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YOUR furniture to repair. refinish and
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WE sharpen safety razor blades better
 than new, 25c dozen; mail us your blades. Robert Prowell Hardware Co.,, Birmingham, Ala. o-ll.tI
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
BILLION IN VAULTS SAFE
Tremendous Amount of Negotiable Sc
curities Still Under Ruins of
Equitable Building.

The vaults OF the Equitable Building,
which included the vaults Of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society, the vaults
OF the banking firms which had their
quarters I'm the block and the vaults OF
the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
sheltered a tremendous sum IN negoti-
able securities, which aggregated, ac-
cordins 70 the estimate OF a high officer
of the Equitable, fully $1,000 0OO,OOO.
Leading in this big total were the
$500 600 600 worth OF securities held by
the Equitable Life Assurance Society IN
It's vaults. These securities were the
property of the life insurance company
alone.
The bankers whose quarters were IN
the Equitable block, and more partlcu-
larly the safe deposit company whlch
held millions In securities for estates ana
individuals, could give only approximate
estimates Of their securities in those
vaults. for the reason that the books,
from which alone could be gathered a
specif1c total of these securities, were
locked away with the securities In the
vaults.
The following is a list Of estimates
which does not deal with the smaller
aegreaations Of securities on deposit
with the Mercantile Safe Deposit Com
many. which would probably raise the
grand total several million dollars more:
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

ties held by the company, and the secu-
rifles themselves could have been dupii-
Gated through that medium, II it was
necessary"
GIr. Rittenhouse received hourly re-
ports from The scene OF the fire on this
matter OF the safety of the vaults. and
he announced about o'clock in the
afternoon that he had been informed by
the fire chief that the vaults throughout
the building were intact and that their
contents were safe.
The records, actuarial data and all
such papers which accumulate with the
growth Of an insurance company, and
gain their value from their mass, were
all safe, according to Mr.. Rittenhouse.
The most OF them had been moved
within the last year to vaults in the
Hazen Building, where the greater part
of the companys routine work was car
rled on. and OF those which remained In
the home office building duplicates were
kept in the offices Of the Hazen Build
ing
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
WANT STEEL TRUSTS HEAD
Contempt Proceedings Unless
Officials Produce Books.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

washington, Jan. 9.-Accusing the
Steel Trust OF denying the committee
access to its records and asserting We
hementIy that the officers of that cor
poration will be brought before the bar
Of the House for contempt unless the
documents wanted are Immediately
forthcoming, Chairman Stanley OF the
steel investigating committee tonight
prepared a subpoena which will be
served tomorrow on r. A. Farrell, pres
ident Of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The president Of the corpora
ton will be ordered to produce within
the next twenty days practically every
document of importance In the offices
oe the Steel Trust.
Chairman Stanley declared that he
was tired of the triiing Of the Steel
Corporation officials, whom he charged
with having made various excuses for
their failure to turn the books, profit and
,oss statements and other documents
dss,red TO a representative of the COM
mittee.
Among the books and papers which
the steel trust and its subsidiaries are
ordered to produce--some Of them dating
hack to the days when Andrew Carnegie
was the steel king, and prior to the for
nation of the trust itself-are the fol-
lowing:
.,,hsidiary companies Of the Steel Cor
,,ors tion from 1901 to 1910 inclusive: minutes
Of Of ali meetings std Of the the officers Of the cor
poasa Steel Company prior to April ]. 1901
minutes Of the Illinois sS Steel company the
Sn!.ysenoJ steel Company and subsidiary
railroads and mining comp;anies; all naha; min;
Stss SStosIsporation or itself schedules OF profits of Of
pIilSsp PRESIDENT Farrell and William ".
Corey in NeyetsSeera 1909 wtndTawn frs
oocun.. ali cost sheets at the various
SAINTS OF the corporation and nsiS s
OF the a other documents relating to the
Sfnlrmation Sla,s aEa and operation Of the trust.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
.F|REMEN RISK LIVES
TO RESCUE OTHERS
William GibIin, Trapped in Vault,
Saves $4,000, 900 in Papers;
One of Four Helpers Lost.
WATCHMAN DIES AT POST
Night Fireman Works at His
Boilers in Great Peril, and One
Man Is Dug Out Through
Sidewalk Trap.

