THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PtATTF NFnRARKA
OK
EXCUSED
E
All of Specified Age Must Respond
on June 5 to Call of
Nation.
QUERIES TO BE ANSWERED
Government Has Issued Circulars
Making It Easier for Those Who
Register to Respond to Inter
rogations That Will
Be Made.
There Is but one answer to every
question linked regarding registration,
and It Is this:
"Every man between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty yearn, Inclusive,
whether native horn, an alien, or even
on alien enemy, must register .Tune 0.
This applies also to Invalids and per
sons who arc III. A man Is thirty until
Ills thirty-first birthday anniversary."
The government has adopted a plan
to facilitate and simplify the tilling In
of conscription registration cards June
C. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as to
how they should be answered have
been prepnred for distribution.
Answers to the Questions.
Tho circular, which bears the head
ing, "How to Answer Questions on
ltoglstratlon Cards," reads as follows:
"Questions will bo usked for you to
answer In tho order In which they ap
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed Infor
mation to help you answer them.
"Do not wrlto on, mnrk or otherwlso
mutilate these Instructions. Do not re
move them. They should be carefully
read bo that you will have your an
swers ready when you go beforo tho
registrar.
"All answers will bo written on tho
registration card In Ink by the regis
trar, who should bo careful to spell all
names correctly and to wrlto legibly.
"1. Name In full. Ago in years,
"This means all your names spelled
out In full.
"State your ago today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
Bo prepared to say 'nineteen' or
'twenty-five,' not 'nineteen yenrs
three months' or tho llko.
"2. Homo address.
"Tills means tho place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place whero you work, lie prepared
to glvo tho address In tills way: '232
Main streot; Chicago, Cook county, Il
linois;' that Is, glvo number ami nnmo
of street llrst, then town, then county
and state.
Have Birthday Date Ready.
"Dato of birth.
"Wrlto your birthday (month, day
and year) on a pleco of paper before
going to the registrar and glvo tho pa
lter to him tho ilrst tiling. Examplo:
August 5, 180-1.'
"If you do not remember tho year,
start to answer as you would if some
one UBkcd you your birthday, as 'Au
gust 0. Then say, 'on my birthday
this yenr 1 will bo (or was) years
old. Tho registrar will then fill in
tho year of birth. Many pcoplo do not
carry in mind tho year they wore
born. Tills may bo obtained by tho
registrar by subtracting tho ago in
years on this year's birthday from
1017.
"4. Are you (1) a nnturnl born citi
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (S) an
nllcn; (4) or havo you declared your
Intention to become a citizen (specify
which) ?
"(1) If you wero born In tho United
States, Including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are n natural born citizen, no mat
ter what may havo been tho citizen
ship or nationality of your parents. If
you wero born In I'orto Itlco you nro n
citizen of tho United States, unless
you were born of alien parontage. If
you wero born abroad, you nro still u
citizen of tho United States, if your
father was n citizen of the United
States at tho time you wero born, un
lesH you havo oxpntrlatcd yourself,
"(2) You aro a naturalized citizen if
you havo completed your naturaliza
tion; that Is, If you linvo 'taken Until
papers.' But you nro not a citizen If
you havo only declared your Intention
to becomo n citizen (that Is, if you
have only 'taken out llrst papers') ; In
tho latter caso you nro only a 'declar
ant.' "You nro also a naturalized citizen
If, although foreign horn, your father
or surviving parent becamo fully nat
uralized while you wero under twenty
ono yenrs of ago, and If you enmo to
tho United States under twenty-one.
"(0) You aro n declarant If, although
ii citizen or subject of somo foreign
country, you havo declared on oath be
f "n a naturalization court your lnten
i ut to becoulo a citizen of tho United
States. Itecclpt from tho clerk of tho
court of tho certified copy of such
declaration Is often called 'taking out
first papers.' You nro not n declarant
If your first paper was taken out after
September 20, 1000, and is more than
seven years old.
"(4) You tiro an alien If you do not
fall within one of tho three classes
shove mentioned.
5, Where wero you born?
"First name tho town, then tho stnte,
then the country, as 'Columbus, O.;''
'Viennn, Austrlu;' Tarls, Franco;'
Sofia, Bulgaria.'
