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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-10
Arch Bandit Is Either Person.
ally Directing Band or
Actually Leading
Them,
AS SAVIOR OF MEXICO,
Delicate Situation May Result and
Either United States or Car.
rama Must Back
Down,
[By Webb @. Miller, United Press
Staff CorreSnnndenf

[By Webb g. Miller, United Press
Staff Correspondent
| COLUMBUS. N. M. July 10.-A
possibly delicate situation for the
American expedition in Mexico may
result from the renewed villista actfv-
ity in southern Chihuahua. according
to army officers here today.
This and the discovery of guam
tity of dynamite in the Mexican quar-
ter Of Columbus. were generally dis-
cussed In the base camp. After a
Mexican member of the state militia,
secret service men dug up the dyna-
| mite during the night. Three Mex
leans were arrested. The hiding
| place of the dynamite was thrice
changed as the search became hot.
| Investigation developed. The three
prisoners are suspected OF taking part
in the Vtllista raid OF March 9.
That Villa personally Is directing.
T. II not actually leading the present
rebellion devastating southern Chi
huahua, is undoubted in authoritative
circles here.
Savior Of Mexico" Villa was call
ed by recruiting agents and agitators
who for weeks have been aroafstng
the people in Villas name.
Inc UUJeCL ol UIlc lAuloIn1A puLkIS
tive expedition was the extermina-
ton Of Villa and his bandits" said q
high officer whose name the censor
ship forbids mentioning. 'Now Villa
is again beginning operations, Car
rama admitted his helplessness and
inability to hold the bandits In check
; when he notified washington to be-
on guard against raids in the Big
Bend country. But Carranza's order
preventing us to move south, east or
west against the bandits, is still in
force.
Now either the United States or
Carranza must back down. If we are
not to DE allowed 10 carry out the
original intention of the expedition.
our only consistent course Is with
drawal. While villa was believed
dead and his bands scattered, talk OF
withdrawal was natural. But now
new army of bandits has begun oper-
ations at a moment when the rela-
tions between the two governments
are fraught with grave possibilities.
1t looks like a typical Villa move and
I believe villa still alive and is dt-
recting it. In my opinion 1t viii lead
to turning point in the present sit-
hation."
Recruiting for Villa.
E1L PASO, Texas, July 10.-Cutting
off the top Of one ear, Vjllistas are
branding Mexicans who refuse to
Join them against the defacto gov
ernment. General Gonzales, of Juarez.
informed state department agents
today. Several hundred men in
southern Chihuahua have already
been mutilated in this manner, Com
zales stated
Reports Of a large Villista force
moving toward the Texas Big Bend
country, rumors of revolt in the Car
ranzista ranks, indications of VII
lista victory south OF JiIninez and
lifting of the embargo of foodstuffs
and fuel to Mexico opened today's
Mexican developments here.
Former Villistas to the number OF
5000 now in the Carranza army are
reported to have laid plans to mFtiny.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-10
Norman Critically LII.

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, July 10.
Mrs. Phillip M. Lidig, New York
society woman, who is critically Ill at
the Hotel Maramar here with nervous
trouble, was declared today to have
shown improvement.
She has not yet passed the crisis
in her illness, however, and will not
for forty-eight hours. Mrs. Lidig was
the former wife of w. E. Stokes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-10
Lower California and Nor.
then States Desired Put
on Bargain Counter.

WASHINGTON, July Io-Appoint-
ment of commission OF five mem
bers to include one senator and one
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sneakIna Of Nuisance,

Cherokee Democrat: A loafer in a
newspaper Office is like a shade tree,
because we are glad when he leaves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-10
One Hundred and Three New
Cases in New York
City in Twenty
-Four Hours.
TOTAL NOW OF 1888
Epidemic Broke Out Month Ago and
Is Growing In Spite
Of Strenuous Meas

