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Whn. the police We're rrCouulWg the
money and jcwclry a small stout man
walked into the station, accompanied by
a woman. Lieut. Smith and acting
Captain Mulligan were at the desk, Tho
man was apparently much agtated. II
beg your pardon" he began, II am
Henry W Watson Of Pennsylvania. This
woman here put my wife on a car 10
meet me at ~ o'clock, and | have not
heard from her, although | have been
telephoning ever since trying 10 locate
her. | would IKE 10 ASK your assist
ance."
cant. Mulligan undertook the task OF
telling the husband that his wife at that
moment was lying on the stretCher in
the rear
When ne was permitted to see the
body he almost collapsed and had to be
assisted from the room After he had
recovered sufficiently the sergeant asked
him .r his wife was in the habit of car
rying large amounts of money and Jew
elry around with her. He said she
sometimes had one or two thousand dot .
lars IN bills sewed in the lining of her
garments, but when he was informed
that she had $4,000 worth OF jewelry
and more than $4,000 In cash he was
amazed.
The woman who accompanied Mrs.
Watson on her shopping trip was Mrs.
Ida FaXon, 64i Riverside Drive, IA
former schoolmate of Mrs. Watson. 1t
was she who went with Mr. Watson To
the police station.
Mrs. Watson WAS about 40 years old
The body WAS turned over 10 an under
taker in Lexington avenue TO prepare
for shipment to Pennsylvania. Mr.. and
Mrs Watson had no children
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RIGGS BANK CASE
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Officers Who Accused McAdOO
and Williams Do Not
Appear.
AILES TAKES THE STAND
Brokers' Bookkeeper, Who
Swore to Stock Deals,
Also Testifies.
AILES TAKES THE STAND

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Interest In re-
ports az to the probable consequences OF
the suit brought by officials OF the Riggs
National Bank against John Shelton
williams, Comptroller of the Currency,
and Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
last spring was revived to-day when
vice-President Milton L. Allies and As
sistant Cashier Joshua Evans or the
bank and other persons who have figured
in the case appeared before the Federal
Grand Jury.
II was regarded as significant that the
officials of the bank. President Glover
and others. who signed the affidavit sub
mitted by counsel for the bank last
spring. stating that tho bank never had
traded in stocks, did not appear before
the Grand Jury. Sensational rumors
were afioat following the submission OF
this affidavit that an effort might be
made to prevail on the Department OF
Justice to procure indictments.
Among those who appeared before the
Grand Jury was W. Morris hammond.
for years a bookkeeper In the failed
brokerage firm OF Lewis, Johnson a Co,
In which President Glover and some of
his associates have admitted that they as
individuals bought and sold stocks. Lam
mond signed an affidavit filed 10y the
Government setting forth the activities
Of bank officials with reference to alleged
stock transactions. Another witness was
the young woman notary public who
took the affidavit submitted by the bank
officials during the hearing last spring.
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surface car, 1t had gone down as
the tracks sank under it and lay there
crushed. Heads and arms We're thrust
from the windows, and those who
looked ON helplessly could hear the
cries of the ones caught In the wreck
age. Women and girls who caught a
glimpse of what was happening tell
aintiug or ran away shriekins and
laughing hysterically'
From the broken ends Of great steel
pipes heavy streams of water poured
on those who were struggling for their
lives. Broken gas mains flooded the
air with sitting odors, Here and there
tongues of flame licked at the timbers
From the ncighhOrhood arose cries
of distress that mingled weirdly with
those that came from the jumhlcd mass
that a moment before was street
Then. after that first moment OF eX-
citement, came the rcs.uers,
Volunteers Rushed 4" the Rescuc.
Long before the firemen had reached
the place, and the liremen came very
! quickly, the buildings surrounding the
cut were pouring out men and women
with ladders. ropes. pieces OF wire
| anything they could lay their hands
on that might be of assistance In get
! ting the injured To the Old street level
Some Of those who had gone down
escaped without injury or with slight
bruises. They too turned their at.
tention to the more unfortunate ones
Firemen and policemen came witt
long ladders and in short time IA,
pit was cleared OF the injured. TIL,
dead were taken up after that.
II Is the nrst time, according I,
those who have the subway work II
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Heavy Blast, Weak Snoring. or
Both, May Have Caused Un-
usual Accident at gath
to 25th Street
CROWDED SURFACE CAR PLUNGES
INTO EXCAVATION IS FEET DEEP
Rescue Work Rushed by Police, Firemen
and Citizens, Women Giving First Aid
Many Have Narrow Escapes

