UNTY
RALD,
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
State Historical Society
VOL 24.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
NO. 14.
DAKOTA
CO
EST37
ILL lino BITS
THIRTY-ONE EMPLOYES KILLED
BY TERRIFIC BLAST IN
DELAWARE.
VICTIMS ALL YOUNG MEN
Dupont Company Officials Declare
There Is No Evidence on Which to
Hang a Theory Rumors Heard of
an Outside Plot.
WMtfrn Nettnpajwr Union News MltT
Wilmington. Dol. Thlrty-ouo woik
men weiu killed and seven fatally in
juied in u terrific explosion of four
ions of black powdor iit the upper
Hugley ard of the Dupont Powder
company. It as Hit worst accident
that h.ts occurred in any of the com-
liany'.s plaulM in a quarter of a cen- j
turv. The uuisc of tho blast is not
known. According to a statement is
sued by the company, the origin "prob
ably will always remain a mystery."
Nevertheless a most severe investi
gation lnih been instituted by tho ot
licials of the company, and every em
ploye who was near tho building that
was blown to pieces was put through
a thorough examination that some
f clew as to tho causo might be learned
Thoro was tho usual rumor afloat
that some outsldo agency may have
caused the explosion, but Dupont offi
cials said there was not a shred of I
evidence upon which to hang any the
ory. Neaily all the victims of the blast
were young men between 1C and 21
j ears of age. Tho greater number of
them lived in and about Wilmington.
VILLA INTO SECLUSION.
Outlawed Mexican Leader's Present
Whereabouts a Mystery.
Nogales. His forces defeated and
scattered by tho Carranza army of
Gen. Manuel DIeguez, at Hermosillo,
Fanciaco Villa, tho outlawed Mexican
leader, has disappeared, according to
leports received hero by Gen. Ah aro
Obregon, tlw ,Garranza military chief.
The report was based on statements
of prisoners
Gen Dleguez'e v!ctor at Hermosillo
is said to have been complete. Three
bundled Villa soldiers were found
wounded after Uu- battle. Six hundred
to "were said to iavo surrendered south
of Magdalena wlJilo 200 moio gave up
their arm.) at Llano.
Tho remainder of Villa's forces, ex
cepting thoso commanded by Gen
Joe Hodrigncz, are declared to bo do
moralized and Hurrendering in small'
groups. Their trains, with two loco
motives, were leported to have been
abandoned at Mngdalena. fifty-four
miles south of Nogales, and 122 mile
north of Hermosillo.
Merchants See Big Trade. I
New York. Merchants here say .
Americans bnvo rnoro money to spend
for Chiistmas this jear than in any
lollday season sluco K'OG. The btp
stores are pioparing for a lecord trade
and wholesale houses are unable to 1111
oiders in many lines. This is attrlb-
uted to a rush of buyers from otlur,
cities to replenish depleted Btocks. I
Jane Addamo Taken to Hospital.
Chicago. Jano Addams, settlecent
worker and peace advocate, was taken
to the Fresbj lei Ian hospital sufierlnp
with a fever, vrhlch, it was said, was
severe but not critical. The exact
nature of her Illness has not been de
termlned. Dr. Jameu U. Herrlcfc said
that her illness Is not dangerou
Freight Blockade in East.
New York. Presidents of eastern
A t lailioads meeting November 30 in the
oftlce of President Hea, of the Penn
sylvanla lines, to consider how tc
move liom 46,000 to C0.000 cars of
freight now hold up along the Atlantic
seaboard, docided to appoint a com
mlttee to deal with the Question
President Host to Classmates.
Washington, D. C President Wll
son gave n dinner at the White House
November 3 in honor of tho Princetor
tlas-s of '73, of which ho was a mem
bei For tho evening tho president
wa.s iignin Tommy, tho name ) wliicl
.ill his clasmatea knew him.
Cudahys to Cut Big Melon.
Chicago. Two million dollars o!
new stock of Uie Cudahy Packing com
p.m. authorized at a mooting of the
din (tors last weoH, will, Jt was an
nounced. bo distributed as a Christ
n.ih "melon" to holders of tho olt
.; 449.500 common stock.
Big Game Is Plentiful.
Duluth, Minn. Hunters icturniuF
h if from the woods declare the pres
ent big game season In northern Mlu
ni'sotii In an extraordinarily good oni
and that rnoro inoogo and dBer Imvt
in en shot tills fall than in many yean
pie ions.
