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A -1 DAKOTA COUNTY HERAXD. Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is New. VOL. 22. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1014. NO. 44. u h i n 7 ' IRE RAZES SALEM H13TORIC MA88ACHU8ETTSTOWN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED BY FLAMES. 1 THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS Water Fallo and Buildings Are Dyna mited to Stop Flames Number of Dead lo Unknown Martial Law Declared. Salom, Mass., Juno 2G. This historic) city of 43,000 population was swept by flro on Thursday. Almoat tho ontlro city was destroyed. It la tho greatest Amor-, Icon conflagration slnco tho Chelsea disaster In 1308. At midnight the great flro lighting forco of nearly one thou sand mon drawn from all tho cities ftnd towns within a radius of 25 miles was helpless. The water supply gave out Dynamite took tho .place of wator In tho mad flght to check the flames. Dut this was ineffective. Tho centor of thq city was swept away by raging flanioa. Fifteen thousand persons are homo less. Tho property loss will not be less than ton million dollars and may great ly exceed that figure. Untold horrors havo come in the wako of this terriblo calamity. Scores have gone mad, driven insane by the excessive heat and tho excitement. Tho morcury stood at 94 degrees when with a small explosion flro broke out In tho leather factory in the manufac turing section, of tho city. Then came jtho first alarm, a second, a general and then the calls for help to outside cities and towns. Panned by a fresh gale from tho northwest tho Are spread. Carried a milo by flying embors, the flro broko out in other section of the city until at least three large sized conflagrations were raging in tho city. Fanfc reigns in the city. The militia, aided by nearly one thousand police men from this and other cities, stand guard about tho ruins, keeping off looters. The Salem hospital with a list of 200 patients was destroyed. Automobiles were used to remove tho patients. Clar ence Klrkland was in charge of tho machines and has already removed a dozen sick men and women. Governor Walsh arrived hero on Thursday accompanied by a number of his military staff. He ha3 takon chargo of the militia situation. Orders havo been given for food supplies and bedding for the refugees. Thousands are wandering about tho streets homeless and hungry. Tho flro Is the worst in the history of New England since tho great Chel sea flro. Tho suffering is greater than at tho Chelsea horror. The heat Is ter rific. Throughout the city the mercury stood at over the ono hundred mark. Firemen fell in their tracks exhausted by the heat. The dynamiters worked toppling over buildings as if they were made of straw, but their efforts wero of little avail. The flames leaped angrily across the abysses made by the dyna miters and continued their work of de struction. How many dead? is the query on every one's lips. No estimate Is made by the police or the firemen. In the excitement hundreds 'aro unac counted for. Tho terrific heat makes it impossible to penetrate into the flro zone. The firemen are without wator to wet down the ruins. No search can bo made for bodies under these condi tions. There was a persistent rumor 'that 20 girls had been trapped in one of the leather factories and had lost their lives. 9tW9QQ9QQGQ9Q9Q999& I NEWS FROM FAR jj AND NEAR I Washington, Juno 29. The naval ap propriation bill was approved finally by congress. It provides for Belling to ,Greeco the battleships Idaho and Mis plsslppl and for constructing a super dreadnaught for tho American navy from the proceeds of tho sale. Manchester, N. H., Juno 2. Five firemen were badly burned and guests of tho Orrington hotel and the Now Manchester house were driven out by a flro which threatened to destroy tho !heart of tho business section of tho city. Tho loss was $500,000. Frledrichoshafen, Germany, June 25. Tho bodies of ten men wero recov ered from Lake Constanco and at least 25 more were missing, believed to havo iDeon drowned In a sudden Btorm which broko over this region. Portsmouth, N. II., Juno 25. Threo men wero ovorcomo and rescued by llromen in a flro in tho six-story Ma sonic block. Tho loss was $50,000. Washington, Juno 25. Ten-year-old Laura Margaret Rellly traveled all the way from Los Angeles to Washington to be kissed by President Wilson. Autos Are Barred. Washington, Juno 29. IJy a vote of 130 to 128 the houBO refused to ac cept a senate amendment to tho legis lative appropriation bill authorizing the purchaso of automobiles for Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark. Philadelphia Heat KIIJs Eight Philadelphia, June 29 Eight per sons, including an electric-light line man, who was ovcrcomo while working on a pole 50 feet In the air, met their death from the oppressive heat here. The maximum tenipcraturo was 94, INVESTIGATING GREAT SEA DISASTER Captain Kendall, commander of tho Empress of Ireland. Is hero shown testifying before Lord Mersey's commission which is Investigating tho causes of tho disaster In the St Lawrenoe in which nearly a thousand lives wero lost Lord Mersey is the figure at the left MANY DIE IN STORM WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, 8UFFER8. Eleven Killed In Wisconsin, Four Per ish In Minnesota and Deaths Re ported From Many Towns. Milwaukee, June 26. Eleven dead, a loss of over one million dollars and 55 persons seriously Injured comprises tho storm casualty record of the cyclone which swept nearly every part of the state on Wednesday. Moaineo Five dead, 25 injured. Money loss, $10,000. Green Lake One dead, threo in jured. Money loss, $10,000. Fond du Lac One dead, two fatally hurt. Money loss, $50,000. Appleton Two doad, eight hurt Property loss, $200,000. Oshkosh' One dead, ten hurt Money loss, $50,000. Milwaukee Money loss, $100,000; one dead, three hurt. Sparta Money loss. $50,000. Tomah Money loss, $00,000. Waukesha Two hurt Money loss, $15,000. La Crosse Money loss, $75,000. Manitowoc Money loss, $10,000. Watortown Two fatally Injured. Money loss, $50,000. Apparently tho storm struck with greatest severity at Watertown, whero it cut through a section of the city for 10 blocks with cyclonic force. Three hundred buildings wore wiped out Mrs. Carl Dacklund and baby and Miss Marie E. Clove w'ero caught in the wreckage of their homos and possibly fatally Injurod. The storm struck tho stato after one o'clock in the morning and swopt east reaching Mllwaukoo about three o'clock, with a trail of havoo behind thef8torm contar. Train service was shut off entirely In many parts of the state, because of washouts. Clear Lake, S. D., Juno 2C, II. B. Manning was killed and Mrs. Christian son and baby daughter were probably fatally hurt In a tornado near btjro on Wednesday, Property Iosb is $40, 000. St Paul, Minn., June 26. Four per Bons were killed In Minneapolis and a score seriously injured by the wind and rain storm, which Bwept over North Dakota, South Dakota, Minneso ta and Wisconsin. LABOR MEN WORK IN PRISON Frank M. Ryan and Eleven Associates Are Helping With Structural Steel on Addition to Jail. Leavenworth, Kan., Juno 27. Frank M. Ryan, former prosldent of tho Structural Ironworkers' union, and 11 other Ironworkers refused pardons by President Wilson, are helping with tho structural steel work on tho addi tion to tho federal prison here. The mon arrived at night, Ryan greeting Warden Thomas Morgan by saying: "Hero wo aro, warden, back home again," and immediately began serv ing the unexpired portions of their Bontences. IJy 10 p. m. all tho men had been dressed in, givon tho same numbers and cell mates thoy had, dur ing their previous stay In the prison, and locked In their cells. Miss Belva Lockood Hurt Washington, Juno 27. MIsb Delva Lockwood, aged eighty-four, tho only woman who was over a candidate for tho office of presldont of tho U. C fell In hor law offico, breaking her arm and dislocating hor shoulder. Tie Up Delivery of Ice. St Louis, June 27. Striking ice wagon drivers managed to tie up four Ice delivery companlos serving ap proximately 12,000 customers by kid naping in a large red touring car lco wagon drivers and helpers. OWES $36,000,000 $2,800,000 ADDITIONAL DUE MANU. FACTURER8 FROM BANKRUPT CLAFLIN FIRM. BRANCH STORES WILL CLOSE Twenty-8even Concerns Financed and Controlled by Now York Corporation Will Nearly All Go Into Hands of Receiver Banks Will Escape Loss. Now York, Juno 29. II. B. Claflin company, tho bankrupt