The evening world. Newspaper, October 3, 1914, Page 1

hee BASEBALL = Racing Results Cie lation Boo! PRICE ONE OENT. Corian 28S Ie, ‘Ce. (The by The (The New York World), BIG FIREWORKS PLANT HURLED INTO CANAL Shock Rocks Jersey City for Radius of Mile When Nine Buildings of Detwiller & Street Plant Are Wiped Out. An explosion in the fireworks plant of the Detwiller & Street Com- pany in the Greenville section of Jersey City at 11.40 o'clock to-day blew four of the employees to atoms, seriously injured five others, caused minor injuries to between thirty and forty of the seventy-five girl employees, totally razed nine buildings and partially destroyed eight, broke windows and rocked buildings within a radius of a mile and shook up the whole southwestern section of the city, There were 150 employees in pty Ret eee ca vais Blast to-day engaged in the manufac- ! three can be found to furnish an iden- tute of firecrackers. In anticipation | tiflable unit. of @ possible explosion, the buildings| inner ts supposed to have been were so constructed that they would | CP ihe exec. oe! at the moment offer the least possible resistance to a | he had escaped ma ahereneraoets shock. Those of the buildings in the when seven feet were found In the territory covered by the force of the | canal and the swamp on the side of detonation fell to pieces like houses of | an the factory. This cards, and to this fact is due the com-: jijeg, at least four men were paratively small loss of life. At te The drying shed and the two woigh- first checking up of employees, the | ing sheds were literally blown off the Sea sany mavagara/Delleved- that six} | face of the earth. ‘The ground where| the buildings stood is now as bar had been killed. | ee the swam THE DEAD. | Py surface of the meadows nearby. A few trees near the weigh- Kohn, August, thirty-three, Bergen ing shea were blown off, only their avenue and Fulton street. roots remaining, Ptelffer, Chr! :opher, fty-five, No,| To the east of the drying shed were aN jen several one-story brick manufactur- Berges ing buildings. All these were wrecked. 7, propienases matte In the office of the company, 300 yards No. lone street. from the drying shed heavy; ciinner, Michael, a nee ee Randolph avenue. SERIOUSLY INJURED. were blown off doors and all the win- 4 ip. |G0ws were shattered, but luckily no Davison, John, sixteen, No. 27 MYT O16 was injured, thirty-five, thirty, No. 335 tle avenue. Trenoh, Joseph, thirty-three, No.|G/RLS SAY GLASS RAINED IN LIKE SHOT. <9 Danforth ; enue. The girls were employed in the |oraeker, finishing and fu: bulldings, yards from the drying shed Every window In these buildings was broken, but tho wails remained In- tact. Home of the girls sald that broken glass flew through he rooms lke shot fired from a gun, and few escaped cuts. Vue nearest group of bulldings to “taviland, Willinth, twe y-seven, . 8 Linden street, Bayonne. Sanders, Philip, fifty-five, Danforth avenue. Wolf, John, West Side avenue. (Between thirty and forty of the seventy-five girls employed In ths plant were slightly cut by flying ‘and Grugeiuts or at the! homes.) the qe tiual Chemlon compe bal SUPERINTENDENT ARRESTED | tye cndings of this concern ue. ON HOMICIDE CHARGE. some damage, but none of the em- Frank Hague, Director of Public The Safety of Jersey City, after a pre- No, 283 nty-nine, No, 351 | first report |inkstand was broken in two, locks| raey City police was that the ‘Autual Cnomteal Company's Mminary examination of the wreck- | works had been destroyed, age and questioning the officers of the company and the