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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
Coroner's Jury Investigating
Absence of Steel Supports

The Coroncr's jury TO Investigate, INC
subway explosion and caye-in on Sey-
erth Avenue last Wednesday. ~ |hlch
seven persons were killed, was com
rleted Yesterday, and the jurors we're
taken to the scene 10 make an lnspec-
ton.
In the party were Coroner feinoei y
who presided at the inquest: Alton Is.
Parker and c. Walter Randall, attor,
neys for the United States Realty ana ana
Improvement Company. Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Toilette, Edward -
Crummey, for the Public Service Com
mission, and John J. Jordan. attorney
for Coroner Feinberg.
Wilson s. Kinnear, president or inc
construction company, told the jurors
that he favored the open cut and cover
system Of subway construction, because
il was safer method and Insured
more rapid progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28

from west coast districts show condi-
tons are more or less disturbed.
Villa agents here announced the re
CENT OF dispatches showing the eVae,,
uat.on Of Naco by Carrsnza forces ana
the prospective evacuation OF Hgua
Prieta before the Villa advance aIohE
the border. They charged that Car
rama troops before leaving Cane a,iS;
September q, killed 100 civilians. VIA
forces now claim complete control OF
the state Of Sonora. Their main body
rs said still TO be IN Durango Iorreon'
chihuahua and other towns IN the
vicinity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28

declared. "Our interest comes after
nubIic safety. and | am glad that care
has been taken first 10 safeguard lives
How much we have been affected can
not tell OF course, automobiles can
not stop in front Of the store, but the
trolleys are running.
Cave-in District Isolated.
At Gimbel Brothers it was said that
no diminution of trade had been no.
ticed as the three main arteries OF
traffic which bring customers 10 the
s+ore-the Thirty-fourth Street ana
Sixth Avenue surface cars ana the
Sixth Avenue were being oper-
ated.
Shopkeepcrs between Thirty-seventh,
and Thirty-ninth streets were aIecteu
most. Pedestrians were allowed yes
terday on the east side OF broadway
with the exception OF the Diock oe-
tween Thirty-eighth and Ihlrty-nlntn
streets. On the west side, patroIrm,eh
allowed persons TO pass between mn
ty-seventh and Thirty-ninth streets
only ifrhey had business there.
PENSIONERS have been timid all sum
mer because Of the planking," SAID H.
A. Hoskins, Of lianan & Co.. whose
building il just across from the cave
in. "and Just as trade is beginning, TO
pick UP this accident comes. rev
want to get inside the lines to come 70
the store. although we have done bet
fer than we expected. 1t would not
SUNRISE me if the shifting Of business
from this district would be result OF
the disaster. The women seem 10 be
less timid than the men. SATURDAY
night we did no business, and to-day
has fallen below last years average;
This was in general the tone. OF the
statements from other storekeepers
who are closest to the scene OF the
cave-in. Henry Silberfeld, whose jewel,
w store is directly in front of II, and
half of whose sidewalk was torn away,
did not even dress his windows yes
terdav. knowing that buyers would not
venture near the hole in the middle OF
Broadway. A cigar store near by was
closed all day, and several merchants
declared they would not remain open
last night. as the persons ! o walked
on Broadway did so out of curiosity
and not because the wanted to ouy
goods.
The Broadway Association appealed
20 Commissioner Woods TO have the
street opened for pedestrian raffic
from Thirty fourth to Thirty-ninth
street. which was done, with the excep-
ton Of the section nearest the cave-in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28

declared that the building was IN no
danger, as the Seventh Avenue seetIo.
had been completed and work hag nov
been started on Broadway above mir
ty-ninth Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
For Women

For Women
Washable cspe,kin. sand shade. one
button ................... %'''V
GRAY mocha. in pearl and medium
shades. black stitched back and black
kid binding. piquG seam. light weight.
500
White doeskin (washable), black hand
sewn. pearl button. .SA.O0
For Men
Tan oapeskin, hand-.ewn, one button.
$3.50
Tan capeskin. dress glove, black en-
broidered back. one button. .....sZ.5O
Yellow chamois. (wsshable) black en-
broidered back. .50-$2.OO
Tan or gray mocha, one button. $500
Gray buekskin. heavy weight, out-seam,
one clasp. Observation-Disclosures. $500
White eaPeskin, dress glove. Pique
seam ........--......$l.S0 -$Z.OO
For Children
Tan cspeskin. one button. ........e5c
Yellow ehamos (Nyashsble) .......95c
White doe,hn (washsble) .......95c
Gray mocha .........-.-....$l25
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
PERIL
CLOSES STREETS

Continued from page /
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
TIE DARDANELLES
GIVE WAY TO FIJI
TURKS ARE HOLDING VlLLAdss
ALONG STRAITS IN FORCE
MINE SWEEPING GOES ON.
THREE MILES FROM CHA"AA
Turkish Ships Are Reported to Be AS
sembling at Naeara-AIIies Lost 10
Killed, 3 Missing and Is Wounded.

