FINANCIAL EDITION t NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA JEmHBrAmBt -VOL 1-2nO. 287 imvLAmtfLvniA, Monday, Auausr 10,1015. CortiiQiiT, 1014, 11 mi rcuo Lrwira CoMrmr, cNICeOL LOW BIDDER ON SUBWAY TRANSIT WORK- NO PROPOSAL BY VARE FKlOiEJ ONE OEttT 5,700,000 C i ty H a 1 1 KTumiel Offer to Be iAccepted if R y a n Approves r fylor Hurries to City Solic- FUor's Office to Learn if Con- f tracts Legally Can 6e Let at IfOnce J. D Dornot Low on Elevated. Honest Eptlmato for Frankford Lines. S142.B90, 336,000 Under Contrac tor Politician's figure 'New York Concerns in Competition Prices Too High jtrhliadelphia entered upon- Its now era eof transit development today. Bids for , the beginning of construction of tho jjBfoad ptrept subway nnd the 1-rankford' rjjeyated lines were opened at noon by DI- Jjftctor A Merrltt Taylor In the oi..ccs of Jtho Transit Department, at the Bourse. Promptly after the last bid was opened ?Dlrtor Taylor left for the office ot jCity Solicitor Ryah to take up the ques tion of the legality of letting tho con- S'ft TRANSIT PROGRESS IN BRIEF September 11,1011 nrenlns Ledger be gins MimpntKit for adoption of the Taylor proRMtn for highspeed subway end tie Vnted lines, Jdnuatr 7, IMS-Two ordinance pro Tiuins for a hrdnnlntt ol operation on ne rapid transit program Introduced In Common Council. rebniary 11 Henrln before Senate Committee An Municipal Aflalr. III. . . Ta,or "daces request for S30.000, 000 to 18,000,000 to outwit obotrnctlnnlit In llielr move for drloy. rebrtmry 1B-Hnance Commute re. porta loan election ordinance nnd sutintl intra part of CoMello "Joker" ordinance. March 4 Councils amend "Joker" or dinance lo make It IcbbI. March 0 Mayor fieri, ordinance. March 20 Mayor Itirn first epndeful of earth on preliminary ewer relocation ork In Independence Hquarc. April 29 Trani.lt loan of $6,000,000 np proted at poll by 10-to-l Tote. .luno 23 Cirdlminces aulhorlilnic (lota tlon or 10.000,000 loan pained n Com mon Council. July 1 Ordinance appropriating 13,000,000 for the Ilrood street and the Frankford project, respectively, nanned In Councils. Inly 10 Dallam taxpayers' suit to halt plan begun, July 20 Ilearlnar before Public Service Commission., July 30 Philadelphia Itapia Transit Company ttlthdrnwa opposition. August II riihlln Service Commission authorizes beginning- of the Ilroad street subway nnd the Frankford elevated. August 10 Clnen bids for first ork on Broad street subuay and Frnnkford ele vated lines. GALVESTON AGAIN SHAKEN BY BLAST OF HURRICANE People Overwhelmed in 1900 Pin Hopes of Safety on Sea Wall LIVES LOST ON GULP Waves Leap Over'Giant Barrier Erected After Flood of 15 Years .Ago GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 18 Pinning their hopes to tho weather bureau's state ment that the West Indian hurricane, which has been Ushlng the Gulf of Mexico for several days, will spend Its grcntest force close to the Loulslana-Tejcas line,, nnd that Galveston will escape, thousands of people today Wntched mountainous seas batter down the long approaches to the numerous bathhouse on the water front and dash vigorously over the great sea wall, which, with the cnuseway erected after tho great uood of 1900, Is regarded as tho city's derenso ngalnst similar dis aster. The wall was completed In 1D05, and a few yours later the giado of tho city of Galveston was raised by munici pal ordinance. Tho cost of the entire pro tective work approximated J8.000.000. As noon approached the wind Increased In fury, wlillo advices from points to tho cast Indicated a galo of 75 miles an hour. Four lives hao been lost along tjio GERMAN ARMY CLOSES IN ON BREST LITOVSR Hosts of Prince Leopold . arid Mackensen Only 24 - Miles From Fortress NEW GAINS IN BALTIC Slavs Continue Retreat on Bug. . kKubisco Taken Novo Georgievsk Invested nnnuN, Aug. 16. Only 21 miles Intervene between the Austro-Gcrman armies of Prince Leopofd oC Bavaria nnd Pkld Marshal von Mack erisen and tho Rufalan fortress of Brett Lltovsk. The- Russian village of Slavntycze, less than 24 miles south of Brest-Lltovsk, has been captured by General Mackcnsen's troopB. Mackensen's troops have nlso cap tured Callo. Operating In concert. Prince Leopold and Field Marshal von Mnckenson are driving eastward and northeastward and the Rus sians arc falling back.