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Evening journal., 1915-11-30

With terrific pellet packing house the Hagey yard
plant of the dupont Powder Company along Branywne exploded
this afternoon a o'clock.
Thirty killed outright and injured
1t was the explosion the history Of the company
A pathetic phase Of tragedy of the victims who
gave up packing house boys above the of
sixteen or young
The wormen, many Of whom boys young
men, bits and the fragments scattered all over the
yard
Officials of the company Immediately investigation and
until they ANNOUNCED at 43O this that thirty lives
had been lost widest excitement prevailed outside the plant where
great relatives and friends of the powder plant employees
gathered.
1t is estimated pounds OF powder in the
packing plant the time the explosion occurred.
Twenty-six victims employed the packing house,
and scarcely anything dsngusab except red Of flesh and bone
were left powder ripped loose and spread death and
destruction
list dead and injured is printed adjoining
column having given by officials Of the powder company
shortly before O'Clock this evening when they finished their inquiry
OF the victims live in Wilmington and in the vicinity of Henry
Clay although had removed Wilmington recently take
employment in the powder mill
The pele. packing house. which the explosion occurred
frame building eighteen by twenty feet divided into six
ments small rooms.
Elmer Mace Of the killed, the driver of iron
wagon or car powder the packing house He and the
horses were blown 10 bits Mace married
Allan Thaxter of the packing house. who lost his life,
came Portland Me His body the only such condition
that could be blown clear the Brandywne
and was identified by the clothing he
i John Smack the Victims the packing
house the first time yesterday.
The origin explosion always will remain mystery
terrific was fragments bodies
quarter of mile away
Identity of the victims established of the powder
workers being the time sheets of the company showing
who employed in the packing house.
Mace who lived Long Row. Rockford driving
of horses attached of black powder and arrived
front OF the packing house the explosion Situated
the packing house and the long string press mills
boiler shop which caught fire. No of Maces body found
One leg of horse found lying field the home of Frank
Conne nearly half mile away. Near the leg Of the animal rested
o the body of a burned beyond recognition.
Powder makers who had abored all their lives in the plant
unable talk when they reached the of the explosion and view
: ed the burned and backened bodies of the young
great the bowup that four who were
working distance from the packing house we're
along unfOrtunates who abored within the
packing house.
As soon as the report explosion died hundreds
people who had work the mills rushed the gates
leading into the powder yards While guards stationed pre-
vented them from entering gates
As first one left yards wounded
many women who up tainted
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
List of the Injured

Frederick Ware, No GIG Madison street
p j. Sykes, who lives at the Y M. c. A.
Raymond Meredith, of Henry Clay.
Two other men, seriously Injured and whom it is
feared may die, are in the Delaware Hospital with
the foregoing men. Their names we're not taken
before they we're removed into the operating
room.
Two injurd men in the Homeopathic Hospital are:
Edwin Davis, No. 1O7 East Eighth street.
Lewis Walker, of East Eighth street.
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
THE KNOWN DEAD

JAMES BAIRD, of Henry Clay.
BENJAMIN BARBER
MARGE BRICOTTI.
ELMER CRUMPTON, of Henry rsy
JAMES EGNER.
HARRY ELLIOTT
ELMER FOX
NORMAN FISHER.
JAMES GEMMIL.
NELSON HOGATE
j. HABER.
FRED JEFFRY, of Henry Clay
BATHS KELLEHER, of ROckland
EDWARD KING.
JAMES MALLOY.
BRAYAN OCONNOR, Of Ec-tmcre Ave,
HARRY PLACE.
GINI SILVESTRI.
PAUL SMACK, of Henry Clay.
JOHN SMACK. of Henry Clay.
WESLEY SIMPSON.
E. SPRINGFIELD.
ALLAN A. THAXTER,
LESLIE TINIMONs.
W. VEIN
ELMER MACE, of Rockford
PATRICK HANRAHAN.
CLARENCE PLEAsANTON.
WILLIAM OLIVER. of No. 2lO7 W. Eleventh st.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
-FOUR WORKMEN BURNED
IN aetna COMPANY FIRE
BY The United Press.