LOndOn.-The British battleships
Queen Elizabeth and Prince George
and the battle cruiser lnheXible, with
their eight l5inch and their dozen y.
inch guns, attacked the principal forts
on the European side of the narrOws
in the DardanelleS.
Two of the forts were damaged
and thetmagaZine of a third was
blown up. Guarding the narroWeSt
part OF the straits from the European
side, they are believed to be the
strongest forts along the entire water
way, although those opposite almost
equal them.
One fort, indicated on the admiralty
maps as L." has two 14-inch guns that
could scarcely reach the Queen Eliza
beth, which fired 20 rounds from her
l5-lnch weapons by indirect fire and
had the advantage Of aeroplanes to
aid her sunners. The other two forts
have three 11-inch guns and Some
smaller cannon.
Cruisers continue attacks on the for.
tlfications along the coast of Asia MI.
nor, from Besika, near the entrance I'd
the Dardanelles, to Smyrna, doubtless
to prevent re-enforcements being sen,
to the straits, where there are mani
Turkish troops, with whom the NJ,
rines landed to complete destruction Y
the forts at the entrance to the strafII
Ia na !. n!.ssans tiSaataGts was 10
casualties, according to the Birth III
pert, of 10 killed, rs wounded and
three missing. The Turks, however
place the British casualties at a higher
figure.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
RUSSIANS CUT Off
/ TURKEYS SUPPLY
ZAR'S FORCES BLOCKS ROUTE
OF OTTOMAN REINFORCE
e MENTS AND FOOD.

Petrograd.-The Russian army q,
lie Caucasus driving the Turkish
rces before it has reached the river
hopachas, the estuary of the Tcho.
TX In Armenia. This advance by
e Russians cuts the route of Turk.
q reinforcements and supplies from
pnstantinople to the Caucasian from.
or, through Khopa, Turkish Armenia
40 lsolates large section of Turkish
rritory.
The Russian forces advanced from
alum on the Black Sea near the
urKlsh border and were opposed by
ae Turks at every step. They were
SISTED by Russian warships, which
reared the shore of Turkish forces
no cut on successfully several ave.
ues OF Turkish communications by
"a until only the Khopa route re.
lained.
, After a battle of three days this
~ route was closed effectively.
ohclal returns show that up to Feb
lary 10, $4,000 Turkish prisoners, in
luaing SIT officers, had passed
lroush Pyatigorsk since the war with
urhey began, on their way to the In.
'rior Of Russia.
austrian warships have been bonn.
arains Antivari, the seaport of Mon.
.negro.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
RECOMMENDS ROUTE
FOR u. s. VESSELS
CERTAIN COURSES FOR AMERI.
CAN VESSELS TO AVOID GET
TING INTO MINE FIELDS.

Observation-Disclosures shipmasters
sailing for Bremen, Germany, are ad-
Vised to take the northerly course, In
Information to the State Department
from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin,
aithough he says that the German ad-
nllralty declines to take responsibility
regarding courses steered outside of
German waters. The ambassador
transmitted a report nom the Aarrcr1--
can consul at Bremen, who said that
the ,thourse had been recommended by
the 3remen Board of Trade. The
northern course Is described as fol-
lows:
For ships up to 1900 net tons,
track Of steamers of low power bound
inward from the Ambrose channel
lightship, true east until 80 degrees
west and then to a point we'll off the
coast Of Ireland to the north of the
Shetland Islands in view of the Nor
wegian coast bound for the Lister
Deep pilot station.
Ships. outward bound from the
Nester river in charge Of a pilot to
Lister Deep, should take course well
of the coast and then to a point 80
to 40 miles off the Norwegian coast
and free of the Shetland Islands. From
there, the course should be well off
the coasts of England and Ireland to
the western islands, and from there a
true west coarse taken to point
where Nantucket Lightship bears
northwest true"
The consul at Bremen adds that the
captain of the steamer Navajo. now
at Bremen, followed this course from
New York, passing the Fair Islands
and south Of the Shetland Islands, and
recommends the course highly.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
STATE BOARD SUED
FOR TITLE ISLANDER
OWNER DEMANDS $4,000 DAM
AGES OF STATE CONsERVA.
TON COMMISSION.
REFUSES TO PAY RENTS
Petitioner Declares 1t Has Repeatedly
Requested Commission to Desist
From SIanderins Its Title.
New Orleans