survivors, di- reoted Police Capt. Nugent to arrest Jomn Andreas, superintendent of the plant, on a obarge of homicide. Mr, Hague eald that Andreas ad- mitted to bim that the explosion was caused by some ones carelessneas. fm the northern end of the plant, close to the Morris Canal, were three frame buildings in which a hasard- ous division of the work was carried “omt. These were the shed in which the @reoracker composition—a par- tieularty Gelicate and powerful explo- sive—was dried on paper trays, and two weighing sheds in which the composition was weighed and assort- 04 before being sent to the factories ‘The explosion occurred in the dry- ing shed, which was open at the sides, Kehn, Pfeiffer and Zimmer- man were at work there, Their bodies were blown into and across the Morrie Canal. Only the body of Pteifier bas been identified. ‘Not —, of the remains of the other Buildings were damaged by the force of the explosion in Bergen and Claremont avenues on the Heights. At Bergen and Claremont avanues, in the office of Dr. MoGeary, a woman patient was jarred from her chair by the shock. With memories of the great pier ex- plosion in Communtpaw a few yearn » all Jersey ng of bulldings told of another the case in the Cammunipaw explosion, which shook Now York City as well as Jersey City, it was some time before the public found out where the disaster had ocourred. For fifteen or twenty minutes the streets were filled with running, hys- Continued on Second Page.) a peneeelliieeeieeeeeeee! FOOTBALL RESULTS. At_Princeton—Final score: 10; Bucknell, 0, At Annapolls—Final score: Georgetow At Phitadely hia—Final cay rank lin and Marshall, 10; Per a, 0 t Point—Final ely ey 4; low {qiiaven—Pinal score: Yale, m1; vite nia, 0, Se Saniiene-Pine): Harvard, 44; Princeton, Navy, 16; | Hendricksen, rf... .| Two-Base Batteries—James, Hess and Tyler; .| Fromme, 3 Um- pires—Klem SECOND GAME, GIANTS— 00010000 —1 BOSTON— i Press Pablighing ASEBALL AND RACING |NEW GERMAN ATTACKS EXPLODES; VICTIMS ARE = a HIGHLANDERS WIN PITCHERS BATTLE FROM THE RED SOX HIGHLANDERS R. H. PO > ecocococo-conw! Maicel, 3b. Truesdale, 3b. Hartel, If. Cook, rt, Mallen, 1. Peckinpaugh, Sweeney, c.. Beers, Fisher, p. ew_cocoeo-oco count oson Newa-ceoeeso anak 5 Tasals 8 ® s __BOSTON. ‘* 3 nec cessed Janvrin, ss Spesker, c Lewis, If. Hoblitzell, 1b. Swanson, 2b Gardener, 3b Thomas, c Shore, p.... Coopes. P Rehg Gainer... eooctonN oun -ecce-ccccoce® ceco--~c-coe-or’ ecocoon-cocee™ | Totals. Rehg batted for Shore in 7th, Gainer batted for Swanson in 9th, SUMMARY: Struck Ouc—By Fisher, 6; Shore, Cooper, First Base on Lene Off Fisher, 4; Shore, 2; Cooy Left on Bases—New York, 6; 8. ‘Three-Base Hits—Cook, Gerda Hit—Hoblitzel. Bt Bases—Maisle, Speaker, Gardner. Passed Balls—Thomas. Hit by Pitcher By Pitcher. Umpires—Egan and Connolly. Attendance—3,000, + .—The Highlanders and Red Sox hooked up again this afternoon, Fisher started in the box (Continued Sportl a NATIONAL LEAGUE, AT NEW VORK,. RST GAME GIANTS— o00000010—-1 BOSTON-- 000200002-4 Page.) 000000000—-0 Batterles—Rudolph and Tyler; Mar- | quard and Smith, Umpires—Klem and Emaite, . AT BROOKLYN.. ast usu BROOKLYN— 00000008 PHILADELPHIA— 00000000 2-2 Rattoriow—Aloxander and Killifer; Pfeffer and McCarty, Umpiree—Rigier -8 criitesiinienae dette _ BASEBAL * = Racing Reset NEW YORK, “SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, TU , 10 PAGES PRICE ONE ONE “OENT. KAISER HAS NARROW ESCAPE IN FLIGHT FROM RU SIANS EVENING WORLD RACE CHART LAUREL, MD., SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 19 Th 4 Day ef the Maryland State Fair Assoctat! ‘Track 644 FINN RACE Peis ei m. Weather ime £200: alt furlongs, a May Florence. Owner, Memipatier ot Rl Cif ayaa heals Melee! hendicdtn di Index. Wu, st, % ins nee, a a StH fe te cag Oh ‘m5 Oe Eisai 1808 1008 $36 Jack ot Ch mf ah juringat 190 bt ae Cu _ $8021 _sho7# . Part, place, $2.00, 2 ON THE ALLIES LEFT FAL TO BREAK LN Armies of Von Buelow, Von Kluclg GIANTS GET EVEN BREAK, WINNING THE SECOND GAME SECOND GAME. Seerhbescnelted GUNTS, and Von Boehm Have Been Come . . a eB. 8 aa ede vO fa |omew.u......