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PROPiRlY toss, WllH SEVERAL lilllfli
Two Arrests Made To-llay For Responsibility?
in New York’s Latest Sensation as a liesulti
ot Supplying War Material tor Europe and
Several investigations Are Under Way ?
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Hill BEGAN 0! A MlSlflililllS BARGE Millllilli ‘
l0 MUNlllilNS D00ll Wllfllllll Allllllllilll‘
Thirteen Brick Warehouses and Six Piers
.With Several Steamers Gone, and Streets
for Miles Around the City Were Strewn
With Broken Glass - ‘
NEW YORK, July 3t.—Two men are under arrest today on
warrants charging them with manslaughter in indirectly causing
the death of one of the victims of the terrific explosion of ammu-
nitio‘n on Black Tom pier, early yesterday morning. Estimates
of the casualties early today placed the number of dead at four,
with three others mortally injured. thirty-five suffering from less
serious injuries and eleven to twenty missing. Estimates of the
,will be allowed to ally in.
‘ meeting to hire counsel for the bridge
tutu tits
sum ilitiil
SUPiiloli count
NEW ‘10“. July 8L—Goven0rs
of three states. man] United States
Senators. about. I“ hmwatatlves
in Congreaay y delegates to the
Republican Win National
Conventionlufll chair-es of the
state committu of both parties are
here or on W1 to this city today
I“. W m 'to witness nation tonight of
I w“ .' Charles E. We that be has been
I. Who Figursdia "h I“- nominated for the presidency. The
- c. ceremony will take place in Carnegie
ll! 3‘ liall this evening.
Senator Warren G. Harding. of
Ohio, who prodded at the Chicago
Convention. will deliver the notifica-
tion speech. Hr. Hubs! to to be the
only other speaker. His family and
[friends will occupy two boxes. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. ROOM?
veil will be Will.
#330,000 tit-toss
unlisted to
limit liliil
Formbr tnited States Patent C33.
missioner John S. Seymour, who sued
the City of Norwalk for a 86,500 legal
fee. received a setback Saturday when
Judge Webb of the Superior Court
overruled his demurrer. Mr. Seymour.
who is a mtmber of the New PM;
firm of Seymour & Seymour. recently
mentioned Li the wire tapping cases,
lives itt Norwalk.
lie alleged that was ettgagel
for legal work by the committee
which had charge of building the new
Washington street bridge in Nurwalk.
lie ptit in a bill for $6,500 and the
committee promptly denied engaging,
him. it was also set up as a deletise-l
that the committee was forbidden by
an act of the legislature from engag.
ing counsel. it was to this defense
that Seymour denturred. This deci-I
sion will not prevent Seymour from N.
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pu hing lie uit lift it ity' d f Mill! “ m m,
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Wkonllazo h .
Judge \t't-tib has upheld the defense: m m ,
offered by the attorneys for the bridge" ' ,
committee in that the committee was FLUYDWU‘. July Il-r-Tho Old.
given no power in the special itiwn Wooden tobacco warehouse here. near;
the new concrete warehouse built re-
he
Connecticut l
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ENGLEHART, Out. July 3l.~li‘or-z
est tltet- raging in northern Ontario;
are believed to have resulted in;
the loss of from 150 to 200 lives.‘
Scores of other persons have been in-'
lured and 1t is feared many of them;
may die. i
Several small towns have been‘
wiped out by the flames which basal
h
been raging for forty-eight muss. l “H I! i .
Reports thus far received show that “my“ Bum m
i . ‘
Petit
fifty-seven perished at Nushka. a.
French Canadian settlement and.
thirtyvfour at Malbeaon. Cochrazie
has eighteen dead and thirty-four
injured. lroquois Fails has fifteen
The men who have beflt associated
5 with Thomas P. Gilmartin. mull!" 0f
dead ““1 ma" injured “d Ramore, the Metropolitan Life insurance Com-
b“ fifteen dead. Th‘ “"19?" i pally in South .‘t'orwalk during they
killed at Porcupine Junction is com t two ye.r|, enjoyed one of Land-
known, bill the all” town '3' de'llom O'suluy.n'. {‘moua .hore dln.
stmyed except the railroad station. the". Saturday evening, the occasion
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cloudy tonight- and T”i.\
We? Continued to lold .W 5.
