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Scores Marines Killed
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LARGE SUM PAID OUT FOR AUTO LICENSES HERE
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»Fatal Blast At Arsenal
At Lake-Denmark, A. J. Is
Reported As Killing Many
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Ufhtnin* Causes Fire Which Ignites Naval Ar
senal at Lake Denmark, N. J.—Flames Spread
to Army Magazine Nearby and Blast Which
Shakes the Countryside For Miles Around Oc
,.A curs—lnhabitants Nearby Towns Are Order
ed Out at Once
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Horrifying Scenes There
pc i -r —.
Ambulances With Doctors and Nurses Are Rush
ed to the Scene But Fear of Additional Explo
sions Cause These To Be Held Outside the
Daftger Zones Until the Flamas Subside —Men,
Women and Children Were Among the Victims
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f Dover, N. J„ July 10.—Front fifty to seventy-five penman
arc believed to have been killed in a aeries of terrific »•
pfc>«ia«a today at the navy munitions depot oear here wMek
destroyed the depot and spread destruction through the a nr- *
renaming territory
At midnight tonight flame* stifl rode through the depot
•ad ropoatod smaller explosiona made It Impoaoible for rhe
me workers ts enter the danger *rea to rosnove the dend and
assist the injured. Soldiers sad marines farmed a guard
around the depot allowing no one te paau.
Morristown, N. J., July 10.—More than one hundred ma
rines wars reported hilled in an explosion of the mngastn* at
the United States naval arwenal at Lake Denmark near here <
at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Inhabitants of nearby towns
were ordered out.
The explosion *a H caused by fire at the arsenal which
‘ followed an etactrical storm. Adjoining the naval arsenal
are tka army magazine* of the Picatlnny arsenal. The fire
foickly reached there and spread to the mags rises, causing
additional explosions.
Reverberations were heard in Orange, about thirty miles
•way. * ■
About twenty refugees from adjoining town* arrived
here tonight and meagre reports from Dover, which is sev
eral mile* from the scene staled that fifty perpono were in *
the general hospitals. One of these, a Mrs. Seenv, died of
injuries..
Refugees said that ittte* of ambulanco* with their com
plement of doctors add names were being held within one
mile V the danger zone waiting for the explosions to sub
side before venturing in the two arsenal raaervations.
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Another Report Says Seventy Men At the
Naval Ammunition Depot
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i ' Net# York. July 10.—Third district naval headquarters
said tonight there were sixty marine*. soar cfvilians. and six
off icon stationed at the naval ammunition depot.
A battalion of the 11th Infantry, stationed at For Jay
Htaten Island, was ordered to the arsenal by Major General
Charles Bummenill. when reports of the explosion at the ar
senal were received bite this afternoon. ,
The gpventy men at the depot, called out to fight the fire
by the I rat explosion were caught by the second fifteen min
utes later. Chunks of steel and concrete, liquid fire from oil
tanks and burning timbers rained upon the men and on the
bouses where the wives and children of the men had taken
r belter, * «
It was reported that the first death was that of Mrs.
Fracoo of Brooklyn, who was buried under a shower
•f plaster la the quarters of an officer near the arsenal.
,It was also reported that Lieutent Commander E... A.
Brown, of the 'Medical Corps, was killed. Bix unidentified
msitngg were taken to the general hospital at Dover about
r«so*<e« VfiMf rjlbn to ’"‘j
B \t Founiland. N.‘J!* ;>
, ( Many of the injurod were from towns near the arsfnal
« )ch wore showered with debris. O
1 The explosion shook the countryside for a radius of more .
tl> \ thirty miles, windows were shattered In all surround
in 'owns, and askew well as far away as Butler. N. J., thirty
m W from the depoß
: T Working in dense clouds of sulphurous smoke that bel
lo* d up from the burning magazines, the men had just laid
thr hose line when the second explosion occurred. Some
of i is men were hurled high into the air, others were felled
, and wounded Jn their tracks.
The mtu ammunition depot at Lake Denmark is com
manded by Captain 0. C. Dowling, of the Ordnance Depart-
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GOLDSBORO, N, C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY It, 1996
TORNADO COME
| IN THE WAKE OF
I TERRIFIC HEAT
North and West Gripped By
Storms After Intense
Hoi Weather
Chicago, July 10 —On Ike heel* of
one or the severest h*at Waves of Hi
reason heavy rain and windstorms
1 of tornado proportions have brought
► I death and destruction to widely *ep
areted areas ot the North and test.
