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R I E F RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Omaha Daily Bee GOOD NEWS COMES FOR BOARDING HOUSE KEEPERS. Washington, July 22. The War ' department's surplus stock of 1,500, 000 pounds of prunes, stored at San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, will be sold July 26. Bids will be opened in Boston, New York, Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Omaha, El Paso and San Antonio. ' INCOME TAX HIS FINISH; MINER ADJUDGED INSANE. Chicago, 111., July 22. John Henry Hewitt of Rogers park can .. show the sordid misers of fiction s. trick or two. He has accumulated an estate of $300,000. The mistake of his lire was made in his youth. He married. But he drove wife 3nd three children from him. He would not support them, though "nic courts ruled that he must. v k After his wife's death a icw years ago, it was shown in court that Hewitt lived during 19J5 on $55, and a garden. He went to bed in all seasons at sundown to save light and heat. Uncle Sam drove him to the veree of insanity with his income tax. Hewitt began life as a laborer, quit smoking, drinking, never paid carfare or railroad fare, hasn't been to a theater since the Civil war, re fused to support church or any charity, and went into convulsions over his tax bills. His money is in real estate. PLEADING OF MAYOR SAVES ACCUSED ELDER. Washington, Pa., July 22. Only the pleading of Mayor W. T. Booher saved Postmaster W. D. Reeves of Bethany, Pa., from summary pun ishment at the hands of a crowd of infuriated citizens when it became , known that Reeves had been placed under arrest upon a charge of at tacking 5-year-old Mary Fluhart. Reeves is an elder in the Bethany Christian church and one of the most prominent men in the community. The child's parents made an in formation and Reeves was held for grand jury action. Before he could be removed to jail at Wellsburg citi zens learned of 'the alleged attack, and, gathering in numbers in fronjt of the justice's office, demanded that Reeves be surrendered to them. Mayor Booher arrived barely -n time to sve the postmaster from summary vengeance. Reeves, who denies the charge, is in the county ! jail at Wellsburg. FORMER CROWN PRINCE TO BE HERO IN FILM. Geneva, July 22. The Munich Fihr.spiegel (Film Mirror) an-nr.imi-ps ex-Crown Prince Frieder- ich William will play the part of the hero in a colossal film attack - on Verdun. The play is to be . stagid, the paper says "in order that the creat military event will hp nrrsprvrd for nosteritv." Whether there will be a heroine , in the tfim and if so who will play the part is not announced. STRAUSS AMBlTTCfUS TO RULLE JERUSALEM. New York. July 22. Nathan Strauss, wealthy New York mer Miant and -lhilanthropist. may be . i f f !..llc.j.m iit li n tno nrsi mayui w j"-,u ......, under the pact made by Britain after its conquest, the ancient Hebraic, city becomes a Jewish com monwealth in Palestine. It has been no secret for a long time that the noted merchant had definitely dedicated his great for tune and the remaining years of his life to establishing and fostering the welfare of Jerusalem's - population and that he will go to the city to live as soon as it is a free common wealth. McMillan plans third expedition to far north. .'Portland, Me., July 22.-Prof. Donald MacMillan of Bowdoin col lege, noted as an Arctic explorer, is planning to start early in the sum mer of 121 upon his third trip to the northern regions. Baffin bay is the objective. Prof. MacMillan s trip will be fi nanced' by the Bowdoin alumni, headed by Haven D. Gibson of New York, and the National Geographic society. Bowdoin Museum will, be enriched by mineral and animal specimens collected and photographs and data on topographical conditions will go to the National Geographic Society. 4 " CAPTAIN ENDS HIS LIFE ABOARD VESSEL AT SEA. Seattle. Wash., July 22. Capt. Alex F. Ogilvie, master of the 7,500 torr steamer Quittacas, of the ship ping board, nded his life at sea aboard the vessel Tuesday, accord , ing to a wireless message received here. The captain, it was said, has suffered from mental depression caused by shell shock received while he was master of the steamer West over, torpedoed and sunk by a Ger man submarine on the Atlantic dur ing the war. The Quittacas was bound to New York with flour. LAD HELD AS BURGLAR TRIES TO DROWN SELF. New York, July 22 A few minutes after his mother had secured his release under bail from the police statioq, where he had been locked up charged with burglary, Herman Zaritski, 11, darted away from hi mother. Mrs. Rebecca Zaritsky, and ran to the foot of East 104th street intending to jump overboard. He was prevented from dong so hv a oatrolman. lhe motner at- clares the boy said "he had dis ararA the family name no was coiner to end his life in tile river.' When brough back to the station, he begged Lieutenant McNeil to -tab. him into the back room and shoot him He was sent to the Children's society for the night. WOULD PAY INSURANCE . ON CYCLOPS VICTIMS. Washington, July 22. Under resolution introduced by Senator HardinK of Ohio, war risk insurance would be paid to the dependants of . the 233 officers and men wno were lost in the mysterious disappearance of the naval collier Cyclops in the West Indies in March. m& VOL 49 NO. 29. Eata-wl u MtoU-clau Dinar May 2, 1906. it Oraana P. O. ar act tl March J. 1879. