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.. ; a ' — ae a HUNDREDS INJURED WHEN CAVE-IN OCCURS IN SUBWAY CORONER FEINBERG 10 HOLD CHIEF ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE e+ Foreman Doesn't Know Whether Ked Flags Were Set to Warn Motormen, Who, He Says, Disregard Sign Oorouer Frinuerg afver gving over thee « . with Assletant District Attorney Folletic sald be way setioted t u ue the lest tow Gays, and coperially pootorda, bad ere bh ng the eect which coved ta “I shall bold the entet or of the we lef eesistant reeponsiiie.” be ee nt eted (9 inepert te euoring to mak eure it wae safe after the ¢ . be te yet know whe these men are Vire Comminsione ' oa Adet t « ° aroha Prial, began questioning witaease he d ‘ ein arriv on the scene, One of the fret interrogated was Frank Jones, an engineer fo charge of the conetr he p of the ca This was Jones's statement As the accident bappe tive minutes before & o'clock the seventy workmen employed in the excavation had not descended But a blaster known as ‘Midnight’ had been sent down ot 7.45 o'clock to put charges of éyoamit« in holes which bad been drilled tn the rock heading at Twenty fifth Breet “Aftér these sticks had been set tn place ‘Mide came to the sur face and with a plunger electric machine ret f the evidently he lasted out a great plece of rock which eut down an upright in the shoring f the tunnel and caused the street to come tumbling in “Since the firing of the blast Midnight’ bas not been aeon In the nelgh horhood of the excavation.” ones told the Commissioner that the wooden shoring of the tunnel was to bave structural ateet to replace the ip to-day been set By direction of Fire Commissioner * a - Adamson, Inspector Faurot et M18] name jin 5 , ; men hunting for August Midnight.| great length. They told him. wha carried on the rotla of the contract: | they had to $ Come mae KdaC nage any as "blast in ark 3 eae \ At ., | He was responsible, according to Mr.| of Ree cut at Adamson, for all the blasts betwen | car and that the enored it Twentieth and Twenty-fifth Stree Fauity construction. aid the 1” “Midnight has disappeared,” sald the ay) AER peat ee. re ts Fire Commissioner, “I have asked t ture had been adequate it would him. Pam not convinesd coliapyed for two blocks be nt was the result of an Sines orem ay wh j from the On» accidental explosion not seem to have been ox ary sa fact that we have taken! Somebody is at fault and t will the cut, There was a battery overs { {ik (Ne tami tettha prosent Gramd head which connected with the dyn Jury” mite tn he excavation, Ww know _—_— that battery was set for an explosion. or not we have been un to deter- maine av yet. 1 think Midnight could] QF MRS, J, P, MANTELL make many things plain which are now in coubt, I hope to question Mother and Husband Battle to Be Named to Take Charge of Her, him soon." Detective Armstrong wan sent to the nome of Midnight at No, 6 Jones Street and learned he had not been | home since the accident, Word was} left that he was not sought asa pris-| Friction between Jack P. Mantell, oner but that bis teatiniony was es- | %0? of Robert Manel, the actor, and | sential to clearing up the confusion re- Pi#smother-in-law, Mrs. Helen M- SE MARe {us Cauda othe aADIANES Hills, of No, 601 West One Hundre E. A. Little, general superintendent *14 Thirty-ffth street, over th of the United States Realty and Im- Dolntment of a committee for provement Company, said he thought preme Court to-day. the crash might have been due to an Poe i ie stantent has | overcharged blast or to an unsus- th th Central (dallp dtoepltal pected fault in the rock formation.) ing, according to her mother, is vio- | He said the charge that defective lently insane, Two ars o the shoring caused the accident was un- young woman obtained a separation Just because he had been frequently foi her husband and $1 week criticised by engineers and his supe-| dimony, She went to live with her| rlors for the amount and the quality jiother, taking her #ix-year old of the timbering used in the shoring |qayenier with her, B.C. Collier, an engineer of the com- | efore Supreme Court Justice Pen- pany, said he was satistied from a2 / dleton, a representative of tie Attor- | examination of the rock that the blast Ney General suggested the appoint. q /Ment of a neutral committee but ob- had encountered what he called “a enn iy ‘this was raised by Mrs, | pocket of heavy rock. Hills, : | Thomas Marshall,’a foreman, was| “While Mrs, Hills does not object aati . or Adam-|to the committee