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time of the aecident the whole Zeppelta Gea just outside Denish waters, Zeppeita | WESTERN FRO Mares That Lost Trenches Been Regained and ‘Many Prisoners Taken. BMRLAN, Fed. 19 (by wireices tel: : to Bayville, L. 1.)—The off- —_—_— Concludes. Case and... Starts Compiling Figures for Bene- fit of Overcharged Public. Asother step was taken toward the vietoty of The Evening its long fight for a reduc- telephone rates in thia city when up-State Public Bervice Commission closed its prima facie ease at o hearing in the Metropolitan # it will now compile i of the amount that mn from the profits of every year and dis- rone in the form ea. to the New York Company to accept these for a compromise. gree ¥ the. corporation without ma- revision experts will be ee: to revise the tariffs downward apecd, Littleton, tit Es | . sald that Agreed that the valua- CAUSED SUBWAY BLOMOUT MK. 6 Public Service Engineers Say Puncture Wasn’t Made Until Jan. 25. PRESENT PHOTOGRAPHS Swear Hole Appeared Weeks After Date of Fatal Smudge in Big Tube. Publte Service Commission engl: neers to-day awore that « drill driven through the concrete wall of the sub- way under Longacre Square 4id not cause the big subway blow-out of J 6, when one woman was killed 4 hundreds were almost asphyxti- ated smoke and gas. ‘The enginers swore, and they had photographs to back their assertions, that a puncture of the cable ducts ‘was not made by « drill until Jan. 2%6, nineteen days after the accident. ‘This testimony was offered to Macredit the two witnensen produced by Col. lemialative committee which is inveat!- gating the Public Bervice Commis- sion. It also tended to discredit the efforts of the District Attorney's of- fice, which furniahed Col. Hayward with the witnesses. Col, Hayward's witnesses, two for- mer employees of the Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Construction Company, which js connecting the old and tho new subways under Longacre Square, swore that they drove a drill through the wall of the old subway and short circuited the feed cable Jan. 6. Andrew Veit jr., assistant division wineer, and Robert L, Dixon, a Junior engineer, both in the employ of the Public Service Commission in supervising the work of connecting the subways, gave corroborative testimony: Dixon said that on Jan, 25, at 9.30 A. M., he carefully examined the mouth side of the subway at Forty- wecond Street, where the Holbrook concern is breaking through the con- nection. t lat toe Rocke Tented Dixstesss ooo ‘Andrew Kéltech sala he made an ming ran- examination the following and found a bi in the duct, ville W. Pullis, a photographer in Prey othe | mploy of the commission, submit be made, if the commis- it considers a rty The ° valuation of the be | the Holbroo! CROSS'S HURSE FAILS TO CONVINCE JURY Denies She Waved Kisses to Em- ployer, but Jurors Just Won't Disbelieve Guide. A jury in Justice Goff’s part of the @upreme Court refused to tind to-day that Miss Ray Stone, o middle-aged ‘woman, had been nothing more than @ puree to Ferdinand L. Cross, wealthy Jeweler of Maiden Lane, who was sued for divorce by Anna Florence Cross, Mize Btone vigorously insisted that she had been only a nurse to Cross, “The only time J did anything that could have been misconstrued by any- patted Mr, Cross on the back when he was feeling hedly over financial and told him not to morry. Mine Atone denied that she had ¢| Waved kisses to Croas as sho stood on & tee fit i # é Hf and ere by 2. of his cabin at Schroon @, in the Adirondacks, and he stood in his boat Neh! Jenk 20 Adirondacks, guide testified that gid time Cross yanked out a fish returned one. ——_—__ GIRL INJURED AT FIRE. Voor Firemen Overcome at e im Newark, Four firemen were overcome and nev- eral girls slightly injured in a two alarm fire this afternoon at the trunk factory of L. Goldsmith & Bon, Cherry Street and Morris Canal. The fire started just after lunch hour, and about three hundred employees left the build- ing im safety. Several girls were slight- ly injure@'in getting out of the burning Blase A on Chi: mes Fagen near the third story. Bro and wes caught by th waved @ kiss to hie nurse and sho | t a series. of views taken of the subway at Forty-second Btreet between Jan. 6 and Jan. %. Nove of them show punctures of the cable duct. Counsel James L. Quackenbush for the Interborough Company, crose- amined Enginepr Dixon very clo He wanted know why he paid oh particular attention to the local- ity of the puncture. Dixon went into a techni explanation of measure- ments for a T support required Conway, former Attor- ral and now counsel for the Holbrook Contracting Company, oaked: “Did you hear that the In- terborough wan trying to fix the blame for the subway blow-out on Company, lower than ite own company did for nnect the new and ney Ger ‘ea, | heard rumors of that sort,” replied Dixon, have been hearing all sorte of rumors. pe dh UCR BRITISH CAPTAIN REPORTS HE SANK GERMAN SUBMARINE. