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' WAR MUNITION Che | FINA RUI [* Cireutation Books Open to Au.’’| Oe PRICE ONE “CENT. Coprriatt, 1010, be The Frew ‘fe, (The New York Wertd). NEW Y NED Al FIKE ORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, IN 1 WO BIG PLANTS [Circulation Books Open to All. 18 PAGES SUBMARINE CHASED THE LINER AN 1915 WEATHER—F oir ond covler te night) Thureday shout, FINAL —EEE pares ONE CENT. —————_ FIRED 100 SHOTS, THEN TORPEDOED ‘D SHIP MILLIONS IN WAR MUNITIONS LOST IN SWEEP OF FLAME AT BiG BETHLEHEM PLANT: _ Elght Hundred Guns for Allies and United States Buried in Ruins of Building. 97 MEN BURNED IN MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT BALDWIN PLANT Victims Injured Trying to Save Patterns of Locomotives Ordered for Russia. MANY WORKERS IN PERIL | Hundreds Caught by Rapid Spread of Blaze That Started in Pool of Oil. (Special to The Evening World.) SOUTH BET |. Pa, Nov. 10—Fire early to-day destroyed No. 4 machine shop of the Bethlehem) PHILADELPHTA, Nov Fifty Steel Company entailing a loss that *¢¥en men were burn J, seven sev 1 estimated will run into the millions, '¥: 8 & mysterious fire at the stone Big guns and other war material be- tiv Worky near here ing manufactured for the allics and Pattern Loft No. 1, @ two-story also the United States were ruined. | brick building, was gutted, but prompt The fire started in what is known! ction by the plant's fire brigade pre- @a the boring mil! section of the plant, | ete’ the blaze from spreading te other buildings. The war munitions among a lot of oll. It spread rap-| yutidingx were not damased idly and help from four neighboring! The men were burned about their boroughs was summoned to prevent | hand# and faces in an effort to save the spread of the flames throughout | Valuable patterns stored In the burn ing building. Many patterns were| the immense plant of the company. | saved, but others, the number of| In shop No. 4 were manufactured| which is not known, were destroyed guns of various calibre, In the build-| and it is feared they will be difficul ing at the present time were eight '? replace Bundred guns, 150 of which were; According to Baldwin officials, feady to ship, Some of these were) Patterns were for England and her allies, others for | heavy the United States Government, The value of these alone is sald to bely ooiock and dempite tho eftoris of some million dollara, There were) tive fire companies from towns sur- about 1,000 machines of different! rounding Kddystone and the company kinds in the building running from | poet ade, He bing wae (okee OF ruins within half an hour work- eet shapers, drille on down tol tien" were supp to be in the oring machines, ilding when the blage started and Theto are valued from $400 up to| Baldwin offocials are condugting a several thousand dollars each. The| Tigi! investigation. burned building was 250 fect wide, 700 pal i ced SO long and four stories high. In it wore) employed 2,050 mon on both day and} sient st avout non ware HOWARD GOULD APPEALS ALIMONY TAX RULING working when the fire broke out and Asks Court to Support Him in De- so rapidly did it spread that some} employees had to make their escape ducting Levy’ From Allowance to Katherine Clemmons Gould. by means of ropes from the different WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 addy - plant of the Baldwin Locomo- for a locomotive special by type the orde | Russian Government fire was discove soon a ome tim floors. A short clrouit of electric wires tbrew a spark into a pool of oll, thus starting the big blaze. This oil flows in conduits and Is 10,—Howard to gather up flying chips bof spi ta ev ete Gould to-day appealed to the Supreme of gun boring. ‘There was only|ourt from the decision of the New f& flare of fire at first, which some| York courts, workmen started to