NEW YORK. July 10.-Despite the
most strenuous cleanup measures
ever adopted by a big city, New
York's infantile paralysis cpl
demic spread further today. One
hundred and three new cases in the
greater city were shown by official
compilations to have been reported IN
the past twenty-four hours. Includ-
ing today's record, 1888 children and
young people have been attacked by
the scourge since June 6, when the
epidemic broke out.
Appropriation Needed.
WASHINGTON, July 10. - Public
health service heads today decided
10 ask congress for 100000 appro
priation and permission to draft ply
Fsicians from civil life to assist In the
infant1le paralysis eidemic raging
in New York and other cities.
Surgeon General Blue and heads
Of divisions of the service, met this
morning to take this and other steps
to eradicate the dread disease. Con-
gress will be asked to make the ap-
preparation available Immediately.
The service now has but $4,000 with
which to fight contagious diseases.
Can Use Hospital.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The sen-
ate today unanimously adopted the
German resolution authorizing the
use OF hospital and inspection facili-
ties at Ellis Island to check the in
fantile paralysis epidemic in New
York. The resolution provides New
York City will be required to reim-
burse the government for any loss.
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William Mansfield Brought
to Red Oak in Autom0-
bile by Sheriff.

REID OAK, Iowa, July 10.-Sheriff
Jackson, of Montgomery county, and
detectives today lodged William
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Redfieid Speaks.

DETROIT, Mich, July 10-Address-
ing some 5000 statesmen and execu-
tiyes, attending the Worlds Salesman
ship congress here, Secretary Of Com
merce VIM. c. Redfield today declared
that the export trade of the United
States for the fiscal year just closed
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The Telegraph service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
ton Democrat Is received over
our own leased wire.
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| THE WEATHER
Fair and warmer. Local tenn
perature, Z p. m, 81; Z a. M,
65.
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POLICE OFFICERS TO
BE BETTER PAID
District Committee Reports Favor
ably on Increases.

Increased salaries for police captains
lieutenants. inspectors. and sergeants In
the District of Columbia are provided
IN a bill formally reported to the House
by Congressman Vinson Of Georgia. on
behalf OF the District Committee. The
bill went on the House calendar tooay.
The bill does not increase the salaries
of privates. but provides $500 per annum
extra for any private who may be as
sigrcd to special detective work.
he Vinson report says. In part:
The fact that officers Of the higher
grades In Washington are receiving less
salary than the size and Importance OF
the city warrant. Ia found from a COM
parison of the salaries paid officers of
these grades In Washington and other
larger and smaller cities Of Importance
In the United States.
The passage Of this measure will, It Is
believed. do much to remedy these de-
fects In the system and to increase the
efficiency of the METROPOLITAN police
by exciting a greater incentive to effort
on the part of both officers and men.
The salaries Of captains and lieuten-
ants have not been increased in the past
twenty-five years. The Census Bureaus
statistics above referred to indicate
that while Washington ranks as the
sixteenth city in population In the
United States and has an area OF more
than sixty-nine square miles. II Is
thirty-ffth in the rate Of salaries paid
to higher officers Of the Police Depart
ment,
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COMMITTEE FAVORS
SCHOOL FORUM PLAN
Bill Sponsored by Miss Wilson In
dorsed by District Committee.

Formal report Of the bill authorizing
the use Of school buildings as public
forums was made today by the House
District Committee. Mr.. Oakley wrote
the opinion.
Concerning the forum bill. which was
actively sponsored by Miss Margaret
Wilson. daughter Of the President. the
report says:
The purpose Of the bill 10 to AFFORD q
practical neighborhood charter for the
proper and consistent use OF the school
house as community center to AL
communities which desire to take ad-
vantage of It Its primary object Is
public education through the open rep
resentation and orderly free discussion
of public questions. 1t provides that
the men and women OF each neishbor-
hood shall decide for themselves
whether their school house shall De
open as a neighborhood meeting place
for themselves and a center OF whole
some recreation for their young people.
and gives the men and women OF each
neichborhood the right to determine
their own time of meeting.
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STATUE OF LIBERTY
WEATHERS BLAST
Gown Torn a Bit, But No Real In.
jury Was Done.

