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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-14
YEGGMEN BLOW
LOCAL SAT- AND
TAKE CONTENTS
Strong Box in Woolworth
Store Wrecked; Amount
Taken Is Not Known Il
MAKE ENTRANCE BY
FORCING REAR DOOR

Safe blowers. characterized By Chief
OF Police Gallagher as cheap yegxS,
opened the rear door of the Wool
worth store on East Main street SONG
time Tuesday night or early this m0r1s.I
Ing and entering, blew open the small
safe which is near the east entranc0s
OF the store. Manager r. r. Blake
was unable to state just how much
money and valuables was obtained ~:
the robbers. saying simply that they
obtained enough to make It worth
while" The Job was neatly done, the
outer leaf Of the door Of the safe hay.
Ing been blown of by charge OF hiehs
explosives and the inner leaf HAVING
been broken away with large haHl.5'
mer. .ass
In the opinion of Chief GALLAGHER u
the men who performed the act wero2
an organized band and evidently knew
their business, being perhaps the
same men who recently blew safes axs
Bear Creek and Sigourney. They had
probably spied out the lay OF the In
terror OF the store sometime In a.
vance, for they knew exactly whero5
the bolt was on the rear door and8
easily forced the door open without
damaging 1t beyond splintering the
wood slightly A monkey wrench, y
heavy hammer and hand axe were
found, which are supposed to have
been used in effecting the entrancos
and afterwards In breaking the safe.8
These tools are thought to have been
taken from the room next door wheroI
carpenters are working.
As the safe was in the front part,
of the store under light, the ye1I
had rolled 1t nearly to the rear I'll
there had knocked OF the combination
and inserted light charge OF q.
plosives, as was shown by the smoke!
smudge around the hole and the splatS
ters Of the "soup" which were found]
on the door. The safe had been placo1
UP against q counter with the door
facing tho counter and the foroo 01
the explosion blew the door thr0u41s
the pannel and upon some glassware
beneath, which, however, was not
broken to any great extent.
Ransack the Office.
All over the side OF the countsss
which had been splattered about. The
safe had been kicked back some dless
tance by the shock and was rifl01
there. The interior was Z wreck. tt
various compartments having bee6f
torn out and thrown on the floor. Th9
office was ransacked to some extent2
but nothing there was greatly di6s
turbed.
The men were, from the evidences
left, experienced, and no doubt had nG
great difficulty In forcing entrance a
the store and opening the safe. Th9
whole operation probably lasted ~
more than ten or fifteen minutes, M
cording to the police. The act remAinS
ed undiscovered until this morning
when the store was opened up aQ
usual and It was not until ten min
utes Of eight that the chief Of police
was made acquainted with the details
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-14
Crisis in Greece

Athens, Sept 12.-Via London, Sept
13-(Delayed) king Constantine has
accepted the resignation of Premier
Zaimis and his cabinet.
The belief is entertained in the en-
tente capitals that the retirement OF
the Zaimis ministry Is preliminary to
the entrance of Greece in the wal
with the entente allies. Recent dis
patches from Berlin and Vienna show
that there also 1t is regarded as prob
able Greece soon will abandon neu
izality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-14
FIRE PREVENTION
DAY DESIGNATED

Des Moines, Sept. 13.-Gov. George
W. Clarke Of Iowa in proclamation
signed and made public today desig-
mated Monday, October 9, as fire pre-
vention day throughout the state. In
his proclamation the governor pointed
out that during 1915, 3,615 hres were
reported to the Office Of the state fire
marshal, involving daily property val
lued 1t more than 90. 900.
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pEpIcA1INo SEMINARY.

Dubuque, Sept. 1.-Two thousand
ministers and delegates from the Iowa
synod of the German Lutheran church
are in Dubuque attending the dedica,
tory ceremonies Of the new $3.50, 900
Wartburg seminary. The synod COM
prises German Lutheran church organ
izations In Iowa and adjoining states.
This institution was founded in 1853
by missionaries from Bavaria. The
ceremonies last until Thursday even
J ing. VA. =. 4. Sc
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SECOND MARRIAGES
ARE FROWNED UPON

Chicago. Sept. 13.-Marriage be-
tween parties divorced for any cause,
either of whom has husband or wife
living, will not be permitted hereafter
in the Protestant Episcopal church, II
new canon recommended by the
commission on marriage and divorce,
is adopted by general convention
Of the church at st. Louis October IL,
according to announcement today.
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ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 1S. The ST.
Lawrence Bridge Co. has notified tho
Canadian government that It accepts
full responsibility for the fall Of The
Quebec bridge span, and gave notice3
that It would undertake to replace th
span and complete the bridge as s0o11
(as possible. n '3e sas
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sERRs CALMING GROUND.

