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FIVE WORKMEN ESCAPE UHEf SECOND LUTHERAN WALL FALLS IN CELLAR

, The entire north wall of the Second English Lutheran church; West Third and Pearl streets, collapsed about 7:30 o'clock this morning. Five workmen in the recently excavated basement had a narrow escape from being killed while they were engaged in placing a concrete underpinning beneath a section of the stone foundation. ... ";i ' Frank VanTress, foreman, while standing in the church yard jnoticed a large section of dirt slide and he shouted a warning. Instantly the five workmen, Stanley Roberts, James Coulter, Roy f Owens, William Bryant and Albert Lantz, scrambled out of the basement. Just as the last man reached a place of safety the wall collapsed with a crash that could be heard many blocks away. Thousands of bricks fell in a deluge all about the rear of the church premises. . .' Hodaln's Explanation.

Building Inspector Hodgin said to day that a faulty system employed in placing a cement underpinning to the stone foundation was responsible for the accident. A basement eight feet deep and three feet below the base of the stone foundation walls had been excavated. The workmen had just begun to underpin the foundation a section at a time. The dirt on which the foundation wall rested was not solid enough, however, ;to support the strain and it gave way. The building inspectors says that the J concrete underpinning should have been put in before the basement waB excavated below the base of the stone foundation walls. Five hundred dollars will cover the cost of repairing the damage. For some time the church council, which includes B. B. Duke, Alton Cox, William Klopp, August Hanning, L. D. Hazelton, Andrew Rausch, J. F. Holaday and William Keller, has been considering the advisability of enlarging the church by building and addition to It on the north and east. When the council meets tonight it will discuss the advisability of taking advantage of the collapse of the north wall by carrying out the church enlargement program. The church has no debt and It Is believed the Improvement could be safely undertaken. Isley Heard Crash. The Rev. Raymond Isley, pastor of the church, was in , his residence, (which adjoins the church to the north, rwhen the accident occurred, and he thought, because of the terrjflc crash, that the entire building had collapsed. He said he regarded the damage to the building fortunate In that no workman was injured. 3 - Church officials are congratualting themselves that the- accident did not occur last night when Sunday school children were holding a meeting in the Sunday school room. This room occupies the north section of the church. When the wall gave way about half the floor of the Sunday school room slanted downward at an angle of about thirty degrees. Had the room been filled with people, it is probable that the entire floor would have given way. Joists under the room, extending east and west, were cracked, and beams, extending north and south, were broken off within a few feet of the wall. Work of providing a basement eight feet deep under the north half of the church began about two weeks ago. Underpinning for the east wall had been put in and the work of underpinning the north foundation just started. The basement was to be used as n additional Sunday school room and a place for holding social events. The Second English Lutheran church was built twenty-three years ago. It Is a handsome structure and has quite a large membership.i The Rev. Mr. Isley said today that 'the rally meeting will be held in the church auditorium next Sunday as planned. REPORT PRINTED ON CONDITION IN COUNTY PRISON The unsanitary condition of the cltf jail is emphasized in the annual report of the county board of charities, which has been made pi.l lie by the state board of charitios md corrections in its annual report. Poor lighting and ventilating facilities are given as the reason for the unsanitary condition of th city bastile. Recommendations are also made that women and children should not be confined in the Jail but should be taken to the Home for the Friendless, immediately upon arrest. Plumbing at the Home for the Friendless is in bad condition, according to the report. The efficient management of the poor farm is mentioned in the report and the superintendent Is complimented on his work. A few recommendations were made which have been acted upon favorably by the county commissioners. Weather Forecast United States Fair. Cooler tonight with frost. Probably heavy north portion. Friday fair. Colder. Temperature Noon 6' Yesterday Maximum 5? Minimum 34 For Richmond Fair and colder tonight and Friday with temperatures considerably below freezing with heavy frosts. General Conditions The storm which crossed the Great Lakes last night failed to cause rain. The cold wave which has developed in the northwest is due to reach here tonight. Fair weather will continue for the rest of the week. W. E. MOORE,

SERVIA REJECTS BULGAR DEMAND

LONDON, Oct. 7. Servia, backed by the allies, has rejected Bulgaria's demands for the surrender of Macedonia and hostilities between the two countries are expected to open within twenty-four hours, according to advices received from Athens today. British troops forming part of the Anglo-French expedition sent to assit Servia, are now being landed at Salonika. Preparations for an extension of the war are proceeding with feverish haste. Greece, though protesting against the landing of the allied troops at Calonika, has made no effort , at armed resistance and is not expected to do so.