The eadtNn storms, strikingly spor
> adtoally, ran through thr northern
I part ot the country yesterday apd
last night with farther disturbances
In prospect fpr much or the territory
today.
Heavy precipitation which cover
ed virtually all or the northern hair
of the country from the Rocky Mouu
taina to the Appalachian* broke the
heat wave in the northern portion
or the Middle West and In moat or the
upper lake region, but another wave
has developed over the Pacific north
west, the Weather Bureau reported.
3 Bather ot People Dead *■
The heat and tempeetuoua weather
caused more than a dosrh deaths yes
terday. One twlater swooped down
ißthe Bt. Joseph Vatley near Buchan
an. Mich., killing three person* and
injuring thtae others la leveling sev
vral small aottog** and then c«t s
halt mil# path westward. In northern
'ndlana high winds swlrlwl through
Mammon 1 and Mlchigau City, unroot
ing houses, uprooting trees apd dam
aging communication Hues.
Twktar In Pennsylvania
ten her east a severe storm wreck
ed e large clrrns fant while the 101
Ranch was showing to several thou
sand ■ peels tors a' Erie, Pa. last
ntgat, killing one man and Injuring
•even others' Charley Dunran> 'of
Brie, was crua'ied to death by a
heavy teat pole.
•1 At New Varh *
New York City experlencrd the hot
test day so tar this year when th*
naercfirjH4Hnb*i| to f 1 degrees In mld
tflernoon The hupldlty rent alz
hundred thousand persons u>„ Coney
Island where three, d'ed ot first. Hev*
en others wa v prr.*traf*d l*s the met
ro polls.
AMhocgb rain its l<l the day's tern
-erature p. ait to 82 at ( hlcago th.e*
heat deaths were record)d to add to
seven of the previous day when the
thermometer shot up to 92. A hnet
< rased men killed himself at Gary.
Ind.. two person* were drowned In or
near Chicago and «n 18-year-old youth
was killed by lightning n»ur lake
Man, Mn.
'Wpetehn New "fork also aufferec*
severely lYom e storm fallowing th.«
hottest wea’her of the sen on Many
highways were block'd by fallen
,Afae" ». *
■illtii two ft node it ton ..oyw dam
sged. A boy was killed by Mightnlng
at Holcombs.
With temperature*. above the
mark In many serilrna of the roun
try the t-o hottest spots yrkterday
w«re Walla Walla. Wash ! and Phoe
n's, Afls-, where the mercury stood
At ths century mark.
RKW YORK IOTTOI
New York. July ltl.-r otton fu
far** closed steady at a list dee I lav
of !?, points on July and 12 tq 15
points on ojber mouths. July 17. W;
October 17.01; December 17*7; Jan
uary lf.Ui March J7J4,
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More Than 5,500 Auto License
Tags Sold f rom Local Bureau
[ORDERS DRIVERS
TO BE ARRESTED
Tboar Who Drive Now Without
License Must Pay the
Piper
Raleigh. July 10. Today waa all
the time that remained far more than
r 200.000 automobile owners Id secure
th»lr new automobile license plats*
Failure to secure these and dlarlay
them on their automobile* by Mon
day morning. July 12. will make tbam
liable to arrest and a f&O fine on n
misdemeanor charge. And police.
' county aheriffs and, their deputies all
over the state haVX been Instructed
to rigidly enforce the law vnd to ar
rest every car driver vrhu dors not
have a new license on hie. ear.
have already given ten more
days fhan the law allows. In permit
ting cay owners to ee<ure Jlceneea up
until July 10. We feel that we have
beef as liberal as poaaible and now
the laggard* must pay the
R A. Doughty, commissioner iHreve
nue. this mbrnlag In discussing the
present ***•
better equipped t*> handle the distri
bution of Ikenae Uga this year than
ever before, hut people hav consist
ently refused to conn* and get their
tags, although they were well ac
quainted with the law. We are not in
clined to maka It unpiansant (or any
one. but wo believe 40 days Is amrle
time in which fa attend to this matter
And n> av those who do not get their
licensee by tomorrow night must fare
the possibility of arrest and dne far
failure to comply with the !*w.'\
. Conuntasionsr Dougbton ssid that
Monday morning not oniy would ihe
dtputtee ..i the theft end Inspection
bureau, be put In the Held to see that
the law la enforced, but that th dis
trict deputies would also be put Into
service In this admt work.