"0. If not n citizen, of what country
nro you n citizen or subject?"
"This need bo answered only by
aliens and declarants. Itcmemher that
a 'declarant' U not yet n citizen of
FROM R
G1STER1NG
the United States. If an alien or de
clarant, stnte tho nnmo of your coun
try, as 'Franco,' Mnpan, 'China,' etc.
What Is Your Job RlQht Now7
"7. What Is your present trade, oc
cupation or office?
"This does not nsk what you once
did, nor what you hnvo done most of
the time, nor what you aro best fitted
to do. It asks what your Job Is right
now. State briefly, ns farmer, minor,
student, laborer (on farm, In rolling
mill, In nutotnoblle, wagon or-other fac
tory, etc. If you hold an olllco under
stnto or federal government, mimo the
ofllei' you hold.
"If you are In one of the following
offices or employments, use one of the
names hereafter mentioned: 'Custom
house clerk, 'employed In the transmis
sion of the malls, or 'employed In an
nrmory, arsenal or navy yard, 'mnr
Iner actually employed In the sea serv
ice of citizen or merchant within tho
United State.'
"8. Hy whom employed? Whore em
ployed ?
"If you nro working for an Individ
ual, firm, corporation or association
state Its name. If In huslnuss, trade,
profession or employment for yourself,
so state. If you are an olllcer of the
stnto or federal government say wheth
er your ofllce Is under tho United
Stntes, this state, tho county or a mu
nicipality. In answer to the question
ns to where you aro employed glvo tho
town, county and state whero you
work.
"0. Havo you n father, mother, wife,
child under twelve or a sister or broth
er under twelve solely dependent upon
you for support (specify which) :
"Consider your answer thoughtfully.
If it Is true Hint there is another
moutlr than your own which you alone
havo a duty to feed do not let your
military ardor Interfere with the wish
of the nation to reduce war's misery to
a minimum. On tho other hand, unless
the person you havo In mind Is solely
dependent on you do not hido behind
pettlconts or children.
"10. Married or slnglo (which)?
Itnco (specify which) ?
"This does not nsk whether you
wero onco married, but whether you
aro married now. In answer to tho
question ns to your raco state briefly
whether Caucasian, Mongolinu, negro,
Malayan or Indian.
Must State Past Military Service.
"11. What military sorvlco havo you
had? ltank? Brunch? Years? Na
tion or state? ,
"No matter wlint country you
served, you must glvo complete Infor
mation. In answering these questions
llrst name your rank, using ono of the
following words: 'Commissioned olll-
cor,' 'noncommissioned olllcer,' 'pri
vate.' Next, stnte brunch In which you
served in one of the following words:
'Infantry,' 'cavalry.' 'artillery,' 'medi
cal,' 'signal,' 'aviation,' 'supply,' 'ma
rine,' 'navy.' Noxt, stute tho number
of years' service, not counting time
spent In tho reserve. Finally, name
tho nation or stnto you served. If you
served under the United States or one
of the states of tho United States,
name your service In one of the fol
lowing terms: 'National Guard' (of
such and such a state), 'militia' (of
such and sucli n state), 'volunteers of
United States' or 'regular army (navy)
of United States.'
"12. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
"Because you clnlm exemption from
draft, It by no means follows that you
are exempt. For tho Information of
the war department you should make
n claim now If you Intend to prosecute
It. Some persons will bo exempted on
account of their occupations or offices,
somo on account of tho fact that thoy
hnvo relatives dependent upon them
for support. Your answer touching
tiieso things will bo Important In sup
porting the claim you now Intend to
mnko In your answer to tho present
questions. Bo sure, therefore, that
tho grounds you now state arc In con
formity witli your answers to ques
tions 7 and 8.
"In stating grounds you claim as ex
empting you uso ono of tho following
terms:. If you clnlm to be an execu
tive, legislative or Judicial officer of
tho state or nation, name your office
and say whether it is an office of tho
stnto or nation. If you claim to bo a
member of a religious sect whoso creed
forbids its members to participate in
war in any form, simply name the sect.
If you aro employed In tho transmis
sion of tho United States malls or as
an artificer or workman in an armory,
arsenal or navy yard of the United
Stntes, or if you aro a mariner em
ployed in tho sen service of nny citi
zen or merchant within tho United
States, so state. If you are n felon or
otherwise morally deficient and desire
to claim exemption on that ground,
state your ground briefly. If you
claim physical disability, stnto thut
briefly. If you claim exemption on
any other ground, stnto your ground
briefly."