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 199. By Mall (I yaar). Oally. S4.M: Snaa'ay. SI.S0; Dally and Sua., tt.50; Mtalrla Nak. acitaaa antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Fair and continued warm Wed nesday: Thursday fair, cooler in the west and tionS. Hourly tomiH-rntur: Hour. !. Hmir, 5 n. m 8 I p. in it . m (I V p. m " n. m ftjT !t p. In H it. m iV 4 p. nt 8 n. ni w A p. m 10 a. ni 7 f) p. in 11 . in AO 1 p. m IS nana 81! S p. m tomewhat north por- . . , .;' I. 4 . . . , . Hit M r HT 7 S3 KM 1 2 DEAD IN EXPLOSION OF DUMP Wife of Notorious 'Hard Boiled' Smith Suing for Divorce 28 Other Persons Injured When Dirigible Collapses and Falls Above Chicago Loop District, Crashing Into Bank. AUTHORITIES SUSPECT - CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE Prosecution Certain to Follow Inquiry Instituted, According to Officials Who Will Try to Fix Blame for Disaster. Chicago, July 22. Only theories as to the cause of the explosion and destruction by fire of the dirigible machine, resulting in twelve deatiis and injury to 28 other persons Mon day were elicited at the first ses sion nf the coroner's inquiry. The f the disaster seemed as far from disclosure as at the moment j earny. y when flame spurted along the gas Mrs. Smith said soon after her bag as it soared above Chicago s ! marriage she heard Smith was harsh sky scrapers before plunging down , wkh hjs men an(J that sQme of thsm through the root oi a great uan, San Diego, Cal., July 22. Mrs. Marguerite Michel Smith has hied j ,in the superior court a petition ask ing for a divorce fronT Lieut. F. If. Smith, who was given the sobri quet of "hard boiled" by the lnc-i of the American army. She aliened . brutal treatment. Smith's career as commander of prison camp No. 2 in France recently came in for um j gressional investigation,. i Mrs. Smith said Smith firrt was j called "Hard Boiled" Smith by his men while he was stationed at Camp j Kearney. She added he seemingly took pride in the sobriquet. Mrs. Smith coincident wiih the filing of her suit received a message from the Salvation army. It said: "Frank Smith is temporarily im prisoned at Fort Jay. He is well and will write to his wife." Mrs. Smith was a San Diego1 girl at the time of her marriage to Lieu tenant Smith, March 16, 1V'!8 At that time Smith was a !iMitennnt i in the 158th Infantry, an Arizona national guard organization which j was part of the 40th division, he : had done recruiting duty for t'.ie . regiment before it was sent to Camp 'THE TIGER' SPITS FIRE AND W NS French Chamber of Deputies Gives Vote of Confidence in Cabinet of Clemenceau After Premier Takes Stand. m Tongue and Shantung ASCENDS THRONE AFTER MANY INTERRUPTIONS spreading fatal flames among em ployes. Authorities, however, were appar ently determined to place responsi bility on some one. Assistant States Attorney James Lowry declared prosecution was certain to follow the inquiry, probably on grounds of criminal negligence and careless ness. At least four theories for the start of the fire were .heard. Pilot John Boettner, who has been held in custody, told the state's at torney that spontaneous combustion probably was the cause. VV. C. Young, chief of the aero nautical forces of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, owner oi the dirigible, suggested burning oil from the motorN;ylinders. Thinks Leaky Valve Cause. Lieut. Thomas Atkinson, purchas ing agent for the motor transport corps, U. S. A., was mennea to De lieve a leaky valve was responsible and that static electricity caused combustion. Montford Morrison, a member of the coroner's jury and a technical expert who examined the broken motors suggested he found all ex hausts open and that sparks there from may have ignited the gas bag. Assistant States Attorney Lowry asked the chief of police to take into custody two officials of the lo cal office of the Goodyear company for questioning. Seventeen persons, most of them mechanics of the com pany's forces, were questioned and summoned for the inquest. The first session of the coroners nauest was marked by the refusal of Pilot Boettner, and his chief, Mr. Young, to testify. Their refusal was on the advice of counsel represent ing the company. While local officials asserted the accident was to be fixed on some one no evidence developed to show the company had been