STATE INSPECTOR COMES TO MAKE DAIRY SURVEY

FOR STATE C L. Hutchens," deputy ' state food and drug inspector, arrived "here today to make' a ; comprehensive survey of the dairies 'supplying Richmond with milk. He was detailed to Richmond by H. E. Barnard, state pure food and drug commissioner, who has become interested in the crusade in Richmond to secure a wholesome milk supply. Commissioner Barnard desires to ascertain if a better system of inspection can be provided, and he also wants complete reports from the Richmond dairy inspector. Dr. Lou Clem. Co-incident with the arrival of Mr. Hutchens today. City Health Officer Smelser made public the scorings of thirty-seven dairies engaged in supplying milk to Richmond in wholesale or retail quantities. A recent investigation showed, however, over fifty dairies engaged in this business. Careful 8urvey. Hutchens has been instructed to make a careful inspection of every dairy doing business in Richmond, and he will be accompanied on ' his inspections by Dairy Inspector Clem, City Health Officer Smel6er, County Health Officer Krueger and a member of the Commercial club. "I would not be surprised if I found the majority of the dairies in pretty fair shape," Hutchens said today, "because of the recent agitation for a better local milk supply and the arrest of two dairymen. I intend to spend three or four days in Richmond." The dairies which have just been scored show that thirty of the thirtyseven have averages less than 75 per cent. The minimifm rating a dairyman can have and continue to operate is 50, which score was received by J. T. Madden. There were five other dairymen who scored between 50 and 60 per cent. J. L. Batchelor led the list with a score of 94, George Kerch-

AUSTRO-GERMANS BEGIN DRIVE THROUGH SERVIA

BERLIN, Oct. 7. The great AustroGerman invasion of Servia has been launched. The war office announced today that the Teutonio forces had crossed the Drina, Save and Danube rivers at many placeB. The Austro-German forces are thus attacking the Serbs from the north and from the west. Heavy artillery opened the way for the advance. For nearly a month the guns have been battering the positions of the Servians in preparation for the advance of the infantry and cavalry. Today's official report admits that

MELPOLDER PRESENTS VERSION OF INCIDENT

The following has been submitted by John Melpolder, secretary of the charity bureau: I plead guilty to your charge of not

FAHSPJITUP $90,000 FOR BALL TICKETS BY FRANK O. MENKK, Sporting Editor of - th International News Service. PHILADELPHIA, Oct 7 w When the club offices opened today there was a mob of over 6,000 outside waiting to present Its Invitations and its cash In exchange for the precious paste boards that will admit to witness the world series conflicts between tha Phillies and the Red Sox. Clerks declared that the requests tor tickets for each game made by mall or telegraph had totalled 125,000 up to last night, and that more than 6,000 letters, requesting probably 10,000 additional tickets, arrived In the morning mall. lonore Outsiders.