W Main Attacked by the ‘ ‘
Troops Continue to Advance on gm“ .
tilt titct ClPllliii' tutu tout to“
tilt 0f ltllii, iiiili tutti
Wood-Dutch Ifall Stealer Struck by ,
Passengers ltescb Hgbtsbip - »
property loss range from $25,003,000 to $45,000,000.
Many persons who were on board barges mocked at the burn-
ed piers are missing. and it is feared that they have perished.
In some quarters it waa~believed the total number of dead would
reach twelve.
Those under arrest were Albert M. Dickman, agent of the Le-
high Valley Railroad stationed at Black Tom pier, and Alexan-
der Davidson, superintendent of the warehouses of the National
Storiige Company, thirteen of which were destroyed by the fire
which followed the explosions. A warrant was issued for the
arrest of Theodore B. Johnson. president of a lighterage company,
one of whose barges laded with ammunition is alleged to have
been moored at the pier.
Frank Hague, Commissioner of '
Public Safety of Jersey City.’
charged that the blame of the ex-
plosion lay with either the Le
high Valley Railroad, the storagel
company or the lighterage com-‘
pany, and that some of them had
violated the laws of New Jersey,:
committee, and that if the committee
were given power to hire counsel in
the special town meeting it would be
unconstitutional without an appropria-
tion of the Board of Estimate and
Taxation. The court also upholds
that the services rendered by Attorney
Seymour were rendered before the‘
committee ' had been passed by the
legislature; Mr. Seymour's claim was
that he was hired its counsel for the
bridge committee in the special town
meeting. and that the meeting had the
power to hire him. without an apprb
prtation from the Board of Estimate
and Nation The law firm of Walsh
& Hubbsll were the attorneys for the
bridge committee. . ;
tuition iiiilllllili
tilts tiiisttt IN uit¢
The Dead Was Committed Early;
too Dillili itiitttt
IN Cilihdliiltiiil
CHICAGO, July lib—Chicago and,
usflooo about:
humut
cently, and owned by the
Tobtttt-o Corporation. was burned Bat.
urday monuments; a loss of
t balsa of tobacco
were stored in the warehouse. The hre
started about 2 o'clock and burned
rapidly.
There was no means of checking
the blue and the 100 or more no
groes imported from the South last
month. could only stand and which
the building burn. The origin of the
fire is not known. Durham Floyd.
manager of the warehouse and that,
part of the plantation nearby, was
investigating last evening. The
building and tobacco were partly
covered by insurance. The shed
was 150 feet by 40 feet. and was
three stories high.
d’
0f llilllllllli Hill
!
the er e Ci or 'n n the Middle West are awaitinll Will"
J s y W d1 a ces and considerable anxiety the promised}
the rules Of “.1: interstate COW'» cooler weather today after four days»
meme Commission, by Pmof unusually high temperatures dur-l
ting barges loaded With exploding agile: ingothernaometer hovered‘
' - aroun t e mar .
stves to ““5““ moored if the, The weather forecaster has prom-
Plers 0?“ mght- The“ barges ised lower temperatures by tomorrow
were being used to transport the; at the latest.
This Marnie --tlf tats its ilss'
Showed Signs of Depression
’
llotv York catsuit-er Brings
Usisustletisu Agdsst Owner
NEW YORK. July 31.—Robert
Adamson. tire commissioner. bad di-
rected that an action at law be
Frank Bishop, a man about fifty;
years of age, and well~kaown in thoi
town of Wilton, committed suicide‘
early this morning by hanging him-
self in the barn of Mrs. Mary White.
