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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23

Survivors OF the subway accident toid
,beir stories Yesterday with emotions
epparently ranging from the most ABB
iect terror to something almost Ike
amusement. They described finding
themselves pinned under beams and
girder.. with water rising quickly and
threatening 20 drown them in their un-
dereround prison. They told OF thrill
ing rescues by Aremen and civilians. In
nearly nil cases they said they felt as
though they had been dreaming rather
than actually experiencing the tense
moments OF a fght for their lives.
-fourths of the men and women
taken TO the hospitals were Jewish.
MANY Of them insisted on being trans
ferred 10 their homes. explaining that
thew wished 10 participate in the Feast
Of the Tabernacles. a holiday Of un-
usual festivities. which began yester-
day at sundown.
IL was near dusk when Pauline
Sehaefer. pretty nineteen-year-old
girl, living at 50 Ridge Street, was car
ried up the steps Of her home. She had
been taken from the scene Of the acci-
dent 20 Flower Hospital. Pauline told
the story OF her narrow escape from
death, then tainted.
when the car stopped near Twenty
fourth Street the first thing | noticed
was curious sensation like that one
feels in suddenly descending elevator
The next moment ! was thrown to the
floor and heard the women screaming
and sobbing.
Break that window man near
me yelled. There was n crash OF glass
and In burst water from the broken
pipes. | believe there was smoke pour.
ing out near the front OF the car. Some
one seized me and carried me up a lad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
Survivors Tell Tale of Horror
That Succeeded Fatal Plunge
Diving Girl Describes Lying in Wise of Arms, Legs
and Bodes-Nlan Says His Hair Turned Gray
Victim Ignored Mangled Feet.

der. was liften into an elevator and
deposited on bed. and then-all Gas
darkness"
Edna Lander, OF 200 East Second
Street, twenty-one years old, was taken
home from Bellevue. Miss Lander was
on her way 20 work, and a. Twenty
second Street got up TO give her seat to
an elderly woman,
"The car moved on slowly. Then,
about a block and halt away, It
seemed as though the sidewalk was
moving up. ! brushed my hand over my
eyes, thinking ! was getting headache.
The next moment there was noise Ike
that Of an earthquake. and ! found my
self at the bottom of pit, with women
screaming and men fghting. felt f
horrible pain IN ny elbow and log anl
knew nothing more until woke up IN
the hospital"
Lillian Greifnger, OF lI4i1 Essex
Street, was able 10 tell her story lsst
night, though she probably will die. She
Is twenty years old and the support OF
} her widowed mother.
"In second tne daylight disap-
peared ard everything seemed dark
like in a cellar" she said. IL was part
! Of great mass % arms, legs and
! bodies. | could move my arms and
body from my waist up, bus the rest
Of me was numb, as though | wer,
/ paralyzed. Afterward learned that
was pinned under a mass OF wood anc
stone. tainted, so did not know
! what they did with me-"
Crossing Seventh Avenue, just above
+ Twenty Street, when he felt tn,
street tremble and collapse. vas JOSEPH
Urban, thirty-two years old, Of POI
b North Sixth Street, Brooklyn. With
frequent relapses into Mysteries he de-
scr!bed the sensation. saying:
/ There was funny feeling on the
planklng-a trembling. jerking sort OF
sensatlon-and then the whole street
seemed TO slide down into the hole
/ There was so much dust couldn't see
/ anything for two minutes. ! knew the
/ street had cayed in and | had fallen
with il. when could see J appeared
I TO be in a forest Of tangled timbers
! pointing every which way.
"The trolley car which had passed
/ me at the time the street eayed in lay
Continued on page I, column 9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
One American Sails on Baltic.