Only One Day to Register.
Tho war department wishes to im
press upon tho people that there Is
only ono day for registration. All
mules between the designated ages
must reglstor on tho day set. The fact
that flvo days were allowed for tho
placing of tho necessary blank forms
In the hands of registrars appears to
have misled somo headline writers.
One day only the day llxeil In tho
presidents proclamation will bo de
voted to registration.
States In Rivalry for Honor.
Not only has tho Individual citizenry
of the country made u remarkable re
sponso to tho registration call, but tho
states through their official heads havo
indicated such zeal that ttiero Is great
rivalry among somo of tho common
wealths for the honor of making the
first completu registration returns.
1 Rudolf von Flummerdinghe, former lieutenant in tho crown prince's regiment of Prussia, who has told the
federal authorities a sensational story of a conspiracy to blow up the shipyards at Long Beach, Cal. 2 "Battleships"
run on the street railways of Chicago and other cities to stimulate recruiting for tho Great Lakes naval training stn
tlon. 3--U. S. monitor Tonlpali, now a mother ship for submarines, and n fleet of her "pups." 4 British and French
soldiers at the point on the west front where their lines meet, with a German signpost In the background.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Events in Austria-Hungary Are
Indicative of a Break With
Germany.
KAISER'S MAN, TISZA, IS OUT
France's Reply to Russia's Peace Pol
Icy Italians Make Another Big Ad
vance Toward Trieste House of
Representatives Passes Great
est of War Tax Bills.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Austria-Hungary stepped into the
limelight last week, and the develop
ments in the dual monarchy wero not
calculated to please Kaiser Wllhelm.
In tho llrst place, Count Tlsza, pre
mier of Hungary; the "Iron man" who
for years has been tho lender of tho
pro-Germans of Austria-Hungary, was
flnnlly forced out of office, together
with his enttro cabinet. Then came
the story, from a Swiss Catholic paper,
that Empress Zlta had publicly stated
that Austria would soon he at peace,
a consummation for which both she
und tho emperor had been striving.
This statement of tho empress was
borno out by the peaco discussions In
tho Vienna papers. They printed Aus
tria's repudiation of annexation and
Indemnity claims with referenco to
Itussla, and then went to tho astonish
lug length of announcing that Austria
was ready to abandon nil claims to ad
ditional territory on Its southern fron
tier, meaning In tho Balkans, and even
might consider Italy's claims to Trieste
and tho Trentltio. If all this Is true,
Austria-Hungary Is Indeed tired of the
war and may bo speedily approaching
tho breaking point with Germany.
Trying to Hold Russia Steady.
Tho socalled passing of tho crisis In
Ilussln has not rellovcd to any great
extent the nnxlctlcs of tho other allies
as to tho future conduct of that na
tion. Its armies still rest passive
along the eastern fronts, tho soldiers
fraternizing with tho common enemy,
desplto tho appeals of War Minister
Kerensky and others of tho govern
ment. Admiral Goltchak, commander
of tho Russian-Black sea fleet, nfter a
visit to tho front, snld: "The army
may bo said to have practically con
cluded pence with Germany at a mo
ment when n Husslnn offensive might
havo played a decisive part In tho Eu
ropean campaign." Albert Thomas,
French minister of munitions, told tho
workmen's and soldiers' delegates In
Moscow that thousands of French and
Ilrlttsh soldiers wero perishing while
awaiting Russia's co-operation, on
which they had a right to count. Gov
ernment officials and delegates all ad
mit these facts, but they seem to havo
small effect on the Individual soldiers.
Addressing n convention of Husslnn
tinny und unvy commanders, command
er In chief AlexlelT pleaded with them
to bring tho soldiers back to their
duty, und to stand firm for the prose
cution of tho war, and this they prom
ised with great cntliuslasm.
Tito council of peasants' deputies
on Thursday passed a resolution sup
porting tho present government und
ministry.
Rlbot Tells France's Alms.