The Anchorage Planting Company,
Ltd, which claims to have had undis-
turbed possession Of Profits Island for
a period Of seventy-nine years, under
the title derived from the United
States government, entered suit in the
Civil District Court against the Con-
servation Commission of Louisiana for
SANDER Of title.
The company alleges that the com.
mission has been continuously SANDER.
ing petitioners title, pretending that
the commission is the owner of the
property, and causing the lessee, John
W. Thompson, to refuse to pay rents
to petitioner, and otherwise iniurlng
petitioner in the use and enjoyment of
its property, and preventing it from
selling or disposing of its property.
Petitioner declares it has repeatedly
requested the commission to desist
from slandering its title, or If It had
any just claim, to bring suit to judi.
clally determine It's claim. But the
commission will neither abandon its
pretended claims, nor prosecute them
at law, but continues to assert It's
claim at a damage to petitioner in an
amount exceeding $4,000 actual dam
ages. The claims Of the commission
have had the effect of preventing pc
titioner from collecting rents and reve
nues amounting to $4,000 yearly, the
a..-so< rnoshpscn, refusing to nav ma
tltloner by reason OF the Islander a,
the title. The court is asked to ou,et
petitioner in its title to the property
ana lor Judgment against the Conser.
'auon Commission for $4,000.
me suit grows out Of the claim of
the Conservation Commission to tho
gravel on the shore OF the island below
h1gh water mark. The commission
lays no claim to the island proper. but
under the law asserts its claim to the
gravel which is below the high water
marx, which constitutes the main SUD.
ply. The commission has been advised
by the attorney generals office tina,
us claim to that deposit below high
water mark, is good, holding that the
property line extends on the river only
to high water.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Press Bill POSTPONED,

lndianapOlis.-The house of the In
diana legislature voted unanimously
to postpone indefinitely the newspaper
bill which provides that all press as
sociations operating in the state fur
nish service for all who desired it and
that the press associations be placed
under control Of the Public Service
Commission. The bill had passed the
Senate and had been made a caucus
measure by house Democrats
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
TEUT0NS PREPARE
FOR ZIG CATTLE
NV KNOWN IN LONDON WAR or.
Fics WHICH SIDE TO TAKE
OFFENSIVE.
iKtM8LES ON WAR BRINK
h'h9 OF Greece Seeks to Preserve Neu.
tra'Ity Portion of Influential Ele.
ment Want to Fight.
IRtM8LES ON WAR BRINK

London.-Center of interest on t,s
eastern front again has shifted with
the announcement from Petrograd the
great battle is developing on the
lelC Dank OF the river Vistula at d
point to the west and also southwest
Of Warsaw.
1t Is not yet clear, judging from mes,
sageS reaching London, which side has
taken the offensive, but inspired
sources, both in Berlin and Petr0grad
nave been limiting lately that vital
operations might well be expected In
this region. Messages from the Rus.
sian capital have declared that the old
Held OF action in the direction of
Posen and Silesia alone could serve
as the decisive battle ground, while
Berlin has been predicting another
brilliant action in the direction OF
warsaw by Field Marshal Won linden
burg.
NO great activity has been reported
elsewhere on the eastern front, except
at Rawa, to the south Of Warsaw,
where German army headquarters
claim the capture Of 3,400 Russians. 1T
is possible that this action may be
part of the great battle which Petro-
grad says is now under way. Attacks
and counter attacks from the text Of
both the Paris and Berlin official com.
mun1catfons covering events in the
battle 'front.' but there g no indica-
ton OF decisive gain by either side
Attempts by the allied fleet to force
MASSAGE Of tha- Dardanslles has caused |
a ferment in the near eas', which has
reached the proportions pf a cabinet
crisis in Greece.
No new cabinet has as yet been
announced, and King Constantine may
have great difficulty in forming gov
crnment with the popular former Pre-
mier Venizelos leading the opposition. {.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
To Try rhaW Some More.