Seven persons were killed and nearly
a hundred injured, many of them Sc
verely. when the temporary roadway
over the new subway under construc-
tion in Seventh avenue. between Twen-
ty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets,
crumpled beneath them yesterday
morning and filled the pit thirty-five
feet below with a disjointed mass of
heavy timbers and steel girders.
When the dust had lifted those who
had rushed TO the edge Of the chasm
saw hundreds of men and women
making frantic efforts TO free them
selves from the tangled wreckage. At
one end of the great hole was "A
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APPENDIX LOSING POPULARITY.
Pancrens More Important, Say Sur
ReOnst "TwiIiEht Sleep" Fading.

PHILApELPHIA, Sept, 22.-The pan
creas within a few years will suppant
tho appendix both in importance and
popularity, according to opinions ex-
pressed by Drs. John b. Deaver and
Ernest Laplace, both prominent sur
geons. before the Pennsylvania Medi-
cal Society. in convention here to-day.
Many diseases of this organ are unrecog-
nized and often are attributed to other
causes, but the profession is learning
more about its nature all the time, said
Or. Deaver.
Other speakers said that Il was neces =.
sary TO perfect some harmless method OF
painless maternity that would prove
more practicable and less injurious than
the so-oalled twilight sleep" system, II
seemed 10 be the general opinion that
this method IL useless.
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another village had been destroyed by
French artillery, German troops cleared
up the ruins with difficulty and bull,
shelters around the remaining walls. The
French soon made this shelter unteu-
able"
The OMcinI Reports.
The official communlque issued to-
night follows
The same artillery activity contin-
ues to the north and south OF Arras
as well as between the Sonme and
the Disc and to the north of the Aisne.
There was "a violent bombardnent in
the region OF La Vile aux Bois, where
we compelled the enemy to evacuate a
fortified post. which we have occu-
pied.
In Champagne there was a cannon
ade by both sides at great number
of points. An enemy patrol which at
tempted to penetrate our lines was
completely destroyed
The artillery action was particu-
larry intense in the Argonne. on the
western edge and In the region Of La
iiaute Chevauchee.
ON the heights Of the Meuse, to the
northwest of Bouchet our batteries
destroyed the works of the enemy and
caused an explosion in the enemys
lines.
There was a cannonade OF equal
violence In the forest OF Apremont
on the Lorraine front and in the
Vosges, in the sectors OF the Meurthe
and of the Save.
In reprsal for the bombardments
directed by the Germans against the
open cities and the civil popula tions
of France and England group of
aviators went this morning to bonn
bard Stuttgart, capital OF Wuerttem-
berg. \ hundred shells were thrown
at the royal palace and the railway
station. our aeroplanes, although
heavily bombarded at different points
on their long journey. returned un-
damaged to their point of departure.
The afternoon communique was as fol
lows:
In Belgium there has been fairly
spirited cannonading I'm the region OF
BOesirghe. In the sectors of Arras
and Agny there was spirited rife
firing last night, which brought out
violent artillery exchanges from both
sides.
Between the Somme and the Disc
there has been intermittent lombard
mcnt in the regions Of Armancourt
Daucourt and Loges. There have been
also artillery engagements to the
north Of Camp de Chalons. between
the Aisne and the Argonne, and in
lorraine, in the suburbs OF Rechi-
court and Lelntrey.
French aviators have bombarded
the barracks of the enemy ut Mid.
dlckerke. as well as railroad train
between Bruges and Thorout. A group
OF eglt French aviators has effec-
lively bombarded the railroad station
at Conhans, on the line between
Verdun and Metz.
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,v,,, ,he execution OF an attack by a
,,o,',,an natrol in Champagne the fight
,' ne mast twenty-four hours has
US re ,arceIv in the hands of the artillery.
- .,t,tar,, duels i'm Artois and TO the
.,h 80 ,hs Aisne. in the Argonne and
lD' tn. ~ heights of the Meuse, on the Lor-
on - font and in the Vosges continue
a..ro,,, ahotement.
TSo hsIIcf is general in Paris that this
,,,,aaasinp bombardment is to be the set
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CALL ALLEGED AMERICAN SPY.
Man Tried In Paris Claims Citizen
ship-IIRsn't Notified Embass

PARIS. Sept. ga Moore Frledt, "a
years old, who claims to he an Amerl.
can citizen, was arralgned In IA military
court here to-day and accused OF espio-
mage.
The prisoner has not yet appealed to
the American Embassy.
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JOHN D., JR., SLEEPS
IN MINERS NIGHTIE
Has to Borrow 1t, Brush and
Comb, While Family "Dou-
blcs Up" in Cabin.
TELLS MEN TO SPEAK UP
Employees Own Fault If They
DO Not Show Him What
They Need, He Says.

