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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
100000 Bushels Lost and
100000 Burning in
Brooklyn
Kenlon Starts Inquiry;
Scouts Dust Theory
Chief Not Sure Natural
Causes Started Blaze in
Allies Supplies

Hundreds Of thousands OF bushels of
grain destined for consumption in the
United States and in Allied countries
were DESTROYED YESTERDAY in Spectac-
ular fire Of undetermined origin IN
Dow's stores. part OF the property
owned by the New York Dock Company
at Pacific Street and the East River
Brooklyn The fire was still blazing
early this morning.
Suspicion that an incendiary may
have caused the fire has led both Fire
Chief John F. Kenlon and Fire Marshal
Thomas Brophy to announce that It's
origin will be further Investigated.
Chief Kenlon, who characterized the
destruction of all to scarce grain as
the worst fire in the city since the old
EQUITABLE Building burned down, de-
MED that the fire resulted from dust
explosion. as Marshal Brophy had sug-
gested. and added that the fact that
there had been three times as many
waterfront fires as normally since the
United States entered the war has con-
WINGED him that they cannot all have
occurred from natural causes.
100000 Loss
William Tomlins, superintendent OF
Dow's stores, the grain storehouses
and elevators in which the fire oc-
Cured. said yesterday morning that ne
believed two bomb explosions ignited
the granarcs in which 100000 bushels
of grain were stored.
He estimated that before the sweep
Of the flames subsidized the total dam
age would reach 100000 The build
ing and machinery alone, he said, cost
100000. and the indications last
night were that it would be destroyed.
Under examination in the Office Of
Marshal Bropny late yesterday after
noon Nr. Tomlns admitted that he had
no real evidence that bomb explosions
started the fire.
what evidence have you that it was
a bomb that started the fire." Fire
Marshal Brophy asked him.
None, except the sound. It sounded
like a bomb" he rejOined.
Marshal Brophy said that the ex-
animation Of many witnesses failed to
reveal the fact that the explosions and
the resulting flames were Of an IN
cendiary origin He based his opinion,
he said, chiefly on the testimony Of
four men who were in Tower No. ?, one
Of the three great towers in the ware
house where the flames started at $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning.
According to their story, the men
smelled rubber burning and observed
blush smoke coming from nearby
shaft. Then they shut of all the ma
chinery in their tower, which was near
est to the river. In two minutes they
heard an explosion and saw flames. As
they were hurrying TO the street below
they heard another explosion.
Despite the efforts Of fremen from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Mrs. Seitz Sent
Girl to Shepards
Wife of Newspaper Man
Revealed as Mother"
to Sixty Orphans

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, Oct. 13.--Pa-
nara in the recent adoption Of two lit
tle girls By Mr.. and Mrs. Finley J. Shep-
ard were filed to-day, revealing niue
more Of the history Of the two waifs
who have become the sisters OF fihley
J. Shepard, ir
Helen Anna Shepard was adopted Dy
the former Helen Gould from me houss'
hold OF Mrs. Don c. seltz, wife oil tne
business manager of "The World ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Woman Catches Burglar

Among the airshaft sights which met
the gaze Of n woman living at AT West
Hath street las5 night wass burglar
iimmying his way into apartment OF
George Riercgel. on the ground floor
She notified the police.
Two patrolmen met negro on tne
fire escape outside Mr.. BieregeI : apart
mont and arrested him, after 4 scufile.
In the West f25th Street police station
he said he was Arthur Hammond Of III
West 1872 street. lie had on Mr.. Bic
rc0eps overcoat, and in various pockets
about $4,000 worth Of jewelry. as well
a. nawntickets calling for some Of the
articles stolen from Floyd y. Franklin,
Of 465 West l52d street. on "edheS-
day night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

the time, and all escaped without IN
Jury. except Robert Buxton. cnenlls.,
of $40 Fifteenth Street. lie feii aown
a flight Of stairs and was sllgntly III
jured. A.
Adjoining the chemical plant are me
works Of the L. W. +. factory, IN whicn
$500 airplane wings were stored
These were removed safely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

Gre last night. In the darkness 'he
leaping flames could be seen from many
miles around.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
ID
Styles

DIVES are like kings, in that
the world is always too busy cele-
brating the new departures Of
Fashion 10 shed tears for the
Departed.
Like Tennysons famous brook,
they 90 on forever; and the shops
which elect to present and eX-
plot them must move With, not
after. the tide.
The Individual Shops reflect each
new Pledged caprice of fashion
with the fidelity of mirror.
They are either up to the minute
or a little ahead of the minute.
like the clocks in France.
Best of all, the Individual Shops
oftera the variety 4 woman wants
at the particular price she is pre-.
pared TO pay.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
Big Fire In Mahanoy City.

