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The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
BLAST SHAKES SIX STATES.
Series of Explosions.

Series of Explosions.
Out Of the mass OF unverihed reports
that followed upon the explosions, the
following facts were sscertAined:
The first explosion took place in the
9alistc building. This was followed by
: larger explosion. which blew Up the
nitrO-gIycerine building. Then followed
numerous explosions, which destroyed the
buildings in which the illuminate Of mer-
curry caps and fuses are manufactured.
The night shift, consisting Of 500 men,
was at work when the first explosion took
place.
As far as can be learned. the rest OF
the men employed in other buildings
reached safety. though a great many OF
them were suffering cuts.
-Four hundred thousand pounds of pow
der was destroyed by the explosion.
Loss of Life Unknown.
ofhcisls OF the company insisted that
the loss OF life II any. would be small.
They said that they had accounted for
1 all but two Of the night shift
5. S. Estler. Of Butler, y. J.. who went
to the scene in an automobile inn
medistely after the explosion, declared il
vas impossible to ascertain the number
OF casualties or the amount OF damage
He said a state Of chaos existed in
and around the plant and the inhabitants
Of Haskell were in a panic
So far as he had been able to learn,
twenty-one men had been killed, but be
could not verify this report.
The first intimstion ] had OF the dis
aster." said Mr.. Estler. was when Butler
was suddenly illuminated by a vivid
fash. This was followed about thirty
shook the foundations OF every house in
this village.
Everybody rushed out OF doors. They
had scarcely reached the street when an
other fash illuminated the sky. The
explosion that followed was much louder
than the first"
Great Excitement Reigns.
At the plant there was great excite
ment and IL was impossible TO get def
mite information"
From Pompton. Haskell. Butler. Oak
land, Jacksonville, Regunscac. Midvale.
l oomingdale and Ridgewood and even
lterson. people filed the alarm.
hundreds Of women. whose husbands
b others and parents were employed on
n night shift. defed all danger and
n Mt as near the scene as they could
II is not known how many men were
working in any Of the buildings except
the cap buildings. Estimates Of LOO is
based on the statement which came from
one who knew the conditions there
Three OF the worimen at the Du Pont
Plant were so badly burned that they
probably will die. A list issued late to-
night of the patients in the company
hospital also gave the names OF six others
- badly injured" All those mentioned
" ere mechanics and carpenters. who at
the time Of the explosion were working in
the machine shop near the balistite build
ing. the first to explode.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Mexican Undertakers Hold
Body Of American Soldier

Mexican undertakers across the border
from Laredo. in defiance of American
army officers requests. hold the body of
Corporal John r. Stewart, Compa C,
Ninth Infantry, and refuse to su:r .nder
II until charges they demand are tiled
The War Department last night took
steps to have the body returned, rect
ing commanding officers on the border to
make necessary arrangements War De-
psrtnent advices stated Stewards body
was found near Laredo under circum-
stances pointing to suicide.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Terrific Explosions Destroy Dup ont Munitions
Factory Covering 200 Acres--l50
Homes Reported Demolished.
SHOCK is FELT IN SIX STATES
Company's Armed Guard Surrounds Scene of
Disaster and Drives Back Firemen
From Nearby Town.
CBy the international New. Service,

New York. Jan. I2he Du Pont Powder plant Pompon Lake j.
hundred destroyed by eight terrific explosions
about $3.50 O'Clock tonight One hundred and fifty houses women
demolished Whether all the make their escape
known definitely.
According to late unehed reports. killed by the
explosion and a large number injured
BLAST SHAKES SIX STATES.
The explosion shook villages
village for radius of miles shattered causing hundreds
injuries
All Pompon Lake down and the
armed Of the The local rushed
fight the flames allowed approach the outlying buildings
of the plant
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
GETS BEDROOM SUITE BY WILL.

