The evening world. Newspaper, May 1, 1916, Page 3

| THOMPSON GES U.S, REPORT ON SUBWAY CAVE | “Two Experts Learned What i P. S. Board's 2,500 Engi- 1 neers Failed to Discern. ‘SHORING NOT BRACED. or Sliding Rock in Ex- cavations, George P. Le Brun, Assistant Clerk @f the Coroner's Office was tho first Wttness befors tho Thompson Com- Miftree to-day, He said that the Coroner held in- Quests in October last on the eight @eaths in the Seventh Avenue and ome in the Broadway cave-ins on Gept. 22 and Sept. 25 last. ‘The Coroner's Jury found that John W. O'Rourke, of the victims, fame to his death from a fractured Skull and fractured ribs, due to the Blast in the subway excavation at Geventh Avenue and Twenty-fourth $@treet; with no one criminally to blame. The verdict severely censured the Bureau of Combustibles of the Fire Department for not carrying out, one @hrough its inspectors, the powers assigned to it by the Code of Or- @inances. Richard G. Babbage, Vice President nd Secretary of the United States Realty and Improvement Company, contractors who were building the Sev- @nth Avenue subway at the time of the cave-in, said there were nine claims for death and ninety for in- Suries. There was no litigation. The “oompany has paid out about $170,000 fn settling these claims. COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS TELLS OF INQUIRY. Leonard M, Wallstein, Commis- sioner of Accounts of the City of New York, testified about hie inquiry last October into the cause of the Seventh Avenue and the Broadway cave-ins. He went into the tunnels three or four times, and he had the aid of twenty engineers, Mr, Wallstetn said that Charles Masian of the United States Bureau sof Mines, Pittsburgh office, called on him and got leave to inspect the Jecene of the accidents, He arranged with the Police and Fire Depart- ‘ments to aid him. “Mr. Enzian substantially indorsed the findings of the Mayor's engi- neers,” said Mr, Wallsteln. Later he gent the withness a copy of his formal Feport on the accident, together with @omments by Engineer George 8. Rice. Mr, Wallstein telegraphed the Bureau of Mines at Washington f Yeave to publish the reports, and re- otived this reply “Engian and Rice reports m: confidential information of New York authorities and should not be made public, 'B. H, MANNING, Direc Mr, Walistein sent a copy of the re- port to District Attorney Perkins, To Benator Thompson's question Com- ‘missioner Wallstein replied that the foformation was for the use of the ‘elty authorities, as he understood it, “though not for publication. Mr, Moss ‘put in evidence a copy of the Enzian and Rice report, which he said he had got from the District Attorney. for CAUSE OF COLLAPSE WAS IN- ADEQUATE SUPPORTS. Mr. Moss read from the zian -wepor _ “The cause of the accidents in the Beventh Avenue and Broadway, in my Sopinion, was tho progressive collapsa ECZEMA Is Quickly Healed. COMPLEXIONS Are Cleared Overnight. 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In a word, this timbering consisted of wood and stecl loosely connected. Neither above the steel nor below it! were there braces to prevent shifting. “In other words, the knocking out] of a single post was enough to the collapse of the whole structure. | The support In the Seventh Avenue! Job wos different from that in any other part of subway construction except in the Broadway section. . . . The temporary work all toppled over till It reached the permanent steel structure, NO ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO HOLD ROCK. “In the Broadway excavation sub- stantially all the faults of the Sev- enth Avenue construction were here repeated. ‘The rock, Manhattan schist, has characteristics which call for special precautions from day to day to detect faults which would not appear at first. There was no ade- quate support on the west side, where the rock fell." Counsel Moss read from the report of Engineer Enzian's testimony