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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
FIGHT HOURS TO SAVE
LIFE ON BLAZING SHIP
Sailors Risk Lives Again and Again in Attempt to Rescue
Captain Trapped by Ring of Fire on the
liner Colorado.

New York Second Officer Magruder
first saw the flames coming from an
after hatch. He gave orders 10 get the
PUMPS to work and called me.
81 got out on deck, wearing nothing
but my undershirt. There isn't time
20 dress when Z ship catches fire at
sea. We had worked for half an hour
when the flames broke out from an
other hatch-this time forward. There
was a ring of fire between the crew
and the lifeboats, and / thought Tor
minute that we were trapped. A
81 ordered the men to rush through
he flames. and they made it safely.
when | had seen that all were able
70 reach the lifeboats | Tound that
IN, fire between me and the boats was
too hot for me to get through. or
dered the men to put oil Mr.. Ma
gruaer didn't want to do II. but he
obeyed orders.
"Then for four hours the men. in
two boats, stuck close to the Colorado.
IT was getting hotter and hotter where
| was, in spite of my scant attire. but
| wasn't so much afraid that | would
be hurt az ] was that the flaming
masts would tumble overheard and
finish the crew.
Masts Fall, Captain Escapes.
81 told them TO stay away, but they
stuck around. Finally the masts went
and | managed TO get over the side
with rope. All the men lost every
think they had. The greater number
of the crew were asleep when the fire
started. and did not even have time
to snatch their clothes. | have not
the slightest idea how the fire started
James Kibler, wireless operator on
the Suwanee, said it was about 8
o'clock on Monday morning when his
ship sighted Captain Congdon and his
crew .bout eight miles northeast OF
Cape \Jmain.
"Yoa could hear the roar and crackle
of the fire at a considerable distance
from the Colorado" said KILLER, land
now and then the wind slapped hot
breath from her against the faces Of
the men on the Suwanee."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
CORROSION CAUSED
EXPLOSION ON F-4
Continued from page ]

suited in the vessel reaching crushing
depths.
"Seams of the vessel began to open,
and probably through open torpedo
tubes and seams water entered the yes
sci and a condition of positive buoy
ancy was never attained.
"There followed actual disaster. The
vessel began filling with water The
personnel abandoned stations and many
sought refuge in the engine room. clos
ing the door. Under great pressure the
engine room bulkhead failed suddenly,
leaving the vessel on the bottom, COM
pletely flooded
Attributes Loss to Open Valves.
Henry r. Carse. president of the
Electric Boat Company, which built the
IA, issued a statement tonight deny
ing any fault in construction, and at
tributing the loss of the vessel to "open
air valves on the forward, middle and
aft main ballast tanks and she auxil-
iaIy ballast tank"
The statement reviews the report OF
the board of inquiry, and says:
"The item of lead lining and corro-
sion would indicate lack Of care. All
vessels and machinery arc liable to
corrode, and should be regularly over
hauled, cleaned and painted A similar
experience in connection with the bat
terry tanks was met with some time be-
fore the loss of the F-4 in connection
with one Of the boats of III. f class on
the Atlantic Coast. Measures are now
being taken to guard carefully against
deterioration of this nature in boats
now In the service.
"While this corroson may possibly
have been a contributory cause to the
accident, it could not have been the
main cause. as it is always possible to
detect such leaks and bring the boat to
the surface before serious damage re-
suits"
Explaining the use Of vent valves on
the boat and stating that "all instruc-
lions governing the operation of boats
require these valves to be closed" Mr..
Garse says:
Nothing further is required to ex-
llain the much regretted loss of this
vessel. In the foregoing remarks there
is no intention Of rejecting on the un-
fortunate men who lost their lives in
the vessel. but the fact that these
valves were left open must not be over
looked"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Icy Telegraph 70 me Thbune. J