EMPORIUM, Pa. Nov. 3o.-A fire
in the Aetna Explosives Company
plant at Emporium today caused Sc
we're injuries to four workmen. The
men we're burned about the head and
face. All will recover.
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
ITALIANS FIGHT
Desperately TO
CAPTURE GORITZ
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
ROME. Nov 30.-ln the face OF the
most desperate Austrian counter at
tacks, the war Office reported today
that the Italians continue to gain
ground in their fight for Goritz
At one point, north of the town, il
is admitted the Austrians had the bet
ter OF the struggle for a time. They
had been heavily reinforced and max
irg a series of furious rushes. cap
fured a number of Italian trenches.
The Italians however. counter charg-
ed irresistibly and recovered the posi-
tions after bloody hand to hand fight
ing.
North of Monte San Michele. the
capture by the Italians OF important
Austrian trenches is reported official
ly. Nearly 1000 prisoners, three ma
chine guns and Quantities Of supplies
and ammunition fell into Italian hands
at this point.
The official statement repeated the
claim that Goritz's fall is imminent.
Evening journal., 1915-11-30

800 MEN CAUGHT IN MINI EXPLOSION
By United Press
MONTGOMERY ". Va, Nov 50-Thsrs vas gas
explosion in No nine At Boomer this afternoon Three
hundred men are believed to have besn in the
time.
ovlv SELF GOVERNMENT FOB FILPDOs AT PKEsENE.
By The United Press.
WASHINGTON Nov so-seli-soveinmsnt without eonBisss
Independence i,r some the adminisHatons
policy Tor the Fnpinos the construction placed To-
dsv upon Secretary Of statement eriuclns
former President TAFT structures the Democratic regime
IN islands
The declaration By that the administration rhnp
pine Independence msnamsd provides merely for
all possible local ssEOvsnmsnt conceded Be auAo
ae Garrlson statement presumed personal
approval o. President wnson
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
80 MEN DEAD; z INJURED
IN POWDER EXPLOSION

BlOlUup at 1.3O o'clock This Afternoon In
Packing House of BrandylUinc Plant of
dupont POlUdcr Co. Spreads Death Among
WOrk1non In Building, All Of Whom Are
BIOlUn To AtOmS---P0nic FOLLOlUS---PrOp-
crty In Surrounding Country Badly Dam
0gcd---Onc Family Said To HaUc Lost
TwO SOnS---WOrSt Explosion In History
of the Plant
Evening journal., 1915-11-30
KITCHENER IN LONDON.

2 BY The United Press.
LONDON, Nov. 3O.-Lord Kitchener
arrived in London today. Kitchener
Continued on Page Two.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

Under date Of August Is. Demo.
cratic papers carried dispatches saw.
ing that President Woodrow Wilson
today began the task Of mapping Out
MS program for national defense. >
mere was remarkable truth In tina,
word began" Only short while
ago President Wilson was declarine
that there has been mo neglect d
national defense. The platform on
which Wilson was elected was silent
on Preparedness. The Republican
platform was drawn by men who mad
Doth the knowledge to understand
national needs and the courage ID
say what they believed. They wrote
these words: -.
We believe In the maintenance Of
an adequate navy for the national de-
tense and we condem the action Of
the Democratic House Of Representa-
lives in refusing to authorize the CON
struction Of battleships." isa
On August 16, 1915, when he be-
gan planning for national defense.
PRESIDENT Wilson paid a magnificent
tribute to the wisdom, foresight and
courage Of the men who wrote the
Republican platform in June, 1912.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03
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NO v ELET TT e
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THE WIFE BEATERS.

When fortune. tickle dame, doth take,
OF any man his part;
One merely cracks a smile or two,
The other cracks a quart,
It was family day in Colomon's
court room.
"Ishmael Klump." said King Solo,
mon sternly, your wife accuses you
of beating her. and you admit it,
and you shall be punished as you
deserve. Your excuses are miserably
insufficient. You claim that she threw
a fiatiron at you, that she never had
your supper prepared when you did
return from the carpet-beater fac
tory, that she came down to meals
in curl papers, that she went through
your trosuers while you slept, and
that she had planned to elope with
the iceman. Ishmael Klump, such
triiing indiscretions should make you
cherish your lawful wife only more.
You are hereby sentenced to sixty
lashes and month in Jail. Next
Your esteemed judgseship," said
case-1chabod Woor and wife"
said Ichabod. II, too. am accused of
beating my wife. and I, too, admit
II. As justification, have only to
plead that she awoke. in. the night
crying, Ichabod, IL. I dream once
. . ' d
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