be- fore Commissioner Wallstein: Q. How far did the cutting of a transverse shaft through the rock at Thirty-eighth Street affect the Rroad- way wall of the cut? A. It was like the removal of an abutment from a cantilever, Q. If the north wall of the trans- verse cut had been braced with tim- bers, would that have prevented the fall of rock? A. If tt had been prop- erly braced, yes Q. Could timbering to prevent the slide of rock have been used without interfering with the work in subway building? A. Yes, sir Joseph O. Hammitt, chief of the| Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire | Department, told of the investigation | he made into the accident. He had not concerned himself with the matter FOR THE ACCIDENT. Mr. Moss read from Engineer Rice's comments on Engineer Enzian's re- port: . The primary cause of the Sev- enth Avenue accident was blasting. "2. The main cause was that the} timbers collapsed | The method of timbering was fundamentally defective. While two of ¢ » blasts were over- had the timbering been pro- transverse the bracing collapse ident adequate diagonal braces would have prevented the slide of the western rock wall. Such a slide can be prevented, though once started it cannot be stopped.” Counsel Moss also read the conclu- reached by United En- |sineer Enzian as to both acgidents: | ‘The work was done Under the supervision and inspection of repre | Sentatives of the Public Service Cc mission, but judging from the met! of timbering there was no one in} charge famillar with the bracing used in mining operations requiring lateral supports.” Counsel Moss | sion tes As d asked Chairman Thompson whether the Enztan report, which he had received from the Dis: trict Attorney, should be put in evi- dence, Put it in,” ruled Chairman Thomp- For FREE THIS COUPON and send to Laboratories, 32 W. 25th St., Send Free Sample of Posiam to SAMPLE ot Posiam, vt er MAIO. cqeenecenemensenmemeeeess Address —_____ Poslam, is an aid to health of Skin an@ ‘oilet, Bath, Shampooing, for daily use; ALL DRUGGISTS SELL POSLAM AND POSLAM SOAP THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1916. Chorus Girls’ Toes Kick High Drama Out, But Say, Street Competition Is Fierce! THE CAUSE AND EFFECT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THE FLED: PIPER. MANAGER CAN ORAW THE PUBLIC FROM The High SHIRT TO THe: HIGH BROW SHOW SEATS 6 weeks “ ADVANCE ee Burial Scheme Will Kill THE TIRED.QUIINESS*MAN CANT THINK represented, The West End Associa WIMOUTZAIS FEET UP OM ME DESrE tion filed the firat protest for that organization, John ©. man sald: “Wo are advised that in Riversid Park the treatment necessitated un der the carrying out of the plan’ would mean the removal of abou two-thirds of existing trees, bushe: and shrubbery from Seventy-secon: Cole WHAT" Cow. Brow SHOW Wie | TAérg) Was _ TONIGHT 27 te ON NEW RIVERSIDE PLAN}. BRINGS OUT PROTESTS Speaking s SAFETY FIRST TRAIN OFF; INSPECTED BY WILSON Believes Government Exhibit on Wheels Will Be Instructive to Nation. WASHINGTON, May 1.—The Gov. ernment’s “safety first’ special train Association Complains Railroad | '¢"t t-48y for Philadetphia, the first stopping place on an educational 0 tour that will take it through al 3 , parts of the country. Twelve steel ny All the Trees. cars carried hundreds of exhibits il Pam, a lustrative of the methods employed Aj 4 The first of a series of hearings onl by the Federal Government in saving the plan calling for the burial of the) human Hfe and property both at sea Now York Contral Ratiroud tracks atl and on land. All of the executive \ 4 Riverside Park and the elevation of| departments which deal with this 7 the tracks south of Fifty-ninth| work were represented ty So (Streot, began to-day in City Hall be-| he President and Mes. Wilson and by Y U7) \ fore the Roard of Estimate, Taxpay-| members of the Cabinet inspected the ers’ and civic organizations were well train before it started, examined