The club officials Ignored practically all requests from ' out of town fans, favoring the home fans. -- One of the peculiarities of the distribution today was this: Despite the fact that the letters of the lucky applicants enclosed certified checks or money orders, the club officials Informed the "elect" in the I'otices sent out last night that the tickets would be delivered only upon payments of currency and that the ohecks and money orders would be returned within a day or two. Take In $90,000. - The distribution today Included about 3,800 box seats at 5 per, about 3,500 grandstand seats at $3 per, and 2.000 pavilion seats at $2. The total reserved seat capacity is 4,000 box ueats, 5,000 $3 seats and 2,000 $2 Seats, but about 1,500 seats for each game were held out for the members of tbo National Commission, the club officials and the players. . The total cash taken In by the club today was close to $90,000, each patron being forced to buy tickets for three games. A small army of ticket speculators, most of them from New York, arrived in town early today, and were boast fully confident that they would make a "killing." eirirttha"scdTWlt W;8JrOYung with , a scoring or 81, following mm. Two men who recently attempted to go into the dairy business were or dered not to sell milk until a number of important improvements had been made about their places. The following were given out today by City Health Officer Smelser as the dairy scoring for the quarter ending October 1: Dairyman Cows. Pet. Albert Anderson 12 57 F. Austerman 12 74 J. L. Batchelor 16 94 Alton Hale 8 76 John Fawble 43 62 William Hartman 60 70 O. Young 25 81 Oran Caskey . 14 62 J. Barmer 12 71 John Haas . . 73 Levi Myers 15 70 John Wuenker ...... 23 72 Will Turner 65 Joe Pardieck 17 76 Harry Toschlog -. 10 61 J. T. Madden 5 50 Albert Hayden 15 77 Lou Barmer . . . . 65 Charles Huffman 8 65 W. R. Crawford 6 60 C. F. Strader 8 57 H. I. Hoover 17 70 Dan Gard 10 66 Crow & Wise- 19 71 Harry Smith 70 O. Lamb 10 73 C. Ratliff 64 B. E. Jennings 12 72 Herman Austerman 16 67 George Kercher 21 82 Rufus Raper 6 52 Shepard & Ryan 14 75 L. E. Raper 69 Harman Wolke 7 61 Fred Hartman 20 66 E. V. Batchelor 21 64 Homer Estell 4 55 the French have gained ground in Champagne but declares that Field Marshal Von Hindenberg has pierced the positions of the Russian troops at Dvinsk over a front of three miles. At Tahure in the Champagne, the French captured 800 yards of ground. Attacks were repulsed at St Marie and Suain. The Germans took two officers and 180 men prisoners at Souain and at St. Marie they captured 12 French officers, 579 men and twenty machine guns. In the vicinity of the Beausejour the Germans captured 3 officers, SOO men and three machine guns. always being as tactful as I should be. It has caused me to offend people whom others might have, handled by Continued OnSfteteffljFJji;

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GOIDtlTltJG ON ENGAGEMENT TO PRESIDENT; WEDDING TO BE SOLEMNIZED IN TOO MONTHS

Washington Society Today StiU Bewildered Over Announcement of Engage ment Made Last Night. MANY CONGRATULATE Wires Swamped With Messages From All Over Country to Chief Executive of United States. WASHINGTON, Oct - 7. Society here today was still bewildered over the unexpected announcement of the engagement of President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait. It had been rumored that the president was paying court to : Mrs. Gait, but intimates of both have insisted that if an understanding, was reached it probably would be kept secret until after the next presidential campaign. The president and Mrs. Gait have been together a great deal In public lately, but no particular importance was attached to this fact. Today the telegraph lines Into the executive offices are simply swamped with messages of congratulation from all over the United States. Represented in the signatures are the leaders of Demoeracy of the nation and many - personal friends of the president. Keep Plans Secret. Secretary Tumulty said today that there will be no further announcement regarding the wedding plans for some time to come. If the exaot date has been fixed It is known only to the president and his fiancee. The president has been a widower fourteen months, while Mrs. Gait's husband, died eight years ago. Mrs. Gait is 39 years old. It was recalled today that she has not taken any prominent part in Washington society, so far as official society Is concerned. It is expected, however, that for the first time since the Taft admlnlstra. tion white house functions will be CQflM, MitefrjItMt feature in Washlngtoa life after the couple are married. " . '' .-', V. V.. The next Mrs. Wilson I very few tlfywemaarShe IsoC awihitn height with wayv light brown hair, grey eyes and delicately molded features. . She Is an accomplished musician, and tills talent, in a measure, Is responsible for her romance, as it was through music that Miss Margaret Wilson, the president's only unmarried daughter, wa attracted to her. Miss Wilson, it was said here today, first introduced the woman who is to be her step-mother to her father. Mrs. Gait spent a month with Miss Wilson at Cornish, N. H. this summer, and they have been extremely intimate for about a year. WATCH THE BALL. That will be the slogan in Richmond tomorrow when the fans gather in front of The Palladium office to see the world's series repeated just as each play is enacted on the field. The Palladium's electric scoreboard is sure to make a great hit, bigger than any that will be made In the world's series, for Richmond followers of the game have never before been given an opportunity to see the games at home that are played hundreds of miles away, and arrangements are completed to furnish the public, free of all cost, the greatest treat in the sporting line in years. If the mighty Tris Speaker Is at bat you will know it almost at the Instant he steps to the plate, for the electric bulb opposite his name will shine, and when he touches the rubber with his bat the red globe will shine and you will know that the man who has done so much to land two pennants In Boston is there waiting for whatever the pitcher serves up. If the great Alexander has the ball the light will indicate that fact, and as it is passed around the field the lights will flash at each position so that there will be no difficulty for any one to follow the plays. Watch the ball. If you do this you will see the game just as it is played. . Watch the ball and enjoy the world's series at home. Come down to The Palladium building on North Ninth street tomorrow and see the Phillies and Red Sox struggle for the first game. It wont cost you a cent, and you are sure to have the time of your life, for everybody you know will be here. And remember, watch the ball. ITALY BREAKS WITH BULGARIA ROME. Oct. 7. Italy has broken off diplomatic relations with Bulgaria. The Italian minister at Sofia has hiwtn ordered to return, to Rome via Greece. uniy a rew nours perore tne announcement was made the war office issued a call for additional troona. It is un derstood that the new forces will be held ready to be sent to aid the allied troops, now landing in Greece for the aeiense 01 servia. -

