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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31

New York. July 31-Upon com splaint of James Connolly, inspector of com bustibles in Jersey City, Judge Sullivan of the Hudson County court last night issued warrants for the arrest of three persons on charges of manslaughter in connection with the explosions of ammunition on the Black Tom Pier of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The three are:
 Theodore B. Johnson, president of the Johnson Lighterage Co.,, of No. IT Battery Place, living at No. 1856 Seventy-sixth street, Brooklyn.
 Albert M. Dickman, agent of u . Lehigh Valley, stationed on the Black Tom Pier, living in Jersey City.
 Alexander Davidson. superintendent of the warehouses of the National Storage Co.,, on the pier. He lives at No. 233 Stegman street, Jersey City.
 Chief of Police Monaghan imme- diately sent out Lieuts. Collins, Green and Noble to serve the warrants. Dickman and Davidson were arrested at their homes in Jersey City. At a late hour police headquarters in Jer- sey City had received no report from the men detailed to find Johnson. It is expected that extradition proceedings will be necessary before he is brought to Jersey City. %
 A reporter who called at Johnson's s home in Brooklyn last night was told that he was not in and would not be back until late, possibly not until to- day. The prosecutor of Hudson county will ask that all three men be held in $5,o00 each.
 Warrants Based on Leyden's Death.
 The warrants charge Johnson, Dickman and Davidson with respon- sibility for the death of Cornelius Leyden, captain of the Lehigh Valley police, who was last seen on the pier few moments before the first of the two great explosions. His body has not been recovered. The theory, of the authorities is that he was buried under the wreckage of warehouses and cars or blown into the river. The police say that they do not expect any difficulty in establishing the cor pus de1icti to support the manslaugh- ter charge.
 [ Judge Sullivan signed the warrants at 1o:45 o'clock in the city hall.
 The decision to cause the arrest of these men was reached at conference of Jersey City officials in the office of Frank Hague, commissioner of pub lie safety in city hall, following a visit by all to the scene of the ex- plosion, where they questioned many eyewitnesses and obtained the names of others. They also visited the Jer- sey City hospitals and obtained the stories of injured persons.
 Commissioner Hague, who took the leading part in the conference, openly said that the blame for the explosion could be laid at the doors of three companies, the Lehigh Valley Rail- road company, the Storage company and the Lighterage company All asserted. have openly disregarded not
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31

only the laws of New Jersey and tho city ordinances of Jersey City in re- gard to the storage and shipment of dangerous explosives. but have dis ooeyed the specific instructions. of the Interstate Commerce Commission and an order of Judge Haight of the Fed cral Court.
 The testimony obtained by the Jcr- sey City officials shows that at the time of the explosion there were tied to the Black Tom pier. four oarges lcaded with explosives and projectiles. The explosives, it is said, included not o-'-- dynamite but idunite and nitro ccllulose, two of the most powerful explosives known.
 | -.Ir. Hague charges that these barses were ready to be lowed immediately to steamers waiting to receive them i in Gravesend Bay for shipment to the allies, and that they were in charge of tugs owned either by the Lehigh Val l; ley or by the Johnson Lighterage Co. i At least one of the barges he assegt- ed was the property of the Johnson company, and the chew of the tug that towed this barge is accused of the most fragrant violation of all. i Barge Broke Law, It Is Asserted. i According to the evidence collated
 yesterday, this barge, called Johnscn
 No. 24. carried the material that caused the explosion that came at 2:cS
 It's cargo, the Jersey commissioners said, was high explosives and several cases of shrapnel.
 Our investigation shows" said
 Commissioner Hague. that on Satur- day 12 cars of the Central Railroad of | .A ammunition and explosive projectiles.
 were transferred to the Johnson No. "A from the Centra, railroads freight
 pier No. :.
 I "The Johnson lighter was loaded up at 2:3O p. m.. and, according to Fed eral regulations. should have gone inn
 mediately out into New York Bay or proceeded at cnce to its destination at Gravesend Bay, where the explo-
 sives were to be transferred to a ! steamer Instead of doing that it
 went to the Lehigh Valley pier and l tied up there, against the express or
 ders of the 1ehigh Valley officials. ] Martin T. Henley. right general
 yardmaster of the Lehigh Valley: J.
 M. Kane, watchman at the, Natio- al
 Storage companys plant. and A. M
 Dickman, agen of the dock company,
 protested against this barge being
 tied up to their pier. but their instra .
 ti'ns were idisregarded."
 | The efforts of the commissioners to | find the captain of the tug that took
 barge No. 24 resulted in failure. His Iname is M. Corbin, but little informa-
 tion was obtained about him, except
 that he had frequently lowed cargoes l of explosives to- and from the Black Tom pier. His name is signed to the
 manifest of the Jersey Central rail-
 road for tne cargo he received Satur- | day afternoon. ".
 The manifest gives the cargo as 3.125
 cases of explosive projectiles, but the
 Jersey authorities believe that this
 was only general term to cover not only projectiles but explosives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31
,pREPAYMENT'C CARS
 READY FOR USE ON LINE TO t0ROSHIp