NEW YORK, July s1.-Miss Liberty's
gown was torn a little and some Of her
skin punctured by shrapnel bullets
but the famous statue on .Bedloe's Is
land today was found to be surprisingly
free from injury. considering its ioca-
tion. less than a mile from Black Tom
peninsula. Many freakish incidents
were reported here and elsewhere.
The main door giving entrance to the
Statue of Liberty was wrenched of its
hinges as by a giant the iron cover to
a powder magazine was torn away. al
doors were crushed In, and probably 9
hundred bolts joining the plates which
compose the gigantic figure were broker
or sheared OFF. A number OF anglebars
were twisted. 1t was some caprice OF
the exploding forces that left the giant
figure almost untouched.
There were lots of other freaklsf,
and around New York and lots of freak
ish things which people did under stress
Of the excitement. Here are n few:
John X. Rockefeller, IT.. up at focanticc
Hills was awakened by the explosion.
got up and tried to find out where the
earthquake" was located.
Policeman Henry Doherty. patrolline
the water front in Jersey City. found
himself in the water. with every stitch
OF his clothes stripped from him.
Charles Cutler. bargeman. was hurled
hish into the air. and landed safer,
and softly In a car OF borax.
Immigrants at Ellis island were thank.
ful for what was apparently rain OF
heavy, shcepskin-lined overcoats. No
body knows where they came from.
story building occupied by the New
York Plate Glass Insurance Company
which will have to pay millions In insur
ance for smashed windows in and arounc
New York. was broken. although thos'
in nearly every building around wer'
shattered.
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TWO ARE HELD FOR
PART IN EXPLOSION
Railroad and Storage Men Accused
Of Criminal Negligence.

JERSEY CITY, July 31.--On charges
OF criminal and gross negligence" two
mon will be arraigned here today for
their alleged part In the 100000 ex-
plosion on Black Tom peninsula.
They are Albert M. Dickman. Le-
high Valley railroad agent, whose sta
ton was Black Tom Island. and Alex
ander Davidson, superintendent Of the
National Storage Company's warehouse
on the piers.
Warrant for the arrest Of Theodore B.
johnson. president Of the johnson Light
erage Company, was issued. but service
on johnson had not been obtained early
today.
johnson and Davidson are charged
with negligence In permitting tug to
tie barge loaded with dangerous ex.
plosives to the pier. Dickman Is charged
with permitting box cars loaded with
high explosives to be placed on a rail-
road siding in position where danger
from fire or explosion was great. The
three men are specifically charged with
causing the death Of Capt Cornelius
Leyden. Of the Lehigh Valleys RAILWAY
police, one Of the victims of tho ex-
plosion.
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Incidents of the Big Explosion

hands pointing to 2:12
While hunting for James Dohsrty
two patrolmen heard groans coming
from a pile Of wreckage. Search re-
vealed a human foot sticking out of
q twisted mass OF timbers. Quickly
the policemen uncovered a boy Of
nineteen. He was only able to tell
them that his name was Harry
Steinberger before the second ex-
plosion occurred.
The patrolmen sought shelter, and
no trace OF the boy. and for some
time II was believed he had been
killed. Later he was found, suffering
from serious bruises. but otherwise
unhurt.
While bursting shrapnei shells
hurled a rain Of destruction on Bed
loe's Island for two hours. dropping
a hail of bullets and Jagged bits or
metal about a little group OF terri
Ned women and children. crouching
at the base OF the Bartholdi Statue
OF Liberty. and bombarding nearby
buildings with a deafening and in
cessant roar, the light In Lbertys
torch, far above the scene OF de-
struction. shone on through the night
undimmed.
This terrific bombardment came
from a burning lighter. loaded with
shells. which had drifted to the
shore Of the island.
The explosion did more damage to
the Lehigh Valley piers two miles
away. than that suffered in the COM
munipaw explosion several years ago.
which occurred at q distance or
about twenty-five yards.
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RUSSIANS CONTINUE
ADVANCE FROM BRODY