firm, It was learned, owes about $2,800,000 to manufacturers and dealers In dry goods and notions. This sum, added to the $34,000,000 owed to banks on dis count paper, makes tho total liabilities of tho firm $30,000,000. It should bo said, however, that the indebtedness of $2,800,000 for merchandise pur chased Is not charged entirely against tho H. D. Claflin company, but also against tho 27 stores controlled and financed by the corporation. Six of these stores, two of them in Brooklyn, wont into bankruptcy fol lowing the falluro of tho parent house. Others are going into receiverships In various cities throughout tho coun try. A few of tho stores may be able to finance themselves, but the bank ers most conversant with affairs of the Claflin concern sny that this for tunate condition applies to not moro than two or three of the establish ments affected. Though several of tho stores con trolled by tho famous dry goods house have followed tho Clallln company into the hands of receivers, confidence was expressed among business men hero that the great firm's financial sol vency would be ultimately established. Predictions Vero made that its debts would be paid dollar for dollar and that it would resume Its place In the business world after a reorganiza tion. Fears aroused by the fact that tho paper of the firm was scattered among 3,000 banks, representing practically every city having 25,000 or more In habitants, were partially relieved when it becamo known that tho way In which tho paper was scattorod would probably prevent auy wide spread financial difficulties. For many hours nfter the failure becamo known it was feared that many of the banks would havo to suspend. NAVAL BILL IS APPROVED House Agrees to Conference Report on Appropriation Measure. Washington, Juno 27. Tho house agreed to the conforenco report on tho naval appropriation bill. As the bill finally came from conference and was approved by tho house, tho senate yielded on its amendment proposing a $3,000,000 drydock for Norfolk, Va. Tho senate accepted substitute houso section for tho sale of tho battleships Idaho nnd Mississippi to Greece. Tho president 1b authorized to soil tho two ships and to use tho funds rocelvod In building a new dreadnaught. $100,000 Fire In Hagerotown, Md. Ilagorstown, Md., Juno 27. Flro which was startod whon tho build ing was struck by lightning oa Thurs day, destroyed tho plant of tho Wind sor knitting mills early In tho day. Lobs, $100,000. Ty Cobb Fined $50. Detroit, Mich., June 27 Ty Cobb, who chased W. I Carpentor, a butch er, with a rcTolvor for an alleged In sult to Mrs. Cobb, pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the poace and was fined $60. PROTOCOL IS SIGNED HUERTA AND U. S. ENVOYS AGREE TO THREE ARTICLES. Villa Wins Zacatecas After Four Days' Battle Losses Are Heavy on Both Sides. Zacatecas, Mexico, Juno 27. Tho florcest fighting on both sides nnd an unusually high loss of llfo to both fed erals and constitutionalists ended in tho capture of Zacatecas by Genornl Villa's forces. It Squired four days of battle to take tho federal stronghold of central Mexico. Tho federals Sunder Gen. Medina Bar ron defended their positions stubborn ly. But they 'woro overcome by tho forces of Villa nnd General Natora. Fully 2,000 federals wero killed In tho fighting, and as many wounded. Five thoUBandJI federnls woro taken prisonors. Practlcnlly all of thesowill bo enrolled In General Villa's ranks. Of General Barron's army of 14,000 men less than 5,000 escaped. Washington, Juno 26. Three Im portant paragraphs wero signed on Wednesday by the United States and Huerta envoys, tljelr ultlmato valuo to depend upon wllether a final agree ment will bo reached on the knotty problem of a provisional president. The completed agreements are: The different protocols agreed upon supplement the protocol already Signed which provides for a provision al government to succood President Huerta. The protocols agreed upon wero as follows: Tho provisional government shall bo constituted by agreement of the delegates representing tho parties be tween which the internal struggle In Mexico Is talcing place. Upon tho establishment of a pro visional government In Mexico City the government of the United States of America