Only one American was among the
PSI passengers who sailed for Liver
pool Yesterday on the White Star liner
Baltic. and that traveller was Mrs
Jane Taylor, who has volunteered to
act as a nurse with the American Hos
pital at Paris. In the forenoon the
baltic had twenty-four saloon pas
sengers booked, but AT 1927 p. m
when the gangplank was hauled ashore
FIVE Of them had cancelled passage. In
addition TO $4,000 tons of munitions OF
war the Baltic carried l,s4S bags OF
mail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
FRENCH AEROS DISGUISED
AS GERMAN, SAYS BERLIN

Berlin. Sept. 22.-An official state
ment issued to-day days:
ENEMY airmen with German
marks on their aeroplanes appeared
st s:l5 O'Clock this morning over
Stuttgart, dropping bombs on the
town. killing four persons ana
wounding a number Of soldiers and
civilians. The material damage was
quite unimportant. The airmen
were fired at by our anti-airerat'
troops. and disappeared In south-
ern direction at $3.50 o'clock.
Owing to the fact that shorty
after 7:45 o'clock the military
authorities were informed OF "p-
proaching German airmen the pop
ulation could only be warned "hen
IL WIS comparatively late
"A German airman arrived over
Stuttgart at $3.50 o'clock. He was
sred on from below for short time
until he was with certainty recos
r,,ed AS German airmah' "e
landed unhurt near the town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
Germans Close New Loan.

Berlin. Sept. 22.-The subscriptions
to the new war loan terminated to-day
The total applications for the bonds
cannot be announced before Friday,
bur the view was expressed at a num-
ber OF the leading banks to-day that
the total would exceed the March loan
The estimates OF the subscription run
as high as il,OO0,OOO,OO0 marks 49,
75O,0O0,0O0).
II is understood that there was even
n greater number Of small subscribers
IN the loan than in March. Small CO.
operative loan banks having farmer
clients sent in heavy subscriptions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
$4,000 ON WOMAN
WHO DIES in CAR
Husband Identifies Mrs. Henry
Watson's Body-Gems In Bag
Valued at 100000.

Carrying a purse containing $4,000
in cash and wearing a chamois bag
containing ninety four pieces OF jew
elry valued by the police at 100000,
Mrs. Annie Masden Vaughan Watson,
wife Of Representative Henry Watson,
of Langhorne, Penn. dropped dead
from heart disease in southbound
Sixth Avenue car at Fortieth Street
yesterday afternoon.
The body was taken TO the West
Thirtieth Street station, where the po-
lice discovered $4,000 in large de-
nomination bills, and a bag containing
the Jewelry.
Later her husband identified the dead
woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
CZAR's GOVERNOR INSANE

Berlin, Sept % (by wireless TO Tuck
erton, y. J).-The Overseas News
Agency gave out the following dispatch
from Brody, Galicia. to-day:
. Count Bobrlnski, who was Governor
General OF Galicia during the Russian
occupation, and who welcomed Emperor
Nicholas at Lemberg. has been declared
insane by a medical commission and
taken 10 Kiev."
A dispatch to the "Frsnkfurter Ze'-
tung" on November 27 last from VI
emma carried a report that Count Bo-
brinsh had died In Lenberg OF app
p!eYy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
OFFICIALS SEEK
TO FIND CAUSE
FOR DISASTER
Investigators at Sea-Se-
ries of Inquiries to Be-
gin at Once.
GUESSWORK NOW,
SAYS MR.. M'CALL
One Blast Could Not Have
Caused II All, Asserts
Mr.. Perkins.

