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BLOCK OF DEfr YOBK CITY STREET OVER DEW SUBWAY CfiVESIH, KILLING EIGHT

''.. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Six persons were crushed to death when a street ear plunged fifty feet Into the new subway being constructed In , Seventh avenue when a block and a halt of the street surface collapsed. Two others died after being removed from the ruins of the car, which was torn to pieces. ' At least fifty persons were injured nd are now in various hospitals. Several are In a dying condition. , The section of Seventh avenue that fell into the subway was the block between West Thirty-fourth and West Twenty-fifth streets and half the block extending to West Twenty-sixth street.

DAUGHTER OF MATRON DENIES IRREGULARITIES AT HOME OF FRIENDLESS

- Replying to charges made by the grand jury in its report to Judge Fox, Mrs., Ora Schroeder, daughter of Mrs. Aurelia Thomas, charged with "irregular practices" at the Home for Friendless Women, issued the following statement today: "All the assistant matrons at the Home for the Friendless have been paid $22 a month, the amount stipulated by the county commissioners." t Mrs. Thomas is confined at the Reid I.emorJet hospital and is unable to be Interviewed. , ; Charges brought against the matron allege that tbjaee wJtoesses, who have been assistant matrons at the Home, testified they had not been paid the amount of money allowed by the county, although vouchers r to the . full amount had been paid by the county auditor. Mrs. Schroeder has been acting matron of the Home during her mother's illness. "The charges that have been made that the vouchers have been discounted are false," said Mrs. Schroeder. "The employes always signed the vouchers themselves and - they went

TEUTONIC HOSTS RUSH BAND OF STEEL AROUND RUSSIAN ARMY AT VILNA

BERLIN, Sept 22. Although the retreating Russian army east and southeast of Vilna is destroying railway tracks and bridges and dynamiting chasms in the highway as It falls back, the pursuit of the Teutonic forces under Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Prince Leopold and Field, Marshal von Mackensen continues without any serious check. Dispatches from the front today stated that Prince Leopold's Babarian troops were on the point of occupying Baranovitch, an important railway junction on the line from Vilna to Rovno, and on the railway from Bielestok to Minsk. . Terrific fighting is in progress around Oschmjany,. thirty-one miles southeast of Vilna, where the Russians fell back to strong positions along the Oschmjany river. With artillery and infantry. General von Eichorn is battering at the Russian front in that section. All the way fr l Dvinsk .Duna-

UNION MUSICIANS TO ATTEMPT TO STOP MINSTREL SHOW HERE

' ' Hostilities between Omar G. Murray, who has a "corner" on the local theatrical business, and the allied rauslcians and stage hands unions will be resumed again tomorrow. The war has been raginz for over a year, but there was a lull In the fighting during the past summer because the Gennett theater was closed and the Murray theater devoted exclusively to the "movies." : Tomorrow evening the first musical show on the fall and winter schedule la billed to be put on at the Gennett theater. ; This attraction is the Neil O'Brien Minstrels, said to be one of the best productions of its class on ' the road. '.. Today officers of both the local musician and stage hands unions declared that not one member of the minstrel band and orchestra, twenty-two members, nor any stage hand traveling with the show would work tomorrow,

