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a., ",SURfACE TIE-UP
AFTER EXPLOSION
CLOGS MANHATTAN
lBloN -Ou 90 PDwe lllu,t
Brings Nearly All CaH m
Borough Stdndstill.

t,s7 -ur'scs ear sna sIsvstsa iins
in Manhattan. With ihs ssc-p,ion %
the Third Aysnua surface iinss. vas
tisd up At 1880 c'gioek this morninT
by the biou ~ gut - fuss IN ths
inisrborougH RAPID Transit power
house at se,snty-fourth street and
Tho East River Tho QuesnsborouEh
Bridge sls,at,d cars were also 81
fert.t
III" tIo.up sas one 90 the worst IN
tho history q Manhattan ana the
BronI Elevated trains came 20 n
halt between stations In many IN
stances. several trains were stalled
on Harlem River bridges
Broadway surface car ifa'hr wLs re-
sumed AZ 1906 o'clock. Sixth Avenue
at l2.tb and Eighth and Ninth Avenue
traffic a little before J. In many In
stances the cars were stranded On
street corners. where they gave trouble
10 the traffic police
Rudolph steigeller seventeen years
old, OF No 3i8 East one Hundred and
SiNty-fifth street, an oller, received
the full shock OF li.0OO volts when the
fuse blew out. and he was burned so
badly that It Is feared he will die.
IIe Is under tho care Of Dr. Hamilton
at tho Flower Hospital
Tho accident occurred when Steig-
ellcr was oiling machinery He was
thrown several feet in the air when
he came in contact with a bus-bar
and caused short circuit. His
clothing burst into flame and he ran
down the iron stairway TO the main
floor, where fellow employees eXtin-
guished the blaze.
All the elevated lines were stopped
for nine minutes and surface car
transportation was tied up for hours
Queensborough Bridge cars were
stopped for fourteen minutes. but the
subway lines, which are fed from an
other power house, were not affected
When the circuit was readjusted
trafrlc was resumed on tho elevated
lines. but the overloaded wires lead
ing TO the Houston Street sub station
gave way under the strain and al
surface car traflc on the Green cal
lines south OF Fourteenth Stree
stopped.
A second accident. less serious than
the first, occurred when cable work
ers of the New York Railways Com
pany were repairing the damage. A
| short circuit occurred on a cable al
Fitty-nlnth street and First Avenue
John Woods, No. 1908 Eighth Avenue
and Edward Mccormick. No. 6S2 Rut-
land Road. were burned about the
arms and face and were taken to the
| Flower Hospital.
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WIFE KILLED, HUSBAND HELD.
Member of QuArtermaHter Reserve
Corps Denies Guilt.

Mrs. Anna Hilton, thirty years old. OF
No 157 West Fitty-fourth Street, Bay
onne. died in the Bayonne Hospital this
morning from a pistol shot wound in
the neck. Her husband, Louis Hilton,
thirty years old. is locked up on a
charge OF murder,
Hilton was formerly cavalryman in
the United States Army. At present he
Ia in the Quartermaster Enlisted Re-
serve Corps,
Some months ago the couple parted
and Mrs. Hilton obtained position as
janitor In the house at No. 1877 West
Ffty-fourth Street,
Last evening Hilton visited her and
an hour later tenants heard shot
Mrs. Hilton was found on the parloI
floor with blood running from her neck
Hilton was also In the room and denied
shooting his wife.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
WARN AGAINST FAKE FLYERS.
Members of the Lafayette Corps
Hear of Many PretenderE,

PARIS. Aug, 1S--The Lafayette Fly
lng Corps, composed uf Americans, has
become 30 well known In France and
abroad that many pretenders to member
ship have sprung up, not only here but
In the United States.
The commander of the corps has re-
ceiVed word from New York that various
persons are attempting TO deceive the
public I'm this respect. one Of them, ac-
cording to this information, was received
by tho Aero Club of America and told
fantastic stories OF his exploits as we'll
as leCturiug on the latest models OF air
planes. Tho Lafayette Corps never
heard Of this man before
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AN ATLANTIC PORT Aug lS.-J
1. Squibb, navy gunner, detailed to an
American steamship that arrived here
to-day from Genoa, was reported by
ship officers to have fallen or Jumped
overheard on Aug H. He was last seen
by members of he CROW at i. NJ that
date Squibbs hcme was IN JoIAln. Mo.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
SARATOGA WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-Three-ye and
upward purse Sl,lOO seven furlongs-
Star Carer, l05 (Buxton), even. to )
and out, won; Queen OF the Water. 10
(McAteel, - to !, to | and to /,
second Viewpoint. ll3 (ButwelD, ig 10
], q to / and 10 I. third. Time, i27.
Fleuro. Hendrie Figinny, Firing Line.
Torchbearer, Kilts H.. Sandstone, Top
O. the Wave, Puts and Calls. The Gadder.
Conduit and Royal Quest also ran.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
"a STEAMERS ARRIVE.
Eleven vessels of American Regis
try Ia the List.

