The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
SMALL NUMBER OF CASUALTIES
REPORTED COMPARED WITH-e.
FORMER YEARS.
AMER|CANIzATIoN DAY
THREE TABLETS ON FIRST PUB
Lie MONUMENT TO WASH
INGTON UNVEILED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

q OuICdSO, July -ElSuC pSISOuo
were killed and 1T injured as re-
suit of Fourth of July celebrations
throughout the nation, according to
figures compiled by the Chicago Trib-
une. S
In 1914 the total number of vic
TINS was nine killed and COL injured.
The fire loss due to accidents COM
bined with the. use of explosives was
$66,550, as compared to the loss of
$76,O35 last year.
Persons injured were victims of va
rious kinds of noise-making instru-
ments. The causes of injuries were:
Fireworks, so; cannon, 12; firearms.
19; gunpowder, 25; torpedOes, IA; toy
pistols, So; runaways, 8, and bomb
canes, 3.
One fatality and no injuries was
Chicagos record for the first day OF
the 1915 two-days' celebration of the
Fourth Clarence Margraf, Is, was
killed when a homemade cannon ex-
ploded.
The Americanization Day celebra-
ton was a part of the general plan
approved by President Wilson to hold
similar meetings throughout the coun-
try. E
Observe Americanization Day.
New York.-To date New YOrk's
celebration of the Fourth of July has
caused just one death, and injuries
to about twenty. Features of the af-
ternoon and evening program were the
Americanization Day meeting in the
stadium of the College of the City OF
New York, where thousands of imml
grants admitted to citizenship within
the last year were addressed by fed
eral and state representatives and nu-
merous suffrage meetings and dancing
fetes in the streets.
Ellen Wilson Memorial Service.
Little Rock, Ark-Principal interest
in the independence day observance
here centered about an Ellen Wilson
memorial service in Municipal park
The ceremonies, under the auspices
of the Little Rock Ellen Wilson Me
mortal chapter, were planned as a
tribute to the work of the wife OF
President Wilson among the poor in
Washington
Cornerstone Laying Celebrated.
Baltimore, Md.-The Centennial was
celebrated here of the laying of the
cornerstone of the Washington monu-
ment, which stands in the heart of the
city. It was the first public memo
rial erected in this country to George
Washington. While searchlights played
on the monument three tablets were
unveiled. One is a historic record OF
the cornerstone laying, on July 4, 1918,
h Governor Winder, of Maryland. An
other tablet is commemorative of Gen
erals John Howard Eager and Sam
uel Smith-Maryland General Eager
donated the site on which the monu-
ment stands The third tablet con-
tains the names of eight celebrated
Marylanders of century ago, includ-
lg General Lafayette, who was made
a citizen of Maryland by special act.
In connection with this tablet eight
oak trees in the parking OF Mount
Vernon place, named for the eight
men, were dedicated.
Bryan Speaks at Exposition.
San Francisco, Cal.-An grafton by
William J. Bryan on universal
Peace" was the feature of an eiabo-
rate program arranged for the third
and concluding days independence
celebration at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position. Other speakers were Sen
ator James D. Phelan, Congressman
Julius Kahn and Edward Markham,
the poet. A big military pageant,
athletic contests and pyrotechnlcal
display were included in the list OF
special events.
Americans in Europe Celebrate.
The Hague.-Twelve thousand Bel
gian soldiers interned at Zeist held
an athletic meeting in honor OF the
American national holiday. The games
were arranged in appreciation OF the
timely help given by Americans, which
had saved thousands of the interned
sold:ers' fellow citizens from starva-
ton.
Berlin.-More than 200 members of
Berlin's American colony met for the
annual celebration of the Declaration
of Independence.
Huerta Spends Fourth in Jail.
Ell Paso, Tex. - Gen. V1ctorlano
Huerta, of whom Rear Admiral Mayo
demanded a salute to the United
States flag, spent the anniversary OF
American independence day in the
county iail here Imprisoned with