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The Washington times., 1915-08-01
BLAZE IN SUBWAY
! SEARS PASSENGERS
Short Circuit EIectrifies Car and
Seats-Four Persons in
Rush-Hour Crowd Burned.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Passengers on
q northbound Dyckman express train
in the subway were thrown into panic
during the rush hour yesterday after
noon. when a short circuit developed in
the front car at the elevated Manhat-
tan street station. Four men were
burned. one Of them seriously. by the
flames which shot out of the control
box on the rear platform. and many
others escaped only by scrambiing into
the interior of the car. The injured
are:
Albert r. Ritter, twenty, a clerk OF
Ass Lagontaine avenue, the Bronx, face.
neck and head seriously burned.
Valerie Braquehais. sixty-three. Park
Or avenue. Fort Lee. N. j.. face and
Amozo Caesazep. forty-three. 50 Grove
street. left hand and face burned
The Rev. Gusta Bright. forty-five. of
Hillcrest avenue, Tuckahoe, N. Y, hand
and arm burned.
Trampled in Panic.
Ritter was sent to Knickerbocker
Hospital when DR.. Padula reached the
scene in an ambulance, and his condi-
ton last night was reported as serious.
The others were treated by the physi-
clan, and were able to 60 home within
. few minutes.
The front car was crowded with pas
sengers. many Of whom had just got
on at the Manhattan street station.
where the subway is in the open air.
The four men who were injured were
standing on the rear platform Of the
car when the short circuit developed.
One of them screamed as the blue
flames flashed from the control box
and scared his face. and In an instant
the passengers of the first car were on
their feet. scramblins toward the exits.
Many fell down. and several were
bruised by the feet Of the rushing crowd
and from being pushed against the
doors and sides of the car.
Although the guards and Conductor
George Mier shouted that there was no
danger. the panic spread to the second
car. and the passengers there also be-
gan pushing toward the doors. In the
first car the steel Of the car became
electrified. and flame burst out In sew
eral places along the seats.
The woodwork on the platform also
began to smolder. and there was a large
quantity Of smoke. The fire in the first
car and the smoke rolling back into
the second made the passengers more
panic-stricken than ever, and 1t was
only after much trouble that the guards
succeeded In calming them.
Extinguish Flames.
Guards in the rear cars managed to
conflne the excitement to the first two
cars.
The injured persons were quickly car
rted out onto the platform Of the Man
haitian street station and taken down
the escalator to a drug store at Broad
way and Manhattan street. where they
were given emergency treatment before
the arrival of DR.. Padula.
The guards then ordered the passen-
1ofs out Of the first two cars and ex-
onGuished the fire with extinguishers
from the regular equipment of the
train No alarm was sent to the fire
department.
Tho short circuit tied up subway
traffic for about twenty minutes.
The Washington times., 1915-08-01

plunged into the water unexpectedly
means that the victim Of the accident
Will lose rs per cent Of his swimming
efficiency.
Mr.: Longfellow declared that China
ie the only nation which took the
government, he declared, since the
loss Of the big liner now furnishes each
passenger on It's steamers with a lifc-
boat ticket
The Washington times., 1915-08-01
Smitten by Bees.

OWENSBORO, KY. Aug. 1.-The
Third Regiment. Kentucky National
Guard. met a decisive defeat in the bat
tie Of Bon Harbor. the attacking army
being made up Of the First and Second
Regiments. During the battle several
Of the soldiers thought that they had
been hit by shells and fell to the ground.
the wounds and discovered that the
men had been stung by bumblebees.
The Washington times., 1915-08-01
EDITOR IN GERMANY
BANISHED BY KAISER
Sent to Scandinavia for Indeter-
inmate Vacation" Because
of Expressing Opinion.

