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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-31
TREMENDOUS LOSS

IKEMENDOUS LOSS
Two long cuts of cars were successful
ly removed from the danger zone before
the rapidly spreading fire enguIfed the
balance.
TT has not as yet been definitely de-
termined just what the money loss will be.
Some 10000 tons of raw sugar, valued at
approximately $S,4OO,O00, is known to be
lost. 1t is believed that the other con-
tents of the warehouses destroyed will
greatly increase this amount. There were
no explosives stored in the warehouses;
Two Of the cars destroyed were loaded
with shrapnel, which would not have been
a source of danger but for outside fire.
The other cars destroyed were loaded
principally with salt and pork.
The scene of the explosion and fire
Is in no way adjacent to the main pas
senger and freight terminals Of the Lee
high Valley railroad. either at New York
or Jersey City, and the mishap will not
interfere with the operation of business"
Edmund l.. Mackenzie. president of the
National Storage company, declared to-
night that the plant of his concern was
valued at 100000, while the contents
of the warehouses probably were worth
SO, 100000. One of the warehouses which
remains intact. he said, is filled with
chemicals. Besides the great quantity of
raw sugar burned, there were $4,000 bales
of tobacco. much mating from China
and Japan, and other merchandise. The
loss to his company and the railroad,
Mr.. Mackenzie said. was partly covered
by insurance.
"As far as I. have been able to ascer-
tain," said Mr.. Mackenzie. there APP
parently has not been a great loss Of
life. This undoubtedly was due to the
fact that few persons live in the imme-
.sca~ - ala ~ -
of course, number of private watch
men and firemen on the ground at the
time, but all OF these except two have
been accounted for
| The body of an unidentified man was
recovered from the water near the Lee
high Valley pier. A child in Jersey City,
according to the police, died from shock
after the first explosion.
Many men told stories of having been
blown hundreds of feet over land and
water
INJURED TO HOSPITALS
Most of the 60 or more injured taken
to Jersey City hospitals were struck by
shrapnel, falling glass or debris. Nearly
all were In the railroad yards or on craft
moored near the island. Included among
| them are a few women and children
whose homes were on barges.
| Every window in the pedestal Of the
Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's island OPP
possite Black Tom. was broken and the
main door. made Of iron and weighing
| almost a ton. was blown of its hinges
The statute itself however, was not dam
aged, except from the rain of shrapnel
which despatched It,
| Although the plant which furnished
power for Bedloe's island was shoken and
partly put out of commission. the famous
Light of Liberty" burned steadily
throughout the hours of confusion.
/ Early reports Of damage to the build
J eCentinued ;. page EiEhN
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AMMUNITION EXPLOSION HEARD IN FIVE
STATES CAUSES DAMAGE OF $25,OOO0OO
THREE ARE KNOWN TO BE
DEAD AND LOSS OF LIFE
MAY GO MUCH HIGHER

Scores of Persons Are Injured When Bursting
Shells Fly About Black Tom Island as if Great
Battle Was in Progress York Shaken as
by Earthquake and Streets Strewn With
Broken Glass-Fire Started in Warehouses Off
Jersey City, and Origin Is Still Unknown
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IN. T. Henly. night general yardmas-
ter for the New York division Of the Lee
high Valley railroad, was on the pier
when the fire started. He said the ex-
plosion, which occurred at POS. was in
the barge where the fire started.
"Mr. Henly's first thought was to re-
move the loaded cars on the pier from
the danger zone. He said that when he
reached the end of the pier the barge
was burning fiercely all over and the
fire was beginning to communicate it.
self to some of the cars nearest the
barge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-31
ACTIVITY ON DNIESTER

Petrograd, July 30.-(Via London
July 31.)-While General Brussillofrs
breach in the Austro-German lines
west of Lutsk is being widened and
deepened by the further driving home
Of the wedge between the armies OF
General Won Linsingen and General
Won Hoehm- Ermolli, new develop
ment has been recorded in the last
80 hours in the renewed activity OF
General Letchitzky to the south OF the
Dniester. The Russians here have be-
gun new turning movement on Won
Bothmer's right flank to the west and
southwest of Tarnopol. The operations
in this section, which were brought
to halt a fortnight ago by freshets.
have been reneewd in the direction
of Stanislau, division of Caucasian
cavalry having rushed the Austrians
and captured Ezerzany. 20 miles south
east of Stanislau.
At the same time new blows have
been delivered on the north extrenl-
ity of the Lutsk breach just south OF
CONTINUED ON Page Eighty
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This Is Opinion Now Pre-
vailing in London Follow
ing Big Successes on
All Fronts
RUSSIANS HOLDING
OUT IN OFFENSIVE
AND MAKE PROGRESS
Teutons Showing Tendency to Make
Counter Attacks Where Hard
Pressed, But These Only Add
Intensity to the Fighting