negligent. Lieut. Atkinson testified the Good year company s balloons bore an excellent reputation in the army The lieutenant testified he never had heard of rotary engines being used in dirigibles. I understand this was in the na ture of an experiment," he added. While the coroner s double jury. composed of six business men and six technical experts, were hearing first testimony the corporation coun sel's, office was engaged in drafting (Continued on Pane Two Column Six.) sent her word of their troubles with him. She said she pleaded with Smith to be less severe but "he seemed to delight in his attitude." Soon after the regiment went to France Smith obtained charge of the prison farm near Chelles-Sur-Marne, according to his wife. This farm became known among soldiers as the "Hell Hole of France," according to reports. Representative Ballinger, who began the congressional inquiry into the prison camp, according to dispatches received here, said he had been informed the only punishment Smith had received - for - harshly treating soldiers was dishonorable discharge from the service. Mrs. Smith said Smith wrote her not long ago he had been sentenced.; to 18 months' imprisonment in addition to losing his commission. Threats against Smith by returned soldiers had been made to her, Mrs. Smith said. WILSON ASKED TO SEND TROOPS TO FIGHT FIRES High Winds Creating Serious Condition That Fighters Cannot Check. Mexican Bandits Kidnap Another American Citizen Washington, July 22. The kid naping of Lawrence L. Shipley, an American citizen, by Mexican" ban dits near Fresnillo, Mex., last Sat urday was reported to the State de partment. Shipley is a native oi Yenngton, .Nev. The department had no other de tails on this latest attack on an American citizen in Mexico, but of ficial announcement of. the occur rence said an investigation had beeh ordered. The report, coming as it did, close ly after the attack, and robbery of a boatload of American sailors near Tampico and the receipt of infor mation yesterday of the robbery of about $10,000 from the Puerto Lo bos station of the Atlantic Refining company, added to the tension in official circles resulting from con tinued attacks on American citizens and property in the southern re public. i Strike Ties Up Liners. Liverpool, July 22. Virtually, all the liners due to sail from Liverpool today were unable to leave their piers beCause of a strike ofvthe dock gatemen, in sympathy with the men engaged in the dredges who are out. Bv the end of the week it is ex pected the 30,000 dockers in Liver pool will join tne strikers. Missoula, Mont., July 22. Fire in the Cabinet Forest was within a mile and one-quarter of the town of Thompson Falls and the town is menaced with destruction if a high wind should arise, according to a telephone message received from Forest Supervisor Baker, in charge ot the torces fighting the blaze. Spokane, Wash., July 22. Re quests for federal and state troops to fight the forest fires that are devastating parts of western Mon tana and Northern Idaho have been made to President Wilson. High winds created Tuesday a serious condition in the forest fires in Montana. A 40-mile gale wrought havoc in the Blackfeet forest. Fanned by high winds the Hannon gulch fire in the Lewis and Clark forest crossed the continental divide into green timber. A large fire on the Lost Fork of Jordan creek near Heron, Mont., was reported almost under control. Two fires in the Kaniksu forest in Idaho spread because of high tem perature and strong winds despite the efforts of fire fighters. A fire on Big creek, near Enaville, Idaho, while not yet under control, is being pressed back by ISO men fighting it. It now covers about 900 acres. In the immediate vicinity of Missoula, Mont., where the United States district No. 1 forest service headquarters are located, conditions were slightly improved, although none of the larger blazes were yet under control and more men were sent to assist in entrench ing the flames. Ukrainian Red Troops x Capture Konstantinograd London, July 22. A wireless dis patch received from Moscow, dated Tuesday, says a bolshevik wireless message received there asserts that Ukrainian red troops have captured Konstantinograd, 40 miles southeast of Poltava, and that the Poles oc cupied Tarnapal Monday. In the region of Pskov, the bol sheviki are rapidly retiring under pressure. In the capture of Konstantinograd, a large quantity of military" booty was taken by the Ukrainian reds, according to the dispatch. Glowers at Socialists, Makes Witty Remark, Tells a Few Plain Truths and Steps Down Victor Amid Cheers. Paris, July 22. (By the Associated Press.) The chamber of deputies gave a vote of confidence in the cabinet of "Si. Clemenceau Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 272 against 161. ; M. Clemenceau's opponents were jubilant over the vote in the cham- j her, saying that it