- The right wing of tho Bavarlnn army of Prince Leopojd nnd the left win? of the group of armies under Field Marshal von Mackensen have Joined forces. ' The Investment of Novo Goorglovsk, on tho Vistula, by German armies' Is now complete. There is no chanco for tho escape of the garrison. North ot the Narew niver tho group of TO, BEGIN WORK ON CITY LIBRARY IN THREE DAYS Trustees Vote to Break Ground for $3,000,000 1 Building Thursday t MAYOR ATTENDS SESSION Although Funds Are Not Com plete, .Construction Will Pro ceed on Entire Edifice A now era of progress for Philadelphia, In tho lino of public Improvements, wll be ushered In Thursday afternoon when, with appropriate ceremonies, ground w)ll bo broken for tho erection of tho 13,000,000 contrnl free library at 13th and Vina Mreets and the Parkway, Mior Blankcnburg today made this early beginning ot the work posslblo by taking a spocln! trip from Pocono Pines, whero he has been spending his vaca tion, to prcstdu at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees 'of tho Free Li brary In his office. Four years ago tho first appropriation was mado for tho great library that Is to bo an architectural monument along tho Parkwnv. At that tlmo the law pro vided that work must not bo started on a public Improvement until the. funds for tho entire project wero available This lu-v was amended at tho last ses sl'in of the Legislature. In spltti of this, the project still threat ened to lag along, probably another year, but Mnyor Blankcnburg wna determined DETROIT, 1st g CLEVELAND CHICAGO, lSl g BT, LOUIS TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES AMliRICA'N LEAGUE O 4 (Kb ,QO - OIOOOO O 4 o DIRECTOR A. MERRITT TAYLOR QUIETLY SIGNALIZES OPENING OF NEW TRANSIT ERA iPpsjS F " S t f QUICK NEWS AUSTRIA PUTS1, PRICE ON'D'ANNUNZIO'S HEAD - PARIS," Aitjf, 10. Zurich ad vices report the Austrian Govern- ment Una placed a jirke of .$4000 oil the head of Oabrisle d'Xn- nunalo, the Italian poet, Who dlorfted mc&afres from an aeroplrtno over Tileste. , , MRS. C. STUART PATTERSON. DIES OF HEART DISEASE Jlra. Ellen Stuart Patterson wife of C. fttiiart Patterson rVrrl this nfteniOon at her home, Qincehlll, In Chestnut1 Hill, following an attack of ncait tllsajse, She Vas '70 ,ycais oltl, "Although sTic had heen 111 for thiee months, It was thought .mho was Improving, and had been declared out of danger. 2000 AMERICANS IN CANADIAN ARMY "" LONDON, Augu 10. General Sam Hughes, Canndlan Minist-v of Militia, declaied at a meeting heio last night that 2obo,AmcUciTj have eullstffd.in the Canadian foices and that'moro than log have been killed In, action In Flandcis. ' . VON MOLTKE GETS POUR LE MERITS ,0RDER BERLIN, Aug. 10. General -Von Mpltke, fpnncr Chief of Staff, hac been "awai ded tha Order of Pour lo Mcrltc it was tmnouucsd today. BREWERY COMPANY DECREASES i CAPITAL ' HARRISBURG, Aug. 16. Tho Ashland Brewing Company today fllei notice of decrease of stock from $75,000 to $30,000, because of decrease in values. ihe Director Iff Ee&n at his desk scheduling bids for construction of ranfd .transit lines. Thfe oneninoriof the bids marks tho triumtih of the Director's lefforts for a better trnnsit svstem . in Philadelphia. ( ( ALLIED FLEET SHELLS ASIA MINOR TOWNS ATHENS, Aug. 16. French nnd British warships nra continuously bom barding the const of Asia Minor. Tho Turkish towns ot Dolelcln, f hokla, Nous randnssl and Ephcses have been shelled nnd damaged. Turkish camps Tvera dispersed and the population of many coast t6wns driven 'into tho interior. MOSQUITOS KILL MAN t 'Btw3TOnrnro?ra!t39fl today from'menquUd'bltiB. .There woi hfira square lrich of his-body that wa not bitten. " ', y ' i '' !