There are enougk branches of the
Carolina Motor Club where the license
plates sts on aal*. a* n*ll W tbs
Raleigh ogb-e. *o that a largs major
ity of the remaining 2dd.*oo who have
not yet' purchased thelir (license tsgs
may still get them by Saturday night
If thay will act Immediatly. (be <oiu
mtsslon rays, assuring them that they
wIU be given prompt Service.
First Installment
New Serial Story
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Appearing in The News-this morn
<«u Is the first Installment of "Brok
en Heart* of Hollywood." th* best
serial story of th* year and which is
to appear In thi* paper far the next
lew weeks
This >r* story of love und romance,
s story which tells of the slrtisst 's
and love of * boy and girl who so
to Hollywood to win fame and for
tune.
It will grip the reader from the
<ery first and I* sure to pleas* and
Interest all.
Read the tlrat Installment and then
fallow- It closely from -day In dgy.
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HEYhrfT *3H» DIRt MAR* bi»L
TRIAL HI TERN. Jl KIHT*
' Nifshvllle, Trna. - July l'» The
Tennessee Supreme Court today re
versed and remanded fat nfw„,trtsl
Ihe case ot <W ft. Hrtwett and w!f«.
Mrs. Mae Dennett, convicted In Hsjri
llton County In 1921 of voluntary
manats ujt tiler on net lion with the
ins*.. Hennelt's sunt. 'lhelr indict
ment followed Ihe f'ndlng of s .wn
man'* skeleton In a crude grave In
be ha— men; of a housr formerly oc
raplad by tbs Bsmaetts fa Chat t a
Temperamental Suzanne la To Be Presented
Ta Queen Mary At Royal Court Very Soon
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The Marquess Merry del Val. wife of tbc S|«inu»i Aattseeadbi
at I-ondon. fact-* a highly dcldplt<'situation, for It is ike eke bat
Urn chosen to present Su/snrte l.rnglen at tbc British Court. Whik
Suss nin ctHMvntrate* on lier Court costume, the Haiqwis wonders
‘f ell (fie 'set and diplomacy in thr world ran minimise Museanr s
'cornful show pi trm|M-ramrnt which caused her to keep Qaeea
~ Mary wafting—and then refuge to pipy d v't
DOG WHICH BIT NAN
HAS BEEN OBSERVED
r'anine WhiHi Hit Mr. A. L. Pain at the Fite Hot*** I*aat Tunfiay
Night, Mhown to Have Been Under Obaorvatioh Since a Short
WhOe After the
» Neb'g InteteHting Interview Relative to Affair
„ 'ln an Interview given The New*
ft'ifnluf bjr 1 >r. L. W. CorMl, ruun
ty phyntclap regarding th# Incident* 1
growing out of ib'- attack on
Mr A. f, Pot# by ■ bult il>>* at the
Culdabnro Kiru Station laal Tueeday
right, an account of which appeared
In thla paper yenterriay morning, Ilia
phyalc.an i|i r*.w a diffrrent Hah I on
the affair fronPlh.i' rlv#n Tkw News
by Mi Pal*.
According to th# atalwmenta made
by I»r. Corbett Mr. Pal# railed on
him laat Tuenday night ami told him
Ahat In l had bw# Idilm by a do* as
th# II rr Mint Mill III' #Xpl|lllri|- the
wound*. upon whlrh lodine had been
placed, and nun aft vised by Dr. Cor
belt Id vlndn phvalrlan anil hav# th# ,
w&Wtr* ’>■" is* ni r r
DiiiHik th* rflWrr Bl th#. ronveran
iloti bnt* au Mr Pal# and l)r tor-'
ImHI lh<» former naked him If h#
touldn'i mu# th# tity for th# attack
which th*' <aiilbt h»<l Made u|N>n h*m.
l>r. Cnrhrti Informed him lhal hr war
•«t « lawyer but a doctor and that
h# did not know anything wbout th#
'net* In Iho cart,-an In wVt'her ih.-
dog wiih no nod by "an llidlrtrtnsr «T
ih# cltv. ll* informed Mr Tib fhai
h# won 1(1 havp t’ii# dog ronflned for
ohMtmttion k* one# and h« told Th*
Now a yootnrday that a nhort whllr
later the do* wo confined and had
i|,««n under obevrvatlon ever alndc I
that tin*, gpd that at lb* time iSatur
dayd hr wan in charge of Dr ■ Monk
and had nhown no aliina of being *T
fllcted with hydrophobia.