New York, Jan. 12.-Under the VIII NJ
Frida Yolz. who left an estate valued At
about $4,000, Charles Volz, her husband
q New York architect, gets bedroom
suite
He may choose any one to his liking
among the belongings Of the deceased
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13

Quickest Service to Baltinore.
Every hour on the hour. Baltimore and
Ohio. $1.75 round trip, Saturdays and
Sundays 3lSo.-Adv,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
DON'T FORGET

Place your order with your
newsdesler today f6r tomorrow's
One-eent Sunday Herald Il in
cludes the handsome Anita Stew
art Calendar.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13

London, Jan. 12-Lloyds today an
nounced the sinking Of the Danish steam
ship Taborg The crew was saved.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13

Philadelphia, Jan. 12.-John Mccormack,
the tenor, today Visited the naturalization
department of the United States District
Court and declared his intention Of be-
coming q citisen Of this country
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13

Plymouth. Mass, Jan. 12.-Fifty chill
dren escaped in safety from a primary
school here this afternoon when Are
broke out in the basement and DESTROYED
the building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03

ed the funeral of her brother, George
Kaufman, at Lykens, on Saturday.
Ben Davis, of Toledo, Ohio, is the
guest of relatives here.
Mrs. Sara Raudenbush visited her
son, Wilmer, a patient at the Ash
land Hospital, on Sunday.
Mrs. Arnold, of Lemoyne, visited
Mrs. James Wilson. at Wormleys-
burg. on Thursday.
Charles Hauck, of Camp Meade,
Md. spent Thanksgiving with his
sister and brother. Elsie and Lloyd
Hauck, at Wormleysburg.
The Rev. and Mrs. G.. b. Renshaw
motored from Windsor on Thursday
and visited Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Spar
row. at Wormleysburg.
Fern Rhinehart. of Enola, was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. e. f.
Sibbetts, at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. John Garvin and daughters.
Charlotte and Nancy Garvin, of
Wormleysburg, spent THANKSGIVING
Day with the formers mother. Mrs.
A. F.. Morrow, of Cloverly Heights.
Miss Eva Mower, of Wormleys-
burg, is visiting friends at York.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Arney, of
Wormleysburg, entertained at din
J ner on Thursday Miss Myrtle Zim-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
WEST SHORE NEWS
Camp Hill Fire Company
Asks for Motor Apparatus

Camp Hill. Pa, Dec. 8. - To-mor-
row evening the Camp Hill Fire COM
pany will hold its annual election of
officers. Interest has been revived
and a large number have pledged
themselves to be present Many new
applications for membership have
been received. These applications
will be acted upon IN the first order
of business and the new members
given the right to participate. The
matter of transferring the company
building, worth $4,000. to the bor-
ough has not been determined. Should
the council take the building over it
might virtually mean the borough
would be obliged to equip and main
tain a paid department Many do
to do this. The bonded Indebtedness
on the building is $4,000. 1t is eX-
pected the company will continue to
carry the burden of the Indebtedness
and maintenance, and ask the incom-
ing council to purchase a new cham
ical motor truck. In either event, it
is likely that a slight increase in tax
millage will be necessary. if Camp
Hill is to have fire protection. The
borough is without even water plugs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03

visiting at the home of Miss Marion
Curry, at Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles Wilmer, of West
Fairview. has gone to the Lykens
Valley, Dauphin county, where she
will visit relatives.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
Grace United Brethren Church, of
West Fairview, will hold q meeting
at the home of Mrs. Noah Nipple, on
Thursday evening.
Clayton G. Crawford and family,
of PaXtang, visited at the home of
his parents, l.. b. Crawford, at West
Fairview, on Sunday.
The social committee of the V p.
c. r. of Grace United Brethren
Church, of West Fairview, will hold
a meeting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Honich, on Friday even
ing.
+ Mrs. Mary Kaufman, of Lancaster,
visited her daughter, Mrs. George
Wren.
Oscar Clouser and Harry Shuttles-
worth, stationed at Camp Meade,
Md, spent several days with their
parents here.
Amos Lebo, of Harrisburg, was a
town visitor on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wren attend
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03

mermanl of Sunbury, and Mr.. HUI
ber, of Harrisburg.
Miss Htlda Famous, of Wormleys-
burg, motored with Mr.. and Mrs. r.
NJ. PETER, of Washington Heights,
to Camp Meade. where they were the
guests ofs w. A. Smedley. They also
visited the Rev. j. 1. Green, of Bal
timore, former pastor of Calvary
United Brethren Church. at Wash
ington Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Crossley and
son, Harry, and daughter. Ethel, of
Wormleysburg. spent day with Mr..
and Mrs. William Miller. at Enola.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Mower,
of Wormleysburg. entertained their
sons. Earl B. Mower, of York. and
A. Glenn Mower. of Mechanicsburg;
Mrs. A. Glenn Mower and Miss Helen
Arnold. of York.
Mrs. Edward Jauss and son, Har-
old, of Harrisburg, spent Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bruce. at
Wormleysburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mumma. OF
| Wormleysburg, entertained at din
| ner on Thursday. Covers were laid
for seventeen, including Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Rupp, John Frishkorn
] and Clyde Mumma. all of Harris
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
COAL SHORT IN
PERRY COUNTY
Administrator d. H. Meek To
Name Men in Every Town
SIS. to Assist Him