The great fire was fraught with thrill
ing situations. Firemen, reckless OF
their own safety. fought against peril OF
fire and falling masonry while they
strove TO rescue imprisoned men in the
basement of the big building. Employees
I'm the building proved themselves heroes
in dozen different ways. Some Of these
men exposed themselves to almost Ger
tain death in the attempt to prevent
boiler explosions or to save valuable rec
ords kept in the safety deposit vaults.
william Gfblin, president OF the Mer-
camille Safe Deposit Company, which
had offices on the first floor of the
burned building, owes his life to the
bravery Of squad of firemen working
under the direction of Fire Commits
sioner Johnson.
Mr.. Gibbin had hurried to the scene
Of the fire from the Hotel Breslin,
and had made, his way into the base
ment OF the building. He was accom-
panied by William Sheehan, a special
officer; Frank w Peck, "A Waterman.
and two porters The president of the
company opened the massive steel doors
Of the vaults with his passkey and
entered, followed by the other men.
There were papers in the vaults repre-
ssnting more than SG,O0oO0O, and II was
these which Mr.. Giblin wo3 after.
Having secured the papers, Giblin and
the others started back toward the doors,
prepared to make their way again TO the
street. Giblin tried the door and found
It was locked. He had left the keys on
the outside in his hurry to get In. and
the steel bolts. working on a spring lock,
had sprung back into place. Impris-
oned in the steel box, with mountain Of
fire roaring above them and the sound
of tons of brick and mortar falling on
the flooring above their hea }, the men
knew they faced almost certain death.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
ROOSEVELT BRANDS
DINER AS A LIAR"
Quoted as Saying He Was Not
Candidate, but Would Run
if Nominated.
DIFFER AS TO SPEECH
Ey pracidant To1kc at Dinner of
DIFFER AS TO SPEECH
Ex- President Talks at Dinner of
Aldine Association-"Most
Misrepresented Man
in America"

man who was at the dinner given
last night at the Aldne Association. No
200 Fifth avenue for Theodore Roosevelt
and DR.. Lyman Abbott quoted Colonel
Roosevelt as saying during his address:
Il am not a candidate for the Presi-
dency, but If nominated will run"
The diner declined TO make known his
enter the dining room.
Another diner quoted Colonel Roose-
Welt as having said:
II am not candidate. l will not be a
candidate. | do not want to be candi-
date for the Presidency. ! would not
give oHt = this statement If thought
newspaper men were here. know l am
talking with honorable men,"
= A third diner quoted him as saying,
emphatically, 81 will not be a candi-
date"
n fourth diner attributed the following
statement to eX-President Roosevelt:
II am the most misrepresented man in
America"
When the dinner ended the ex-Presi-
dent, accompanied by Lyman Abbott and
several club members. appeared in the
ground floor corridor of the clubhouse.
During your address did you say that
you are not candidate for the Presi-
dency, but that If you were nominated
you would run?"- he was asked.
Colonel Roosevelt turned on his heel
and faced the reporter. His jaws set
firmly and his eyes snapped.
Amy man who came down from the
dinner and quoted me is liar" he de-
clared.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
Six Lives Lost and Nineteen Persons Injured,
but Result as to Property Value Is
Gain to Assurance Society.
VAULTS WITH BILLION INTACT.
Baze Kept from Spreading Despite High Winds-Cold
Weather Adds to Firemen's Troubles Water Freez-
ing Almost as Soon as Pumped on Build
ng-Battaion Chief Missing

The most extensive city the burning of the United
Express Compay building lower Broadway six ago.
the eight structure OF the Equitable Lie Assurance
coe covering financial district early yesterday
morning -
Though manv millions dollars had been expended on the build
ing its destruction property value Tor the Equitable
Society which no doubt will carry out plans filed 1903 Tor
building OF sxty-two stories.
The property recently appraised at $l300 of which
100000 was for the building itself
Six persons lost the fire and or more were m
d Two empoves the Savarn restaurant were dashed TO deatn
on the sidewalk when which they were descending
from the burning building severed by the Hames and rd per-
sed the furnace porter jumped from window Inc nh was
achnan who refused leave the vaults and was suhocated
Battalion Chief William Walsh of several hemen 10 DC
caught under falling ceiling the fourth floor The others escaped
d Cof Walsh who has since believed TO nave
perished :. -, e, ,orx
Practically gale blew during the fire. making the hree
t more difficult but blaze confined to the EqutaOe puu
mo The cold weather further hampeed the hre hgnterS "
m orlv on the building which length came to be mass OF
sckaoe ncased in ice also the fremen themselves
The us containing O00O0OOo Of securities were reported at
late hour Yesterday to though buried under mass OF r
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
Tho Rescue OF Giblin.