Paris, Sept. 13.-Nothwithstanding
the stout resistance Of the Teutonic
allies, the Serbian troops on the Mace
donian front have made important pro-
gress at various points, it is an
nounced by the war office. Violent
ssaghting is in progress In the vicinity
81 Lake Ostrovo, where the Serbians
have gained considerable ground
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RIVALS CLAIM VICTORY.

Denver, Colo, Sept. 13. Managers
for Gov. George A. Carlson and Sam
uel D. Nicholson of Leadville early
today claimed the republican nominar
ton for governor for their respective
candidates. ~5.
Out Of 2,S7O precincts in the state,
2s5 had reported. These precincts
gave: Carlson 13,439; Nicholson IL
O68. =
A light vote was cast.
julius C. Gunter democrat, was un-
opposed for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
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SHIP IS SUNK.

London, Sept. 13.-Lloyd's Shipping
agency announces that the Dutch
steamer Antwerpen has been sunk.
No Dutch steamer Antwerpen is list
ed in available records. A Belgian
steamer Of that name, of 1,207 tons
gross, is on the records, as well as a
Danish vessel Of the same name. Of
\ 1,637 tons gross. u - I. =
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TUNNEL. CAVES IN.

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. IS. One man
was fatally injured and sixteen other1S
hurt when the roof Of water tunnel
being dug under the floor Of Lake
Erie caved In early today. It wa ifal
another section Of the same tunnel
that nineteen men were killed BY Ast
gas explosion several weeks ago. s%
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GIANT, TREES in DANGER.

San Jose, CAL, Sept. 13.-Forest
fires raging In the Santa Cruz noun
tains were threatening today to spread
into the giant redwood park, accord
ing to word received here. Hundreds
of volunteers are fighting the flames.
Arthur Migahll, fire warden, planned
to appeal to the war department for
army assistance II the blaze was not
checked,
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SEN. PoINDExTER SAFE.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 13.-With re-
turns coming in slowly today from pes
terday's primary election, the out
come in the contests for the republic
can nomination for U. S. senator and
governor still were in doubt, although
Mil i Poindexter, incumbent, was
leat ,Ag for the senatorial nomination
and Former Gov. Henry Mcbride was
ahead for the nomination for COVER
nor.
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VILLA IS REPORTED IN
TRAP SET BY HIS FOES
Mexican Bandit Cnlef Expected to Ex.
perlenes Great Difficulty In Trying
to Effect Escape.

Chihuahua City, Mex. Sept 13.---
With the troops Of Gen. Huerta Vangas
posted along the line Of the Mexican
Central railway ready to head of any
attempt Of the Villa troops to escape
IN that direction, Gen. Cavazos, push
Ing northeast with his command from
Namiquipa, and the American expedi-
tionary force forming the third section
of the circle. Gen. Trevino states here
that Villa Is now in position from
which 1t will be extremely difficult to
escape
The American expedition has forces
at San Buena Ventura and Carmen, on
the lookout for the bandits.
San Buena Ventura Is on the main
wagon road to the Central Railway and
|gtves the Americans the control Of the
only easy exit for Villa from his pres.
'ent position into northwest Chihuahua
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SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Charles Bauer
entered candy factory in which his
wife was employed today and in the
presence Of a score of workers shot
her to death. He then fed to the roof
OF the building and shot himself, prob
ably fatally. They had been
,estranged. 3 4 q
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NO NEW ADVANCE.

London, Sept. 13.-The British troops
which took the offensive recently on
the Macedonian front, forcing pas
sage of the Struma river and captur-
ing several villages, have made no
further efforts to advance, according
to an oficial report issued today.
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RUSSIANS HOLD ON

Petrograd, Sept 13.-The Russians
are holding ground won in recent
fighting in the Carpathians, despite
heavy counter attacks, today's war Of
fee statement says.
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a,,LeARs DRIVEN BACK.

Athens, Sept. 1S.-French and Ser.
bian troops have taken the offensive
ON the western end Of the Macedon.
ian front. They have captured the
town of Sorovitz, near F1orina
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ITALIANS CUT LINE.