LONDON. Aug. L-Maximilian Har-
den. eminent German author and editor
Of Die Zukunft, is under the Kaiser's
extreme displeasure and has been ban
ished to Scandinavia for an indeter-
inmate vacation according to a spe-
cial agency dispatch received here to-
day from Copenhagen.
The dispatch stated that Harden
The Washington times., 1915-08-01
Pearl Crushed by Car.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. IA pearl and
Ave diamonds which were lost the
other day by Mrs. e. II. Ferguson were
found between street car tracks by Miss
Elizabeth Gathright. The pearl was
crushed by a car wheel. The diamonds
were not injured.
The Washington times., 1915-08-01

passed through there. under an as
sumed name
Harden, II is said, incurred official
wrath over his recent editorial, in
which he intimated Italy was justified
for attacking her arch enemy, Austria.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
SAY IMPROVEMENTS
DAMAGED PROPERTY

A delegation of citizens from SCOTS
Addition appeared before the Admins
trative Board yesterday asking that
6Gs.f.xa@ss sUes Allowed them az shs re-
suit of improvements TO the streets In
that section.
Recently the city has made large i'm
provcments to ScOtGs Addition. by
grading and by the installation OF
lights. and IL has III prospect the con-
struction OF sewers and the laying OF
gas and water pipes.
All these improvements the Admin
istrative Board believes should repay
any citizen whose property may have
been elevated or depressed by street
improvements.
The citizens. however. do not think
with the board. and yesterday the dele
CATION. represented by Albert O. Bo-
schen and John B. Llghtfoot. Jr. tboth
candidates for the Legisiature) entered
n protest They said they did not
wish to retard any proposed improves
ments. but would very much like to be
compensated for damages.
Those who appeared were Mrs. b. r.
Puryear. Robert r. Hills, F. J. Cage.
10. l.. O'Conneli. A. J. Ford,
The board declined to allow dam
ages, and the counsel for the citizens
intimated the case would go to the
Hastings Court on appeal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
PLANT TREES where
LAND IS WASHING
Good Way 70 Save Land and Make
Wood ut Same Time-I,ocast
Seedlings Cheap.

In pointing out the way TO con-
serve Virginia land and TO increase
the supply of Virginia timber. State
Forester r. c. Jones is doing a valu-
able work. Mr.. Jones contributed the
following tree story" to this issue OF
The virginian:
Trees can be made to grow In the
bottom of gullies. and this is a prac-
teal way to reclaim the now almost
worthless hilisides which are so COM
mon. especially in the Piedmont Sec
tion OF Virginia and other Southern
States The surest way to get success
full results Is to build stout dams in
the guIlies, ten or twenty feet apart,
this summer. and by next spring a
supply Of cirt will have accumulated
above the dams. In this dirt little
trees can live, because the dams will
prevent the soil washing away from
the roots. Black Tor Yellow locust
trees have many advantages over
black walnut, red oak. yellow poplar,
etc, which might also be used. One
year-old locust seedlings. from six to
eighteen inches high, are large enough.
and can be purchased very cheaply.
Locust Seedlings at Small Cost.
:T4ocust seedlings, six to eighteen
lHtIktS nlsH. Adn bS iOf SA-Vo
to $500 per thousand. depending on
the size. or they can be very easily
grown at home. with no expense.
The seeds can be bought from
fifty cents per pound $4,000 seeds
per pound), or they can be easily
collected from the trees when they
are ripe. which is in August, Septem-
Der or October, in different parts OF
Virginia. and kept over winter in a
cool dry place. In early spring they
can be sown about one inch apart In
drills one foot apart, in ground pre-
pared like an ordinary tobacco Oh
onion bed. There are about 1890
locust seeds TO the ounce. and an ounce
will cover about sixty linear feet OF
seed-drili. Ordinarily from fifty 10
seventy-five per cent Of the seeds ger
inmate. and they should be one and
oneida. to two feet high at tie end
of f1ae first year. They are then ady
to get oct I'm the.- permanent places
the next spring.
Old Fields Planted With Trees.
1.-The parts of an old field which
have not quilted vet. or any steep
stony or poor field which IL moi
needed for farming, might as wei
be growing trees az lying idle. and
such fields are being planted up more
and more as the farmers realize the
increasing scarcity OF fence-posts. etc
IT Is also being more generally realized
that the scarcity OF water on a farm
is often due to the cutting off Of the
timber on the high ground. Farmers
can replanf such fields as they do not
want TO farm with red oak locust
short-leaf pine, lobioliy pine. white
pine. etc. at very little expense II they
raise the seedlings themselves. which
In easy to do.
The State forester will discuss
shortly the right kind Of trees Il
use. where 10 buy them. and how &C
raise rhem"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
COUNCIL MEMBERS
D|sPLEASED WITH BIDS
Tenders For Franchises BY Stree
Railway Companies Not Deemed
mt All satisfactory.
POSTAL BUSINESS BOOM
Petersburg ONCE Docs Trade OF
Nearly sos, OO0--Eagies Hold Meet
Ing and Take In Ten New Mem
beers.