PETRoGRAD: July a.-After fierce
figting around Brody. the Russians
have thrust their way forward again,
this time taking ground from the Teu-
tons up to the Rivers Graberki and
Seret.
The war office statement today made
this announcement.
The war office asserted that In the
region Of the Stockhod river the Rus
sian forces were lighting their way
forward. At one point. among the
prisoners captured in this thrust, was
the whole Thirty-frst Honved Aus
| TRAN MISUNDERSTANDING the COM
| mander and his staff. Al other places
along the Stockhod river s35 Teutons
were captured. with four machine
guns.
Northeast and southeast Of Barano-
yitchi the statement said fierce artil-
lery operations were In progress.
| From the Caucasus. the Grand Duke
Nicholas reported further advance from
Erzingan, and repuIse Of a Turkish
attack directed toward Mossul in the
| region Of Diaygiayer.
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NEW YORK. July 3.-Mystery still
beclouds tho real cause of the explosion
and fire early yesterday on BLACK Ton
Island"
Whether a fire. starting on a barge
loaded with -ceilulose, or ignition
of four freight cars loaded with higf
tell today. Perhaps the exact cause
never will be known.
The condition Of the area of devasta.
ton made It impossible still today to ex
anime the scene OF the first terrific i'm
pacts.
This morning, flames were still rarint
high from wreckagc of railroad cars ant
warehouses on Black Tom, which !,
really a peninsula.
Shrapnel and three-inch high explo
sive shells buried deep In the ruins were
being ignitcu occasionally by the heat
into a desultory pop-pop that kept th'
workmen and crowds Of spectators a
respectful distances.
Only Estimates Possible.
Dead. missing and injured lists admit
tedly are mere estimates.
The very nature and extent Of thu
blasi and fire makes impossible. thi!
early. anything like definite compilation
Only visit to the scone can make on,
realize how difficult Il will be ever
after several days OF search of ruin
and records to tell the exact loss.
30 far. there are only three known dead
Twenty-Five others are missing. and II
are known to have been injured. rhi
list OF injured does not include thos
hurt. miles away from the scene. b!
falling glass.
Four separate investigations wer
started today-by the railroad compa
MES. Jersey City authorities. the State
and the Federal Government. Agent
of each are on the scene. and will re
main until they have gone into ever.
phase OF the case.
The CHIEF objective Of all investiga
lions was the tying UP Of q barge be
longing to an Independent company to
Lefigh Valley dock. 1t was aboard thi
barge that one of the two major eNplo
sions occurred, whether the first or sec
onG still Is undecided. II was char ge
today the barge was tied up agains
specific orders.
Estimates of the property damage rul
all the way from 80 900 ono to &c.0O.U'
The consensus Of opinion among Jerse
City officials II that the latter hRur
will be nearer correct. after complett
| tabulation has been made OF thousand
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Mystery Still Shrouds
Cause of Giant Blast