¢ 9 40 i! bined in Final Effort to Head off ~| Doyle, . 10 i tea ture See, | puras, rf. 0 0200! the Flanking Movement. a (8) Gea #12 | Stock, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 <4 axe Gal's disse #9 | Fletche o1s 60 “toute, son_sino_ vais |Stoderaet...... 0 0 2 9 0/750,000 ON THE LEFT WING ,* oe dare Sidi ant weg cesmenmmen gag jMer.t- 0 @ | 0 6! RACE EQUAL GERMAN FORCE i ae OB 8 Tae. NE fie | Merkle, 1b... 0 0 10 1 0 oo r 0 1 0 a ef ROME, Oat. 3 (Central Newe).—A despatch trom Petrograd Tine wer at —|recatved tere to-duy-saye the Germans are evacuating Murray batted for Grant in éth. territory and. that regiments of German troops have ‘beg BOSTON. | edwned te te ftlemsn River. According to the despatch the: Moran, ct 0 6 1 6 6|Germane- also -leet-ciege artillery. « 4 ea brat Ae : : ; : : it was reported that Kaiser Wilhelm escaped with preat’” PF a: Se pace A300, |Whitted, 1b....... 0 0 9 3 0| diffioulty. ; jerry Suntor indul D for first alt, "igh 8 rast when ; straightened, to tod eaaly atapoand of R'm, “Dislitusion &. distent tert wis tn "pone aan ; H : ; ° : Reference te Buiptror William in ghe foregoing despatch is cet vitiees Maranville, ss.. ; : . ; 4 preapcrlitiiped ts ad x7 paotikghy ave gone to Guwalki, which is -0 040 2 0 : Le ial. PARIS, Oct. 3 (United Press|.—The official review of tha © 1 © 2 9 uectle of the Alene confirms the report that the © 5 24 16 0| failed in thelr attack last night when they tried to through the French left in the vicinity of Roye and FOR Maynard, 8: off there and Lassigny. a truant ae It states that the Germans were heavily reinforced’ er Barneest ser_outelaen 1 tla wk 6a pace, cic ater futong won going Ne elantr o'ivundrad nets Ziont titan 3,68 15. Inder (832) ai Daa Starters 6 Gj SIGH RACE Thre: jearaea ae ipa) alling Taree WA good. Won easily, Mace same, Winn |. Tockare, 4a A wit 1898 1 icing theme, B60, a closing strongly, utor fell at Aint tur, 11109 94001 gaat eae Pees Karty effete told om latiar, Fixes. NATIONAL LEAGUE. | TELLS $760,000 6 COMPACT. ay eaa'* | Allan Wallace's Widew Files Mett- CHICAGO— 102000001—4 ST. LOUIS— prays ‘ iy in the Burrogate’s Court 00010000 1 applied to einted adminietratcls Pe os ah ot alae a er | of the outat husbend, Allen Wal- and Quigley, in Italy, leaving QKCOND Game, roperty, ChICAGO— Allon Wallace was son of John 0 0 0 a bid ony ha time pa: in the firm of Jay Cosk & Co. Practically the on- 8T. rary j tire eatate af Allen Wallace cenaisted of Ratteries—MoConne and Htvena- han; Gainer and Winge. ('mpiree— Quigley and Hasen, and Hart. SBCOND GaMR BROOKLYN— 00028000 —5 PHILADELPHIA— 018000000—-4 Batteries—Baumgardner and Buri Reulbach and McCarty. Umpire: Hart and Rigler. AT PITTSBURGH. CINCINNATI-— 000000000~-0 on 00000010 Q-Ailsn a FEDERAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. BALTIMORE— 010002001-4 hier fand of $760,000 left him by his sar ars will provided that upon h the principal of this trust thon to @ brother and three tetera - Wallace, but after a ft the will had been started an t was entered into between