spelled the doom ; of the cabinet as at present consti- j tutcd. Premier Clemenceau, on leaving the chamber, said: i - "This is a mere skirmish. The ' real battle is coming." j Thepremier was cheered as he de- : parted, many officers surrounding him and shouting, "Vive Clemen- ccau," and "Long live the father of victory." j Annoyed During Debate. Annoyed during the debate Ly"j repeated interruptions from the so-1 cialists, in which Jean Bon and TJ. Varenne were conspicuous, M. Clc-! menceau himself ascended the trio- j une. Amid tense silence the old ; man walked slowly up the steps j and turned and saluted the right and ; rentre and dowered at the extreme left. The fight of battle wasgleauv ing in ine ligers eyes as ouiu, in a low vofte: "You blame me for not having chosen my colleagues from the learned. An eminent man is not necessarily a member of the French academy." The house laughed and wasTJTs armed. Strolling up and down the tribune, the premier hesitated, stopped and then continued: "You wanted me to make have made war. You wished t. o make peace. It is harder to make peace than it is to make war. it is a question of confidence. I hive obtained all that France could desire and many things that Franca could not hope for." M. Clemenceau expressed the de sire to go before the country in new elections. "I had thought," he said, "that after five years of war, I might rest, but I have been told: 'You made the war.' Must Continue Peace Work. "The work of peace must be con tinued. All the ambition which I have 'at this moment is that you keep me in power until my work is done. But I should give you a cordial handshake if you send me from this tribune in the minority." As M. Clemenceau descended from the tribune it was recalled that cst one year ago today, the premier arriving from the Chauteau Thierry sector,, where Marshal Foch's offensive was marking time on the Germans'third line of de fense, told the assembled newspaper men "we have won the war," as to day he said: "Let us make peace." The old, chief was in great form, in meeting interruptions from the extreme left. In bantering tone he said: "I am willing to retire if M. Chaumet will succeed me." M. Chaumet was sponsor for the interpellation regarding the high cost of living. Even M. Cacliin And M. Sembat were unable to mae tneir merriment and applauded the grand old man. Then resuming his serious ness, M. Clemenceau said: Liquidating Great War. "We ate . facing the liquidation of the greatest catastrophe the worid has ever known. You may forget it, but I, who am struggling wi.-h these difficulties, have a right to mention them. A barbarous nation has 'set fire to the four corners of the world and for five years 'he most abominable war in history has held sway. And .you desire that on the very day that the signatures arc placed at the bottom of the peice treaty the ante-bellum status pit vail. "Gentlemen, to console nrjself from the reproaches which you ad dressed to me, I have Viierely to think of those' which will be leveled at my successor." Amid cheers- from all parts of the chamber the vote was -faken. Lansing Won't Resign From Cabinet, He Says New i York, ujly 22. Secretary Lansing. declined positive'y to" dis cuss foreign affairs, saying he would make no statement until he rcacl ed Washington. "I will not resign from the cabi net," he ueclared emphatically. "I have no thought of resigning The United fbWE MUST PUT A STOP TO AGGRESSION . I I I it i 1 ; f J TWO WE WHITE ARE SHOT Home Defense Guard Killed in Washington by Negro in Speeding Automobile An- - other Fatally Wounded. SOLDIERS CALLED OUT TO QUELL OUTBREAKS YANK PRISONERS AT LEAVENWORTH GO OH STRIKE Want Amnesty, Less Work and More to Eat, a Dele gation Tells Officer Commandant. Leavenworth, Kan., July 22. Twenty-five hundred military . pris oners in the disciplinary barracks at the federal prison here went on strike today and resisted attempts of the guards to force them to work. Colonel Frederick Rice, in command of the barracks, received a commit tee of 12 prisoners, who asked that the men were given shorter hours more to eat and, general amnesty. When the men iere ordered tiom their cells today practically aii of them refused,, and guards Kvho later attempted to force the' mta from their cells were beaten back. The 12 prisoners, who were given a hearing before Colonel Rice, were appointed at the secret meet ing held Saturday afternoon. Col onel Rice said he wcjuidcominuni cate the men's demands to Wash ington. South Side Architect Dies Suddenly of Cerebral Hemorrhage Arriving home Sunday night from ! an automobile spin with his wife, L. I A. Davis, 62, 4520 South Twenty- second street, South Side, was taken suddenly ill of cerebral hemorrhage. He besame unconscious and did not revive until the time of death, U p. m. Tuesday. Mr. Davis was a pioneer architect of South Omaha. He drew the plans for