DENVER, Col. Sept. 22.-John d.
Rockefeller, Jr.. who in the popular con-
ception here is supposed to have been
at the head OF the forces OF capital in
the recent industrial conflict In Colorado.
slept last night in the home of n miner.
Joseph Haske. In the mining camp Of
Primero. The family had to double up
to provide him with a bed. lie used
night shirt, borrowed from Mr.. Haske.
and Mrs. Haske's hair brush and comb.
Don't 20 to a particle of trouble on
my account" he said, u won't like it
a bit If you do. I want TO stay here
with you and gee Just how you live
every day Of the year"
There Is no hotel In the camp. so the
memb ~ OF the Rockefeller party were
accommodated in the homes OF miners
The newspaper men slept on desks In the
company's offices with blankets bor-
rowed from the store.
III you want to go back TO Trinidad
to sleep Ia regular bed will promise
you won't run away during the night
a "'' ''i'pii'h' spu IL
happens and ] won't start out in the
morning until you get here" Mr.. Rocke-
Teller had said to the newspaper men.
Has to Wait for supper.
He made "A thorough investigation Of
the mine property and of miners homes.
BY that time supper was ready. MIR.
Rockefeller declined half dozen invita-
tions 10 dine with mine officials and
went up to the companys boarding
house. The place was packed with
miners and Mr.. Rockefeller was told he
would have to wait for the second table.
That suits me-" said he Just so
you leave me something to eat
/ He sat on the porch with other wait
| ing men.
The miners have a brass band and as
soon az the members had snatched "A
bite they huriS.d away for their instru-
ments. The band marched to- the board
ing house Just as Mr.. Rockefeller sat
down to dinner and furnished a concert
. throughout the meal.
In the evening there was picture
show in the little schoolhouse. The
miners turned out In full force and Mr.
Rockefeller was one of the first persons
on hand. lie laughed heartily at tn.
comedy Aim and seemed 10 have az good
a time as any one Invited to address
the gathering, he complied without hesi-
tation
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OTTAWA, Sept 2e.--Ofiicial announce
ment was made to-day of the arrival In
England Of the Canadian troopship
MetaEama which sailed on September II
with 100 soldiers, chiefly from AIberts
and Manitoba.
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When Mr.. Rockefeller is not busy in
specting property or talking with the
miners a" frequently JOINS in Kidding
bees" He told the following stories
on himself to-day
81 was walking down the main street
of Trin!dad on my way back to the
hotel from u moving pio,ure show when
"A newsboy ran up I" me, Buy paper"
he said, Read all about Rockyfellcr
He's in town tonight"
"'Go on said, Mr.. Rockefeller's
not in Trimdad, You're taking me to
sell paper,
Yes, he L.. too, In town said the
boy. Il saw him g. down the street a
while ago. He's a plain old cuss--
looks like 30 cents.
Another chap had me sized up about
the same as that newshoy, Mr.. Heydt
and myself stopped IN Cleveland on the
way out here TO see my father We had
lot of running around 10 do and we
hired a taNicab. We used the cab for
f'aDIin,IyI nm
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The hammond 4 tSSdayit.