re Wallace, Allen and the ether patties. interented by which, ac- cerding to the petition Med to-day the forgot of the $7bv,000 trust fund was jo go upon Allen's death to his widow | BROOKLYN— 010010000-3 Batteries — Bu; ae. Jockiitech wiseren, and Wi daughter, Annie Maric Wallace, ry resides with her mother at No, vest Forly-deurth street. e remall of the John Wallace ame more than $1,080, went te ther and three sis- <4 Boston, 5. "lta Maranvilie to” Whitted, Fletcher rook rand, 1 UmplresnBmalie and Wem, Attend: - | ance—20,000, {to make good his prediction that pis | MIGHLANDERS— that they have been unable to penetrate the French and that they have again been repulsed with loss. The official communique also declares that an att on the part of the army of the Crown Prince to slip thi the French fines in the vicinity of the forest of Qrurie f, The French attacked and drove the enemy back at this p Generally speaking the situation in the centre i scribed as unchanged while constant progress Is being OS rg eh to Merkle, Wild Pit POLO GROUNDS, Oct, 8.--In order team would win the National League (Continued on Sporting Page.) Ee by the French In the Woevre district. (et ported that the allies now have at least 750,000 mes 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE. in atnisi ob uae le Vink cea lene AT BOSTON. {The line fsom the Aisne to the Belgian berder ts seventy-five miles, To defend positions and to take such offensive steps as von Kiuek has attempted requires at least 10,000 mem per mile, On this estimate there are 750,000 in the German ranks. on the right. Thus the German force {s equal to the 760,000) mem’ on the allles’ left,,and it may be even greater.) It 1s reported that the armies of Von Boehm, Von Klsi¢ and Von Buelow have all been partly amalgamated and thaf they are now holding 4 series of lines facing north and 10000000 2- BOSTON— 000000002-2 Battoriee—Visher and Sweeney; Shore and Thomas, Umplres- Cgan and Connolly, AT PHILADELPHIA. Hatterios — Ayers and Henry; Coombu and Lapp, Umpires—Bvann and O'Brien AT DETROIT. WASHINGTON— from near Ribecourt to Mons, In Belgium, and turning "i pean 93010 3— 7) oward Doual and Bapaume. 111000000~—8 The line of the.Alsne, formerly held by Von Buelow, st. ous” “AN* order to thelr next line of defense, which is known to 00 — just inside ef the Southern Belgian frontier. CHICAGO— In the contingency that the allies shoulé Pasty. 0° ~~ B ground, they: have « secondary reported occupied by his troops which were withdrawn f, Alsace-Lorraine and the German Rhine fortresses, It Is the presend of so many veterans on the German right that is responsible for the long continued fight! CLBVELAND— | They are making a supremé effort to break the French lin oo0200 | and divide the allied armies so that th armies operating with, _ DETR. rool | Arras and Amiens as bases can be isolated and destroyed, 9) Batiories — Dillinger and Kganj | This operation will prove unsuccessful, in the o Covaleskie and Bian Umpires | of the military experts, who declare that the ferocity of HUGARARS. S08 ee attacks yesterday and last night indicate that the high AT CHICAGO. of German offense has been reactied, st. tous— 7" | Because of the false hopes held out that the p 020000 4 1 O— 7 battle, if it resulted in defeat to the Germans might end CHICAGO— the war, attention was being called to the fact by the military 10006 60 6 0 0~ 1 experts in the Paris newspapers to-day that this bate | yaiattersea: Wellman and Agnew: cannot be actually decisive. \iin and Chill If the Germans lose they will retire slowly and ing