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ply, e. Grand Forks; Barosky, Fargo.

ii" TANNER Throw. $3.50 p. Ma.
2o5 IT. 10 ga in. State. Record.
Burns. Cavalier. 1914, 157 It. 8 in.
Phelps, Langdon; Ramage. Langdon:
Riggin, Minnewaukan; Bailey, Ink
ster; Henneson, Cavalier; Grandson.
st. Thomas.
44o Yards Run. 8:4o P. M.-Nation-
al Record. E. Meredith. 1912. 4s
As sec. State Record-T. ! Owen.
eron, Ansta; Smith, Aneta; stedman:
Forks; Brown, Grand Forks; K.
Graves. Grand Forks; r. Graves.
Forks: Retzlaff, Cooperstown;- Hell
gard. Cooperstown; Skoug, Crooks
ton; Johnson, Crookston: Mark, Nc
Vile; Meagher, Park River; Ramage.
Langdon; Robertson, Langdon; Vent
worth. Hillsboro; Romberg. 1nkster;
McQuarrie, Walhalla; Freschette. Ca
Waller; johnson, Crystal; Bydal, East
Grand Forks; Gran. Fargo.
One Mile Run, 4:oo P. M.-National
2-5 sec. State Record-R. Cruick-
shank. Fargo. 4 min. SO ga sec.
Overbo, Aneta; Hogg, Grand Forks:
Makoff. Grand Forks; Purcell. Grand
Forks; ~Falkenberg, Grand Forks;
Greenberg, Grand Forks; Leick,
Crookston; Johnson. Crookston; Saith
er. Crookston: Graemeer, Crookston:
Malin, Crookston; Espe. Crookston;
Bateman. Park River: Eaton, Park
River; Robertson, Langdon; Row,
Lansdon; Rudrud. Hillsboro; Rtggin,
Minnewaukan: Romberg, Inkster;
Henneman, Psmbina; Liefur, Penn
bina; Chisholm. Pembina; Drake, La
kota; Brynjolfson. Cavalier: Mindsr,
Crystal: Geston, Grafton; Power,
Fargo; Zipoy, d. Grand Forks: Dahl.
E. Grand Forks.
Half Mile Relay. preliminartss Fri
day. 400 P. NJ; finals Saturday, 4:2o
P. M.-State record, Grand Forks,
1915, / min. 81 3-b Sec. Grand Forks
-stednnan. Griffith, Kirkpatrick.
Athey. Schuyler. Graves: Pembina-
Henneman, Conmy. Storms. Lapp.
Liefur; Crookston-Getty, Marchand,
Flood, Schimpfsky. Davidson, Kulseth,
s.; Observation-Disclosures. Row. Mer-
Ger. Phelps. opie, Ramage: Hillsboro
Hanson, Wentworth. spiering, Nc
Cain, Rudrud. Lawrence; Graf
ton-Kelly, Donnelly. Hamilton: 0es-
ton; East Grand Forkb-Bydahl,
Murphy, Zipoy. Dahl, GOLDBERG.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-17
W1NSHIP ATHLETES
CLASH FOR HONORS

Winners Of the fast. preliminary
track meet held yesterday afternoon
by the young men OF the ,Winship
school, follow:
Class A..
80 Yard dash, Brown and Towner.
100 Yard dash. Myres and o'Con-
mel.
22o Yard dash, >Myres ana o'Con-
mel.
44o Yard dash. Brown and o'Con-
mel.
Running and broad jump. Myres
and O'Connel.
Stand and broad jump, Walker and
Myres.
Running and high Jump. Hand and
one-half mile relay race, Brown,
Myres. o'connel, Towner.
Glass b.
50 Yard dash. Bach and Honey
100 Yard dash. Bach and Honey
22o Yard dash, Fisher and Honey
40 Yard dash. Campbell and
Bach.
Running and broad Jump. Fisher
and Bach.
Running and high jump. Campbell
and Fisher.
Pole vaulting, Campbell ana Bach.
Hop. step and Jump. Bach and
Fisher.
100 Yard hurdle, Bach.
One-half mile race, Campbell ana
Honeyford.~
Throwing No. 8 shot, Fisher and
Bach.
Stand and broad jump, Fisher and
Bach.
Relay race, Campbell, Bach, Fisher,
Honeyford.
will be held this evening.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-17
YOUR KIDNEYS

