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VOL. XLVI NO. 37.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1916 TEN PAGES.
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LONG DRY SPELL
BROKEN BY RAIN
IN WEST PART
Many Sections of Western and
Central Nebraska Are Vis
ited by Acceptable
Showers.
CAUSE FARMER TO REJOICE
Good Rain at North Platte,
Madison, Crawford and
Valentine.
BIiIiUlIiU 1U W UIt& lias 1
The long dry spell was broken yes
terday when good rains (ell in the
western part of Nebraska. The re
ported precipitation covered consider
able territory and caused jubilation
among the farmer and agricultural in
terests. ,
A welcome rain was reported from
the North Platte district. The path
of the rain belt seemed to be extend
ing eastward.
Duncan, a town near Columbus, and
Madison were visited by showers.
Rains fell in the territory contigu
ous to West Point.
The eastern part of Wyoming came
in for a share of the muchly wanted
moisture. Acceptable rains were also
reported from Alliance, Crawford,
Deadwood and Edgemont.
Three-quarters of an inch of rain
fell at Roggen, Colo., and Fort Mor-
8 Light showers were reported from
Broken Bow, Seneca and Whitman,
with a good rain at Valentine.
Storm in Dakota.
Sturgis, N. D., July 30. (Special.)
rin. r.f thp most severe electrical
siuriiia U1L Cci w,vimv ...-.
cinity took place yesterday after
noon. Lightning struck in several
places, but did no particular damage.
There was a continual downpour of
rain for two hours and creeks were
over their banks. The flood of
water leveled the main streets in
town, and bridges were washed out.
Many basements were filled with
water and considerable damage done
to the resident district.
Sain East of Alliance.
Alliance, Neb., July 29. Rain fell
today all the way from Edgemont, S.
D., to forty miles east of Alliance,
where it was still falling this eve
ning. In Box Butte and Dawes counties
the precipitation .was from a half inch
to an inch ami a "Half, followed by -a
marked drop in temperature from in
the nineties to 64 degrees.
Several Victims
Held Up by White
And Negro Robbers
C. E. Milton, 804 North Twenty
third street, was held up at Sixteenth
and Burt streets by two white men
and robbed of $15.
K. Linden, 2827 Castellar street,
was relieved of $23 by two colored
men at 1 entn street ana uapitoi
avenue.
Dan Finnigan of Chicago, and Joe
Fancheb of Creston, Iowa, were rob
bed in the railroad yards by white
men. The former lost $97. and the
latter, $3. John J. Moore lost $1
when, he was held up at Tenth and
Capitol avenue by two white men.
All of the holdups were reported to
the police.
Man Dies Following
Heat Prostration
M. H. Madden, proprietor of the
Central Labor agency. 206 North
Twelth street, died at 5 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, some hours after be
ing overcome by the heat Sunday.
Following the stroke,Mr. Madden be
gan to suffer heavy convulsions. He
was hurried to St. -Joseph's hospital,
but efforts to save his life were of no
avail. He resided at 4920 North
Forty-third street.
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SLAVS' ATTACK
GROWIM IN FORY
Russian Offensive Against Ger
mans Increasing in Inten
sity and Extent.
THIS IS BERLIN REPORT
The Weather
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Dtg.
6 a. m 71
6 a. m 78
i a. m i
9 a. m ih
10 f. m 88
WW a- m ?1
12 m 2
I p. m 93
'PSl It m'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. n
. 11 5 7 d. m 91
8 p. m 9ft
9 p. m 7
Comparative Local Record.
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the corresponding
period of the last three years: .
1916. HIS. 1914. 1911.
Highest yesterday .. 97 83 98 101
Lowest yesterday .. 78 70 115 77
Mean temperature .. 88 76 78 89
Precipitation 00 .09 .12 T
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1:
Normal temperature 76
Excess for the day 12
Total excess since March 1 181
Normal precipitation 0.12 Inch
Deficiency for the day 0.12 inch
Total rainfall since March 1... .9. 67 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 8. 48 Inches
Kxcess for cor. period, 1916. .. .0.96 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. .3. 24 Inches
Reports From Stations at 7 p. M.
