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Intense Hazards

The marines. soldiers and sailors
conducted their survey under con-
ditions of intense hazard.
All day small ammunition was ex-
ploding within the arsenal area and
from time to time larger shells would
burst. throwing debris into the air.
Since early morning, however. there
had been no major explosions, and
it was believed the heavier shells
had been spent.
Into the uncomfortable barrage the
patrols were forced to penetrate,
crawling on the ground as they
reached the center Of the danger
zone
Patrols were assigned sectors of
the arsenal TO explore and this after
noon worked largely in the northern
section, having entered the eastern
side first.
When the first bodies were discov-
cred orders were sent to prepare for
their removal to the Brooklyn Navy
yard, where, beside the bodies taken
only Friday from the hull Of the
wrecked submarine S51, some Of
which still remain there, they will
await Identification.
Between ] 900 and 5000 civilians
are in need of aid as a result of the
explosion, American Red Cross field
agents conceived.
Scores of civilian homes were de-
stroyed and others within radius
of seven miles of the arsenal were
damaged. the Red Cross learned.
Eight of the bodies recovered were
found by patrol of sailors and ma
rines commanded by Lieut.. S. c.
Shearer.
Shearer in his report, described
the location of these bodies.
Crushed to Death
The first, that of Pharmacist
Brown of New York was found 100
feet west of structure known as
Building C-31. Across his head was
a heavy rafter and a broken tele-
graph pole, which had crushed him
to death.
The second body-all the others
being identified-was found twenty
feet west of building C31. The third
was ten feet north; the fourth was
described as exact location indef-
mite; the fifth, sixth and seventh
were together $50 feet west of build
ing Cal; the eighth was on rail-
road track near by.
OF the bodies recovered all but
four were described as in good con-
dition although badly charred, while
the other four were described as
fragments.
While the rescue work was in
progress Secretary of the Navy Cur
tbs D. Wilbur and Rear Admiral
Charles Plunkett spent half an hour
within the arsenal reservation.
Town Wracked
With the shell barrage quieting,
inhabitants of the village Of Mt.
Hope returned to their homes today
and began reconstruction work. The
town had been wracked by concus-
sion at the first great explosion and
windows were broken while rooms
were HIl6Ieu Will ldiOh PioSNSA'
Work gangs began to clear fallen
debris from the main street of the
town.
Similar reconstruction scenes
were enacted as people returned to
their homes in Hibernia, Rockaway.
Marcelle and other hamlets near the
scene of the explosion.
Roads within two miles of the ar
senal were closed to ordinary traffic
and guarded by Marines and State
troopers. Ambulances waited to rush
the dead to the Brooklyn Navy yard.
An American flag waves I'M
scathed from its mast in the
center of the parade ground.
Below it is a terrain as waste
swpet as any of the devastated
regions of the war zone. Where
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Visitor Killed

Another person known to be
dead is Mrs. Frances Feeny, of
Brooklyn. She was visiting at
Picatinny Arsenal when the first
explosion occurred. The building in
which she was visiting collapsed
and she died from injuries a little
later.
Her husband, Edward Feeny, a
Brooklyn attorney, also was believed
to have been a. victim. An automo-
bile, and clothing believed to be his,
was found Sunday night.
But in that area where powder,
bombs and shells have been ripping
CHASTITY craters in the earth, trans
forming the landscape into a waste
of desolation and dealing damage for
radius of ten miles, there are GER
tain to be found bodies of several
service men, the commanding officers
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New Danger

Y The immediate danger now is that
a tardy shell In the Navy section
will be exploded by the heat and rip
into one of these vaults and thus
spread fresh and much larger de.
struction through the ruined dis
trict. AS long as shells are bursting
on the hill this Is a possibility. and
none for miles around will be safe.
With this possibility facing them
few in Dover went to bed Saturday
or Sunday nights. They felt that
they would never know II It hap.
pened but they were curious enough
to want to be around II IL came
about. SO they discussed the posi-
bility and the events OF the last two
days. Particularly they talked OF
the incidents Of heroism which al
ready are known.
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Great Craters