Marysville. Pa. Dec. 8. - Coal
shortage in many Perry county
towns has reached an acute stage.
d. II. Meek, of New Bloomfield.
county fuel administrator, is now
conducting an examination of con-
ditions in various sections of the
county. Every effort is being made
to secure sufficient supply of fuel
for industries.
The shortage has reached such
stages in many sections of the coun-
~ that immediate help must be Sc
cured. Mr.. Neck expects to appoint
within a day or so local committee
men in every town and district of the
county, who will report to him. This
is expected to help relieve condi-
tionS.
In Marysville the shortage is as
pronounced as in any town or dis
trict of the county. Many store
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
CATARRH VANISHES
Here Is One Treatment That All Suf-
ferers cnn Rely Upon

Here Is One Treatment That All Suf-S
ferers cnn Rely Upon
If you want to drive catarrh and allt
it's disgusting symptoms from youT
system in the shortest possible time.
go to your druggist and ask for a.
Hyomei outfit to-day.
Breathe Hyomei and 1t will rid youi
of catarrh; it gives such quick reliefj
that all who use it for the first tim On
are astonished.
Hyomei is a pure, pleasant anti-t
septic, which is breathed into theI
lungs over the inflamed membrane; itl
kills the catarrh germs, soothes thes
sore spots, and heals all infamma :
tion.
Don't suffer another day with ca-,
tarrh; the disease is dangerous and
often ends in consumption. Start the@
| Hyomei treatment to-day. No stom- l
/ ach dosing, no sprays or douches; JUST
breathe it-that's all. Ask II. C. Ken-S
! dy-Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03

burg; William Glossar, of Lock
Haven; Mrs. Whitney Mumma, Mrs.
Frank Myers and Mr.. and Mrs How
ard Mumma. all of Wormleysburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
Vim. StrOuSe
Mems Furnishing Departments Gilbert Day, Manager
To the Public:

To the Public
1t is certainly gratifying to me to be permitted to
have word of my. own printed in our advertise
ment.
I am very desirous of having the young men of
this city come in to see us and give the boys who
help me the opportunity to show what really fine
Christmas stocks we've gathered for you.
Mr.. Strouse has always made it very clear to me
that whatever I select for stock, whether it be
shirt tie underwear, any bit of haberdashery
at ALL to be get the best and price fairly
that will uphold the policy of the store which he
has outlined.
am sure that my friends Gor they the ones
who know me best) will vouch for the accuracy of
my statement that Mr.. Strouses store is without
question fine store for any fellow to deal with
A4Q&vt 0Oes1.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03

keepers and many more household.
bins and many more have only a few
pounds.
Local dealers do not have any coal
at all in their bins and not even the
coal cards" in use in some cities
would help conditions here.
SENIOR CLASS BAZAAR
Marysville, Pa. Dec. 3.-Members
of the senior class of the Marysville
High school are planning to hold a
bazar with the assistance of the other
classes in the High school on De-
cember Z. Committees have been
appointed by the president of the
class to make the preparations.
Mrs. Fries, Mrs. Snyder, Miss
Baron, of Reading, and Mrs. Lewis,
of Douglassville. were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Wesley Geiger, at Worm
leysburg.
Mrs. Saltzgiver. of Atlantic City,
spent a day with Mrs. John Myers,
at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. James Cromleigh, of Shep-
herdstown. and Mrs. Alma Wilson,
of Lemoyne, were guests of the Rev.
and Mrs. A. b. Mower. at Wormleys-
burg, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Howard Quigley entertained
at Wormleysburg on Wednesday
evening, Mrs. Paul Kister. Mrs. A. r.
Miller, Mrs. r. p. Hummel, Mrs. j.
L. Baum and daughter, Helen; Miss
Nada Baker.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
BEGIN ORGAN RECITALS
ST. Johns organlst Starts Series
With Attractive Program.