To Prlon for Election Frauds.
Indianapolis. Four pefnons indict
pd a ith Mayor Don M. Roberts in tin
Tene Haute election conaplrucy cases
hi, .e beon given nentencos by Judg
p Andeison in tho United States ds
tin i court list e.
New York. A wan degcriblng liim
pelf as Samuel White. 27, an inveuto:
was arrested hure by police and e
ci 'i service agent b, charged with lm
Jr.K written insulting loiters to Mid
1 ciith U Gait Pietddenf VIHon' fl-in
Ce ami !"T mother V' !' i' ,
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MANY OTHERS INJURED WHEN
TORNADO SWEEPS HOT
SPRINGS, ARK.
THIRTY ARE FATALLY HURT
Storm Sweeps Outskirts of Town
Noted as a Health Resort Visited
by $10,000,000 Fire In 1913 and Many
Buljdlngs Were Destroyed.
Little Hock, Ark., Nov. 2". Informn
tlon obtained from passengers on a
Hock Island train which reached liore
on Thursday, placo tho death toll
leaped by a tornado, which visited Hot
Springs Into Thursday uftornoon, at 12
dead and 30 probably totally injured
and ranny others less seriously in
jured. Tim known dead arc:
Mrs. B. E. Edwards and threo chil
dron
Mrs. Georgo Turner.
Mrs. I'aul Canada.
I lay den Poo.
Two women and two children un
identified. Negro woman unidentified.
It was reported that tho city of Hot
Springs proper did not suffer' any dam
age but that tho storm swopt tho out
skirts of tho town and also a farming
district, where many farmhouses wero
demolished.
Pato Hite, a farm hand, is reported
missing by a farmer.
Tho town is yet cut off from all com
munication by wire. No attempt has
been niado to estimato tho property
damage, but from roport3 received
hero it is feared that it will run into
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The city is famous as a health re
sort, having hot waters that flow from
72 springs in a spaco of ten acres on
tho -west sldo of Hot Springs moun
tain. Tho30 waters aro bcncllclal in a
multitudo of diseases. Tho government
lias an army and navy hospital there,
built at a largo cost. Tho government
bathhouses arc of graceful design and
have attractive surroundings.
Tho city has over 100,000 visitors
every year, and consequently has
many flno hotels. In 1913 it was
swept by flro, which caused a $10,000,
000 loss.
GREECE YIELDING TO ALLIES
London Dispatch Says Announcement
Concerninn Blockade Was
Premature.
London, Nov. 25. Announcement
from tho foreign ofllco on Tuesday
that no Greek ships aro being held or
seized In ports of tho United Kingdom,
in conjunction with dispatches from
Greek and Italian sources, Indicates
that tho diplomatic outlook In Greeco
Is improving from tho allies' stand
point. Italy has decided to send a
military expedition to tho nalkans to
help tho allies.
Tho universal deduction Is that tho
Greek government has satisfied tho
Hritish demands, submitted by Earl
Kitchener, secretary for war, who was
in Athens last wcok. It Is assumed
Greeco has furnished guarantees of
tho safety of tho Anglo-French ex
peditionary force.
"Certainly no attempt will bo made
to disarm tho nllies," said D. G.
nhallis., tho Greek minister of Justice
and guiding spirit in tho Skouloudis
cabinet, in an Interview with tho Dally
Mail's correspondent at Athens. "They
can dig trenches and defend them
selves if they must. Wo will even go
to tho extent of establishing a cordon
to safeguard their retreat."
NEW HITCH IN PEACE PLANS
German Delegates Give Notlco They
Will Not Attend Conference at
Berne, Switzerland.
rierno, Switzerland, Nov. 24. Pro
moters of the congress which it has
been proposed to hold hero for tho
study of basis of a durablo peaco have
oncountered another obstacle Tho
German delegates havo given notlco
they will not nttond tho meeting an
nounced for December 14, this follow
ing tho oxamplo of tho French repre
sentatives. It 13 understood hero tho
Germans wero instructed by their gov
ernment not to participate in tho pro
posed congress
SCHMIDT VERDICT IS UPHELD
All Judges of New York Court of Ap
peals Concur In Opinion Killed
Anna Aumuller.