American. arrived at Atlantic and
Gulf ports during the last twenty
four hours They are.
Appenine, AlRmance Besseggen.
Bertha. Boran. Danebod, Flores. Fair
haven. Gansfjord. Gothland. Hector.
Henry VI, Flagler, Lady OF Gaspe,
LABOR. Luvl, Mississippi, Marenlee.
Mascotte. New Orleans. Nurian bridge,
Normandy. piuar Dol Rio, Prince Ar
thur. Somerset. Sioux, Skunderborg.
st. George. Tuscan, Ventura de Lar
rinaga, Noro, Cecilia NJ Dunlay. Ex-
plorer. Haiku and Rosenay.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
Sets Fire 90 his Home, Then KIN.
Himself.

ERIE, Pa. Aug. lS.-rhe body o
Carl l'irch. aged fifty, was found In tn
cellar OF his home with a bullet hole Il
his head when nremen had overcome
blaze IN the house at daybreak. lie ha
shot himself after setting hre TO IN
building following quarrel with hi
wife Relatives say that his mind NJ
peared 70 be unbalanced during IN
warm weather.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
PLEA Of MOTHER
HOLDS 80 IN LINE
At HUGHES BOARD
M Ncn1cl Wants Il Under.
stood She French-i.2OO
Claims Filed This Week

Iisr nans shs tsd winian ivss
wasaiburn. secretary - the District
Board. xas Martha w"ntoi. but she
wanted ~ 20 be- aisgnctiy understood
IN. was Fr,nch and not German.
Hcr hoy. oeorge Herman wenIol Of
No 'S5 wes, One Hundred and Ninth
Street was French Also he was her
sole support. Likewise. hr wasn't
here anyway. because ne was living
In New Jersey. Furthermore. be mad
a brother named Eddie. and Eddie
was EoinG anyway
f'or half an hour D. day Mrs. Wen
rel held up the line OF eighty ap-
pellants formed In room 32S Of he
Federal Building 20 seek exemption
from the decisions OF local boards.
The board reserved decision.
Frederick Williams. an assistant in
the department Of physiology and
pharmacology OF tho Rockefeller In
stitute OF Medical Itesearch. at sixty
sixth Street and Avenue A. also
sought exemption. For some time.
according TO tho report OF DR.. Samuel
J. Meltzer, head of the department.
Williams has been investigating now
treatments for shock. methods OF re-
suscitation. treatments for tetanus,
and plans for overcoming the effects
OF poisonous gas.
Exemption Is asked on the ground
not only that these studies are OF
extreme value to the country at this
time. but particularly because some
OF them have been undertaken at the
suggestion OF the medical committee
OF the National Defense Council.
About 1.2Oo applications for exemp-
tion havo been filed with the district
hOard during the vvaak
The evening world., 1917-08-18
RsiaileT Points 10 Packe. PACK.
er 10 High Cofn'-COn.
sumner Simply Pays.
MUST PAY MORE 100
Relief IN Meat Situation May
Come When Range cat
tie Are Shipped.

Ash Aay N,N York msat dee o. to
aay Why the unprecedented fiss iu the
prices % ali meats. siready higher
man during the civil waI and stul
Poar1nG upward. and he will ten YOU
D. 10 the fault of the packer lie
S the man." the retailer says. who
hs getting rich at the expense OF the
poor n 10 he who Ia getting the
bensnt Of porte rhouse steak At "
cents a pound. and pork wholesale at
pis1b a hundred pounds"
Ask the packer. and he protests
with uplifted hands that he II not to
blame. He shows you the live stock
quotations and whispers; ~ la the
hiGh price OF corn"
But what are the actual producerl
~ raisers OF the cattle gettlng FOR
thsir stock - ask those who maintain
That the packers arc rcaping the
riches.
The farmer in the dairy country
baid one OF the sufferers to-day.
'sets 4 cents a quart for his milk
end milk sells In New York City for
~ cents a quart who gets tho DIFF
tarenoe7"
The only answer one hears Is: "Ths
nattle raisers OF tho West. like Lhs
milk producers. are not complaining
about the prices they receive for Their
products, and they know what tn,
cost IL TO tho consumers of theil
-aaAsp
The evening world., 1917-08-18
PEOPLE DEMAND BETTER FOOD,
NOW.

