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OIL PLANT BLAST KILLS ONE; TWO DYING; 5 HURT Liquid Fire Engulfs Men When 64 Gallons of Gasolene Explode. CHEMIST, BURNED, STICKS TO POST Other Employes Rescue the In? jured and Beat Out Flames in Clothing. I Oil?* man was burned to death, two i were so badly scorched that t! ey ?ill not live until morning and five others were injured yesterday afternoon by the explosion f a big tank of g?s - lene in t'.ie laboratory of the Eagle Oil Works, (?van Point, Jersey City. They are: S? 11' 1.7. sV.lllam !i>-?-?r a' BH Ts??\tt ???..n* ' .>??' ?? . ? ?? . -V ? ,1, Ml,s', I 1? ,\ait?r ,lilrf <h?n>:?l IS W .*.- Forty-third ... 1'IHM.l? ?'?. ? ? ? . - ,.,-itiiai *>tr??t. J?r ? ?!.'?I K-alp Mill? ? ? - tmiSsm Btr??l. J*rs?? . . ? . rul?-J SALStBDo JoMpti. '.?b-r?r 440 At?* I? C. Bl ona? ?v?.p woundi lod bnilMi. w II.KIN?., lltrmaii. !itv?r?r. ?1S Comjnuolt'i? A?*ou?. ietsej City i ?um?, dual ?nd bi-k ?vorcbasd. The cauce of the explosion is not known. Schult ?n tightening a valve on * 64-gallon drum of gasolene and the others were working about tha lab? oratory when it occurred. It ia be? lieved that a spark generated by the friction of the valve screw ignited the gasolene With a crash and a roar the big tank leaped into the air like a rocket, blowing liquid flame over Schulz, Hyle and Rufer as it did so, and smashed against the ceiling. Hyle and Ruler managed to get clear of the lake of flame which spread over the floor. Their companions, who had been stunned by the concussion, man? aged to beat out their flam: .g .lothing. Schulz lay in the middle of the blaze until it burned itself out. The fire ran along the floor and ig? nited a number of oil barrels standing in one corner. These were extinguished by other employes, who hur .ed to the ??'. A hurry call w-as sent for am balancea from the Jersey C.ty and St. Francis hospitals Hyle and Rufer were so terribly burned that it was said last night they could not live until morning. The others had their wounds dressed by surgeons and went home. Schuiz's charred body was taken to the Jersey Cit morgue, where it will ir-main until his wife claims it. He was an old err.plo. e of the company. It is e.-timated that about $1,000 worth of damage was done to the lab? oratory. Mr. Hay, the chief chemist, although badly burned, refused to go home. He remained to superintend the repair work, which was started imme? diately. The Eagle Oil Company is a i lar y of the Standard Oil Com? pany. e EXPLOSION KILLS 5, WRECKS PLANT Countryside Shaken by Blast in a*ttna Explosive Company's Buildings, in Pennsylvania. Emporium, Penn., Aug. 16. ?Five men were killed and the gelatine house T the .Etna Explosive Company's plant at Grove Run, near here, was blown to pieces to-day by an explo? ite other buildings were badly damaged, and the entire countryside shaken. The men killed Joseph .Strayer. 1- re,l Haskins, Emery Haskins, Ossie Miler and Michael Campbell were the only employes in the building and company officials said the cause of the on would probably never be known. The company had been en? gaged in filling war orders, it was stated. I lats off! On the home? stretch! All our stiff straws. 280 were $2.00 3200 were $3.00 1010 were $3.50 or more. $! now. Panama, Leghorn and Bangkok hats. wie J?, f?r $1.85 now. i:-? ?rara I 114 were J I IM were J? $2.85 now. Caps and Summer hats. ? ere $1.00. -e $l.r>0 or more. 65c. now. . j IM were 42 (?0 and $* 50. - $1.15 now. Summer suits?$15, $20 and $25. Kogexi Pi r.r Company Broadway at 13th St. Broadwa; at Warren "The Four Corner?.'* Broadway at 34th St. Fifth Ave. at 41st St. PUMPING WATER FROM THEE ASTLAND JUST BEFORE tfULK WAS RIGHTED. ?