Property loss estimated at S150,000
was wrought by two fires of unknown
origin, which swept the business and
residential sections of Mahanoy City
Pa.
The firemen battling against the
flames in zero weather we're greatly
handicapped by the cold and by frozen
plugs. Every available piece of fl e
fighting apparatus in the city VS.
rushed to the scene and assistance
was given by the Shenandoah and
Pottsville fire departments.
The buildings either destroyed BY
fire or Quilted with water, with tfei1
losses, are: Joseph DOYLE hotel, $40,
900; Abraham Guzenski, shoe $50 e
$4,000; Thomas Koran, gents fri
ishing store, $4,000: Isaac Supowi z
dry goods store. $4,000; Harry 9Th r,
shoe store, $4,000; Refowich Sistors,
art store, $4,000; Dipper & Co, DR. D
cries and carpet, $4,000: Patriek Di'.
loin, wholesale LIQUOR store, $4,000;
Consolidated Millinery Store, 5000,
and the residences of Garfield Rich
ards, Matthey Stinconis, Joseph Yut
kes, Joseph Barkes and the meat mar
ket of Chubbuck & Savage, the C m
bined losses of which were $4,000.
The first fire started in the meat
market of Chubbuck & Savage and the
second in the Gatlin Shoe Store.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
tuesday,.

The British troops fighting in France
continue their pecking at the G rman
lines at various points and ACCORDING
to the latest British communications
they have met with some success. The
greatest gain was east Of Souchez,
north of Arras, where an advance OF
several hundred yards placed them in
German positions which were damag-
ed by the invaders, who in addition
killed a number of Germans and took
forty-seven prisoners. Sim"ar rails
we're made near Neuville-St. Vast
Loos and Ypres.
With the return to better weather
conditions, the activities of the ar.
mics on the Macedonian front have
increased. The fighting. howev0r. is
being done mainly by sunrise DIT oh.
ments and the artillery wings Of the
belligerents.
In the Irak theatre the British have
continued their drive aga'nst the
Turks until they now hove the tewn
of Kut-el-Amara completely hemmed
an
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17

On the French front the Priti~h in
the Ancre and other reTi0ns co tiaus
to make raids on German posi | ms.
Wednesdays most successful nera.
ton wos northeast of Arts We ere
KIM GEORGES men entered 970 yards
Of German defenses and reach0' tAeir
third line. Nannv Germans we~o kill
ed ord some prisoners and q mecaine
grr wo~e certured.
Tho trere raid was somewhat south
east oe G%~andcourt, whe~e . g rone
position wes canturod G2rrnan
trenches on the S0mme and n0r+ eaat
Of v~r~e also have been entered by
the r-ft'-h
A." - - the remaindar of tn front
tbo~a we been arti7ery drN's ard
borb '~ror"ing eyrlo'ts by av'ators !
both ~ho'7ige~ert grouns.
In +Na pumaniao theatre. nea
Meste Cnpeeti the Germans hove cen
tured and held AGAINST couTter ri
tacks several Russian positions, ard
made twertv-threa officers and moe
than 1900 men prisoner.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR
FRIDAY.

Except for raids and artillery bonn
bardments on the northern end Of the
front in France, especially in the Som,
me and Ypres sectors, there has been
little activity on the battlefields of
Europe. Berlin reports lively activity
on the Somme front, but the latest
British official statement mentions only
small actions in the vicinity of Ypres.
French troops have carried out a
successful surprise attack east of
Rheims, returning with some prison.
ers. In the eastern and Macedonian
theatres all has been quiet, except
around Stanislau, Galicia, which, Pc
trograd reports, has been under bonn.
bardment of Austro-German guns.
A British torpedo boat destroyer
of an old type has been lost in the
English channel through striking a
mine. The British admiralty says that
all the officers were lost, as were
all the members of the crew, except
five, who were saved.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
FIND STOLEN u. S. CHARTS
Navy Deserter "Wented to Make Name
in FatherIand."