Rome, Sept 1S.-Italian troops In
the Dolomite Alps on the far norther-
" line of the Austro-Italian front have
captured position commanding Tray
enanzes pass and cutting Austria's
communications between the Traven-
anzes valley and the Lagazuci REGION
tha war Office announced today.
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ceRMANs REPULsE FOE.

Berlin, Sept. 13.-The repulse OF vlo-
,ent Russian attacks on long front
IN the .Carpathians is announced by
the war Office today. In Transylvanla
German troops. have been brought up
to fight the Rumanians.
The capture by the French OF
Rouchayesnes, on the Somme front, Is
. adn,itted in the official announcement
from the war once today.
Artillery duels OF great violence
continue on both sides of the Somme'
the statement adds.
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"L,ckED,r CHAMP CLARK SAYS.

Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 1--WE got h--l
licked out Of us-got beat good and
plenty" That was Champ Clark's
comment here today on the Maine elec.
ton.
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VILLA NOT LOCATED

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 13.-Gen.
Pershing today sent message to Gen.
Funston in which he said no new
traces OF Francisco Villa had been
discovered either by his patrols or the
Carranzistas.
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VERMONT TRIES PRIMARY.

Burlington, VT, Sept. 13.-Returns
from the first direct primary, held yes
terday in Vermont, showed today that
Carol S. Page, republican, Hyde
Park, had been renominated for the
u. s. senate by a vote so per cent
greater than the aggregate vote of his
two opponents.
With all but flfty-eight of the 284
election precincts heard from, the vote
was: Page, 23,1S0; Fletcher, 5000;
Gates, $3.50. .
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FRENCH TROOPS
IN CONTROL OF
PER0NNE ROAD
--latest Attacks BY Allies
in Somme Sector Bring
Objectives Nearer
RATTLE IN BALKANS
FAVORS THE ENTENTE

Paris, Sept. 13.-lnstead OF restins
| on the ground won in yesterdays great
att acl- north Of the Somme, the Frenon
continued their thrust last night, cap,
turing the village of Bouchavesnes anu
4 wooded area nearby. Bouchavesnes
Hes east of the Bapaume-Peronne
road and it's capture with ad1acent
| territory apparently clinches frencn
possession Of this main highway 10
Peronne.
Combles is now cut of from the
south and in dangerous salient
while Gen. Foch is in favorable po-
sition for stroke from the nortn a.
Peronne, which appears seriously
threatened by the new French ao'
vance.
The British, who hold the lines
northwest of Combles, are maintaining
a firm grip on Ginchy.
In Macedonia, Athens announces
1oint, advance by French and SERBIAN
troops. who have captured SoroVitz'
near Florina, while Paris reports I'M
portant progress near Lake Ostrovo.
The Zaimis cabinet in Greece IS out
OF office with the acceptance OF reslg-
nations by King Constantine.
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AIR RAIDERS BUSY.

Paris, Sept. 13.-Numerous aeral
engagements and raids by French avl.
ators on points behind the German
lines are reported in the aviation sec
ton Of today's official statement
which says in part:
"On the Somme front our aero
planes fought seventeen engagements
YESTERDAY. Two German machines
were brought down, one In the direc'
tion Of rAizecourt and the other near
Mois1ains. -Four other enemy ma
chimes appear to have been badly dam
aged. .a
rons dropped bombs on the railroad
station and small buildings at Gu1s'
card. on the railroad station at Roisel'
on depots at Hendicourt, on enemy IN
stallations in the region OF Etain, on
bivouacs near Damvillers, on Mont. nt:
medy station, on Thionville station, on
the Uckangen iron foundries, on iron
foundries at Rombach and on the rail-
road from Metz to Pont-a-Mousson."
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1LEAsE AGAIN BEATEN.

Columbia, 8. c., Sept. 10. Gov.
Richard L. Manning has been renom.
mated for governor Of South Carolina
over Former Gov. Cole L. Blease, &C.
cording to nearly complete unofficial
returns from yesterdays democratic
"runofr' primary, compiled here today.
Gov. Manning's vote, including that
cast by the national guardsmen on the
border, with only eighty-four small
South Carolina precincts missing, was
68,926 compared with 64,274 for Blease
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ILLINOIS PRIMARY ENDs
: WITH CASTING Of Votes
Both Parties Have Hot Fights To Be
Settled BY The Ballots Cast At
Five Thousand Polling Places.