when 1 was boy" he continued,
I'VE used TO have stews very often,
but now now. We want porterhouse
and sirloins. The demand for the bet
ter quality OF meat is increasing more
rapidly than the demand for tho
cheaper cuts. II It were not for the
kosher trade In chucks, ribs. loins
and binds would be 80 cents a pound
right now. There is large Hebrew
population In New York ana they are
paying good prices for the better
arade OF chucks. This enables the
dealers 10 sell the lower grades much
cheaper, and II also keeps the prime
from advancing further. II the deal
sra had 10 make all their profit on
the high grade meat. prime beet
The evening world., 1917-08-18
senate AdJourns Out of Respect for
John W. Kern.

WASHINGTON. Aug ls,--The Senate
to-day recessed until Monday out OF re-
spect to the memory of former Senator
John ", Kern, Indiana, who died yes
terday.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
ONLY TWO CLAIMS TO-DAY ON
OCCuPATIONAL GROUNDS.

or the first twenty who appeared
to-day. thirteen were aliens. There
was some falling off in the number
OF claims submitted on occupational
grounds, only one being made by an
Industrial concern on behalf OF an
employee and one by the worker him
self. Roland Edwin Gay Of New Lon
don made an appeal as a pilot. He
was notified to make affidavit that he
was engaged as a pilot and will prob
ably be excused.
Timothy n. Reardon appeared with
Unir Gas Company announcing that
he was virtually Indispensable. MS he
had charge of seven gas pumping
stations and was responsible for the
proper manufacture OF much OF the
gas. He was instructed TO obtain
adidavits setting forth all facts con-
cerning his work.
NO RULE SET BY BOARD FOR
MARRIED MEN.
In issuing statement denying
that the District Board OF Exemption
had made any general ruling AZ to
married man, Chairman Hughes made
II equally plain that the board would
not make any general pronounce
ment concerning industrial appeals.
''To attempt to indicate any line OF
policy Is to invite confusion and mis-
Understanding" he said TO an Eve
ming World reporter. ''The duty OF
the board is as simple as It Is plain.
| We have to take each case and dec de
II on its merits by the facts we have
| before us. We have no authority 70
make general rules; we sit TO apply
! the rules which have been made for
us according TO the evidence in each
individual case.
ut Is not my intention, therefore,
to say anything regarding our gen
eral policy on appeals made by indus
trial concerns. As each OF these ap'
peals comes before us, we shall judge
1t on the basis OF the urgency OF tho
need disclosed, and not by any stand
ard set in advance"
On the subject OF marriage ex'
emptlons Chairman Hughes quotet
the ruling of the Provost MLrsha
General OF Aug. / on "claims OF ex'
emptlon" on account OF marriage
since July 20, 1917, which says:
Where dependency Is claimed ant
the circumstances show a marriage
hastily entered into since July 20 by
man whose number Is high on thu
available list, the actual fact OF de
pendency must be closely scrutinized.
The evening world., 1917-08-18
HOPES HOOVER WILL CURB THE
MEAT TRUST.

