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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
BOMB EXPLOSION
 CAUSES DAMAGE AT
 CABANA FORTRESS
One Person Known Killed and Many Injured, When
 Magazine Blows Up.

Havana, June 23.-An explosion in the magazine of Cabana fortress across the bay from Havana at o'clock to- night shook the entire city. One per- son is known to be dead and many in- jurcd.
 It is believed a bomb was exploded.
 Among the injured were two per sons whose sight was destroyed by the blast.
 It is said the bomb had been placed against the magazine.
 Several ships in the harbor were damaged by the blowing up of the magazine.
 The fertilization of Cabana occu- pies an elevated site on the hill across the harbor from Havana. The land rises 100 feet abruptly from the waters edge, where there is moor ing place for shipping. The building of the fortress, from 1763 to 1774, cost $14,0O0,000. The ramparts run around the city of Havana, the sea and the encircling hills. It's chief use has been as a barracks for train ing troops and prison house and execution ground for political offend CTS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
PERSFIING MAKES RED CROSS MAN
 STAFF MEMBER

Paris, June 23.-General Pershing announced today that he had appoint ed Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, head of the American Red Cross mission to Europe, member of his staff.
 General Pershing's intention is to exercise through Major Murphy such control of the direction of the Amer ican Red Cross activities in France as will enable the American army and the American government to assist the army and the people of France most promptly and effectively.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
CAST VOTE SOLIDLY.

Each of the 51 votes cast in the special school election yesterday at Dexter, was cast in favor of the establishment of the new Special Rural School district No. 31, and the vote for school directors was as fol. lows:
 s. c. Covington 49, H. L. Phillips AZ. J. B Ezell 39, J. A. Mccoy 37, J. s. Hamilton S5. R. l.. Scarlett 34. T. R. Heird P and Jack Casey 31, the six first named being elected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
TRIBUTE TO GRANT,
RED GROSS SUNDAY AT ALL CHURCHES
 Go to Church to Give to the Red Cross

Editor Graphic:
 Executive Committee of the Red cross request that will give the same mention Sunday edition Today pups of all the churches in our city an made of the fact that it Red Cross Sun day contribution will be taken for he War Relief Fund.
 church of the city there will be placed by the the Cross Captains will with them the printed cards which have been used donating will there with letting in each church of the city anything their has to be paid right unless the They will be in four install being in October 1917 So whatever one gives they pay only time Let o prepared therefore to do his her bit
 E. J. KERWIN,
 Chairman Publicity Committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
GOVERNMENT MAY COMMANDEER
 ITS OIL AND COAL

Washington, June 23. Secretary Daniels told the senate land commit tee today that within a short time the government must commander oil and coal supplies unless it can other wise secure it's supply at fixed prices.
 MT. Daniels urged legislation to de- velop new oil fields, but protested against opening of naval reserves in California and Wyoming.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
FIGHT GERMANS
 WITH AIRPLANES

American naval aviation service leader says overwhelming flock of airfighters will be the best and quick est method of defeating the Germans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
WILL END DUMA BY REMOVING ITS EXPENSE ACCOUNT

.etrograd, June 23.-Dissolution os. ns N council of the empire is declared Sa Ill resolution passed today by k;,, Stns-Russian congl ess of coun-
 s or deputies f soldiers and ,sa Amen. Elimipation of the duma sS bo .n ,s asked. It is proposed to abol- u a.o 'ne duma by annul!ing the man. rss,. s ol the deputies srd cutting off 'eul's for the upkeep of that body.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
Pledges Reported Tester day Aggregated Only About 5000, ,OO0.
p1NE BLUFF HAS
 TO GET $6,0o0
neal Fund Reaches $l4,20O, and Ex- Efforts Will Be Made Today and Tomorrow to Raise
 Balance of Appointments.