ammunition to steamers lying in‘
Gravesend Bay. i
Several investigations were
commenced today to discover-
the origin of the fire which caus-i
ed the awful explosion that dos-l
troyed $5,000,000 worth of ammu-g
nition, 85 freight cars, set blazingj
ammunition barges adrift to
bombard the Statue of Liberty
and the Eli’s Island Immigration
Station witl‘Tshclls and shrapnel,.
and shattered $100,000 worth of?
window; in this city One of the
investigations is conducted by
Col. Beverly W. Dunn, chief in-
spector 0f the Bureau of plo-
sives of the American Rat way
. Association, and the Inter-state
Commerce Commission. He is
aided by thirty inspectors. The
county prosecutor and city auth-
orities in Jersey City are making
investigationralsof It is also un-
dertood that agents of the De-
partment of Justicemro making
inquiries to' learn whether the
eitploaiots Was the work of an in-
cendia .
angering reports as to the
caisson! the month! are druids?
_ Eli‘s ‘ “galley officiakassert
"i 7th. ‘ W .. ,f w 3’“
a, pier inaction?“ ' tor-
3|!“ the 5|?! “91.0"“
Chicago. after yesterday's list of of Cannondale. by whom he was cut-
brought against Barnum Loth. owner
‘ 1&6 deaths, attributed to the heat and
more than 400 prostrations, to a great
extent slept out of doors again last
night.’ The "numerous parks of the
city were vast sleeping apartments.
and Lake Michigan furnished comfot't‘
to the thousands of bothers a: late
as midnight. ‘
The high mortality among infants
has been the most distressing phase of
the situation. dUpwards of ditty
babies were reported to have stit-
cumbed to the heat yesterday.
~Among animals the death rate has
almost established a record. Dead
horses were reported lying along
streets in many sections of the city.
The local forecaster is authority for
the statement that today is to be
just like yesterday, when the mercury
rabfied 192. The promised cool
weather already appeared. so far as
the Lake Superior region was con-
cernedAast night. according to the
forecaster. Thercool wave which is
coming from the northwest is movin‘g
faster on its north than it is on its
south end.
HM. “WM ”MD 01" ll“ ‘
A‘Nlifilillfl fllSlliFl' ARI!
While driving a load of hay yester-
day morning. ill‘rank 3. Davis, of Hurl-
burt street, met with a serious acct.
of a storage warehouse destroyed by
fire on Thursday night last, to re-
cover the cost of extinguishing the
tire. The basis of' the action is the
con ntion that the warehouse, which
is a' Amsterdam avenue and lSlst
street, would not have been destroyeu
nor would there have been necessity
for four alarms, if the owner had
complied with the tire lawa. The ac-
ttion is the second of its kind in the
history of the New York department.
Albert Hartogsformerly-of Norwalk,
ls manager of the warehouse com-
pany. having moved to New York city
a couple of years a . ,
Chief 'Kenlon info ed Mr. AdamI
son after the tire that had there been
fireproof, shutte on the windows of
the warehouse. r a fire wall to divide
the building—both of which details
are ordered by th fire laws—the
blaze would have bee a trivial one
and the damage insignificant. An
itemized account of the cost to the
' - ~ _’ department in the services of men
FAvok THE moAns and apparatus, coal, water and other
. details was begun at once and the
\ announcement of the proposed court
conference between Chairman Dew-action was made yesterday. The cost
man Md President Wilson. the Senate will run into some? thousand dot-
Judiciary committee today considered ms,
an amendment. to the Clayton until In discussing the matter yesterday
Trust I“ to postpone for "'0 'W ommissioner Adamson said:—
the effectiveness of a section which “The first action of this kind ever
after Qctober 16 would name deal-brought was in 1914 hgainst the
inn botwoen railroads and er comowner of a large fa'ctory in East
porstloas having common officials or :Nlnoty-nlnth street. where a tire pro.
played as a farm hand. ‘hlr, Bishop.
who has appeared depressed and dis-
courhged of late, arose about 5 o'clock
and preceded the other workmen to
the barn, evidently for the purpose of
“taking his own life. He climbed on
the hay mow and tied a rope to one
of the rafters. Amxing a noose about
his neck, he jumped from the it”!
mow and death must have beerg al-
most instantaneous.