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SCHOOLS PAY TRIBUTE TO WHITCOililB RILEY

Fitting tribute was paid in Richmond today to James Whitcomb Riley in the celebration of the poet's birth day anniversary, set aside as "Riley j uay in a proclamation Dy uovernor Samuel M. Ralston. Most noticeable celebration In this city consisted of programs of music, recitations of Riley's poems and addresses in the public schools. High school students assembled this well-known lecturer, deliver the principal address. The speaker in glowing terms held Riley as the peer of Indiana writers. He said that while the Indiana authors Including Meredith Nicholson, Booth Tarkington, Lew Wallace. George Ade, Strickland Gillilan. McCutcheon, E gleston and others had individual fame, their letters appeal to the j esthetic while Riley's poems appeal to the heart. Mr. Fitzpatrick. especially brought cut the thought in Riley's poem, "Away" in which the poet wrote of the death of his boyhood chum who died in the first battle of the Civil war. The speaker urged the students to visit Greenfield, the birthplace of Riley and see for themselves the scenes described in the poems.

WHEN FROM TORMENTING CARES

When from tormenting; cares I steal away To haunt the quiet river banks, to hear The murmur of the stream; to note the play Of quivering- foliage mirrored sharp and clear Upon its tranquil breast; to see the boys Plunge in the swimming hole ; to thread the lanes Close-thicketed and share the wanton joys Of forest birds ; to watch the heavy wains Creaking and toiling through the shallow ford; To mark the cricket's chirp and drone of bee, Or sit a welcome guest at the farmer's board, Hearing quaint talk and rude philosophy, Then comes thy music like a soft refrain, Blending with all in one harmonious strain. WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE.

SPEAKER LEADS CHURCH ACTIVITY - D. H. Doselin who will address the men of the Lutheran churches ef the city on invitation ef the men of the First English Lutheran church is one of the leading men of the Lutheran belief, Mr, Doselin will speak at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. . After serving as bead of the general synod and editor of the leading church publications since 1896, has been professor at Wittenberg:

DECLARES DRIDE-TO-BE,

DROW WILSON. This afternoon Mr. Fitzpatrick speke at the Baxter school. The remainder of the program delivered in the high school consisted of the following: Awarding of "R's to the following boys who won spoclal mention in the playing of their respective positions in the inter-group baseball teams contest last spring: Catcher. Jchn Foster; pitcher. Harold Brown: first base. Ivan Kennedy: second base; Herman Brown; third base, C. Btirr? short stops Wendell O'Neal: and fielders, Wynn, Norris and Rankin. Recitation, "Old October," by Helen Ligon. i Address "Sidelights on Life and Works of James Whitcomb Riley," by D. Lee Fitzpatiick. Recitation "An Outworn Sapho," by Hazel Stevenson. Recitation, "OM Glory," by June Robinson. Yictrola. Riley records, 'Happy Little Cripple," "Little Orphant Annie." and "Out to Old Aunt Mary's." In practically every school room In the city appropriate programs were given. Mrs. J. T. Giles, wife of the superintendent of schools, spoke in Whitewater school. WILLIAMS VISITS GRADE SCHOOLS Prof. Oscar Williams, ef the educational department in Indiana universi y visited the Warner and Flnly school this morning and others this afternoon conferring with the teachers of history. He discussed certain phases of the 'subject, making suggestions and recommendations pertaining to teaching of history in the schools, un Saturday Mr. Wililams will confer with the teachers at the . institute session.