Washington, June 23.-$20,000,o00 nnst be collected tomorrow and Mon law by the Red Cross campaigners, to nake the weeks campaign for $100,- I0O.OOo an entire success.
 Despite spectacular spurts of a lumber of cities, total new pledges Reported to national headquarters to- law were only $3,000,000, making the Aggregate about $80,000.000.
 Campaign managers today directed bcal workers to make special efforts b seek out individuals or corpora Hons who have not contributed, and impress upon them the need for uccess of the war fund.
 Word reached here that some com hittees will refuse to quit Monday bight, when the campaign closes.
 Cleveland at noon today passed $4,- Qo,OOO, Chicago $4,1O0,0OO, and New York city's total was approaching OO,O0O. Cincinnati reported $1,- p0,0OO, Detroit $2,161 ,000, Buffalo $1, s5,00O. Pittsburg $2,596,00O, Boston 2OSS,OOO, St. Louis $1,465,000 and Philadelphia s1,232,G0O.
 Ohio still led the state, except for lew York, with s7O19,000 Next was Pennsylvania with S4,615,0 ,000, and Illinois was third with $4,119,000.
 In percentage of their apportion- bent, Delaware headed the list with 20 per cent. Utah was second with s5, Ohio third with 11S, and Michi- an fourth with 104 per cent.
 Need $6,00O More Here.
 E. B. Bloom, secretary of the xecutive committee of the Red Cross, nnounced the total contributions for jefferson county up to last night were A,2O0, with several donations sent irect to the bank that are not includ- q in this sum.
 The committees reported $926 so- clted yesterday. Dr. J. F. Simmons fas the biggest contributor, giving 300. The United Commercial Tray lers at meeting yesterday donated lOO. and $50 was received from the mperial Juliet lodge, Knights of 'ythias, and $31 from the Lutheran )hurch
 Of the 1926 received yesterday, $245 Vas given by prominent colored citi- ens of the city. These donators eere Ferd Havis, $100; Jake Mosby, ioO; J. F.. Jones, $25; and A. l.. Bur- lett and wife, $2O.
 Pine Bluff citizens will have to do- ate freely today and tomorrow to rlng Jefferson countys total to the equlred $50,000, as they are now bout $500 short.
 Ioday every church in Pine Bluff Fll throw it's efforts into the cam aign, and some of most prominent Ealte workers in the city will speak
 tfe leading negro churches, in the tlort to add materially to the sub crlptlons and pledges.
 tomorrow, Monday, the final day of ue campaign. will be General Persh- Day,' and a special message from general Pershing, telling of the needs
 'ne American fighting forces in rance, will be published and distrib- a'eo among the people of the nation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
MISSIONS TO MAKE TOUR.

,"asnington, June 23. = The Rus- o aa U, ana Belgian war missions will go ,,a mount Vernon tomorrow on a pil- Eaaee or respect to the memory of
 urge Washington. Poth missions hs h'ap!y Will make tours of some of MAI prinlcpal cities of the coutnry Irin o they leave on their return khe s. anu they may travel together. bnS.s s'ate department has the matter
 l0er consideration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
MEXICANS COMPLY
 WITH ORDERS OF
 GEN. BELL PRONTO

Fl Paso, June 23.-In compliance with demand of Brig.-Gen. George J. Bell, IT,, that he be released within an hour, Francisco Soils, kidnapped from the American end of the inter- national bridge by Mexican soldiers yesterday was liberted today.
 Mexican officials in Juaraz said Soils had been soliciting Mexican guards to desert and go to Colorado to work.
 General Bell has ordered the Amer ican bridge patrol to fire on any Mexican soldiers crossing the line.
 TRIBUTE TO GRANT.
 New York, June 23-Italy paid it's tribute to the memory of General Grant today when the prince of Udine, head of the mission placed a wreath on the soldiers monument.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24

A 12-inch naval gun averages 50 feet in length.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
l.OOO ARE KILLED, MANY ARE MISSING,
 THRU EXPLOSIONS
Minister of Defense Tells Austrian Parliament of
 Terrible Catastrophe.

