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DAKOTA COUNTY HEfcALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. I .THIRTEEN WAREHOUSES RAZED BY CRASH AND FLAMES DAMAGE $25,000,000. AMMUNITION FOR ENTENTE Manhattan Skyline Reflects Lurid Glow Following Detonation Miles of Streets In City Strewn with Broken Glass. Wettern Newptper Union Xnti Strife. Now York. Proporty Ions estimated at 925,000,000 was emitted by a series of terrific explosions of ammunition awaiting shipment to tho entente al lies and ntorod on Black Tom Island, a small strip of land Jutting Into Now York bay off Jorsoy City. Two are known to bo dead and at least two moro are missing. Scores of porsons woro injured, nomd of them probably mortally. The detonations, which woro felt In flvo states, began with n continuous rapid fire of small shells, tho blowing up of great quan tities of dynamlto, trlnltrotolucno and other high explosives, followed by the bursting of thousands of Bhrapne! Bholls which literally showered the surrounding country and waters for many miles around. Firo that started soon after tho first great crash, which spread death and desolation In Its wako destroyed thir teen of tho hugo warehouses of the National Storage company on Black Tom Island, In which was stored mer chandise valued at between $12,000, 000 and $15,000,000. The flames, shoot Ing Into tho clouds, woro roflectod against "Now York's sky lino" of tow ering offlco buildings, which only a few momonts beforo woro shaken to their foundations by an earthquake Miles of streets In Manhattan alone woro ntrown with broken glass and ehattorod signs. CARRANZA FOR PRESIDENT. Do Facto Head to Retire from Presenl Position to Seek Honor. Laredo, Tox. Venustlana Carranza Is to retire as first chief of tho do facto government of Mexico at an early dato and will bo succeeded by Gen. Pablo Gonzales, according to in formation given out by tho Mexican administrative circles In Nuovo La redo. Gen. Carranza will enter tho field as a presidential candidate at the forth coming elections It was said, appar ently confirming recent unofficial ad vices from Mexico City which Inti mated that tho first chief would Bcok olovation to tho presidency at tho hands of the voters. Predicts More Raids. Brownsvlllo, Tox. Almost certain Indications that tho Iowa national guard forces will romaln concentrated on tho bordor for at least four months wore soon hero In a declaration issued by Gen. Parker. Ho Bald that tho Mexican situation was now tho worst It had over boon. Ho looks for a now uprising and now bordor raids within a month. Pay Guards' Car Fare. Now York. Contrary to tho reports that tho guardsmon at tho border re leased under tho ordor permitting mon with dependent relatives to bo dis charged on application must pay their own transportation homo, it 1b learn od that an ordor went Into effect July 1 providing that they travel at tho rato of V. cents a mllo. Pays for Tltanlo Victims. Now York. With tho paymont ot 1665,000 outsldo ot court tho White Star Una stands absolved ot all lia bility for tho sinking ot tho steamship Titanic, with a loss ot 1,000 Uvea, and tho four yoars of litigation of claim ants Is brought to an end In a final docroo banded down by Fodoral Judgi Mayor. Packing House Strike Ends. St. Louis, Mo. Tho packing house fltriko situation was cleared when 1, 200 strikers at a mooting voted to (mbmlt modified demands to their em ployers. Tho now domands do not In Blot on recognition of tho nowly form ed union, but Insist that tho packora do not discriminate against Its mora bars. Eight Months to Live? Los Angeles, Cal. Mayor Charles B. Sobastaln has begun putting his affairs In order to face his future, which his attoraoy, Earl Rogers, said consists ot "eight months to live," ac cording to a group ot physicians. The mayor was said to bo Buffering from Brlght's dlseaso in an advanced Btagc. Past G. A. R. Chief Diss. Zaaeevllle, O. Gen. n. 11. Brown, 72, pact commander in chief ot the Grand Army ot tho Republic, and newspaper editor, died hero July 30. Nearly 200 Lives Lost. Englehart, Ont. Forest flres raging in northern Ontario are believed to have rosultod in the loss of from 150 to 200 lives. Other scores of persons have boen Injured and it Is feared