The party of Army officers and
correspondents was in the valley be-
tween two hills. On the hillside In
front great craters were plainly
visible. These were spots where the
magazines had blown up with their
deafening roar and their resultant
death.
Only smoke and some small fires
marked what once had been a dense
green underground. At one side
two stacks of an emergency power
plant were visible through the trees.
The third stack was lying several
feet away, crumpled and twisted.
Atop the hill, standing out gaunt
and significant, were the burned,
twisted Orders of two buildings
merely skeletons on the horizon.
Farther up the valley were To-
Gated the immense storehouses OF
the Army. The situation there is
not known, as no one has entered
that zone. Great stores of INT are
kept in what Army officers hope are
bomb-proof cellars. There are sew.
eral surface buildings containing
powder and shells.
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were alive they would have been
able to communicate with us by this
time, 1 am sure"
Heroic Rescue
Lieut.. George Bolts Jr., Of Rich
mond, Virginia. was repairing his
automobile in a building on the
Army reservation when the first Of
the long series of reverberations
roared up the valley. He is known
to have been killed when the build
ing caved in. His body was re-
covered after heroic work by Maj.
German Brown, commandant and
a detail of men, who penetrated the
zone while projectiles were raining
about them.
In this expedition there was also
the danger that store house of $50
tons of INT near by might let go at
any moment.
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Banks and Exchange
July 70

Indianapolis bank clearings for today
amounted to $4,924,000. Debts SS.556,-
600.
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Funeral Today

The first of the dead from the ex-
plosion was to be given a naval fu-
neral this afternoon. TIE was Lieu
tenant Bolts, whose body was the
first to be found. At 2;15 p. m. with
high ranking officers Of the Army
and Navy attending, and a guard OF
Marines acting as escort, services
were to be held for him and the
body will then be carried to the rail.
way station and taken by train to
Richmond. Va, for burial.
1t developed that the lombard.
ment OF sharpnel from the explosion
had tattered all flags at the Army
arsenal and a nag to drape his cask-
ct had to be borrowed from the
American Legion here.
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Major a Hero

Major Ramsey was the principal
popular hero. He first had been re.
ported dead. He was pretty much
In the thick OF the Smelling, but he,
like many others miraculously
escaped. only slight cuts which
dotted his rudy face were the marks
of his narrowing experience. The
uniform which he wore as he told
groups of correspondents about the
supplies on hand and other salient
facts. was spotted with blood. but
he was cheerful and minlmized his
own daring example for his men.
Equally heroic was Capt Otto b.
Bowling, commandant Of the Naval
Arsenal. He stuck to his post until
there was no hope Of saving his
charge. A bit Of shrapnel struck
him down. binding him temporarily
at least in one eye. but he finally
managed to escape the raining shell
fire and was taken to a hospital.
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PORKER MARKET Is CENTS HIGHER
New York Stocks
fBy Thomso. 4 McKmnon,

July 12-
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time)
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.EX-SECRETARY OF
WAR WEEKS DIES

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Eastman Kodak Agency-SchaIler- CTS Alaska Shop.
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TWO SLOWS WERE STRUCK

Every time the -ep0r10rial stsn, al by 'hisself" steps ou1 nights and butls in around where he shouldn't be al the time he finds himself up aEsinss a bear or a sto-y-stil this one doesnr carry much significance other than things were running the gamut of the Main Drag" Saturday uight-at 1ess. they were when TWO men, with puEIlis tic aspirat lions, mel and clashed in the field of battle, selecting a -a1he- prom inent place for the encOunte- Two blows were struck during the sud5e1 and unexpected 0nslouEht, the report CT having his blind ere open jus a, the time one chap got cracked on the point Of the jaw, and the other was when he struck the floor wIth a -e sounding thud. An armistice was fin ally reached with the aid Of interest ed bystanders. The next day the boys were the best of pals. Luckily fo- one of them!
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SUNDAYS CAME American Lea que