proceedings,” sald Questioned by Commissioner Adam-| i Agwistant Attorney General, "she son as follow wants to act in that capacity her Q. Do you know whether the red/ Mrs, Hills blames Mantell for flags were out on the street showing |daughter's mental trouble and | blames Mrs, Hills.” Justice Pendleton took under advisement. eS |BRITISH BACKING UP TRE HEAVY WAR TAX that a blast was about to be set off?) A, L do not. | Q. If the flags were up would not the car have stopped before reaching the section where the explosion was? A, Not necessarily. The motormen make a practice of running by the the matter red flags, Often they curse our men for trying to stop them. | . _ Frank Hedley of the Interborourh cial District, It Is Said, An- dat the smashed wreck of tho Gstkata Fie ives ee in the cut and sald: “My In ticipated an Even Higher terest is not in the first cause of the Rate. accident, What I want to know, and oS the District Attorney know, 19| LONDON, Sept. 22.—The buduet how that car came be down there | Proposals made by Reginald Me How often have you heard of any pas- | Kenn the Chancellor of the Ex- senger on our lines who has sald that | Chequer, yesterday, havo been re a blast was exploded unde; a car in| celved In the Ananclal district and on which he was riding? I have n the Stock Exchange in a manner heard of such a complaint. Our which indicates that the taxation pro- are under the strictest orders te wat ym 1 is no heavier than had been out for and obey red Hay warnings, oh ee r taxes on incomes had “They have been instructed to 1099] yom anticpated in some. auarters an hour if necessary rather than pass Sea ee UR FORE COONS PRS such a warning, ‘They seck to put) with prices generally” unaffected the blame on the motorman. fe i8| the budget announcements: | pably dead down there, But Lam 4 sure as | can be of anything w ——— ve pli he woul nave stopped’, TWO AMERICANS HELD District - Attorney Perkins ques tioned Jones and Marshall—avhoxo —_—_—a—_—eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee For Constipation use FOR RANSOM BY BANDITS State Department of Men Acis for Release Taken From Raneh in Mexico, | WASHINGTON, Sept. The Americans, B, P, Puller and a ranch- man named McCabe, have been kid- | napped by Mexican bandits, the State Department was advisedsto-day. The! | Americ: were taken from a ranch | Ex-Lax Maite constipation, regulates | iS yeing held fon nanaorn . the stomach und bowels, stimulates the | “phe state Department to-day went! liver and promotes digestion. Good for }an order to American Consuls at boil! young and old, 10¢, &¢ und 60¢, a8 | places demanding their release by t SARE CEOS AP mE Ng THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, HOW NEW SUBWAY LOOKED AFTER THE EXPLOSION AND CAVE-IN (OPECIALLY PHOTOGRAPHED BY AN EVENING WORLD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER PEC ECC OEOSESEOCOEOeOCeeeee et PHOS EOCEEE SEDER ee meeseeseeees $29-2566606-660566566600068005066 aos redo B84 Ou PDPD BOADDDDDOAADOEG OG OVD RE AOOEE = i916. PrP LTCCP eeeeerrerrc cre. RAIDS IN THE AIR ~ ASBIGGUNS POUND -THEGERMAN WORKS —_—_—_—_— 7 1,720,000 TROOPS COULD GO TO WAR IN THE BALKANS. BULGARIA. CTY OF OSTROW § REFORTED TAKEN BY GERMAN ARMY =a ' I Force on peace footing 120,000 |] First line reserves 300,000 ! 300,000 10,000 Force on peace footing. 100,000 —— First line reserves 50,000 All other reserves 0,000 600,000 Prince Leopold’s Troops Push] aoe, “GREECE. footing... stimuated)., ing on Toward the Strong- hold of Minsk, Force on p All reserves ( 70,000 ‘000 Total ... Assuming that jreece and Ru- = ; manie will enter the war on the RERLIN, via wireless to London. |] Side of the allie Bulgaria joins Sept, 22—Davarian troops under} | the . Austro-Germans, the allied Prince Leopold yesterday stormed Rus- |] forces, on paper, would be rein ak wi roe ‘i ‘i Rive: foreed by nea 1,000,000 troops sian poaitions on the Myschanka Rive and the Austre ans by 720, on both sidgs of the Brest Litovsk-|] G00. Greece's forces are widely Min Railway and captured the city seattere and G probably of Ostrow, It was officially announ ould be alow in mobilising this afternoon. Seqaeneenerenat [It is evident that a mistake has | safe, it is hardly Mkely the whole been made in tht name of the city | Russian force will escape without reported, Ostrow is far to the {heavy losses in men and guns, Miek north of the railroad ine from | Marshal von Hindenburg's cavalry Brest Litovsk to Minsk.) which was expected to complete the PRETROGRAD, Sept Both Riga | encircling movement, is still held uy and Petrograd are now safe from the | between Smorgon and Molodechno Vilna-Lida-Slonim flank the On thi jornans, War Office officials declared to-day, the result of Russian vic. | German advance is proceeding stead tories around Dvinsk and the reported | !