roanr of them may die. Several small towns have been wiped out by the fames that have been raging, England Visited by Airships. "London, German airships nnnln hxve raided tho east coast ot England, fieardlpg o an official statemeut. II BUS HU5S BOOT TEUTONS CZAR'S TROOP8 DRIVE THEIR WAY INTO BRODY, KEY TO LEMBERG. GERMANS ADMIT RETREA1 Captured City In Flames, Though It Is Not Known Whether Town Was Fired by Shells or Put to the Torch by Austrlans. London, July 81. Tho Russians have captured Brotly. This most Im portant single victory of the grout Russian drive, which Htnrtcd two mouths ago, Is chronicled In an olllclnl bulletin from I'otrogrnd. Simultaneous ly tho Slavs hiivu smashed the entire AuHtro-Oermun lino west of Lutsk, where they lind been held up for weeks in their drive upon the stronghold of Kovol. Capture of this great rnllroud center now appears Imminent. The capture of Brody, which is one of the mill ti railroad centers in eastern Oullchi, murks nn advance of six miles In ti single day, by the cznr'3 forces, n speed almost unprecedented In the great wnr for large bodies of troops. Thiirsday'H ofllclul reports showed tho Russians six miles from the town at their nearest point of attack and the rupture Indicates not only n defeat of lt Austrian defenders but their nhso lute rout. The captured city Is in flames. This much Is disclosed by the report from I'ctrograd, though It Is not mndo clear whether tho town was fired by Itusslan shells before Its fall or was put to tlie torch by the fleeing Austrlans. Sweeping Russian victories In Volhy ula and Gnll'cln peril the cntlro Austro Gcrmuii system cf defense on n front of more than 100 miles, nud according to military experts here will precipi tate a general retreat and reorganiza tion of the whole Teutonic front which now protects Kovel nnd Lemberg, the two chief objectives of tho Slav drive. Vladimir Volynskl, another stronghold, lies In tho way of the Russian ad vance, but no serious obstnelo In tho nature of permanent fortifications now looms between the Russians and Lem berg. Tho Russian advance, announced from I'etrogrnil, wns forecast In part 'y nn odlclal report from Berlin which announced u retreat by the forces of tleneral von Llnsengen northeast of Svinulchy, in southern Volhynlu, and only n few miles southeast of Vladimir Volynskl. GREAT TIME FOR MOTORISTS National Touring Week, Beginning August G, Will Find Them on the Road by the Thousand. Chit-ago, July '20. Tho dawn of Au gust 0 will find untold thousnnds of American automoblllsts on tho road for tho greatest concerted vacation ever devised. Tho day will bo tho tlrst of tho National Touring week, preparations for which have engrossed tho attention ot manufacturers, deal ers and car owners for months. The "see American first" Idea Is thorough ly aroused, but tho spirit Is concen trated In "seo your home stnto first." The touring week Is to bo a big fam ily affulr, for every motorist Is plan ulug to take his wlfo and children, if he has any, Into tho great open where they will find tho relnvlgorhtfon thit comes from rest and n change of scene. From tho Atlantic to tho Pacific tho week of August 0 will bo made mem orable and lniuvy thousands of Amer icans will discover beauties of their own land hlthcrto&unkuown to them. L0NGUEVAL IN BRITISH HANDS Last German Stronghold In Village Is Cleared Up All Delville Wood Now Held. London, July 31. Tho Inst German strongholds In Longucvnl have been captured by tho British troops, ac cording to tho odlclal statement given out by tho war ofllcc. Iland-to-hand lighting continued throughout tho day In tho vicinity of Pozlcres, tho state ment adds. Tho British also havo possession of the entire Delvlllo wood, tho fifth Brandenburg division, the last Ger mans In tho wood, being cleared out with tho capture of thruo ofllcers and lfiS men. VALUE J. P.' MORGAN'S ESTATE Transfer Tax Appraiser Sets $78,149,- 024 on Property In New York. New York, July 31. The total assets of the estate of J. Plerpont Morgan, who died March 31, 1013, aro fixed at (78,MU.O.M, exclusive of property out side New York state, In a report which wl'il be filed with tho stato comptroller by Transfer Tax Appraiser Lyons. Baby Plague Abating? Now York, July 31. A slight de crease in infnntilo paralysis cases vus noted In tho 21 hours ending nt 10 n. m. FrUlay, but It was not sufficient to lead the authorities to assert that th epidemic had been broken. England Bars Cocaine. London, July 31. The Importation of onliim and cocatun Into the Unit ed Kingdom Is prohibited by a royal proclamation lasued here. Tho growth of "cocaine sniffing" has become alarm ingly provnlcat. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IN TUrtotY taJydgrps-. astamunt rah. Krr . 13 A N A. T O 1 03 fttin K.IPilPiiC Jf fl S r , II --, k . .-il --k hXVu " rr ffMM.A I 17 I JlViUah -.., ., ,- , 'Adili few M3S9H2Z2SSES3 F5Sg75t; msosbsl rrtco r-"' . . ri-w ' Jr i n f tfsrsPli T r- I hV-M..li-. -MfOTl. 53 Mcrs innSKT GtfM,, mmmgsr ?svllill Srzo so loo I Russians nipturo Erzlngan, Turkish fortress and military base In Asia Minor. 2 Tho evacuation of Erzlngan obliges tho Turks to move their lighting lino virtually 1C0 miles west to Slvas, which now Is the next objec tive of the Russian advance. 3 Angora, which Is 3o0 miles west ot Erzln gan, Is tho chief objective of tho Russian campaign. It Is the terminus of the railroad to Constantinople. GREAT DEFENSE SUM ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL OF $314,000,000 IS PASSED. An Amendment Giving the Soldiers on the Border the Right to Vote on the Field Eliminated. Washington, July 20. Nearly $700, 000,000 for national defense In. tho fis cal year 1017 Is tho aggregato of pro posed appropriations reached In tho sennte with the passage of the army appropriation bill, carrying In round numbers $:il-l,000,000. This grand total for preparedness still Is subject to revision, however, becauso the army bill will follow the naval bill Into conference, where re ductions aro probable, despite the Arm attitude of President Wilson in sup porting tho liberal response of the sen ato to tho call for adequate defense. Tho appropriations for prepared ness as they now stand ure as follows : Army $313,970,147.10 Navy 315.8:0,843.53 KnrtinpntlmiH (law) 23.748.00O.0O Military nendemy 2,238,323.67 1 Armv ii ml nnvv ilptlnl(,nc'V 27.K9.3 18.051 Total ?CS5,343.017.27 As It passed the senate the army bill exceeded the appropriations made by the house by moro than $131,000,000. In tho final hours of debate on the mensuro the senate agreed to nn ap propriation of $2,000,000 for the relief of dependent families of National Guardsmen nnd regular army soldiers in servico in the Mexican emergency. TJlstrlbutlon of the fund Is left to the discretion of tho secretary of war, but In no case shall any dependent fam ily receive moro than $50 a month. An nmendnent giving soldiers on the border the right fo vote In tho field nt the November election was eliminated from the bill on a point of order Just before pnssage. As soon as the army bill wns out of tho way the senate took up and passed, after brief debate, the military acad emy appropriation bill, carrying ?2, 238,328.07, an increase of $1,010,521 over tho house authorization. BRITISH GET U. S. PROTEST Note Charging Treaty Violation Now In the Hands of London Foreign Office. Washington July 29. The American protest ngalnst . tho British boycott now Is In tho hands of tho British for eign ofllcc. Acting Secretary tf Stato Polk let it bo known that tho protest was approved by President "Wilson. It Is understood that tho protest was compiled by President Wilson personally. It will be made public next Monday morning. Officials n't tho White House and stato depart ment expressed themselves as hopeful that tho British government will mod ify considerably Itfl position In view of the emphatic opposition enuncluted by the United States. NEW TERRITORY FOR THE U. S. Negotiations Completed by Which Dan- i isn west mates uomo unucr Stars and Stripes. Washington, July 27. Official an nouncement wns mado at tho White House that negotiations havo practi cally been completed for tho purchase of the Danish West Indies by tho United States from Denmark for $25, 000,000. While details of tho treaty were not given out, tt Is understood that tho United States will como into complete possession of the Islands. Word has been received from Denmark that tho treaty Is practically certain of be ing ratified by the Danish parlia ment. Fisher Fleet Is Sunk. London, July 81. A German sub marine has raided u British fleet of herring fishing boats. Eight of the vessels wero unk. The crews were landed at tho North sea port ot Tyne mouth. May Probtf Packing Business. Washington, July 31. The federal trado commission has been requested by tbo house ot rniirefieutntlv to make an estimate of what an Investi gation Into tho niMt packing Inautitry would cowL .. 