Stolen government charts of anchor
ages. channels ad harbors along the
Alaskan coast we're discovered by the
police among the BELONGINGS Of Her
bert Sauer. twenty-one years old. who
was sentenced in New York to eight
years In Sing Sing prison upon his
plea of guilty tn a charge Of man.
SLAUGHTER for killing Mrs. Carcli1e
Tiarks. in her home in New York last
AUGUST.
Mrs. Tiarks, who was severty-fou1
years old. wos subjected in a bl"nke'
an dthen robbed Of money and jowel~y
SAFER was traced THROUGH the re"Or7s
of the coast puar1 service from which
he deserted in AMI. 1916. wA1o serv
inc as a eaomon N tho cu+ter Anncha
After Sauer dieanpenred from the
ApHche the charts an7 a navy co'e
book were nieee7. When cauor w s
ael-ed what he irtepded t. do with tie
mans, he ren'ied, according to the p
'ico:
T war+e' to mete a nnnna f0r wy
oe'f when I returned to the ETHER
land"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
GENERAL MARKETS


Winter clear, $7.75QS; city ais
RYE FLoUR-Quiet, per barrel
$3.50 IT'S.
WHEAT-Firm; No. 2 red, $1.S2G
CORN-Quiet; No. 2 yellow, $1.150
Liz.
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, ?
m23c; old BOOSTERS. 15016c. Dressc
steady: choice fowls, 251ac; old 70 s
tiers, Zoe.
PirTTFR-Firm; fancy creame y
47c per ID.
EGGS = Firm; selected 41053
nearby, Acc; wesern, 40.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
FAVOR DRY AMENDMENT
House Committee Says National Pro.
hibition should Go Before States.

The Webb resolution proposing a
national prohibition constitutional
amendment was reported to the house
with a majority committee report In
its favor and a minority report oppos.
ing it.
The Democratic leader, Mr.. Kitchin,
North Carolina, said it would be token
up within a week. He predicted It
would pass the house by the Necessary
two-thirds, but probably would not be
acted upon in the senate before ad.
journment of congress-.
The majority report declared that
inasmuch as more than sixty per cent
population lives in dry territory, it is
incumbent upon congress to submit
the question of national prohibition
to the states.
Leaving out of consideration the
merits OF prohibition policy of dealing
with the alcoholic liquor traf1o," saws
the report, when more than half Of
the states in the Union have declared
In favor of prohibition, when eighty
five percent of the territory of the
United States has outlawed the saloon
and more than sixty per cent of the
population live in such territory, ard
when approximately 10000, 900 of cur
people residing in all sections of the
Union have petitioned directly for the
purpose of this resolution, your com
mittee is of the opinion and feels that
1t is incumbent upon the congress to
submit the issue to the states in he
manner requested as prescribed by the
terms of the constitution itself.
"If it is not desired, thirteen states
of the Union can prevent its Abortion;
but, If, on the other hand, t~hirty-~ix
states desire the change, they should
have the right to make 1t, and l. would
appear to your committee that the
question is now one of sufficient i'm
p~ortance to be submitted to them Sc
that they may pass upon It,"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
Butcher Was Too German.

Frank P. Reiss, of Haverstraw, N
Y, Is a sadder but a wiser man.
Mr.. Reiss, who conducts a butcher
shop, made the mistake of declaring
that he had enough Germans IN his
employ to lick all the Yankees IN
Haverstraw.
VILLAGE Treasurer Patrick McGrath
who was near by. thought Reiss vas
kidding, but when the butcher per
sisted in his declarations McGratt
sailed into him and administered 6
sound thrashing, Reiss retired to 6
hosnital for repairs. Haverstraw
housewives have declared a boycott
against his butcher shop, and public
sentiment may compel him to discon
tinue business.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
PROBE UP TO GOVERNOR
House Finally Passes Measure to In
vestigate Brumbaugh Administration.

Vestigate Brumbaugh Administration.
To probe or not to probe is the
question now confronting Goverro
B~rumbaugh. with himself as the chic
subject to be probed, if he approves
The house passed the Sproul reso'u
ton to lift the lid" on Capitol Hi
on third and final reading by a vote o
10 to 80.
The measure now goes to the gov
ernor, on whose action depends thu
decision as to whether all the deb7tt
that has been lavished on the measure
was bootless. There has been som
intimation that the belief that his pc
litical opponents would be glqd II
drop the plan and would be embarra~s
ed by being confronted with the neces
sity of going on with it. 1t has bee
repeatedly asserted in administrati l
circles, however, that he would vet
it and this is generally expected.
Senator Penrose, who ins0i~ed III
measure, has asserted that if the ev
ernor vetces the bill, a ccncur en-
resolution covering the s9me CRU
but eliminating . state aDprop~ia 10
for expenses and therefore net ror1f.
ing gubernatorial sqnction. wCu'8 b
put through and the probe would b
financed bv |nrivate substitution. T
Sproul measure approp~iates $4,000
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
SUNDAY.