put out by throw- ing on water, Then followed a mighty flash and up leaped a flame as high as the structure, which seemed at once holding that he could not, under the Income Tax Law, make a deduction for the $86,000 annual alimony he pays to Katherine ( io mons Gould, A writ of orroden which to envelop the whole of the big|the case was brought to the Supreme bullding, Court was granted by Justice Hughes. Recently the burned building was| Upon advice of the internal rev- Jould deducted the tax ry that enue collector from the alimony on the the: the atimony was considered “income” to Mra, Gould within the meaning of the law. Mrs, Gould sued for $2 retained by Mr, Gould to be paid to the Government, but the New York State court held that the alimony was not to be considered as Income and entered judgment against him, naar U. §. STEEL ORDERS SHOW BIG INCREASE. rebuilt and expanded and equipped at a cost sald to be $3,000,000. ————— BRYAN'S BOOK EXTRACT | BARRED FROM U. S. MAIL WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—At the request of the British Government the Post Office Department has ordered the Postmaster at San Francisco to refuse to receive for transmission to | India, a pamphlet understood to be a ‘The United States Steel Company' translation of parts of William Jens |tonnage report y showed unfilled nings Bryan's book, “Hritish Rule in | orders totalled 6.265.452 tons on Oct India." * an ase of 847 orders figure on Se The British Government notified the orders Myure on Min department Sept, 18 that the pamph- det entitled “Angan Di Gawahi" pub The {PROMPTLY the|® PUBLIC SERVICE LAWYER TRIESTO 3 SHIELD MCALL : Tells Legislation Committee Ii Cannot Question Him as to Individual Acts. OVERRULED. McCall Tells How “Let in on Good Thing” in Light Stocks. Leroy T. Harkess, to the Public Service Commission, at- tempted, on behalf of Chairman Me- Call, to block the Thompson Legisia- Q. Do you object on behalf of the whole or the had he Commissioners individual Commisioners? A. 1 not thought of that Chairman Thompson overruled the bjection on behalf of individuals and lings to continue the com- Wiliam P, Corporation charge ordered the pro The are mittee began examining Burr, former Assistant Counsel of the franchise cases, concerning the liti gation that came McCall Jpstice of the Supreme Court in 19 affecting the franchise of the sterdam Light, Heat and Power Company, subsidiary of the Kings County Company. Justice McCall, after having the case in hand sey- eral months, point when elty in before Am It then went to Delancey Nicoll as dey, Hulitane "Warland, lished in San Francisco by Yugantar | W bits ark How. ety a Ashram would not ve allowed in In- | gdM@itt Silt Au mn Hinata Can dia and the order to the Postmaster [f} Fi pusicabe Codigwed, aod posses | He Was assistat counsel | tive Committee at the inquiry this afternoon ‘I think this is a preper timo tol enter an objection,” said Mr. Hark- ness. “The province of this com- mittee lies in examining into the af- fairs of the Public Service Commis- sion and does not apply to what McCall may have done on the bench} 9 years ago. | commission? A. Yes, and Judge McCall too, Q. Do you appear as counsel for stated that he was dl«-| qualified by reason of stock incerost. | | Steamship “Ancona, ‘Sunk by a “Torpedo On Her Way to New York and Her Captain ERR eee Lea PwerreeUerrrererrrrrcceorcorn@ | Ls Bets see erred Hearse wrerere rec F8-Sd SEESEHESOH LES 3.500 FACTORIES, AMENACE TOLIFE, IRNORED THELAW eetbee BRITISH SEARCH oroesees AMERICAN SHIP IN MEXICAN PORT 300 DEON TALAN LINER - SCORES OF THOSE RESCUED WOUNDED BY U-BOAT SHOTS ‘Most of the Dead Said to Be Women and Children—Rescued Victims Taken to Hospitals as Soon as Landed on African Coast. TWO AMERICANS SAILED ON THE TORPEDOED LINER BERLIN, (by wireless to Sayville) Nov, 10,—“Information from 4 Teliable source is to the effect that the steamship Ancona has been by an Austro-Hungarian submarine,” says the Overseas News Agency, “She attempted to escape, and thus compelled the submarine to use her guns,” LONDON, Nov. 10.