Baltimore, Oct. 27.-In Charleston
harbor blackened bulk with thousands
of dollars worth OF cotton in its hold
is burning to the waters edge. while
its captain and the thirty-fve members
of its crew, in the snug shelter OF a
Baltimore home, are telling and retell-
ing the story of their miraculous es-
cape from a hdeous death at sea.
First the sailors recount how their
skipper, trapped on the forward deck
Of his ship by wall of flame, ordered
his men 70 desert him and take to the
boats. Then the captain breaks in and
tells how his men rowed about in the
Atlantic for three hours. risking their
lives again and again as they neared
the blazing vessel TO rescue their mas
ter, and of how he finally escaped just
as the charred masts plunged from
their sockets into the sea.
Fire Discovered at I a. m.
The ship is the Mallory liner Col
orado. Fire was discovered about l
o'clock on Monday morning when the
VcSSel WAS OH Odpe hOhIdiiif -. ~
Within half an hour the flames were
beyond control, and the ship was aban-
doned by the crew. Three hours later
Captain l.. +. Congdon was saved by
the men who refused to desert him,
and seven hours after the fire had
been discovered all hands we're picked
up by the Suwanee, of the Merchants
and Miners Line, which brought the
refugees into port this morning. The
Colorado's first wireless a p p e ] s
reached the Suwanee, which rushed to
her assistance. The Colorado was lat
or lowed into Charleston by tugs, and
is still burning.
Captain Asleep When Fire Started.
81 was asleep when the fire was dis
covered" said Captain Congdon. I'VE
had left Charleston some hours before
with 5000 bales Of cotton, bound for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Financier Tells Thompson
Committee He Never
Heard of Secret Fund.
GILLESPIE CONTRACT
A MYSTERY TO HIM
III Health, He Says, Caused u
M. Lanes Resignation from
marlborough Directorate.

J. P. Morgan appeared yesterday as
a witness before the Thompson legis-
lative committee which is investigating
the Public Service Commission, but
after an hour or sc. Of interrogation
contributed little or nothing IN the
way of important evidence.
Mr.. Morgan was on time as usual, APP
pearing at the rooms Of the New YORK
County Lawyers Association, at loo
Broadway, where the inquiry is being
held. fifteen minutes before he was
wanted. Mr.. Morgan settled down IN
the witness chair TO await the lnterro-
CATION of Merton E. Lewis, Deputy Az
torrey General who is handling the IN
ves.ieation for the committee.
The inquisitor wanted to know wha'
Mr.. Morgan knew about the withdrawal
of G. NJ. Lane and W. A. Read from the
directorate of the marlborough; what
ne knew of the desire Of Theodore r
Shonts to award the contract for third
tracking the Third Avenue Elevated
Railroad to John F. Stevens, his Ole
friend Of Panama Canal days, when Mr.
Shonts was chairman Of the commits
sion and Mr.. Stevens was chief engl-
neer, and what Mr.. Morgan thought oil
the turning down of the Stevens pro-
posed contract and the substitution OF
second contract. which was awarded
to T. A. Gillespie.
Questions were asked ABOUT vel
low dog fund" which was alleged to
have been used in connection with the
awarding of the retracking contracts
but Mr.. Morgan stated that he kne"
nothing Of it.
The substance of Mr. Morgan's state
ments was that his company was
handling the bonds of the lnterborougf
improvements, and that he wanted nc
extravagant contracts made or any
other negotiations transacted thai
might minimize or affect in any way
the popularity of the bonds.
Asked about the withdrawal o.
/ Gardner VI. Lane, of Boston, from The
directorate of The lnterborouGh, Mr.
Morgan said the banker, whose ilrm n
Boston had relations with the Morgan
house in New York, had withdrawn be
cause of i'll health and the fact that ne
, lived in Boston.
Mr.. Shonts. it was developed, had
explained that a strong, capable man
was needed. and that his experience
with Stevens at Panama had convinced
him that Stevens was the man. The
Stevens contract was for cost plus IL
per cent. This figure was what Mr.
Lane and Mr.. Read considered extraya'
CANT. Mr.. Shonts wanted TO avoid the
possibility of enormous expense from
accidents during construction, and ne
knew that Stevens was the proper man
20 prevent this.
"Did you ever hear of fund that
had been expended by the INTERIOR
ough in connection with bringing abou;
the dual subway contracts that could
not appear on the books?" Mr.. Lewis
asked.
mo. sir. I never heard Of it," re
piled Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. Morgan also denied that he had
ever heard OF the Gillespie contract, IN
which Gillespie was 10 receive 10 per
cent plus cost, contract that is nov
in force in connection with the third
tracking of the Third Avenue Elevated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
The Credit Lyonnais is its French cor