Station and Stata Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather. Tp. m, est. fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy 68 06 .26
Davenport, cloar 94 100 .00
Donver, raining 62 68 .80
Dea Moines, clear 94 98 .00
Dodge city, clear 86 92 .00
Lander, cloudy 80 80 .00
North Platte, oloudy ..76 86 .12
vmana, vicar II Wf
NPueblo, raining 70 78 .16
napia uity, part cloudy. 76 76
Bait Lake City, clear... 88 90 .00
Santa Fe, cloudy 86 74 .01
Sheridan, clear 76 76 .00
Sioux City, cloudy. ..j, .86 94 .00
Valentine, raining 70 74 .04
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist
Berlin (Via London), July 30.
Russian attacks against the German
forces under General Linsingen west
of Kovel in Volhynia increased in
extent and in intensity yesterday, ac
cording to the German official state
ment given out today.
The attacks which resulted in hand
to hand fighting in some places
broke down. Whenever the Russians
penetrated the German trenches, the
statement says, the invaders were
ejected by a counter attack or their
advance was restricted.
British local attacks near Pozieres
and Longueval on the Somme front
were unsuccessful.
Russ Halted.
Russian troops in their attacks
against Austro-Hungarian forces
south of the Dneister river, in Galicia,
were brought to a halt on July 28 be
fore the second Teutonic line east of
Tlumach, according to the Austrian
official statement issued July 29. At
other points in Galicia all Russian at
tacks were repulsed, while in the re
gion west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, it is
asserted, the Germans and Austro
Hungarians regained a considerable
part of the ground which was cap
tured by the Russians on Friday.
Canadians Make Raid.
London, July 30. Parties of Cana
dian infantry last night successfully
raided the German trenches in two
places south of Ypres, it was officially
announced today by General Sir
Douglas Haig, the British command
erinchief in France. A similar raid
was carried out by the Royal Minis
ter fusiliers in the Loos salient. The
German casualties in each case, the
statement adds, were severe. A Ger
man force succeeded in raiding a
British front trench near Hohenseller
redoubt.
Russ Attacks Fail.
Vienna, (Via London), July 30.
The Austrian official statement issued
today reads:
"The battles in east Galicia and
Volhynia continue with undiminshed
violence, especialy near Molodyloff,
northwest of Kolomea and west and
northwest of Buczacz, but the Russian
attacks were unsuccessful. West of
Lutsk the Russians temporarily usc
ceeded in penetrating our trenches,
but were ejected by a counter attack."
Teuton Assaults Repulsed.
Paris, July 30. (Via London.)-
German attacks launched last night
against , the French redoubt in the
Ravine south-of : Fleury, three miles
northeast of Verdun, were repulsed,
says the official statement issued to
day by the French war department.
In the region of the River Somme,
French forces dispersed a German
reconnoitering party to the south of
Lihons.
Continue to Advance.
. Petrograd, July 30. (Via London.)
In the region of Kovel and Brody,
In Volynia and also in the region to
the south of the Nneister river, in
Galicia, the Russians continue to ad
vance and are pushing back the Au-stro-Germans,
says today's Russian
official statement. In the Caucasus
the Turks took the offensive twice
but were repulsed each time.
The text of the Russian statement
follows:
"Western front: "fore than twelve
German aeroplanes effected a raid on
Dvinsk, and threw some seventy
bombs on the. place. Twelve of our
own machines engaged the raiders
and put them to flight.
Brings Down Flyer.
"An aviator on the cavlary staff,
Captain Kosakoff, overtook one Ger
man machine and after a fierce fight
brought him to earth. Our flying
squadron bombarded the station at
Elovka.
"To the east of Baranovichi an
enemy aeroplane was brought down
by us and two aviators were taken
prisoners.
"On the River Stokhod our detach
ments continue to fortify themselves
on the left bank of the river.