Four big double truck pay-as-you enter cars are here for the Lordship Co. and will be used in the trolley service from this city to Lordship Manor. It had been planned to have the cars here by Memorial Day, but the difficulty of the manufacturers in getting material prevented.
 The cars have double vestibules with . side seat extending the entire length on one side and cross seats on the other. There are ample aisles. When. the doors close the steps fold up By the time the switch at Strat- ford and ,Hollister avenues is com pleted and the new turnoMnts M are in place on the salt, meadows, it Is thought tho cars will be ready for service.
 It is planned to run them to siie railroad station around the Golden Hill street loop providing service to Lordship Manor from the center of the city for five cent fare.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31
THREE KNOWN DEAD IN GREAT
 EXPLOSION AT PIER IN JERSEY

POISSON, ARTHUR aged two and onehalf months No. S7 Central Avenue, Jersey City Shocked death crib. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, about g years od 10 inches in height Removed to New York morgue from Lehigh
 Valley pier Communipaw. LEYDEN CORNELIUS J.. Arlington, N J., chief of Lehgh
 Valley Railroad fire force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31

Former 7Congressman 1ialRh D. Cole. of Ohio. announced he had de- clined the tender of the chairn,an- ship of the National Speakers Bureau. by the Republication National Com mittee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31

Arrests on Charge of Manslaughter Are Made Lehigh Valley Agent on Pier, and Warehouse Superintendent Are Taken, While Police Search For Head of Lighterage Company Violation of Laws on Storing Munitions is Alleged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31

County Judge George Tennant, who is head of the Jersey City Chap ter of the American Red Cross, came in from his summer home at Spring Lake to offer aid. He said the shock of the explosion was distinctly felt at Spring Lstke, which is sixty-five miles from Jersey City.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
MAN WAS NOT DROWNED.
Owner of Coat, Hat and Shoe Found
on Steamboat Wharf VIII
Get Same From Police.

What looked like river mystery
early last Wednesday morning, when
a coat, hat and a shoe were found
upon the wharf used by the eXcur-
sion steamer Charles Manchester, has
been cleared up. No one was drown
Gu, as at nrst supposed, and those
who began to drag the dock expect
ing to hook body were unaware OF
the fact that the owner Of the articles
was very much alive at his home in
the northern section of the city.
1t is now known that a man, who
was very drunk, was brought off
the steamer Tuesday night with his
coat, hat and one shoe in his hand.
Several friends accompanied the in
toxicated man, and they told an Of
fcer that they would See him safely
home. 1t appears they did. but al
lowed their charge to drop the coat.
hat and shoe on the wharf. which
act caused so much speculation.
There will therefore be no corpus
delicti nor coroner's inquest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
KIDNAP GIRL WITH AUTO.

Bridgeport, Pa, Sept. with the
flourish of revolvers in the hands Of
at least one of three men, pretty
young Mary Navey, of Depot street,
was kidnapped Wednesday morn
ing on Second street, near her home,
as she was going to work in Nor
ristown. hosiery mill 9, The three men
picked her up bodily, put her into a
Ijitney and commanded the driver tc
apply as much speed as possible.
The course taken was in the direction
of Downingtown.
William McGrory, a car inspector
in the yards of the Reading Railway
responded to the cries of the girl
for help, but when he approached he
was held back by revolver in the
hands of one of the men, VINO were
young. McGrory, after the car had
proceeded up the street, notified the
police. Another machine was obtain
ed and pursuit was made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Havre De Grace, Nd, Sept 2. =,
When a touring car bound from
Richmond to Atlantic City crashed
through the Union avenue bridge and
dropped twenty feet to PennsylI
yania railroad siding yesterday
morning, Mrs. Jewett, of Boston, was
killed, and W. P. Hoff, Henry Gill;
Mrs. E. D. Hotchkiss, and Charles
Bedford, of Richmond, were injured.
All were pinned beneath the machine
Gill extricated himself and raising the
car on a jack freed the others.
The mayor Of the town near whose
home the accident happened sounded
a fire alarm and the firemen took the
injured to the hospital here.
All will recover. The car passed
through Baltimore last night. Mrs.
Jewett was or her way home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
ALLIES TROOPS
NOW IN GREECE
,i 3;
Anglo-French Soldiers Said
to Have Landed at
Piraeus 49,:
FIVE MILES OF ATHENS
Reports of King Constantine's Abdi-
cation Lack Observation-Disclosures
BY Diplomats
FIVE MILES OF ATHENS