- ! y 'i 1 - HEALTH SAFEGUARDS M0RE STRINGENT ON P. R. R. A stringent regulation to safeguard this health of travelers, has been adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Tho rule, established -In, 1913, that a physical examination be made of all dining-car and restaurant employes every tbrco months, has been changed bo that now such on examination Is hold at least every 30 days. The railroad announces that extra precautions haVe been taKeS to prevent the presence or Bprcad of communicable diseases on Us trains. it a.t once. Announcement of thq Mflon reached will be made Immedl- ill? nf.BH 1W An.iAvnMA . 1. 1 , .lawn n. , uivvi liu UJicf Clttp WHO nuciuwv. die nearly 60 contractors had Indl- thelr Intention of submitting bids i two Web-speed contracts, but 18 ds tferp ntihtntttprl Df ,ViaA fllv wam rggthef Broad strtpt oubway and 10 for iinnKioru eievntea uno auamonai der failed to file a bond as required by aw and his bid was therefore thrown m. Keystone State Construction com of 70! Pennsylvania Building (Sen ior McKichul's comnany) was tho low est bidder for the Broad street work, the re neing jijw.uw, xne loweBt Dinaer the Frankford elevated work was James D Dornet, of 1204 East Montgom- " avenue, the flEuro being Jl '2.590. Sen- 5lSr SlcNichol was also a bidder for this o(K) out hi.i ngure was nrJ.wo; inus JRS KISAIO hlirhep than the lowest bid. fUg, was noticeable that Senator Vare not a bidder pn either contract. Re blehest bid for the Broad street met was 12.758,000: the highest for the inkford was O7,O0O. Of the bidders on ,road Btreet work only two were Iftielphla firms, the remaining six be- ! New York firms. Of tho ten bidders tJti SAYS PRION, LINER , KNOWN HERE, WAS SUNK BY SUBMARINE Sailor Brings Word That Ship Was Torpedoed by Turkish Craft Mistaken for Bat tle Cruiser Tiger CARRIED- FALSE GUNS to 'Continued oi 1'aio Two, Column Tiro TltlAN IM2 SDNK Y ITAMAN DESTROYER t Submarine? Sent to Bottom of Adriatic During War ROME. Aug. 16. patches from Milan assert that tho plan submarine U-13 was sent to the m oy an Italian submarine snprwy me ' !'-J3 was neetrov&i dv ura rh cruiser BiV Austria has now pne-third of herubmurlne strength. ff the under-vAter boats having sseni io tne bottm since tne war She had 13 Abmjirlnes at the K of hoitillttesA H of the destruclion Of the U-13 received In lain adiicea The Ub dMe boat was slglited.ln the middle B Adriatlo. and It Has (here shd ?nt to. the bottom vlth all on Instead of submerging or tak- u$ht the submarine remained on the give battle tp the Valla" ,or' destroyer The , destroyer Mvered the submarine tabard tht Where Italian undu "me n waltlnz t nre4 a torpdo whl vu-ti n xne noiigm wuld not be sav4. r-wtkf boats yB Au- qowny ner l?Bgrnharat Iteturns tofitart' uc, Aue IGilmo aMb IIn- yu ner nrsi miniifiisftiuuini r4ii the amputation of Br leg c festival Sunday RUtts Wi wacen an4 toucMi reeepk THE. WEATHER Phttadtlpkm mid vieifyty cloudy tmuakt ami Tumdau; fl<ch. ihttnue in temaeiature: 5sm- rtri, maata mil Lkwti.lt. The American Line steamship Merlon, which for years piled between this port nnd Liverpool, was sunk by a Turkish submarine in the Dardanelles, according to a sailor on the American liner do minion, which arrived at Philadelphia to day. The man described how members of the SXerlon'B crew had escaped by clinging to wooden guns that had been mounted on the deck to frighten off the enemy, and declared" that the Turkish naval author ities, thought that because of the Merlon's warlike appearance it was a battleship, and announced, that the Tiger had been sunk. The man only told the story on the promise that the source of Information would be concealed and would not give his name. He said that giving out sucn Information would be severely punished by the British Admiralty. Officers of the Dominion refused to discuss the sailor's account, but would not denv its truth. Even they did not know frorrrwhim the story came, and the sailor said that even aboard ship, he would be punished, so strongly are the reserve officers- of the navy in sympathy with the English' polloy of suppressing news Fifteen shots were fired, by thf sub marine, he said, before the Merion was sunk The Merlon had only four guns on its decks and could, make no resist ance to the undersea vessel Shortly after the entry of England Into the war the Merlon, together with the Haverford, which also made this port resularly, was commandeered by thq Ad i,u fnr nn aa a ratrol shin and transport At th time It wss attaeked by the Turkish submarine. It was carry Jiur a !