"In the Kovel and Brody areas and
also in the region to the south of
the Dneister, our troops continue to
advance.
"Caucasus front: In the region to
the west of Gumischany, the Turks
twice took the offensive, but were re
pulsed. In the direction of Sivas and
Kharput the lurks again were driven
from strengthened positions."
Comes From France
To Find Husband Is
Gone to Philippines
Fremont, Neb., July 29. (Special.)
Mrs. Anna Liebrecht, wife of a
United States army officer, after
traveling nearly two years to reach
this country from France, learned on
arrival here that her husband had
been sent to the Philippines for serv
ice. He had wired Mrs. Liebrecht,
but she had not received the message
and continued her trip to New York.
She came to Humphrey, where a
brother formerly resided. When she
reached that place she was without
funds and being unable to speak
English was unable to make her
wants known. Friends supplied her
with funds and she left for Lowell to
join her brother.
Turks Holding Up
Supplies Sent to
Starving Armenians
Athens, July 29. It is learned in
semi-official Greek circles that the
Turkish government is holding up
the importation of American supplies
intended for the relief of Armenians.
The condition of Armenian refu
gees is said to be most pitiful. The
total number of civilians massacred
up to this time is put at 800.000, ac
cording to estimates made here.
RIVER FAILS TA
GIVE UP;3
OrICTIMS
v
One Survivor of Six in Auto
Which Plunges Into the
Missouri River.
GIANT TRACTOR TO SAVE UNCLE SAM $40,000 ANNUALLY This picture was
made at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, at a trial before the United States Field Artillery board. By
using the tractor the military complement of every battery of which the tractor i a part
is reduced from 195 men to 120 men, and does away with 160 horse as well.
DECEITFUL ROAD CAUSE
Driver Does Not Realize Dan
ger Until Too Late to
Stop the Car.
AUTO PULLED FROM RIVER
One moment they were bowling
merrily along on quiet country road
in an auto, their arms around their
loved ones, singing lilting love songs
to the accompaniment of Ukaleles.
Kindly stars beamed down upon two
young married couples and two of
their friends, wwho motored with
them on a week-end picnic.
The next minute, a half uttered cry
of horror that died on fear paralyzed
lips a splash and Thomas Swift,
27, manger of the Brandeis stores
music department found himself alone
on an abrupt bank of the Missouri
river, soon after midnight Saturday.
Somewhere in the muddy waters that
swished and whirled below him, his
young wife and his friends had sud
denly met their doom.
This happened at 1:45 o'clock Sun
day morning, a mile and a half east of
La Platte, Neb. Their bodies have
been recovered.
Five Are Drowned.
The dead:
MRS. THOMAS SWIFT, Is, ' employed In
Brandeis music department, and living at
the Hlvard hotel.
MRS. EARL LETNER, employed In
Brandeis store music department, and liv
ing at 621 South Eighteenth.
EARL LETNER. Schmoeller A Moeller
piano salesman, living at 21 South Eight
eenth. HAROLD LARSON, musician, aged It,
living at Lincoln. Neb.
MISS GRACE SNYDER, 1, stenographer
employed by Lumber, architect In Keeline
building.
Of the six who set out early Satur
day evening for a picnic party at any
convenient spot along the Platte
river, only one remained alive to tell
the story.
Swift Tells His Story.
A few hours later Swift, sitting in
an auto, while hundreds of men
dragged the river for the bodies, told
the story.
"We were lost, but thought we were
on the road towards the Platte river.
The road we were on was such a. nice
one. The girls were singing. We were
all supremely happy. Suddenly we
saw the river Joom up ahead of us.
The next instant, I saw we were on
the very brink of a sharp embank
ment. I jumped and tried to pull Mrs.
Swift with me, but it was to olate. I
was thrown clear and hung with my
head over the bank, looking straight
down into the yellow water. The ma
chine sank from sight with a single
splash. The water boiled for a min
ute and then everything was quiet. It
all occurred so suddenly I could not
realize what had happened.