Amsterdam, June 23.-More than r. 900 persons were killed or injured or are missing in consequence of an ex- plosion in munitions factories at Bloc veg, according to an announcement made in the lower house of the Aus trian parliament by the minister of defense as forwarded in dispatch from Vienna.
 The casualties were given by the minister as follows: Dead 136; miss ing ITO; wounded 625.
 Of the wounded 520 received only slight injuries.
 The minister said the explosion probably was due to lack of caution on the part of men employed in a trench mortar workshop. No previous reports of the disast- rous explosion at Bloeweg have come out of Austria. Near Pilsen, Bohemia, there is a town named BlOeWeg, which is also spelled Blowitz and Bolewee. On June IS an official an- nouncement made in Vienna said that an explosion had occurred at the mili- tary munitions depots in the Stein field near Wiener-Neustadt, 31 miles from Vienna. Three of the depots were destroyed and more than 100 persons were reported to have been injured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24

Captain Louis Botha, son of the former Beer leader, General BOtha, has been awarded the distinguished service order of the British army. The photograph shows Captain Botha in his resimentals. It was recently taken in South Africa, where he holds an important post. His father, once a leader in the Boer rebellion, has been in supreme command of the British tEooDs that wiped out Ger man power in Africa, and recently at tended the council of empire in Lon- don.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
American Naval Officer Makes Desperate Effort
 to Outwit Submarines.
ADMIRAL ASSISTS
 RESCUED SAILORS
Sims Helps Serve Hot Coffee to Men Brought in From T0rpr,IOed British Nprchantman and Cheers Four
 Injured Seamen.

Base of the American FlOtilla in British Waters, June 23.-To see a merchant ship torpedocd as an Amer ican destroyer was speeding to her rescue, is the exaspcrating eXperi- ence reported by the commander of a destroyer when it returned here to- day.
 Fortunately the destroyer arrived in time to save the crew.
 She was conveying a food steamer when she received an s. 0. s. from a ship being attacked 30 miles away. Leaving the vessel, at the risk of it's being lost, the destroyer rushed to aid, and was almost in hailing dis tance when she was greeted by the explosion and the spectacle of a great column of water enveloping the ship, but not the slightest sign of the enemy.
 Quickly picking up the crew, the destroyer put back at full speed to the food ship, to save her from a like fate E SNH1Ms
 Admiral Serves Coffee.
 Base of American Flotilla in British
 
 Vice Admiral Sims, now acting com mander in chief of allied naval forces in home waters, serving hot coffee to survivors of submarine ship, was witnessed by people of this village last night, when British destroyer reached her dock with 55 members of the crew of torpedoed British merchantmen.
 Admiral Sims appeared in the crowd on the quay and greeted many survivors with handshake, and helped to make comfortable four in jured members of the crew.
 Charles Dalton of New York, and several American negroes, were among the survivors. Dalton said the ship had been torpedoed without warning and sank in a few minutes, but as the wireless was able to send out an s. o. S., destroyer arrived and rescued three men clinging 10 wreckage and the remainder, Wh0 were in boats.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-24
The Weather

srmy srnuay and Monday generally fair; or m north portion Sunday.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08
Base Ball Coach for 1917

Thomas Fleming has been engaged
to coach the Norwich University base
ball team for the season Of 1917. Mr..
Fleming Is a former big league player
of considerable experience. He pitch
ed two seasons, but his real position
is in the outfeld, and batting has al
ways been his strong point While in
the Western League he lead the league
in batting for two years and ranked
second the following year. While lip
the National League he had batting
average above the 800 mark. He
coached the University Of Pittsburg
for three seasons, has managed teams
in Western and New England leagues,
and acted as eastern scout for the
Federal League during its existence.
President Gilmore recommends him
highly, stating that he considers him a
man Of great judgment in sizing up
players and responsible for obtaining
some Of the best players in the Fed
eral League.
Mr.. Fleming is probably the most
man who has coached
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Falls, N. Y, Tuesday. A. A. Benson
met them at Manchester Depot.
1t was expected that there would
be slim crowd at town meeting as 10
voters had not paid their taxes and
several would stay away for fear of
becoming exposed to the measles.
George Cummings, aged 81 years,
died Monday night. The funeral will
be held at the house on Thursday at
II o'clock. He is survived by a
widow and two children, Mrs. Eliza
Crowninshield and Miss Mile Cum
mings, both Of this place.
Town Officers: Moderator, L. X.
Burbank; town clerk and treasurer,
II. C. Williams; selectmen, George
Hewes, +. l.. Bolster and Zadoc Hay
ward; listers, l.. +. Benson, John Viii
liams and Earl Lackey; school direc-
tors, Tracey Emery, Chester Beebe,
and John Lackey; overseer Of the
poor. Zadoc Hayward; road commits
sioner, H. 0. Coleman; grand juror,
II. X. Benson constable and collector,
l.. G. Roberts; pound keepers, H. O.
Coleman and George Burbank. 5000
was appropriated for permanent roads.
Total tax $500. License, yes !, no 10.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08
O. G.. FELT
Manchester, Vt. Phone 1872
BONNEVILLE