Tho President many of the ex- hibits and expressed the opinion that the exhibition would do much to ins form the people what the Governs jo] ment was doing to prevent accidents, closely <| BERNSTORFF MAY DROP it :| DEMAND FOR IGEL PAPERS to One Hundred and Twenty-ninth . ‘ ‘ rn Street in the park section, We are] Belief Growing in Washington iso advised that the Hiei th Mroad That Ambassador Will Not Mnes to be built eastward of pres ‘a ‘ ent right of way will require the ex- Press for Return. ecavation of a strip averaging 100 feet WASHITI TON, May 1—An tm- ‘ in width, and that it will be severall pression that was near a certainty Undress Musical Shows Have Worthy Attractions on| | "we teerry Gav ene PCR) [sears betore oven the two-foot sur-/ grew in official circles ern to-day the Run, Declares Roland Holt, Drama League FoR THe Cary ——e si ae consiating larrely of bridie| that ¢ erman Ambsssedor von Berne Director — Woman Playwright «Disagrees, “ " ro ct he the new tracks." the papers seized when Wolf von Igel peu inkii y iad i Miles M. Dawson, who said he ap-|was arrested as a plotter in New ‘00 Much Competition in Public d subject bri Club and other civic bodies, endorsed 4 but crit! r instance, should be fou Places to Be Profitable. the plan In some cized it in others, F Dawson thought the: feet of soil over tl By Nixola Greeley-Smith. | Does New York think with its fect? Mr proposed tunnel 1] have th ched to him, OMetals te day admitted they have }made all plans for prosecutions of jeertain Germ * to include ruse of some * seized in von Igel's offices. tain of the pap- " rs se 1, upon recommendation Is it possible at all times to buy} roof In Riverside Park instead of the) rom the State Department, will be “any seat in the house” at the box office when a really good play is pro-| contemplated two feat kept secret. ‘Aaa duced here when you have to pay a speculator $25 a pair for tickets when-| “There should also be proper pro Cie, ever an undress musical comedy is put on? visions made for ae con or ae NO VOTE YET ON BRANDEIS. Roland Holt, director of the New York branch of ey cnver Muueveam eeiasD Dawson The Rev the Drama League, told a St. Louis audience last week that “legs and not drama attract the crowds in New| York.” He also said that the gallery gods have been driven away from the theatre because “problem plays! with homely leading ladies have taken the place Of was talking about an arm of a tree plays of action with pretty girls in them.” jor a limb of Satan. With this apol- Do you agree with Mr. Holt? I don't. For why!© Sep avnege James T. Raywood, recto: of the Church of the ¢ said that according t plans provision was ma moval of the tracks 100 feet w Tenth Avenue, If this were do . It we propos BUT ONE AMERICAN FLAG, pro ding to the Comptroller, who com Sar 1 very pointedly on here ix no park there now. arings will be held ever: n indefinite pertod, in actual conditions for his point of view. “There is no real reason for be- lieving that the public demands any- upside down, “But many brains are put on upside down too," Mrs, Furness said. “And, after all, the poor theatrical manager has to take all these things into ac- About 300 youngsters of all ax sizes, with a band and one American | flag and 300 red ones, left One Hun- dred and Porty-ninth Street and E e ment that Th T-| day for Tuptey because of the fashions worn by women of all ages in the streets! to-day! What musical comedy has anything more daring to offer—what | . a ‘ burlesque show would venture to go, count. Don't let's be too hard on him.| en Avenue, the Bronx, at 11 o'clock Leal feos feed allay one beyond the exhibit to be seen Pa Suppose we leave his fate to the tm-| and marched to Harlem, where other and “Mary Jane's Pa." “The public|?°thing whenever a young woman | P!