You have swollen feet ana hands!
Std, achy joints! Sharp.shooting.
rheumatic pains torture you. You
have aching back, pain In the lower
abdomen, difficulty. when urinatinxi
Look out! These are danger SIGNALS.
Trouble is with your kidneys. Uric
acid poisoning. In one form Or anoth-
or. has set in. It may lead to dropsy
or fatal Bright's disease II not check
ed.
Get some GOLD MEDAL Harlem
Oil Capsules Immediately: They are
an old preparation. used all over the
world for centuries. combining natur-
al healing oil and herbs, we'll known
to physicians and used BY thousands
In their daily prncttcs. The Capsules
are not an experiment, make-shift
patent medicine. or SALT. Whose
erect 10 only temporary. They are .
standard sremeey. and act naturally,
gently and quickly. But when you 70
10 the druss1St. insist ~ lsttins tbs
pure original HARLEM olti IN Cap
suleG Be sure the nAme GOLD NED.
AL - on the w ard thus pr0focs
yourself aQ1nets seussa51seh.-AANl
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Indianapolis, May 17.-Dan Shay,
Milwaukee American association man
ager, 10 being held here on a charge
Of shooting and killing Clarence Euell.
q negro waiter in a local hotel. Shay
has declined to make a statement
while waiting trial in his cell at the
central police station.
The trouble is said to have started
when Shay complained that there was
not enough sugar in the bowl at his
table. He first mentioned it to a bus
boy and then to Duell. the waiter,
Euell brought two sugar bowls from
nearby tables and placed them before
Shay and 1t was following this that
tho shooting took place.
Police have searched for the wom-
an who IL said to have accompanied
Shay. but 30 far no TRACE has been
found Of her. She disappeared in the
COM OF the fray. When shown the
gun that was found Shay acknowledge
ed that 1t resembled his own.
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the White sox without permitting q
hit and then pitched all Of the sec
ond game, the same day and made his
no-hit record. aroom's work is not
merely remarkable for the eleven
straight innings without a hit but also
because he is no longer a kid and
seems to be staging a great come
back.
No-hit games have been observed
to come IN punches and it may be
that the unusual showing Of them
this spring will be followed by many
months that will see not a one. Three
moro at least and the pitchers of
1917 will have made q new record.
At the rate they have been going
lately 1t would seem that they could
! turn the trick with a
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COACH BUD DOUGHERTY
BARRED BY BUM DIGIT

Fort Smelling, Mimi. May IT,
Richard BUD Dougherty,. former
football star at St. Thomas college, st.
Paul, and for the past year athletic
coach at Jamestown normal. James,
town, N. D., was disqualified from the
officers reserve corps here yesterday
because of a crooked finger received
several years ago in a baseball game.
Dougherty had passed the physical
examination when an officer noticed
his crooked finger. He was rent back
to the examining board, which refused
to paSs him.
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MONEY SPENT FOR
ROADS IS WASTED
IN WILLIAMS co.

williston. N. D.. May 17.-Failure
on the part Of farmers to abide by
theip agreement in keeping roads
built last year In condition, has re-
suited in Williams county spending
Thousands Of dollars for roads which
are wasted because tho highways 10
established are rot maintained, - the
opinion of County Surveyor j. c..
Field: He states that dragging Il all
that 10 necessary to keep many Of the
county roads In excellent condition.
During the summe Of 1915 Williams
county. expended some $4,000 IN the
construction Of good, ssrviceable
roads which the farmers promised to
assist in keeping in condition.
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hang up a new mark for no-hit
games. Jim Vaughn of the Cubs
pitched nine innings without q hit
when he staged his wonderful pitch
er's battle with Fred Toney, Of the
Reds, and he came as near a no-hit
game as M could wish. Toney is
the only National Lacquer to pitch a
no-hit game this season.
Eddie Cicotte Of the White Sox
and Bob Groom Of the Browns are
the other two no-hit performers of
the spring. Cicotte upset tradition
by winning his next game put after
the no-hit affair. The pitchers have
always declared that they are sure 10
lose III their next appeo.-hce after
a brilliant performance. Bob Groom
pitched two innings Of a game against
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-17
|corns Loosen Oft
With Magic 'Gets-h'
: Drops Do the Work. P-a,n,eaaly