Paralyzed for Moment.
"I lay that way for possibly a mo
ment. Then it came to me. My wife
May she was drowned. And so was
Mr. and Mrs. Letner and Harold
Larson and Grace Snyder. I tried to
scream for help, but my throat was
(aralyzed and for a while I could not
utter a sound. Finally I did yell. After
that, I don't remember just what
did happen."
' He fell back in the machine, ex
hausted, and his brother tried to con
sole him.
The road upon which the ill-starred
party met their untimely fate is par
ticularly dangerous. It is a deceit
fully Drettv sand road, looking for all
the world like a heavily traveled thor
oughfare. It ends sharply on the bank
of the Missouri, twenty leet below,
with the water depth estimated at
somewhere near thirty feet, and a
twenty-five mile current cut up by
eddys and whirlpools.
Unguarded Danger.
Even in the daytime one must ap
proach within a dozen feet before be
coming aware of the unguarded dan
eer below. The place where the trag
edy occurred is a particularly wild
spot along the banks ot the river.
Riprapping installed on the Iowa
side half a dozen miles above shoots
the water across with terrific force,
causing it to cut like a knife into
the soft earth on the opposite shore.
A vear ago. the road stretched a mile
and a half farther-east, and was then,
as now, an unguarded, deceitful pas
sage that wound up sharply at the
river edge. Inside of a year, the
water has cut off a mile and a half
of land, stretching for several miles
up and down. Land owners have lost
hundreds of acres in this way.
Machine Pulled Out.
Whiie a big crowd of men led by
Officer Charles Chapman of the
Omaha central police station and the
sheriff of Sarpy county, cast drag
hooks for the bodies and were pull
ins the machine, which had been suc
cessfully hooked out, on dry land, big
mountains 01 carm, sumc ui mem
weighing many tons, would suddenly
break loose, totter for a moment, and
then fall, crashing like an avalanche
into the boiling river. It was
dangerous business, for the men were
compelled to stand on the sharp bank
while the water beneath undermined
it. .At any moment they might have
gone tumbling into the water with
the very ground upon which they
stood. And in that water, no man
even unencumbered by clothing, could
live.
Great Fire Reported
In Russian Capital
Berlin (Via Sayville), July 30. Re
ports ot ag rest conflagration at
Petrograd, in which a bridge across
the river Neva, twelve large steamers.
including several trans-Atlantic liners
and the Putiloff gun works and other
establshments were destroyed are
printed in the Lokal Anzcigcr.
GUN SHELL BLASTS
SHAKE NEW YORK;
LOSS 25 MILLION
Explosions of Munitions on
Black Tom Island Waiting
to Oo to Allies Heard in '
Five States.
DEATH LIST NOT FIXED
Two Persons Are Known to Bo
Dead and at Least Two
More Are Missing.
SCORES ARE INJURED
ASKS OLD GLORY
GDARD TOE U-BOAT
Eoenig Appeals for American
Protection for Submarine
in Neutral Seas.
IS IN FEAR OF ATTACK
BULLETIN.
Baltimore, July 30. Althouirh the
German merchant submarine Deutsch
land was still at its pier tonight, de
velopments indicated the intention of
Captain Koenig, the commander, to
leave in a short time.
Baltimore, Md., July 30. The Ger
man subsea freighter Deutschland lay
snuggled in its barricaded berth at
Locust point tonight, all realty to
start on its perilous homeward voy
age. The tug Thomas F. Timmins,
which met the- Deutschland at the
Virginia capes and convoyed it to
Baltimore, was close by with steam up.
Officials of the Eastern Forwarding
company, the submersible's American
agents, adhering to their policy of
reticence regarding the sailing plans
of the underwater liner, refused to
comment on th. Washington dispatch
sent out late today concerning the
probability of its sailing tomorrow or
the intimation that protection was de
sired for the Deutschland in Ameri
can waters.
Plan Second Tug.