*cable ‘movies budding Soclalists Joined them. Ac- Tomorrow, Tu is well trained and takes what is set|£¢% out to Walk in a skirt #0 short ry companying the little ones were would be very easy for the manager|*tockings are secn above her boot ties and the girls red sashes and red to educate the public away from tho|t@Ps I suppose it was as a result of FOR PASSAGE IN HOUSE ribbons in thelr hatr, so-called le ahow. and toward tho this amateur competition that man- The elders carried red ribbons on dees : re rt ° oe yhie jotters of gold, blazed the erioug dra vanted to do It—-| 28ers t make productions] |... a vy | When, in Tetters of § aay | aioe yaa dukes peat aerate with bare ed dancers or girls in| Fight for Clarke Amendment |jegend: “We Want Peace.” ‘The e« from nonsense to serious things. But] Short socks. Giving Freedom in Four Years Jebration has for tts primal object the h fi = “Ot course, New York haa a tre- fe : : establishinent of @ universal labor no thinks there is less risk in legs —Night Session Probable. d the ending of the war in mendous foreign population and Con- | ; than in thoughts, I don't agree with Burope, ahs » American public has been| {Mental ideas of stage propriety are} WASHINGTON, May 1.—On_ the —E— educated to an appreciation of sood| ot te same as American ideas, So|eighteonth anniversary of the Battle ARMY OF 180 000 MEN imusic. and look what an active prop-| ‘ere #8 4 difference in the New York |of Manila Bay the Philippine inde ’ aganda has done for poetry this year!|POMt of view and that of the rond.| pedence bill was taken up to-day in To-day wo are in the midst of the|2"@ 4d simply won't taxe plays|the House by unanimous consent greatest poetry revi ever known| ‘4! New York accepts with 4) ‘There was no resort to a rul See In this country. The theatrical mun- ig Pee the nes pee the hyd debate began under an agreement be Agreement Pra silly Reached on ae a a ork manager must meet the de-/tween Democrats and Republicans i OEE CONG Gor ONG CER IHIMNOR TENS aa at the ennecus number of for elgi rs, provic hat at the Peace Strengtn—War Force ager has done. But he won't take for el@ht hours, providing at the ha t a men who come here from all over Tie aoe let t Would Be 250,000. the chance. However, Mr. Holt's in-!the cour for a good time—men |COnclusion of general debate th be Seinen tion that the New York publi¢| Who ar pectable deacons at home Clarke amendment for independence! WASHINGTON, May L—A regular cares only for the higher priced and|PUt who lock upon New York ax tho within four years shall be taken up of 180,000 1 urmy AL peace strength annual exci aardian Angel, estroy the church the fac’ Hundreds of Suits in This May Sale Committee Again Falls to Agree= May Act Next Monday, WASHINGTON, May 1.—Efforts to | met a ve Senate Judiciary Com- mittee to-day on the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for the Supreme Court fatled again, and the committee adjourned after ir ft said Mrs, Furness, “it is true R D A C Assemblyman corrob. | several hours di nett bide > 4 of supports, but only with the amount should even the lowest of one-story brows pay a mint: that more people have good lege than Orato che crea OOIPIAINE: Ut wan annonce, however, that next e vere ‘ “Oh, e ; nga,” | ory ; co 5 dence ap- ; ee eat as not used over the, n-emre time, anywhere on the street for nothing? Tiree Sous ines epee wes"! Thousand Socialist Children Cele- peared of any park treatment for the [MIENt be taken that day. | tebe f 4 J 4 “ ‘ ; i ¢ 0 vote Fa OE ERO GRRL GES eer ee ene EBCORSO Vee) re, Sitti I}tem) ice Om eae Unrate nese brate May Day at Harlem |listriet between” One Hundred and], Republican Senators urged a, vote at time of the accident, nor are they used t 7 |not take a secret pride in her nether a cals . Thirty-fifth and One Hone i Ti because of ubsence of Senator yet, in apite of the accident, Mr,| Me Who knows more about theat-|cess of Goorge M. Cohan. There ts|symmotry? Can't that « delightfully River Park. Ritts fen age ‘0 mptroller | Siielda of Tennesse iy Hammitt