Dr. Corbett declared further that
Dr Shore". r>f the Stale lloalth De
partment. who ban charac of th# work
.if Innmitentiiik head* of aulnial* eeni
therr to br dtiiguosiffl, advlnod that
lu #r#ry < an# the dog hu held fin
ten daya before being killed an lhal
It lould be obnerved and ilo*. .-"i Inert
jif there wan any a'gnn of affactatton
w'lh ratifon , ‘ tL
• •»# dor. ft aeoifna. belonged to ail
Individual member of the fire coni
puny but bud been a aort of mam o'
i.round -fho fir# bonne for many year*
< 'fflrJjU* * HjV. ,
t ’ ."N Inat LUure. waa wo I
; ('* etre on the part of any member I
"i hr tire lompnnyjo prey cnl-Jlm®
tdo* luring killed .and Ifo bead aent
lo liab all tn caM# am h wa« found
10 he advlualde and tlift if Dr Monk'
found nnv Irate of during th *
it n daya perltMl that aurh would. b«
done.
"hr N< wn la publlArtug th# abot«
Interview with Dr. Curbed and gtrra*
11 the name prominence an the atatf
ui#nU made to thin paper hy Mr. Pate,
I haring a drier# lo be fair nod square
In Ih# niattei; and not to ahow any
partiality iu the matter In the leaat.
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
prigs nv* cum
MW Auto
ntsUk Owner* hi This
DMrkst W« Orh«
IMr Can Today Un
der Peril at Beta*
Nabbed For Failure to
Purchaa* New Ueanae
STiSfC 1
y - WklM
in* Dnlfengnutß Will
Be a w
offlo «jf U>lgi Dprt- i
fwr of Mw dSihrS ]
Ural offtcwr ihuMM In j
Mtk» Uutf tkailimp ■* 1
■llartitj tl»« Hv Imn
lac* to tkdtr can. !%• rp
matalnc I.BM wiM «HMr
i2*" i. their
ww init m «a wc *•
■trace ar taka a akatea jfe
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‘WTanl i
the Hncaa lareaa haca* at ]
RaMch aat ata«naNr*f 1
other potato bt tho atato
lua haw ham anSd *
P*Mfar bMlbha I
i^aAlmKTwi
licooao tags wm •
Ihoro mg jMjUftir fhH?f 1
totec 152 mm I**!. •
Eule WWH*, who tm tm 1
chan* of *d*~ to#
night ,
Quite, a nawber gj Oelisbrru ear
owners who 4nd tailed to aaeare the
proper cred—Hals tram Um d—<»
Ullf I lone* Barwau at tba tlfda De
partment at Revenue at Ratal gh. mo
tored to tiiat «Hy yealorday aftaiwoc*.
They found that they eoold not be
waited upon on aerooat Os the M
(hat the majority of the form there
liad censed to work aad hod CNO oat
to a barbecue Many of thota made
the huadred mile trip from Ooidahar?
tn Raleigh and return for nought fad
they were not amiee la efpreoetng
their oft)nlon of the Raleigh loroa
upon their return.
According to a report from Raleigh
leet night sf'ontmleeloner of Reranne
R A. tx>uahton had stated the! “dee
to the physical ImpoaalblUtjr of eorr
ln« ell thoee who crowded to tho ba
res u” he had "decided Saturday after
noon to make aa extension of the time
limit end that all. thage who bad matt
ed checks before the eiptrattha of the
tune limit' will also be protected’." ,
Just what this protection" will
amount to la douhtfal. Olty and nean
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-these detain* *tu»uui the jjpepng- M* ■-r~
censes and It Is conceded that R has
ixum impoHHibl* to notify all at thaws.
regarding the .»>mml*»ionef*i latoat
order and this will probably reeadt la
quite a (etp arrests today.
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tRo h>:i.d ior auauw
liunn. July 10.— Paul dritfta. Duns
district former, who way shot lament
of the home of Znch Use hta aatgh
twir Wednesday afternoon dtodf Jgfknrw
dey afternooß In § FnyettoetlW boe
i-ttal. . Zach Use tad hie wife t ere
both bring held ta the coaat* put
In UHlngiwn In coanecthm with Oft
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