—Lloyds of London to-day estimated that 300 persons perished when the Italian liner Ancona, bound for New York from Naples, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean after being shelled by a huge submarine boat flying an Austrian flag. Many were women and children bound for the United States, where they intended making their homes. It is believed that several Americans were on the Ancona, Nothing definite has been received regarding theit fate. ‘ ee ee 2 The figures as to the loss of life are conflicting. One report has it that 271 perished. This was based on reports that 130 survivors had been landed at Bizerta, 54 at Bona, 45 at the Island of Malta and 142 at Ferryville, This would make a total of 371 saved. On board the Ancona were 642 persons, consisting of 482 passer gers and a crew of 160. With 371 savea, the number missing would be }274, provided 142 survivors reached Ferryville. Despatches say scores of survivors were severely injured. It was jreported that 100 shells were fired at the Ancona before she was tor- | pedoed, and the injurieS of the survivors were due to bursting shells. There is hardly a doubt that a submarine of the largest type actacked the Ancona while she was passing between Tunis and Sicily. Although the attacking boat flew the Austrian flag, one of the reports here was that she was a German U-boat and was bound toward the Dardanelles when the Ancona was sighted. When the liner first was hailed by the U-boat she endeavored to referee, where It still remains un-| Commissioner Lynch Says 70, ; Conswl at Progreso Reports| **4P* It is believed. Then she was shelled, overtaken and torpedoed, | decided ¢ 3 in : Among thowe said to have been on ® Mr, Burr said that after t 000 State Orders Were Dis- way near the elc English Cruiser Waits for Zea- | bowrd was Prince Cassano Zunte®, ®) ferred to boalliis -aisaaee had come before Justice MeCall an 1 , Harry Kaufman of 14 Moore fandia Oulade Hart n ntubor of an old Italian family, here ls’a report current ene this amended motion was made by Judge obeyed in One Year. Street, employed as a candy puller] andia Outside Harbor, account haa yet stated exactly | Titta Ruffo, the world famous Ital Hatoh for the companies and an ar- 1@ Diamond candy factory, de | a where the attack on the Ancona oc-| baritone, who was to sing with the gument was made before McCall. — ed to Fire Commissioner & curred, From the fact that the survi- | Chicago Grand Opera Company, waa Q. Was the history of the case and| Labor Commissioner James M. * o-day that Diamond, the owner] WASHIN' IN, Nov. 10.—Tho] ¥ors were landed at Bizerta it ls in. ee A eam Ne news has vena the companies gone into? A, Nat-|tynch declan 1 Of the candy factory, told him shortly American steamship Zelandia, whieh | ferred that it must have been in the > uynch declared to-day that betwee: a i “ i ‘ Sededicda urally. Judge Hatch made explana- s the Saturday aft n fatal fre! recently gaited from Penxacola, Fla, | Vo u'y Of the Tunisian coast, Biserta , . Non of the eeamone foc the rnotion {Oct 2818 and Oct, 4, 1914,. there A aloaninan abhi etre F) c . "| boing only eight miles north-| TWO U. CITIZEN, and I answered, Were 3,711 factories in greater New y before and that he put tt out | 2"? Was Fumored to be in charge of] west of the city of Tunls. A WOMAN AND CHILD, Later, when we handed up the| York, The owners were ordered te f mans intend: British |NO ARMS oR AMMUNITION ON ON TORPEDOED SHIP. pleadings to Justice McCall, he in-| make them safe. Two hundred and, !iry Ve ¢ N Casner si al a ae urched by a me BOARD TAS LINER. , quired whether the King County | gorty-six obeyec t. who fled she was @ “dip- | party from a British cruiser Monda hime Caky’ WONG be a: fair onaly: Company was affected, I replied that forty-six obeyed, ker” in the candy factory, also ce * | sion in view of the sailing date of Nov, 10.