A foo, of snow fell here Monday.
Rev Percival Hewitt, went to Mont
pclier last week to attend preachers
meeting.
The warm weather and severe rain
Of Monday Of last week caused the
river TO break up in some places.
c. A. Styles and W. D. Howard were
In Manchester Monday Of last week.
Mr.. Styles bough; pair Of horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Ellenburg re-
turned from their visit al Hudson
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

The horticultural department Of the
house of correction 1T Rutland is 10 be
carried on TO a larger extent this sum
mer than ever before. In some years
over $1,000 profit has accrued from
the sale Of vegetables over and above
what was needed at the institution,
but latey nearly all Ct the produce has
been used by the inmates. Eight
thousand radish plants and about the
same number Of lettuce plants are up
in the green house, and nearly every
other kind Of hot house vegetable is
also started. Twelve acrcs Of ground
are covered by the garden, with as
much more land under cultivation for
fodder corn and one acre devoted To
early potato raising.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08
NORWICH UNIVERSITY NOTES



The following schedule for the Nor
witch University foot ball team has
been arranged for the season Of 1917:
Sept. Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College nj Amherst, Mass.
Oct. Worcester Polytochnical In
stitute at Worcester, Mass.
Oct. l3--Fordham University al
New York City.
Oct. 20-0pcn.
Oct 27-Connecticut Agricultural
College, Mortified.
Nov. 3-Middlebury College at
Mortified.
No. io--open.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Frederick T. Burdick was found
dead on the floor in his barn in Gull
ford by Darling Franklin, a neighbor,
Friday afternoon. Death was due to
natural causes and took place exactly
one week after the death Of his broth
er, DR.. Frank N. Burdick, which oc-
Cured at Mr.. Franklin's home. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon at
o'clock and the burial was in the
Guilford cemetery.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

When horse stepped its hind foot
into a hole on Church street in Bur
lington, an investigation showed that
the main sewer, which was laid in 1872
had broken open and that below about
four inches of snow was drop Of IL
feet TO the sewer The hole under the
snow, where the Garth had been COM
pltcly washed away, was Is feet in d.
ameter and IL feet deep. Heavy coal
teams had been passing over the street
all day, but it remained for a horse
which was being led to reveal the bad
spot. Although the horse was thrown,
it was uninjured.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Garbage Collector F. H. McCale Of
Burlington reports that four hogs
have died at the Ethan Allen farm
from the effects Of eating broken glass
in swil collected from city backyards.
1t is against the city ordinance to
throw glass in garbage set out for col
lection and prosecutions will be start
ed as soon as the next offender is dis
covered.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

John l.. Powers, formerly Of Bur
ington, and for many years the pro-
prietor Of the Lake House at the cor
ner of Main and Battery streets, re-
sort which obtained considerable no
toricty and which Mr.. Powers dispos-
ed OF short time ago, following
police activities, will sail within a
short time for France, where he in
tends to enlist in the ambulance corps.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Deaths in Rutland during February
amounted TO 81, about double the usual
number for a month. There were five
deaths each from pneumonia and ne
phritis and four from disease of early
infancy, the remainder being in small
or proportion. There were 81 cases Of
measles.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

u his head, cutting q cash. II was
not considered serious cut At the
time, but peroxide was usod on il and
he was about his usual labors for two
days before infection developed. 10
is now conyalcscing and considered out
~ danger.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