. Drops Do the Work, Pa3nleasly.
II tell you. before I heard Of
'Gsts-1t' ! used to try n thing after
another for corns. I still had them.
! used bandages and they made my
toe so big it was murder to put on
my shoe. I used salves and other
things that ate of more Of the toe
than they did the corn. ia cut and
dig with knives and scissors. but
now no more fooling for me. Two
drops Of 'Gets-It'. did alf the work.
It makes the ornsshrivsl and get 20
loose that you just pick IT, right
OF with your fngers!"
There has been nothing new dis
covered for corns since "0ets-It'
Nas born. It's the new way-thA
lcommon-sense. simple, sure way.
.t1stsAIt. - sold everywhere, 16c
b~ottle.5&or ssnt on receipt OF price
Pby lawrence q Co.. Chicago, III.
Sot4s4n Grand Forks ana recon-
msndeAs the worlds best corn
Iemsdyl ~ vold's Drug Store. Da-
macy 1nd AcGrath Pharraacy-Aay.
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YES, TT Is READ
HAnD-eOMETIMEs

Michael Colohan Of Chicago. en-.
tertaining tho Hon. Cornelius Nc.
Shane, a visitor from Dublin, took
him to Comiskey park. MI. NC
Shane had never cen q ball game,
but was cOnAdered an authority on
skiffles ut one time In the old
country.
The many features Of our adored
sport crowded themselves on the
visitor and Contemplation Of them
singly and in punches stopped the
speech Of q usually communicative
man. Mr.. Colohan, waiting for his
companion to AJAX questions ON
corning the essentials OF the game,
also was silent. And 80 1t was not
until the sixth inning that either
spoke. Then Mr.. McShane observ.
ed with great solemnity:
"Mike, 1t do be q hard thing to
hit a r-round ball with a r.round
shtdcak."
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WARREN PROMOTERS
CERTAIN OF WINNING

Warren, MIMI. May 17.-Despite
the fact that the Warren Northern
league baseball team got away to a
the Fargo-Moorhead team, losing four
of the games, local baseball promoters
are certain they have a winning COM
bination.
Andy Gill, coach Of the University
OF North Dakota. will Join the War
rem team next week. He played in the
Southern league last year, and IL con-
sidered q mighty good innelder.
That Warren will literally support
baseball is the confident expectation
Of the club officials.
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INTER-CLASS GAMES
NOW BIG FEATURE

(Herald Special service.)
Fargo. N. D.. May 17.--All North
Dakota first line colleges have given
up their baseball schedules for the
season, because Of the heavy enlist
ment Of students in the military
forces Of the nation.
To substitute intercollegiate games,
each institution has adopted the plan
Of playing tnter-class games, and the
scheme is working out to good adj
vantage.
The Moorhead normal school, of
Moorhead, Mimi. was yesterday fore
ed to abandon Its seasons baseball
schedule, and Concordia college. of
Moorhead. likely will take the same
step.
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TO HAVE
SUNDAY GAMES
Minot Association May Sell Bot
tie Of Pop for IS Cents, Allow
ing Customer to See Game.
Irr.r.la sneciai seryice.0

YIerald Special SerVlce.1
Minot, N. D., May 17.-Minot fens
may .circumvent the North <
anti.sunday baseball law by paying
|65 cents for q bottle Of pop. and wit.'
pessing q baseball game as a sideyfea.|
|ture.
That suggestion is seriously consid.|
cred by the local association since
state officials caused arrests at the
first Sunday game attempted by the
Northern league SANS last Sunday.
Under the North Dakota law, sun
day baseball is legalized, but admis-
sion may not be charged.
The local club officials arrested W
state authorities will carry the case
to the supreme court to test the law.
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INSTRUCTOR
READY FOR WORK
Eddie McElligott Returns to Grand
Forks Club After spending
Winter in Georgia.

After spending the winter at
Townsville, Georgia, Eddie McElli-
,sott, professional golf Instructor for
the GRAND Forks Golf club. opened his
Office atsthe Lincoln Park links club
house yesterday. and 10 ready to be-
Is in shne condition. While in the
lsouth. hsswon four u of seven,
NESTS he participated in. McElligott
Veil remain in Grand Forks for two
|week1 afte5 which he will spend two
weeks In Fargo.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
ohioaeo sam Winnine.