That they are concerned about the
boat's 6afety during its run down
Chesapeake bay seemed to be indi
cated in a report, regarded as reliable,
that it is planned to have a second
tug accompany the submarine and the
Timmins as far as the capes to guard
against the possibility of "accidents"
en route.
One of the Deutschland's navigat
ing officers and several of the crew
were on shore leave tonight, with or
ders, it was said, to return aboard
ship by midnight.
Protection Ordered.
Washington, July Z9. Special pro
tection for the Deutschland when it
starts out of American territorial
waters was asked of the American
government late today, with the inti
mation that the boat would leave bal
timore some time tomorrow.
After conferences between State,
Treasury and Navy department offi
cials, it was ruled that no extraordi
nary precautions could be ordered be
cause the United States views the
Deutschland as an ordinary merchant
man. It is understood that the application
for protection was made through the
collector of customs at Baltimore and
that Captain Koenig, the submarine
commander, desired a coast guard cut
ter or naval vessel to escort him down
Chesapeake bay and to the three-mile
limit.
Small Craft to Follow.
Unless steps are taken to prevent
it, the submarine probably will be fol
lowed out by a fleet of small craft
carrying newspaper correspondents,
photographers and sightseers. It is
said, too, that the Germans fear some
British merchant ship might go to
sea in the wake of the Deutschland,
advertising its presence to the allied
cruisers aawaiting off the Virginia
capes, or even attempting to ram it
as soon as it leaves American terri
torial waters.
Fisherman Believed to Have
Drowned in Missouri River
Fred Dahlstrom, 1446 North Six
teenth street, is believed to have been
drowned in the Missouri river near
the Iillinois Central bridge, Saturday.
In company with L. L. Binds, he went
fishing near the bridge, Binds left his
companion and walked up the bank
to the home of some friends. Upon
his return he found Dahlstrom's
clothes on the bank and footprints
leading into the river. Two men as
serted that they had seen Dahlstrom
fishing a few moments before Binds
returned. The latter took his friend's
clothes to police headquarters. No
further trace of the missing man had
been discovered up to a late hour
Sunday.
AL DRESHER HURT
IH ADTOACCIDEHT
Car Containing Omahan, Wife,
Mother and Sister Plunges
Over Embankment.
LITTLE BABE ESCAPES ALL
SHARP WARNING 111
THE BLACKLIST NOTE
I! nited States Gives England
a Tart Reminder of Its
Responsibility.
CITIZENS' RIGHTS INVADED
Albert V. Dresher, president of
Dresher the Tailor and the Dresher
Bros. Dry Cleaning company, his
wife, mother and sister, and Mrs. Wi
man, a cousin of Mrs. Dresher, were
severely injured yesterday morning
when an automobile which Mr.
Dresher was driving plunged over a
twenty-foot embankment near . Cla
rinda, Ia.
Mr. Dresher and his mother were
the most seriously hurt. Mr. Dresher
suffered three fractured ribs and was
badly bruised about the head. He
was taken to the Ellsworth hospital
at Clarinda. His mother- suffered a
dislocated hip and was also badly
shaken up.
Mrs. Wiman was hurt about the
chest, while Mrs. Dresher and Miss
Louise Dresher, Mr. Dresher's sister,
were badly bruised.
Mrs. Wiman's little baby was the
only other member of the party. The
little tot miraculously escaped with
out a scratch.
Mr. Dresher and his party were re
turning from Grant City, Mo., where
they had gone on a visit to Mrs.
Dresher's parents. They were travel
ing up a steep grade at a good rate
of speed when the accident occurred.
It is believed dust clouds prevented
Mr. Dresher from obtaining a clear
view of the road ahead and he failed
to see a sharp turn in the road as he
approached it. The high embank
ment sloped down from the road at
the turn and the car plunged directly
over it.
The accident occurred at 8 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Los Angeles Woman
Seeks Son in Omaha
Mrs. Edith K. Beden, 1115 Howard
Boulevard, Los Angeles, has written
to the Omaha police asking them to
try and locate her nineteen-year-old
son, Edwin J. Beden, whom she be
lieves is ill in this city. She has sent
money to defray his expenses home.