the Armour packing plant and others of the more pretentious South Side buildings. He came from Sey mour, Conn., 25 years ago and has been a resident of the city since. He was a member of the Masonic and Elks orders. Mrs. Davis, the widow, will take the body to Seymour this evening over the Rock Island. There were no children. WAN SONG OF COMMITTEE GIVES NPr.ATivFwm'nM WILSON'S REQUEST M K. UAKLtTUUKN SUNG BYJSOUSE Enforcement Provisions and Penalties of Prohibition Measure Most Drastic Ever Drawn. Won't Approve U. S. Repre sentative on International Rep arations Commission. House Raises Pay. . Washington, July 22. By a vote of 368 to 47 the house today passed the bill providing a minimum wage of $3 for all government employes except those in the postal service. The wage is exclusive of the war time bonus of $240 a year allowed employes. The measure now goes to the senate. ' - Granby Safe Overseas. Chicago, July 22. A cablegram received here announces the safe ar rivar" at Liverpool of. the Lake Washington, July 22. An em phatic negative was returned by the senate foreign relations committee Tuesday to President Wilson's re quest that it approve provisional ap pointment of an American repre sentative on the international repa rations commission without - await ing ratification of the peace treaty. While the president was renewing his talks with republican senators at the White House and the senate was beginning another day of speech making on the treaty, the committee adopted a resolution declaring "no power exists" to execute provisions of ths, treaty in advance of its rati fication. This was; interpreted not onlyas refusing assent to the proc lamation, but as declaring the presi dent would exceed his authority should he act independently. No Appointment Now. What the president might do in view of the committee action had not been revealed, but most of his advisers predicted there would be no appointment for the present. In making his request the president had j i i riL , . . a ueciarcu it esseniiai xo. American business interests that the nation be represented on the committee which will have charge of the entire repa ration program to be demanded of Germany. The resolution was presented by Senator Knox, republicans Pennsyl vania, n3 was substituted by an 8 to 7 vote for another expressing no opinion as to the president's power to act. In making fhe substi tution the committee divided along party lines except Senator McCum ber, republican, North Dakota, voted with the democrats in the negative. Continue Till 1957. Later, in the senate, Senator Mo$es of New Hampshire, a republican member of the commijee, pointed out the reparation commission would coninue until 1951 and would exercise drastic powers. In that connecion Chairman Lodge suggest ed that its powers even might ex tend to effecting acts of war against Germany, but which Germany agreed beforehand shouldnot be so considered. The-republicans who saw Presi dent Wilson during the day were Senators Edge, New Jersey; Car der, New York, and Cummins, Iowa. The conferences are understood to have followed the general lines of those of last week, the president an swering many questions about the Versailles negotiations, especially with regard to article 10 and Shanr tung. Senator Calder asked he prejident what would be his attitude toward the suggestion that the United Sates limit is obligations under ar Washington, July 22. By a vote1 of nearly three .to one, the house, weary of talk on prohibition, Tues day passed a bill for its enforcement with provisions, and penalties so drastic as to bring from the men who framed it the prediction that it would forever suppress the liquor traffic on American soil. Exactly 100 members 52 demo crats and 48 republicans refused to support it. Against the even 100, the prohibitionists, putting up a solid front to the very last, polled 287 votes, and just as the result was announced a little girl in the gal lery, too young-to know what it all Granby. a steel steamer built here i tide 19, to 1921, and the president and the Shipping Board's first vessel . is understood to have replied that carrying a cargo fFemi Chicago over-1 such a course would not be in keep seas by way of the Great Lakes, the ling with the nation's duty in the re st. Lawrence 'fiver and the Atlantic. 