The British continue their opera
lions against the Germans, with b..
paume their objective. A strong sys.
tenn of trenches to the north of Beau
mont-Hamel, in the Ancre REGION, ex.
tending over a front of more than
three-quarters of a mile was captured
and 215 Germans made prisoners.
South of the river, near Pys, other
trenches were taken, and German at.
tempts to recapture their lost posi-.
lions south of Sailly-Sail1isel were
frustrated by the British guns.
In Mesopotamia the British in their
operations against the Turks have
occupied a new front of more than
5000 yards, pushing back the Turks
for a depth varying from 800 to 1000
yards.
In the eastern theatre the German
captured Russian trenches nea Stan,
islau, in Galicia, but were later forced
to evacuate them, according to Petro-
grad.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
SATURDAY.

British forces retain their hold on
the new positions east of Sally Sail.
lisel, on the Somme front in France,
despite German attacks. The latest
offensive movement of the Germans
was preceded by a heavy artillery
bombardment, but the British main.
tanned their line successfully. Artil.
lery activity has been marked north
of the Somme and along the Mouse,
in the Verdun sector.
The total number of vessels de.
stroyed in the period of U-boat opera.
lions from February 1 to 9, inclusive,
Is said to be eighty-nine, of which
t~wenty-one were neutral vessels. Dur,
ing that period, it is stated, more than
100 vessels arrived at or sailed I'M.
harmed from ports Of the United
kingdom.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
H%ICcnuculMc tn DEATH
WiIkes-Barre Girl Hse ace Suffering
for Three WeeLs,

Mary MoCorio1e seventeen years
old, oe wi'kos-por~e, Pa, is hiccough
inn herself to death.
For the past three weeks she has
been incessaptly hiccouehing AMI ef.
forts of dactors to effect a cure have
been of no avail.
Several months g she wa similar
1y STRICKEN and went three weeks b..
fore the hiccorohing could be etoened
Her condition &c critical and bit eli~ht
hopes are entertained FOR her recov
cry. Doctors are unable to give the
cause of the constant h%iccoughing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
CUBA IS WARNED
REVOLT MUST END
u. S. Won't Recognize Govern
ment Set Up by Force.
MAY HAVE TO INTERVENE
General staff is Making Preparations
for Military Occupancy of Turbulent
Island.

Secretary of State Lansing sent to
government that might be established
by revolt could not be recognized by
the United States.
Confronted by what appears to be
a carefully prepared Liberal rebellion
the administrator has been forced to
consider what steps could be taken.
Intervention by the United States is
contemplated with reluctance, but the
intimation has been conveyed to Pres
ident Menocal and to the leaders OF
the uprising that such a step may b.
taken If it becomes necessary.
The message to the Cuban people
was sent to Minister Gonzales and tc
all American consuls with instructions
that it be given widest publicity. II
is carefully worded, but calculated tc
impress upon the public the serious
ness of the situation and the profound
disfavor that such a revolution woul6
find in Washington.
President Menocal has assured the
diplomats at his capital that he has
no doubt of his ability to confnne the
rebellion to a small area and that il
can last but a few days. He also has
expressed to them his conviction tina
the special election being held in San
ia Clara province will be accepted b!
the people as the solution of the cleo
toral deadlock which brought abou
the revolt.
Minister Gonzales in messages tt
the state department has confirmed
the report that a part of the garrisOns
in Camaguev has Joined in the revol
and Nat grave fear is felt that the
administration may not be able to SUP
press the movement. Numerous ar
rests of those charged with complicit!
have been made.
The United States governments
granting of the request of the Cubar
government to buy 10000 rifles an6
5000, 900 cartridges, II, was said was
not connected with the present upris
ing in the islands. The request was
made months ago.
DR.. George Henriquez, who was ex
pected to appeal to Secretary Lansine
for intervention in behalf of Lielte1
ant Castellanos. of the Palace Gu'r1
who was reported condemned to death
did not arrive at the state department
and the reported receipt of an appea
by the l~ieutenant's mother was de
MED.
Although the exact location of the
American feet has not been made
public since the severance of relations
with Germany. 1t is known that a con
siderable part could be used at CubaI
ports without much loss of time.
Plans for intervention are being pre-
pared by the general staff.
The state department has referred
to the secretary of wal its reports OF
conditions in the island, and Mr.
Baker is understood to have directef
Major General Hugh L. Scott, che
of staff, to prepare plans for an expe
dition of from 5000 to 1000 men.
Either General Wood, who com
manded the forces of occupation, Oh
General Barry, who directed the in
PREVENTION of 1906'07, will head the
expedition it is expected.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
Mould Sell -Four Counties.