Led by Giblin. they ran to the steel
barred windows facing on Broadway and
shouted for help. Then they wrenched
at the two-inch bars, trying TO tear them
from their fastenings In sheer despera-
ton. Their cries were heard by firemen
ir. the street. Chief Kenlon called for
volunteers from among the men. Every
man on the Job stepped forward. Even
while they awaited the word of COM
mand from their chief, great masses of
stone and steel cornice work fell crash
ing in front of the window. There was
no more dangerous spot In the burning
area Of the building.
After vainly trying to batter down the
heavy steel bars with their axes, the
fremen got hacksaws and began to cut
away the bars. Firemen Brown, Larkin
and Young. Of Truck /. did this work
with feverish haste, but their strength
was spent under hazardous conditions,
and to Giblin and the others within 1t
seemed maddeningly slow. 1t was fully
an hour and a half before the first bar
was cut through. In the mean time
other firemen, directed by Kenlon. played
a constant stream of water on the
flames, which momentarily approached
nearer.
heavy rope was now tied about the
end Of the cut bar and a dozen men
pulled on It until an opening was made,
through which Giblin was first pulled,
semi-conscious and exhausted. Then the
others were taken out Sheehan was in
a serious condition.
Another incident, in which mans
,,fe was snuffed out, occurred in the
,,au,ts of the safe deposit company.
John Campeon. captain OF the vaults.
was standing guard at the doors. when
aremen warned him to escape while
there was yet time. Campion, mindful
~ the great wealth which was intrusted
% his care, refused. Even later. when
escape by way OF the floors had been
cut off by the seething wall OF flames
and the only path to safety lay by way
=, the barred window on Broadway,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
HUB FACES BIG LABOR WAR
Allied Organizations Vote to Join
Striking Dockmen.

Boston, Jan. 1O.-A strike vote was
passed by all Knights of Labor organ
izations of freight handlers, freight
clerks, steamship clerks, roundhouse
men and ship carpenters at meetings
which began last night and extended
we'll into this morning. Work at all the
railroad terminals and steamship docks
VIII be tied up when the men go out.
4 meeting Of the district assembly has
been called for 1870 o'clock this morn
ing, when the hour Of opening the strike
will be decided upon. About three thou
sand men are involved. and they, with
the longshoremen, will bring the total
number of men affected up to six thou
sand.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
NEW CRUISER MAKES 81 KNOTS.

Devonport. Jan. s.-The British armored
cruiser Lion made speed record of more
than thirty-one knots to-day during an
eight hours full power trial run in stormy
weather. The German armored cruiser
Moltke was hitherto the holder OF the speed
record. having accomplished twenty-nine
knots during her trials
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
Famous Law Library Burns.

There burned with the building also
the valuable law library on the seventh
floor gathered by the late Henry Bald
win Hyde for the Lawyers Club, which
occupied half of the buildings fifth floor;
oceans of papers and records belonging
TO such tenants as the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads, and the many
LAWYERS with offices there. But the ST.
O5O. .OOO, 900 in cash and securities which
the fireproof vaults of the Mercantile
Safe Deposit Company, the Equitable
Assurance Society. Equitable Trust Com
pany and the half dozen other banking
houses in the building held is considered
safe
The Equitable Assurance Society had
been keeping the originals Of it's policies
and all its more valuable records in the
Hazen Building, at No. Albany street,
for over a year. so that Its loss In this
respect, supposed at first to have been
irreparable. Is really negligible.
The biggest single fire that New York
has had since that which destroyed the
building of the United States Express
Company six years ago started in the
storeroom OF the Cafe Savarih about 4
o'clock In the morning. The Cafe
Sayarin occupied the southwest quarter
of the basement, at Pine street and
Broadway. There the bakers were at
work early In the morning. and the po-
lice say they fought the fire for two
hours before making its existence
known.
They spoke instead to William Davis.
the night engineer. who turned in an
alarm In the building itself. calling to
his aid a force OF cleaners working on
the different floors. All the private ap-
paratus available was brought to bear
on the flames, but they continued to
feed greedily upon the mass Of linen and
other infiammabie material In their
path. One Of the lighters. realizing the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