( number ol marines as rt forcsmwU for the British owwaUsw Jn tbVDwieUt The sailor W hj W on tbTHaverfora at the time 5S Wa, sunk and that the Hevrfwd ala earning troops and HppM to the WtlsA li the Prdanll. Tbs TtwkWi submarine ajiprt4 fm So flre twm4latly TtoflrstihoU :.rTiiM. hut Id a, few se4 tb aim UfTbt pw iwwMtvfjg: Siia4tea to aiurum . "n"' Rmeell Return tfl Santo Dfmte? a WASHINGTON. Aug M.-wUry of coapt thus far, and many 'ships are ovei dudi , Dispatches today from Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex., Indicated that those cities were being' evacuated by tho people, who feared that tho country round abput them would bp Inundated by a tidal wave. Interurban trains between those cities and1 Houston ran all night and were crowded to their capacity ald the same crowded to their capacity, and the same, In Galveston all hotels and houses were crowded w(th people who feared to remain In their homes near tho beach. E. Bt JlcKlnney, Jr member of a yachting party, was drowned on Lake Pontchatrafn In Louisiana when his boat was capsized; Charles Borgeols was killed at Waveland, Miss., when an elec tric, light v,lrp was blown down on him. and two men were washed overboard from the battleship New Hampshire and drowned off the Florida coast Vhllo little or no damage was done la the city of New Orleans, dispatches from points In Mississippi and Louisiana re port great damage to crops and property throughout the southern sections of these States. MRS. C. S. PATTERSON, SOCIETY WOMAN, DIES Philanthropic Wife of Finan cier Heart Disease Victim at 70 Years of Age Ura. Ellen Stuart Patterson, wife of C. Stuart ratterson, fin, died this after noon: atr her home, OracehUI." in Chest nut Hll. She was 70 years old. Although she had beep Hi bree monlns, she was thought to be Improving apd had been declared out of danger, She suffered an acuta heart attaek at 1:30 tpday Mrs. Patterson ag prominent In social aofflrs in this city and had glv,enmuch Of her life to eharltabls'unairakings. She was president of tha'aaj-deivCtuti. le president of the Indian Hopo of the Pro4Stat Bplfi0PU Churoh, In this dlo- eM, an4 actively Identlned mm many otbar organisations. Mrs. PqtiArww Is survived by bv hus band., ti. SWirt Patterson, far , president of the -WMtwn Savings Fund Soelttjr, and one of the directors of the Pennsyl vania, Railroad, p4 four children Or. FraoUs D- PMroe. Ms Kleaww Cu ler Patterson, Gsorge M Phttsrssa. at torney tor b Pennsylvania, PUllroad, pKj c Stuart Patterson, Jr, aie an Bfre tow otflage she as H& W Ua Smart, dffat of aw StU"1 of tM w, wh w hs tsuader of rt Young iim'u Carltin AseitU m tb ouwiry armies bnder Field Marshal von Hlnden burg and General on Buelow are mak ing steady progress despite the stupen dous efforts of the. Russians to .check them. Kovno still holds out against tho Ger man attacks, but the resistance of the Russians fa lessening. In the sector formed by the curve or tho Bug River, northwest of Brest-Ll tovsk, the Russians are retreating from their positions on the front extending southward past Mledzyrzecz and Radzyn, and southeastward past Slavatycze and Vlodnvn, on the Bug River, (Mledzyrzecz and Slavatycze are 30 miles from Brest-Lltovsk), Worth of Vilna the Russian line has been bent near Kublsko by the assaults of General von BUetow's cavalry forces, General von Buelow has, apparently, ral lied from the temporary check which tho strongly-reinforced Russian forces were able to effect and is again driving for- ward in accordance with the plans ot the general staff. PETR0GRAD PREDICTS SEVERE NOVO GEORGIEVSK FIGHT PETROGRAD, Aug, 16. Novo Georgie vsk, Russia's great fortress at the Junc tion of the Vistula and Narew Rivers, and one of