Petersburg, Va. July 21.-Since the
holding of an adjourned sess on of
the Common Council On Monday even
ing, when all unfinished business OF
the regular meeting of July 6 was
transacted and bids were received for
the Bollingbrook Street railway fran
chise, there has been much discussion
among the business people locally as
to what action the Council will take
at its regular August meeting with
reference to the sale of the fran
chise for the terminus of the pro-
posed Petersburg to City Point rail-
way.
AS has been stated in The Vir-
ginian before. two bids were submitted
one OF $500 by the Petersburg and
James River Corporation, j. Walter
Long, president. of Washington. d. c..
and one of $25 by the Petersburg and
Appomattox Railway Company. T. M
Workman. president, of Richmond
There are members of the Council
who are opposed TO the acceptance
OF either bid on the ground that they
are too low and in order to prevent
"a possible defeat of the sale of the
franchise TO either bidder at Monday
evenings session OF the lower branch
OF the Council, q member Of the Coun-
ell tacticaily moved that the bids be
referred to the Franchise Committee
for report at the regular August meet
ing. to be held on the 3rd instant.
For the past five months trans
portation facilities between Peters
burg. Hopewell and City Point, have
been manifestly inadequate and in
consequence the city OF Petersburg
merchants, has suffered severely
There are a number of progressive
and sound thinking business men who
express the opinion that notwith.
standing the fact that Petersburg's H.
nances are not In the best of condi'
ton. the Council could well afford e
contribute a right of way over the
streets OF the city for the proposed
electric line and in addition make ar
appropriation sufficient to pay the cos
of constructing the line from the ter.
minus at Boilingbrook and Second
Streets or Main and Wvthe Street:
to the eastern corporate limit.
II now seems probable that without
the Council at the August meeting
that both bids will be refused and tina
the city fathers of Petersburg will
further force the upbuilding Of Hope
we'll and City Point to the detrimen
Of Petersburg.
Whether or not local business mel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
LARGE ATTENDANCE
FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Seven Excursions Come TO Attend
Negro Exposition From Old
North State.
TOMORROW RICHMOND DAY
Senator Martin and Former Governor
Mann Have Been Invited 10 Make
Addrcsses--Admiesion VIII Now Be
Charged.

Wednesday was North Carolina Day
at the big National Negro Exposition
at the fair grounds and the negroes
from that State sent seven excursions
loaded with sight-seers to Richmond
and the fair. 1t was the biggest
crowd that has attended the EXPOSE
ton and naturally President jackson
was elated over the success Of the
day.
Today Is New York Day and a good
crowd from the Empire State lis ex-
pected. Friday is Richmond Day and
Ex-Governor Mann and Senator Mar
tin have been invited to make ad
dresses.
The officials of the exposition have
decided to renew the admission TO
the grounds and from now until the
close Of the the fair the admission
will be twenty-five cents during the
day and ten cents at night. This is
due to the fact that the exhibition is
really worth the small price charged
the exhibits having all been installed
The management hopes In this way
to make up large part of the deficit
incurred during the first week of the
show when the attendance was small
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
MUST LAY TRACK NOW
sR NOT At ALL
ss&x Dn.. Vet want Approach TO Bridge
Tera Up After II Has bees
Dnee Laid.