Albany. N. Y.. Nov. 2.1. Tho Judg
ment convicting Hans Schmidt, tho
former Now York priest, of tho mur
der of Anna Aumuller, was upheld on
Tuesday by tho court of appeal?
Judgo Cardoso wroto the opinion, in
which all tho Judges concurred.
Mile. Renkln Convicted as Spy.
Amsterdam, Nov. 29. Mile. Juliette
Renkln, slstor of tho Belgian colonial
minister, lias been tried na a spy ut
Brussels and convicted Suntenco has
not boon imposed, says a letter smug
Clod out of Belgium.
To Honor Society Leader.
Washington, Nov. 21). Viscountess
Benolst D'Azy nas beon recommended
for a war cross for service alio nas
raudarod In a hospital In France. Hhi
was a leader In Washington soclet)
fur our.
SHE MAY
XtVV WASHINGTON STAR.
FEN KILLED IN WRECK
SHOW SPECIAL AND PASSENGER
TRAIN COLLIDE IN GEORGIA.
Proprietor of Carnival Troupe In Burn
ing Debris Pleads With Train
men to Kill Him.
Columbus, Gn., Nov. 21. T.eu per
sons aro known to bo uead and twelvo
Injured as tho result of u collision on
tho Central of Georgia railroad about
eight miles from Columbus on Mon
day. Passenger train No. 2, from
Birmingham to Macon, collided head
on with a special train carrying tho
Con T. Kennedy Carnival company
from Atlanta to Columbus.
Tho wreck caught flro Immediately
after tho crash.
Tho known 'cad luuludo Fred
Kempf, proprietor of one of tho shows,
and his wifo, who wero burned to
death whllo onlookers weru powerless
to rescuo them. Mrs. Kcmpf's body
was recovered. Rescuers found Kempf
with his body half free. Ho begged
trainmen to kill him rather than let
him burn to death. Frantic efforts
wero made to rescuo him, but without
avail.
Tho Kennedy shows had completed
a woek'B engagement in Atlanta and
wero to open Tuesdny in Columbus.
Tho engineers of both tvatns mirac
ulously escaped dd'th. Tho passonger
train, It is said, had orders to take a
siding and await tho carnival special,
but by error ran in on the main lino
and started for Macon.
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Chicago, Nov. 21. Capt. P. D.
O'Brien, chief of dotoctlves, was sus
pended on Monday, following a prelim
inary investigation by the civil serv
lco commission of a polico slush fund
purported to have been collected for
tho defense of John J. Ilalpin, former
head of tho dotectlvo bureau, and Do
tectlvo Sergeant Walter O'Brion. Chief
Healy in his suspension order mado
Li out. Charles L. Larkln acting chief
of detectives. Walter O'Brien, who is
a nephow of tho captain, has boon con
victed of accepting money for protect
ing conlldcnco men and Ilalpin is on
trial on a bribery charge.
London, Nov. 25. Tho Evening
Nows states that Tod Sloan, tho fa
mous American Jockey, and a French
actress hnvo been arrested in London
and that Sloan will bo deported.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 24. Mrs
Thomas R. Marshall, wifo of tho vlco
prcsldont of tho United States, was op
erated upon for an abdominal ailment
at St Vlncont's hospital hero on Mon
flay. Tho operation, according to tho
hospital authorities, was in every wny
a success. Dr. C. G. Pfaff, tho attend
ing physician, stated that whllo Mrs.
Marshall's condition was not serious,
tho oporation was performed in order
to avoid posslblo future complications.
Coliseum, Chicago, Nov. 27. Law
renco and Hanloy won Chicago's sec
ond annual six-day rnco ut tho Coli
seum on Thursday night, scoring 32
points in a Berlin finish Kyau and
Thomas woro second with 35 points.
Walker and Walthour woro third,
with 45 points. Mitten and Ilui.sun
finished fourth, with 54 points Only
four teams of tho original 15 tlnluhed
Teuton Ministers Threatened.
Genova, Nov. 29. Tho Munich Ncu
eate Nachrlchten states that tho mlu
lsters of Gormany, Austria-Hungary
and Turkey at Teheran havo been
compelled to leave owing to threats of
tho population to lynch thorn.
French Rush to Take Loan.
Paris, Nov. 29. Subscriptions to the
Fronch government's "Loan of Vic
tory" are oxceodlug all expectations
It Is estimated In linanclal circles that
Thursday's subscriptions In Parts
alone exceeded 5,000,000.000
INSIST
ITALY TO AID SERBIA
TROOPS SAID TO HAVE LANDED
IN ALBANIA.