will recognize It Imme diately and thereupon diplomatic rela tions between tho two countries will bo restored. The government of the United States of America will not In any form what ever claim a war indemnity or other International satisfaction. ' Tho provisional government will proclaim an absolute amnesty to all foreigners for any and all political of fenses committed during the period of civil war In Mexico. The provisional government will negotiate for and constitute an Inter national commission for claims of for eigners on nccount of damnges sus tained during the period of civil war as a consequence of military acts or the acts of national authorities. Tho threo mediating governments agreo on their part to recognize tho provisional government organized us provided by section 1 of thle protocol. RALLY TO THE PRESIDENT Wilson's Message Brings Support For Antl-Trust Bills Delay Would Re sult in More Agitation. Washington, June 29. President Wilson's emphatic declaration of tho administration's Intention to go straight ahead with Its anti-trust pro gram and plnco those measures on tho statute books of tho country with tho prediction of unparalleled prosperity to follow nttracted widespread atten tion on Friday. In congressional cir cles especially the president's utter ances were read with keen Interest While tho president's 'speech was .ad dressed to members of tho Virginia Press association, It was rogarded as perhaps tho most important message the president has glvon to the busl ncss world nnd as his final answer to those who oppose tho enactment of tho anti-trust program at tho present session of congress. Tho president made It clear that ho was determined to push tho trust program. 2 DEAD; 16 HURT IN WRECK Passenger Train on Yosemlte Valley Road Plunges Into River In California. Merced, Cal., Juno 29. Two mon wero killed, four others woro Injured, perhaps fatally, and 12 persons woro less seriously hurt when two cars of i passenger train plunged 20 feet down an embankment Into the Merced river Most of tho passengers on the train, running over tho Yosemlte Galley railroad, wero tourists on their way to tho Yooemlto National park. Among tho Injured woro: Mrs. Mar garet Ottens, Chicago; Mrs. Emma Wnssergord, Chicago; MIbb Elsie Betz, Philadelphia; Mrs. 11. T. O'Donnoll, Ogdon. Ono of tho killed was Con ductor Mnhoney. Ills body was swopt Sown the river and hns not boon re :overed. Sixty passengers worked Irantlcally in tho darkness to envo those Imprisoned in the half-sub-Merged coaches. Several wore takon Dut Jimt In time to prevent tholr drowning. King Has Narrow Escape. Nottingham, England, June 27. King George nnd Queen Mary had a narrow escape from un automobile uc ehient here. While they wero motor Ins i pollcemun's horse bolted and lashed by tho car, Just grazing It Fletcher Salle From Key West. Key West, Fla., Juno 27. The Unit d 8tates steamship Dolphin, with Rear Admiral Fletcher nnd Btaff tboard, sailed for New York from lore. Admiral Fletcher will proceed o Washington from Now York. WHEAT HARVEST UNDER WAY. Enormous Yield Is Found From thd First Fields Cut. Tho wheat harvest Is in full blast In tho southern tier of counties In Nebraska and by tho middle of next week It is expected that cuttihg will bogln In tho northern half of tho state. Tho yield Is botlor titan tho moat op timistic predicted and railroad mon nro placing the total nnywhoro be twoen SO.OUO.OOO nnd 00,000,000. In Gngo county reports to tho Bur lington aro to tho offect that somo tin calling has been dono and in fields that hnvo been considered only about nn nvorugo, wheat has turned out as high as forty nnd forty-llvo bushels per ncro. Gonoral Superintendent D'Bornnrdl of tho Missouri Pacific, Just In from Kansas City, made a trip through northern Kansas nnd asserts thnt from there .outii, the, wheat will practlcnlly nil bo cut by tho end of 'the present week anil that threshing will bo well along. Tho second filing for chief Justlco of the supremo court under tho non partisan Judiciary law passed by tho last legislature has been made by Chief Justice M. B. Itceso. The pe titions contained 8,400 names, coming from soonty-llvo countloB, tho Inrgest petition coming from Douglas county with nbout 1,000 names. Threo