Though the people Of this country
undoubtedly want a permanent, non
partisan tariff commission they don't
want 1t appointed by q Democratic
president who will select a majority
OF Its members from among men who
are opposed to scientific protective
tartn. They want tariff commission
created by the friends Of the protec-
ton principle. They want it to as
certain the facts and submit those
facts to Congress for its guidance in
determining the amount of duty ne
cessary to give the American wage
Garner adequate protection from the
cheap labor of foreign countries. They
want tariff commission not subser-
Went to the White House but actinp
in its own right and according to lis
own Judgment under authority Of law
definitely precribing its powers ana
duties. They want a commission gov
erned by law and under NO obIpa-
tons to Democratic president who
opposes the principle of a protectiye
tariff.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03
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Latest N0wn from the Fields o. :
, vsnttor.
AUToMATIc MUSIC TEAoaEKs

. A music teacher of New York mas
devised means by which the phono-
graph may be Of material assistance
in teaching. He has provided records
upon which the Inherent counts are
given. For instance, the one, two
count runs in one continuous groove
or circle ON the record and the one.
two, three in another and SO on until
the counting is complete with SIX
separate circles.
ExampltD in oral text cited by the
teacher are upon one side and upon
the other oral count Of beats. the
record OF oral instruction sings as a
teacher the bars bars Of the music,
emphasizing the count as lone, two,
one, two; one two three. four. Thank
you" and SO on throughout the les
son. e z't'' g
This automatic coach is ever ready
to repeat the instruction or the count
and its infinite perseverance will go
far toward overcoming the terror Of
the practice hour to the youngster
who has found II difficult to secure
the required rythmic time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03
Panama Canal Act.

Among the many important pieces
OF constructive legislation to the
credit Of the Republican party Is the
act for the construction Of The
Panama canal. Although that mea-
sure was not passed by a partx vote.
dt was passed by a Republican Con-
igress, signed by a Republican presi-
dent, and made easily practicable by
Republican legislation and admins
The Republican party had declared
IN Its platform for the construction
OF an "Isthmian Canal" The De-
mocratic party had declared for n
"Nicaraguanj Canal" The difference
merely serves to illustrate the
broader view taken by the Republi-
can party. II :
1t is noteworthy that when the
canal bill was under discussion in
the House of Representatives. ON
January z, 1902. Representative
Davis tDem.) Of Florida, declared:
our national treasury is BURSTING
with a surplus of unneeded dollars. .
Mr. Davis was arguing in favor OF
the canal and gave this as one reason
why the act should be passed. It is
hardly necessary to add the comment
that there never was a Democratic
administration when this argument
could have been put up in favor OF
SO large an undertaking. Subsequent
events prove that Notwithstanding
Panama canal construction was un.
dertaken under acts which authorized
issuance Of bonds. the continued SUI.
.premacy Of Republican policies main
tanned sufficient revenue to construct
that canal largely from current in
come. and the only urgent demand
Tor the issuance Of canal bonds has
come after the canal has been COM
pleted and in order to make a def
tcft created by a Democratic admin
istration at a time when no extra
ordinary expenditures are being
made.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03
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PINAR DEL RIO.

Pinar del Rio is town and a prov
ince occupying the western end Of the
island of Cuba and region to which
that republic of the Caribbean owes
its world wide reputation for produce
| ing the best tobacco ever smoked,
Cuba and Havana have become syn
onymous with good tobacco but Pinar
del Rio has made this possible for
them.
II that host OF smokers who, through
their lives, have sung the praises of
Cuban tobacco, should make tour
to the shrine of the God of Nicotine
they would find q fairy road Quilt
by Uncle SAM running through fields
of tobacco dressed in vivid green,
with patches of yucca, malanga ana
sweet potatoes. BY the side of the
streams under the shade OF the mango
and aguacate trees are the huts Of the
natives with naked children running
about and lustrous eyed senoritas firt-
| ing the with the task Of keeping
house.
Higher up thu hills grow more pre-
cipitous and one marvels at the steep
cliffs upon which are cl:nging the ma
tive huts and at the patches OF culti-
waited land, access to which can be
gained only by climbing ladders. But
this is the peculiar soil which gives
the tobacco that quality 80 highly
priced by connoisseurs, and It is worth
the many inconvenience of access for
Its equal exists no place else in the
world.
The wonderland. however, lies be-
yond the crest of the divide. Around
a, sudden bend one drives abruptly
into the valley Of Venales, nesting
among those peculiar monolithic noun
tains that the natives term mogotes.
and which the biologists pronounced
unequalled in their class the world
around.
The mogotes are huge limestone
pillars. hundreds OF feet in height,
which stand sentinel like on the
plain, solitary, isolated and seemingly
altogether out OF place in such gem
tie landscape. Wierd tales are told
among the natives of the NEUROLOGICAL
origin of these columns, but the sci
enlist tells a story that Is little less.
strange.
OnSe III the lous ago luere was q.
huge cave in what is now this valley
Of good tobacco. Within It great stall
actities and stalagmites were formed,
which. uniting in the course OF ages.
changed into massive pillars. AS the
centuries passed the surface was
eroded and finally the roof fell in.
The winds and rains wore away the
soil. the hill disintgerated, and the
general level was reduced. But the
pillars were made of sternefr stun
and have remained.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