5osion; IA t1:L 49, eonanued
ensd its hold on first place by defeat
ing Boston s to 0. It was ChicaSo's
ninth straight victory.
Aldridge started his first game and
finished, holding Boston to FIVE hits.
Reulbaoh, starting for the first time
this year., was ineffective. Ra9an
pitched the last inning and was hit
often and hard.
made two hits, although not yet in
good condition. Members of the Bos.
ton club today subscribed over $4,000
to the Liberty Bond ISSUE. The score:
Chicago ......1o4 900 oos-S 10 i
Boston .......000 900 1000 s )
Aldridse and Elliott; Reulbach. Ra-
gan and Gowdy.
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CONcORDA. COLLEGE
DEFEATS VALLEY CITY
(Herald Specia1 sarx,ico ,

(Herald Special service.)
Valley City, N. D., May lL-Con,
cordia college. Moorhead, defeated the
Valley City normal school baseball
team. 9 to s, in a well played game
here. Tanner. Of Concordia. featured
with five hits In five trips to the pan
The score:
r. H. E
Concordia .....1o2 2o1 12o-e ie !
Valley City ....0O1 102 0l0-5 IL
Batteries: Peterson. i Gronniger
and Halaas; stillings and Aas.
Masculine humanity (which dis.
dams fashions, vol know will. as ons
man, put on its straw hat June 1.
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Of INTEREST
CAUSE OF ACTION

Norfolk, Va, May l7.-LAck Of in
terest duo to the war was given a
the reason for the action Of the al.
rectors Of the Virginia league Of pro.
fesstonal baseball In deciding at q
mass meeting here tonight to disband
the organization. No moro eames wdll
be played. Tho league clubs had voted
four to two in favor Of disbandinR.
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and Vaughn. Below: Toney and
Mogridge.
The present season is preparing to
shatter all records for no-hit games.
Three American league twirlers and
one National Lacquer nave already
done the trick and a few more sprin-
killed. through the rest Of the race will
make 1917 the banner year for no-hit
pitching performances. The season Of
1908 holds the record with six no-hit
games.
The flock Of no-hit<games we have
seen this spring might cause the aver
age fan to feel that no-hit games are
not SO very rare. But a look at the
dope-sheet shows that they are not
seen every day. When George Mo-
gridge pitched a no-hit game the
other day for the Yanks 1t was the
first time in the history of the New
York American league club that such
a thing a occurred. Also in 1918
Lavender beat the Giants without CIV
ing them a hit and it was the only
time such, a thing happened to the
Giants In their seventeen reasons of
the pastime.
The pitchers Of the present season
seem to hav an excellent chance to
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5000 TICKETS TO
BE SOLD FOR GAME
lHerald spect.l servtce.>

Fargo, N. D.. May 17.-Fargo Elks
and Fargo travelling mon are groom
ing for the battle-May 26-when
they meet for baseball honors. and
for the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Five thousand tickets were placed
in the hands Of officers Of the two or
CARNATIONS yesterday. They are go
ing fast, and promotes Of the base
ball event anticipate a crowd Of at
least 5000 people. and about $4,000 In
cash for the Red Cross.
The Elks team had Its first work
out" last night, under the direction Of
its baseball committee. The travellers
will work out Saturday.
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viGtor-Halloa. Mike! What's that
you have in the glass case?
Mike-Thot's the brick I rot ,,c
agtn my head at tn last fair.
Visitor-Oh. And what's that little
flower on the top of 1t for?
Mtke-Thots a flower from thu
crave OF tn mon thot threw it,
The small farm was never before an
popular as at the present time.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
rook Eleven innings,

st. Louis, May 17.-Groom's wild
pitch in the eleventh scored High
with the winning run yesterday, and
New York took the third straight
game from st. Louis, 5 to 2. Baker
hit a home run in the fourth inning.
Score:
New York. oo1 100 900 OBS I .
st. Louis. =. o10 900 DOL 0o-2 Z :.
Caldwell and Walters; Groom and
SEVERED. !
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WILLISTON OPENS
SEASON WITH WIN
(Herald Special service.)

(Herald Special SerVico.)
wiliston, N. D., May 1.-THE WILL
liston baseball team opened the sea-
son with a victory over the arenora
team. II to 4.
Browning, williston pitcher. struck
out nine men in five innings. The
score:
Grenora ......oso 900 olo-1 s
Williston 80. 800 121 20x-1l IL 3
Batteries: Anderson, and Broad
land; Fischer. Browning and Inn
mingB, Stovern. .
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Cobb.s hit Saved Blank.

Detroit, May II. = Washington
punched hits, with bases on balls and
errors by the home team, and defeat
scored their runs in the fifth ana
sixth innings. Mitchell being driven
from the box in the sixth. Gallia held
Detroit scoreless until the eighth.
when Young's triple and Cobb's single
gave the home team a run. Twenty
three mon were left on bases. Score:
washington :. 900 os2 ooo-5 ii 8
Detroit ...... 900 900 010-1 8 4
Gallia and Henry: Mitchell c. Jones,
Cunningham and Spencer.
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Quakers Are slaurhtmod.

