press).—Loula Livingstone Seaman, a firat Meutenant of the United Stat army medical reserve corps on the in- active lst, has been called upon by the War Department to explain whether, in discussing the attack on Antwerp by the German Zeppelin, he sald the Gei mans fell upon thi in the night. murdering helpless women and children.” He is said to have ca- bled a report to Washington from Ant- werp. Ds. Seaman {a on tho inactive lst for viola ta Hah cae ing President son's 0) to arm; and navy officers to in from "par- m of the European si Offiel | Russian-Japanese war, with the result ie city “like a hyena T! on account of the confinement of the earth it has penetrated. Walls ex- from five to ten feet of concrete, somes | umes reinforced with steel. Over the: there is a few inches of dirt as a bed| for grass, so that the fortitication may be concealed, In practically every European coun. try either turrets or iron and steel r volving cupolas containing guns such as those used at Liege arei use. The cupolas are a kind of flattened dome and the turrets are flat topped, like those aboard ship. There are “disap- pearing" cupolas mounting small, guns, oscillating cupolas set up on| edge and balanced by springs which | turn the cupola forward after a shot! is fired until the gun is under cover, and others that move on a cent pivot. There are large single gun cupolas with very heavy armament and smaller ones of light batter There are even portable ones. No world power has been at war with another world power since the Maxim silencer was invented, thougn very elaborate field trials have been conducted, Some of the silencers a vantages-are, according to official re- ports, the muffling of the noisy of firing, allowing the voice of the officer to be heard, thus giving better control of firing. The nervous strain and con- sequent fatigue of the saldier due to the distressing noise of firing Is abol- ished. Another important aspect 1s that it not only muffies the nolse, but at the same time reduces the recoil, su that that it becomes a gentle push in- stead of a sharp blow. The soldier no longer flinches instinctively as he pulls the trigger. ‘This Is conducive to be! ter marksmanship, and, by abolishing nervous strain, the soldier is less liable to yield to panic. The diminution of ise of the report increases the creased by the fact that the flash is absolutely annulled in the dark, The value of night attacks, always more or less appreciated by military commanders, was emphasized in the that troops have been specially drilled in this form of operation, and numer- ous devices for offense and defense hi been invented, One of these is the new portable with which all Euro} are provided to some searchlight, @ gasoline engine mounted on an au- tomobile. These are especially relied upon for protection in case of attack by a dirigible and also in attacks on the ground, Without light, artillery would be of little use in @ night attack, posed to fire are therefore made of | i) HEAD OF GERMAN ARMY premium upon military skill. In oth ers, such as the new bombs and the proposed use of gaseous fumes, they jy add to its most brutal horro: After considering these new engin: the conviction remains that there is only one possible “improvement” in mbdern accoutrements. The news- papers have recently described the so- called invention of @ young Italian by which explosives com be shot off at a distance, something on the wire- less principle. That invention seems clearly to have been a fraud. ‘Th idea, however, seems to be about thi only thing that could make warfi more horrible than it 1s. Before this conflict is over possibly some one may actually make it work. ———ae reservist, who is a Bri war on parole, Cologne, / When the war started he was working in Scotland and started at once for Germany to join his regi- ment. He was arrested on his arri- val in London and was compelled to sign a neutrality pledge. Permission was given to Paar to come to the United States, His wife, who was Miss Viva Head of Prescott, Ariz., accompanied him, and Paar will go to Prescott and remain there until the war is over. Pauline Moran, a vaudeville actress, brought back a story of dis- tressing times among English and continental vaudeville performers and actors, Hundreds of American vaudeville people holding long con- j tracts were suddenly thrown out of SELLS HIS DECORATIONS | employment, on the continent and in TO AID GERMAN FUND.) ~'there were There were few Germans on the Columbia and they did not figure BERLIN, Via The Hague, Aug, 30— (Delayed).—Gen. von Molke, chief of the prominently in the social activities the voyage. Among them was jerman General Staff, has sold all cf his) English, Russian and Japanese deco-| rations ai hb prisoner of Paar's home is in \t Emil Hirsch, @ singer, who will ap- at the Century Opera House, | Ho was in London wnen the war d the money has t gn donate fo the German Red Cross. Al German | Started and he was also in despair, Generals have been ordered to take, similar act: |'n momentary fear of being arrested for he speaks little English and was y | More than 400 dogs of every imaginable breed have been left in Paris at | the American Express Stables by women who went to London, whither the | British law prevented the taking of their pets. More letters and telegrams are being received about the dogs than about missing relatives, says William Dodworth, manager of the company which is caring for the beasts, While scores of wounded were being carried through the atreets of London,, hundreds of aoldiers, waiting their chance to get to the front inging in paraphra:» of the battle hymn dedicated to Abraham “We are coming, Marshal Kitchener, “Five hundred thousand strong, f “Shouting the battle cry of freedom." So many wealthy persons who otherwise would have occupied first class cabins have been forced to seek quarters on steamships leaving European ports usually occupied by emigrants that these accommodations have come to be called the “glorified steerage.” Those compelled to take these quarters have the same privileges as other passengers and there have been very few complaints, accommodations of any sort being occasion for thankagiving, but with @ searc! iting: ae eet yer, should it, ba tound e seb migee- we In spite of the dangers and hardships of travel and the prospect that a turn in the war may prevent their -etutn, American women, apbarently de- faily well ventilated, The discolfort attending the assemblage of three persons in quarters intended for one was reduced to the minimum, Mrs. R. B. Lansdale of Ldftimore, Mivs Emily Davis of New York and ra. M. Jones -of Canada, who travelled from Paris together follow Ing the declaration of war, sald they would take a rush hour ride in the subway as soon as possible In order to feel comfortable and at ease, They will never complain about the New York subway again. T° the prices of food products. to be characteri Prices Not Changed by War OUR MANY PATRONS we beg to announce that the unfortunate European war has not increased White Rtose CANNED GOODS This is important in view of the general advance in many White Rose products, you may rest assured, will continue form quality that has made them so popular, the general war spread and were given | orders to leave within twelve aours because of Imminent mobilization of Swiss army. They started for Paris, but got no further than the lit- | tle town of Pontalier, near the French border. ‘Thero all passengers were turned out on the station platform and troops took their places, Cukor, because of his Hungarian name, was arrested as |a spy. Mrs. Cukor raised such @ pro- | test that both of them were carried to |the nearest commandant's office. CEYLON TEA COFFEE zed by the same high standard and uni- WASTE IN CELEBRATIONS 31.—Queen Wie ~ar' on to-day in connes= tion with the celebration of her births fi] to call upon the Dutch to fen “spending any macney in Caeeeee ™ ‘titiag ant (of, It im aiding the Rp Crom, which 1» #0 hea he id in a proclamati eo the The London Times on Sunday morn. ing printed a despatch from Amiens, 4