Who is to blame for the subway
cave-in on Seventh Avenue between
Twenty-third and Twenty-ffth
streets? What was the cause?
These are the two questions upon
which the attention Of hundreds of
thousands of the people of New York
who walk or ride every day ever
miles of sidewalks and pavements
propped up by snoring such as Jhat
which failed in Seventh Avenue TO-
cussed yesterday. Is it liable to
collapse again?
From the several persons and of
ficials who must answer these ques-
tions there came no positive answers
up to late last night.
"To atte@pt to explain the cause
Of this accident now would ne a
matter Of guesswork," said Chair
man Edward +. Mccall. Of the Pub
lie Service Commission, as he stood
looking down at the tangled mass Of
debris
Says On, Blast Couldnr ID II.
zone blast could not have blown
out all that snoring" said District
Attorney Perkins.
"The accident must have been cue
to an unfortunate blast-perhaps
the blast was too heavy" said f. A.
Little. general superintendent of the
United States Realty and Improve
ment Company. contractors IN
charge Of the construction that col
lapsed.
Every bit of evidence that we
have discovered after an oll-day IN
vestigation tends to show that the
blasts preceding the cave-in we're
not excessive" announced Fire
Commissioner Robert Adamson.
mo report had been made to us
of leaking gas" said an official Of
the Consolidated Gas Company.
Robert Ridgeway. engineer in charge
of subway construction for the Public
Service Commission, has two theories
No definite conclusions. Either one OF
the vertical supports was displaced by
Aying rock, thus causing the whole
structure to sag and collapse. or an ac-
emulation OF sewer gas in the ercava'
ton was ignited when the blasts were
fred"
or such theoretical and suppositional
character are the answers to the two
questions that New York has asked.
Blast Possibly Too Heavy"
General Superintendent Little. Of the
United States Realty and Improvement
Company, was asked last night what he
meant by an unfortunate blast.
Possibly it was too heavy" he re-
piled.
In his Office in the Flatiron Building
Mr. Little frankly answered all ques-
tions put to him.
August Midnight ordered the blast
which resulted in the accident" he
said. "The immediate cause so far as
we know has not been determined; GER
tainly il has not been determined by
us. All the evidence is jumbled
mass. having been buried In the col.
lapse. Midnight. who has disappeared
a fact we regret greatly-is the one
man who could enlighten us under
present circumstances. He has been
employed by US for more than year.
and he has always been considered an
expert biaster He did good work on
the Broadway subway. and we have
often congratulated ourselves that we
had in him the most reliable blaster in
the city.
AT one time he leftour employ. but
that was when we shut down at Thir-
Continued on page 2. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
CALIFORNIA se4.3o round trip
.nioh VALLEY Railroad.

THE Route OF the Black Diamond
choice OF routes. unlimited stop overs
and model tours prepared, Nnte for
hooklet Ticket Offices on Broadway, at
az isSs and 1860: Brooklyn, 80 Flatbush
-. Newark. 2li Market st, New
Hayen. l2g Church St.-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
MOTHER, "a, AWAY, HE WEDS

bridegroom, 81. Suddenly Marries
Widow More than 60.
lBy Telegraph 20 T1s rribunel
Winsted, Conn, Sept. 22.-Anson II.
Norton, sixty-four, quit home while his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Norton.
eighty-four, was absent and got mar
ried. The bride is Mrs. Agnes Shelter,
also past SIXTY, Of Troy, n. Y.
Mrs. Norton kept house for the late
II. J. Viets. a neighbor TO Mr.. Norton
By the terms of Mr.. Viets's will she
received a substantial bequest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
AIRMEN
DROP 100 BOMBS
ON STUTTGART
Shell Royal Palace and
Station in Capital of
Wurtemberg.

Paris, Sept. % French aviators have
crossed Lorraine. Alsace and Baden and
bombarded Stuttgart, capital OF the
kingdom of Wurtemberg, 10 miles
from their base. according to the Of
fetal communication issued tonight.
The airmen dropped 100 shells on
the Royal Palace and the station and
at different points along the line. They
returned safely to their base.
Earlier in the day a group Of eight
French aviators shelled the station Of
Contains. on the line between Metz
and Nerdun. Other French airmen
bombarded the encmy's barracks at
Middelkerke and railroad train be
tween BrugeS and Thourout.
The artillery duel along the western
front is unabated General JofTre, the
French commander in chief. and the
allied commanders, Field Marshal Sir
John French and King Albert Of Bel
gium. are developing a new plan OF
campaign that involves the almost con-
tinuous use Of artillery on vast scale
along the whole line.
Constant Artillery Rain.
Masses Of artillery have been en-
ployed by both sides since the begin
ming Of operations in preparing for
Infantry attacks, pounding their ad-
yersaries' works for an hour or two.
then suddenly suspcnding fire and as
saulting with infantry. The Allies are
now methodically maintaining their
shell fire for days at a time, without
infantry attacks, dropping projectilcs
on the charred front into every fifty
yard square, and repeating the process
"A deadly, automatic, unceaslng
pounding. The heavy-calibrcd guns
send their storms of shells on encamp-
ments of first reserves behind the
lines and upon bridges and provision
trains.
Posts Made Untenable.
Official reports obtained by the
French army officers from their own
observers, from prisoners and from
photographs made by avintors show
that parts Of the opposing lines which
have been subjected to this unceasing
bombardment have been rendered en-
tirely untenable, and that the best the
Germans can do is TO reoccupy their
abandoned works after the lombard
ments have let up, and then leave
quickly when the showers Of proJec-
tiles begin TO fall again.
In recent issue the "Frankfur,,r
Zeitung" published letter from Ger
man at the front describing the effects
of Fren,' gunnery.
French Guns Work Ruin.
"Our battery was located twenty
miles west of the little village Of
T" he letter says. when we ar
rived most of the buildings were still
intact but had been abandoned by the
inhabitants. We intended 10 install
there our reserve camp, but the French
guns entirely demolished the buildings.
ave tried to Dig out beams and
pianks which had not been burned, TO
construct subterranean shelters, but
the French guns made this impossible.
"A little TO the south, where another
village had been destroyed by French
artillery. German troops cleared up the
ruins with difficulty and built shelters
around the remaining walls. The
Continued ON page :. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
London Is Asiounded.