American League Phila. 5, New York g. Boston 8, Washington 4. Cleveland l, St. Louis 3. Detroit 8, Chicago 6.
 National League St. Louis 5, Chicago ?. Boston ?, Brooklyn 6. Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3. No other games played.
 Pacific Coast League Oakland 2, 2, Portland 4, T. Hollywood 2, ?, Los Angeles l, Missions 9, ?, Seals 5, 7. Sacramento 6, 2, Seattle 0, 5.
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LEGAL NOTICES
OF THE INTERIOR United States Land OffIce
 Serial No. 05538

Anchorage, Alaska May IT, 1926 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the Northwestern Fisheries company, corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, and doing business in the Territory or Alaska, through H. l.. Faulkner, it's attorney in fact, has filed application, Serial No. O553S, for patent, under and by virtue of sections 2306 ana 2307 Revised Statutes of the Unlted States, as assignee of Jonah A. Pe- tray, for a tract of land embraced III U. s. Official survey No. l455, stu ated on the south shore or SneIlkol Strait, Alaska, approximately 212 miles northeast of the mouth of karluk River, at location locally known as the Waterfall" and adjoining and ly- ing to the northeast of U. $. Survey No. 154, Kodiak Island, Alaska, in Lat itude 57 deg. 36' 30" north and Longl- tude 154 deg. 24' %" west, and paru- cularly described as follows:
 Beginning at corner No. M. C. on the south shore of Shellkof Strait at line of M. H. T., whence U. s. initial monument bears south 5S deg. 57' east 2.64 chs; thence south 5S deg. 34' east along boun- dary line 1-2 U. S. survey No. l54, 1929 chs. to corner No. 2, identical with corner No. U. s. survey No. 154; thence North along east boun- dary 2220 chs. to corner NO. 5; thence west along North boundary 4.e3 chs. to corner Mo- 4 M. c. at line of M. H. T. on south shore of Shelikof Strait; thence by mean ders along line M. H. T. in south westerly direction; along south shore of Shelikof Strait, as follows: (D South 329 chs; (2) South $ deg. 56' West 5.09 chs; (S) South 16 deg. OF West 65 chs, to corner No. 5 M. O.; thence East 1.49 chs. to corner No. 6; thence South .95 chains to corner No. z; thence West 1.S9 chs. to corner No. s; thence by meanders along M H. T. line in southwest direction as fol- lows: (4) South 23 deg. 24 West 500 chains; (5) South 20 deg. 02 West 26S chs, containing an area of 12.42 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the land above describ- ed should file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Al aska, within the period of publication, or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register First Publication May A, 1926.
 Last Publication Aug. 8, 1926.
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OF THE INTERIOR United States Land Office
 Serial No. 05537

Anchorage, Alaska, May r, 1926. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the Northwestern Fisheries Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, and doing business in the Territory of Al aska, through H. L. Faulkner, its at, torney in fact, has filed application, serial No. 05537, for patent, under and by virtue of sections 2306 and 1907, Revised Statutes of the United States, as assignee of Jonah A. Pc tray, for a tract of land embraced in U. s. Official Survey No. 1454, situ- ated on the south shore of Shelikof Strait, Alaska, approximately l mile northeast of the mouth of Karluk RiT- CT, at location locally known as the Rocks" and adjoining U. s. Amend ed Survey No. 40, on Kodiak Island, Alaska, Latitude 57 deg. 34 30" north, and Longitude 154 deg. 26' 45" west, and particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at corner No. l iden- tical with corner No. 4, Amended survey No. 40; whence U. s. initial monument No. IA bears N. 66 deg. ? E. 256 chs; thence N. 6 deg. 00' west along west boundary identical with line 4-3 U. s. Amended survey No. 40, 1.31 chs. to corner No. 2 M. c. at line of M. T. H. on shore of Shelikof Strait; thence by me anders along line of M. H. T. on south shore Shelikof Strait in a northeasterly direction as follows: CD North 5S deg. 59' E. 100 chs; CD North 42 deg. 35' East 6.8S chs. (3) North 49 deg. 03' East 2.68 chs to corner No. M. c at line of M H T; thence south along the east boundary 1889 chs. to corner No. 4; thence west along south boundary 9.63 chs. to corner No. 5 M. c. at line M. H. T. on shore of Karluk Lagoon; thence by mean ders from corner No. along shore of Karluk Lagoon in the north easterly direction as follows: (Q North 31 deg. 43' East 1.05 chs; (5) North 51 deg. AT East PA chs; (6) North % deg. 02' East l.10 chs. to corner No. at M. H. T. on beach of Karluk Lagoon; thence North along west boundary 1.90 chs. to corner No 1, the place of beginning, containing an area of 7.S7 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the land above describ- ed should file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publication, or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the stat ute.
 J, LTNDLEY GREEN,
 Register First Publication May 24, 1926.
 Last Publication, Aug. 5, 1926.
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KELLYs TAKE RESIDENCE