Tne Administrative Board YESTERDAY
adopted a resolution directing the var
rinin Railway and Power Company 70
nroceed nj once with the double track
iur of Fourteenth Street from Mayo
bridge TO Cary street IL the company
desires to double track that street
Work has already begun on the I'M
provementa to the street under the d.
rsction OF the city engineer. and It 10
the idea of the board that II the street
car company intends double tracking,
that II must be done now, while the
street liz torn up. Otherwise there Will
be great delay. as the board does not
intend giving permission to tear up
the street after Ii has been improved.
About $4,000 will be spent on the
imnrosements, which are intended to
he permanerat The paving will be OF
me most improved type. and will be
laid TO remain laid for many years
II 10 understood the street car peo-
nile expect to double track the line at
the approach to the bridge. The action
~ the Administrative Board in urging
me company to proceed is expected to
fncflitate matters. and it is believed
me company will go ahead with Its
improvements while the work is going
en-.
The board adopted a resolution for
wArding to Council an ordinance giving
the board the. power TO pay city en-
pioyes while suffering from disability
or Illness. Present ordinances prohibit
sssch action, and when u Is desired to
allow sick employees their salary, spe-
cial ordinances must be passed.
Joseph Parker. connected with En-
zine Company No. 4; was appointed
assistant chauffeur in the ambulance
service. sa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
MEMBER OF BLUES
HAS APPENDlCTTN

Colorado Springs. Col, July 1fs--A4x
Eravated from climbing Pixies srenl
Jim Miller. Of Company 3. o. tins Rick
mond Blues. suffered an acute atfncK
of appendicitis last night upon his re-
turn from the trip. He Is being treated
by Dr. Mcclure. and his condition n
now satisfactory.
Miller and four others--Alan Hart.
Herbert Harris, Granger AncarrcwE
and Mack Cosby-made a record hike
up the mountain and back tn about
nine hours yesterday. A sunrise party
took the trip last night.
The battalion left tonight ut 7stk'
o'clock for Kansas City. where short
stop will be made, the E1ks OF Kansas
City having prepared an elaborate rs-
ception.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
FIRE COMMISSIONER
MANN Is VERY ILL

On account of complication setting
in Fire Commissioner John Mann, Jr.,
who was hurt in the Broad Street nu-
tomobile accident when Chauffeur
Thomas III. Pegram was killed. Is Z
very i'll man. Mr.. Mann suffered q
fractured leg and one Of his hip joints
was also injured. He was also badly
bruised about the body.
Due to his injuries kidney trouble
has been set UP and he is now In q
|Oppenheimer. his physician. IL hope
ful that he win pull through.
Mr.. Mann has been a member OF
the Fire Board for several years
and has always taken very active and
intelligent interest in the welfare Of
the department
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22

who were Instrumental in placing thu
thirty six members Of the City Coun-
ell. composed OF two branches--the
Common Council and the Board of
Aldermen---will be able 20 remedy the
short-si ghtedness of their representa-
tives remains to be seen, but II Is a
fact nevertheless that should other
Virginia cities step In with their
spirit OF progressiveness and take
away from Petersburg the business at
Hopewell and City Point, which justly
belongs to II, the City Council should
shoulder the blame along with the
Petersburg Chamber OF Commerce.
which has manifested very little In
terest in securing the business from
these two points.
Petersburg Eagles Meet.
Petersburg Aerie OF Eagles held a
largely attended and enthusiastic
meeting at It's lodge room last evening
and in addition TO the transaction OF
the regular routine business
received a number of applicants for
membership and initiated ten candi-
dates.
Petersburg Aerie is one OF the
largest and most progressive in the
State and Is growing rapidly. Prepa-
rations are already being made by
the lodge for the entertainment Of the
State aerie. which convenes here next
year. Petersburg Lodge expects to
give the State body the most elaborate
entertainment ever accorded 1t.
Postal Business Grows.
The receipts at the Petersburg post
office for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1915, amounted to $97,731.62. as
compared with 90.47S.41 for the pre-
vious year. or an increase of about Z
per cent. Owing to the fact that there
was a general depression due to the
European war during siv months of
the year. the increase is considered
by Postmaster Barham very crafty
ing.
n. & WIS Business Good.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Company during the months ending
June 80 sold more than $50. 900 worth
of tockets at the Appomattox Street
Station In this city. or larger amount
than was received by that company
from the sale OF tickets at any Of
flee In Virginia. Taking into consid-
Grafton that fully two-thirds of the
tickets sold here were twenty-five
cent tickets, II can be seen that the
Office force at this point was not
idle.
Two Weddings Solemnized.
Two wedding of local interest were
solemnized last evening as follows:
Miss Dorothy May Balm. daughter of
Mrs. Rosa M. Balm. of this city. and
Carl Berg. OF st. Paul. Mimi. were
united in marriage at o'clock by Rev.
F. w Moore.
James Holloman whitmore. of Et-
trick, and Miss Annie Lee Rawlings,
of this city, were also married by
Rev r. w. Moore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
CHARLES CITY NEGRO
IN LIMBO--STOLE COW