-? Picture shows top heavy craft which rolled over in the Chicago River with 2,500 excursionists, nearly 9oo of whom perished. Secretary Redlield reported to President Wilson yesterday that a thorough Investigation would be made of the conditions that made the disaster possible and prom? ised recommendations for revision of the jteamhoat Inspection servie*. MORSE IN CHECK TANGLE 'Partner Got the $5,000?Both Appear in Court. Charles W. Morse accompanied Ne i hemiah H. Campbell, his associate in i the Bermuda-American Steamship Com? pany, to the Yorkville police court yes? terday when a summons ?vus issued for Campbell. It was alleged that Camp? bell had cashed a check for $5,000, ' despite an agreement made with Morse, to whom Mahlon Terhune, a ship broker, had given the check, that it wa? not to he cashed until funds came from Chicago. Terhune was acting for Chi? cago packers, who wished to charter ? amship Oceana. Campbell declared that when Morse gave him the check he said nothing as to delaying its presentation at the bank. Magistrate Krotel declared that no case had been proved against Camp? bell, but at the request of the com? plainant, Joseph C. Watson, paying teller of the Commercial Trust Com? pany, adjourned the hearing until Au? gust 25. ? WIDOW ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE Left Candles Burning in Paste* board Box and Clothes Basket, Police Say. Mrs. Johanna Hackeling, a widow, fifty-eight year? old, was arrested last night on a charge of arson. She is said to have left fifteen candles burning in? side pasteboard boxes on Sunday after? noon when she left her home, in the Elorette, an apartment house at 615 West 143d Street. The police say that her effects were insured. Since the death of her husband, Dr. Herman A. Hackeling, live years ago, Mrs. Hackeling, her brother told the police, has led a quiet life, pursuing artistic and literary studies. Sunday afternoon she left the apart? ment about 2 o'clock to visit her broth? er, who lives in Grdntwoou, N. J. Half an hour later the superintendent of the building traced an odor of smoke to her , four-room apartment, and, on opening the door, found the place ablaze. Besides the candles distributed in pasteboard boxes there are laid to hav?, been others in a clothes basket filled with linen and waste paper, and still more close to the wall in the bathroom. The tire was confined to her rooms, and the damage was estima'ed at $2,000, U. S. TRADE* BOOM NEW BUREAU'S AIM Custom House Exhibit Shows Foreign Openings. American manufacturers are now in a position to take advantage of im? portant trade openings m foreign coun? tries since the war has crippled many of the manufacturing plants in Furope, according to the Bureau of Foreign and ?Domestic Commerce. Chester W. Martin, consul at the Bar ; bados, will be a*, the bureau's office, 409 Custom House, between 10 a m. and noon to-day to furnish information regarding trade conditions in the Bar? bados and the opportunities for Amer? ican goods in the West Indie? For manufacturers of railway sup? plies and materials ,i?ed in st?-?! con? struction the bureli- will have on view a number of specifications and blueprints of foreign engineering proj? ect? The plan? show that CVrna is in the market for bids for a railfoad in the Hankow district. Bids mint b* in by September 6. Rio de Janeiro wants water pipe?, which In the past have been supplied by British, German and French man? ufacturers. The plans are on file in the bureau's office. There are also plans for building materials wanted by Norway. All the plans, specifications and blue? prints will be shown to any interauted person at Room 409 Custom House. WORRIED, HE ENDS LIFE Unable to Bear Reverses? Wife Finds Body. Lying In the bathro >m of his home, Si.'.-) Riverside Drive, since Sunday af? ternoon, a ?iiie.de from worrj i -.. r business reverses caused bj Ce arar, Albert (?. Wit.'.ey, th treasurer of the china importing of H. H. Whitney Company, 10 West Forty sixth Street, was .'ound j day by his wife. She came from their ?summer home in Babylon to learn vsi.y her husband had not spent the week end \s ith his family. u I tney often complained t ? hi? wife and friends la buaineai troubles. The Federation of Austrians and Hungariani in .New York ?will hold a celebration on August 1- at Terrace in honor of ihe eight?, - ?