Under the auspices OF the Washing.
ton Society OF the Fine Arts, the first
OF the series OF free public organ re-
citals, which this year will be given
in picturesque st. Johns Church, La
thefayette Square, was played yester-
Jay afternoon by Henry II. Freeman,
Organist and choirmaster of this
church.
The Society of the Fine Arts con
tributes a very valuable educational
feature in the makeup of its an
notated programs. And il was to
organ composers OF England that Mr.
Freeman devoted the major portion
Of his program, with Sonata in d
Major by Peace as the major como
sition. The opening movement Of this
Sonata is very musical, and IL was
developed with brilliancy, while the
rOmanza and the finale bore strong
contrasts.
Opening the program with the Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G major. fol
lowed by the gentle "Pastorale," by
the same composer. MIR Freeman also
gave Lemare "Berceuse," "Gavotte'
in ancient style by Neustedt; a bril-
liant "Toccata," by Edwards: 1.-The
Minister Bells" by Wheeldon, and
Wachs' "Hosannah."
The recital of Thursday, January
20, will be given by Lewis c. Atwater,
organist of All Souls Unitarian
Church. j. MacB.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
ORDER THE GUARD HOME!

1t is high time to bring the ma
tional guard back home. All the evil
dence' that the public knows about
points to the fact that the necessity
for its remaining on the border has
passed. Major General Funston
again is reported as saying that he
believes the regular troops under
General Pershing, when they are
brought out of Mexico, will be ade-
quate to guard the border.
For the last few days there have
been reports that the Pershing army
is to be ordered out of Mexico. One
report is that the orders already have
been prepared. The status of the
negotiations with the Mexican gov
eminent offer no reason for the
Pershing forces remaining any
longer upon Mexican territory.
If the necessity for the presence
of the militia on the border has
passed, the men can be ordered home
none too quickly to suit them or the
country at large. Keeping them
there longer wobld serve further to
disorganize the guard. The men
long have been chatting under per-
Torrance of a duty for which they
have made unusual sacrifices. Their
presence there has been compared to
the old trick of placing a child in the
arms of an innocent bystander to
hold, and then going away and leav-
ing it there. The guardsnien have
had their fill of the task of coddling
the Mexican muss, and there are
strong limitations that the public at
large, which is paying the bills, is
growing mighty sympathetic with
their viewpoint.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
PORK-A CREED

The pork Congressman's true
creed, as originally enunciated by
Representative Frank Clark of
Florida, apostle of public building
pork, declared against prepared
ness tooth and nail" if it "means
that We must stop work on public
buildings and other internal improve
ments." This creed has now been
ably restated as follows by Repre-
sentative Burnett OF Alabama in the
preliminaries to rolling the $38, 000,-
600 public building pork barrel
. through the House under a gag law
limiting debate on it to four hours:
While we have for the last four
years been frittering away mil
lions of dollars upon armies and
navies and munitions of war here
In the East, the people of the
South and West have not so much
as seen the eagle on a twenty
dollar gold piece, nay, not even
the buffalo on the back of a jit-
ney.
Passing over the facts that the
distribution of patronage during the
past four years bellies this statement
and that the preparedness legisla-
ton has been so thoroughly per-
meated with pork-much of it for
the sections over the neglect of
which Mr.. Burnett raises such an ap-
pealing wail-as to nullify its effect,
it is necessary to call attention to
the essential un-Americanism #
such an outbreak. Mr.. Burnett has
apparently no conception of the fact
that the United States is one coun-
try, the protection of each part of
which is vitality necessary to the rest.
Indeed, Mr.. Burnett clearly views
"the East" as a section especially
created to provide tribute to some
body. His chief concern is in get
ting all of this tribute he can-"the
East" contributes from rs to 80 per
cent of the cost of public building
and waterways pork-for "the
South" and "the West" before some
foreign power steps in to collect its
share"
The Washington times., 1917-01-19

minimum value of the 10000 tons
lost through the raider. A total of
s10,8O0[OO is reached, representing
the loss in ships alone. AS many of
the vessels bore valuable cargoes,
and most of them being bound for
European ports were laden, the loss
in cargoes may equal that in bot
toms. 1t is not unlikely that the
entente nations are $2O,OOO,00O or
more losers by single sally of a
single ship.
1t seems thus far that the German
has made provision for the safety of
captives by sending them to shore in
three vessels, one of which has
reached Pernambuco. The great sue
cess of the raid, in connection with
the absence thus far of any undue
frightfulness in the manner of its
execution, arouses the inquiry why
Germany has so long refrained from
carrying on the war against entente
shipping in a decently civilized, yet,
as now fully demonstrated, in a per-
fectly practical manner. The uses of
frightfulness are perhaps known to
high Prussian authorities; only the
benefits of frightfulness itself can
explain the submarine policy that
sunk the Lusitania.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
THE BOY AND HIS CITY