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb, 19.—Capt. J, W. White of the Britiah steamer Overdale, came into port to-day with & story of how he sank a German submarine on New Year's day. The captain said he would ask the British Government to reward him, he sald, was in col- Maton with the submarine during a heavy storm off the English coast. The freighter drove o the deck of the submarine and the underaca craft disappeared, Two blades of the pro- peller wore broke and the Overdale was in drydock at Queenstown for three weeks, ————— BUKOWINA CLEAR OF RUSSIAN TROOPS, ALL REPORTS AGREE. LONDON, Feb. 19 (Associated Press.—All reports agree that the Austrians have forced the Russians rely out of Bukowina. The Rus- ‘eral weeks Bukowina b; ivy os should justify t' mntry Oo} into the war on the side of the allies. —_—_—_—_—ee——s We can’t all afford furs, but we can afford thie good het tea. White ‘FYose CEYLON TEA f oe i Hayward, counsel for the]. which bid! & PUGITIVE ARRESTED AS DYNAMITER AFTER A WORLD WIDE CHASE Dave CAPLANI SHIP'S NOBLE STEWARD FREED SO HE CAN POUR CHIANTI FOR CARUSO Duke's Son Accused of Smug- gling, but That Can Wait While Enrico Eats. As A consequence of the leniency of United States Commissioner Hough- ton, Enrico Caruso, who morrow on the Italian It D'Aosti for Naples to fill an engage- ment at Monte Carlo, will enjoy the services of the only steward of noble blood aboard the ship and the only man who knows how to twist the Spaghetti and pour chianti as the Great singer likes it. Commissioner Houghton to-day pa- ler, eldest son of the Duo de whone big castle near Genoa hasn't geen the wandering son of the house since he departed. some months ago to apend a comfortable fortune. After ‘hie wouey Was gone the young mas, finding duking unprofitable in Amer- fea, enlisted as a ateward on the Duo d’Aosti and promptly made a hit. Beveral days ago the young noble- man descended the gangplank of the D'Aosti, while Customs Inspector Levy stood by. pockets bulged suspiciously inspector halted him, In po were @ dozen and a half pairs of kid gloves. ‘To- day he wi on a charge of smuggling. “I would ask you to let the young man go until we come back on our gre: is very particular about So Emillo was parole time Julla K Street glove store, who were taken Into custody wpon information that Emilio had been selling gloves at tore, were discharged. CHOCOLATE, COVERED | MAPLO fe comprised Maple our cele FOR SON'S SAKE, SAVER GIES UP AFTER SI YEAS Madelina Will Take Chance With Jury Rather Than Disgrace Boy. Frank Madelina, who left a pros- was trying to kill me with e gun when I fired, and when I fied it was as much that Gnally decided me of mine. 1 couldn't bear the boy living under a other than bis own. Then I ambitions for him. He is going & doctor and I wanted tw get back to York City so that I could send him to New York schools to prepare for entering Columbia Uni- versity. Now I am here, and I expect that when I am tried I will be ac- “ie jadelina was taken before Judge Malone in General Sessions to-day by Detective Armstro: His wife and son were at Headquarters to accom- pany him to court. He pleaded not guilty and went to the Tombs to t THRLNG ESRAPES IN DOWNTOWN FE GS ARERESLED (Continued from First Page.) billowing smoke was driving office folk from the big twelve-story bulld- ing at Nos. 71-78 Murray Street, next door, and the crowd packed City Hall Square. The crowd was not disappointed in its lust for thrills, Fifteen men from Engines Nos. 27 and 99, under the leadership of Acting Chief O'Hara and Battalion Chief Walsh, began an inch- by-inch fight up the fire escapes with heavy lines of hose. Three pipes were dragged to the second, third and on’s Birthday Specials IVERYTHING priced in a man- ner that forcefully cage | Loft the under! power of otrates u then. organiza\ pace which it is absolutely impossl. ‘confectionar in “ fire escape platforms respec. — iy. Time and again the flame belched out ‘Into the faces of the fighters, forcing them to give descend the iron ladders; each time they fought back, while a deep throgted cheer from the packed thousands on Broadway rewarded them. On occasions, they were com- pletely mantied in winding sheets of fire, from which it seemed they could not emerge alive. y But after half am hour of bitter’ work they had the flames under con- trol at 1245. No estimate of the Miu damage has yet been made. t While firemen were still searching for @ woman believed to be missing, Joseph Capeilo appeared on the street before the building to explain her dis. Sppearance. 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