Philadelphia, May 17.-PittsburRh
hit the deliveries OF three pitchers
hard and defeated P%hiladelphia
II to Z. In tho third and fourth In
Guiding two home runs by Nncher, Q
home run by Hinchman and doubles
by Mccarthy. Carey and Baird. All
these hits were made OF Ossohser.
who ~ taken out after Fischer led
OF in the fourth With his second cir
cult drive. The score:
Pittsbursh 1908 10 oo4-iS Il =
Philadelphia .ooi olo 300 10 I
w. Cooper and Fischer, Fsttery.
o:schser. LAyspdsr and Killifer and
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ASSOCIATION.

Columbus z; st. Paul s.
Toledo Z: Kansas City 8.
Louisville s.; Minneapolis Z.
Indianapolis z: Milwaukee 10.
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Cleyeland Oouldn't mi Nfavs,

SOAAuAl = III NA0ySs
Cleveland, May 17.-Boston made
1t two out Of three from Cleveland,
the score being s to 1. Mays was very
effective. holding Cleveland to four
hits. He also drove in two Of his
teams runs with a two-base hit. But
for his three consecutive. passes in the
ninth, he would have blanked the 10.
calls. Lewis batting featured tho
game. Score:
Boston ...... 900 1os 1906 II o
Cleveland .... 900 900 0O1-1 4 1
Mays and Thomas: Bagby, Boehling
and O'Neill and Billings.
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Three STRAIGHT for Chicaro.

TnFee 60d18AC 1OfC Chicago.
Chicago, May l7.-Chicaeo made Il
three straight from Philadelphia yes
terday 8 to 2. Bush's wild throw Of e..
Collins grounder. following an error
by Witt in the eighth inning on Lei
holds grounder, gave the locals the
winning run. Williams weakened in
the ninth. The visitors scored two
Mc1nnis, with Bates sacrifice fly in
between. Cicotte replaced Williams
and checked the rally. Strunk's bat
ting wal a feature. Score:
Philadelphia . 900 900 oo2-2 7 5
Chicago ..... 900 900 as 10
Bush and Meyer: Williams, Cicotts
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BASEBALL GAMES
NATIONAL,

NAx1oHN&AAs
Chicago 8; Boston 0. n
Pittsburgh IL; Philadelphia &.
Cincinnati-Brooklyn. postponed wet
ground.
st. Louis-New York. postponed wet
grounds.
Games Today.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
AMERICAN.
Philadelphia 3: Chicago g..
New York s; st. Louis q. (11 in.
nings.)
Washington 8; Detroit /.
" Boston s: Cleveland /.
Games Today.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
ASSOCIATION.
Columbus z; st. Paul 8.
Toledo Z: Kansas City s. K
Louisville 8; Minneapolis Z.
Indianapolis z: Milwaukee 10.
NORTHERN LEAGUE.
At winnipeg-Warren o.; winnipeg
At Fargo-Minot 0: sFargo-Moor-
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AMERICAN.
Games Today

Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-17

Minot at Fargo-M oorhead.
Warren at Winnipeg.
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Games

'Ga0e0 IOQ8y.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
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NORTHERN LEAGU1

At Winnipeg-Warren o; Winnipeg
16.
At Fargo-Minot o:sFargo-Moor-
8.
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Games Today.
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Chicago 8; Boston 0. r.
Pittsburgh IL; Philadelphia &.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, postponed we
ground.
st. Louis-New York. postponed we
grounds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-11
FURNACE EXPLODES
Hot-Air Heating Apparatus In Grove
Avenue Home Docs Considerable
Damage.

Fire and a mysterious explosion i'm
mcdiatcly following, believed to have
been caused by accumulated gas from
u hot-air furnace, caused damage con-
scrvativcly placed ~ $1,000 10 the
home of Joseph G. Herbert. 1909 Grove
Avenue. shortly before o'clock yes
terGay afternoon. No one was hurt
by the explosion.
The fire started in the basement Of
tho ihrcc-story residence, near the
hot-air furnace. II was quickly dis
covered. however. from tn" smoke thi,I
soon fiiied the house. Befor" any one
had time tn sound an alarm. the cS-
plosion occurred. which broke the
plaster III practically every room in
the house and blew the hot-alr pipes
through the plaster. Firemen respond
cd, ard the blaze was eNtingu!shed In
n short time.