When the companions found him
he was suspended about ten feet m
the floor. Medical Examiner S. H.
Huntington was‘ summoned, but the
suicide being committed in the town
of. Wilton, the case was turned over
to Medical Examiner Morrison of that
town. Deceased for a number of years
was employed by William B. Hurlburt.
of Wilton. but of late has been wt
ing for Mrs. White.
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AMENDMENT SAID T0
i says the union will continue to tight
The death list will be materially'
increased. it is feared, by victims inl
outlying districts. There are allur-
ently avail authenticated reports that
many prospectors..have llarn‘tl‘ap ed
at Tasbota and Kowcaah. ne
farmer and his ten \blldrlt are:
(Continued from Twelfth Page).
Diltlilldll is 8Pl\
outs tutu Mill
to still liliiiiif
F. ,0, Daring Says lls Was cruelly,
Treated inlsglattd
BOSTON. July 31.—Frank A. Dor-
ing of Quincy, who arrived Friday
from Liverpool. where be said‘ he had
been imprisoned for several weeks on
suspicion of being a German spy,
killed himself by shooting in his hotel
room here Saturday and left a note in
which he alleged that cruel treatment
at the hands of the British authorities
was responsible for his act.
The note said that Doring was;
arrested in England while on his:
way to France to establish a factoryi
for the manufacture of wooden legs
for injured soldiers and that when,
the fact of his German parentagei
became known to the police he was;
subjected to many indignitleo and}
cruelties. In conclusion, the writer
expressed the hope that his death
would serve to bring to public atten-
tion the fact that many Americans
were being wrongfully detaiifid in
England .and obliged to submit to
similar treatment.
Dorlng was 25 years of age. Ac-
cording to friends. he had never
been engagedjn any business Tit this"
country.
Plili ill iliilli
llliillil his will
NEW YORK. July 81.-—fiiliciais of
the Third Avenue Railway Company.
the operation of which was suspended
yesterday after a strike of about a,-
500 employee, promised to attempt to
resume the movfiment of cars, today:
Previous 0 arts to maintain a service
have roan] in disorder and many
arrests. Edward A. Matter. setters]
manager of the company; as hearth
"limbo strikers I) a finish Willis”
13‘. Italian. president of the l ternatlon-
‘at Association brunet hall's: Men.
until it hos cruised the employos
being a farewell to Mr. Gilmartin, who
today assumes the management of a
branch once in Brockton. Mass. The
party assembled at 9:80 o'clock and
after a feast of good things. P. J
Leonard. on behalf of the local lust“ .
ance men, presented hlr. Glimdrtln
with a handsome diamond Eiks' watcn
charm. The gift was accepted in a
gracious manner by the host of the
evening, who acknowledged the same,
with appropriate remarks. All present!
felt that the local branch was loath};
a capable manager, whose administra-
tion here has been very successful.
Those who enjoyed the dinner were
P. J. Leonard, w. J. Fitzgerald, J.
Drury, T. P. |Kelly, A. Adler, Sir.
Josem. E. McCarthy. F. Ruta. F. Fitz-
maurice and T.’ P. Gilmartin.
lllflliilli PARillSlS
Pillilll llil’lillllllli
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Attacks Near: ..
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been openfing‘fin.
thoushnotonsie .‘
thou-sensuous; '
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Eight ds
tune I ‘I -
maps, who were . ,
hunched on the right _
they had to retire, ~ "
state of the river
considerable loss,’
captain. The Germans
theater are putting up
getic defense." ~ g
at As the result (If less!“
ters in the region Q
Somme the British . ;
night advanced thob w
some points on the pd'a
north of the town of i
Petit, it was officiallyt
this afternoon.
An Arab force d
the Hejas coast of ti!
after the fall of Jedddl; _
tured the Turkish
of Yembo, says a. .