Tho ruling powers In Ilussln, If they
can be called such, cling to the ldeu
that tho other entontu allies can bo
brought to adopt the policy of u peaco
without annexations or Indemnities,
mid desire a conference for the pur
pose of modifying the demand? to be
inudo on the centrnl powers. Premier
BllKit's reply to this Is that restoration
of "lost provinces" Is not to be consid
ered annexation, and that Indemnity
for ravages in Invaded lauds Is a con
tribution which Is inflicted us a line
for wrong done, n requirement which
both law and equity demand. Franco,
ho said, could not oppress any nation
ality, even that of Its enemies, and It
seeks, not vengeance, but Justice.
When reports of this speech readied
Washington the state department let
It be known officially that It "sympa
thized" with Rlbot's position, nnd there
were Intimations that the government
would soon make a formal statement
of Its attitude toward the "no annex
ation, no Indemnities" slogan of the
Russians.
Lansing Against Stockholm Meet.
What America thinks, officially, of
the coming pence conference of soci
alists at Stockholm was made clear Inst
week when Secretary of Stnto Lnnslng
announced that passports would be de
nied any Americans desiring to go to
tho meeting and that any Americans
participating therein would be liable
to prosecution under the Logan act for
bidding Individual meddling in foreign
relations. Evidently the government
believes, as does most of tho rest of
the world, Hint the conferences Is but
one of the kaiser's schemes to disrupt
tho entente. Ilussln nnd all neutral
nations were notilled of this action.
About the same time rumors came to
Washington that Russia already had
concluded an armistice with Berlin or
Vienna, or both.
That nil the fangs were not drawn
from the Jaws of the old Russian
regime was evidenced Tuesday when
an unsuccessful attempt was made to
assassinate Minister of War Kerensky.
To add to the perplexities of the pro
visional government of Ilussln, tho
Swedish political party, representing
most of the wealthy nnd Influential
classes In Finland, met in congress and
declared for a complete separation of
tho grand duchy of Fliilund from Rus
sia und Its establishment us ii sover
eign state.
Over In Chlnn tho knlser lost anoth
er point when President LI Yuan Hung
dismissed from office Premier Tunn
Chi Jul, who had effectually blocked the
efforts of the rest of the cabinet and
a largo part of the parliament to have
China declare war on Germuny. Dr.
Wu Ting-fang, former ambassador to
the United States, was made uctlng
premier and authorized to form a new
cablnot.
Declaration of war by Brazil against
Germany wns brought nearer by the
request of President Brnz thnt con
gress rcvoko tho decreo of neutrality
and that Brazil tako a stand along
side of the United Stntes.
On Battlefields of France.
Such progress as was made during
tho week In pushing bnck tho Germans
In France was mainly by the French
In their campaigns south and south
east of Laon and east of Reims. In
both sectors they gained lmportunt
ground, seizing the dominating heights
above tho Allettc valley und In the vi
cinity of Moronvlllicrs. General Petaln
thus put his troops In position to
threaten the Reims salient held by
the Germans, and to nttack tho Laon
fortress from tho renr and compel the
retirement of the Teutons In tills en
tire sector.
The British wero busy consolidating
tho positions they hnd won along tho
Hlndcnburg Hue from Arras to Bulle
court nnd repelling the repeated and
vigorous countcr-uttacks of tho Ger
mnus. Von Hlndcnburg wns prodigal
In the uso of the fresh troops brought
from the Russiun front, but In every
Important Instance his attempts to re
gain lost ground was fruitless, und the
slaughter was terrible.
In reply to tho Italian push toward
Trieste tho Austrians began a violent
counter-offensive in tho Trcntlno, tem
porarily gaining some ground from
which they wero driven later. The ad
vance on Trieste slackened somewhat
during the first part of tho week, but
this was only to gather force, for on
Thursday General Cadorna's troops
smashed their way through the Aus
trian lines on u wide front from Cns
tagnavlzza to the Gulf of Trieste.
This front had been strongly fotlfled
by the Austrians and was considered
by them almost Imprognable. Tho
Italians took tho town of Jumlano, and
captured 0,000 prisoners, Including 300
ofllcers. Ten batteries of British ar
tillery took an Important part In tho
great battle.
U. S. Helps In War on U-Boats.
Tho British admiralty In Its weekly
report showed big Increases In tho ar
rivals and sailings nnd decrenso In the
number of vessels sunk by subninrlnos,
nnd gnvo ample credit to the American
destroyers for this gratifying showing.