Federal Inspector Dead;
In Service 23 Years
Dr. W. H. Gibbs, for the past 23
years in the employ of the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the United States
Department of Agrculture, died early
Sunday morning at his home. Dr.
Gibbs was born in Lavonia, N. Y.,
August 21, 1845, graduated at the Gen
esee Weselyan Seminary at the age
of 22. He entered the government
service as inspector in 1893, remain
ing in the position until the time of
his death. The following relatives
survive him: Mrs. Etta Gibbs; one
sister, Mrs. Helen Beecher of Lav
onia, N. Y; four nieces. Myrtle Bee
cher, Mrs. Lucy Fallinger of Lavonia,
Mrs. A. P. Fort, Portland Ore., Mrs.
O. F. Taylor, Pheonix, Ariz; two ne
phews, Ttheodore Palmer of Sioux
City and Harry Palmer of Bemieji,
Minn. The funeral will be held at
the late residence, 26th and Harney,
at 3 p. m., Monday and interment will
be in Nebraska City on Tuesday.
Wounded War Heroes Are
Contesting for Prizes
(Orrespondancs of Tho Associated Frsss.)
Paris, July 21. The annual compe
titions iX the conservatory of music
are being held this year with a some
what increased number of competi
tors, among them a few of the maimed
heroes of the war. M. Voisin, who
was wounded at Longwy at the very
outset of hostilities, won the firjt
prize in the cornet competition, while
the second prize was taken by M.
Plateau, who was wounded in the bat
tle of the Marne.
While the number of competitors
was larger this year, there has been
thus far developed no increase in
quality. In six classes of instrumen
tal music only three candidates were
considered worthy of a first prize.
Washington, July 30. Great Britain
is warned in the American note of
protest against the blacklist, made
public tonight by the State depart
ment of the "many serious con
sequences to neutral rights and neu
tral relations which such an act must
necessarily involve.
Already in the hands of the British
foreign office, the note says: ,
"In the gravest terms," that it is,
manifestly out oi tne ..quesiion mar
the gbv.ernment of the United States
should acquiesce in such methods" and
that the United States regards the
blacklist as "inevitably and essentially
inconsistent with the rights of all
their citizens of all the nations not
involved in the war." It reminds the
British government that "citizens of
the United States are entirely within
their rights in attempting to trade
with the people or the governments
of any of the nations now at war, sub
ject only to well defined international
practices and understandings which
the irovernment of the United States
deems the government of Great
Britain have too lightly and too fre
quently disregarded.
Note Positive in Terms.
The American note is even more
positive in its terms than official bave
intimated.
Ambassador Page was instructed by
Acting Secretary Polk to deliver it
formally and textually. It follows:
"The announcement that his Brit
annic maiestiy's government has
placed the names of certain persons.
firms and corporations in the United
States upon a proscribed blacklist and
has forbidden all financial and com
mercial dealings between them and
Great Britain has been received with
the most painful surprise by the peo
ple and the government ot the Uniied
Slates and seems to the government
nf thi. United Statrn tn emhndv a nol-
icy of arbitrary interference withlicu
tral trade against which it is its duty
to nrotest in the most decided terms
The scope and effect of the policy are
extraordinary. British steamship
companies will not accept cargoes
from the proscribed firms or persons
or transnort their goods to any port
and steamoshio lines under neutral
ownership understand that if they ac
cept freight they are likely to be de
nied coal at British ports and exclud
ed from other privileges which here-
tolore they have enjoyed and may
themselves be put on the blacklist.
Neutral bankers refuse to answer to
those terms and neutral merchants
to contract for their goods, fearing a
like proscription. It appears that
British officials regard the nrohibi
tions of the blacklist as applicable to
domestic commercial transactions
foreign countries as well as in Great
Britain and its dependencies, for
Americans doing business with for
eign countries have been nut on no
tice that their dealings with blacklist
firms are to be regarded as subject to
veto by the British government. By
the same principle Americans in the
United States might be made subject
to similar punitive action if they ware
found dealing with anv of their own
countrymen whose names had thus
been listed.