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The first reports of the disaster reaching; notice headquarters said three street cars filled with passeng ers had fallen Into the excavation. Wit nesses said they saw only two cars disappear and the police who entered the excavation could see only one car, but that It was possible another was buried beneath the debris. Miss Dorothy Madelina, a nurse em ployed by the National Cloak and Suit Co., was looking out of a window when the collapse occurred. "I heard a loud explosion," she said. "We have beard them for many days but this was greater than usual though I thought nothing of it for the instant Continued On Page Five. through the regular, routine of the county auditor's office. In a few cases, however, Mrs. Thomas received the money from the bank merely as an accommodation to the employes. "The attack that has been made on my mother as matron of the Home is undoubtedly a personal attack by several employes who have been 'fired' for misconduct," she said. Mary Fay and Mary Hutchens, formerly employed at the Home for the Friendless, testified before the grand Juryv5 Both these women were discharged from employment at the Home on account of misconduct,' according to Mrs. Schroeder, It is presumed that the action ot the "grand jury charging the matron of irregularities Is based partially on' the testimony submitted by these parties, as the report states that "three witnesses - testified to Irregularities." This is the opinion held by Mrs. Schroeder. "If the county commissioners appoint a special investigating committee we have no objections to any Investigation they may make," said Mr,. Schroeder.; "We will welcome an inve'itigation." " burgt, where the outer fortifications of the city are under the fire of German guns, to the Prlpet marshes, the Ger man armies are joining hands In one vast plan of co-operation to surround and capture the Vilna army of the Russians. German aircraft have violently bombarded the railroad town of Stolbzy to prevent ths Russians in the section of Baranovitch from using the Minsk railway for retiring purposes. , Russian prisoners say that procla mations have been issued to the Rus sian armies announcing the action of Czar Nicholas in placing himself at the head of the grand army of Russia. It is signed by General Alexiff, the new Russian chief of staff, and is intended to inspire the Russians to greater resistance and strengthen the shaken morale of the troops. unless Murray yields and signs an agreement with the stage hands union. Object to Parade. "There won't even be a parade, unless Murray takes satisfactory action to call off the stage hands strike," Karl Weisbrod of the musicians' union said today. "The ' musicians are out with the stage hands on a sympathetic strike and no union musician will work in any one of Murray's theaters until Murray i recognizes : the stage hands union and enters into a written working agreement With them." : The union musicians - and stage hands traveling with - the minstrel show will be formally, notified not to appear at the Gennett theater as soon as the show arrives In Richmond tomorrow. International officers of both unions, it is understood, will be in the city to see that such orders are carried out to the letter.

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FRIENDS III CANADA MOURN WAR LOSS . The epistle from the Canada yearly meeting, written by William Harris, of Newmarket, Ontario, which , was read before the yearly meeting yesterday, follows: ; "Memorials remind us of the heavy losses we have had through the European war. We are encouraged by the rising tide of interest and the deepening spirit of enthusiasm of young Friends. The Society of Friends have shared Hberaly in supporting all the agencies for relief for the wounds of Europe. "We have been especially blessed in the presence of visiting Friends, Dr. J. J. Mills and Charles Tebbltts. We regret none ot our Friends In Great Britain and Ireland have been able to attend our meetings but we realize the great service they are performing for their country."

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CARVE PANEL FROM DOOR TO ACCOMPLISH ESCAPE from xmmn prison

By using a butcher knife to cut. a panel from a wooden door in the epileptic ward at the Home for the Friendless, two women prisoners, Lucy Morgan and Bessie White, both colored, made their escape last evening at about 6:30 o'clock. The escape was cleverly planned and carried out when danger of detection was remote. It is believed by Mrs. Schroeder, who is acting matron of the Home during the illness of her mother, Mrs. Aurelia Thomas, that the two colored women,' who are serving time at the jail, secured the butcher kinfe while they were washing the dishes after supper. Prisoners are not locked in their cells until about 7 o'clock, all inmates being given free' access to the corridors of the rear building. The matron makes the "rounds" at 7 o clock, locking the cells. Visit Insane Ward - The two colored women were the only prisoners in the Jail, although there are six Insane women there. The women were sitting in the corridor after supper chatting. It is believed the colored women took this opportunity to go into the epileptic ward, .shutting the sheet iron door behind them. According to the assistant matron this would not have been considered unusual, it is believed that one of the

ses UTILITY DOARD TO FIX FIGURE ON PLANT DEAL Judge McClure Advises City to Deny Petitions for Ornamental Lights Until After Ruling. ORDER IS A PUZZLE Joker in Law Would Prevent City From Installing System Because of Private Company. . 'J , " , In a letter written by. Judge McClure, one of the members of the Indiana public utilities commission, to President Bavis of the board of public works, the announcement is made that the commission will make a ruling ontlnued on Page Twelve. . Fell women had, the knife secreted in her dress. Mrs. Schroeder also believes that the knife might have been hidden in a basket of clothes which one of the prisoners carried into the prison ward. At the time of the escape,' Mrs. Schroeder. was in the other building in ontlnued en Page Five INCREASE VALUATION OF & R. & I. LINE $11,680 IN COUNTY The assessment of the property of the Grand Rapids and Indiana, railroad located in Wayne county, was fixed by the state board of tax commissioners today. An Increase of $11,680 ia shown compared with last year. .The total assessment for 1915 Is $197,650. . The increase was made in the -valuation of the rolling stock, which was Increased from $1,000 a mile to $2,000 a mile. The Ohio Electric company's assessment of property in Wayne county Is not changed. '"The total assessment Is $20,819. ' -