Cairo to Reuter’sT
party. The troops in -"
garrison were made -
ii wds stated this morning, by the
.health authorities, that the condition
Jot Anna Adlson, the baby who was
stricken last week with infantile
'rtsrglysls, is daily improving. The
tcit'se was not believed at the butset
l to be a severe one, but all precautions
lwere taken by the Board of Health,
The child and
hav-
a.-.
of'evemfloiidu‘comp‘ny in the cityi
At present, he asserts. the union‘s
,. one“
“to delete- ,
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dents As he was, tut-nine his team into directors. the plan lrto delay putting nation order had boos ignored. The
the roadway from the meadow the tho-section into effect patting invos-gaetion was possum two‘scctions
wagon overturned and Mr. Ba was ttgsttoatgr the entire railroad mutton-,or. .thevcbartsr. gnome resorted,
thrown has to the ground. is left tion by cSrcceutly crested joint‘cont wand thud ‘ ' :ol the appellate-
arm was bro below the elbow. grosslonslcommlttoo. The proposed division-m unanimous iniupboldinu-
unassisted to his home, sad Dr. amendment. which is earnestly do thanks commutation ,;.r Mb, col-
H.‘ gustinston wds summoned. The sired by the rstlroadwhss-ebc a rip loot: Moos: washout , the tire
horse sums to disarray sftscthe of the pmldontand efforts. will, be smiths-ouch; ‘ “sent
accident. Wm stopped after going made to . ”th ’prassnuoo- in. W aritis ‘ outgro-
, ~ , . . sluanot was. . ~ mom-tall.” ‘ ~ -
grievance is againstvth'e Third Avenue
“It. ”if. , .. . '
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nevertheless.
mother are still confined at the Nara»
make Home. and although desirohs of
leaving. will be restrained there for
some time yet. The board will take
no chances on inviting the spread of
the disease in Norwalk.
Both the police department and the
Board of Health, are 61in receiving
numerous calls in regard to families
moving in and out of Norwalk, or 2f
visitors believed to be in from New
Yorker Brooklyn. 'Both departments
are working in co—operation wish each
other, and it is not at all probable,
owing to the strict watch which is
being instituted, that the disease will
ever obtain a foothold in this city.
‘Dr. Lauren M. Allen. of South Nor-
walk, by his immediate action of :iotl-
fying Health Officer Tracey, of the
existence of the present case. saved
the public from cominpinto possible
further contact with the disease,
With such prompt action as this.
there is little danger of a case de-
veloping unknown in Norwalk.
SAVIN ROCK. B'ATHER. DROWNED
NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 31.—The
body of a man identified as that of
Patrick Cooley, 22 years old, of New
Enron, was found on the bench at 8a-
vin tRoci; West Haven, today. at low
title. at about 1,000 feet off shore. The
body, was ‘ottired in a bathing suit.
The young man went bathing yester-
day. it is believed a seizure of crsthps
was responsible for his drowning.
* EMPEROR raaucis Joann-t ILL
LONDON. July 81.—Enipcror Fran- H
cl: Joseph of Austrin. caught a severe
chill while inspecting his troops, saysi . , ”7'5"-
btits Vessel in, the:
lands for the ’
a Vienn 'dispatch forwarded to Lon-i
don by e correspondent at the Hague
of the Exchange Telegraph Company.
gtdms and situations were.
e
North of the Somme
and last night the t
doubled their count ‘
tween the Hem W ,
acu farm, says to
ment issued this a
French War Der, we
struggle was ‘ ‘
around Momentum,
Germans got a f - . .‘
ment. but were 'ut
on back. ” ""“
'At Hem Wpod all
assaults were repulsed
counter attacks. At
time the French ba
left bank of the Somme. _
merit: continues, , .
German troops, infll
loss. a
On the west bank; ci‘i‘
in the Verdun fem;
attack on th east side
”failed. , ‘ .
On the right bank; -
the French pro ‘f
the region :0“th
The Dutch snail“
Koningen Willie -- '
a mine near North i
shim says a" distribute
tt.\5l
sgue to Room
Coinpsny. The
ill" majesty is described as being veryI
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