New Neutrality-suspicious. for the
trial of Harry X. Thaw and five
others, accused of conspiracy in
aiding his escape from Matteawan, be-.
gan when so subpoenas and notices
were sent to witnesses. 1t Is
believed Thaw will enter no defense,
but will rest on the states case and
the arguments of his attorneys.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
$25,000,000 For Rivers.

Washington. administrator lead
ers, after a conference this morning
expressed confidence that the substi-
tute rivers and harbors bill, carrying
total of S25,OOO,OOO, would pass the
Senate without serious opposition. Re-
publican members Of the commerce
committee, who opposed the original
$3S, 100000 measure, had agreed to
support the compromise.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Wheat to War Zone.

New Orleans.-A total of c1,111,915
bushels of wheat have been shipped to
foreign ports through New Orleans
since September l, 1914, according to
figures made public by the Board of
Trade. Shipments last month were
5,lO2,OS5 bushels, as against 624,2OO
bushels in February, 1914, with an ad.
ditional 1903 bushels on board yes.
sells not cleared.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Gift Of Ordnance.

Observation-Disclosures, before ad,
Journment, passed a bill donating to
several cities in Arkansas, condemned
brass or bronze cannons, with compile
ments of cannon balls, to be used as
park decorations. Two cannon are do.
mated each to the cities of Van Buren,,
Green Forest, Mena, Prairie Grove,
nanyille and Dardanelle.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
ManIfests ALLEGED FaIsej

New York.-George hotter, Iolph
Hachmeister and Walter Pappitaus,
three OF five officials and emplks Of
the Hamburg-American Line iicted
on the charge Of defrauding thJnit.
ed States government by ms Of
raise manifests issued to shilsent
with supplies for German dsers
pleaded not guilty when ARMED
Ihey were released on s5.O3bail
each.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
To Borrow S156nn nm

Berne, Switzerland-There is excel.
lent authority for the statement that
negotiations are going on between the
Swiss government and representatives
of American banks concerning a Swiss
loan in the United States. The sum
is $15,COO,OOO and the rate
Of interest about six per cent.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
To Enforce "Dry" Laws.

Denver, Colo.-The Colorado legisla.
ture completed the law to enforce the
statewide constitutional prohibition
amendment effective January /, 1915.
The Senate and house adopted the re-
port of the conference committee
which alters the administration bill
in two essentials.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Aims to Check CoaIin,

washington. - President alson
signed the Joint resolution ph by
DOTH houses authorizing him erect
customs collectors to withhdlear.
anee from any vessel which has
reason to believe intends to acoal
or other supplies to belligerensels
at sea.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
viii Check Child Labor Law.

Montgomery, Ala.-The Weakley
child labor bill was signed by Gov
ernor Henderson and is now law.
1t prohibits the employment of chill.
drer under IA years of age in any
gainful occupation after October,
1916. and the employment of any
children under IL in any gainful oc.
cupation before October !, 1916.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Germans Confiscate Hides.

London.-The Germans have confis-
Gated S6,OOO,O00 worth of hides found
in Belgian tanneries, according to a
Central News dispatch from Havre,
which adds that all tanning materials
of all sorts have been seized and the
leather industry in that country utter
ly ruined.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
congress Bestows MedaIs.

Observation-Disclosures of Congress
TO Ambassadors Da Cana, Naon and
Suarez OF Brazil. Argentina and Chile,
respectively, for their services as me-
dlators between the United States and
Mexico were rendered in a Joint reso.
htion adopted by the house. 1t al
ready mas passed the Senate and now
goes 10 President Wilson. It provides
that gold medals be presented to the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Suffrage Talked By II States

lndianapolis.-Tke program of the
Mississippi valley conference of suf-
fragists, which will be held in India.
Dapolis, has been announced. Twenty.
one states will be represented by dele
gates and each state also has at least
one representative on tho program.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Bar Habit.Forminn Dr,i

Washington.-The act of drass
prohibiting all persons from sSg or
giving away habit.forming drulEith.
out a physicians prescriptions IN.
der direct instructions of pkian,
Went into effect throughout tkoun.
try Friday.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Minnesota Nav Go Drv.