T p. Rittenhouse, who spoke for Will
,ou A. Day, president of the Equitable,
so,d that the Equitable had perfect faith
,n the stability of its vaults. and the fact
that s3OO.O00,0oo worth of their secu-
s,,,as were in the vaults hidden in the
Inns was not worrying its officers in the
slightest.
eff IL had been slow. long fire." said
,r Rittenhouse, there might have been
sa,se TO worry on account Of the heat
sr,y,ng through the walls Of the vaults
and charring the papers but as 1t hap
pened the vaults are not covered with
any slow burning debris. Even In that
vent. however, there would have been
M loss to the Equitable. for the reason
,hat the State Insurance Department
has a duplicate record Of all the securi-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
ROOSEVELT oReeoN's CANDIDATE

Salem. Ore. Jan "a petition TO place
the name Of Theodore Roosevelt on the
primary ballot for President has been re-
ceived by the Secretary OF State. 1t was
filed by Oliver II. Hickey Of Portland.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
SOUTHERN RAILWAY, ,

Premler Carrier os the SOUTH"
y, Through Trains Daily from New York
70 the South. Highest Class Service. H. Y.
ymce, 2s4 Fifth Ave, cor. 10th 81. Tele-
a1one z2l4 Madison sq.--Adyt
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

The famous old Equitable Life n"'iu
ire. built a generation ago OF sra"''0
and trimmed with rare marbles ana rose
wood. Welded up it's scared ana "oriuS
so,,l Yesterday in red flame ana yeiio"
smoke. Late last night its open sne''
alone remained standing.
within the she'll the wreck still smoul-
aered and blazed fitfully cleaning Ieo
through the frost bound WINDOW ho'e''
IN front on Broadway and on all tnree
sidas in the narrow canyons OF Flhe'
Nassau and Cedar streets the nreiiien
kent pouring into the blackened canS vi
streams of water pulverized by the gaze
from the harbor, which drifted IN clouuS
NJ freeziug spray over the entire nelsh-
horbood binding everything in ice.
Though the Equitable Buildlns' lro'i
i,s inception in 1869 until completed ny
additions twenty years later coe.
millions IN construct, and the manner OF
,ts passine paralyzed the business heart
of the country for twenty-four hourS'
vet its loss has actually added seVerai
hundred thousand dollars to the value
~ the most valuable block in New YORK.
In the heart 'of the Wall Street district
this land is now worth more than when
covered by an outworn encumbrance.
But the lives of six men were sacrl-
feed for this gain, among them Bat
TALON Chief William J. Walsh, who van
ished from the sight of the living some
where on the fourth floor OF the build
ing. and william Canlpeon. captain Il
the watchmen employed by the Mercan-
tile Safe Deposit Company. Campeon'
faithful in death, still watched last night
over the millions of valuables trapped
in the Mercantile's vaults. Passersoy In
Broadway, such few as the police al
lowed in the block, got glimpse OF mis-
hands frozen to the steel bars OF an
outer door, where he had vainly clam
ored for help. The other victims or the
fire were three employees of the Care
Savarin.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

Invisible Kryptok eyeglasses for near and
distant vision. Spencers' Maiden Lane
Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

lHE FROST KINGS PART IN FIGHTERS BATTLE


Hose stream freezing as it strikes the heated walls
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

ed building covered with ice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-12
FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late John P. Rob-.
inson will take place form the resi-
dence. on Fairfax street, between
Duke and Wolfe, at eleven o'clock to-
morrow morning. The services will
be conducted by Rev. H. M. Canter.
The pallbearers will be:
Honorary-W. A. Smoot, G. S
French, w. w. Baker. of Baltimore,
Col. Dempsey, of Richmond, George
Holland, T. C. Pitcher, of Fauquier
H. R. Burke, Moses Green, of Fau-
ouier, Jos. Vass and DR.. ChewninG
Active-H. K. Field, j. c. Smoot
W. E Balm, Robert L. Payne, Jaques
van Schouwenberg, Charles E. Cox
Walter Roberts, J.. A. Eggborn, and
P. ]. Dempsey.
r. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Vet
erans, will meet at the house at 10:4E
and attend the funeral in a body u
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-12
PASSING OF OLD LANDMARK.
Wood and Iron in Old Slip is Being
Removed by Junk Dealers.