London, Sept. q Anglo-frencn
troops are believed to have been
! landed at Pilaeus with the intention
meant that the allies had decided to
Athens and garrisoning the Greek
capital.
No report of an actual landing has
thus far been received. But two dis
patches from Athens today reported
the arrival of allied transports or
Piraeus harbor and London news
papers declared this undoubtedly
meant that the allies had decided to
put an end to pro-German intrigues
at Athens.
The foreign Office today still LACK
ed confirmation of reports OF King
Constantine's abdication and was
without further advices regarding
the progress of the revolution III
northern Greece. In the absence OF
official news, diplomats here began
to doubt the truth of the report that
the Greek King had quit his throne,
though his position is growing more
uncomfortable.
The beginning of an Italian orten-
siye in southern Albania, officially
announced at Rome, convinced mill
tary critics today that the allies
grand offensive in the Balkans Is
about to begin. The landing OF
troops at Piraeus indicates the. de-
termination of the allies to settle all
problems in Greece quickly before
marching northward against the Ger
mans and Bulgarians.
With Italy attacking in Albania
the!aallies are .fnow Iexerting pres
sure on the central powers on slX
fronts. The Italian movement in Al
bania will force the retirement of the
Bulgurs, from northwestern Greece
if it is carried eastward successfully
until it threatens the Bulgarian flank.
That the Roumanian declaration
of war has caused "a radical change
in Bulgaria's plan of strategy is re-
ported in dispatches from Salonikl.
Since Roumania entered the war the
Bulgars have made no attempt to
push further southwark into Greece,
contenting themselves with fortify-
ing the lines already seizec.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
Fierce Battle Now Raging
Along the Front in
Volhynia
TAKE 15,5O1 TEUTONs
British Line Pierced and Germans
Penetrate Advance Trenches in
High Wood at Points.

Petrograd, Sept. Pin the course Of
battles ye:terday on the western Rus.
sian front, says the Russian officia
statement of yesterday, the Russians
captured 2S9 officers and 15,501 men
Of this number 2,400 were Germans
The Russians also captured 6 guns,
So r1achine guns and 7 bomb throwerS
Berlin. Sept. 2,-In yesterdays OF
Goial German statement Prince Leo
pold of Bavaria appears as..the direc-
tor of the German armies on the Rus
sian front. which had heen controlled
by Field Marshal Won Hindenburg be.
fore he was appointed chief of the
Imperial General Staff.
London, Sept. 2--Five successive
attacks were made by German troops
Thursday night on British positions
on the Somme front. The war Office
announced yesterday that the Ger
mans penetrated the British defenses
on a small frontage at two points
between Ginchy and High Wood.
Bucharest, Sept. 2-Roumanian
troops, invading TransyIvania, have
occupied the important industrial
centre Petroseny and the Tarlunge
Valley, near Kronstadt, says the an.
nouncement Of the Roumanian Wa1
Office.
Athens, Sept. 2-7--Information re
ceived here says the Bulgarians are
evacuating Sorovitz on tho Serbian
front, near F'lorina. The Bulgarians
are reported to have failed in their
attempt to take Gornitchovo, a town
east of Florina.
London, Sept. Bulgaria has de-
clared war on Roumania, according to
an official announcement made. at
Saloniki.
Petroseny is the centre of a ricn
coal field near the southern frontier
of Pennsylvania, lying just north of
the Valcan Pass through the Tran
sylvanian Alps. The occupation OF
Tarlunge Valley indicates the Rou-
manians are extending their invasion
o. the extreme portion Of .rrarsyl-
yania.
Turnu Margureli and Zimnitza are
Roumanian frontier towns on the
Danube river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
COLONEL SMITHS WILL.
Real and Personal Estate Bequeath
ed to his Sister. Miss Margaret
Smith.