The Credit Lyonnais Is its French cor
respondent.
The impression prevailed in As
financial district, despite Mr. Bache's
statement, that he was acting al 4
broker. and in view Of the po!iev
adopted by the National City Bank X
establishing foreign branches il WA
rumored that this institution was IT,
real buyer Of control of the Interns.
tional Banking Corporation. President
Frank A. Vanderlip, however, denied that
the City Bank was party TO the deal
While the price paid by Mr.. Bache 70,
his stock was leo, the exact amour, se.
ouired he declined to divulge H.T.s
Green is president and general manager
of the international Banking Corpora.
ton. and John Hubbard is vice.pres;.
dent and treasurer. The directors. n
addition to Mr.. Bachc, include Charles
B. Alexander, Guy Cary, Haley Pisks'
Frank p. Frazier, II. T. S. Green, Lionel
Hagenaers, John X. Heeeman, William
G.. Henshaw, Erskine Hewitt, William
T. Hincks, Colgate Hoyt, John Hubbard
Minor c. Keith, Henry ?. Mcintosh
George II. Macy, Pierre Mali, William
Barclay Parsons, William Solomon.
William Shillaber. Hermann Sielcken.
Valentine p. Snyder and james Gilbert
White
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
OLD DOC BIEGEL
IS in AGAIN
Government Holds International
Character as Dealer
in Drugs.

Doc Bicgel, known 70 the police OF
two continents as an unusually clever
card player. fell into the clutches OF
the Federal authorities yesterday.
They charge him with violating the
Harrison antelope law. and say that
for some time past his Illicit trade in
drugs has been at the rate of $4,000
a month.
Doc, whose parents christened Hen
~, was arrested in his eight-room
apartment, at GIT W. 18th Street. last
night, and locked up in the West 125th
Street station. This morning he will
plead before United States Commis-
sioner Houghton. and perhaps explain
four bottles of morphine the detectives
say they found in his rooms.
Biegel was last in the limelight in
December. when he shouted: ITO hell
with the Kaiser!" after he had been
elected from the Savoy in London as
an alien enemy. Eight days later he
proved his American citizenship and
was discharged. He reached this coun-
try last May, complaining OF the treat
ment he had received In the British
jails. Since then his captors say he
has posed as a commission agent for
drug houses. His method was to order
a large supply Of morphine and cocaine
from $50 to 300 ounces every few
days telling the wholesalers the ship
ments were intended for the South
American trade. His stationery bore
the address OF a downtown Office build
ing, where a distant relative Of the
same name is engaged in business.
Having ordered the goods, he would
send boys TO the dealers who would
bring him the drugs The narcotics
would then gravitate toward Broadway
and would be doled out TO those who
could pay high prices for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
ELEVEN INDICTED
INWHISKEYFRAUD
Federal Charges Accuse
Company of Duping
Thousands in u. s.