Following closely on tho admiralty
report came the announcement thut
German submarines had sunk tho
British transport Transylvania und
French steamer Sontay, In the Medi
terranean with the loss of 458 lives.
Another vessel torpedoed was an un
numed American steamer of 8,000 tons
carrying n cargo for Switzerland. The
British admit they nre combntlng the
U-boats only with "bard work and In
finite pains," but American Inventors
aro still busy. Hudson Maxim said he
had perfected a device that would
make ships Immune from the subma
rine peril, nnd Lewis Herzog, nn artist,
was snld to have devised u method for
painting vessels thnt greatly reduces
their visibility at sea. William Mar
coni, who came over with the Itnlinn
war mission, says the Itallnns nre now
using a device with which 13 subma
rines wero destroyed In the first three
weeks of Its operation.
Tho first detachment of United
Stntes army engineers reached London
on Wednesdny on Its way to France.
Two units of tho American hospital
corps also arrived In England.
Doings in Congress.
The house of representatives on
Wednesday passed the greatest war
tax bill In the history of any nation.
It carries n total of about $1,870,000,
000 In all kinds of tnxes. The vote on
the measure was 329 to 70. There wus
bitter opposition to many features of
tho bill, and many of those who finally
voted for It said they did so as a mat
ter of patriotism.
The senate finance committee at
once began paring down the measure
with the Intention of reducing the to
tal yield of taxes to about $1,000,000,
000. plnnnlng to raise the additional
$800,000,000 by Issues of bonds.
The second administration measure
dealing with tho control of food and
other necessaries was Introduced In the
house by Congressman Lever of South
Carolina. Herbert C. Hoover, select
ed by the president to be food adminis
trator, said the bill should make It
possible to eliminate hoarding, specula
tion and waste in distribution.
Tho chief provisions of the bill are:
1. Prohibits the lioardlng or corner
ing of the necessaries of life.
2. Prohibits Injurious speculation
in the necessaries of life and 'gives
the president power to regulate or pro
hibit the operation of stock or grain
exchanges.
3. Gives the president power to fix
maximum nnd minimum prices ou nec
essaries of life In certain Instances.
4. Gives the president power to pre
vent uso of grain or food In tho manu
facture of liquor nt his discretion.
5. Gives the president power to con
trol all distribution agencies by means
of licensing.
0. Gives tho president power to fix
food and grain standurds.
7. Gives tho president power to pur
chase, store nnd dlsposo of necessaries
of life In order to break "corners" and
otherwise regulato supply and prices.
8. Provides for taking over by the
government of factories, mines, or
plants tho owners of which do not com
ply with tho president's orders.
0. Gives the president power to per
mit the mixing of corn nnd wheat flour
and to establish percentage of flour to
be obtained from wheat.
10. Provides thnt tho president may
delegate any or nil of the powers con
ferred on him by tho bill to any per
son he may designate.
Liberty Bonds Selling Fast.
Public officials, the press und finan
cial Institutions are everywhere com
bining to push tho Liberty loan bonds,
nnd the demand for thoso securities
was great throughout the country, and
Increased every day. It was predict
ed that tho bonds would sell nt u pre
mium as soon as the war Is over, and
they nro already popular with tho
small Investor.
The treasury department announced
that tho $200,000,000 of short-term
treasury certificates recently Issued
had been oversubscribed by at least 50
per cent. This despite tho opinion of
J. P. Morgan that they would not be
readily absorbed.
John D. Rockefeller added $25,000,
000 to tho endowment of the Rocke
feller foundation und the trustees de
cided that $10,000,000 of It should be
used for war purposes. On tho sumo
day a rise of 2 cents a gallon In tho
price of gasoline was announced.
ST01S
DEAL DEATH
TORNADOES TAKE TOLL OF
NEARLY 200 LIVES.
SIX STATES HIT Bf TWISTERS
Nearly 100 Killed in Two Illinois
Towns Kansas and Kentucky
Suffer Heavy Losses.