Friends of Mrs. Norman Gait Say Future First Lady of Land Shuns All Newspaper Publicity.

WEDDING TO BE QUIET President and Bride Leave for New York Tomorrow to Be Guest of CoL E. M. House. Wood row Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait, widow of the owner of a big Washington jewelry establishment, will be married within the next two months. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride-to-be at 130S West Twentieth street, and will be an extremely quiet affair, only a few relatives and the most intimate friends being present. The time and place of the wedding, while not officially announced, became known today. Mrs. Gait decided on where the wedding was to be held. The president, it was known, desired a very quiet affair, but he deferred entirely to his fiancee's wishes and left the decision to her. Mrs. Gait confided her desires to the president today that the wedding take place at her home and that it be very quiet. Marry In Two Months. The exact date has not been decided but It is known that the wedding will be held within two months. It is thought that early In December will be the time settled upon. All Washington discussed nothing but the president's wedding today. Over night Mrs. Gait had become the most prominent figure in the capital. She was besieged with callers today but dented herself to any one except the most intimate friends. She declined to make any statement concerning her plans for the white house season. Bride Is Happy. The only statement she would make was : "I am quite happy. All else has .been aaid at the white house. Mrs. Gait vfua practically Inaccessible to the corps of Washington society editors today, but her mother came to the relief of one perturbed young lady who sought a new photograph of the future Mrs. Wilson. A local photographer had such a photrgrar-h. but he had no permission to give it out for publication. After vainly endeavoring to locate Mrs. Gait the society editor in question finally enlisted the aged mother of the president's fiancee, and she promised that she would "arrange for you to get a copy of a good photo." Old-Fashioned Woman. An Intimate friend of Mrs. Gait said today sh? was a woman who r-ad old-fashioned ideas about not appearing In the public print. "She is a normal, womanly woman." was the way Ws friend expressed it. "She is sort of woman who thinks a woman's name eotht to be in the newspapers oaly thre time at her birth, at her marriage and at her death, and that these notices ought to b in small type." It was officially announced at the whtte house today that the president and his fiancee will go to New York tomorrow to be the guests of Colonel E. M. House, the president's close friend. Dr. Harry T. Graywin. the white bouse physician, and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the president's niece, will accompany the president and Mrs. Gait. The entree party, ft Is expected, will attend a theatre in New York tomorrow night. Saturday morning they will go to Philadelphia to attend the second game of the world's series. Present plans call for their return to Washington Saturday night. Mrs. Gait is a member of the Episcopal church. She attends St. Margaret's church here legularly. GREECE FORMS NEW COALITION CABINET ATHENS. Oct. 7 A coatttton cabt net was formed today with Alexandre Zaimts. governor of the n at tonal bank of Greece, as premier, succeeding Venlzelos All members of the- new cabinet ar former ministers M. Zahnte is regarded as pro-ally, but he is not a belligerent. The new premier formerly heaK cd a Greek cabinet. The decision to form a national cabinet was made at a conference between King Constant toe and party leaders. The absence of M. Venizelos from the new mintstery means tto allies have lost their strongest supporter, Despite the change of government which many regard as a triumph for German influence tn Athens, the entente allies continue thetr war preparations on Greek soil. British troop have ben landed at Salonika to reinforce the French forces that are in the Balkans to help Bervla. WATCH THE BALL Due to the difference In time tho game that Is played in the World's series at Philadelphia tomorrow at 2:30 will be shown on the electric score board at the Palladium build-, ing at 1:30. so the fans are warned to be on time. Watch the balL