the strongest purely military works In the world, has been Invested by Ger man troops, the War Office announced to- not to permit additional delay. As the result of this action, the board of trus tees today authorized the start of tho work. Tho report of Horace Trumbnuer. the architect who furnished preliminary drawings for the library In 1311. was. In effect, that tho preliminary plins and studies are completed, and that tho prep aration for final drawings and specula tions can be started Immediately, Sir Tpimbauer advised, emphatically against attempting to erect onepart or wing of the building with tho funds now available, as had been suggested. KM uiUlce, which was accepted by a com mittee and recommended to the board today, was that the library should be buljt o a lloor level with the money in hand. The tesolutlon adopted today was that the architect-' be authorized to proceed at onco with the plans and specifications for the main library building, with PENNY LUNCH COUNTERS FOR CITY SCHOOLS Twenty-five "penny lunch's, counters will be operated !rr various publlo schools next school 'term under the' direct supervision of the Board of Educa tion and eventually one will be-opened in every school Jn the city; A general health campaign will bo conducted in the schools this year. t FRANZ JOSEF APPLAUDS POPE'S PEACE PLEA ( ROME, Aug. 16. Emperor Kranz Josef of Austria has written Pope Bene dict applauding the Vatican's efforts f(3r peace, nnd nddjng: 'T also pray God that we may hae an early peace."'' Vatican organs have denied that Pope Benedict's appeal for peace, Issued July 28, -was received offlchtlly by the sovereigns of the belligerent rfatlons. The appeal to the heads of tho warrlpg States was a general one, like an encyclical. Continued on I'age Tiro, Column Ono ROB CONSlioHOCKEN STATION Burglars Overlook Only Money in Pennsylvania Ticket Office NORRISTCJVN. Pa., Aug. 1?-A safe In the ticket office of the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Conshohocken was blown open early this morning The robj bers missed 12, the only sum In the safit. because the charge of powder was not targe enough to wreck the Inner door. The station was entered by forcing a door with a crowbar, and the ticket office door was forced the same way. There was no money Jn the drawer in the ticket office, as Station Agent Gar rett had. sent' it all to Philadelphia last night There are no cJUta' tp the. robbers, but railroad detectives say It is the work of amateurs. Fifty dollars damage was done to the itatton- i Rea's Doctors in Consultation Tb condition of PresUUnt 8smul Re, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who la la the Polyolmle Hospital while surgeons are considering- the advisability of operating on him, remains virtually unchanged At the, bftspUjS.1 to4y it was a,ld ha passsd a cpietaruDie nignt it w reporiea wai pbylolai,ii and surgeon are to hoKl a eoBsHltatlvn Way ft th jorpose of de ciding how,t rUve Mr H VENIZELOS SURE TO RETURN TO POWER PARIS, Aug. 16. The statement attributed by German newspapers to nieutherios Venlzeles, once Premier of Greece, who Is expected to return to power as the result of tho last general elections, that he would decline the view to having them submitted to bid- ..i-.iij. "'i " "" """""" .-j. , ....v...-. ...-.-ders as sueedllv as Dosslble. toward Bulgaria, and that he was willing tho Government should remain la Henry It Edmunds, president of tho the hands of those friendly to the Austro-Germans, are declared by the Athens uonru, oiiiciaieu ai louay b meeung, correspondent of Router's Telegram Company to be pure inventions, State Librarian Thomas L. Montgomery, Clinton Rogers Woodruff. Thomas J. Do lan, John F. L. Morris, William J. Latta, Clarence S Kates, David Pepper and John Ashhurst. ELLEN ADAIR BACK ' FROM WAR COUNTRIES Evening Ledger Correspondent Describes Situation in France and England PHILADELPHIA HAS BEST MILK No city in the United States has better milk than Philadelphia, according to Dr, 8. Lewis Zlegler, Director of Health and Charities, w)m says in his