MT. and Mrs. Ed Kelly, former resi- dents of Seward, who returned from Kanatak last week on the steamer Starr, will remain in the city for an indefinite period. They have been in charge of the commissary for the As sociated Oil Company for the last IS months and during the present period of idleness, while the camp is shut down, thought it a good time to visit Seward. They have moved into one of the Mckay cottages on Fourth av- enue.
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FOX RANcaER FOUND DEAD

The name could not be obtained yes terday, but il is learned from arrivals in Seward on the steamer Starr that the body of 6 Frenchman. n-s- name Louis. was found on an island this side Of Kodiak, just a few days ago. The man was a f0x -anchs- and friends going over to visi- hin lead to the discovery ot his dsath. Appa-- en1ly, from the condition 0f the b05E he had died some days prev10us9v-
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Tnge-s0u Watches, a fun stuck Guaranteed Wa1ches-SchaIle-e-'s A2 aska shop.
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MONDAYS GAMES Pacific Coast League

 Sacramento 4, 5, Seattle 0, 6. Hollywood 8, l, Los Angeles ?, 8. Missions 10, 4, Frisco ?, ]. Oakland 14, II, Postland 10, '
 National League Cincinnati ', 5, Pittsburgh ?, g. Boston-Brooklyn, rain. New York-Phila., morning game rain; afternoon game: New York F, Phila. l. St. Louis 5, ', Chicago 3, 8.
 American League PhiIa. 0, s, Boston ?, 2. Washington-New York rain. Chicago 8, 4, Cleveland l, 5. Detroit 10, ', St. Louis ', g.
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BASEBALL RESULTS
SATURDAYS GAMES
 National leauue

New York 3, 2, Boston ?, 3. Chicago z, Pittsburgh g. Brooklyn ?, Phila. 8. St. Louis l, Cincinnati 8.
 American League Phila. z, New York 6. Cleveland 4, St. Louis 5. Detroit 2, Chicago 1. No other games played.
 Pacific Coast League Sacramento 5, Seattle 4. Oakland 8, Portland 2. Hollywood 8, Los Angeles ?. Missions 5, Frisco 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

Jects either completed or nearIn;; com
pletion under the auspices OF The
Evening Star CO.--rOw houses
detached and semi detached brick nd
frame dwellings. The supervisory
committee of The Stars demonstra-
ton recently completed a tour Of in
spection of the various projects and
all the members were greatly en-
Unused over the types. general de-
signs and architectural beauty OF tho
homes.
Hope and belief were expressed tha
these model houses would provide
standard for future construction oper
ations In Washington. TO demon
strate to the people just how homes
can and should be built from the
standpoint of beauty, attractiyeness
and utilization is Of course the pri
mary reason why this better homes"
project is fostered. IL should be
borne In mind, however. that any in
dlvtduai. group or corporation may
construct replica OF any OF these
model homes for exactly tho same
price an it is costing The Star Co
Congratulations and communication
should be given The Star for foster
ing such Il worthy undertaking.
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new DEVICES CUT
HOUSEWIVES WORK
Abundance of Hot Water and Many
Electrical Appliances Boon
to Housekeepers