1 -TT -Z . Vvrf KJ" - ?rTtIrrzbWK.' "mMsrrfm " iimbf ; i tni.numj!!' W MJmJ- ' ' ,---- Y" ' lis. 'fiitun'!'3"t3b JMARBeh Marjjl? ut.i'V-i -rrx m 'i . . - 'llicidjiic oUrfa w 1 Atnlt IM... IF lattfmlt" Cb-y 7ALSFBQ f V.. r . OXuiBSk Sjg5gia! 22 PERISH IN TUNNEl DISASTER RESULTS IN HEAVY LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. Intrepid Band, Eager to Save Their Comrades, Are Themselves Vic tims of Disaster. Cleveland, 0., July 27. At least twenty men nro known to bo dead and a dozen Injured as a result of an ex plosion of gas In n water works tunnel under construction between a pumping station on land and nn Intake crib five miles out In Lake Eric. The men were working 50 feet be low the bottom ot the lake, which Is 70 feet deep at that point, placing them 120 feet below the surface. They were 1,700 feet shoreward from the crib. Tho explosion enmo ns tho tun nel workers broke through a gas vein with their picks and shovels nnd tho fumes Ignited from electric spnrks. At eight o'clock 11 men descended tho shaft. An hour later workmen on the surface detected gas and attempt ed to signal the men In the tube. Re ceiving no response they sent rocket signals Into the Ir to attract llfe savors on shore, there being no other menus of communication. It wns al most midnight before nld reached tho sceno nnd then n rescue party wns quickly formed which innde tho do scent. Of this party of 11 rescuers seven succumbed to the fumes, the original ll having perished. After the first rescue party had met the same fate as the 11 workmen, no more men would volunteer to nld In the rescue work until helmets could bo procured. There was considerable delay In getting helmets nnd not until nfter daylight was the rescue work taken up by men properly equipped. SOLDIERS WORK ON ROADS As Punishment for Minor Offenses Troops Are Made Useful on Texas Thoroughfares. El Paso, Tex., July 27. Twelve hun dred militiamen, prisoners in a war less war, wero put to work construct ing military roads In the vicinity of El Paso. The mon have been- arrested at various times during tho last sev eral weeks for minor offenses, mostly falling to return to camp at the proper time. ALL TRADE RECORDS BROKEN United States Closes the Greatest Year In Commercial History of the Country. Washington, July 31. Foreign trade of tho United States closed Its great est year In history Juno 30 with n bnlunco of $2,130,000,000 In favor of American exporters. The year's exports aggregated $1, 334,000,000, tho department of com merce announced, nnd Inmorts were valued nt $2,193,000,000. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Ottawa, Ont., July 27. The war Is costing the Dominion of Canada $1, 000,000 a day, an olllclnl announce ment said. London, July. 27. Sir Roger Cune iniMit, convicted of trenson becauso of hlu part In the rebellion In Ireland, will be executed publicly, according to the Dally Chronicle. Mitchell, S. D., July 20. A vigl luuce committee was organized In Mitchell to deal with tho lawless har vest hands who are passing through tho city by hundreds. Air Craft Mombard Duraezo. Rome, July 20. A squadron of Ital ian nli-craft, after n lorrg flight across tho Adriatic, bombarded the Albanian port of Duraixo, which Is now held by the AuHtro-lIungnrtans, It has been of ficially announced. Turkish Regiment Mutinies. Athens, July 20. Advices from Symrna state that nn entire Turkish regiment mutinied nt Sevctlcouy, tak, tax refuge In n forest on Mount i?lmlo. lou. Loo Hi Tarks gaVe chase, setting the fereut on Are. MEXICO'S PL! UNITED STATES AGREES TO CAR. RANZA'S PROPOSAL FOR SET TLING DIFFICULTIES. NOW UP TO FIRST CHIEF State Department Send3 Note to Mexi co Suggecting That Other Mat tcro Be Settled In the Same Way. Washington, July 28. The United States government accepted In full the Carranza proposal for the appoint