q wish Mr. Hoover would take
ehArge OF the meat situation and reg
taiate the prices" exclaimed one
Wholesale dealer. who claimed he was
Mt the mercy OF the Meat Trust, but
ofncials Of the concerns designated as
the big Five" in the meat business
assert that the present eKorbitant
prices are entirely due to d conIbina-
tion OF causes over which they have
no control.
THE only cattle coming in market
"a this time" ono Of these authori-
ties explained, ARE from the farms.
ana they come In small lots. About
q month later the range cattle will
bSgin 90 enter tho markets by train
toads and that Wall bring some relief
uhese cattle are now out on the
ranges tattening on grass. or course
they will not make very high grade
beef, but the supply OF the coarser
grades will probably be more plenu-
fui later. Cattle fattened on corn
must be very high with corn at 81
bushei. The farmers can make more
by selling their corn than by fatten-
ing cattle on It, and for this reason
Shs higher grade OF corn-fed cattle
80 likely to remain high In prices. but
Ihs lower quality Of beef ought 10 b'
more reasonable in few weeks"
Asked IL the demand for the army
was an important factor, the sam'
authority said: Purchases for the
army had not yet shown much OF In
crease over the normal At the vari
Ous encampments purchases are be
ing made locally" he stated, "bu
there have been no largo orders from
the Government thus far
One wholesale dealer pointed ou
that the requisitioning by England o
the Argentine supply caused consid
cradle curtailment In stocks here. a.
previous TO the war large shipment
of Argentine cattle came In. Then
again." he explained, people ar
making more money than they did
few years ago and they live better
Those who were satisfied formerl,
with chuck steaks are now buying tn
higher grades
The evening world., 1917-08-18
SARATOGA ENTRIES.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 1s.--The
entries for Mondays raes are as fol-
lows:
The sun., 1917-09-03

ness testified that he had the card pho
tographed and distributed among men,
bers OF the Duma and other public
leaders. After this last repulse. Sla-
boshevitch testified. the Maltzeff d.
rectors did not annoy the Government
further and eventually an order for
small shells was given. but not from
former Minister Soukhomlinoffs depart
ment.
Ola Army Lacked Nothing.
similar testimony was given by Man
aging Director Brustorm OF a large fac
tory manufacturing shells. He testified
that ne went to the artillery department.
which refused his offer. saying: The
Russian army lacks nothing. our affairs
are organized splendid!y." Less than
two months later. Brustorm testified, the
manufacturers OF ammunition were in
vited to attend conference at which
Soukhomlinoff presided as Minister of
War. The former Minister. he said,
made speech appealing to the manu-
facturers' patriotism and setting forth
the great need Of munitions OF all sorts.
Brustrom obtained an order for half
million light shells In October. 1915. he
said. and the board OF directors volun-
teered TO make another half million. but
were told that they were not needed. II
was Gen. Stoslovsky who told them, the
witness said, that all requirements were
covered.
The sun., 1917-09-03
REVIEWS BOY SCOUTS.
Tells Them They Brc"i.
Ground for Universal Service.

Asserting that the Boy Scout move
ment In America was breaking ground
for universal obligatory military train
Ing Col! Theodore Roosevelt in a speech
TO some 500 boys in camp at the Nassau
county fair grounds at Mineola late
yesterday afternoon paid high tribute
10 thousands OF scouts and leaders who
have entered active service since the
start OF the war.
IF men who are not able for one rea-
son or another to enter the war and
are still crying their patriotism want
to prove il let them take the place Of
one of the scout masters who have en-
tered service he said. The only
way YOU can prove your patriotism IL
to act il and not talk II.
you boys are showing tho way for
the universtl military service that must
supplement our democracy. our Gov
ernment is based fundamentally on the
kind of spirit you boys are showing.
And sooner or later ! hope to see all
manhood and womanhood suffrage
based on service. and in peace as well
as in war times II the conscientious
obIector is too conscientious 10 fight
for his country then I am 700 con-
sc!entous to let him vote in country
which | have to fight for"
The address by Col. Roosevelt fol-
lowed parade in which 500 Boy Scouts
OF America took part The event came
as a climax OF the third DAYS pro-
gramme OF the four day encampment.
Fully 1000 adults were seated in the
grand stand surrounding the special
sections reserved for the boys during
the speech that followed the review.
The sun., 1917-09-03
HANS ROSE IN U.B0AT RAIDS.
U-b8 when She Ap-
ueared on Newport.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2.-Lieutenant-Cap-
tain Hans Rose, the submarine COM
mander who after a seventeen day voy-
az. appeared in the German submarine
U.5s at Newport in October, 1915, sub
seauently returning across the Atlantic,
is at present busy sinking merchantmen
according to advices from Berlin. inc
German semi official news agency APP
pends to this announcement note say
ing that the United states naval au-
thoritlcs considered the U-63's double trip
so improbable that the experts declared
in Congress In February. 1917, that the
submarine was unmistakahly accom-
panied by provisioning ship which had
remained undiscovered.
"Th'a 'ncredulitv OF the Americans
adds the agency, is the more romprehen-
sible seeing that It had 10 he admitted
by the American naval authorities on the
same occasion that the best perform
ances OF an American submarine at that
time covered only ten days"
The sun., 1917-09-03
CABLE SHIP TARGET
FOR u. S. GUNNER
Navy Captain Thought 1t
Was U.Boat Base.
Special Despatch TO TIE Sun.