Modern invention has converted the
old tasks into pleasures. At every
turn the modern housewife can EN-
ploy some labor saving device to do
her work quickly and give her the
freedom TO enjoy her home and the
companionship of her family.
Power washers, vacuum cleaners,
electric ironers. etc, are now recoG'
nized as essential appliances in every
we'll conducted home. But even pre-
ceding these in importance is plentiful
hot water at the turn OF the faucet.
This prime requirement enables the
home manage to better organize her
work and realize the full benefit of her
mechanical equipment. 1t completely
rounds out her establishment and
makes her home equal To the demands
of her family and the needs of her
friends.
In brief, it gives her home in
which she can take an Astounding
pride and to which she can invite
her guests with assured confidence
that her hospitality will be complete
in every respect.
To have abundant hot water al
ways on hand is as necessary as
heat and good lighting in every well
managed home. AS the first and
last essential of the day, hot water
is indispensable for all personal COM
fort. And in laundering, cooking
and cleaning 1t is the primary req
usite.
The white. crisp tablecloth YOU
spread the cleaning silverware and
dishes that you set upon 1t. and your
many other articles of elegance de-
mand the use of pure hot water to
keep them in perfect readiness.
The magic response of the auto
matte gas water heater provides this
prompt and bountiful hot-water
service.
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CITY is HELPED
BY STARS MODEL HOMES WORK
Washington Has Increased by Leaps and Bound,
Since War-Campaign Designed to Keep
Building i'm Harmony With Ideal of Beauty.

order TO relieve the deplorabIe situa
ton. Row after row. subdivisions of
detached and semi.detached dwellings.
apartment houses and hotels sprang
up literally over night I'm every sec
ton Of the city and suburbs and the
acute situation was at last somewhat
relieved.
With the signing Of the treaty Of
peace. thousands and thousands OF
patriotic citizens who had come TO
Washington to give their mite so that
Old Glory might continue to remain
untrampled, Wended their ways home
ward and everybody expected to see
Washington return TO its quiet, digni
fled, pre-war status. This was quite
natural assumption but such was
not to be, 81 the Capital City con
tinued to grow steadily in popuia.
ton, building industry and fina ncia
strength. Today our very latest esti
mates credit Washington with a popu-
lation of 900 in round figures. TO
convince some who possibly may not
be aware of our city's growth, it only
need be said that valuations of build.
ing activities during last month MAY
tOtaled IS 1850, 255. For the year 1925,
figures on building projects reached @
total Of $85, 200, 900 and the sum total
for this year is expected to exceed
that amount.
With the recent crea ton OF the City
Planning Commission, greater thought
than ever before is being given to the
question of home building from the
standpoint OF service. modernity and
cost OF construction. with the though
uppermost OF maintaining the esthe
tic beauty and attractiyeness of the
city aS whole.
The Evening Star Newspaper Co
is now engaged In sponsoring a
better homes demonstration The
object OF this laudable project is &c
offer to the general public concrete
illustrations of what can be accom-
plished by the employment OF archi
tectural, building, and landscape ex
perts, combined with a thorough study
of all conditions entering into a build
ing project. At this writing there are
nine model homes construction pro
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BACKGROUND OF ROOM
MOST VITAL IN PLAN
Wallpaper Should Be Well Chosen
to Assure Charm-Many Kinds
Can Be Picked From.

The background of a. room usually
Is not considered Of much importance,
for the simple reason that a good
background does not intrude itself
upon ones attention.
But if you did not consider the back
ground Of your rooms in an important
light you would probably either leave
them In the white plaster. which al
ways creates a. cold, startling con-
trast for the furnishings, or you would
carelessly select for them most any
sort Of wallpaper.
When YOU cannot redecorate your
small home every year or two, 1t is
better to go slowly in choosing the
new wallpaper, even though 1t is so
inexpensive. Keep in mind. however,
that. as you do not want to have the
walls of your home resemble those in
the homes of your friends, you must
to a certain extent assert your own
Independence.
Many kinds of decorated wallpaper
are extremely beautiful and are per
fectly appropriate to use In some
rooms. But If you have a great deal
of color and design in your furniture,