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DIGEST OF REPORT OF GRAND JURY ' For the first time In many years, the grand jury has made a thorough and sweeping Investigation of conditions in the charitable and correctional Institutions of Wayne county, and its findings are as comprehensive as they are constructive. -. . . . . Conditions ' at the Home for Friendless Women, which have been the subject of - criticism recently were thoroughly investigated and the county commissioners were requested to probe into the alleged Improper practices" of Mrs. Aurelia Thomas, matron-of the -institution. Three assistant matrons testified they were receiving; less money than allowed and paid by the county. . - Jail conditions were found so bad that the grand jury recommended either the construction of a near jail or the remodeling of the old bastile so as to assure proper ventilation and sanitation and prevent the escape of prisoners. The grand jury also lauded the working of prisoners on the county roads. The excellent management of the county infirmary under the administration of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petro - was highly commended. Changes made at - the Institution were praised. The grand jury returned twelve indictments. Sixty-six witnesses were examined; cases against eighteen persons were inquired into. LARGER ARMY LiOVE FOUGHT r Rev. Luke Woodard Says Branch of Yearly Meeting Will Frame Resolutions for Peace. Resolutions, embodying the expression of the attitude of the Society of Friends toward .the present European war and against the propoganda In the United States favoring increase of naval and military armament will probably be drawn up by the peace committee, of which Allen D. Hole Is chairman, and presented at the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends in the East Main Street Friends' church. This is the opinion of Rev. Luke Woodard, member of the committee. "The committee has not met nor has its meeting been scheduled," said Rev. Mr. Woodard, "but it is probable that its members will decide to draw - up resolutions aimed to stop the present movement toward increasing the nation's preparedness for war." Whether the resolutions will contain favorable comments on President Wilson's efforts for peace or. his movements in the International diplomatic problems will not be known until after the committee meets. VILLA FORGES CONSOLIDATE WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. The major portion of Villa's army, numbering twelve or thirteen tralnloads, passed through Juarez to reinforce Major Maytorena's army in Sonora, according to advices received by the state department today. Officials believe that Villa contemplates abandoning Chihuahua without a struggle, and there is also a strong possibility that he will evacuate Juarez. Maytorena haa just won a victory over the Carranza forces at Santa Barbara on the Sonora border, and it is thought that Villa wants to consolidate his forces so that he can present his entire strength to Obregon. The sending of reinforcements to El Paso by the United . States government, army official here aay, has made Impossible any attempted reprisals for the Villa forces. fWeather Forecast For Richmond Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer Thursday afternoon and Friday. Temperature Noon ". . . . : .'; SI - . . Yesterday . . . . ; Maximum . Minimum '. 5S 40 General Conditions ool wave has reached the Rocky, mountains. Continued cool tonight but area of high barometric pressure west of Rockies will' cause reaction of warmer weather after tonight. v ; W. K. Monre. Weather Forecaster.

The removal of Mrs. Aurelia Thomas, matron ot the Home for Friendless Women, unless ahe can explain satisfactorily alleged differences between salaries "allowed and paid by the county" and - the amounts actually given assistant matrons by her. ia recommended in the report of the grand jury which haa been filed with Judge Fox of the circuit court. The report sums up the findings ot the grand jury after the examination of witnesses and an inspection of the institution aa follows: "Evidence was submitted to the grand jury tending to prove that Mrs. Aurelia Thomaa, matron of the women's jail, located at the Home for Friendless Women,, haa been guilty ot improper practices, and we recommend to the county commissioners that they. Institute an investigation in the matter. According to the statements of three witnesses, who have been acting as assistant matrons at the jail, Mrs. Thomaa has been paying them leas than the amount allowed and paid by the county. On account of the present sickness of Mrs. Thomaa, the jury was unable to give her a hearing upon the charges made against her in this respect. We would suggest that the testimony given to the grand Jury in this respect be "per

JURY STRONGLY LAUDS FRANK PETRO AUD UIFE ON raOSlll IN INFIRMARY

Unstinted commendation of the grand Jury is given ths work of Superintendent and Mrs. Frank Petro, who have charge ef the county Infirmary for the second year. - The report made by ths Ivor late .yesterday.' cbmmftta on'tbe Jnwroved appearance of the buildings, tie 'kindly treatment of the inmatea, the-, good conditions in the houses, the saving to the county