¥) but Prince Leopold's progress is withdrawal of German troops for | slower, while Fleld Marshal von Mac great Bi driv ke en has come to a pause beyon The repeated reverses suffered by | ‘he Pripet marshes. the enemy in their attempts to take the outer defenses of Dvinsk hus troops, The fight In this region noticeable ck of vi rin the euton assault of the last few days, MWe official statement given ou; {Passengers and Crew of the Ko- early to-day was almost completely ningen Emma_ Reported to silent regarding the Vilna operations but it is accepted here that the Rus Have Been Saved. sians have evaded the German. tra a1 pe Just as they did at Warsaw, timing], AMSTERDAM, Sept vie. Fons their retreat perfectly”, The Caar'a| (02)—The Dutch steamor Koningen Lard age ved to be fallin, | 2™Ma, from Batavia, Java, struck back upon Minsk, thus straightening |< ™ne while on her way to this port their line and defeating the Germans | '* Passengers and crew wero res attempt to divide their forces eusd. =i Gen, Ivanoff's armies are again] The Koningen Emma sailed from attacking all along the line in Galicia | itatavia, Java, on August 19 for Am and the Volhynian fortress district erdam. She {s a steamer of 9,000 They are driving in the Austridn: | ons, 470 feet long, 67 fect beam and “a vo lube laigo Uusiveto ol fui feet feet de pth. She was built prisoners, ut Rotterdam in 1918 and owned in LONDON, Sept, 22.--Special de-| amsterdam, The Amsterdam advices spatcheg from Petrograd agree that! jo not indicate whether she was a} the Russians have withdrawn safely |rotar tose. from the Vilna salient, the strat Se value of which was considered s reat that the Ktussian start felt jus-| FRENCH AIRSHIP LOST. tified in risking of the bes! | |. ae ra sane troops to defend it to the last possible | ial moment, Ja their withdrawal the | Kussians are sald to have destroyed] Bas Switzerland (via Paris), Sept everything of military utility, as haw |22—A French aeroplane, presumably been their practice since the gigantic |coming disabled, came down at Low | retreat began, jMeringer, 4 r Meta The two occupants set the machine on Mexican authorities, oll druggists, While (ue main army probably is Lire and escaped into the Woods ) y BULGARIA READY _ TIVENTER THE WAR ~—ATANY MOMENT Serbia, With Well Equipped | Army, Mobilizes to Meet At- tack From Either Side. 1 Sorta, Bulgaria | (via London, s¢ parently people Monday, Sept. 2 5 Bulgaria ap is on the brink of war generally believe that hostili les are imminent, The military authorities have taker Possession of the railways and ordi nary traffic has been suspended, . Bulgarian Government an- hounced ast night that the territory ey along the line of the aghatch Railroad would he oce pled on Oct, 6 Tho official transte will oceur on Oct. 11, at which tin the Bulgarian Administration will bg nstalled, Diplomatic niente powers hat their cause hat Bu lenvy of the recognize one, and ten- representatives wenerally is a lost manifesting a the to the nt central powers. dissatisfaction of at Serbia's reply in territorial con. in Macedonia, and onduct of Greeve in this connection. Reports from many parts of Bul waria tell of enthustastic demonstra- This is due ythe Governm: he negotiations for exsions at the dt mobili ind Ur divisions of 10,000 mei cay regiments stauone dolla naye voon vraered uu Wan DOrwer Ub recowpt of the news King tantine summoned to conreren. Vremier Vou and the member of the general stuf of uriny, ‘Tt Mrewiuer subsequently called a tee ing of the cab LONDON, ing every inet rbia is mak defend her preparation to ons in favor of t Government This is considered symtomatic of put ¢ feeling, wh does nov ignore the | | fact that the country is near to war ATHENS, Sept. 22.