-h birthday of his ma.ie-' mperorl and K,ng y ? ? ph 1. Th Ire il ?? gat ian, Gen in end Tui kiih coniulates will be represented. PAY OR JAIL EDICT TO MRS. BARCLAY Inherited Millions Squan? dered, She Alust Settle Contempt Fine. $3,082 JUDGMENT BY BANK IGNORED Court Refuses Illness Plea and Allows Woman Five Days in Which to Get $250. Mrs. Maud Brevoort Barclay, of 7 West Ninety-second Street, member of one of New York's old families, who inherited an estate of several millions from her first husband, Augustus Browning Prentice, was yesterday ad ! judged in contempt of court by Justice | Guy. Unless she pays a fine of **J">0 which the court imposed on her within ' five days from yesterday Mrs. Barclay will be sent to Ludlow Street jail. The contempt consisted of her failure to appear for examination in supple? mentary proceedings on a judgment for $3,08*i obtained against her by the Corn Exchange Bank. Because the bank was unable to col.ect on the judgment a subpoena was issued for Mrs. Barclay to appear and testify as to her ability to settle. She failed to appear, and counsel for the bank then asked her commitment. Counsel for Mr?. Bardar presented a i certificate from a physician, who stated that she was ill and could not appear in court. Justice Guy, however, was dis? inclined to accept this explanation and held that the defendant was in con? tempt. He fixed the penalty at S~',>" and gave her live days in which to pay, in default of which she will be commit? ted to jail. Mrs. Barclay i? the wife of Wrighi Barclay, real estate owner arid club? man. They are well known socially. Mrs. Barclay il now waiting to i'o through bankruptcy, having recently til.'il a voluntary petition in thi eral court. Most of the estate which she inheritetl from her first hu wa- in the form of realty. This ??he in? trusted to the cato of agents a' vnnts, it is said, with the result that from the value of millions Mrs. Barclay lost all, ?a ith the exception of $3<i,tn"i in ? real estate. An effor' was made to form a cot poration to take over her property an manage it on a business basis, but thi did not go through. Her lawyer sail rda thai her illness was causei by her financial troubles. She was or dered first to appear on June 27. Kail in? on that day, an adjournment wa taken to July '.' Again she was absent Mr?. Barclay is the daughter of thi late George W. Fowler, of Tarrjrtewn She was formerly an exhibitor at thi horse shows. Her first husband, Au gustus B. Prentice, inherited his estatt from his father. Its management wai too great a mental strain and Mr. Pren tire was comrutted to Belltvue Hospi tal, where be died in 1906. SHOULDERS LIFT CAR TO SAVE PINNED LAD Policeman with Match Craw's Under Trolley and Brings Boy Out Dead. A crowd of 150 men and boys put their shoulders to a trolley car in Williamsburg last night ami lifted it up on two wheels, while Patrolman Ammon, of the Hamburg Avenue police station, lighted a match and crawled underneath to get the body of four year-old Stephen Laerio. run down and killed while playing in the street. The accident occurred about ft o'clock in one of the crowded Italian quarters. With the first scream of a woman who saw the child crushed under the wheels, men, women and children flocked around the car, making work impossible. Reserves from the Hamburg Avenue station pushed the crowd back, and the work of raising the car by human arms began. When the body was recovered it was taken to the home of the lad's parents, at 143 Central Avenue. Motor man Lawrence Grogari was released. HIS HOME A NUTSHELL Port Jeffersonian Arrested for War on Squirrels. Port Jefferson squirrels are to blame for the loss of beauty sleep of the cit? izens of that Long Island community If they hadn't persisted in eating up the mansion of Iional?! B. Campbell, ship builder and prominent resident, he would never have us>.?d his double bar? relled shotgun on the critters at a time when decent folk are abed. According to Mi. Campbell, the squirrels have been digging ho'o in the house, Mr. Campbell has been apprehended on eomplainl of Game Protector Over ton, of Quogue, and has been directed to ?pp?ar before Jostles Prever on Thursday. Meantime, Port Jefferson folk nr< eomplaining that it wasn't the shooting of squirrels that troubled them, but the loss of sleep as a result of the persistent bang bang. K THESE NEW YORK lEADINr. THEATRES NICKERBOCKEB l.:~?*?-a? A juila Sanlrrtin Dirait) Brli? J?a?|h '?""?"? ?Lut 2 W.'ks ? "THE r.lHL FBOM UTAH.'' 'A real war play, one of the be?t, if not the be?t."?Globe. I Mit! ??"I A -a' _Pire U A DO IC TUrATT.t. W??i 4-1 SUett, nMnnlo nusr matin hi: pat. i is. OFKNS TO-NIGHT AT 8:15. GAIETY .'v En. I MATS T' n.? A sa: Sur? Fin HI?. BELAoLU m?ii n . ..) A r-a??