Chicago, Sept. 13 Their campaigns
for nomination completed, republican
and democratic candidates at the I'LL
nois state primary today waited Tor
the count Of ballots which will mean
success or defeat for them.
While there has been a spirited con-
test over virtually every state off1ce
nomination, the struggle for the repub'
lican gubernatorial nomination to
large degree overshadowed the others,
This was q three cornered battle be-
tween Frank O. Lowden of Oregon,
ILL.,, backed by the regular republican
organization In Cook county and the
state; State Senator Morton D. Hull OF
Chicago, championed by the faction
led by Former Gov. Charles s. De
neen and Frank L. Smith Of Dwight
who worked independently.
Predictions of victory were issued
at the headquarters of each OF the
three candidates While the votes were
being cast.
The expense of the primary cam,
thousand dollars all previous pri-
maries was further evidenced by the
number Of workers on duty In the
$3.50 voting precincts In the state.
Gov. Dunno, opposed for the dem
ocratic nomination for chief state ex'
ecutive by William Brinton of Dixon,
asserted that he had no fear Of defeat
through the eleventh hour endorse
ment Of his rival by the Sullivan fac.
tion and the regular Cook county dem.
ocratic organization.
One man on the state ticket. Patrick
]. Lucey, attorney general Of Illinois,
was unmindful Of. hopes and fears as
he was unopposed for denomination
on the democratic ticket. Various con,
gresstonal and legislative candidates
on both the democratic and republican
tickets were in the same situation
Charles r. Fuller, republican congress.
man from the twelfth district. and
John G. Mckenzie, republican con
gresham from the thirteenth district
have no republican opposition and nc
democratic opponent for the Novem,
Der election, position which they
share with Martin B. Bailey, repub'
lican state senator from the twenty
second senatorial district.
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Rose Ella Layman, Rcber DeMoin Mn.
pei. Harrison efferson Marley Joseph
Ralph Miller, Hugh Allen Meredith.
Eleanor Mayors, Lucy Meredith, Ha.
rel Elizabeth Minor, Cecilia Luetta
Mitchell. Martha Helsa Mcmillan,
Launa Evelyn Mason, Grace DeYore
OFT. Ruth Elizabeth Phillips, Gladys
Mae Parker, Elsie Mildred Parsone
George Harold Roush, Thora Leoti
Robinson. Bette Andra Rinehart,
Charles Donald Snider, Edward F, ste.
yens. William Linn Straight, Nina
Maxine Simon. Madge Evelyn Smith.
Alice Evelyn Snider,t George Hobart
Spencer, 0lln Braxton Tharp, Ethel
Eleanor Toothman, Susan Catherine
Troxell, Heber vanGilder, Jessie Carr
Vandervort, Harry Evans Watkins,
Dorothy Beatrice wilderman, Jean.
nette Beatrice Wilderman, Jeanette
Lee Wigginton. Ora Phyllis Watkins,
Leila Grace Williamson, Margaret Nc.
Clure Workman.
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PEACE TALK
CONTINUED from page l.,

cheers greeted Harding as he mount.
ed the platform.
Chairman Hilles presented him in a
few words. Mr.. Harding bowed and
smiled and plunged into his prepared
speech reading from manuscript.
Chairman Hilles left the chair TEN.
porarily and many OF the leaders took
the opportunity to confer while Senator
Harding was speaking. Appliance
punctuated Senator Harding's speech
from time to time and while there
was some demonstration on the whole
the convention listened quietly.
There were cheers when he declared
the country was calling for a Republi.
can administration and when he asked
all to forget the unharmonious con.
vention of four years ago.
His reference to the need Of prepar.
edness for national defense was greet.
ed with roar OF applause.
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ROBINSON WINS
Continued from page il