—7 eas Got Sides Beet aes “Then some 3,500 factories re \ ' fire ur eULiE en Ne port of Progreso, | ing jiner, which. left Naples for Italian-born Americans sailed from a udge teh sa ne a b L . ‘ecihos . t Nag b n-bo America: le m didn't think so. Justice McCall saia|malned unsafe during that period? before the fatal blag Mexico, York ‘Tuesday, It carried a large|Naples on the steamer Anconia, ac he thought he was disqualified as he| asked District Attorney Cropsey, whc Wn ut W W . | The An ul there repagts | general cargo, but, being westbound, rding to a despatch 6, the State was a atockholder. Judge Hatch|is doing the qu eat the th King out of t said} t rulse outside, pre-| no arms or munitions, company of-|Department to-day from Consul looked over the stock record said} quest into the Geaths of twelve me Volta. "A Hpi anothe ain 1 2 the whip flelals reported White, One of them was Mrs. Fran fs name did not appear. Whereupon | he DI ante ked ‘ou ’ bi On th nh a ats Phe survivors were landed at Bi-|cesca Mascolo Lamura, The other Juatica McCall sald: “No, t carry the |W sitl# tn the Diamond factor n. Lt saw arrying f ; zerta, Cape Hon and Perryville, on| was an infant child, Consul White stock in the name of my court officer, | Pullding, last Saturday In Nor aEEDI . ai | the African nt. Many were ao! it was ¥ ly reported in Mackin." | Street, Williamsburg. | \ © wer hati j fi . “tf badly wounded that ¢ re trana-| N 8 270 persons had Deen saved. Q, The merits of the case were fully| “Yes,” said Mr, Lynch, “ever bes ha ta cretury Lansing indicated the petore Justive MeCali, sv that ue was to fr " bie This aes o i await for & Pea thousand orders to Improve fac A ‘ NITE (AR OuNG conversant with the details? A. Yes sii 7 ainvod AinweNonie Alle 7 Saeee a A UN TED W Hi rH tii t ime an offical report om the Later the case was transferred to q| im the State of d ff (Gant Giana B | FOR ALL THE ALLIES f the Anacona, but that it referee, Mr. Delancy Nicoll, Wo con-| period had not been obeyed, | al word is not received within a | cluded our case on Mareh last “How many orders were given dur = — — ni ime the Department will Q. Has @ decision been rendered?| ing that year to make staire ne ce a, s quire into the affair through the A. No; Mr. McCall asked for a ¢ y 1” H McC ll M E: L " l |X th t dows One in Wh Keabassy at Rome, of aixty days because he was a dele. | UOPlo? j ; wil ow cla ay scape Le ga | ante Ru \ Mcials sald they had gate to the Constitutional Conyen.| “Seven hundred an mtveRNS > . ‘e - ton, and there have been two thinty-| "How many were obey Proceedings on Stock ‘* Transfer”? tialy Will J ; Jay extensions since then “One hundred and seven, | . cali v xp ONDON, N A Chairman Metall told the Investi.| FIRE IN FACTORY DAY BEFORE x = . 1 % rating Committeo tusday that he THE BLAZE EEPECT OF FAIL TO PAY TAX.—No transfer of ' i f iy to Biaerta would ma got his Kings County Klectrio] 7 a fire in the D ck made after June 1, 1905, oa how tax ysed by this arti f otag ‘ especlally if any American lives Light and Power Compai, stock by| candy lay before 1 1 which tax is uot pald at the tim: anster, shall be made the " f ‘ re iba I Dean 8. Mason, Consul at being “let in on @ good thing" and) blaze. 1 disco 1 isis of any action or legal proceedings, no. wll ope thereeag wy abhael h t ne t, Algiers, about 300 miles east ; lharrel used for rubbish and ¥ tered or received in evidence im any court Iu this State hut uae iy Ww Q certa, is the nearest Ameriean (Continued op Twelfth Page. the time waa standing in the case 4 the council, oticer, Le probably would go te Bi-