upon thousands of shattered windows
and other similar damage done In Jersey
City, BROOKLYN. Manhattr., and a dozen
smaller surrounding cities. towns. and
hamlets.
Millions Lost In Glass.
This one item of smashed glass alone.
incidentally. has been estimated at
more than $l,25o,0Oo
Only the fact that the two major ex-
blossoms occurred at the hour they did
at POS and 2:36 a. m.--and where they
did. undoubtedly prevented far greater
Black Tom" is situated at the buig-
Ing erd of a long peninsula that Is Just
about three miles of Communipaw.
slightly south Of Jersey City. and south
Of Ellis island and the small plot OF
land In New York harbor on which the
Statue of Liberty stands.
Had the explosions occurred on the
mainland Of either the New York or
Jersey coasts the shock. officials say,
would have been much more violent.
As II was. the giant conclusion of the
explosions pushed In windows Ave and
six miles away. and the shock that
was carried to Manhattan rocked giant
skyecrspers and mondter apartment
as though a great hand clutched the
rock foundations OF the city and snook
| them.
Bomb Theory Secuted.
It had been clearly established today
| that fre that was not touched OF by
any explosion started the disaster.
As Indication Of the iinpossibility of
determining the start OF this nre IL the
| almost humorous range Of theories
which run the gamut from lighted
| cigarette to q bomb from a mysterious
airship.
Bomb theories were set aside today as
not worthy, at least 40 this time of con-
Investigators said. that the explosions
and fire were a result of any bomb plot
Some idea OF this weil-nigh inconceiv.
able let-so of tons. of dunito. dynamite
lyddlte. nitro-cellulose. and mere gun.
powder was seen today on the far end
Of the peninsula, where the major ex.
plosions occurred. Most Of the terrain
h Soot Point 911 made y a isa !, Ss os
where stood the bargeload OF nitro-cel.
lulose. Two railroad tracks Jutted
against the pier. On these tracks were
four cars Of high explosives.
Only . Gaping Hole Left.
Today this spot Is a gaping. Jagged
hole twenty to thirty feet deep and ovel
100 feet long. The far end-or rather
! where the far end was-is again a par
OF New York harbor.
There IL not a trace Of the huge
| freight cars. except for some powderu,
wood pulp and a few tiny bits Of stee
that once were parts OF great wheels
and steel platforms.
Just west of this point that was
an indescrib8ble tumble OF cars are scat
tered about. Ftremen concentrated nrt!
| or more streams on these hillocks o
devastation. shortly after y O'Clock
however. they were ordered from tn
scene because of frequent voileys o
| exploding shells. They left the hos
MOBILES fastened to automatic support
still playing on the ruin.
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building and the other on the west
side, but most of the engines were
out answering false alarms.
1t Is believed that some of the
panic-stricken ones may have
turned in alarms, believing that
there were hres in the neighbour
hood, but most of the trouble was
caused by automatic alarms. The
conclusion set number of these
Ing aimlessly looking for confia-
grations that did not exist.
"
Every day OF this summer on
which there Is a double-header base
ball game the phantom grandmother
OF BILL" an office boy employed
by the Walter Hyams Clipping Bu-
reau, at Dey and West streets, can
breathe with impunity her last big
league sigh.
And this is because bill" whose
last name Is unknown to his employ
ers, emulated Red" Merkle on Sat
urday night and forgot to touch the
office windows.
When the big explosion occurred
every pane OF glass within a mile of
the Hyams office spattered and fell.
Owing to the fact that "Bill" was
obviously in a great hurry TO get
somewhere-princip out-on sat
urday night the windows Of his SUI
periors were left as wide open as the
sashes would permit. None Of them
broke.
The clock on the office of the
Jersey City Journal stopped when
the explosion occurred, with It's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-31
Switch of a Cows Tail
Costs Farmer an Eve

rYNDALL. y. c.. July S.-As the re-
suit Of COW switching her tail Gottliob
Rueh, a farmer living near the city,
will lose one OF his eyes.
The tail Of the COW struck him square,
ly on the eyeball. injuring II to such
an extent that he now has gone to a
hospital to have the eye removed. This
was the only way in which the unintured
eye could be saved. as II has been af-
fected by the injury to the other.
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VOTE NOW IS CERTAIN
ON NEW D. {. GOVT.
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trfct of Columbia the same as tangible
personal property. Under this amend
ment they would be taxed one-haif OF i
per cent.
Senator Newlands took the floor
when the District bill came up at noon
and spoke on the Improvement OF the
river front, a subject in which he is
deeply concerned.
He presented an amendment to be
inserted In the bill in connection with
the appropriation which 1t carries. for
$50, 900 for the continuation and compile
tion of work on the new fish market
and market for other marine products
on the water front.
This amendment provides that the
chief of engineers shall name a boarc
Of engineer officers to collaborate will
the Commission of Fine Arts for the
artistic development Of the commercial
water front of Washington. from thu
Bureau Of Engraving to the War Col
lege.
Senator Newlands declared 1t Of thu
highest importance to have this watel
front developed artistically and at thu
same time to be developed satisfactorily
from an engineering standpoint.
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Proposes $4,000.

He explained that his amendment car
ried $4,000 to meet the expenses or the
board of engineers which he proposed.
lie said the stretch of water front COW
cred about a mile and a quarter, or
mile and half.
He pointed out that the Government
was providing for n steam heating and
power plant. and for the new rsh mar
ket. 1t was of moment that they be
developed along artistic lines. and the
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II will be admittedly difficult for the
commission to determine that they were
improperly packed.
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whole water front likewise be DO de-
veloped.
Senator Newlands spoke at length IN
support OF mis- proposition.