Destroys Trade Relations.
"The harsh and even disastrous ef
fects of this policy upon the trade of
the -United States and upon the neu
tral rights upon which it will not fail
to insist are obvious. Upon the list
ot those proscribed and in effect and
shut out from the general trade of
the world may be tound American
firms which are engaged in large
commercial operations as importers
or foreign products and materials and
as distributers of American products
and manufactures to foreign coun
tries and which constitute important
channels through which American
trade reaches the outside world. Their
foreign affiliations may have been
fostered for many years, and when
once broken cannot easily or prompt-
New York, July 30. Property loss
estimated at $25,000,000 wa caused
early today by a series of terric ex
plosions of ammunition awaiting
shipment to the entente allies and
stored on Black Tom island, a small
strip of land jutting into New York
bay off Jersey City. The loss of life
still was problematical tonight It
will not be determined definitely until
there has been opportunity to check
up the workmen employed on the
island and on boats moored nearby.
Two are known to be dead and at
least two more are missing. Scores
of persons were injured, some of
them probably mortally.
Felt in Five States.
The detonations, which were felt
in five states, began with a continu
ous rapid fire of small shells, the
blowing up of great quantities of
dynamite, trinitrotoluene and other
high explosives, followed by the
bursting of thousands of shrapnel
shells, which literally showered the
surrounding country and waters for
many miles around.
Fire that started soon after the
first great crash which spread death
and desolation in its wake, destroyed
thirteen of the huge warehouses of
the National btorage company on
Black Tom island, in which was
stored mechandise valued at between
$12,000,000 and $15,000,000. The flames.
snooting into tne clouds, were re
flected against New York's "sky
line." State Boards Would
Arbitrate Demands '
, Of the Trainmen
111 ' 1 1 1 ". .V, i - .. ... .
Lbs;AngeleCCi "July 30. Reso
lutions urging arbitration of the
threatened strike of 35,000 trainmen,,
adopted by the Arizona Corporation
commission, the State Corporation
commission of New Mexico and the
Railroad commission of Nevada were
made public here today by R. J.
Clancy, assistant to the general man
ager of the Southern Pacific company.
Similar action, it was said, will be
suggested to the railroad commissions
of California, Washington and Ore
gon next week by representatives of
the bodies already on record, so as
to have uniform action by all state
railroad-controlling bodies in the
west.
The- resolutions call attention to
the probable damage to business by
such interruption of traffic service
and appeal to the employes to re
consider their refusal to arbitrate
their demands.
Strike of Seamen
On Lakes Expected
Buffalo, N. Y, July 30. Unless tha
so-called welfare plan is abolished
and the men receive a substantial ad
vance in wages, shipping on the
great lakes will be tied up by a strike
within two weeks, it was asserted at
the close of a meeting of the Buf
falo local of tile Lake Seamen's
union here tonight.
The meeting was addressed by
Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco,
president of the International Sea
men's Union of America and Secre
tary Victor A. Orlander, chief execu
tive of the Great Lake Seamen's
union. Delegates from all the unions
on Lake Erie were present.
Secretary Orlander was instructed
by a unanimous vote to present these
demands to the vessel owners. The
vote will authorize the calling of a
strike if no settlement is reached, it
was said. Balloting will begin Mon
day. Engineer Fatally Injured
When Water Heater Explodes
John W. Kinnison, engineer at the
David Cole Creamery company's
plant, died Sunday m ling at the
Lister hospital from injuries suffered
when a hot water heater exploded
where he was working. He is sur
vived by his widow and four children.
LAST
WEEK
(Contlnnae oa Pae Two, Colon Ttm.)
i
The Bee Carried
1128 MORE
Paid Want Ada
that) in. the same wea(
a year ago.
Every week for
the last five
months the
increase has
been MORE than
ONE THOUSAND
PAID ADS per week,
"Think it over,"