That the prosperity" of the
country is highly concentrated in the
territory Of the war bride" estab-
lishments finds new confirmation in
a table compiled by New York stock
exchange house. The table compares
the prices of various classes Of stocks
at the beginning of the war and at
the present time; and it is significant
that the stocks of railroads.&c. one
basic and fundamental and nation
wide industry-are but two per cent
higher than they were year ago.
But the war BRIDE stocks have
meantime gone kiting. Thus, the
average of steel. and equipment
stocks is eighty-seyen per cent
higher; motor stocks, eighty-two per
cent; metal stocks sixty per cent;
can stocks, fifty-four per cent and
electric and sugar stocks about forty
per cent higher than a year ago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

July building in various sections
OF the country was unsatisfactory
from the viewpoint OF comparisons
with similar periods in previous
years. There was a heavy decrease
according to reports received by
Bradstreet's Journal from 145 OF the
leading cities Of the United States.
the depreciation being heavy in both
permits granted and in the value Of
the projected buildings. For seven
months of the year ending with July
values of building aggregated $462,-
567,405, a decrease of ten per cent
from the like period Of 1914. which
in turn showed decrease Of six per
cent from 1913.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

The American dollar rules the
financial world-not through the wis
dom of the Democratic law makers
but through the folly of those Euro
pean rulers who precipitated the
most ruinous war in the worlds his
tory. Our own economic system is
Just as weak at the foundation to-
day as 1t was in July. 1914, when
the balance Of trade was running
higher and higher against US. We
have been saved from disaster, not
by our own action but by the extreme
necessities of our unfortunate cousins
across the Atlantic. Foolish, foolish
indeed, the man who deludes himself
with the idea that such an economic
structure can endure beyond the day
when its foundation falls.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

The balance in the general fund
Of the national treasury on August
rs was $55,760.8S9 as compared with
$l26, 663,944 on the corresponding
date two years ago under Republican
revenue and appropriation laws.
The administration spent $27. 1882 All
more than it collected during the
first fifty-four days Of the present
fiscal year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

The New York 7Times's annalist in
dex number on wholesale prices OF
twenty-five leading articles Of food
for the second week in August, 1915,
was 1857, compared with 139 for
the second week In August, 1913,
under Republican law. The index
number for the year 1914 was 146.07
compared with 1898 for the year
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03
An Evening Echo.

A great part or tne happiness of
life consists not in lighting battles.
but in avoiding them. A mastery
retreat is in itself a yictory.-LoNG-
FELLOW.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

"A federal judgeship is vacant in
Nebraska. We don't exactly see how
this can be split fifty-hfty between
the Bryan and Hitchcock factions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-03

more that you have kissed another
woman, I viii go home to my mo.
Their. s..etlstes's ~
"Pardoned.p cried Solomon.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-02-19
BLACK WILL DISCUSS
COUNTY UNIT PLAN
ONE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
WOULD ADMINISTER AFFAIRS
OF ALL BUT INDEPENDENT
DISTRICTS
Other School Matters Will be COnsid-
cred by Supervisors in Meetings to
Begin Here Tuesday