Delegate Patrick, of Kanawhs
county, introduced a bill in the
house of delegates in Charleston, w
Va, providing for the disposal Of
four counties in the upper Panhandle
of the state either to Pennsylvania OF
Ohio, the proceeds to be used to hell
pay the judgment against West Vir
ginia in the Virginia debt case.
A resolution also was introduced
providing that the proposition be eub
mitted to a referendum vote. The
counties are Hancock, Brooks, Mar
shall and Ohio.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
Duke of Norfolk Dies.

Duke of Norfolk, ranking member
of the English nobility and the foe
most English Catholic, died in London
The death of the duke was rather
sudden, the first announcement of his
serious illness having been male on
Saturday. Prayers were offered in the
leading London Catholic churches fol
the repose of his soul.
The heir to the dukedom, the Err
of Arundel and Surrey, who is eight
years old, comes into an estate esti
mated ar 100000 annually.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
MONDAY.

Considerable fighting between the
British and Germans in the Ancre re
gion of France continues. Again the
British have attacked the Germans
north of the river in the vicinity OF
the Beaucourt-Puisieux road and cap.
tured about 600 yards of trenches. AT
Serre, midway between Beaucourt and
Puisieus, the Germans delivered an
attack against the British, but were
repulsed, according to the British wal
office.
On the Russian front the Germans
have attacked the Russian lines at
several points and succeeded on two
sectors in entering Russian trenches.
only later to be driven out, according
to P%etrograd. The Berlin war office
a successful encounter for
the Germans against the Russians
west of Lutsk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
WON'T BARGAIN
OVER u. S. RIGHTS
Wilson FIatIy Rejects German
Plan For Conference.
REFUSAL IN CURT NOTE
ton Until Ruthless U-Boat Campaign
is Stoned.

O%vertures Meet Deaf Ear In Washing
ton Until Ruthless U-Boat Campaign
is Stopped.
The United States has replied tc
Germany's proposal of a discussion OF
the submarine situation by declining
to enter into my negotiations while
the proclamation of unrestricted wa
fare remains in effect and until Ger
many restores the pledges given in the
Sussex case.
The state department made public
Germany's proposal, submitted In a
memorandum by DR.. Paul Ritter, the
Swiss minister, and also the govern.
ment's reply, thereby confirming fully
the announcement made on Saturday
The state department statement
says:
"In view of the appearance in the
newspapers of February II, Of a re
port that Germany was initiating nego.
tiations with the United States in re
gard to submarine warfare the depart
ment of state makes the following
statement:
"a suggestion was made orally to
the department of state late Saturday
afternoon by the minister of Switzer
land that the German government is
willing to NEGOTIATE with the United
States provided the commercial block
ade against ENGLAND would not be in
terfered with. At the request of the
secretary of state, this suggestion was
made in writing and presented to him
by the Swiss, minister, Sunday night
The communication follows:
"tMemOrandum:
1.-The Swiss government has beer
requested by the German government
to say that the latter is now, as be
fore, willing to NEGOTIATE. formally OIL
informally with the Urited S ates
provided that the commercial blockade
AGAINST England will not be broker
thereby.
~(Siqned) "fP. RITTER
This memorandum was given i'm
mediate consideration and the follow
ing reply wss desuatched:
"My dear Mr.. Mirister: I am re
quested bv the president to say TO you
in acknowledging TIE memorandum
which you were kind enough to sent
to me on the 18th instont, that the
government of the United States w"u'd
gladly discuss with the German gov
eminent any questions it might pro
pose for discussion. were it to with
draw it's proclamation of the 31st o
January, in which, suddenly and with
out previous intimation of any k1n1
1t cancelled the assurances which il
had given this government on the
fourth of Nay last, but that it doc
not feel that it can enter into anv dis
cussion with the German governmon
concerning the policy of submarin'
warfare against neutrals which it i
now pursuing. unless and until the
German government renews its assn
ances of the fourth of May and act.
upon the assurance.
mo other Interchange on this sub
ject has taken place between this
government and any other government
or person"