weekly bulletin that more than 600,000 quarts are consumed dolly. ''About 90 per cent, of the mtUc Philadelphia uses la pasturlzed." he says, "nnd the other ifi per cent. Is either certified by proper authority or Is Inspected raw milk." Milk adulteration, lie says, has virtually ceased and no preservatives are wH, About 99 per cent, of all milk is delivered In bottles. king, total a ruii to ii maiorojcM i ' "' ' "- n - Tte Ienslngtoiilait Sa? Wit Wei. MiufiM3tfa BuatUto. but ' thQt tHHv ia oMbitre Iks 'lii" smiVm'i f (A mooklae, onii i i j l fm M r that Ilorrv M rtd f 4lr0 u(j th J W vt a UUvrufh wi JfJ Ellen Adair, woman's editor snd spe cial correspondent of the Kvenlng Ledger, who has been making a tour 'of the war zones, and In particular northern France, arrived last night from Europe on the A"W" "ner 'New Tor. ' "We, hd a pleasant parage across the Atlanlirf and It almost seems m Ij I were in anoiner wuno. bio ais Aua-tr. -nr the excitement of Paris, northern Ftvpee and England, America strike one as be ing so calm and cqll-tdl. On the other side nothing Is spoken of put the war, and practically every man I In khaki. It la very strange to see the difference here. "The Idea that, the Bngltsh ouos men are hanging pack from Misting Is wrong The voung nun sre coming forward splendidly Bat tilts war Is much more Mrlous Mian Pfople realise. It will last for a very long t!j$e yt The opinion In England is that U may last for two years yet, and In Prance many nf the French ttn4 Kll Kcm assured ra that tbsy would not be at all uurprt! if It dragged tt for five years mora. "It is only sow that the Allies are realUlng tli rsmen4ous strenf th of the German army ana pie nuraoer autr variety of Gewnany's resource qsmpy has an unllmltsd supply ot rfu, w munlUon nd money fhu loutinued optimum of the BfiUsb niiiifcij u a Ktt saUtaae Kreach uw.- eapers are inub nearsr tho truth of the miitr fbe two WPOsin parties ara iti dodl trim, s ' It I flftja V 7 If " -1&w ANCHEL'U-IEVITTIMA D'UN SELURO ITALIANO Avanzata Vittoriosa nella Re- gione. dell' iytavYalle del Rlenz e del Sexten Un telegramrea da Roma dice che aiehe II sottomarlno austrlaco "V-M." dl tlpo recentlsslmo, fu dlstrutto dalle nvl Ital. lane, e preeisamente da un sottomarlno Itallarw. n$X medio Adriatleo dove era stat scoptrt da una squsdrlglla dl eac cltorpdlle Jtallanl II sottomarlno Invacs dl iramersersl e nascondersl als sllurantt Itallafte. rimsse a galla. nella speransa dl affoodare ijualeuna dl esse. Le navi Italians lo attrwere Invsoe vcm )a easts Itallana dove attenlovano ullri sottoffiarlnl Uallaol. d tu dl quest! lo stluro' coal rapldamnt pht non s pote" salvare nnnieo l'quipaJo. Inveca 11 sottomarlno austrlaco "U-J." she st disss essere state affoadato- da enfsf$Ml iumw, f-41struttj dal cacciat- peadimere rmsesse uwoo, coe iBieiB con is ulluraiill Uallane gll dava la caccia e che lo booirtrm prima delle uavl ital lane- L' IJ-J" fu eolato a lorulo iini : "Biaaoo" M, eaoaoiiale e pane deli euui- i pagglo if tt rtglonlero iLcst f 4 paging. In ultlwa ' jN' JtjOlaa) EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE IN WAR-ORDER PLANT 'One Building o,f Aetna Explo sive Company Completely Destroyed HJirORIUM, pa,, Ave. 'l6-Flve men were killed' In a myitsfieu explosion st tho Aetna Expletive Company plant at Grove Run, 18 miles from Emporium to day The explosion occurred in tho gela tin pjsnt The cause has not yei ha lsarned. The eorrtpspy was working on large war orders. The dead are Joseph Slrayer Emery Hasklas. Pre Raskins, Mlehfsl amp boll. all of Grab Run, and 0i Uiller. of Driftwood. Ea- One plaf was completely wrecked and two ether badly danaged r T"T"r7.. m " - - - . - lo)5T jutn ffoysn K WHAT DID YOU lJ3SEt 'atnl w tlrt tut otf as jwr aSaMftSttfaJ as. 1 Aiaa nes H4t!? J nxpsT wn TAASftr srui iw NN iwmu irwg ;c" rriys.rifi sy In thA f metB wte rtM. ra tm, VMm CttltF LSlft ill attar fiKt ' li (ra. ' Sl5KaJk awSffci Ftt JLh. r k - --frt-rT- T i i iii ?! Miifa.il.siiasMlifllsBMMlMfciHBBiiliiBiiBiBBi
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