NEW JAIL RECOMMENDED TO PREVENT ESCAPE OF PRISONERS AT BASTILE

The construction of a new county jail along modern lines or the remodeling of the present structure to assure proper ventilation and sanitation, as well as changes to prevent the escape of prisoners owing to the present faulty construction, is recommended In the report of the grand Jury. - Working of prisoners on the county highways is strongly praised. The report of the grand jury on the county jail Is submitted: "At the county jail the grand Jury found twenty-seven prisoners confined on charges as follows: Intoxication, sixteen: assault and battery, three; rape, one. wife desertion, one; murder, one; awaiting action of grand jury, one; petit larceny, two; safe keeping, one; contributing to the delinquency of a child, one. The jail is old and poorly ventilated. "Either a new jail should be constructed along modern lines or else steps should be taken to better ventilate the present building. The escape of a prisoner recently from the jail was due to Its faulty construc

KELLY RETAINS OFFICE AS CLERK OF MEETING

Committee reports which included the recommendations that Robert Lb Kelly and Edwin E. Trueblood be reappointed to serve as presiding clerk and reading clerk, respectively; the appointment of Herschel J. Folger as official newa reporter' and Ancil C. RatlifTs request that he not be reappointed to the effciency committee occupied the attention of representatives and visitors attending the Indiana .Yearly Meeting In the East Main atreet Friends' church yesterday afternoon. Both, the report of the book and tract committee and the report of the efficiency committee contained suggestions for arousing the interest of the young people of the church. Suggeata List of Clerks. The committee on recommendations headed by Allen D. Hole, chairman, and Christie Bird,' secretary, in suggesting Mr. Kelly and Mr, Trueblood for re-appointment, also named the following: Mary A. J. Ballard aa recording clerk: Edith J. Hunt aa read

petuated and submitted to the commissioners for their benefit, and that they allow .Mrs. Thomaa to make an explanation of the charges made. It Mrs. Thomas can not satisfactorily explain her dealings in this connection, we would recommend that ahe be removed from her position as matron. "We found fourteen persona confined in the women'a jail, alx Insane, four feeble-minded, two epileptics and two prisoners serving time. The aanitary conditions at the jail . and the treatment of prisoners were found to be satisfactory, except aa to the plumbing in ths lavatories. , Changes should be made In the lavatory plumbing and this without delay. The matter haa been called to the attention of the commissioners several times, and the grand jury seea no good reason for further delay In the needed changes. The jail was found to be clean and well kept, aa waa also the Juvenile ward. In the juvenile ward, which ia a credit to the county, three boys were then confined. All have aince been - released. "Changes have recently been made In the method of maintaining dependent children at the Home for . the Friendless, which is saving the county a large sum of money. We commend this change.''

through the Installation of a cannery and Mr. Petro'a auoeess aa a.farmrs. The complete text ot that part of the report which refers to the county farm followa: - TAt, ths county - Infirmary, -where Frank Petro and his wife are In charge for the. second year, the grand jury found conditions to be splendid. The . Continued en Page Four tion. The prisoner escaped from the Jail by means of a chimney which la used for ventilating purposes. "If this arrangement of ventilation is to be continued, then ths Jury recommends that meana be taken at once to prevent a like occurrence. The jury believes that bars placed inside the chimney at two placea would prevent any prisoner from escaping through It In the future. The prisoners seem to be humanely treated and fed in a satisfactory manner. - "The most commendable thing regarding the management of the Jail is the . working of prisoners on the roads and bridges of the county. There seems to be a willingness on the part of the prisoners to do the work, and by reason of the prisoners work the county has been saved a considerable sum of money. In the insane ward further padding should be provided In the cell used for violent insane. "Complaint was made of the noisy conduct of the prisoners at the jail on Sundays, and we would recommend to the sheriff that this be stopped." ing clerk; Albert J. Furstenberger aa announcing clerk and the following persons aa assistant clerks: "Albert J. Copelsnd. Edith HilL Clara Knight. Lk H. Johnson. Elmira Harris and Elmer Kendall. The resignation of Ancil E. RatUS came as an unwelcome surprise to the delegates, who. after he had given a Continued On Page Three. DOGS AID S0LDIEG3 BERLIN. Sept. 22. According to a statistical report Just published about fifteen hundred doga are attached to the German ambulance corps at the , eastern and western fronts. . Since tile beginning of the war they have saved over three thousand ' soldiers - who would have bled to death or died of exposure on the battlefield, aa tfcey had not been found by the sanitary troops. . '.-. .