J. Driefus & Co., have purchased
from the Southern Railway Company
the material in the old transfer slip
at the foot of Wilkes street. The track
leading to the slip was removed some
time ago.
The site of the slip was occupied
many years ago by a plaster mill
which was operated by the late Geo.
Thomas. He was succeeded by the
late William S. Moore.
In 1878 the railway company con-
structed the. ferry slip which was
used jointly by the Southern
and Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. trains being transferred from
Alexandria to Shepherds, on the op-
posite side of the river. At first
passenger trains were ferried across
the river, and later the steamer Ex-
celsior was built for the purpose OF
bringing trains fro mthe r. f. & P.
R. R. from Quantico to Shepherds.
The passenger service, however. was
short lived, and from 1873 until about
1905 the ferry was used in the trans
fer of freight trains. After the con-
struction of the new passenger depot
and the Potomac Railroad yards the
Southern and Baltimore & Ohio
trains began to pass over the Wash
ington Southern tracks on their way
north.
The slip was allowed to fall into
decay and for some time has been
an eyesore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-12
FIRE IN HOSPITAL
CAUSES ALARM
Blaze in One-story Institu-
tion on Randalls
Island.
HIGH WIND AT TIME.
Firemen Soon Had Fire Under Control
And Relieved Suspense-Ready TO
Remove Children.

New York, Dec. 12.-Mora than one
hundred crippled children of both
sexes ranging in ase from to ID
years were in deadly peril for few
minutes early today. Fire was discov-
cred by Nurse Reilly III one story chill
dren's Hospital on Randal's Island.
Without waiting to see how bad it
was the nurse ran the special alarm
and the firemen stationed there cote
after the blaze which was in the Gel
lar. Meanwhile every nurse and at
tendant had sprung to thei: places
in their night clothing. The black
smoke was pouring up into the room
but e,e-y child there was wrapped
tightly in blankets and got ready for
trip in the snow covered grounds
should it be necessary. Some were
very badly frightened but the pres
enca of the nurses had quieting eff
feet.
Meanwhile the fire boat Mcclellan
was rushing from its berth at the foot
of 99th street as fast as steam could
bring it while engine companies and
hook and ladder truck was rushed
to the piers ready to be transported
to the island if needed The firemen
at the hospital, however, quickly had
the blaze under control and the chill
dren were not forced to 60 into the
bitter gale that was blowing outside.
Because of the high wiEd the fire
would have been very hard to fight
if it had gotten out Of the cellar.
The actual damage was small.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-12
Made Ten Flights.

Lieut.. T. G. Ellyson, U. S. NJ, yes
terday afternoon made a series of ten
very successful flights in new Cur
tiss flying boat, which recently has
been added to the naval fleet of air
crafts. He started from the catapult
at the Washington navy yard and flew
to point about five miles below Al
exandria, whence, rising to height Of
about 800 feet, he returned to the
navy yard. The time of the trip was
90 minutes. Ellyson said that the ma
chine answered to his every wish.
Experiments will be conducted from
now on at the navy yard with the cat
apult and the new launching device
which are nearing completion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-12
HOSPITAL NOTES

The Board of Managers of the
Alexandria Hospital held a long exec
utive session at the hospital this morn
ing. The most important subject dis
cussed was plans to secure funds for
the erection of the much-needed new
hospital building. A number of good
suggestions were offered, but no plan
was decided upon at this meeting.
Probably a called meeting will be
held previous to the next regular
monthly meeting at which time the
new hospital project may take definite
shape and a plan be adopted which
will secure the much needed funds fo-
the erection of new hospital build
ing.
C.. r. Manuk, of MI. Jackson, Va,
who was injured from g fall at the
round house of the Southern Railway
some days ago, will soon be able to
leave the hospital today for his home.
Mrs. Chas. D. Swan IL convalescent
and will be able to leave for her home
in few days.
Mrs. J. w. McMininamin, of 1925
Duke street, who has been operated
on. is doing nicely.
Mrs. r. Erwin Brawner, operated OF:
for appendicitis yesterday, is now do
ing nicely.
Miss Barbara CARRIER, Of Haytield
farm, is convalescent from an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Mr.. James Legg is convalescent.
aoam ,gMPar hmtarosh sas shrdN
Chas. Simms is convalescing after
an operation for appendicitis, and will
be able to leave for his home in short
time.
Richard Finks left the hospital to-
day after severe case of appendicitis:
His friends will be pleased to know OF
his recovery.
Lewis Smith. colored, was operated
on last night at o'clock for a bad
case of appendicitis. His condition
today is favorable.