> ,!e..t'."' ; p.as 7. .'tiam THE BOOMERANG HAVE NO OEALINfiS WITH TYSON CO. NEW AMSTERDAM u &%&*& ZIEGFLLD FOLLIES nkxt M?i.v M.? zimrnut midwiobt rnol.K1 la Th? DAX8E I?! POLLIIC8, il | Ml?) It:.? ll?-'-rta(lr.i.i No.?. RIRTHfi ge?ale at IN it P Hirtii i-not.nr "SOME BABY! au? nth. u th? Tan** n-??'ci. ! LIBERTY ". V TWI? I Lai:., li : hui i?? i . -. m? Mai . i a 7. ?0 II D. W. GRIFFITHS Phitiiriiihlr Si-Marl. "??? COHAN'S ' '.'?sV .5 IT PAYS TO LAST 7 ADVERTISE j TIMES r> i -ID FT i???? ?? i M st n??. i.-.-s i i*> uLUBt tlaibi-e?To-B'?A "u at 1:11 M0NTG0MERY&ST0NEchh!nn WINTER GARDEN V" ci. V PASSING SHOW OF 1915 ?'.?niatmnal SacCttt." ?inrntnn ? ? II ? COMfDV. i . Mat In? To ? TAYiop. ?.i- ?r mrii MES ? -1EHY. LYRIC. I ??? ? * THE 0 RL WHO SMIUS CASINO * ?{ ? THE BLUE PARADIS. 3?)TH SI. THI LAST H.aVARi, I LAUCH EIES 44THST. I HANDS-UP , K.ipr Hrr/ Ire?, Franklin t Burton l',rttn. I BOOTH I LOUIS MANN ?I/,,;. 1) ' wi-bi-h a ni li?s ? I a.i ' r_vis a ro , i?,? Ma," FOX&DOll*,. Loew's American Roof ,4. r.?. . * HESrRVED "">". lie 50r *r ? rv f\ lYlAl IKWIlV WASHINGTON SQUARE' a _ ?? A *UrriM h,(llJS8 Kow ?Pen l_i*?aa_fCVaA>i ? iuna's eroadw_y Echo KVI HY EVENING AT S & 10 P. M $.$.'!*?!andaiay\0'?l,?i,,G / ^ -, PI r.il I . ,, *? ~Mf Tlfiftl ?f* - -the ron M M i >?' KTHI m m,, ,'m xs BRIGHTON '" "*' !" '?'- v ????* Dniunivn Mfi oi ?u i ??,,?,.. II. ... I ??n lir.ira ..r :<n i ?,i,. FANNlE ?AK, "M?rrljt- tf K.tt, ti 4 a> i PULMOTOR PUMPS HIS LITTLE JOKE DRY 'Drownin-a* Victim' Takes Squint at Machine, Then Runs? $10 Fine Ends Comedy. N'o longer does the sun shine for Abraham Basuk, twenty-one and prac? tical humorist. Here is the reason: Abraham went bathing at Coney Island yesterday. He permitted himself to be dragged from the water apparent? ly unconscious while his best girl screamed and women fainted. The life savers got a pulmotor. Then Abraham opened one eye, took a squint at the machine and ran for dear life. The crowd quickly decided that if Abraham was not dead he was a 'ine candidate for a punching match. After he svas caught he was arraigned before Magistrate Geiamw in the Coney Isl? ?n.? police court. "It was just a little joke," pleaded Abraham. "If that's the case," answered the magistrate, "we'll keep it up. Ten dol? lars or ten days." Abraham's father, who has a tailor shop at ?".'! Rivtngton Street, supplied the money, but "I'll continue this little joke when I get him home," said he. REDF?ELD QUITS TO 'LET PUBLIC SIFT EASTLAND Takes Commerce Depart ment from Inquiry to In sHre Impartiality. REPORT TO WILSON CRITICISES CHICAGO Thorough Investigatioa of Boat Inspection Promised Under Na.y Officials' Lead. IKrom Th? Tvihnn? Ilnmri ; Washington, Aug. 10. Promise of a "searching inquiry" into the "whole ' administration of the Steamboat In 1 spection Service, under the supervision of representatives of the Navy Depart- | ment and of the public was given by Sii-retnry of Commerce Kedfield to? night in his official reporr to President | Wil.ion on hi.? inve.tijzatton of the ? i. The inquiry will be conduele?! under the guidance of naval officer?! and others than offre als of the Department of Commerce, he ??aid, "so that there shall be no question of its impartial character." The report says nothing about blame . for the accident, pointing out that be- | cause of the action of Judge Landis in | ' directing that witnesses, including the officers of the Eastland. subpoenaed to ' appear before the Federal grand jury j should not be examined in any other ; proceeding, it was impossible for the inquiry to proceed to its logical con? clusion prior to the action of the grand jury. "It seemed, however, important that ; the board of inquiry should continue i its study as far as was practicable." 