—Bulgaria hia Railway Junctions, Troop ains and Trenches Un- der Heavy Fire. BRYAN HAS AN HOUR'S TALK WITH WILSON Both Refused to Tell Topic Dis- cussed at Their First Meeting , Allied aviators bombarded German railway junctions Since Ex-Seeretary Resigned. and troop trains with marked success In attacks at se battle front eral polnts near the last night. WASHINGTON William President Sept, 22 J. Bryan conferr with Several lish aviators attacked Wilson for more than an hour to-d0¥ German camps at Middlekerke, at thelr frat meeting since the ex-! emptied thelr machines of bomb veretary left the Cabinet, Nelthor supplies and returned safely, despite WOUld discuss (he conterene™ White| betvy German fire, Another English House in-an electric automobile with, alt flotilla sped along the Bruges- the initials “H. 8. Bon the door,, Thorout railway, bombarding a troop ile said that the car had been bought] tain below with good results. French eee ee eee tie Wwan| ait raiders throw bombs on tho rall- nh a jovial mood after leaving the| Way station at Conflans. ‘reside and asked the newspaper This afternoon's communique re nto help him sett his farm in} p, violent rifle fusillades around sieht fora trip through the aouth| ton followed a prolonged bombard- nd Southw which hel ment from both sides, vould visit his home at Miami, ln Intermittent cannonades occurred night between the Somme and the Olse, This afternoon's com- munique also artillery tlons north of Camp Chalons, between during the BERLIN SAYS NO U-BOAT | ATTASKED HESPERIAN reported ac- the Aisne and the Argonne, and in Lorraine, German Admiralty Contradicts| Gen. Joffre, Commander in Chief, and the allied commanders on this | Statement Issued From front, Field Marshal Sir John Freneh | Lorton: and King Albert of Belgium are do | 2 veloping a new plan of campaign AMSTERDAM, Sept (via Lon-|that involves the almost continuous mi-offietal nent is-]use of artillery on a vast scale along Herlin reads ax follows the whole line, ‘After inquiry, the German admir-| Masses of artillery have been em- Ity contrad the statement of the | ployed by both sides since the begin- h admiralty and It can now be Aon hee eee ene iow ine. | ming of operations in preparing for in- lvas responsibje for the attack on the] fntry attacks, pounding their ad sperdan,” | versaries'’ works for an hour or two, | ——— | then suddenly suspending fire and as. The allies are BERLIN SAYS ZEPPELIN Peseta their HIT BANK ‘ig ENGLAND shell tre for days at a time without nfantry attacks, dropping projectiles ipon the charred front into every | lifty-yard square, and repeating the | Wireless Report Says Institution proce “ deadh automatic, un Was TamacediIn ths using pounding. The heavy calibred | guns their storms of shells up | Last Raid 1 encampmen first re em De . ‘ind the lines and upon bridges and | BERLIN (via witelew to Tucker) or ovigion trains Nh). 6 OMicial reports obtained by the pero from An French army officers from their own London actually hit observers, from prisoners and from A Reh PUM ong Serena PF land photographs made by aviators, show Germans and Bulgarians, Tho ser Vravellere arriviny in New ‘ Man Lexauon lo-uay received orders |, 1 that a bomb fell nea from Nish directing all sorbiana 1 Peta AUERBACHS A aaatauaRintte ae tie cel Chocolate ate immediately and prepare to re join ‘the Roasted’ TKO ate OMe ‘ i, Want ior Peanut Bar 4 ald ne t 4 They a ar Ay SABE: | D. AVERBACH & SONS critic. tosday, [aut day i) came h | oak | ‘The Serbian army, it is kr her wae . a has eres aUiiee ck ainmuniiien Citseen Camp at Port Bib marked contrast to the uation with EL, PABO, | Be Preliminary ar the Serbia eartier In the war. Since | rAuements for the catabllahinent of (a fe Serblans nt 1 a crus He- | hay iyi i and th ecrult- | Teaicamant of modern army, | corps. 5 : F “ey PEEPS Erbe d etd TEE OEDED DDS OOFOOEEES: ——_——__ at PPP Pee Pee er eo | that parts of the opposia have been subjected to this uncemse ing bombardment have been rendered untenable, and that the best the Ger- mans can do is to reoccupy their abandoned works after the bombard- ments have let up and then leave quickly when the showers of projece’ tiles begin to fall again, In @ recent issue the Frankfurter Zeitung published a letter from @ German at the front descriptive of the effects of French gunnery. “Our battery was located twenty miles west of the little village of T—," the letter says, “When we arrived most of the buildings were still intact but had been abandoned by tne inhabitants, We intended to instal thore our reserve camp, but the French guns entirely domolished the bulldings. “We tried to dig out beams and planks which had not been burned, to construct subterranean shelters, but the French guns made this impossible, “A little to the south, where an- other village had been destroyed by French artillery, German troops cleared up the ruins with difficulty and built shelters around the remain- ing walls, The French soon made this shelter untenable, SEEK MISSING GIRL. 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