The Vermont National Bank has an
nounccd that it Will furnish boys and
girls OF Windham county with money
enough for each 10 buy pig. taking
unsecured notes for payment Of tho
loans which will be due when the pigs
have been sold in the fell. The offer
is 10 stimulate interest in the pig club
movement inaugurated by the depart
ment Of agriculture and adopted in
Vermont, which will result in the or
ganizaton of Windham county club.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

An old record book containing the
doings Of the Rutland Fire Society,
organized in 1929, has been found in
the attic of the Rutland court house,
and its entries are quite interesting.
Three men are named therein who
were fined 25 cents each for not at
tending a meeting.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

1t is estimated that 225 aliens in
Barre and Barre town and other near
by towns are awaiting the opportun-
ity to apply for preliminary papers or
to take the final oath Of citizenship.
A majority Of the candidates are Ital-
ians, Spanish, Scotch and Firms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

The Vermont chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has total membership
of 1868, exclusive Of several new
branches which are now being organ
lied in various parts Of the state,
Burlington has the largest member
ship, 400, Rutland is second with 232
and Brattlcboro third with 1G2.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Following is list of the men rank
ing first and second in their classes
for the first semester at Norwich:
Senior class: first, Edward b. Daw-
son Of Rutland, Vt; second, Otto r.
Bennett, Jr., of Manchester, VT.
Junior class: first, George II.
Squires Of Brattlcboro, Vt; second,
Gerald A. Bixby Of Chelsea, VT.
Sophomore class: first, Karl z. Hill
lcrs, Danbury, Conn; second, Hilarian
D. Dawson Of Rutland, VT
Freshman class: first, Raymond
Moore Of Deep River, Conn; second,
four men, Henry c. Anderson, STRAIT
ford, Conn; Fred A. Bennett, Orleans,
Vt; William d. Bassott, Hampstead,
n. Y; and Leon F. Walker Of Dor
chester, Mass, are tied for second
place. Mr. Moore lead the class with
an average Of 96 per cent
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Arthur Dubuque, oldest son Of
Charles Dubuque Of North Hero, was
IN a serious condition for a few days
rom the effects Of cut with an axe
which he was using. The axe hit an
obstacle nearby in a manner that
threw the sharp edge on the front part
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Burlington's first automobile show,
to be initiated and carried through
by the dealers themselves, will be held
March 28th to 31st inclusive. There
have been shows in other years, but
none which the agents Of cars and ac.
cessories themselves have planned.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Eighteen persons were committed
to the house Of correction in Rutland
during February.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

John Harvey has rendered his resig-
nation as mail carrier at Swanton ar
ter q years service.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

G. Laro SC broke n leg when he
jumped from beam in his barn in
West Boz on TO the floor below.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Norwich for many years and should be
able to develop the batting end of the
game, which has been rather weak for
the past few years.
The material in the freshman class,
on paper at least, seems above the av-
erage, and the prospects are bright
for a winning team this year.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

On the penny offering day for tho
bencht Of the Springfield Hospital, the
received was Si04.GO.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Mrs. Z. c. Bailey, Of Stowe, has a
pullct which is laying eggs measuring
rs by 63s inches. An cgg recently
laid by one eff +. Lawrence Bigclow's
pullots in that village measures 7A by
GA inches.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

John Edwin Pryor died last week
Wednesday in Shrewsbury, where he
was taken after being found i'll at his
home in Mount Holly, whore for many
years he had lived alone. He was 81
years old, a veteran of the Civil war
and a mason by trade.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

A pack Of five wolves have been
seen by several persons in the neigh
borhood Of Sherman hollow in Hines
burg.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Harley Kaiser Of Stowe, found pus-
March End.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

Nov. 17-University Of Vermont at
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

In the Milton school building one
day last week the furnace pipe fell
down and the lower rooms were so
filled with gas that one pupil, Albert
Walston, was nearly overcome with
the fumes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

William Martin, of Poacham, sold 10
hogs alive Monday which weighed
5000 pounds. He received ~ cents a
pound and the lot brought $500.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-08

From recent tests made at the ex-
pertinent station it was learned that
the soil of Addison county needs about
one and one-half tons Of the best
grade of lime to the acre.