WASH NGroN, Sept. 2.-Officers and
men of the navy are enjoying a Joke on
some of their comrades who formed the
complement OF supply ship which re-
Gently completed a round trip across the
Atlantic. The submarine zone had been
left behind some days upon their return
voyage. the weather was calm and all
hands We're looking forward to shore
leaves at a home port within a few days,
when one morning the lookout sighted a
large steamship equipped with derricks
lying across the supply ships course
Shortly after she had been sighted the
stranger got under way. but after steam
ing for a few miles again stopped. BY
this time the American vessel had come
up to within couple Of miles OF the
mysterious crafts first position and
sighted a large cylindrical copper buoy
bobbng up and down in the calm sea
"A submarine mother ship" was the
thought which came simultaneously to
all on board Visions of the single
handed destruction n German mid
officers and men. The course was
changed toward the other vessel. still
beyond the range Of hve inch guns and
meanwhile a brisk FIRE was opened on
the buoy two miles away, II was a
small target at that distance. and though
several shots came near enough to spla st
water upon It none took effect,
At the first salvo the strange steam.
ship ran up the British flag followed by
frantic strings of signals which were
hoisted as rapidly as they could be read
The frst set was translated "Ces se
fring!' and successive combinations OF
the bright colored fags explained tina,
the vessel was cable repair ship en-.
| gagged in replacing section of the trans.
atlantic cable. aud that the buoy which
had been furnishing a target for the
American gun crews was supporting one
Of the loose ends.
/ Apologies were At once forthcoming
from the commander Of the supply ship
The sun., 1917-09-03
DRAFT Is AN HONOR,
SAYS COY. WHITMAN
Tells Syracuse COnscripts
They Are Picked Men. Chosen
for Their Worth.

SYRACUSE. y. Y, Sept. 2.-"lt is an
honor under the selective draft law to
have been proved mentally. morally and
physically worthy to wear the uniform.
to carry the rife and to present be-
fore the nations OF the world the Amer
lean idea and American ideals" said
Gov. Whitman. speaking to-day before
10000 persons gathered to say farewell
to the members OF the National Army
from Syracuse and Ononda ga county,
stirring the throng present with this
tribute to the men who are about TO
60 forward to battle for democracy.
You are picked men-chosen for your
worth--the flower OF our State and of
our nation continued the Governor.
You stand for your country. You
stand for liberty and freedom and prog
ress just as surely as Alexander stood
for Greece Caesar FOR Rome or Napo-
leon for France.
You are going forth to night against
an idea that Is wrong. system that Is
wrong, dynasty that is wrong. a coun-
try that blindly following a despotism
gone mad. has committed Itself to the
wrong
The most reactionary nation of our
globe the most autocratic. the one that
has arrogantly defied political progress,
has challenged the world as to who
Joins in the answer Germany insanely
protests this to be further evidence that
she ia wasing a defensive war.
History knows two Germans There
The sun., 1917-09-03

shoulders a-standin' so straight and
foine-well, for a minute and beggin'
of Yer pardon. sor for a minute the
Colonel was just big. very elegant man
in tent to Katie and Maggie and Paw
and Nav Denny was going 10 be
Major soime day and Pat would be fur
comm home from over there with a
Gheneral's star on his shoulders. Which
was as 1t should 'be-and as the Colonel
would want it to be
But when the parade was over and
the Colonel got into his car and the
driver turned on the gas you could
hear the shouting clear to South Brook
lyn--and Denny and Pat were leading
the cheering.
The sun., 1917-09-03
DROP POISONED CANDY BOMBS,
German Atrmen's Acts Cause Death
of Many children.

Pi.YMorrH. Mass, Sept. German
airmen. hying by night over French
town near Rheims, recently dropped
poisoned candy, causing the death Of
many children who ate IT, according to n
letter from Browniee Bcnzcl Gauld a
former Harvard University student, who
Is now driving an ambulance on the
western front,
The communication was made public
to-day by his father 'he Rev. f. i
Gauld Of Toledo, Ohio, who IS spending
the summer here. The letter also saws
that the "iermans Nr" continually sholl-
ing hospitals" The young man told his
father that lie had received the Cross OF
War from thu SssnSA Government