A nationwide mail fraud conspiracy
by which cheap whiskey has been sold
as high grade liquor to unsuspecting
saloonkeepers was brought to light yes
terday, when the Federal grand jury
returned indictments against eleven
men charged with participating in
frauds aggregating 100000. Officers
and statesmen of the Seminole Distilling
and Distributing Company, 3l4 to 800
Grand Street, and Of the Overlook
Distilling and Distributing Company,
500 Fifth Avenue, are mentioned in the
indictments.
Three officers Of the corporations,
who, according to the indictments, rep
resented that they had their own dis
tilleries in Louisville and Cincinnati,
were arrested and arraigned before
Judge William H. Sheppard in the
criminal branch OF TIRE United States
District Court. Felix Prince, said to be
q nephew of Judge Prince, of the I'd
Municipal Court, after entering plea
Of not guilty, was released on bond
Of So. 900. His uncles, Adolf Prince and
Leonard Prince, furnished bonds OF
$4,000 each to await trial.
The other eight defendants are
statesmen now on the road. who. 1t IS
understood. will surrender themselves
to Marshal Mccarthy on their return
to the city. Their names are ADOLF
Peuner. Rudolf Stationary, Joseph Ul-
mer. Richard Kobsa. Henry Kobsa'
Leopold Prince. NJ. Goodman and a
man named Shebach.
According to Assistant United states
District Attorney Emilio Yasselli and
Postoffice Inspectors Howard 5. May
hew and William q. Swain. who gath
cred the evidence. the Defendants de-
ceived their victims by falsely repre-
senting that the Seminole ana over
brook were distilling companies. Ihey,
offered as high grade Bourbon ana
rure rye a low grade whiskey, TO which
they had given a fancy name II IS
charged.
In mary cases, the indictments
charge. the defendants, after getting
advances from saloonkeepers and ex-
saloonkeepers they promised to re-
establish in business, failed to deliver
any of the liquor ordered. The ad-
vances, il Is said, were kept as commits
sion by the statesmen who toured the
country offering twenty-five barrels oil
liquor for 81 600. All time notes gwen
by the saloonkeepers, the indictments
charge, were discounted at local banks
Oh thei- representation that the liquor
had been furnished and that the notes
were payable when due.
Mrs Julia Havancez, widow owning
n saloon in Cleveland, Ohio, after pay
ing an advance of 800 on an order for
twenty-five barrels, was induced by one
of the statesmen, according to the IN
dctment, to put up the additional $500
balance, although she never had any
liquor.
Others mentioned as being dupes Of
the alleged swindle are Frank Hovorka,
of 1916 East Ninety-third Street, Cleve-
land; X. Stahulak. 451S Latin Street,
Chicago; Mike Yatshof. Of Youngstown,
Ohio, and J. a. Alberton, OF Akron,
Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
FIRE TRAP CONDEMNED
Pittsburgh Building in Which IL Lives
Were Lost Ordered Vacated.

Pittsburgh. Oct. 27.--Thomas L.
Pfarr, fire marshal of Allegheny
County, condemned to-day conditions
In the building occupied by the II. II.
Woods Paper Box Company. which was
damaged by fire, with loss OF thirteen
lives. last Monday. and ordered the
company to vacate its premises ms soon
as possible. The owner of an auto
mobile garage occupying part OF the
first story was instructed TO move
within thirty days.
Woods is executor Of the Brown es-
tate, which owned the building occu-
pied by the box company. lie was held
yesterday In $4,000 bail for the cor
oner's inquest on tho charge Of negi-
genee. Fire Marshal Pfarr also con
asmasl several stAss fssterisA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
FIGHT BY PHONE FOR CROPSEY
$1,000 Union Bank Depositors Begin
Campaign to Aid District Attorney.

Depositors Of the wrecked Union
Banl of Brooklyn pegan a telephone
camraign yesterday for the purpose OF
having their friends support District
Attorney Cropsey for reelection.
The telephoning began at an early
hour in the morning and continued
throughout the day. IL is estimated
there are about $1,000 depositors. Each
had agreed to telephone to at least
ten persons seeking their support of
Cropsey. and ir turn ask them to do
the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Avery Stars at Billiards.

George Avery was the winner in last
nights three-cushion tournament a.
Doyle's Academy. He defeated Harry
eastman by a score Of 25 TO Is in forty.
three innings. In the English billiard
tourney w. Davis won from J. Britton.
1850 to 1876. Games in each event will
be played tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Public Soon TO Know.

81 am referring to the present posi-
ton OF the Meriden, Waterbury & Con-
necticut Railroad. Judge Robertson
was the nominal purchaser, and to a
certain extent the public believe that
he is the owner, or represents a syndi-
cate. This position, now, can't continue
long, and the actual ownership will
have TO be revealed before a great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Twenty Warrants for "Colonists.