When you quit the red brick school
house and went to work in Jenkins
grocery at Upton Four Corners, you
didn't have to be told how far it was
out to Crescent Junction, or what
road to take to get out to Mrs.
Shanks' place.
When a boy quits school in Wash
ington in 1917 to go to work in a de-
partment store the thing that sur
prises his employer most is apt to be
his deep and frank ignorance of any
of the facts about his own city.
Whereupon the employer conceives
that the boys Of the present genera
ton are pretty sorry lot.
All this is not the modern boys
fault. If he has to spend so much
time day learning about the explo-
rations of Tibet, or the routes that
Peary took to reach the North Pole,
he has to do it, that is all, for must
he not get good marks" and pass
examinations?
E. L. Thurston, Superintendent of
Schools, conceives that somewhere
in school a pupil should be taught a
great deal about his own city. He
is mapping a course to be included in
history and geography which will
not throw a.young man out in big
town 10 find work and to perform
work amid conditions about which he
is much more ignorant than the
topography of Palestine.
Strangely enough, with all the ed
ucational theories that are, floating
about, if Washington does this city
study work thoroughly it will be
about the first time any school sys-
TEN will have provided for such
study. 1t is peculiarly fitting that
the National Capital should be the
first to attempt such an effort, be-
cause the boy or girl who learns
about Washington will have to swal-
low a great deal of sugar-coated ma
tional history with it.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
A SANE CHOICE

In picking Sherman L. Whipple, of
Boston, to conduct the leak investi-
cation the Rules Committee of The
House has gone long way toward
atoning for its ridiculous perform
ances in the early stages Of probing
the alleged disclosures"
Some commentators jumped right
in to announce they smell rat in his
selection. Because Senator Weeks
favored Whipple, and the Senator
and Governor Mccall are rivals, and
because Governor McCall's son mar
ried Mr.. Lawson's daughter, they
sagely announce that Mr.. Whipple
was chosen to discount Lawson. 1t
develops today that Mr.. Whipple's
name was suggested in letter Mr..
Lawson wrote the committee.
Without going to Boston to look
up Mr.. Whipple's record, which is
notable for sturdy and straightfor-
ward honesty, those persons who
saw him perform at the Brandeis
hearing will have confidence in his
intention to get at the facts and be
careless of results. Mr.. Whipple's
appearance at the Brandeis hearing
was refreshing oasis amid dreary
and long drawn out testimony about
rumors as vague as those of this
"leak" probe.
Mr.. Whipple frankly stated he did
not approve Mr.. Brandeis' selection.
But he refused to hold back facts to
back up his view of Mr.. Brandeis'
temperament, and his frank tearing
down of some of the bugaboos by
giving information he had about the
transactions in question resulted in
doing Mr.. Brandeis more good than
harm.
At the hands of this pugnacious
gentleman, who reminds one much of
Governor Whitman, of New York, in
his conduct in Investigations, the
facts about the leak are mi -hty apt
to be drawn out.
The Washington times., 1917-01-19
HUNTING TROUBLE

Somebody's always taking the joy
out of life.
Consider for moment. Uncle Sans
new two-bit piece. A very pretty
little chunk of metal, all fused up
with a soaring eagle, and panels,
and a near Grecian lady and every
Ghing. And now we find there's a
rift m the lute-no, no, not loot.
Some sharp or other has found that
the new piece is going to soak up
lot of dirt, compared with Uncle
Sans former issues Of currency.
Doesn't it seem as though that's
going long way to find something
to worry about? This expert had to
go and put in a lot Of time rubbing
dirt into the cracks, crevices, and I'M
dulations of the new quarter just to
fnd that it is a dirt catcher.
However, we suspect that the