Bulgaria move has struck London
with dramatic suddcness. The AFTER
noon newspapers. however. refralned
from editorial comment. and neutral
readers Of these publications, except
Tor drawing their own conclusions from
large type heads and such captions as
Balkans Sensation" would be none the
wiser as % whether England regarded
lhe developments as preliminary VIC
tory for the Central Powers. or merely
smother overnight turn Of the GRECO
Sefbian-Bulgariau negotiations.
Premier RadoslavoG Of Bulgaria has
assured his supporters that Rumania
and Greece will remain neutral. DIS
patches from Berlin say that no word
eas been received Of mobilization by
either Greece or Rumania, nor are
here any indications that Bulgaria's
te'ion will necessarily lead to a gem
'fsl outbreak in the Balkans. The be-
lief Is expressed in we'll informed
quarters. that Rumania az least will
remain quiet and the possibility OF
O'eeee. Rumania and Bulgaria reach
hs an agreement is entertained.
Talk Of Rapprochement.
4 dispatch 70 the "ZeituBg am Nit
"g from Vienna gives information
ron Bulgarian sources tending 10 con-
arm this. Il says tina: the situation
= ne Balkans is clearing satisfactori-
y and that Bulgaria's attitude is not
Thcut effect on other Balkan states.
ss clspatch adds that steps toward n
p5Wt'ai fapprochement between the
yoaS S"n states are under way. and with
prospects Of success.
r. Wspateh 90 Reuters Telegram
sTPany from Nish says:
c.he serbian government denies that
,AAny advised Serbia not TO oppose
essk The Central Powers are plan
snk 70 launch. with the stipulation that
So. an attack will not be aimed pri-
R'ssly AZ Serbia. but will be made for
",Kner reaFons.
" statement on behalf Of the gov
continued on page 5. column 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
ATHENS READY
FOR DECISION
King Calls in VenizeloS-
Rumania Is Still
Wavering.
BERLIN TALKS OF PACT
Saws New Balkan Agreement Is
in Prospect Whole Serb
Front Shelled.
On, on. % N, rnhun. J

London. Sept While the Ger
man and Austrian artillery is bonn
harding the Serbian positions along
the whole northern frontier, appar-
emily paving the way for the long
awaited thrust toward Turkey. the
Balkan states are in a ferment.
NJ Radosavof. the Bulgarian
Premier. has announced TO his sup
porters the signing Of a convention
with Turkey for the future main
tenance Of armed neutrality on the
part Of Bulgaria. says "The Times"
correspondent at Sofia.
The Athens correspondent of "The
Morning Post" says all authentic
information from Bulgaria points
that warlike preparations have COM
menced. Orders have been issued
BY the Bulgarian government tnat
al railway trucks wherever found
must be unloaded Immediately and
reserved for government use. Heavy
artillery and field kitchens passed
Yesterday through Phillipopolis by
rail All officers have been recalled
from leave.
DESPITE repeated assertions from
Bulgar leaders that the mobilization
Is merely for purposes Of armed
neutrality" London now believes
that Sofa is ready TO throw in her
lot with the Central Powers. The
problematic factors in the crisis are
Rumania and Greece.
Athens IS in turmoil On receipt
O the news that Bulgaria had or
dered a general mobilization of her
troops King Constantine summoned
IN conference Premier Venizelos and
the members of the general staff OF
The army. The Premier suisse
quently called a meeting of the cab
met.
The greatest activity prevails
among representatives Of the En-
iente Power, in Greece. The Brit
ah. French and Russian ministers
held a conference. The Venizelos
government Athens dispatches say
faces the situation confidently.
Britain views the situation with
the greatest seriousness. The
Daily News" says that there ere
grounds for the belief that the Cab
met, at It's meeting yesterday, was
engaged with grave considerations
arising out Of the war and in par
tcular with the mobilization in Bull
garia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
BIJLGAR NEUTRALITY
PLEDGED TO TURKEY;
GREEK CHIEFS CONFER
BULGARS IN GERMANY
CALLED BACK TO ARMY