ment of n Joint commission to consider the causes of difference between the two republics nnd inuku recommenda tions on which the governments in turn bhnll act. The series of confer ences between Acting Secretary of Stato Polk and Ellseo Arredondo, Cnr ranza's ambnssudor designate, havo thus ended exactly us Carranza asked. With tho acceptance of tho Mexican proposal the statu department made public tho text of the note to Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Agullar, In which there ls-u suggestion that tho Joint commission may eventunlly continue deliberations so as to sottle in advance other points of probable difference and thus effect an arrange ment tending to Improve mutunl rela tions. Tho note nlso requests notification that the Mexican government npproves the arrangement, so that tho United may Immediately appoint its three commissioners and aid In fixing the date nnd place of the conference. Pre sumably tho conference will be held In this country. U. S. STEEL BREAKS RECORD Earns $6,000,000 More Than the Offi cial Estimate, Which Was Con sidered Beyond Belief. New York, July 27. Net earnings of the Steel corporation In the Juno quarter wero at the rate of 47 per cent per annum on the- $508,312,500 common stock after allowing for In terest chnrges, sinking fund require ments nnd the rogulnr disbursements on the preferred shares. An extra dividend of one per ceut wns declared on tho Junior Issue. Tho net receipts $81, 120,048, were $0,000,000 beyond tho olllclnl estlmntes made last month, which appeared to be Incredible to the financial district. The Income in tho last three months is equal to 11 per cent on the com mon certificates for tlw entire year. BLISS TO WEED OUT GUARD Will Recommend Liberal Construction on Policy of Releasing Men With Dependent Relatives. El Paso, Tex., July 28. To "weed out" the disgruntled militiamen along the border, MaJ. Gen. Tusker H. Bliss will recommend to the wnr department that a most liberal construction bo placed on ltsiollcy of releasing guards men with dependent relatives. This conclusion wns reached by the assistant chief of stnff after an in spection of Pennsjjivanln, Rhode Island and Michigan millila camps here. "For," he said, "It would be far bet ter to have smaller organization of contented men, thnn larger ones In which there Is an element of dissatis faction." BOARD MEMBERS ARE NAMED President Sends to Senate Names of Four Members of the Farm Loan Body. Washington, July 29. President Wilson sent to the sennte the nomi nations of tho four members of tho farm loan board created by tho rural credits net. The nominees nro Judge Charles B. Lobdell, Republican, of Great Bend, Kan.; George M. Norrls, Democrat, of Philadelphia; Capt. W. S. A. Smith, Republican, of Sioux City, In., and Herbert Quick, Democrnt, of Berkeley Springs, W. Yn. Their early confirmation Is expected. BRITISH BIPLANE SHOT DOWN German Submarine Captures Aero plane and Its Pilot and Observer Taken to Zeebrugge. Berlin, via Sayvllle wireless, July 27. Tho capturo of a British aoroplano and Its pilot nnil'observor by a German submarine wns reported by tho admir alty In the following olllclnl statement: "On Monday afternoon a German mibmarlne brought down with Its tire a British blplnne. Tho Inmates, two of ficers, were made prisoners by the Germans nnd transported, together with the enemy machine, to Zeebrugge on a torpedo boaL" New School of Muskstry. Washington, July 31. Th war de partment announced Hint a "sehaol ot musketry" would be opened nj ocj at Fort Stll, OWa., In ordar to i(t special training to enlisted man In the handling of machine gens. Calls Conditions Bttter. Meilco City. July 31. Mll.tr t War Obregoo 1bj lesued official re ports from government couunanders fo hr thrt etuidJtlouH In ntvtJiertMes loo 'aro fust beeaialufi sttthtd ening to ohe effort of tho 5r.C3$. GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE Nebraska troops on tho border, pras tlclng daily marches, have roar.ltod an average dally speed of four miles an X hour. The expenses of tho stato for April, May and June amounted to $1,033,457. Tho first quarter showed an outlay ot ?1.421,rf40. It Is planned to have a naval exhibit at tho state fair, consisting of dread noughts, submarines, battleships