The British and French forces fight
ing against the Germans In the somme
region of France have again launched
violent attacks and made good pro-
gress, while the Russians in volhynia,
In the region of the stokhod river,
have forced the Germans to give fur
Their ground before the advance.
To the north of the Somme trenches
between Hill 100 and the river near
Hnrdecourt have been captured by the
French on depth from 800 to 500 me-
tiers, and in addition the French have
pressed forward to the outskirts of
the village of Maurepas, east of Hard
court, and also captured positions
north of Hem, which lies to the south
Of Maurepas, and held them against
German counter attacks.
DRIVING WITH FRENCH
Driving with the French on their
right flank from Melville wood to
the Somme the British made an adj
vance on the entire line and also made
further progress against the Germans
east of Waterloo farm, Trones wood
and MaltZorn farm. To the north
around Ypres the Canadians raidei
German trenches. while the Royal
Munster Fusiliers on the Loos salient
carried out similar operation. The
Germans raided a front line British
trench near the Hohnzollern redoubt,
| but later were driven back.
In the fighting between the Ger
| mans and the Russians in Volhyn.a
| the men at various points again met
in hand-to hand combats Berlin says
that the withdrawal from the Stok-
hod curve had been contemplated for
sometime and was made without in
terruption by the Russians.
| Although Petrograd claims an adj
vance for the Russians near Brody and
south of the Dniester in Galicia, both
Berlin and Vienna assert that the leu
! tonic allies repulsed all attacks.
Rome reports a gain of ground for
| the Italians against the Austrians ON
| the Tonezza plateau, north of Monte
| Cimone, and in the Tofano region.
| The Turks have been driven from .
series of strong positions by the Rus
slams operating toward Sivas and near
Kharput, according to Petrograd.
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had she not known from former into
nations of the sort just how serious
her mother was
The fact that she was considered as
a highly valuable asset TO be invested
for the best returns, irked her more
than she thought it polite to show;
and her lack OF remonstrance was
taken by her mother as her daughter 5
mute assent to the furtherance of her
obvious plans.
Edith felt that there was a time
coming, and that shortly. in which she
and her mother would have to have
an understanding, and she was secret
ly glad that it was not just yet. as she
felt that her sense of obligation might
cause her to see seriously that side of
the question she knew least interested
her.
What's his name?" she said at
length
Richard Walker - bachelor
meaningly. And elected to the Sun.
set club. We should have an op-
portunity TO meet him shortly You
know. dear-:t's time we met someone.
The place Is becoming absolutely i'm
possible"
"Oh, | find the society quite con-
genial"
"Congcnial' It's easy for a beauti-
ful girl to find society congeuial: leave
that TO the plain ill-brcd ones. Con
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all winter. Who Of us has not seen.
On som" bleak January day, half
U'zrn district messenger boys take
f''HE" IN a drug store and there forti-
~ themselves against tho bitter cold
~ hug" mugs uf ico cream soda? But
ne taste. though preserved in winter.
'"rnrd In summer. Harrison
Hhrif= writes In liarp"r'B Magazine
" IL then that doors are lung wide
'f,'n ~ tho street. while glittcriug
f'ph'alns. lowering like fairy castles.
tss' Their magic spell upon those who
pass Slphg the burning paycments. In
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24

certain fortunate regions, where the
tide OF national civilization must be
admitted to be rising very high, the
drug store serves its .oda in one hap.
by southern city, 20 the accountant
mont of "Caharo, show Let those
who ar" approaching middle age re
member the conner drug store of their
childhood. win its modest white mar
bl" fountais dispensing six simple
sirups. Nothing better marks the
triumphant progress of the country.
tho cHrichinG and deepening OF it,
lilo. than these gorgeous modern
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First 1-orpegoac

The first navy to use torpedoes was
the Austrian. Although the actual in
Ventor of the modern weapon. Rob
ert Whitehead, was an Englishman,
he originally got the idea from an
officer OF the Austrian navy. The Aus
TRAN idea was to construct an ordi-
nary sort OF clockwork boat, and rem
der 1t dangerous by loading the front
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The Ouestioners.

MY children ask more questions in
an hour than ! could answer IN Il
week" confessed the worried looking
man
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum,
but they're not in a position 70 de-
feat you in the coming election if
you don't succeed In guessing the pre-
else answers they want to hear"
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Of the vessel with a charge of some
explosive. He mentioned the idea to
y hitehead, who was then living in
Austria, and he. seeing the vast pos
sibilities Of the idea, at once set to
work 10 improve it, At the end OF
two years or so he had produced a
rough sort OF torpedo. on the lines
OF the modern one. This first weapon
did not work properly, and after run
ming a little distance. sank. At last,
however. workable ones were pro-
duced, and Whitehead sold them to
the Austrian navy. Since then, Of
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24
IS THE NATIONAL BEVERAGE
DRINKING 81 sods Vs'sr Universal
Many Wake u Tssir rs,sriis
o-irk - winter,

The time IF - ~ ysf - ysr7
distant-when the chiAf. ainhsf ne
only possible rtcreato- fprak kAs'A9
spells in town VS. irinking sp5s ~.
ter. md this r. still. perhaps, ~
dng OK city summer Sports ThAys
are. of course adepts 81 mo foantsib
who keeD Up thefr fsvoTiee rs1rsstion
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sources of a thousand strange con-
coctions Of exotic names and irresis-
tible allure.
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LESSON FOR IUNE 25
r-.'-", SECOND QuARreo