peti tions with 180 names camo in from Clny county, tho homo of- II. C. Pal mor, tho first man to filo for tho snmo office. A number of democrats nro on thq petition of Judgo Reese, among them being W. II. Thompson of Grand Island, and I. L. Albert of Columbus, both attesting to tho potltlons sent In. Frank R. McCormlck, receiver of tho First Nntional bank of Sutton filed notlco of nppeal n tho federal court In hla suit against Elwin E, Culver, in nn attempt to collect an assessment on hnnk stock of tho defunct Fuller ton bank which It was claimed Culver owned. Culvor claimed ho had turned tho stock back to tho bank, but tho books of tho bank did not so Indicate. Tho court held that tho stock had boon transferred nnd Culvor did not havo to pay. Mr. McCormlck claims the enso Is Identical with thnt of Whitney vs. Butler In 118 U. S. 655. Tho stnte railway commission heard testltnony Thursday lntlio matter of tho report of the Lincoln Tolephono company for lenvo to place on Its switchboard of tho Farmers' Independ ent Telephone company of Rod Cloud and this compnny objects to tho chnnge. The Lincoln company does not propose to cut off oxchango be tween the fnrm lines and tho indepen dent compnny, but proposes to connect its exchnngo with the independent company's exchange by a trunk lino. Tho supremo court has suspended sentence In tho caso of Thomas J. Brown, convicted of cattlo stealing by the Cherry county district court. Andrew J. Morrlssoy and Allon J. Fisher mndo application for tho sus pension on the grounds of error In tho court'a instructions to tho Jury. Brown was convicted of stealing sev en head of co,vs, valued nt $210, tho property of Thomas Byron. Ho was given an Indeterminate sentonco of from ono to ten years. Two moro republicans who havo n desire to servo tho people as register of deeds filed as candidates at tho Au gust primary. Tlioy were Douglas A. Fryo nnd Karl Schmltt, both of Lin coin. Mr. Fryo hns been county clerk and Is now serving ns deputy in that ofllco. Hp presented his resignation ns deputy to County Clerk WoIIb, to take effect July 1st Mr. Fryo's home was in Panama precinct before tho lure of offico brought him to Lincoln. Judgo Rlssor of tho county court has entered Judgment In the enso of John W. Dally vs. tho Capital Carter car company, tried by hint several days ago. Tho plaintiff suod on notes transferred to him at tho tlmo he bought out tho business. Tho do fondnnts maintained that thoy did not gunranteo pnyment of tho notes by endorsing thorn, merely intending to transfer them. Plaintiff was given Judgment for $101.02. Food Commtsslorior Hnrman re ceived notlco that ho had won out In tho prosecution of Mike Svnntnor, n St Paul butcher whom the depart ment had accused of unsanitary and unlawful methods In the hnndllug of hogs for sale over his counter. Tho butcher pleaded guilty on six counts and was fined $500. Tho cases woro prosecuted by Inspectors Komblo and Mayo of tho pure food department. The county court Jury which trlod tho case of tho Emorson-Brattlnghnm Implement compnny vs. Theodora Knrr, was unnhlo to agree after mnny hours' deliberation nnd was discharg ed by Judgo ItiBser. Tho plaintiff suod on notos glvon by the dofondant, and ho filed u counterclaim for breach of warranty on nn onglno bought by him fioui the plaintiff. Women of Nebraska aro displaying much intorost in tho pure food dis play at tho nixt stato fair. Under tho dlroctlon of Doputy Food Commission er Harmon, all the dotalls of tho manufacture, handling nnd produc tion of foodB will bo oxempllfiod. Spo clal attention will bo glVon to de monstrating tho foods manufactured in Nebraska and enlightening the public as to their vnfuo. The build ing formerly used for tho agricultural exhibit will bo devoted to this pur pose Tho club womon nro working with tho doputy food commlBBlonor. Hats Backgrounds it I Ep'9 jt mmbT" jffi&irKUKKG$v$ s. Soil THE mllllnor may go forth and gath er what she will, for Fashion has suppllod hor garden with all sorts of flowers and rlbbonB and Inconsequen tial but alluring fabrics. Hor path Is strewn with roses and other things which may bo most agreeably unltod Into Buch expressions of youth and ploasant weather as tho protty hats shown hero bespeak. It