explained that the mats|Tical conditions than I do, since she Mpcimininres bee eese bleaeul bee Se teae ait Pad od ii The children of Socialists, to the| sidered In the written report, because ‘isakk Means Wik would not check the force of an ex-| has written many successful plays, | TE ae 6, ra rey pleame In, (Now, T suppose, we might |number of about 1,000, cclebrated| the agreement was one between the| ssaace May tecThe Appellate cessive blast, strong enough to knock |eays that Mr. Holt is wrong. But 4 pended upon lack Of) can it public spirit, As a matter of May Day in their own way in Sul-|City and the raliradd. ang ans | Courtiot Iilihola to-day upheld a declaled out props. in| AttPery for their success most of) fact nearly every woman has good | sede River Park to-day,| Towing to do with the parking. ‘hat DO eee Gon penta ae id she admits that there is some justifi-!them wo lave to - |egs, 01 “4 ors em er Park to-day.| was distinctly a city pI 1. Ac= lof the S jor Co n ENGINEER GIVES THREE CAUSES {them w have to go into bank- |1egs, only so many of them are put on injunction to Chi ainst t Board o tion, restraining it from enforcing the Loeb v| rite barring them from memberehip in the Chicago Teachers’ Federation. esday, May 2nd ase 16" Reduced from Several Higher Prices Bea O inclusive in vulgarly undressed plays which ap-|jay. Such for a vote first of all has practically been agreed upon by styles and fab- peal to the most elemental instincts 1s | prefaced tails, pottending. the Clarke amend wht Senate and Louse conferees on the rics it may well Aisproved by the extraordinary. suc-|' Pro | bill, declared that the choice mee {army bill, With the plans for ex be called a census of site =| gad. cwnioni aemee eine. Be De eee wana. e paneln ee goon Y ey ene ale i Spring suit fashions, snes ss Aaeamlacii, (aneMe primitive ine | Vague. indefinite, meaningless and ale | ha #0. Senate, this would 5 red ice ape evan nH wel phen pace latinetar 1 ¢ AMAL The Aneane | Slose (noanomvable mranostion nite: produce an army of about 250,000 Were the reduced mission. They have some engi-| SHOULD 1 puch a demand, but | honest oftort to red the solemn jinen in war h price 825 instead of Gara, VaR two mvanie Nota coma (He doen Bt believe that when! Promises of the Democratic Party." The bil as it passed the Senate m p ee cat Th Babe afd tao Onart Cine acne | teal 1 is given as much) | Jones pleaded with the Republicans | fixed the peace etrength at. 250.000 416.75, you would still consider it an unusual ho Weal Cauaa Cek Feeds 1s Mr,|to support the bill, because, he said,| men achievement of the city’s most unusual shop. ers could not discover, public ho ne residential candidate of t 1 Go to hing 4 ing ve —w at ag Net Mt cy Cie 1 n't blame | Renubliean Party." “had a ell : BE and plaids—the tweeds and Spring velours—with J. Ward Follette, a sistant Dis-| ail our tearciowh tae pine independence + late: ey silk linings trict Attorney, testified that ho inves: | {tor you know women of New|. Determination to wind up the ixaus even smoker the latest faney silk Baines sitio modele, Ghaeaetae tigated the caveins last October for| York don't dress for him. And, you | to-day caused Democratic lewd to-day The most recent of ithentic models, character jthe District Attorney. He engaged | know, we ARI pretty lively looking! | plana f If 1x le they Hi ized by that youthful spirit which is this Spring's Engineer H. de B. Parsons to assist|In fact, it's the free show provided | Will hold 1 nbers in se noun to ti wi ectne: him. hy pur pre women that makes the |1il nidn etl enitence mark of correctness. 7 Is he a brother of the Ngineer the | manager's problem of 1 ting them i - Md rs ' ave fay Nterborough retains at ayear|i the eye’ ivre and more d eul howe the a tent i dere Seta ine AE ase Ua a yearly mt more diticul’ . ARRESTED AT HIS BATH, |! n fe all, wontons. 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