Of air topics to be considered at the
conference of school supervisors to
begin here Tuesday afternoon, with
out doubt the county unit plan will be
the most generally discussed. The
plan contemplates the selection of a
county board of education at a special
election in order to keep the matter
as free as possible from political in
1uence, that board to have the super
vision of all schools in the county
except those in Independent districts,
and to select the county superintend-
ent.
Among the advantages of the plan
cited by County Superintendent Cath
crime Dryden is the possibility of hav-
ing special teachers of such subjects
as domestic science and music, for ex-
ample, to serve certain sections of the
county, thus giving to schools, that
under present conditions cannot af
ford them, more diversified courses.
Inc ueSudy dlleIHOOH IueelluSo
will begin at o'clock at Morrill, Hall,
and will include addresses by Presi
dent Black of the Lewiston Normal
School on the Specialization of Coun-
try Life" and Prof H. T. Lewis Of
the University, on social center work.
Tuesday evening at $780, President
Black will discuss the county unit
plan at the High School Auditorium;
and on Wednesday morning at
O'Clock Professors Soulen and Robb
will speak on school architecture and
boys and girls agricultural clubs.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-02-19
BOTH WILL COME
Idaho Senators to Attend the Canal
Celebration

LEWISTON, Feb. 19.-Letters re-
ceived yesterday show that Senators
Borah and Brady will visit Idaho on
May 8 to attend The Dalles-Celilo Gel
ebration. The senators write that
their attendance here is positively as
sured, the only contingency being that
a special session of congress may be
held which would demand their pres
ence at Washington. However, this
contingency is remote. Both senators
also write that it will be a pleasure to
them to use any influence they have
with the war department to secure CO.
operation of that department of the
government in the celebration plan.
They are also using their personal in
fuence to secure the attendance of
the president at the celebration, and
are cooperating with the other north
west senators in that matter.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-02-19
GIRL GETS $500 DAMAGES
Verdict Reached on First Ballot in
Breach of Promise Case

GRANGEVILLE, Feb. 18.-The jury
reached a verdict for the plaintiff on
the first ballot in the breach of promise
case entitled Lola Blanche Murphy
VS.. Walter Lynn Brown and the girl
was awarded damages in the amount
of $500. The case has been kept
from the public during the trial, the
taking Of testimony being conducted
behind closed doors and all witnesses
have been admonished by the court
not to discuss the case or review
their testimony after leaving the court
room. The case was submitted to the
jury this morning shortly before
noon. The plaintiff was represented
by Attorney w. H. Casady of Kooskia
and Attorney Wallace N. Scales ap-
peared for the defendant.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-02-19
TANK STEAMER AND FRENCH
MERCHANT BOAT BARELY GET TO PORT
Greatest Victory of War for Austrians-French
Troops Repused-Russans Suffer
Staggering Losses
(By United Press

LONDON, Feb. 19.-The Norwegian
tank steamer, Belridge, en- route to
Amsterdam from New Orleans with
cargo of oil, either struck mine
or was torpedoed in the straits of
Dover. Eighteen members of the
crew and the admiralty pilot are miss
ing. 1t is feared that they have per-
ished. The Belridge, sinking, was
towed to Walmer ,and was beached.
This with the attempted destruction of
the French steamer, Dinorah, was the
first move of the Germans in carry
ing into effect the blockade against
England.
The German submarine U 16 tor
pedoed the Dinorah off Dieppe while
en- route from Havre to Dunkirk. The
submarines torpedoes did not strike
the Dinorah with full force. One of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-02-19
MODERN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Expert Accountant Works Out Plan at
Request of Investigating
Committee

A modern system of accounting fol
es and bureaus will be installed by
the Audit company of Illinois, OF
which w. H. Gleason is manager, il
the legislature agrees to H. B. 33y
by MCGOWAN. The measure call for
an appropriation of $500 for this
purpose.
This measure was introduced by
Representative MCGOWAN at the re-
quest of the house investigation COM
mittee after a consultation with Mr.
Gleason.
Under the system proposed the
fiscal transactions would be placed on
an absolute daily basis, the receipts
and expenditures to be recorded as
they occur. The plan would include
a Capitalization of accounting in the
state auditors office.
Under the present system, it is i'm
possible to make legitimate transfers
between appropriations in the inter-
est of economical operation. The new
system would remedy this Requisi-
tions will be required Tor all eX-
penditures aside from fixed salaries.
The plan proposes to take the col
lection of money as far as possible out
of the hands of the various depart
ments.