Berlin. Sept. 22.-The Bulgarian
Legation has notified all subjects
of that country in Germany that
Bulgaria, on September 81, ordered
general mobilization. All Bull
garians of military age must re-
turn Immediately by way of Wen
ma and Rumania.
London. Sept. 22.-All male Ser
bian subjects between the ages of
eighteen and fifty residing in the
United Kingdom were ordered to-
day TO report TO their Consuls, pre-
paratory TO rejoining the army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
WEATHER

FAIR TO-DAY AND TOMORROW
Yesterdays Tempcraturesi
High. 6SI Low. so.
Full report on Page 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23

"The design used by the United
States Realty and Improvement Com
psny. who are building this section ot
the Seventh Avenue line. has been used
successfully. Absolutely no blame at
taches to the company for skimpina
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23
GUARANTEE

Your Money Back
If You Want II.
See Editorial Page, First Column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-23

Continued on page I, column 9
Williams news., 1915-03-18
PARENTS NIGHT
 AT BOYS CLUB

Next Wednesday night will be Parents night at the Boys Club. Every parent interested in the work of this organization should arrange to be present. The question of completing arrangements for the organization of troop of Boy Scouts from the club members and others, is being considered and the hearty support of the parents is necessary in order that this may be successfully done.
 A Troop Committee composed of from three to nine Of the parents is necessary. This com mittee has a great deal of work to do and upon it most largely depends the success of work. In addition to this, as- sistant scout-masters are needed. This offers an opportunity for any young man above the age of eigh- teen, who is interested in the boys, to turn his energies to assisting the boys organization.
 All boys interested in Boys scout work, between the ages of twelve and eighteen. should be present at this meeting. Boys over eighteen who would like to apply for a posi- tion as assistant scout-master are also urged to attend. Boys under twelve may join the Scout training class, and sho uld also be present.
 The meeting will be called promptly at 7:3O.
Williams news., 1915-03-18
FARMER RADFORD ON
 WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The home is the greatest contribu- tlon of women to the world, and the hearthstone is her throne. Our so- clal structure is built around her, and soclal righteousness is in her charge. Her beautiful life lights the skies of hope and her refinement is the charm of twentieth century civilization. Her graces and her power are the cumu- lative products of generations of queenly conquest, and her crown of exalted womanhood is jeweled with the wisdom of saintly mothers. She has been great factor in the glory of our country, and her noble achieve ments should not be marred or her hallowed influence blighted by the coarser duties of citizenship. Ameri- can chivalry should never permit her to bear the burdens of defending and maintaining government, but should preserve her unsullied from the allied influences of politics, and protect her from the weighty responsibilities of the sordid affairs of life that will crush her ideals and lower her stand ards. The motherhood of the farm is our inspiration, she is the guardian of our domestic welfare and guide to higher life, but directing the af. fairs of government is not within wo- mans sphere, and political gossip would cause her to neglect the home. forget to mend our clothes and burn the biscuits.
Williams news., 1915-03-18
Announcement Party

An unusual sort of announce ment party was recently given in Williams. The bostesses were three of the teachers of the Willi- ams Public School, and the dinner guests, the other members of the faculty. The affair was given in honor of one of their number, Mrs. Ferdinand Augustus Charlebois, up to that time known to the pub lie as Miss Jaunita Reese, the we'll known teacher of the second grade. Miss Reese spent the Christmas holidays in Phoenix, and was quietly married there on the 3Oth of December. The marriage was kept as a secret from Williams friends until this recent announce ment.(
 Mr. Charlebois is a prosperous sheepman of an old Arizona family. MT. and Mrs. Charlebois have taken a colt age in town, and will soon be at home to their friends.