1 the Secretary adds, "in order that it J , might if possible suggest such remedial j changes in the law as would tend to , prevent a recurrence of similar acci-' j dents hereafter." Criticises Chicago! Caustic comment was made by the Secretary on the bringing, in irons, of i the local steamboat inspectors into the ! room in which the inquiry was being conducted. "On my arrival at Chicago," he said, "I announced through the press that the officers of the Department of Com? merce would aid in every possible way to throw light upon the cause of the disaster and upon its own service and that it would welcome the assistance of others and would co-operate with any authorized authority to like end. "For this purpose Local Inspectors Reid and EcklifT, who this year made the official inspection of the Fastland, ? ?were by my order summoned from ? Grand Haven, Mich., to Chicago. They Grtrwoor? NvwJcrseS i^THATCHErC^ Since ISJO Makers of GOOD House Heaters, and Kitchen Rai ides THATCHER FURNACE CQ BI-I37 West 35th Street NEW YORK. were, upon their arrival, promptly ar? rested by the local authorities, who, however, extend?1?! to them all po?sible consideration until they were re on a writ of habeas corpus by Justice Landls. "It is proper, however, to add that on one occasion, being called for as witne??e?, they were brought in irons into our public hearing, a proceeding which seemed unnecessarily narsh with officers of the United States who had as yet been granted no hearing, against whom no indictment- existed and over whose acts, performed in another state and upon a vessel navigating the n*v igable waters of the United States, the jurisdiction of the officers of the State of Illinois was open to question." Commenting on his asking of Mar? vin B. Pool, a merchant of Chicago, and Harry A. Wheeler, a banker of that city, to act as unofficial members of the board of inquiry, Secretary Redfield said he had desired to have a well known labor leader on the board also, but had been "embarrassed in securing such by the fact that some, if not most of,'those immediately concerned. had expressed their views publicly in advance of the hearing." Thoroughness of Inquiry. He finally solved the problem, he said, by asking Lieutenant Governor Barratt ?'Hara to serve. The Secretary also pointed out that the aritnaeaei were examined not only by representa? tives of the Department of Commerce ' and the Department of Justice, but by officers representing the State of Illi? nois, the City of Chicago and Cook County, as well as by Congressman Sabath and others. "This may be illustrated," he said, "by the case of Inspector Reid. the only one of the inspectors conducting the of- ' ficial inspection of the vessel who came before us. He was examined tirst by myself, then by Mr. Thurman. He was then examined by Mr. Sullivan, Assist? ant State's Attorney: by Judge O'Hara, who for that day took the place of his ? son, the Lieutenant Goserr.or; by Cea? gressman Sabath, by Mr .-vbbins. m. resenting the Corporation < ouru?.,u" by James J. Bishop, the Pablk Ada:??. istrator. He ssa?, in s?l?i:tion, -u?i. tioned by others upon the hoard of v quiry. The record will > that thia inspector w?a ex?min??l tt an officer of th? Department of Co?, merce, one of the Department of J-> tice, and was cross-examined ?esrchi--. ly by five persons and queitioned tt some extent by others. "Instructions were gi***n on th- ??4 instant to the Steamboat Inipe-t;?* Service to take the n?ce??ary step* ? carry into effect the additieaal rma and regulation? suggested by the boirt of inquiry. Instruct oni hari a!?o btci given to the Steamboat Inspeetlea It? vice to call together a special commit. tee, consisting of supers ling ?ns->ect ors selected from the A*.antic, Pac?? and Gttlf coasts, who shall, with tut supervising inspectors upon the It?tt, promptly consider what can b? don?, within the present lawful ?cop? of the Steamboat Inspection Service, to i?. prove its effective QlIICKWOOD yfso/t ?i REDMAiSi MADRAS1 2 ?o? 25 ,i?-i TBoy .s best r-aoouc: i ? ? ? ?' Plattsburg T^HF real story of the business men encamped at Platts A burg is a story to be told by women?for the women of this country are watching that camp with the thought of what it may mean to their husbands or sons or brothers. Women, too, can best see its whimsical side without laugh? ing at its earnestness. So The Sunday Tribune has sent two women to write and draw the story of Plattsburg for next Sunday's paper. One is Anne O'Hagan Shinn, the other Ethel Plummer, whose drawings are a delight to the readers of the brighter magazines. You can make sure of getting this unusual viewpoint on an unusual event if you ask your newsdealer to-day to put you down for 5Tlj? gmtt-?ajj ?ftibimp First to Last?the Truth: News?Editorials?Advertisements