Chicago, May 20. .More than 185
persons were killed, 1,000 or more In
jured and millions of dollars' worth
oT property destroyed by tornadoes,
which swept through Kansas last Frl
duy, Illinois und Indiana Saturday,,
nnd parts of Tennessee, Alnbamu, Ar
kansas, Kentucky und southern Illi
nois, Sunday.
Reports Indlrate that a large amount
of farm Implements, needed to pro
duce the bumper crop desired this
year, was ruined. Crop damage Is
said to he not heavy In grain.
The heaviest toll of life wns tuken
ut Mnttoon, III., u city of 10,000 pop
ulutlon, In the broom corn country or
central Illinois, where fifty-four were
killed nnd 500 injured, with n prop
erty loss of $2,000,000.
May 20 wns the twenty-fourth anni
versary of tho great tornado, which
struck St. Louis, killing 400 persons.
It struck nt almost the snme hour ns
nt Mattoon. Charleston, III., ten miles
eust of Mnttoon, was also pnrtly
wrecked with a loss of thlrty-clght
lives and 150 Injured. The property
loss there Is n million dollars. Tho
next most serious loss wns nt Andnle.
Knn., where twenty-six were killed!
nnd n score Injured on Friday.
Dublin, Ky., sufTered throe dead'
nnd seventeen Injured. South Dyers
burg, Tenn., was reported to havo lost
two killed and fifteen Injured In n
tornado that swept Dyer county. Near
Blythevllle, Ark., nine persons wero
reported killed nnd n dozen hurt.
Several were reported killed nenr
Birmingham, Ala. Twenty or more
persons were killed near Hickman,
Ky. Many deaths and Injuries wero
reported nt Bondurnnt, Ledford, Clin
ton nnd Bnrdwell, Ky. Clinton and'
Bnrdwell were said to have been vir
tually destroyed.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed nt nehron,
Kouts nnd other plncos, and the dentin
list may reacli twenty.
Dead and Injured.
Summary of tornado dead nnd. In
jured :
Dead. Injured.
Mattoon, 111 54 500-
Charleston, 111 38 150"
Andale. Kan 20 00'
Other Illinois towns,... 18 05
Arknnsns 0 12"
Indlnnn 0 200-
Kentucky 25 0T
Tennessee 0 15T
Totnls 185 1,107"
Property damage, $5,000,000.
Plan to Strike Foe Through Air.
New York. Conclusion that tho
United Stntes must "strike Germany
through the air" has been reached by
the government's aircraft production,
board nnd the Aero club of America,,
as a result of u meeting attended by
officials of the two organizations In
Washington, It was nnnounced here
by A. II. llawlcy, president of tho
Aero club.
Entente and American military au
thorities who have studied the sub
ject, Mr. Hawley said, nre agreed,
"that the addition of 10,000 aviators
to the allies present aerial forces
would Insure blinding German bat
teries and preventing German nlrmen
from conducting operations over or
nenr the nllles' lines."
Spanish Ship Sunk; 133 Lost.
London Forty-eight passengers nnd.
elghty-flvo members of the crew of
tho Spnnlsh steamer C De Eizagulrre,
4,870 tons, nro believed to have per
ished as a result of the sinking of the
steamer. According to reports re
ceived here the steamer sank lu five
minutes. Among the forty-eight pas
sengers missing Is the Spanish consul
nt Colombo, Ceylon.
Many Killed In Air Raid.
London. Dentli-dealing Germnn at
tacks over the "southeast coast" nn
May 25 resulted In seventy-six killed
nnd 174 Injured.
The rnld wns followed by violent
battles In the clouds, In which three
of the German machines wore downed.
The encounter mnrked the bloodiest
Teutonic aerial nttnek on England
plnce the wnr's opening. Twenty-seven
women nnd twenty-throe children nro
among the dead; forty-three women
anil nineteen children nre among tho
Injured.
Lumber Mill and Town Burned. '
Thlliodaux, La. Bowie, a lumber
town near here, wus almost wiped out
by lire which originated In the Bowlo
Lumber CofTs plant nnd, fanned by a
brisk wind spread rapidly Into the res-'
Idonce section. Property damage Is
estimated at $1,000,000. An employo
of tho lumber company died from
hums. About 30,000,000 feet of lum
ber nnd n sawmill wero destroyed.
One hundred dwellings, which housed
most of Bowie's 1,000 Inhabitants,
wero destroyed.