1 establishment of peace. was not a signal, but the house broke into applause, the galleries, only half filled, meanwhile looking on in silence. A broad smile spread over the faces of the prohibition leaders, for their work in the house was ended and the measure was ready for the senate where many of its restriction may be modified or stricken out. The cloak room rumor persisted that all of this legislative effort might end on the shoal of a piesi dential veto, although the general view was that it would be iigntd as passed. Before the house put the bid on its passage one final but feeble iiand was reached forh to strike it down and put in its place1 a briefer and more liberal measure. This took the form of a three-paragraph bill by Representative' Igoe, demr.crat, Mis souri introduced some days agD, and offered Tuesday in the foim of a motion to recommit, which meant its substitution for, the general en forcement measure, if the house saw fit. But the house did not'and Mr, Igoes .motion was defeated 25o to 136 and this vote analyzed meant that at least 36 members who fa vdred a more liberal bill took the more drastic later when there no other choice. 2.75 Beer Question Put Up to Supreme Court "Washington, July 22. The ques tion of the right of brewers to manufacture beer containing 2J4 per cent alcohol has reached the supreme court through appeals filed by the government from federal court decrees in Baltimore quashing indictments brought against the Standard Brewing company under the food control act of 1917. Because of the importance of the question in connection with enforce ment of the wartime prohibition act, court officials expect the govern ment to ask that the case be Expe dited. , Clashes Continuing Despite Arrival of Troops From Camp Meade and Patrolling of Capital by-Police Forces. WashingUmr July 22. Despite all precautions taken by civil and mili tary authorities, rioting between whites and negroes broke out again Tuesday night in Washington and a report reached the police at 10 o ciock tnat a wnite man, nenevea to be a home defense guard, had been shot and killed in the north west section. Soon after the killing of the home defense guard, the police received a report that another guard also had been shot by a negro. He was reported as fatally wounded. A de tachment i cavalry and a squad of fTraiaes was rushed to the scene of the shooting, which was at Eighth and M streets, in the heart of a' negro districts Three Riot Calls. Shortly after 10:30 o'clock thret not calls were sent in simultane-" ously from a district in the negro' section of the northwest covering an area of about three squares. A cordon ot cavalry, marines and tn fantry,t were throwji about one block, in which considerable firi)g had been going on. V 1 - The"defense guard killed later was identified as Isaac Halbfinger. He was on duty at Ninth and M streets northwest and was killed by a negro in a speeding-automobile. Crowds of whites immediately gathered' in 4he vicinity and several shots Vere reported to have been exchanged with blacks. Secretary Baker went to the municipal building early in the even ing and held a brief conference with district authorities, presumably rela- mto the city. Troops From Camp Meade. The troops from Camp Mead ar rived about 8 o'clock and were sta-' tioned in various parts of the city. The troops, all of them belonging to the regular army, comprised a battalion of infantry, a battery of machine guns, and four or five truck loads of ammunition. ' , (. With the exception of its lower portion,- Pennsylvania avenue between the White House and the capitol practically was clear of crowds as darkness fell. In the portion about. Seventh and Ninth streets, opposite one of the negro districts of . the southwest section, there were crowds of white civilians, but ma rines stationed a few yards apart kept them nibving. . ; ; , lhe police reported a number of was anout, leaned over tne railing and waved atiny American flag. ItLposters signed y negro ministers urging member ot their race t "Stay within their homes and to pre serve order, had appeared about the city. The sheriff of Prince Georges county, Maryland, adjoining the dis trict of Columbia, reported that a large crowd of negroes had gathered across the district line' and were moving Howard Washington. The district authorities dispatched troops and motorcycle police to the district line. ; The casualty list to date early Tuesday was placed at 5 dead, 11 dy in and scores injured. Business Section Out by $150,000 fire Lakeside, Neb., July 22. (Special Telegram.) Fire practically ' de stroyed the business section of Lake side this afternoon, causing a loss oi about $150,000. The cause is un known. The fire started in the Lakeside Mercantile Co. barn -and owing to lack of fire fighting facili ties spread to the lumber yard and the Utility store which were de stroyed. The wind swept the flames across the street, burning he print ing office, hotel and opera hcJuse. The only business bhildings remain ing are the Lakeside Mercantile Co." store, the Lakeside State bank, pool hall and the Jap hotel. No resi dences were damaged.' The fire de partment of the Hord Potash plant prevented greater loss. " . 'i Brussels Raised to Rank of an Embassy Washigton, July 22. President Wilson's recommendation that the American legation at Brussels, Bel gium, be raised to the rank of an embassy was approved un:'.iiimouly by the senate foreign relations committee.