The will of the late Colonei
Francis L. Smith has been admitted
to prohabte in the circuit court fol-
the city, in vacation, and Margaret
Vowel Smith, sister of the deceased
qualified in the clerks Office toda!
an exeeuttix. Colonel srftith's has.
testament bequeathes his estate and
all personal and other property to
his sister. Miss Margaret Smith, am
directs that she be not required t.
give security as executriX. George
E. Warfield, and Gardner L. Boothe
are witnesses, and the will was dated
February %, 1916. E.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
MOUNT VERNON CHAPTER.
Officers Elected Rretiring High
Priest Receives Jewel.

Officers for the ensuing year were
elected at meeting of Mount Yer,
non Chapter. Royal Arch Masons
last night in the Masonic Temple
as follows:
Virgil C. Davis, high priest.
C. Philip Heihsley, King.
Cheste, A. Gwinn, scribe.
William Lewis Allen, treasurer.
Alfred 6. Uhler, secretary.
Percy F.. Cliff, captain of the host
r. Brooks Arnold. royal arch cap,
tain.
Thomas l.. Hall, principal So
journer.
Boyd J. Richards, master Of third
vail.
Alexander NJ. Sherwood. master
of second vail.
B. K. Smith, master OF third vail
Rev. James n. Nourse, chaplain
Leopold Ruben, steward.
George W. Zachery, tiler.
J. E. w. Timberman, most excel
lent high priest, and grand scribe
If the Royal Arch Chapter OF Nlr-
oinja installed the officers.
r. a. Zachery, retiring mgr
nriest, was presented with hand
some past high priests jewel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Operation of motor truck and pass
enger motor car lines out of the prin-
cipal cities of the Pacific Northwest
will follow close upon general
strike on the railways. Even for such
distances as BETWEEN Seattle and
Portland the present condition of the
road will make possible regular
transportation Of passengers by au-
tomobiles. Eyenr should the strike
come, the. railroads expect to be able
to operate, partial service, as many
men capable of working as engln"
GERS, firemen, trainmen and conduc-
tors are now in othery departments
and can be called lpnor i'll case OF
necessity .uHits .oini -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
VACANCIES IN COUNCIL.
First and Third Wards Have Three
Members Each in Lower Board.

Already there are two vacancies
20 be filled in the city council, which
organized yesterday. Both are in the
Common Council, one from the first
and the other from the third ward !.
Owing to the resignation of F. F.
Marbury, who was elected as
alderman in tile June election. and
Yesterday was chosen president of
hat board, there is place to De
illed in the first ward. and at yes
:erday's meeting the common coun-
I'll accepted the resignation of A.
D. Rrockett, of the third ward
which had not been anticipated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Tho third of five links in the long
os+ chain in the world from WASH
inoton. D. c., to Cavite, Phliippihe
Islands, via the Panama Canal
was completed at San Diego yester-
day The chain is the navy's and the ne
links are wireless stations that Will
enable United States fleets all over e1
Tho world to keep in touch with
washington without the aid OF car
rier pigeons or the mails. San
Dieeo's link consists of three towers
each 600 feet high. The formal open
ing of the big radio station at San
Diego will take place later, possible
not before December l, when the
first message will be sent out to the
world by Uncle Sam.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
CoUNTRYMEN AT THE BAR.

In police court this morning, about
a dozen country people were brought
before Justice Cation to have the
provisions of the law defined to them
as regards selling Of country pro-
duce on the streets sand sidewalks
outside the city MARKET, st being
charged against them that they
backed wagons and other vehicles
containing their produceato the curb
and sold same to passersby and paid
no market fee. Justice Cation stipu-
lated that the fee should be paid.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Thousands of commuters who live
at points in Virginia and Maryland
would suffer by the calling of a rail
road strike. More than twenty trains
arrive at Union Station, Washington
every morning and depart in the
evening at convenient time for those
who work in the capital city. Should
the strike order go into ecect, these
people will be required to take uE
temporary residence here or rely
on transportation substitutes. Jitney
bus routes in all probability would be
established between many towns near
here that now rely on the steam
roads to bring their population tt
and from the Capital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Judge John A. Riner, of the
United States district court of Wyo-
ming, has denied petition of George
w. Argue, a conductor, for ar order
restraining the officers of five div
isions of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors from issuing and enforcing
an order to strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Heretofore the carriers at the
Alexandria postoffice have been max
ing one delivery on holidays, but in
view of the act of Congress, ap-
proved July %, 1916, the carriers
are entitled to every holiday, there
fore, there will be no delivery on
Monday next, Labor Day, September
4. The carriers window will be open
on Monday, however. from 500 a.
m. to 1000 a. M. for the delivery
of carriers mail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
CHURCH SERVICES
TO be Held Tomorrow in the Several
Houses of Worship.