Serb Victory Reported Near Monastir
10,000 Bulgarians Killed and
Wounded In Battle.
London, Nov. 25. Itnllau troops
have begun landing on Olbanlan torri
tory to go to tho holp of Serbia, ac
cording to a Chiasso dispatch to tho
Journal Le SuIbho, forwarded on Tues
day by tho Central News correspond
ent nt Zurich.
Tho Italian fleet is bombarding Do
dcagatch, the Bulgarian port on tho
Aegean sea, according to a Central
Nows dispatch from Rome.
Serbian forr-na rry;ng at Mount
Zetovaty In central Serbia havo In'
fllcted n serious defeat upon tho Bui
gars and opened tho way to Leshovac,
according to a statement by tho Serb
Ian legation nt Paris.
Simultaneous dispatches from
French headquarter.' at Kavadar,
Serbia, declaro tho Fronch nro hold
ing tho Rajec gorgo and tht Bojhar
sti bridge head on tho Ccnn against
Bulgar attacks. The French admit re
treat to tho right bank of tho Cerna
after a bloody battlo with tho Bulgars
along tho Rajec river, a tributary.
Ton thousand Bulgars havo boon
killed nnd woundod in fighting for
Monastir. Tho Bulgar forces attacked
tho town Saturday. Salonlki advices
say. It was learned hero for tho fir t
tlmo that the assault was repulsed
Repeated earlier reports wero to tho
effect that the town had fallen.
BRAND WHITL0CK IS BACK
American Minister to Belgium
Reaches New York Refuses
to Discuss War.
Now York, Nov. 27. After fifteen
days spent on tho most turbulent of
trips, Brand Whltlock. Amorlcan min
ister to Belgium, arrived hero on
Wednesday on tho steamship Ityndnm.
Mr Whltlock's connection with tho
caso of Edith Cavoll, tho English
nurse, and tho offorts ho made to
save her life, led to tho report that
ho was coming homo for good. This
ho denied. "I am going back to Brus
sels," ho said, "and I havo engaged
my passage on the Rotterdam, sail
ing December 28." In tho light of
this Btntemcnt Mr. Whltlock explained
that ho could not discuss tho wnr from
any angle.
TEUTONS FACE U. S. COURT
Hamburg-American Officials Accused
of Aiding German Commerce
Raiders.
New York, Nov. 21. Four officials
of tho Hnmburg-Amorlcan lino wont
on trial on Monday boforo Judgo Howo
In tho criminal branch of tho federal
district court. They aro charged with
making onth to falBo clearances -n-'
manifests. Tho government nllegeo
tho real purposo of tho dofendnnts was
to coal and supply Gorman commerco
raiders. Tho dofendnnts nro Dr. Knrl
Buonz, Georgo Kouttor, Adolph Hack
melstur and Josoph Poppinghnuo. Doc
tor Buonz Is managing director of tho
Hamburg-Amcrlcan lino and la ono of
the moBt Influential Gorman rosldents
of America.
Australia Plans New Army.
Molbourno, Nov. 27. The common
wealth government has decided to
raise an additional 00,000 men, It was
announced horo This will bring
tho Australian contingent for tho war
to 300.000.
Italians Lose 1,000,000 Men?
Vienna, Nov 27. A million Italians
have boon killed or wounded in fight
ing with tho' Auatrians, It la stated
Tho loBson rupraseut all tho Italian?
aro supposed to havo lost on every
front.
CLASH
BORDER
AMERICANS AND CARRANZISTAS
WOUNDED BEFORE MISTAKE
IS DISCOVERED.
VILLISTAS FIRE ON YANKEES
Funston'a Men Kill Forty Mexicans In
Fight at Nogales, Ariz. General Ob
regon Defeats Northern Leader's
Force nnd Occupies Town.
Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 29. Threo
Amorlcan ininero woro killed, two
American soldlors were probably
fatally shot and one ullglitly wounded
and foity Vllllstns woro killed by
Amorlcan troops when tho Villa gar
rlBon of 1,200 withdrew from tho Mex
ican town of Nogales on Friday before
an advancing foico of C.OOO Carran
zlstas. Stephen Ltttlo of Fairmont, N. C,
duo of threo United States soldiers
wounded In n battlo with Villa troop
ers In Nogales, Sonora, died horo. Ho
was Bhot tluough tho head.