The testimony II hammond last spring
was in the form Of AN affidavit by Mr.
Untermye er Here is the affidavit:
am and have been from the be-
ginning familiar with the stock and
bond transactions between the firm
and the riggs National Bank which
appear upon the accounts in the books
Of Lewis, Johnson d Co
This account was opened January 3,
1906 IT was closed October :. 1913.
There are about 1854 pages containing
accounts of purchases and sales for
the Riggs National Bank in its name,
each page showing on the debit and
credit side approximately twenty
transactions. more or less, on each
side of these accounts. making 5000
transactions on the form of the yellow
sheet which will be found referred to
in the affidavit of Bennett, heretoror.
filed.
Mr.. Lammond's affidavit was intended
to meet an affidavit signed by Presiden
Glover. Nice-president Flather an,
Cashier Flather.
The bank never at any time since IL
organization" this affidavit reads
bought or sold any stocks whatever
from or through the firm of Lewis. John
son q co. and that If any entries on I'M
books Of the bankrupt firm of Lewis
Johnson g. Co, purported to show tina
the RIGGS bank had ever at any tim
since its organization, bought stock. sol,
stock. or made short sales, those entrie
are false"
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charge. that such an accident has 90
Cured. For hours yesterday the o.
perts in that Kind Of work puzzled
over the causes of II. A variety OF
accounts AS to just what happeneo
before the woodwork collapsed mace
their Investigations more difficult, and
up to a late hour no one could Do
found who had a theory that he was
willing to say would stand.
1t was established that dynamite
blast was the primary cause. but just
how II acted is a matter of conjecture.
One theory is that the blast hurled .
huge piece of rock against support
ing timber, knocking it from its place
and causing the whole structure to
collapse because of the additional
strain on the other supports Another
theory was that gas had accumulated
during the night and that it was ex-
ploded by the blast lifting the roadway
from its supports, leaving them to
fall
Some Of the officials who began their
Investigations yesterday We're quick
to condemn the kind of snoring that
the United States Realty and I'm
provement Company, in immediate
charge of the work. had been using.
Others were equally emphatic in as
serting that this kind of construction
is the safest known to engineers.
OHicials Await Detnils.
Members of the Public Service Com
mission and District Attorney Perkins
said they would wait until they had
all the facts before they ventured
an opinion or sought TO fix response
bility. Investigators began working
Immediately. and it is certain that
several formal hearings will he held
, within a few days.
Police and firemen md others who
were early on the ground united in
giving praise TO the officers of the
! National Cloak and Suit Company fer
the manner in which they save iirst
aid TO the injured. The company
maintains hospital Cor its own en-
ployeeS-thcre are more than 5000
Of them--and this and other sections
of the big plant were given over 10
caring for those who were brought up
! 10y the rrSCucIS.
| Quick work hy all concerned proba-
| bly, prevented a disaster of appalling
| proportions. 1t so happened that Q
I representative OF the Consolidated Gas
/ Company WIS on tn spot, ana he
! sent in an emergency call FOR help
within two minutes after the accident.
The flow os gas through the eight
( inch mains on the street level. which
were broken Off when the roadway
caved. was stopped within short
time. The flow of water in the high
pressure fire mains was also stopped
quickly, preventing those piniOned be-
! low from being drowned.
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II am enjoying one of the principal
things | came all the way from New York
tJr." lie said. Il wanted to sprnd a
:, ,ial evening with you folks and get
acquainted. You have gratihed my wish
Ny only regret is tina, can't stay longer
viii you.
While ] am her" want NoI folks
o let me talk to you just MS 4 I were
one of your neghhors Don't stand back
and SAY. Oh, this fellow is from New
Yori, He is no, Interested N us | am
Interested in you, heartily Interested
That's why | am here.
Il want to see FOR myself just how YOU
1--we now yoI work. what your home and
clothing ana food are Ike. hOw YOU en-
10Y yourselves, | am going to stay right
here ia COLORADO until ] have visited
every camp owned by my company. and
| am not going 70 miss a thing while |
am mere.
II am no, going to- take anybody's
word but NIurs for conditions IN these
coal camps, ana 1t - your own fault a.
YOU IOn't speak right ny and say what
you honestly think, Tel me what 'm-
proNrmcn'S are needed IN your working
conditions .lrd in your homes and IN Your
surroundings. Just feel a. free Ia talk
TO me any 10 time a. You would to y'ur
n.ighbOrs'
After inspecting rrlm"ro Nj Rookie
Teller and his party left for SopiS
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WOMAN'DROpSDEAD
IN CAR WITH $4,000
Identified Later by Police as
Wife Of Ex-COngressman
II. w. Watson.
81 PIECES OF JEWELRY
Body Will Be Shipped to COun-
try Estate. Beechwood, at
LanghOrne, Pa.