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Journeys II all Of mi, uorl !,
" .-. presence q the entire scbooI
viii 90. greatly in holding ,,,ar,.
.- N,I as placing before tho a.,
airs "a ..-.u., u"..u,djioa Of ,be AVA
involved .u tins portion Of sacred h
tory The most outstanding rcdor,
which have been studied during IN
past quarter. sucu as the copvor,io
u, Saul. the healing Of Aem,, n
raising ID. u3roas. Peters visit 10 ca
u,.lus. etc.. could also be locs,sI
geographically by means o, ,hum
lacks with tags attached A mos n
t.rcS,iaE review would be 70 ory,u
iln In th" school a number Of trav.
clubs Let each Club come prepsr
rn give a "trayciogue," or travel taI,
describing some Of the chief events
such as the Damascus Journey
journey 70 JopTa, to Cyprus. to Icon
um. from Antioch To Jerusalem. ed
Let the pupils write out their al
counts and as each is written hv
some scholar indicate on the map Ia
places involved, and Others hang
IN plain sight ot the entire school
piece Of cardboard bearing a sing
sentence indicative Of the leading Id
SON of The event described. This ID
ter viii mean TO use a sentence
parts Of sentences as. We are nj
of lIh" passions as you The I'd
mcut OF contest could be employed
having all the pupils in given y
uartmcut bring such sentences rslI]
ing 10 tie lessons on cards. and
that scholar vino can bring the grsa1
est number of sentences be decluU
Tie winner The teacher must
c"Urs" help materially IN such co.
test by direct suggestion and by
couragiag the pupils to undertake .
task before them.
For the adult and older teen y
classes it might be well to assign
different scholars a number Of gid
problems which have been treated
the lessons Oh the quarter, and
each come to the class prepared
read bri'l essay OF 10 o'''-a'
subject assigned, relating it Of coon
10 tho WORK OF the review Le''
ID How the Holy spirit CONVEX
men today tLesson " HOW
ne chur'h De "r"u''u u Wv yr
work OF missions, lesson ~
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! ner, broker, with an order to use it
as margin and purchase for his &C.
count 800 shares of A. q VI. at par.
Then he sent note to Edith Hill
ton. begging that ne be allowed to see
| her that night, and giving forth a
promise born Of the momcutary en-
| thusiasm of his plunge. that he would
, shortly be in a position to make his
plea on his own appeal. with the dis
qualifying entity of poverty entirely
eliminated.
Don Porter. serving a 20-year sen
tcnce for lo0tiug a bank actually loot
81 by John Cole. its president. await
ed in his cell, with well concealed i'm
patience, the coming of the prison
electrician to fix a globe. What if he
wouldn't come, What if he had told
the warden of their little scheme
and the warden. not the electrician
would visit his cell tonight? II he
was coming. he surely should be there
now. Why wasn't he? And of a
million things might keep him. but
there wasn't one of them could in the
least do his prospects any good. He
was possessed of doubt and appreheu-
sion. and a vague. sinking fright that
he had ever decided on such daring
plan. # it were balkcd-if they
caught him-Le decided It would
mean an additional sentence. More
years Of fruitless yearnirg. and an al
most Uuattainablc perspective Of his
hearts desire but with this thought.
this possibility. of quick. certain
vengeance. his pulse quickcncd and a
detcrmiEcd-to-risk-all expression per
meated his every part. and he had
surcease Of his cOwardly fears Of
moment before. lie stopped suddenly
in his nervous pacing, the sound Of
footsteps on the incorporating ce-
mCnt floor adOwn the corridor CaUs-
ing his heart TO beat such inboundinE
thumps as his highly sensitive mag
ination made him certain would be
heard in the adjacent cells. When they
arrived outside his door and the turn
key inserted his key. its grating in
the iron door aroused the cells occu-
pant, and he jumped up. shielding his
eyes in well-fcigned fear, as lie APP
preached the light.
Good evening, turnkey" and then.
without looking at the other. La
Electrician. Come to fix that globe2t
Yeah"
The door swung wide and the fIec.
trician entered and swung his Lathcr
bag on the cot The turnkev stood
outside for n moment, then turned and
started to pace with slow. even steps
outside the door.
The electrician opened His bag. and
with his right hand toOHout a heavy
roll OF green-wound wiTe. 1t entirely
hid his left hand Gurhcst from the
cell door, which hrnd deity lifted
something blue "a shining and
slipped it under tke mattress.
The job took fut few minutes.
the old wire II pieced. new globe
screwed into - socket, and the cell
lit. With + cherries goodnight
the two ~, and Porter waited till
their foot<cps died away, his power
of inhallon seeming inadequate to
supply yeedy lungs.
A /t, three files and a note. He
reaXt. holding it in the palm OF MIA
gr| hand. with his back to the cell
Have tip. Cole gone to Los An
gelos. Name of Richard Walker"
That was all But, IT was. TO the
man who read it, an epistle satisfying
and complete. Slowly his mouth
twisted itself into a terrible smile.
threatening, hideous. his eyes stared