neck with Hite for the nomination,
ad that Ex-Governor White had practi-
cally dropped out. Later returns made
1t necessary to revise this estimate
and 1t now seems that Hite has the
nomination by 5000 at least, and that
White will be second end Sutherland
third.
Both sides are claiming the Repub.
lican nomination for congress in the
First district but the Fleming people
seem able to make the best showing
Of figures. It is conceded that they
have carried every county in the dis
trict except Ohio, Hearne's home coun.
ty. The Wheeling News at noon to-
day claimed the nomination of Hearne
by about 600. The facts are apt to
be exactly the other way. Fleming is
running strong. He carried this coun-
ty my something in excess OF 1900
and with seven districts missing the
vote inTaylor county is TO for Elem.
ing and 290 for Hearne.
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valley Of the Missouri to tell the Am.
ierican people the need OF prepared.
ness. It might have been more seem.
ly to tell the story to Congress, for
that body was inlsession and empower
ed to act and seemingly ever ready
to testify obedience. However. Con.
gress undertook to provide an army
for defense and the majority wobblea
between pacification and preparedness
until the Republican minority In the
Senate put something real in the pend.
ing measure. We Republicans made
rational response to the call of the
land, but Democratic insufflciency and
inefficiency are recorded in the Con.
ference-amended act, and federal
nitrate plant to supply powder to the
patriots and pap to the paternalists
and federal fertilizer to the farmers In
competition with private enterprise
is the great constructive offering OF
Democratic majority"
America, the Senator said, proclaim
ed justice and loved peace "and we are
not too proud to fight for them.'
Turning to economics the Senator
pleaded for return to the protective
tariff policy. He chose. he said, "the
economic policy which sends the Am.
erican workingmen to the savings
banks rather than the soup houses -
mo one" the Senator said, dds.
putes temporary prosperity in our
land today. But 1t is sectional In its
factory aspect, abnormal in its feverad
rush. fictitious In its essentials. and
perverting In its tendency. Worse. 1t
is the gold slulced from the river OF
blood, poured out by the horrlfying
sacrifice of million OF Dur fellowmen.
God forbid that we should boast q
prosperity wrought In such waste OF
human life. We had rather rejoice
in the prosperity of peace"
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PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT.

The pupils Of Miss Amy Rogers
Rice will give q piano recital In the
auditorium Of the Fairmont State
Normal School this evening starting
promptly at 1880. Several fine selec.
tons have been prepared for the event
and by the request Of many OF those
who heard the recital on May 20 in
Chapel at the normal several selec.
ton will be presented again tonight
following the evenings program.
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PERSONALS

Mrs. Charles Edwin Ward will leave
this evening for New York to spend
several days. From there Mrs. Ward
will go to Atlantic City where she
will spend some time with her daugh.
ter, Miss Caroline Ward, who Is pass.
ing few weeks Characterization
Post.
Miss Lucy sipe is here from Fair.
mont and is the guest OF her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Burke Kountz, Of Gross:
cup Drive.-Charleston Post.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS QUARREL

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, June IA
schism in the Christian Scientist
church here has eliminated In the ap.
plication for an Injunction by the old
church against the new to restrain 1t
from using the name Of the mother
church, First church Of Christ. Scien-
list. Several weeks ago member was
expelled from the First church and
faction beaded by John Chaffee Sc
ceded and continued to use the name
of the First church, despite the fact
that the old church was recognized
by the head of the church at Boston.
The injunction will be. argued before
Judge Graham in Circuit Court.
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WEST VIRGINIA WILL FIGHT.

HUNTINGTON, ". Va, June l.
Plans for resisting the motion of the
State of Virginia for an execu.
ton against the State Of West Virgin.
la were discussed at a meeting of the
West Virginia Debt Commission, held
here in the Offices Of Judge John H.
Holt. chief counsel for West Virginia,
in the action. Following the meeting
Judge Holt said: "No execution has
ever been issued in the history Of the
United States against any State and
West Virginia has Just begun to fight
the debt case"
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CLASS EXERCISES AT NORMAL

This evening at eight o'clock rela.
tiyes and close. friends. of the Senior
Academic class Of the Fairmont State
Normal school will gather at the aud.
itorlum of the now Normal school
building where they will be enter.
tanned by the Academies with a good
program that has been prepared in
celebration Of Senior Academic Class
night. The affair will be an invitation
event,
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Twenty Perish In
Storm on River
(By AssooIated Pressl

MEMPHIS. Tenn, June divers
today began search for the bodies Of
80 or more persons who are believed
to have been drowned when the Miss.
issippi river steamer Eleanore cap.
sized near Pleasant View, Tenn, 20
miles north OF Memphis, N Monday
nights storm. The boat which Is ly.
ing on its side partly submerged is
not believed to be seriously damaged.
All OF the dead with the exception Of
two white, are negroes.