Walter c. Jones. a negro OF Charles
County, Is In fifty-1s even varieties OF
trouble. and Is in jail. too, the guest
OF the Henrico officers. The trouble
with Jones started when he acquired
a cow in ways that were dark, and
sold her to Miller Brothers dairy on
Nine Mile Road.
After the negro had departed the
buyers Of the COW became impressed
with the idea that she had been stolen.
They phoned the Henrico authorities,
giving them description of the man
and he was quickly rounded up on
Seventeenth Street. with S19 on his
person. Mr.. Miller was phoned for
and identified the man. who later
confessed that he had stolen the COW
with the idea of buying a mule with
the proceeds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
SHAW HAS EVEN
CHANCE FOR RECOVERY

The condition Of Oscar l. Shaw. who
was shot by his brother. w. ID. shaw.
Tuesday night was reported alta late
hour last night at the Virginia Hos
pital to be fairly good. 1t Is thought
that he has an even chance for re-
coyery.
w d. Shaw Is in Jail awaiting the
outcome of his brothers wounds.
whiskey is said to have been Mt the
bottom OF the fray.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
win Dash for Sea.

Baltimore, July 21.--Inferences
drawn from the fact that the two
North German Lloyd liners, Rhein
and Main, informed at this port since
the beginning Of the war. are under-
going repairs and painting at the Ball
timore a Ohio pier at Locust Point,
are that their officers are preparing
TO make a dash for the Atlantic ana
the Fatherland. In order to do this
they would be forced to run a gaunt-
let of American and British cruisers
near the Virginia Capes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
GOVERNOR MAY BE ONE
DAYLATE GETTING HERE

Rawlns, wyo.. July 21.--Colonel
Burlington. of Governor Stuarts stans:
administered first aid to an injured
Union Pacific section foreman this
morning when the man had one leg
and the foot of his other limb cut on
while jumping from the Governors
train three hours out from Salt Lake.
The Governors party may stop at the
Cheyenne frontier for the day tcmor~
row, thereby deferring arrival at Rich-
mond one day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
MORE wIIL. IRRIGATION
Entirely New Chapter Opens In stills
Hutchins Case.

Washington. p. G., July 2f.--A new
chapter In the litigation involving the
estate Of Stllson Nutchins. millionaire
newspaper owner, who died April I'll,
filed in the District Supreme Court d
petition for the probate OF the second
OF three willis found At the death OF
Nh. HutchIns This document was
executed May ~, 1903, and was fol-
lowed two years later by the will d
October 1910. recently rel aside BY
jury after = record breaking trial
az five nionths.
II II understood that the will or 1905
will ALSO 30 contested. ~
fssa, g rs a,s ssss' srs Sssss q ss@''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22

Chris Jones, colored. was fined $40
yesterday by Justice John for Inter-
fering with and assaultfng Poundmas-
ter Blonnt In the discharge Of his du-
ties in taking UP dog which had not
been licensed
The sum OF so was assessed against
Emma Pollard. colored. on = similar
charge.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22

iunacy commission yesterday de-
clared William Dorian. OF 1906 East
Franklin Street. insane. Doran was
detained when he tried to enter the
Capitol building in search Of the Gov
ernor, whom he wishes to see relative
to capturing the slayer of Doran's sis
ter. He will be sent to williamsburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
An Tenants Buy watch Dogs.

Tarrytown, ". Y, July 2l.-JohR ID.
Rockefeller has given orders to all
tenants on hts estate to purchase first
class watch dogs. Today two OF the
tenants bought fox terriers, paying
$50 for each Mr. Rockefeller has
agreed 10 reimburse them. He Is
taking this means as an added pro-
lection TO his estate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
Meet M Midlothian

Work In the third degree was car
ried out by Midlothian Lodge. No.
all. A. F. q A. NJ, which met last
night at the lodge rooms at Mid
lothian
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-22
On Oufinw Tou1,prrosK.

Hand0lp h-Ekpeet Sunday School viii
run IN atItsllek excursion to Buckroe
Hesch tosnorf1ss Ttckst6 ars xocd
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