and other vessels nnd paraphernalia from the naval department. Irrigation water at tho Kcarnoy In dustrial school killed tho potatora and tho board of control is at a loss to understand tho situation. Wheat on high land produced a big crop. Many members of tho Fourth nnd Firth regiments at Camp Llano hav applied jfor a dlschargo under the pres ident's recommendation regarding militiamen who aro the support of fam ilies. Moro fresh meat, vegetables and fresh baked bread daily wore among tho recommendations mado by Major General Bliss to commanding olflcers at Camp Llano. Aside from this, ho found conditions ideal. The state general fund has fallen off about fSO.000, duo to diminishing re ceipts, but thero is still a balanco of $639,000 in it, which will bo enough to tide it over until receipts froin now taxes begin pouring in. Food Commicsioncr Harman is de termined that dealers handling gaso line must comply with tho law, and hereafter that containers of that pro duct will bo required to be labelled with Its proper specific gravity. ( Sanitary conditions, tho camp and the personnel of the men and othcera of the Nebraska regiments at Camp Llaflo wero highly commended by Gen eral Bliss after a tour of Inspection of the cntlro camp, which Is under the sanitation charge of Captain Smith of Fremont and Major Birkncr of Lincoln. Any political party can put a can didate In the field for county ofllcc by action' of tho central committee, oven though tho party had no candldato at tho primaries. This is according to tho ruling of Attorney Genoral Reed, in reply to a query from F. S. Baker of Harrison, Nobr., county attorney of Sioux county. Lieutenant Edward Bagnell of Lin coln, a member of tho Nebraska 'na tional guard who took a course in avi ation at Newport News, has been mus tered into the government aviation service. He telegraphed Adjutant Gen oral P. L. Hall that he had been mus tered In and ordered to report for duty at Mlueola, L. I. W. A. Luke, general socretary of "the Lincoln Y. M. C. A. has received an offer to go to tho Mexican bordor to conduct association work among the United States troops. Tho offer came in tho form of a telegram from U. O. Kalghn, secretary to John R. Mott, head of the International coramittca 3f the association. Under orders from division head quarters drilling of all units of troops In earnest at Camp Llano has started. Tho men will drill four hours a day, two In tho morning and two In tho late afternoon. A ten mile drill will bo a weekly foaturo. Equipment for tho men Is arriving every day. This in cludes shirts, trousers and underwear. A shortage of funds to address and mail out Initiative and referendum pub licity booklots has boon discovered by Secretary of State Pool. Tho cost, ho Bays, will be upward of $6,000 this year and the fund available from the state printing fund Is about $3,000. That was the size of the appropriation made for tho purpose by tho legisla ture. A popular amusement of the guards st Camp Llnno is trapping chameleons, tho animal that once sold at Nebraska county fairs at half a dollar, and was worn by women of fashion. Tho troops have found much amusement In watch ing the rapid color changes of the chameleon as It goes from groen grass to brown treo, or Is placed on cloths of different hues. Au appropriation of $20,d00 Is urged by Assistant State Engineer William Steckelberg In his report to Secre tary of State Pool to rebuild tho south east wing of the stato capitol, which he says is now in a dangerous conditiou, l Sixty legal reserve llfo insurance companies in Nebraska with n com biud surplus of almost $185,000,000 had losses quailing 23.8 per cent of the premium income In 1915, accord ing to the annual report of W. B. Eastham, state Insurance commia slonar. A regular United States poatoffleu has been established at Llano 3ran4e. AHhouaa It Is unlmposlng and its fur, nithlBga are ot tho most homely sort, It Is nevertheless ofllcleut in tho work for vtklth it was established. The , postmaster is a regularly appointed one, by the government ot the United States. Mto li&llgren of Omaha, was the first Nebrask&n at Camp Llano to be oome a member of tly reserves, aud be Is aulous!y awaiting oxkra to start for Ota north. i r tt i f L