Sovon Cnrranzlsta soldiers woro shot
by American troops who mistook
them for Vllllstas as they wero ad
rancing on tho town. Threo Ameri
cans wero wounded.
Tho Carranzlstas under Gen. Alvuro
Obrcgon occupy Nogales, whllo tho
VUllsta garrison is scattered cast and
west along tho border line. Many of
tho Villa forco under Governor Ran
dall Bought rofugo on tho American
aide. Governor Randall himself was
tho llrst to cross tho lino.
The evacuation of tho town began
at night. It was preceded by wholo
salo looting. About 300 of tho gar
rison got away on tho first trains.
Tho Inst two trains on which about
900 soldlors woro crowded could not
bo moved for lack of fuel.
Troublo with American troops start
ed about 11 a. m. when thoso soldiers
after sacking tho town began to flro
ucrosB tho lino. Colonel Sago, com
manding tho Amorlcan troops, ordered
tho flro returned. Of n band of forty
seen firing across tbo border only ouo
escaped.
Early in tho afternoon tho van
guard of tho Currauzlsta forco ap
peared In tho hills near tho American
lino west of Nogales. Mistaking them
for Vllllstas again about to tiro on
them, tho Amorlcan border guard
opened with n volley. Too carran
zlstas replied and a sharp exchango
of shots ensued. Tho appoaranco of
a Carranza soldier with a whlto flag
was followed by explanations nud mu
tual apologies.
As tho Curranzlstns drow near tho
last of tho Villa garrison fled south
ward. Of thoso thirty-two woro
killed by pursuing cavalrymen from
Ohrogon's forco.
It was by others who fled In tho
same direction thnt tho threo Ameri
can minors, Adolfo Monger, Lloyd
Forrest and James S. Walton wero re
ported killed twenty miles south of
tho town. News of their murder wan
brought hero by a Moxlcan rancher
who says ho wltncssod tho shooting.
Ho adds that ho could not loam of
any reason for tho trlplo killing.
Washington, Nov. 29. Threo Amer
ican soldiers woro wounded, two ot
them seriously, In a battlo with Car
ranza troops on tho boundary lino at
Nogales, Ariz., at noon, according to
dispatches to tho war department.
Gen. Frederick Funston is now on hla
way to Nogales from Fort Sam Hous
ton, Tex., to tako personal chargo of
tho situation.
Tho roports to tho war dopartmont
stated that tho Carranza soldiers who
entered Nogales, Mexico, shortly after
Villa troops had fled Into tho Interior,
opened flro by mlstnko on tho Ameri
can forces. Tbo Americans imme
diately returned tho flro aud sovoral
Carranza soldloru and ofllccrs wero
wounded. Tho wounded Americano
aro Privates Herbert L. Gates, Ste
phen Llttlo and Arthur L. Saute, all
of Company L, Twelfth Infantry.
Cates and Llttlo wero seriously
wounded.
GERMAN CRUISER DESTROYED
2,672-Ton Vessel Sunk by Submarlno
Off South oast of Sweden Car
ried Crew of 275 Men.
London, Nov. 29. An allied Bubma
rlno has sunk tho German protected
cruiser Fraucnlob, according to a semi
official announcement nt Petrogrud,
says n Central Nowb agency dispatch
on Friday.
The Fraucnlob was a protected
' cruiser of 2,672 tono, and was built In
1 1901. Her Bister ship, tho Undine,
was sunk, according to an official an
I nouncement made to Berlin, by two
j torpedoes from a submarlno on the
nftornoon of November 7 whllo pntrol
llng the south Swedish coast. Nearly
! tho ontlro crow was saved. Tho Fsuu
1 enlob and tho Undlno carried crew a
l consisting of 275 men each.
Intern German Deserter.
Now York, Nov. 2D. Karl Schultz,
tho German dusortor who arrived as a
Btowaway, was ordored excluded by
the board ot Inquiry at Rills Island.
Schultz will be hold at Kills Islund un
til tho cIoho of tho war.
Witness In Frank Caso Held.
Atlanta, Oa Nov. 29. W. W. Rog
ers, ono of tho state's witnesses in the
iriul of Lco M Frank, wuu bound over
for murder. Rogers wns charged with
killing Mro 8 C. Mcintosh, wfiom b
truck with hla auto.
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