happons thnt black mallno makes a background for gay flowers which allows thoso who dream out our hats to put many Borts and colors togethor. Black tempers tho color-riot and proves nn Inspiration to tho dronmor. One such inspiration accounts for the oxcellcnco of tho hat of black hemp with facing of knifo-plalted mallno In which a bouquet of roses nnd Jasmlno find a resting place. Tho shape Is flat an almost crown loss model sot on a wldo bandeau. There 1b a wronth of small half-blown rosos laid nbout tho Juncturo of tho brim and crown, or what may pass for a crown. A little to tho loft of the front tho brim lifts in a sharp point, and whoro it droops at tho right It is wolghtod with a rosette of black rib bon with tho ends fastened to tho ban- Her Own Sweet Hff ORE independence in tho matter 111 of hoadwear than is evident In tiny other of tholr diversions and oc cupations is shown by womon who spend much tlmo In tho auto. Silk I bonnets and chiffon veils for the long tour mado a good Btart in tho race for ' popular favor In tho spring, but no 1 ono stylo or material actually nchlovod n lead. I Silk braids sowed row on row to foundations of crlnollno or not, and , stayod with one, or nt most two, small wires, niako It possible to dovolop a nat in any coior. neBiaea titeso "made" hats tho soft hemp and sim ilar shapeB that como in such immenso variety ready mado, presont many shapes designed for tho autolst Thoso auto hats showing a combina tion of braid brim and silk crown may bo depended upon for comfort and du rability, and thoy aro as becoming as any of tho ftll-brald hats. Two de signs of tills kind aro shown in tho plcturo glvon hero. Ono of thcBo has a modoratoly cIobo Uttlng crown of silk. A group of plaitB extends ncross It from front to back. Tho brim of hemp braid turns back and Is finished with n side plaiting of narrow ribbon matching tho silk in color. At each side and toward the back Btraps of Bilk bold the long chlf- KHtj IHHv JJfi9IBk BBfiflKIr for Gay Flowers dreau underneath to keep it in place. Tho shape Is not worn at tho ex-1 treme angle which many wearers like for similar shapes. But thosharp droop of tho brim servos tho samo. purpose as such an anglo; it make tho right undcrbrim a background ngalnst which at least a part of tho profile Is silhouetted. And at the left sldo there Is an opportunity to study tho protty dressing of tho hair. An extreme of the modo, but a pleasing oxamplo of it rivals the black: hat It 1b made of mallno and lacot trimmed with forget-mo-nots. Thai big rosotto of narrow volvot ribbon mounted at tho right supports two blossoms of the capo Jasmlno flower. Ono of them overhangs tho brim,' drooping to tho Bhoulder. This hat Is managed In its curious, pose by tho way in which tho brim la placed on tho crown. In reality tho crown sots almost squarely on tho head. But tho Impression one getaoC this bit of fancy hcadwear is that It lot about to slide oft at tho left side. It is a rakish little affair for a frivolous mood such as belongs to thoso who go n-pleasurlng in tho good old summer tlmo. Will in Auto Hats Ton veil In place when It is adjusted, to the bonnet The other hat, of silk and braid, has n small puffed crown of Bilk with a broad band of hemp braid extending1 about it Tho brim Is llko that in tho hat Just described. There Is a llttlo flat bow of braid, used in tho manner of ribbon, at the front. These flat bows of straw or heavy silk braid or of folded ribbons aro most ap propriate on auto hats, Two of the remaining nats are mado of Bllk-flbor millinery braids, and tho remalnlug ono Is a pressed shape of hemp. A glance at them shows tho oxtremo simplicity of trimming which. Is allowed tho auto hat Tho most satisfactory veil Is a largo square of hemstitched chiffon. Smoko color and green aro about tho most, satisfactory in point of color, but tho veil of washablo crepe chiffon, in deep cream color, haB many loyal adhor-r ents, who And Its washable qualities! tho bost of charms. Ono con waoht and dry it oyer night and it Is readyi for uso next morning as good us new, Llslo thread gloves havo tho samo advantageous qualities for the auto- tot inere is an inspiration In their froshnoas and the kuawledgo that Uwyj aro clean. ( JULIA OTTOMLKV