st. Paula dill providing Ia a
statewide prohibition amendmek he
submitted to the people at the dleral
election in November, 1916, VII In.
troduced in the Minnesota hous{Goy.
ernor Hammons signed the eout on.
ton bill passed recently by thdegis.
lature granting counties the prilege
OF settling the prohibition issd
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
increase in American Exnorts

Wasnlngton.-An analysis of Amer
1ca's foreign trade for January by the
Department of Commerce, showed in
detail the amount of the tremendous
increases In exports to many Euro.
pean nations and the decreases in
exports to many European nations and
the decreases in shipments to the prin-
c1pal countries of Latin-America as
compared with January, 1914.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Holland Remains Neutral

The Hague.-Reports reaching Hol.
land from the United States and other
countries indicate a belief that The
Netherlands is about to enter inIo the
hostilities. Semi-official circles here
declare such reports are withoutkoun-
dalton. 1t is asserted that Holknd's
attitude Of complete neutrality hi not
changed, but that she continuesaeter.
mined to protect her national rfhts
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Sanitary Movement Grows.

Yazoo City.-The movement now
being carried on in Yazoo City to
make the town absolutely sanitary is
gaining momentum daily, and inter
est has spread to every part of the
CITY
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
e,,ffrsoe Hilj Falls,

Austin.-A resolution for constitu-
tional amendment for woman Suffrage
was defeated by the Texas House Of
Representatives. The vote was 80 to
90 the resolution needing "a votes te
mass under the two-thirds rule.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
n.erinn Worth sts,aoe,s7s.

Chicago.-The late William Deerlng'
harvester manufacturer, LETT an estate
of SIS, 2oS,s79 after payment by his
executors of all debts and expenses
according to a final accounting made
in the probate court
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
War Claims Bill u.,n Al

Washington. Before adh...
OF Congress President WIZ y,
the omnibus war claims Kh,.h
was called up by Senator RSn !,
ARKANSAS carrying Arkansas -.
Sregating nearly 100000.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
Revenues LARGE Eor EahI

HeVenues Large For Febt
Neutrality-suspicious. the fft,m.
since'July, government reve8or !
month of the present fiscal Nave
beaten the pace set during bscal
year 1914. '
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

Modern machinery equipped to Law
the piling and cement base for tho
seawall at Vaudeville. now under wav
is expected here within the next few
days. Work with the old.style ma.
chinery has been stopped. The new
equipment cuts the trench the reouir.
sd width Of the canal and at the sama
time puts in the piling and cement
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

The Board Of Commissioners of the
New River Drainage District of Don.
jacksonville has awarded the contract
for digging the proposed drainage ca
nal in the district to the d. B. Gore
Company Of Shreveport, at a price
not to exceed CTS cents per yard, IN.
Guiding the cost Of the necessary
equipment, and a commission Of Is
per cent to the contractors.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

Twin Cypress Camp No. 436, Wood
men of the World, appointed Euclide
Jeansome and George S. Gremillion OF
Plancheville delegates to the State
camp meeting, to be held in New Or.
leans during March The camp has
ninety-nine members on its roll and is
in tiourishing condition.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

Mrs j. A. Littlefleld OF New Orleans
brought suit in the Federal Court
against the City Of Shreveport for pay.
ment OF two municipal bonds, issued
forty-six years ago, with accrued in
terest The interest amounts to over
$4,000
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

The Southern Creosoting Company
OF Slidell has contract to furnish
the new railroad bridge at Memphis,
100000 feet of creosoted lumber.
One million feet Of export lumber is
awaiting the arrival of a ship at Gulf
port to be shipped through Slidell by
the Great Southern Lumber Com
parry. w. ~,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12

me ruins left by the disastrous fire.
at Jackson January 81, when a mum.
Der OF buildings were destroyed, are
rapidly being replaced by new and at,
'ractiVe structures. Klein Bros, have
erected new store and other mer.
chants are now following the example
set.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-03-12
STATE PARAGRAPHS.

The road tax, being a three-mill tax
Tor fifteen years to build a public
road between Melville and Port Barre
ana from Port Barre to Krotz
Springs, was defeated at this poll, and
reports from Port Barre indicate that
the tax was defeated at that precinct
The Morehouse parish school board
sold the $4,000 school bond issue for
95A. These bonds are predicated on
tive-mill tax voted by the citizens
for the purpose Of a school building
to be erected in the village of Collins.
ton The builcing will be completed
by the September school term.