Regular services will be held at the
Methodist Protestant Church tomor.
'ow morning at II o'clock. The pas
tor, Rev. E. T. Kirkley, will preach
from the text "The Witnessing
Christ"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
Will Vote at 6 O'clock This
Evening on Mea- !.
S sure.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Danger Of Strike and Consequent Tie
up Of Roads Apparently Nearing
an End.

Washington, Sept. 2-Official Wash
ington and union labor circles las
night accepted the belief that th'
threatened strike of 100000 trainmer
on the American railroads, scheduled
for Monday, has been averted.
Following the passage by tne
House of the Adamson S-hor day
bill, which the trainmen's leaders hao
agreed to accept as a basis for re-
calling the strike order, the Senate al
8 o'clock last night began consldera-
ton of the bill and before it adjourn
ed at IL o'clock it agreed to close de-
bate at 4 o'clock this afternoon ana
take final vote not later than .
o'clock.
President Wilson and scores OF
Democrats<cf the House were so con-
fident that the trouble had been satis-
factorily adjusted that they left yes
terday afternoon for Shadow Lawn;
on the Jersey Coast, for the notlhca
ton exercises today.
Seldom in the history of the nation
mas Congress worked so hard and So
fast to meet national crisis. Both
the Houses and the Senate threw aside
all other subjects and devoted all
their time to the strike legislation.
Seven hours after Chairman Adamson.
of the Committee on Interstate and
I",-..,yeJIIrlriS -, :, = >
hour day bill the House passed 1t by
the overwhelming majority OF 2os
ayes to Sc nays.
The bill provides that the eight
hour day shall become effective Janu-
ary 1, 1917. The present pay Tor the
ten-hour day shall apply to the short
or day. Overtime shall be paid pro
rata.
IN the Senate, where measure
similar to the Adamson bill was in
troduced and debated yesterday at
ternoon, pending action on the other
side of the Capitol, the House bill
was taken up as soon as the Senate,
after recess, convened last night.
The lAaamson bill was virtually
amended twice on the floor of the
House. The labor Congressman lost
their fight to have included in the
eight-hour provisions all railroads,
such as the short lumber and mining
tap lines. But they won their conten-
tion to have included in the eight
hour day terminal railroads, such as
the Union Railroad of Baltimore and
the Canton Company of Baltimore,
which are. used as connecting links
between trunk lines in entering and
leaving cities.
Despite the protest Of Representa-
tive Heating, of Colorado, and a
threat of Representative Buchanan,
of Illinois, that unless the short liaes
were included in the bill the brother
hood leaders would mot accept the
measure, the House accepted the Page
amendment, which exempts indepen-
IDENTIFY owned railroads of less than
100 miles long, electric street rail
ways and electric interurban railways
Confusion, intense excitement, at
tacks on President Wilson and a vio-
lent denunciation of labor union mark
ed the passage by the House of the
Adamsor bill. At one time it looked
as though the House would drift into
a hopeless tangle ia the consideration
Of amendments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Lieut.. Charles D. Barrett, U. S.
NJ. c., spent yesterday and today in
Alexandria, on his way from Gettys-
burg, Pa, to Norfolk. Mrs. Robert
S. Barrett, who has been visiting hel
sister, Mrs. T. C. Tupper, Jr., in
Webster Grove, st. Louis, will return
to her home here tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

Rev. P. P. Philips, D. D. pas
tor of St. Paul's Church, who has
recently returned from his vacation,
spent at Virginia Beach and Laurel,
Nd, will hold services at his. church
tomorrow. Services will be held dur
ing September at 5 p. m. also, be-
cause of the Gypsy Smith revivals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02

At the Free Methodist Church to.
morrow, there will be preaching b.
the pastor, Rev. w. H. Van Ness, al
II 4. m. There will also be an even
ing service at 1880 o'clock.