plainly dressed, middle aged wo-
man yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock
boarded southbound Sixth avenue car
ut Forty-second street. As the car
reached Fortieth street she suddenly
pitched forward to the floor and when
she was picked up she was dead.
IL was not until an hour later at
the West Thirtieth street police sta
ton, after $4,000 worth of jeweiry
and more than $4,000 in cash had
been removed from the lining OF her
corset, that her identity was revealed.
She was Mrs. Annie Masden Vaughan
watson, wife OF Henry Winfield Wat
son. former Congressman from the
Eighth Pennsylvania district. whose
country estate. Beechwood Is at Lang
horne In Bucks county
Mrs. Watson and her husband came
to New York yesterday. he on legal
business and she to do some shopping
She went shopping with friend and
was In excellent spirits and apparent
good health when she said good-by to
her friend in front of Stern's in
FOrty-sscond street to go TO meet her
husband
The first evidence that she WAS not
well after she boarded the car was
when she lurched into tine aisle. Women
rushed TO her assista nee. The car was
stopped and Traffic Policeman Greene
sent hurry call to the New York
Hospital Dr. Lille. who arrived with
the .hulancs, pronounced her dead,
apparently from heart failure.
Sewed 10 Her Corset.
At the police station the body was
turned over to the matron to examine
for some means of identification. while
SerGt. Cogan examined the large
leather hand bag and two black satin
bags she was carrying at the time OF
her death. The matron found sewed
and pinned to the corset various chamois
bags. divided into neat partitions.
When the chamois containers were
ripped open the eyes of the police
bulged at the sight OF the wealth they
: contained. The cash when added up
totalled sl2.ls6.sb. There was sll,60O
IN bills Of Sl00 denomination and the
ren-sinder was In smaller bills and gold
/ pieces, each wrapped separately. The
bills we're contained in double sill,
waterprUOfed enN elopes. about $1,000 IN
each The enyelopes bore the address
of the pennsylysnla Company. 5l7
+ Chestnut street, philadelphia,
The first indication of her identity
was discovered through the name on
several railway passes-Mrs. IL W
| Watson. In addition there ver. can.
/ celled checks for large amounts on the
! Pennsylvania Compauy. which wer,
made out and signed by Mrs. 4. VI. V
! Watson.
/ Even greater w.tlth Was revealed
by tax receipts for extensive prop.
critics I'm Rio Rlanco county. Colorado
| Another paprr showed thar she owned
/ large cattle interests in Colorado
| While the pollce we're counting In,
cash the inatron dump,d on the table
before them "A quantity OF jewelry. II
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Finds Crowd Ericndiy.

Word OF hi coming had preceded MIN
and A crowd was out to welcome him
with cXpresSiOns of extreme frieudllncsS
Nowhere was there the slightes, sign of
hostility. some of TN" men with whom
ne talked longest were those who took
a prominent part in the strike a year or
more ago.
one of the first persons who greeted
Mr.. Rockefeller was n-ycar-old E!sido
p,liZz.. The 10y ran out into the road
and asked MIR. Rockefeller to shake
hands Mr.. Rockefeller smilinSly COM
piled
us your father miner"" asked the
visitor
yes" said the boy He Is down in
the workings now
81 supyose you will he miner YOUR
self some day" said Mr.. Rockefeller,
"Not ON your tintype,' said the boy.
81 don't care for that kind Of job.
want to come and work IN your
Office ia New York
IAN right sir" said Mr., Rockefeller.
"Iu give yIu q joh just ms soon as You
are old enough. but I'll promise YOU
YOU will work a great deal harder on
broadway than you ever would IN Colo
RADIO"
The boy went away happy. \ moment
later Harry Jones, one OF the Companys
clerks, stepped mp and laughugly re-
marked
Il would not mind having tina, job
until that kid is old enough To take
it," Mr.. Rockefeller laughed and said
"l'll see about it,
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soecio, ca6Ie Despotcl 10 Tnr srx

PARIS. Sept. 22.--Freuch aviators bonn
barded Stuttgart. the capital OF Wuert-
temberg. this morning
The attention Of the aviators was
given chiefly To the royal palace and the
railway station, loo shells being dropped
on these places. At various points along
the route from the French lines the aero
planes were bombarded. lslt they re-
turned undamaged.
The official statement of the raid
makes no mention of the damage done,
The point OF departure is not named
in the communicate. II this was Nancy
the ayiators had a straightaway flight Of
1876 miles TO Stuttgart. allowing for no
detours. The distance from Belfort is a
matter of five miles shorter. No mention
is made in the official statement OF other
points bombarded by the aviators on
their trip to and from Stuttgart
The afternoon statement, issued before
the announcement of the attack on Stutt-
CART. tells OF the effective bombardment
OF the railroad station at Confane, which
Is in occupied French territory on the
line between verdun and Metz, by .
group of eight French airmen. There IL
nothing to indicate whether this earlier
bombardment was effected by the same
aviators who dropped bombs on Stutt-
CART. If the latter made their start IRON
Verdun they had longer distance to go
than from Nancy or Belfort. some l70
miles in a straight line. Further actiV-
inv of the French air service IL noted at
Middelkerke. Belgium, where aviators
dropped bombs on the enemy barracks
and between Bruges and Thorout, where
a railway train was bombarded'