Magistrate Paul Krotcl issued
twenty warrants yesterday for the ar.
rest Of "colonists" charged with illegal
registration. The applications were
made by Assistant District Attorney
Weller, The warrants will not be
esr~cd TrtIl Election Day, when the
"eoIonfiS" will be arrested IL they ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28

platform in which a declaration Is made
in favor of immediate nome rule, as
against independence of the United
States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Directors on Exhibition.

Among the many interesting side
lights at to-day's meeting was the ex-
hibiting Of eight Of its directors. This
took place after Ilagop Bogigian, a
stakeholder, had declared that he was
tired Of voting for directors that he
did not know, and that he wanted TO
see them.
Come down here in front and III
show them TO you said Chairman
Elliott. Mr.. Bogigian did, and the
eight directors present. among them
President Hadley, stood up so that the
stockholders could get good look.
Bogigian looked them over carefully
for a minute, and then calculated:
"Well, you all look like honest men I:
/ guess I will v>.e for you"
Walter r. Gardiner, another stock
holder. was much perplexed because no
dividend was declared. lie asserted
that the payment of a dividend would
put the company in good in the fnan-
cial district. but Mr. Elliott could not
see IL that way.
A. II. Hitler had a general kick on
high salaries, pensions and expenses OF
directors. Mr.. Elliott told him when he
could see the amounts paid by the New
Haven to It's officers and also that the
scyenteen members Of the board had
expenses Of sil,4i0 last year.
The membership in the board Of d.
rectors was reduced TO fifteen, the
designations OF Messrs. Brewster and
McHsrg having been accepted. Before
the meeting began Mr.. Elliott nm
nounced that the management had
800 900 shares 10 vote, considerably
more than n majority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
Seeks Porto Rican Home Rule.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 27.-The
Unionist party, Of which the lender Is
Luis Munoz T. era, Resident Commits
siensy At Wsshingtsn, has dsa4tsd 3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-28
NO N. H. SUITS
FOR RESTITUTION
Continued from page 1

the sun was about TO break through
the clouds for the New Haven, but thai.
while things looked bright il was prob
able that no dividend would be declared
for at least five years. The reasons
for this, he said, were that the com
pany needed the money for improve
ments, as the physical equipment Of
the road was not sufficient at the pres
ent time to take care of it's business.
President Hadley Of Yale told the
stockholders Of the exhaustive investi-
cation that had been made Of the evil
dence that could be used in restitution
suits, and he declared that in his judg-
ment it would be waste Of the stock
holders money TO begin them. He said
that in the Billiard suit, now pending,
the company expected TO realize large
sum. The stockholders applauded Mr..
Hadley's statement.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-04
THE CASE OF THE DAcIA.

Are there any influences, other than an ordinary commercial interest, be- hind the intention to send the steam ship Dacia, formerly German-owned and now under the American flag, across the ocean with a cargo of cot ton for a German port? Is the ad- ministration planning a dare" to Great Britain? The talk that is be- ing made suggests a deliberate at tempt to work up the public mind to state of irritation over the pros pect of a manufactured "indignity to the American flag
 We shall watchfuly wait, trusting that the State Department will han dle the matter sensibly, instead of forcing controversy. If vexatious issue develops out of the case of the Dacia, the conclusion will have to be that it was deliberately forced by the same unfriendly and unneutral influences which have heretofore manifested themselves in Washing ton-to the amazement and disgust of the American people.-Providence Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-04
A Cause for ThankfuIness.

The incident of the steamship Da- cia will serve a good purpose if it shall open the eyes of the admins tration and the people to the perils involved in the government ship pur- chase plan which is being so strenu- ously pressed by President Wilson. The transfer in time of war of a ship from a belligerent to a neutral is al ways a suspicious circumstance. Of course, if the transfer is bona fide it cannot be questioned. But that is precisely the point The questions involved are difficult and delicate. The people of both countries should be very thankful that they are not raised over a government-owned ship. For under such conditions the good faith, not merely of private citizen, but of the government itself, might be involved News.